Yang Wen-li is the most overrated protagonist in anime history
Dude was a lazy bookworm who literally just wanted to retire and read history while the Free Planets Alliance was a corrupt clownshow run by Trunicht and his cronies. Every “genius” win he had was 70% enemy incompetence + Julian carrying him on his back.
Meanwhile Reinhard von Lohengramm came in, looked like a final boss, had actual vision, charisma, and the balls to burn the entire rotten system down and build something better. Empire route was the based route the entire time.