User blog comment:B214/High School DxD Season 1 review/@comment-24502975-20141219132529

I didn't really mind the lack of Lord Gremory and Lord Phoenix, as the former appears in S2 and the latter never appears again. It would have been nice to see them discussing Raiser's defeat, but the most important part was the mention of the White Dragon, which was done. Not like they expected a sequel anyway~

Personally I think it was well-done, but there's no doubt I prefer S2 far more. The animation quality was sub-par, but it got me into the world of DxD so I have to be grateful for that. And Ise's rematch vs Raiser was fucking awesome. EP12 best episode of DxD S1.