User blog comment:B214/Question and Answers 2/@comment-4547267-20140228051909/@comment-24098614-20140228090048

It is true that Rias matter the most in Issei's heart but Akeno comes a very close second because I saw the look of despair and depression when Issei died in Volume 12, and it was a sad sight to see both Akeno and Rias love Issei a great deal because both had the strongest reactions among any of the girls, and Rias was so depressed that I felt that she was close to suicidal in how depressed she was. I say Rias #1 and Akeno #2 in both rankings but I hope that this doesn't happen again for both girls again it was really a sad sight to see for them.