User blog comment:B214/High School DxD Season 1 review/@comment-24502975-20141219132529/@comment-24502975-20141219225950

Well Venelana and Lord Gremory probably didn't have any intention of appearing for the engagement ceremony, which is what Ise crashed. Of course they'd be there for the wedding. The RG against Raiser was more tense because if they lost Rias-buchou might have to marry Raiser which no one wanted. It wasn't conveyed very well that Kokabiel's intentions would end up killing them all (he also threatened to rape the girls, didn't he? That would have gotten the fans' attention extremely quick). But it would also have made Ise look pathetically weak for not being able to do anything, which... actually would have been a plus to show his determination to get stronger for S3 onwards. Ah well, it'll be conveyed good enough at that time.

Ophis' cameo was mainly because she's a key character in the plot and one of Ishibumi's favorites (I'm sure the TNK staff love her too!). It wasn't really a good idea to adapt that conversation between Odin and Freyr unless they replaced Freyr with someone else (VA and character design for someone literally only mentioned once? Not worth it) like Rose. Odin's opinion on the alliance will be displayed enough in S3 when he meets with Azazel (if that's animated).

I can't wait to see how much better S3 is, though. Fully agree there.