High School DxD, a hilarious fantasy, action, comedy and harem anime

High School DxD

One of the anime that has attracted the most attention from users has undoubtedly been High School DxD, which delights us with a combination of fantasy, action, comedy and, of course, harem. It is the perfect recipe for success and has proven so since its release more than 10 years ago and today, it is still a reference of all the genres mentioned above, more than enough reason to dedicate a space in which we will know several details of everything it has to offer. That is why we invite you to stay with us during this review.

Get to know the plot of High School DxD

We will start by reviewing what it is all about High School DxD, although of course, there will be no major spoilers that may affect your experience in case you haven't seen this anime, so without further ado, let's get started.

This story takes us back to the academy Kuo, where most of the events of this work will take place. As expected, our protagonist is a student who attends this school and is named Issei Hyoudou, who is a pretty average guy, although extremely perverted in every way, and because of this, he gets into a big trouble that will cost him his life.

Issei is invited by a very beautiful girl, Yuma Amano, who tells him to go on a date and as expected, our lascivious protagonist accepted without thinking twice, after all, it is a date with a beautiful girl, what could go wrong?

Hyoudou is summoned to meet in a lonely place after dark, and unfortunately, this was his first mistake, for when he meets his YumaThe girl was revealed to be not what she appeared to be and instead, the delicate student was really a fallen angel who decides to end the life of our protagonist. Unfortunately, there was no one around to stop her and she ends up ending her life. Issei.

However, this is not goodbye to this lascivious protagonist, as he is revived by another beautiful red-haired girl named Rias Gremory, But bringing him to life would not be free and from now on, he would become a member of his clan as a low-class demon, because Rias is actually a demon not only of great power, but also the future heiress of the Gremory clan.

Issei from the same day he works as a servant for his new master, doing everything in his power to protect her, but as expected, he is not up to the task because of his low power, so he decides to train hard to meet the expectations, since the Gremory are not the only clan and he will have to face many powerful enemies.

How many seasons and episodes does High School DxD have?

High School DxD became a great success since the launch of its first season, which was released in 2012, thus ensuring the continuity of the series, so that only a year later, in 2013, the second season was released and again, captivated fans, getting a pass secured for its third season, which would be released in 2015, repeating the story again and therefore, getting so far, its fourth season in 2018.

Up to now, this anime has only 4 seasons, being the first and third, of 12 episodes each, while the second and the fourth, reached the 13 episodes, for a total of 50 episodes.

Will there be a fifth season?

So far, the story is not yet finished, so a fifth season may continue to explore the plot, but unfortunately, the contingency that generated the pandemic, delayed the plans for the next season and since then, fans are waiting for new news that can provide some confirmation.

Many estimated that by 2022 there would be some confirmation, but this was not the case and now, it is expected that in 2023 there will be an official announcement about the future of this anime.

Ichiei Ishibumi and Miyama-Zero, the authors of High School DxD

The anime of DxD, as you may have already guessed, is based on the saga of light novels that were written and illustrated by Ichiei Ishibumi and Miyama-Zero, which began to be published as of September 20, 2008, ending with 25 publications in March 2018.

Below we will share the titles of each one in case you are interested in reading them:

• Volume 1: Diabolos of the Old School Building - September 20, 2008
• Volume 2: Phoenix of the Battle School - December 20, 2008
• Volume 3: Excalibur of the Moonlit Schoolyard - April 20, 2009
• Volume 4: Vampire of the Suspended Classroom - September 19, 2009
• Volume 5: Hellcat of the Underworld Training Camp - December 19, 2009
• Volume 6: Holy Behind the Gymnasium - March 20, 2010
• Volume 7: Ragnarok After School - July 17, 2010
• Volume 8: The Work of a Devil - December 18, 2010
• Volume 9: Pandemonium at the School Trip - April 20, 2011
• Volume 10: Lion Heart of the School Festival - September 17, 2011
• Volume 11: Ouroboros and Promotion Tests - January 20, 2012
• Volume 12: Heroes of Tutoring - April 20, 2012
• Volume 13: Issei SOS - September 6, 2012
• Volume 14: Wizards of Career Counseling - January 19, 2013
• Volume 15: Dark Knight of the Sunnyspot - March 31, 2013
• Volume 16: Dark Knight of the Sunnyspot - October 19, 2013
• Volume 17: Valkyrie of the Teacher Training - February 20, 2014
• Volume 18: Funny Angel of the Christmas Day - June 20, 2014
• Volume 19: Durandal of the General Election - November 20, 2014
• Volume 20: Belial of Career Consultation - July 15, 2015
• Volume 21: Lucifer of free school - March 19, 2016
• Volume 22: Gremory of graduation ceremony - July 20, 2016
• Volume 23: Joker of great ball game - March 18, 2017.
• Volume 24: Grimreaper of outside study - November 17, 2017.
• Volume 25: Yggdrasil of summer course - March 20, 2018.

It is worth mentioning that after finishing the light novel, they began to serialize a sequel titled Shin High School DxD and to date, they have 8 publications, but unfortunately, the most recent one came out in 2019, so it's been a few years without updates.

There is also a manga available

As expected, the success of the light novel not only gave way to an anime, but also gave rise to a manga, which is illustrated by Hiroji Mishima, being serialized in the magazine Monthly Dragon Ace and has 9 volumes.

High School DxD, an excellent option to pass the time

High School DxD has proven to be an excellent anime that brings together the best genres, presenting a story not only funny, but also with a lot of action and ecchi, especially the latter, which ends up combining wonderfully with the characters that surround our protagonist, a pervert by nature.

And best of all, it has several seasons, which undoubtedly plays in its favor, since the characters and the plot can be developed with more freedom, offering viewers more hours of guaranteed entertainment. It is for all of the above that we invite you to enjoy this fun anime.