10 Second Anime - High School DxD BorN - Episode 7



Issei and Rias' group prepare for their Ranking Game against Diodora but find they've been caught in an insurgent plot against the Underworld.

Heh.

Whenever a whole bunch of action is about to happen in this show, you have to pay attention to the dialog again. That's kind of difficult with all the fanservice thrown in your face, but most of the exposition happens when two characters are walking somewhere or standing around together.  Case in point - Issei and Koneko coming back from a devil assignment.

Even in the middle of a great war with many factions, the devils still need to do their jobs when they get summoned. Because Issei was such a weak devil when he was first made, he rode around on his bike to his jobs, but now that he's much more powerful, his regular clients still expect him to show up on his bike as added "service." It was a nice touch to ground the show back in its universe and to keep reminding us of the events of the first season, in the same way Issei's frequent flashbacks of the devil who killed him keep doing.

Hey, that Diodora guy seems kinda shady. So says Chaos Brigade.

Kuroka and Vali showed up to warn Issei about Diodora and how another devil candidate's accidental death may not have been so accidental. Sounds like a plot is brewing.

So, that was the foreshadowing of the plot. Which means, enough of that, we need to have MOAR PLOT before the action starts.

Many of the girls, especially Akeno and Rias, have been getting ahead of the other members of the harem with kissing, feeling up, invitations to "cuddling," so its hard to keep track of how the harem is collectively doing in their progress with the Harem King. Xenovia wants babies, we know that much, but she does have regard and respect for Issei. She needs to score some points too.

The most competitive girls are Rias and Akeno, of course, because they've known each other the longest. I think Issei is enjoying this fight for his attention. So would I!

The other girls have seen this before. It was a good chance to get ahead while Rias and Akeno were distracted.

Do your best, Koneko-chan!

If Issei ever becomes a major god, he should totally hang out with Odin. What a dirty old man! I like him!

Ha! Azazel's Rocket Punch! I haven't seen that in almost two years.

Yeah, Diodora opened his eyes when he had bad intentions in his body language, so that was confirmation of how he really was before we even got to the battlefield. Kidnapping Asia opportunistically during the old devils' plot against the current leadership seemed like old school evil. For some reason, Chaos Brigade isn't supporting this action, but they're not really fighting it either.

Geh.

With Akeno and the girls "thanking" Issei in transparent shrine priestess outfits, you know a scene completely irrelevant to the plot is going to be NSFW. Kuroka got her chance to shine in the eye catches because she wanted dragon babies.

Well, we knew Akeno was going to be aggressive and Xenovia doesn't even think twice about that stuff if the chance of making babies is in play. Asia just goes with the flow so she doesn't "lose" to the other girls too. But why did Akeno have three slutty miko uniforms?

Hey, if Akeno tossed away that outfit to battle horny little devil Rias, Koneko can make a play too, right?

It didn't fit very well, but A for effort, Koneko-chan.

Odin knew how to make an entrance. I wonder why he doesn't treat Rossweisse this way?

Is Koneko going to follow in her sister's footsteps in the development department? I doubt it. This show needs a loli, and Gasper the loli trap isn't going to cut it.

Rias just happened to have that outfit within easy reach in her closet.

The Harem King enjoys a little catfight every now and then.

Now, why didn't Issei get a massive power-up when he rang Akeno's doorbell?

Oh. Something other than his dragon arm got the power-up. Say no more, say no more.