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{{quote| "Are you serious! I'm able to make my own harem? I could have sex with them as well right?"<br />

Remember your first date and how much it sucked, what with nervousness, lack of ideas as to what to do, and running late when you thought you came in early? Well, Issei Hyoudou has you beat. Okay, his first date started out well enough -- inenough—in fact, 99% of it was awesome. It's just that the other 1% involved his girlfriend stabbing him in the stomach and leaving him to bleed to death. And you thought ''your'' date was bad?

Enter Rias Gremory, his school's beautiful, crimson-haired sweetheart. She's also a demon queen, who resurrects him. Without knowing what became of him, Issei returns to his normal life of watching porn, peeking into changing rooms and interacting with his two fellow perverts. But no sooner had he started reconnecting to his old life than a fallen angel attacks him, only to be saved once more by Rias -- nowRias—now accompanied by two of her faithful servants, Akeno Himejima and Koneko Toujou.

An ongoing 2008 [[Light Novel]] series by Ichiei Ishibumi and illustrated by Miyama-Zero, '''''High School DxD''''' is a series that runs away with all the gratuitous [[Fan Service]] and one boy's slow ascent up the ranks of the demon world. It also has an ongoing 2011 manga series illustrated by Hiroji Mishima and a [[Winter 2012 Anime]] adaptation.

There is also a [[Lighter and Softer]] [[Spin-Off]] of this series, starring Asia and Koneko called "''High School D x DDxD: Asia and Koneko's Secret Contracts"''.

[http://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=High_School_DxD Baka-Tsuki has a translation project for the Light Novels.]

[[FUNimation]] also has [http://www.animenewsnetwork.comcc//news/2012-01-18/funimation-licenses-high-school-dxd-tv-anime licensed the anime]. You can watch it [http://www.funimation.com/high-school-dxd/episodes here at Funimation] or [https://web.archive.org/web/20120406234742/http://ch.niconico.com/channel/ch60204 here at Nico Douga.] They're [[Gag Censor|censored though.]]

* [[Ax Crazy]]: [[Light Is Not Good|Freed]], [[Complete Monster|full stop]].

* [[Badass]]: ASo lotmany.

** [[Badass Abnormal]]: Issei. He has a sacred gear but it's noted that he achieved his level of power not because of his sacred gear but because of [[Training Fromfrom Hell]] and his [[Determinator|will to never give up]]. Otherwise he would be far weaker.

** [[Badass Adorable]]: The girls may look beautiful but most of them are strong enough to easily destroy buildings.

** [[Badass Normal]]: Sairaorg lacks any special power but trained his [[Charles Atlas Superpower|body]] hard enough that he can defeat any of the devils in his generation with [[Curb Stomp Battle|ease]]. Only [[Badass Abnormal|Issei]] can stand up to him among the new generation of devils.

** [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: One would never expect that perverted [[Ordinary High School Student]] to be someone that went toe to toe with some of the strongest beings in mythology and won.

** [[One-Man Army]]: [[Authority Equals Asskicking|Any of the leaders of the factions]], [[Badass Abnormal|Issei]] plus his rivals, and the [[Physical God|Gods]].

** [[World of Badass]]

* [[Barehanded Blade Block]]: {{spoiler|[[Journey to Thethe West|The original Son Goku]] uses only ''one finger'' against Cao Cao's [[Game Breaker|True Longinus]]}}.

* [[Bedmate Reveal]]: At the end of episode 1 has Issei waking up and finding .<ref> Nude I might add</ref>.

* [[Bishoujo Genre]]: All of the main girls and most of the supporting ones are attractive women

* [[Can't Catch Up]]: Beginning to show shades of this in the Light Novels in regards to Issei and Kiba but especially Issei. They both start off as relatively weak members of the Occult Club with Issei being by far the weakest and Kiba being only around Koneko's level at best. Rias and Akeno at this point were far stronger. Then Kiba and Issei master Balance Breaker and everyone is left coughing in the dust. This is best exemplified when Issei was able to beat Sairaorg Baal using his {{spoiler|Balance Breaker}} where as Kiba, enovia and RossweissRossweisse (the three strongest in the occultOccult clubClub with Kiba being by far the stronger of the three) only managed to cut off a arm of Sairaorg {{spoiler|without Balance Breaker}} and the rest likely couldn't even scratch Sairaorg.

* [[Competitive Balance]]: The rating games have this format. Take note however that depending on the individual this could change. For example giving someone fast a rook would make them a [[Lightning Bruiser]] instead.

** [[Magikarp Power]]: Pawns could promote into any piece except a King as long as they are in the enemy territory.

** [[Squishy Wizard]]: Bishops.

* [[Defeat Byby Modesty]]: Issei's dress break invokes this, sure its mainly used on females but usually its not modesty that defeats them its the heavy handed blasting coming from Issei or one of his teammates as person in question covers their naughty bits.

* [[Did We Just Have Tea Withwith Cthulhu?]]: Odin pays a visit to Issei's house and was hanging out with Azazel.

* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: [[Averted]] with Issei. At the start he was treated as a joke by even low tier fallen angels but once he started getting stronger opponents took him more and more seriously.

*** [[The Chick|The Chicks]]s: Asia and Gasper

*** [[Sixth Ranger|Sixth Rangers]]s: Irina, Rossweiss, and Ravel

*** [[Team Pet]]: Fenrir and Gogmagog.

* [[Gondor Calls for Aid]]: {{spoiler|When Hell gets invaded by Hades and the Chaos Brigade, the leaders try to convince the other members of [[The Alliance]] to help them. While they would, seeing as there's [[Achilles' Heel|someone who wields the most powerful Longinus that could kill them]], it made things harder for them to move. They then send their armies instead to deal with the threat.}}

* [[Guilty Pleasure]]: In universe example, Issei has gone...somewhat far with some of the girls, to the point it's just short of sex. That being said, it's not like the girls said "no" either.

* [[Hard Work Hardly Works]]: Subverted Hard. Issei is mentioned constantly to be talentless and no good at anything at all. He goes through [[Training Fromfrom Hell]] constantly to improve himself and in the end it worked. He turned out to be the strongest out of the Occult Club which consisted of some of the most talented individuals and some of them even had special lineages such as the the sister of the current Maou and the daughter of a leader in the Fallen Angel faction. He even eventually muched up to [[The Rival|Vali]] who had the lineage of the original Maou to back himself up. The author himself mentioned that this is a series where hard work pays off and it shows. Azazel even thinks of Issei as a sponge who can absorb anything. Same thing with Sairaorg who also subverts this trope because any devil who fights off against him and loses, they don't have what it takes to bounce back since their powers don't work on someone who's just using his body as a weapon.

* [[Impaled Withwith Extreme Prejudice]]: Twice within the first episode. In the books, Issei's been impaled more than Jenna Jameson.

* [[Jerkass]]: {{spoiler|RiaRias's Fiancefiance, RaizerRiser}} and Matsuda and Motohama, Issei's two friends who start spreading rumors about him because Issei is so close to many beautiful women.

* [[Knight Templar]]: Quite a few with the most notable being the Old Devils Faction and the Hero Faction both absolutely convinced their in the right and willing to do anything to get what they want.

* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]: Issei and his non-demonic pals, Matsuda and Motohama.

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Rias and Akeno,. theyBoth have [[Boobs of Steel]], equally bodacious behinds, and are considered to be the 2two idolshottest ofgirls in school, andby areeveryone incredibly(i.e. "School Idols"). Issei is very lucky that he scores both of beautifulthem.

* [[Our Angels Are Different]]/[[Our Demons Are Different]]: Demons and [[Fallen Angel|fallen angels]] are two separate classes of beings: demons are the original inhabitants of hell, whereas fallen angels are interlopers who settled there after getting kicked out of heaven. The two groups have been at war ever since.

* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: Unusual for media, but Issei's dragon is a welshWelsh dragon. Not something you see every day.

** The devils also have a strength tier with ultimate being the highest level and [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|low level devil being the lowest]]. In a subversion however the entire Occult Club with the exception of Rias are all low level devils and they are all considered with the exception of [[The Medic|Asia]] and Gasper to be high level devils if not stronger. Ironically Rias herself ends up as one of the weaker members with most of the rest of the Occult Club surpressing her.

* [[Physical God]]: {{spoiler|[[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Gods]] in this series are extremely strong. Loki for example could hold off the two strongest members of the Fallen Angel group plus the entire Occult Club plus Saji in his dragon from with ease. Also Son Goku has been shown to utterly crush the Hero Faction which are each individually at a High-Ultimate Tier Devil level. The two strongest beings Ophis and Great Red are represented by Infinite and Dreams which say volumes of how strong they are}}.

* [[Pretty Freeloaders]]: Asia is the first one who stays at Issei's home, then later on it's Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Xenovia, Irina, and Rossweisse who stay with him while Kiba and Gasper rent a house near them. Subverted in that they often do housework.

* [[Red Baron]]: A lot. Generally all the high level fighters have some sort of terrifying nickname. Funnily enough Issei is called the {{spoiler|Breast Emperor Dragon}} which brings Driag no small amount of agony.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Numerous. Issei activates his Sacred Gear by shouting "[[Dragon Ball (Manga)|Kamehameha!]]" and his first client was hoping for a female demon he could dress up as [[Haruhi Suzumiya (Literature)|Yuki Nagato]].

** Episode 4 of the anime has [[Rozen Maiden (Anime)|a Suigintou poster]].

{{quote| '''Familiar Master''': ''[[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Tsukaima, Getto da ze!]]''<br />

** According to the author, he [[Suspiciously Specific Denial|specifically denied that the three short stories]] in Volume 8 ([[The Prince of Tennis|Oppai Of The Tennis]], [[Hell Teacher Nube|Hell Teacher Azazel]], and [[Three Hundred300|300 Issei]]) had nothing to do with the series they were referencing.

* [[Story-Breaker Power]]: {{spoiler|Ophis being the strongest character displays zero interest in fighting because if she ever went serious she would destroy every opponent easily and thus founds fighting with anybody except the Great Red pointless. Even when having her powers weakened to around 25-50% of her powers she still is double the strength of the two heavenly dragons. Also Son Goku who forced the entire Hero Faction to retreat and did so easily plus blocked the True Longinus with one finger}}.

* [[Superpower Lottery]]: Various from Sacred Gear to Sacred Gear. Kiba has the the ability to create swords with any special element he wants. Vali could Divide someone's power by two every ten seconds and Issei could double his own power by two every ten seconds. [[Time Stands Still|Gasper could stop time]]. Then there's Cao Cao who has the True Longinus that has 7 abilities which are all utterly broken such as the ability to destroy all weapons and a [[Attack Reflector]].

** Also besides sacred gear there are people that are born into a special lineage which gives them special power exclusive to their family. Rias's family has the [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|power of destruction]] for example. Vali once again wins this lottery because he is the descendent of Lucifer thus he has great magic power that further boasts the power of his sacred gear by allowing him to feed his magic power for [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|Juggernut Drive]] which allows him to be the only person that could use this ability without drawback.

* [[Take That]]: The "Familiar Master" in Episode 7, an middle-age man who dresses and talks like Ash Ketchum/Satoshi is a not-too-kind jab at the [[Pokémon (Animeanime)|Pokémon]] fandom, particularly adults who refuse to "let go."

* [[Training Fromfrom Hell]]: Rias' training of Issei is nothing but this. Later on, he gets subjected to this by Taninim who trains him ''literally'' in hell.

* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: Well, the Rating Game is a team battle that involves adjusting the strategies in response to the opponents actions.

* [[Your Approval Fills Me Withwith Shame]]: Ddraig isn't taking the nickname {{spoiler|Breast Dragon}} everyone gave him very well due to how Issei uses his power.

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