User blog comment:B214/High School DxD Hero Discussion/@comment-73.57.25.92-20180613202746

Really wish that episode 9 had a flashback concerning how the girls helped rias, because in the light novels says that the girls comforted rias after helping issei get over raynare, but it never went into detail how. I always pictured it as the girls telling her how raynare's treatment towards issei caused him to think to fear women and how it's the reason why he's so reluctant to see rias as anything more than his master, out of fear that she might reject him. This of course will cause her to burst into tears as she thought out of all her servants she was at least able to help him overcome his troubles(she wasn't really able to akeno with her identity and daddy issues, kiba's lust for vengeance, gasper's fear of people and his powers, and koneko's fear of her power), by killing the person who killed him and asia, and giving him a potential girlfriend(obviously she moved asia in with him thinking they would be good together, this being before she fell for issei), and now she feels like she's done nothing but failed her family(like with their defeat by riser, kokabiel toying with them, and nearly losing asia to shalba). The girls tell her this is not the case as without her finding them and showing them compassion they could've ended up a lot of worst(mainly dead for most of them) and they insure that they're sure issei feels the same way about her as she does him, she just needs to give him time. And the scene ends with the girls hugging a crying yet smiling and grateful rias. What do you guys think?