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EP. REVIEW: High School DxD Hero

Random question, and this time not related to a metaanalysis

Do you think the power combat of DxD will be any good? I didn't mind the fights in the first two seasons; they were fun and creative. But so far, we only really have Issei vs Sairoag as reference and I want to know what people think will happen in episode 4.

I also ask because currently, my reference is a bit skewed after Episode 22 of Fate/Apocrypha which, while not good in choreography, had good animation and art, and cool effects so my thoughts would be very wonky if i tried to grade DxD

The character design tweaks have been a downgrade rather than an improvement, and they look especially rough in the first few minutes of this episode.

Ep 4,

I know Leviathan said she was going to guard the perimeter (although given that the other side seems to be able to teleport at will I don't see much point in that), but why isn't Azazel taking part in the fight? I know they got someone strong coming in as backup but it sounded like he was just passing on this fight for some reason.

Also, Issei mentions Saji was a strong enemy during the Sitri game. I'm assuming that's something from the novels as I don't recall them having an official rating game. Would someone be kind enough to point out which volumes the anime has skipped over, I'd like to understand some of the references they make.

Fun fact: Despite being a prominent female character in the series, after Le Fay's appearance in Volume 9, she has never once been seen naked in any of the DxD volumes following to date, of which we have 25 main volumes as well as 4 side story DX volumes, and she has never been seen naked in any supporting media either which ranges from video games to official bonus art.

. A new stand-in for Freed shows up to oppose the more knightly characters, with his only distinguishing characteristic being a silver third arm that allows him to wield three swords

Hmmm... it sounds like I’m having more fun with this season than the reviewer. I agree that it would be better if the guy at the end of Episode 4 was taken care of sooner rather than later, but other than that, I found the episode overall to be pretty engaging. Cao Cao’s appearance could’ve definitely been handled/executed better, but I still find myself somewhat curious to see at least how exactly he will end up going forward with that mindset. This was also the episode that I finally have gotten fully used to the new character designs. I find myself liking Kunou more as she spends more time onscreen and Le Fay being a fan of the boob dragon definitely had me scratching my head and a bit suspicious too. I found Issei’s reaction to her being a fan to be humorous and quite fitting. Drunk Rossweisse going on a rampage was funny to watch as well. I don’t know if many anime-only people watching this will be on the same page as I am, but I’m personally feeling pretty satisfied right now with how Hero’s played out so far.

This was supposed to be the chance of High School DxD to return to greatness after the poor reception of the 3rd Season, Born, but it seems that´´´´s only a dream. I feared this season would end up being a cas of the author not understanding how anime adaptations should work and begging the studio to be as awfully faithful to the novels as possible(aka. a 1:1 copy of the novels), and so it is. But wait, it has bigger issues: The character artstyle is now inferior to TNK´´s adaptations, the fanservice is just there and boring, and even the fight scenes lack finesse, inventiveness in the coreography, or the creativity of better fights in shonen series.

Then there are the episodic reviews detailing the many issues at the moment, and I just can´t help but abandon this franchise completely. We don´t need a copy of the source material to make for a great ecchi action series. Season 2 will forever remain a high point in the franchise(it´s like an Arrow type of situation)

To me, Ichei Ichibumi reeks of being a manchild that thinks the best adaptations have to be obbligatorily a copy of the source material, and I can´t help but disagree with him this time. Good thing I ws concerned with going back to the franchise, because now I bail out of it. Novel fans might enjoy it, I won´t. At least season 3 offered a good storyline for Akeno(even if it was not in the novel, it was a good addition).

I don’t know if many anime-only people watching this will be on the same page as I am, but I’m personally feeling pretty satisfied right now with how Hero’s played out so far.

was that actually the school that the other Hero faction group attacked? Looks more like what we briefly saw of the underworld back in season 3 when they were traveling by magic train

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. A new stand-in for Freed shows up to oppose the more knightly characters, with his only distinguishing characteristic being a silver third arm that allows him to wield three swords

Oi, don't blame the dude for looking like his brother...

I'd like to point out that Rias and co were talking about Old Satan faction remnants and had nothing to do with the Hero faction. The subtitles are there for those who can't understand Japanese for a reason.