User blog comment:B214/High School DxD EX/@comment-4547267-20151231052350

Check this qutoes from someone about Issei being a father

And with the whole thing about them being indifferent about Issei, in Part 3 they say "From my support, we have the motivation and influence to fight from our father! I BID YOU STAND, CHILDREN OF RED DRAGON EMPEROR!”

That shows that they (Airi I believe) have at least some respect for their father. And they overall seem to understand that Issei is very busy. While they don't show love, its far from indifference.

Another thing is that we haven't seen the situation from Issei's POV. We don't know WHY he's busy or what's truly happened in the future. But from what we can gather things aren't fun. He's a central pillar of either a war or post-war society that caused enough political turmoil to need to reorganize the government as shown with the 7 Maou. He's had to endure "sacrifices", two being Azazel and the possibility or Sirzechs. Its known that he spends a lot of time acting as both the Red Dragon Emperor with the other Mythologies and the Oppai Dragon with the Devils. In a way Issei is a figurehead trying to keep the world together.

Also we know that A) Issei has extremely low self-esteem, the whole reason behind his Oppai obsession and B) Issei is susceptible to long-lasting mental scars in part to point A. Just ask Raynare.

One of my personal theories regarding the Satans is that their personalities where different in the past, I think their goofy natures come from both the stress of their work and the aftereffects of the Great War and Devil Civil War. The same could be said for other characters such as Metatron being a Ninja. Issei is said to be more perverted in the future than he is in the present, despite his character development heading in the opposite direction within the maid series (Ddraig talking about how he didn't use his more lecherous techniques against Walburga for example). Essentially, the guilt and pain of losing both his mentor and older brother (plus anyone else we don't know about) probably did some major psychological damage that hasn't fully worn off. Him not being able to see his wives doesn't help as the girls were the ones to heal him from Raynare.

That being said, I think it's possible that both Issei being a neglectful father and a loving father could be true. Maybe he's purposely avoiding his children due to regret? Maybe he doesn't WANT them to become like him so he keeps contact to a minimum? Issei is essentially doing what he does normally, putting his loved one's burdens on his shoulders to relieve the pain (at least in his own logic), however this is a much more self-destructive form in comparison, showing the downside of that personality trait because he's blaming himself for everything wrong in the future instead of living a peaceful life with his family like he's always wanted.

In the end we really don't know enough to make an informed decision on why Issei is acting the way he is. I hope EX 4's final part with Ix showing why he has daddy issues will better show us Future Issei's personality in comparison to Vol 8 and Vol 20 Issei.

And remember Carrot, Azazel doesn't know the full situation like we do, he only has what little the children have told him as the basis for his opinion. Again, only Ixis has shown any real contempt for Issei and they know a lot more about the future than Azazel. Variabug is offline