User blog comment:B214/Volume 23 discussion blog/@comment-183.87.180.246-20170602072629/@comment-31137559-20170602124948

I'm not denying that Rias isn't #1 or that she isn't the main girl. It's this idea that Issei loves Rias more than the others. Where was this stated exactly? Did Issei admit or even know he had romantic feelings for the other girls? Can someone provide me an exact statement of Issei stating he loves Rias more than the others? I wasn't aware that Issei was aware of his romantic feelings for the girls. Saying he loves Rias more than the others is implying that he knows of his romantic feelings for the other girls. When exactly was Issei aware of his romantic feelings for any of the other girls in the fourth arc? Now when Issei is aware of his romantic feelings for each and every one of the girls in his harem, you have a convincing argument.

And I know that Rias is the main girl but what if Asia was the one he realized he had romantic feelings for first? She was the first one to live with him and she was basically the first one to have feelings for Issei. Realizing romantic feelings for one girl before the others doesn't mean he loves the rest any less. Would you love your first child more than the others? Sure your first child has an important and unique place in your heart for being your first, but that doesn't mean that you love that first child more than the others.

And BTW, it was Akeno who had Issei's first child. So not all firsts belong to Rias.