Nope. I was indifferent to him up until Greed Island because he was really bland. But ever since he blew up his arms to defeat Bomber, I started to dislike him, and the CA arc just added fuel to the fire. I thought his character was very inconsistent in the chimera ant arc, felt his relationship with Kite which was the direct motivations for his change to be very shallow.
I understand what the author wanted to do with his character but I didn't like it.