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EP. REVIEW: High School DxD Hero

Yttrbio wrote:

In some shows, if a character was a nice, friendly guy and then, one episode, he suddenly turns into the worst possible human being for no apparent reason, you'd think "that's an issue." Sudden personality shifts in some shows seems basically comparable to sudden boob size shifts in this show, considering how much such things are front and center in their respective shows.

...........I don't think that comparison quite works here.....like at all. So I ask again, why is it such an issue that Asia has gone up a cup size or two in her redesign. It doesn't break her character model so why is it a problem? Her breasts are still comparatively smaller compared to the other girls which maintains that noticeable contrast. I guess this is just such a non-issue to me

Beyond those factors, the episode is pretty decent. Issei participating in a “hero show” for the kids in his Oppai Dragon persona is rather amusing, as is the revelation that Ddraig might need counseling to deal with Issei's perversions; I'm curious to see where that goes.

I'm no expert on cup sizes, but compare side-by-side a fan service screenshot of Asia in Born and Asia in the most recent episode of Hero and it's plain that she's increased more than just "one or two cup sizes." The only reason that the difference isn't more glaring is that most of the other girls are still bigger and have gone up a bit themselves.

Now, if you're enamored with huge breasts anyway then you probably won't see what the big deal is about this and may even welcome the change. For those (like me) who like or even prefer more modestly-sized chests, though, it's a disappointment. Besides, I did think I made it clear that that issue was more a personal gripe than anything wrong with the show.

It has been a comment/issue that you've had at the forefront of at least 3, maybe even 4 of your reviews for this series (I even commented on it back on episode 4) so I find the fixation kinda funny, but hey I ain't judging.

Ep 8,

I thought Issei was aware of the issue he and Rias had been having and that he just couldn't get over it subconsciously or something, but apparently he actually didn't know? I thought they sort of talked about it last season. And it's definitely been brought up enough this season to be obvious.

This sort of comes off as the typical "dense harem protagonist" not understanding the feelings of the girls around him even though everyone else already does. And while this is a harem series one reason I've enjoyed HDxD is because it's managed to avoid most stereotypical pitfalls of the genre. It feels like this piece of drama is getting dragged out unnecessarily.

@ AksaraKishou - Thanks for the information again and if I may be allowed to say this, your input has been very appreciated in this forum. I wonder what other projects studio Passione could currently be involved with because the only show that I’m aware of them working on besides this is Z/X code reunion and that’s not even set to air until Fall of 2019.

Anyway, for what it’s worth, my reaction towards the sauna section in Episode 8 can best be summed up like the following image:

But by the end of the episode, towards Issei, I was just like

I’m ultimately curious as to how the rest of the season will handle this situation. Hoping for the best as always on my end.

レイヴェルママ。おっぱいデカいです。 #haremking

btw, I'm curious, in the novels do they flesh out Ravel a bit more? She's shown up briefly in the past but she's probably had maybe 5 minutes of screen time in all the previous series up until now then she just shows up as a transfer student and sort of unofficially joins their team (or potentially joins since she's still on her mother's team for now). Aside from being a rich ojou-sama and being part of the phoenix family we don't really know anything about her, at least in the anime.

The information about Ravel is current with where the anime is in the volumes its covering. More information about her and her involvement with Issei and the group is in later volumes that won't be seen unless there are future seasons produced. spoiler[She serves as his secretary/assistant and becomes important in Issei's team as his strategist once he gets promoted.]

that is if he doesnt turn her away too. i have a sneaky feeling that their turning him more and more like the typical oblivious harem MC instead of the self aware pervert that made the series popular in the first place. and with shinmai mao no testament pretty much becoming an hentai light novel with its recent volumes, dxd will have to keep its MC's personality the way it was back in season one or risk alienating its fanbase by turning issei into a carbon copy of other harem MC's , or best case scenario,make him similar to negi springfield and his grandson tota, but the worse scenario would be to pull a to love ru or zero no tsukaima and have him as those MC's!

And did I miss something about Rossweisse formally becoming Rias's second Rook, or am I just forgetting something?

And did I miss something about Rossweisse formally becoming Rias's second Rook, or am I just forgetting something?

He also asks Issei to look out for Ravel, so he's taking his loss better than I would have expected.