User blog comment:Piyush Banerjee/Shin DxD 2 discussion/@comment-83.46.70.174-20181223090201/@comment-24552694-20181223165929

I want to quckly present  a theory; Yasaka raised Kunou but she is not her biological mother.

I know it sounds crazy but i do wish to explain, I have no doubt tha Kunou and Yasaska are definetly related but not specffically biological  mother and daughter. i did a quick check and Yasaka has never specifcally called Kunou her child, the closest ever being mentiong Kunou wanting brothers and sisters in Volume 19.

It maybe that Yassaka is Kunou's Aunt and she was Kunou's mother or father's brother. From her personality i think she is similar to the 4 maous, in that she was never meant to be in her current position as a leader. A better description would be the Ned stark situation, she was 2 or 3rd in line and she was forced to take up the position after her sibilings died.

It may also explain some of her sttitudes, we know she is quite carefree and fliratous from Volume 19  as well as a nbit of a trickster. She also appears to favour battling on the frontlines a lot more than the other leaders, though this is all just speculation and observation on my part so thois small paragraph can be disbutted but she

I currently think that what ever killed her brother or sister, orphaning Kunou as well will return in Shin highschool dxd volume 3 and affect her as well, thus causing a strin between Yasaka and Kunou that issei helps bridges. It would help justify Yasaka growing romantic felling, as whoile she has didplayed sexual attraction before we know she was not aware of  the events surrondingher resuce in volume 9 untill issei and kunou restored her mind so it would help the relationship to devlop.

Just a liitletheory  wanted to mentone given Yasaka's increased importance in the narritive now.