User blog comment:Animegeek1689/Does Issei really love Rias?/@comment-116.86.62.227-20150629021201

I understand that you think that Rias is being neglected be Issei after 9 volumes. But it is mostly due to...

1) The writer giving other characters some development which took up one volume.

2) Qlippoth's prescence taking up the spotlight, I know that I will NOT be kissing girls and making babies if a terrorist organisation is looming above my head. Even with my main girl.

3) Even though it has been 19 volumes, in universe time only 6-8 months have passed (Issei is still a second year student), a harem MC do not have the time to make distinctions. And that is not adding to the fact that the other girls are so clingy to Issei, the moment killers and the aforementioned terrorist organisation.

IMO Issei loves Rias the most. One good example is when Rias went to meet with the Vampires with Kiba, Issei trusts her enough to not do anything funny with another boy when he was not around...while crying in his bed that Rias is not with him but it still counts. That is a strong bond right there. Sure there is the whole other girls thing but this is not my story.