User blog comment:B214/Shin DxD 1 discussion/@comment-92.7.177.20-20180827152837/@comment-31137559-20180828160559

Again I feel like people are only saying this because we got Nyx's illustration. Like how Raynare only became popular after the anime was created and TNK decided to make her default experience into a mature, sexy woman in a skimpy outfit.

It's basically the same thing. See a hot female that's the villain and fans want her to be redeemed.