User blog comment:B214/High School DxD New Episode 3 Discussion/@comment-16075832-20130723034745/@comment-1359322-20130724000956

Yeah Koneko betrayed him, very bad girl. JK :). The actual reason to Issei and Yuuto losing is because the author wanted to display the ability of the Holy Sword and that Irina and Xenovia aren't weak that's all.