Shin High School DxD

1st impressions. ( I counted New life and Afterword as chapters too)

I will review it subjectively. I will be giving my 1st impressions and do a full review once Shin finishes.

\ Spoiler alert just in case //

I thought about giving my impressions after reading a volume of Shin DxD for people who are still hesitating for some reason. I will keep it short.

Nothing changed. It is still the same DxD only with Shin added. Because of money and length. Issei is still a virgin. Villains are still crap. New characters appear with a new member of the Issei harem named Ingvild, who possesses the anti-dragon ability. The new antagonist enters the stage, Nyx. She is wielding unique clothes, Virgin Killer. The outfit, which neutralizes virgins attacks, pretty cheap tbh. I will be honest she is below average DxD villain. That is not an achievement ( if you have a similar opinion on DxD villain as me, you know what I am talking about).

Overall it is pretty much the same DxD as before. I was enjoying it a lot, so am I enjoying Shin too. It is a beautiful 8/10. I would love to see some good antagonist though. ( I did not found much enjoyment in any DxD villains so far tbh).

Small update( 18.10.2019): I am at volume 3. I will keep it spoiler-free. I do not want to spoil your experience as it is a little bit ahead of Volume 1. Issei is getting even more harem members. Even though I do not mind big harems in anime or books, I have to admit that the Issei harem is getting a bit too big. Some characters do not get much development at the time.

Villains: No change, specifically in volume 3, there was one villain that got my hype up. Sadly, he did not last a Volume.

I am looking forwards to the Azazel tournament. I hope the matches will get even better.

Volume 4(18.10.2020): A lot happened. I will try to cover as many events as possible due to volume 4 having over 400 pages. It concludes the "Hades and Alliance of Hell vs DxD" conflict. I will try to keep it without significant spoilers, but I will spoil the result of a final battle and plot point I had an issue with.

So, the Vali team had a match in the playoffs. It was an enjoyable match between the young and old generation.

Later, Issei is under attack by fake Ddraig and Longinus gear "Alphecca Tyrant" wielder Meredith Ordinton. Meredith uses Alphecca Tyrant on Issei to change his personality (simplified explanation). To this point, I enjoyed everything. But I was annoyed with Issei's personality change, but more on that later.

Alliance of Hell made their last stand in London. From the beginning, there were not any illusions about the outcome. Both sides knew DxD would likely win, which indeed happened. I enjoyed the final battle fighting scenes. It was a landslide, but I liked it, clearly fruits of their progression through the series. I loved seeing DxD "good guys" being OP.

Issei's personality reverts to the original. New villains enter the stage with a massive shock.

I want to talk a bit more about two things: Issei's personality change and new villains.

Issei's personality change was a smart idea because Hades used Azazel's prank against Issei. However, I did not enjoy Issei being scared of boobs again. It was fun as a prank, but I think it was here only to have Issei unlock another new power by the last moment. It did not fit to the final battle being "one-sided". I will put a quote here: "Didn’t you know that this man is a joke-like existence? He isn't such a weak man that could be defeated by something thought of by the Gods of Hell. Well, maybe you could have won if you had gathered ten thousand nude beauties?", well it would be way more fun to read than was boobs scared Issei. It is a nitpick from me. I do not think your experience will be ruined or even annoyed at all.

New villains appear. I feel "normally" about them, not much-hyped. If you have read DxD DX you should be aware of their existence. They are strong, stupidly strong, I expect them to be just powerhouses. I do not anticipate them to be good villains. They are planning to start a war against Earth soon. If I could choose, I would prefer events to continue in Azazel's tournament and conclude Trihexa instead of another war, but I might be surprised. I think Issei will use "heavenly breasts" to deal with them.

I will put one more quote here because it is along 10 000 beauties my favorite in this volume:
"What!? The Sister-chan’s panties are inside a treasure vault!? Aren’t you interested in that as the Ketsuryuukou, Vali?"

Bikou asked Vali like that.

"I'll never be going to eat ramen with you again."

Vali replied.

That is all for volume. I hope I did not bore you too much 4 :)

Overall, no change in the rating, still 8/10 :)