Quote Originally Posted by Banriikku View Post
I dont think so. I read the quest in English and German and asked some friends that are fluent in other languages (French, japanese) and Alphi behaves as if he never learns and never made any experience at all. As if he is in a timeloop or has a very bad memory.
I'm a little confused by this take, because I'm not sure what lesson Alphinaud is supposed to be "learning" he's consistestly been a person who tries to use diplomacy and rhetoric to convince people to help each other or cooperate.

In ARR his arrogance led him to surrounding himself with yes-men who flattered and manipulated him while they plotted the bloody banquent, and HW has his dealing with self-pity for that incident. But it's not like he was supposed to learn that using diplomacy and rhetoric was a bad thing, so of course he goes back to trying it in ShB and EW. He's remained confident and steadfast in his values, but I don't really see him as arrogant anymore.