User blog comment:B214/Shin DxD 1 discussion/@comment-39.51.215.62-20180720122533/@comment-28884330-20180721163929

What are you even saying? A loss for Issei in the tournament is very important to avoid author wanking, which is just as bad as community wanking. It’s fine and all to make Issei reach far in the tournament, but the guy is an 18-year-old who only started training and using his powers when he was 17. Having him win this tournament full of experienced god-class beings just because is unrealistic and bad story-writing.