User blog comment:B214/Question and Answers 6/@comment-24098614-20170326152005/@comment-10330822-20170327033936

To be honest though, if we are talking about comparing Issei to other anime characters, he isn't like Naruto at all. Naruto pursued a single dream, being Hokage and then added saving Sasuke, and him getting stronger revolved around those dreams. Issei on the other hand is getting stronger to help maintain peace, even though it did also evolve from that primarily goal of being Harem King. You see, it doesn't seem Issei has some dream ideal to make a perfect world like Naruto did, or is seeking battle and adventure like Vali, and Luffy honestly, are.

Issei, if he is like any character, is like Ichigo from Bleach. In the way that both aren't really trying to change anything, they are trying to maintain the peace they have, and that can make their actual desires sort of vague. Issei does have his own personal life ambitions and personality, which is what makes him different, but at the same time, I feel if he is like any character, its Ichigo, not Naruto or Luffy.

Vali, also has nothing in common with Sasuke, absolutely nothing. I feel people are just comparing him Sasuke to because its the whole rivalry concept that Naruto immortalized. However, to be honest, there is just a rivalry because both want to be tougher than the other.

Vali is a pretty rare personality in anime, seeking power for power's sake. He's not like Sasuke, who fought for an ambition or dogma. Vali is sort of like Vegeta in that strength is all that matter's, but he isn't so egotistical that he obsesses when someone else is stronger.

Vali is more like Vegeta than anything, pursue power because that is all that matters. But at the same time, Vali seems to already realize that he wants more out of life than that. If he has been envious of Issei about anything, it has been because Issei had a normal family life, which was something Vali never got to have.