Originally posted by: CottonWorld
That'll be really sad if someone starts liking a character only after he/she fall in love.
There has to be more to his character than just manipulations for his mother or loving the female lead.
For me, I started liking him when Sona started falling in love with him. I think you'll understand why Sona fell in love as the show goes along... and so did I. At least till episode ~120.