#Highschool dxd code zero series#

A massive myth-filled world with a modern take on the gods and demons of ages past, concerning the desperate need to move forward and change set against the stubborn pride of ancient beings thousands of years old, all centered around a Tenchi-esque romcom and a boy learning to be a man.Īnd yet, it works. Following the Brigades collapse and replacement by a much worse organization, the Alliance forms a counter-terror team (called DxD, of course) from the Gremory peerage and several similarly anomalous groups. They manage to take out several of the Brigades leaders, which doesn't go unnoticed. The Gremory peerage starts out simply being wrapped up in various attacks, and then gradually becomes the Brigades living nightmare. Which is where the main characters come in. They are, however, very good at launching terrorist strikes and guerrilla warfare. Thus the crux of the plot is born.įor once, power is in the hands of the good guys (as one would expect since they seized power from the a**holes trying to get everyone killed), and the enemy organization (the Chaose Brigade) is incapable of fighting the leaders head on.

And then immediately put under siege by dissenters who very much want to do the whole 'everybody dies' thing. For once it actually works, and a tentative alliance between the three Christianity based factions (Angels, Demons, and Fallen Angels) is born. However, the powers-that-be have wised up a bit since last time and are trying to keep things from boiling over. Then we get to the other half of the story, and are thrown into a massive world filled to the brim with every mythology you can think of, all on the brink of another devastating super-war that would inevitably lead to the annihilation of everything.

#Highschool dxd code zero series#

The series going full-on Tenchi was an excellent move on the writers part as it skips all the drama and goes straight to 'lots of cute girls do lots of cute things'. Also, in a turn of events that heralded the oncoming tide of 'True Harem' stories, any notion that the story will end with a single girl 'winning' is thrown out the window by the writer himself in one of the afterwords.

This includes Issei, who goes from Generic McPervy #496247 to someone fully aware of his own flaws and strives to improve both himself and the world around him. Moreover, every major character has their own personal development, showing a level of character development not normally seen in such series. more> girls have their own distinct personalities, and every one of them is both lovable and interesting, a rarity among harem series. On one side you have a truly delicious harem lovefest only hampered by the editorial restrictions keeping things from going R-15. It almost feels as if the writer was writing two different stories at once and didn't realize they involved the same characters until after he was done.

This novel has a bizarrely schizophrenic feel to it. But there is much more to this story than meets the eye. Let me start off and say that since this is my favorite Light Novel, I may be slightly biased.