User blog comment:B214/Volume 23 discussion blog/@comment-178.244.146.161-20170524130013/@comment-30924344-20170525155335

Ok to end this conversation:

Truth: Great Red is Issei's gene progenitor, this much is true. He just provided a body and Issei got his genes because genes are in the flesh. Because of this, it is why Ddraig called him a "small true dragon" and why Issei himself and Shiva said he is like Great Red's child because of this. He didn't inherit Great Red's genes because that is only possible through birth so there is no biological trait; Issei just got the genes that were in the flesh provided, not Great Red's DNA. Issei was never reborn but given a means to live on. If he was reborn, he would have had a new soul which he clearly doesn't.

Loki is a man. He just has the power to give birth because he's a god with the means to do so. Still doesn't take away the fact he is a man. He can transform into a woman if he so wishes.

False: Great Red gave birth to Issei thus making him a second biological parent; that Issei inherited his genes and is his son and no longer his parents' son because he was reborn.

Loki is a female.