In both cases, Loki will have broken out to fight them for the ending.Īll-in-all, I hate brainwash subplots. Then Rias will wake up, kill the clone, Issei will confess his feelings while dying, and Rias will break everyone out of the trap (because of course she was just bait for a trap) with her irrepressible rage.
It’ll either be a) Rias has been turned into the core of Loki’s god-killer and her power of destruction is now a weapon she can’t control, and only Issei shouting out his true feelings will give her the strength to save herself (since of course no one can get close, but Issei will try and get ripped to shreds)(this is my preferred scenario, by the way), ORī) the clone is still around and he and real-Issei will get into a shouting match over which one is real, which of course real-Issei can’t win since the real can never win against the ideal, it’ll turn into a fight with real-Issei’s true feelings giving him the strength to beat the clone, but Rias will jump in the way just before the final blow, causing real-Issei to stop short and fake-Issei will strike instead, maybe through Rias (I always like the look of “how could I have been so stupid?” when that happens). The most frustrating part is I can predict where this is going, even though it’s all anime-original. Rias is so concerned about her own insecurities that she attacks Gasper and can’t tell the real from the fake when Gasper and Koneko are with the real one? *sigh* I guess anime-Rias is a lot more weak-willed… Sure they bring out the deepest parts of a character, but to me they also make that part of the character feel a hundred times cheaper. Having said that, a brainwashing-via-inner-feelings subplot? Really? Gods I’ve always hated those. Issei’s thoughts on the roof were straight out of vol 10. I get that they’re trying to get Issei’s feelings moving in a more tolerable direction for anime-only viewers who don’t get the exposition advantage of the LN. Over at, the last four posts: A lifestyle designed for productivity, Practical freedom, Old to them, and Stop sending me job ideas.
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( More info-now available in paperback!) Sign up for my email list for a FREE sequel short story. My first novel, Wage Slave Rebellion, is available now. Tl dr: – An atmosphere of wrongness infuses the air as an Issei clone exploits the darkness in Rias’ heart #haremking s3e10 Hopefully injecting some Kuroka-neesan, along with a verbal showdown between Issei and Vali, will help bring the fun back to DxD. Maybe it’s just my disdain for mind control plots, but I neither liked nor disliked this episode. It’s still a reach, but at least they’re trying.Īfter last week’s episode, this was bound to be a step down, but I feel like there was too much setup for something that’s not really exciting me. Issei’s darkness-that he’s afraid of finding out about how girls feel about him-really just codifies another excuse for why there are still so many virgins in the cast. Her darkness almost certainly has to do with Issei himself-uncertainty about whether he loves her, typified in how he still calls her “buchou” instead of by her name-which is why the Issei double was able to brainwash her or whatever. Mostly this was used in regards to Rias, who apparently got the curse too.
I’m not sure how much of that was intentional, and how much is a function of the story going off the rails and doing something different, but it was effective. There was a serious feeling of wrongness, from the frequent facial close ups to the pacing. What this episode did well was invoke atmosphere … even if it’s an atmosphere counter to what I enjoy in High School DxD, which made me enjoy the episode less. I feel like we need a break between the heavy stuff, and there was none of that here. What I wish was that this wasn’t the only light-hearted or lovey-dovey section of the episode! Aside from Rosseweisse crying, it was all serious business, and while I like that too, I’m hurting for the DxD levity that’s so much fun. Asia’s feelings, at least, were true, and sweet to behold. Which was all made tolerable by the kiss. The first part of the episode, where Issei was healed, initially had the signature mixture of too much technobabble and a convenient stretching of previous rules in how Asia was able to heal Issei by going deep instead of from a distance.
The atmosphere is uncomfortable as we confront the darkness in Rias’ heart.
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