Quote Originally Posted by Penthea View Post
Alphinaud stands shoulder to shoulder with world leaders often telling them what he thinks they should do, and coming from someone so young and idealistic it can appear that he is both overambitious and naive.
I think this is the key point. I want to say in the latest patch it's hinted that he's in his teens (I think Urianger said it wasn't until his 20s that he got a growth spurt, implying Alph is under 20; I could be mis-remembering).

Especially from a Japanese point of view, for a younger person to talk on equal grounds to an elder/superior as Alph does the world leaders can absolutely be seen as arrogant or overstepping even if he is absolutely right in what he's saying.

So I think there might be some lost in translation with that.