you can absolutely like problematic characters for being well written and being attracted to them, even

just maybe don't. excuse their pedophilia as a "mistranslation" when there have been MULTIPLE instances of said character stating that he likes little girls under the age of 12

the reasoning is fucking insane too. there are other, arguably better, ways to intimidate a child than pretending to be a pedophile. There is literally no reason for him to "pretend" to be a pedophile