High School DxD. Its a show that really needs no introduction if youve stuck around the anime community for a while. Its your generic runofthemill ecchiharem show right? Well this show really is in fact ecchi and it falls under the harem category but theres one thing that separates it from its contemporaries and thats everything else it has to offer. This is the famous and to some degree infamous journey of Issei Hyoudou as he goes from a perverted kid to a perverted kid whos also a devil. The art of the show is fairly generic but its one that I actually enjoy it fits the shows vibe you know. The art is good enough to the point where the ecchi aspects are done well and nice to look at. Speaking of ecchi thats probably the main reason people come to watch the show and also why so many people hear it being talked about. Its an ecchibattle show that has visible boobs and nudity in every episode even when its not particularly needed like in battles and . Though I feel this doesnt really take away from the feel of the scene since I can tell that this is a show that really does know what it is and doesnt try to hide it. I myself think that its just some nice little ecchi windowdressing to an already good show and am not really bothered or affected by it. The voice acting and general sound design of the show isnt something to overlook either. The main protagonist is voiced by the everso talented Yuki Kaji known for many roles like Eren Yeager Koichi Hirose Shoto Todoroki and many more. Youko Hikasa as Rias Shizuka Itou as Akeno Ayana Taketatsu as Koneko Azumi Asakura as Asia and Kenji Nojima as Yuuto all do great jobs in their roles as well. The swift sounds of swords bouncy sounds of various characters breasts and not to mention the echoing BOOST and EXPLOSION of Isseis Boosted Gear. The opening song Trip innocent of D is an absolute banger. Its a classic song that I always find myself enjoying whenever I hear it. Also I like the line when they say Draw Delete because it sounds cool. The ending song STUDY x STUDY isnt anything to scoff at either. Its a vibrant song to just vibe to and the main visuals are wonderfully animated and mesmerizing strip shows from the main female cast. I cant tell you how good that ending song looks. The basic premise of the story surrounds our protagonist Issei Hyoudou. One day he gets himself a girlfriend named Yuma but in a shocking turn of events Yuma kills Issei. Though Issei is saved by Rias Gremory his senior from school and is revived as a devilthe pawn in her peerage. With this Issei has to adapt to his life as a devil and sets his goal on becoming the Harem King as well as Rias greatest pawn even if he is the only one. He also gains the company of the other members of Rias peerage along with the trials and tribulations that come with the devil life. Rias Gremory is what you would call the King on the Occult Clubs side of the chess board. Using artifacts known as Evil Pieces devils add people to their peerage based on pieces found in chess. Akeno Himejima is the Priestess of Thunder representing the Queen Yuuto Kiba is the Knight of the Holy Demonic Sword representing the Knight Koneko Toujou is the White Cat representing the Rook and Issei Hyoudou is the Pawn which he initially sees as a sign of weakness. From here her peerage would only grow to incorporate more members each character having their own importance and story to them. The shows not that complex really. Its wellpaced and easy to follow giving the average and veteran viewer a pretty fun ride thats not too hard to understand. That said the lore and intricate things that the show does have to offer are still fairly interesting in their own right. Now the characters that this show has are good too the main ones this season focuses on being Rias Asia and most obviously Issei. Rias Gremory is the character Id like to call our main heroine for the show. Shes the redhaired devil club president and shes got some huge boobs. I mean some serious honkers. A real set of badonkers. Packin some dobonhonkeros. Massive dohoonkabhankoloos. Big old tonhongerekoogers even. Throughout the course of this season were shown how much Issei looks up to her and her impact on his and her peerages lives. Luckily enough shes not just some onedimensional waifu character. She has genuine problems and depth to her character and that really does go for the rest of the cast. Yeah Issei is both the shonen protagonist and the lecherous pervert Akeno is the oneesan Yuuto is the cool bishounen Akeno is the kuudere cat loli and Asia is the shy church girl but their personalities in the series do go further than that. Issei for example is in fact a lustdriven high school kid but hes also a genuinely goodhearted and hardworking person as well. Hes always going to be there for Rias for Yuuto for Asia and the rest of his friends. Its great to see an ecchiharem with characters that are likeable in both personality and appearance. Overall High School DxD is actually a pretty good show. It has a good opening ending cast art and above all its a really fun show. The ecchi can feel distracting to some people and thats a part thats really subjective. The battle sequences are engaging the characters are memorable and the plot is intriguing. Its a comedy and even if I didnt really laugh its still really enjoyable as it is. Its an anime thats more than what it looks like on the surface and one that I can recommend to people in both a real way and for the memes. Its a really good time my dude.