Hwen123Join Date: 2008-10-10
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Akeno Himejima is the vice president of the Oc=cult Research club, and right hand of Rias Grimery, along with her good friend. She really isn't given time in season one, so her personality is basically set as "Likes bdon-dage."
However, in season two, we really see her flesh out, learning of her past (Though rather quickly), while a rogman=ce builds between her and Issei; along with a rivalry!
Man, I am sick of the "rivalry for love" cliche, and with her and Rias in the later half of season two, they use it often, and it is unnecessary.
Still, however, I like Akeno where she is given dedicated time with Issei, because, unlike others of the harem (With the exception of Xenovia) she is more forceful, with Asia and Rias are more volunteerly suggestive.
Konoko is, uh, well, not really developed. She is the only female in the club that isn't in the hadsrem, and along with this the least developed character of the series (At-least in the "Side character" category.)
This is disappointing, because I wanted to know more of her.
I know they discuss her story in the manga, but it would've been nice to take time to develop her in the anime. She is forgettable because of the lack of story behind her, which is sad. I like her.
Yuto, my man. He is a blonde-haired beauty of a man, a sdtud, and my favorite character of the show.
You ask why, and this is why: He is cool; he is developed; he is the most driven secondary character, and possibly has my favorite back-story.
His "Sacred Gear" allows him to summon any type of sword to use in combat (Furthered enhanced in season two) And... Honestly, he is just a likable character.
Which is why I like him so much.
Now the last two hero-ine "Secondary characters" come from season two (And get get more development then Konoko... What the heull?)
Xenovia is another heretic of the church, like Asia. Unlike Asia, who is a healer; Xenovia is a fighter, parallel to Yuto.
Unlike Yuto, however, she is part of the havrem, and the person whom I thought was the most forced of the bunch.
Don't get me wrong, we see her develop. However, we see it as a character, not as a relationship between Issei and herself.
And finally we have Gasper; the final "Hero-ine" discussed in the anime; however, Gasper isn't a "Her=oine"; she is a he. He is a croiss-drejhsser, and seen in 4 episode. However, in those four episodes, Gasper is basically put through a situation similar to Asia, where-as he is the focus of most of the plot, which I found to be a-bit distracting with the final arch coming in.
Though Gasper was a nice addition to the group, it came to late, and just took time away from what could have developed other characters, or the final arch.
Speaker of arches, and thus the story; High-School DxD is divided in 4 arches within 24 episodes, and two seasons.
And, I enjoyed every one. They were well thought, well put together; they had development, and progression, and good fight scenes. I felt that they were structured, and every episode advanced the story, in one way or another.
However, if I were to have problems, two would be major.
First off, it is suggested in a "Training" episode, where Issei learns his powers in season one, that Rias grants him his powers slowly, so that he can be stronger then a normal human. This entire concept is completely ignored in season two, and confused me greatly.
Second, the antagonist. Now, I didn't discuss them in the character analysis, because they felt... Generic. They were prude, mean-spirited and arrogant, something that's been done over, and over, and over... My god, way to beat a dead horse!
However, with the major bad, comes very good. The lore is given, and is quite interesting; it has religious ties (Nearing the end, they get weird) and artifacts that you want to hear more about.
Plus, they have a nice metaphor about chess, that takes a strange, literal meaning in the demon world.
This, and the cool sacred gear, or the weapons each demon has, are cool. From Issei's red dragon that doubles his power, to Yuto's cool ability of Sword Birth that allows him to craft any blade for combat, allows interesting fighting scenes that are quite well coordinated and animated.
Finally, the animation is good, music is alright, and voice acting; I enjoyed.
The biggest problem I had, and many other people will have is the extreme fkan-servkice presented in this anime. No, it isn't simple fkian-sekirvice, it is hen-tai, plain and simple. There is nu=dity everywhere (Especially in season one) and; what my biggest problem with it, was that it distracted the audience from important moments. Emotional dialogue was ruined because of the ero=ticism presented in the animation, which makes me wonder why it is so extreme?
None the less, I enjoyed High-school DxD. It is a interesting, fun, exciting anime with extreme eroti0icism taken to far. However, if you can look past that, you will see an anime that you s0hould watch, and one I will recommend.
And with news of Season 3 coming soon, I am getting excited, and will be watching on.
7.6/10
Hey, guess what?
This is my tenth review!
From now on, I have a blog dedicated to Hwen Reviews where I will post Hwen Reviews. Now, don't worry, I will still post normal episodes her and on the site. However, specials, n' stuff will be posted exclusively on the blog. So, uh, check it out... If you want.
The blog is Hwen Reviews. G00gle that, it's the first g00gle blogger website on the page, like the forth one down or something.
Next week, I will be reviewing Hatoful b0yfriend to celebrate the end of September!
See you next week.
Other news, Roblox is stupid, I can't get these past the damn filters.
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