User blog comment:B214/High School DxD Hero Discussion/@comment-29793092-20180708052144

Kind of a character breakdown from this season, I feel like some characters were emboldened, others sort of lost their personas:

Akeno and Azazel I feel like sort of got pushed to the back burner to some extent this season. I remember in Seasons 2 and part of Season 3 (don't kill me for mentioning BorN), Akeno was such a major influence in the storyline, with the issues with her own heritage and family becoming a plot point for a while; Azazel seemed to be less omnipotent dark angel, more annoyed English teacher.

However, I love what they did with Koneko and Asia. Small girls deserve love too! ^_^

Overall, I love how they fixed what they did in Season 3 with Rias. One redditor I saw commented something like "The studio needed to constantly remind us that Rias was the main heroine for some reason." Hero made her relevant of course, but focused a lot on what Issei needed, not having Rias in the forefront all the time.

As a final note, I wish to congratulate Passione for turning the anime fans around. I admit I've not read MUCH of the light novels, but what I can say is that from what I've seen from Hero after the issues with BorN and those last three episodes of that season specifically, I am more hopeful and cannot wait to see season 5.

Any predictions from you guys? Possibly seeing Ophis make a reappearance or even having a talk with Great Red? Honestly I just want to see another fight with Vali after seeing the Cardinal Crimson Promotion.

Cheers guys!