In the EN light novel his obsession with dragons felt more like that of a pervert to me. As if he couldn’t wait to be alone with the dragon corpse to fuck it. In the anime he comes across more like an innocent fanboy who meets his idol. I assume that that was how it was supposed to be, but the English translation isn’t very good. His competency never gets questioned in both.

Has someone here read the manga? How is he depicted there?