User blog comment:B214/Question and Answers 2/@comment-72.211.217.183-20140607192115/@comment-68.210.0.231-20140608075126

There are some similarities between Issei and Makoto. Well, only a few actually. FIrst and foremost is the fact that both of them attracted a significant number of girls to themselves one way or another. Second is that both Makoto and Issei enjoy the company of their proverbial harem. Third, both of them are seen longing to be more then friends with the girls in their respective harems. However, to anyone who spent time gathering information from the series' would know that there are significant differences between them. Differences that result in one of them still being alive, while the other is subjected to a myraid of disturbing and brutal murders. Often being the victim and deserving to be such as some of you might say. Others seemed to have reacted with what seems to be a sense of awe, if not stupidity. For a mix of the two, I defer to you DanteRedGrave. On the other hand, Gary209 strikes me as someone who sees this question as rhetorical. If so, I agree.