He's not annoying (to me) just very self sacrificing and righteous, Also is trying to prove their worth and get stronger. I guess you can call those qualitys annoying, but bro is just a 14 year old jit and still have a lot of growth as a character.
those aren’t inherently annoying traits, nor what i was really talking about. he’s just an idiot, rarely thinks through anything, and is not really able to hold a conversation with most other characters. but it’s only really annoying bc it feels like he was more competent at the beginning and has just gotten weaker and more annoying.
Eugene was never competent to begin with and is still weak(compared to strong enemies), again he is 14 and the only world he knew was the Felivia estate where he lived in this bubble with his family.. Ofc people are going to be stronger than Eugene, most of his battles he survived because of outside interference. His uncle, brother, the brother’s assistant, his mother even the new friends he made at school all helped him. He knows that he is weak(nothing wrong with team work) when it comes to strong enemies he always had help. Even though he’s technically prodigy he still needs experience from the outside world. I don’t know about not really holding a conversation part with others(in my opinion) I see him getting along with his classmates and even up lifts class D and tries to encourage them, since all the other mages discriminate them.
he showed much more potential early on when he was saving that village. either way all of that being true wouldn’t make him any less annoying.
if mc wasn’t written to be an annoying little brat he could have joined. every chapter he just gets more annoying.