ShadeStrider

In Battle, Tora is the one taking all the hits and all the Aggro. Poppi is just supporting him with blade arts and a weapon.

How is he not protecting Poppi?

Tora is an evil monster. His only redeeming quality was bringing Poppi into this world and even that's a bad thing since she was enslaved by that fluffy ball of terror. Worst character. Hate is too weak a word for the likes of him. 

I don't know, I actually really love the character. He's just so damn endearing. I can't hate him. I found that scene, where he reunites with his dad extremely emotional. And he does have a lot of quotable lines. Especially "MuiMui not very interesting, so Tora forgot he exist." That line was savage.

If you want to hate any Nopon, hate Tatsu. He's genuinely annoying. The Food Jokes, while funny at first, really stop being funny as XCX goes on.