User blog comment:Animegeek1689/Does Issei really love Rias?/@comment-76.165.130.41-20170315152606/@comment-99.195.230.150-20170925004911

You and I are in agreement! After volume 18, things between them seem to go back to how they were before volume 10. There's also his proposals. Compared to his proposal to Akeno, his proposal to Rias was like a joke. His proposal to Rias, compared to his proposal to Akeno, looks like him casually asking her out on a date.