User blog comment:TheBlueSlug/Ending/@comment-24098614-20141116014333/@comment-1359322-20141116015515

I never said even said a word Issei will abandon his harem dream or the girls. I just said Issei hasn't reached the point where he can outwardly accept girls on a romance level. So how the hell did you even reach a conclusion of me trying to say Issei is going to abandon his harem dreams?

When i said that Issei hasn't reached that point, it's because currently Issei is placing all of his feelings on Rias but he hasn't reach the state where he is romantically interested in the girls. He has never said once that he loves them in a way he usually says to Rias. But that by no means mean that Issei will abandon his harem dream.