User blog comment:B214/Volume 22 spoilers/@comment-50.181.99.189-20161223042942/@comment-26709288-20161226000349

The thing that made Issei good was his normal background. It gets repetative and boring to have every single character in anime the son of some powerful being or person. It's nice to have a character that was normal (albeit he did have a god slaying weapon born inside of him) rise to greatness. not every protagonist needs to be the son of some legendary hero or deity. This is what ruins most naruto fanfics for me, every single character, being the son of some legendary shinobi or a legendary deity is boring.