User blog comment:B214/Volume 23 discussion blog/@comment-77.46.204.73-20171109100644/@comment-31137559-20171112035453

Well Issei is an idiot. Ishibumi confirmed it. A lot of the characters in the series confirmed it. Even Issei himself has probably called himself an idiot. Issei is a lovable idiot. Don't whitewash Issei and act as if he isn't an idiot. Truly the only difference between Issei and Ichika is that Issei just ends up saying the right thing and doesn't have his girls doing cliche things like calling him a pervert constantly or just hitting him or getting mad at him for no specific reason. He's an idiot when it comes to his relationship with the girls. Males are kind of oblivious in a way and Issei just takes that to a whole new level. Mostly because he never really had any girls attracted to him. Still doesn't change the fact that he's an idiot.