User blog comment:Piyush Banerjee/Shin DxD 2 discussion/@comment-36663391-20181203145213

Rias that defeat Issei could be a very great plotwist, but is better that Issei win because until now we have see only a match of Rias( VS Vali and she was the loser, so I don't think that Rias's victory is the goal of Ishibumi in this arc), when we have see 4 matches of Issei( V.22, V23, DX4 and V.25). I don't want that the work that Ishibumi have make about Issei such King and Ravel like great strategist going to be blessing inside a toilet. However Akeno and Ingvild will be the most important characters of this volume, I will not surprised if Rias's team near win thanks Akeno but lose because Ingvild help Issei. Also in Shin DXD afterworld the writter affirmed that in the next turn of the tournament we will see only the matches of Issei and Vali, about this I can be wrong.