The Rating Game between House Gremory and House Sitri is at a location giving the advantage to Sitri; can Gremory outwit the tacticians of Sitri?
Creative Staff
Comic: Hiroji Mishima
Original Story: Ichiei Ishibumi
Character Design: Zero Miyama
Translation/Adaptation: Caleb D. Cook
What They Say
The fateful rating game has finally begun! Rias and her team may be hot stuff, but they find themselves struggling against Team Sohna and its members, who are putting their very lives on the line! When things look desperate, Issei’s strongest-ever technique explodes forth! And it’s coming for Team Sohna’s…boobs?!
Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers):
Contains nudity.
The pre-battle celebrations of the previous volume are all over; now it’s all business. The Rating Game between House Gremory and House Sitri should be a relatively easy win for Rias and her peerage. They have Issei and the Red Dragon Emperor’s power, along with the strength of Xenovia and Akeno, and the sword skills of Yuuto. Should be a slam dunk compared to their Rating Game against against Riser Phoenix.
However, the council that establishes the ground rules for every Rating Game obviously took all that into consideration and made an attempt to even the playing field. This Rating Game is being held inside the replica of a shopping mall and rule one is that the building cannot be destroyed. Any team that destroys the building will be automatically eliminated granting the win to the other team. This effectively nullifies Issei and Xenovia’s brute force powers.
This scenario sets up a great battle considering it cannot follow the typical protagonist is about to lose but powers up and smashes everyone for the win type story. This is great for the reader and shows that this series is more than just great artwork and boobs.
Sohna and Rias have been friends since childhood, so Rias is all too aware of Sohna’s intelligence. This almost puts Rias and her team in a position of counter punching Sohna’s battle plan and hoping their skill wins out. Will Issei surprise us all and come up with something intelligent, or will the author fall back on the tired all-powerful protagonist plotline?
In Summary
This volume boasts a singular focus on the Rating Game between Rias Gremory and her childhood friend and fellow royalty Sohna Sitri. Both hold positions of power in the demon world and the human world, both are intelligent and powerful, and both have the will power to do some damage in a battle. The great part of this volume is that it encompasses the entire Rating Game from start to finish and doesn’t leave the reader hanging waiting on the next volume to see the outcome of the battle. To make this story even better, Issei and his powers are put at a disadvantage in this particular Rating Game. That forces our lovable pervert to think outside the box and it shows that he can’t just win every situation with is brute strength. Another fun, titillating, volume in the High School DxD series.
Content Grade: B+
Art Grade: A-
Packaging Grade: A
Text/Translation Grade: A
Age Rating: Mature
Released By: Yen Press
Release Date: November 13th, 2018
MSRP: $13.00