User blog comment:B214/Shin DxD 1 discussion/@comment-83.30.248.92-20180720110203/@comment-28884330-20180721060029

My issue primarily comes with how the tunnel vision here works. It's not like Issei cannot lose later in the tournament, especially when he will have to face Indra and the Four Heavenly Kings if he reaches the semi-finals. He can have his defeat character development there, so why make him lose against Rias, which is very likely to require asspull or some very particular Rating Game ruleset?

I really don't see why it's so important that he has to lose to Rias in particular.