![]() ![]() ![]() Just spit it out, girl! That’s what you claimed you had set out to do. My only major complaint? Rias didn’t immediately tell Issei that Asia had survived when she went to talk sense into him. We’ll see.) But the Juggernaught Drive was every bit as powerful as it was billed. Which almost kind of sort of works-it feels like these two could be friends if circumstances were different. More dodgy plotting: Vali suddenly decides to help save Issei. Not only were the emotional notes there, it’s just damn cool. LN readers have been hinting at (and hyping up) the Juggernaught Drive all season, and I’m happy to say it delivered. It’s what makes him him, rather than an audience stand in. That makes him less enviable, but more human. Sure, many would like to be in his position, harem-wise, but who wants to suffer pain like that? We all like to think we’d muscle though, but probably we’d break as well. ![]() And when Issei broke … no matter how much power he has, that helps keep him from becoming a Gary Stu, because he’s not perfect. Her attack, and her relief at the end, made my heart clench. With Xenovia, this episode made me realize something I should have put together a while ago-that her heterosexual lifemate friendship with Asia is far more organic and natural than any baby-making desire she has with Issei. From Xenovia’s desperate attack to Issei utterly breaking at Asia’s apparent death, it was the emotions of these scenes that worked, no matter how dodgy some of the logic might be. But when the emotions run high- whatever those emotions may be-this show can be excellent at what it does. ![]() High School DxD is undoubtedly an emotional show think about it too much, and it all falls apart. Screw it, let’s talk about the good stuff. Which makes one roll the eyes, but we’re used to that. This time it was Vali’s team and pure happenstance, but it had to be something. It was obvious that Asia’s apparent death wouldn’t stick, and that she’d somehow get saved. ![]()
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