High School DxD

Fantasy · Romance · Action

High School DxD is a 2012 TNK school fantasy that combines crude romantic comedy with supernatural action.

Synopsis

The Anime Lad

Issei Hyodo approaches high school with one dominant interest and almost no capacity for embarrassment. His long-awaited first date brings him into contact with supernatural danger around the school. The series then combines crude romantic comedy with fantasy action as though restraint were an optional elective. This is an accurate warning and, for its intended audience, possibly an advertisement.

Super Eyepatch Fox

Follow Issei, a shameless student whose romantic ambitions collide with supernatural conflict around his school. Fan service arrives first and rarely leaves. Magic soon competes for the same space. High School DxD refuses to separate its crude comedy from its action premise, pushing both at maximum volume while ordinary school life becomes increasingly difficult to recognize.

Gigguku

High School DxD knows exactly what kind of show it wants to be and announces it at full volume. Issei is a spectacularly horny disaster whose first date pulls him toward supernatural danger. From there, school comedy and fantasy action occupy the same shameless space. The fan service is central, the tone is proudly ridiculous, and restraint has no seat in the classroom. Commitment this loud becomes its own attraction.

Father's Basement

The fan service is relentless, and Issei's manners can test anyone's tolerance quickly. That warning label is the honest starting point. High School DxD surrounds his crude romantic ambition with a school-based supernatural conflict, giving the comedy an action framework without pretending to become respectable. It remains trashy by design. Viewers looking for restraint should believe the opening evidence and make an informed decision.

Issei Hyodo is your average perverted high school student whose one wish in life is to have his own harem, but he's got to be one of the unluckiest guys around. He goes on his first date with a girl only to get brutally attacked and killed when it turns out the girl is really a vicious fallen angel.

What defines it

The series builds its identity from an unusually direct mix of sexual comedy, romantic wish fulfillment, and supernatural combat. Issei's crude ambitions remain part of nearly every episode, while the devil hierarchy gives his new found family clear loyalties and plenty of opponents.

Watch path

Watch the numbered main seasons in order. Announced continuations follow the released entries. Optional titles are not included in this main-series path.

Main storyMain seasons

Recommendation shape

MoodMostly bright

BrightBleak

PaceBrisk

UnhurriedPropulsive

StoryBalanced

DirectIntricate

ActionFrequent

SparseFrequent

Moral framingMostly clear

Clear-sidedMorally tangled

Cast focusEnsemble

Tight focusBroad ensemble