User blog comment:B00m666/Highschool DxD - Question about Issei/@comment-1359322-20131204005537/@comment-16281343-20131210192416

@LordBryan, what you said is way off the mark.

The explanation being discussed is how Issei overcame his trauma, and that's in Volume 10 and its got nothing to do with Baraqiel, even a tiny bit.