Personality. At first, Genesis was loyal to Shinra and dreamed of being a hero. Due to his abilities, he is arrogant and prideful, taking joy at his popularity, and only gets along with those he considered equals such as Sephiroth and Angeal. Genesis was born sometime in 1982 as part of a Shinra science project, "Project G" Genesis is a prideful, arrogant, and flamboyant man Genesis is vastly superior to Sephiroth.they met and befriend Sephiroth, as his first real friends.