User blog comment:DeathGodPrayer/Talk About What You Want!/@comment-85.154.148.148-20140118130924/@comment-16281343-20140119065828

Maybe both?

Issei's defeat: Love but won't be fulfilled.

Raisers defeat: Love that will be fulfilled.

~Anyway, one thing is for sure.. Issei has his way with words. With only a few lines, he wooed each girl and created a harem (maybe Asia's an exception since he liked Issei in the first place.)