User blog comment:Jopjopjop/Volume 19 Spoilers/@comment-1.53.124.174-20150712141105/@comment-1.53.124.174-20150712163316

@Kusanagi

Yes recheck it and not dragon-slayer, still it's a holy sword and it can damage the devil nature of Issei which is his weakness.

@Gary299

Okay, let's see:

-Euclid, Yaegaki and Strada appeared in front of Issei and co.

-They talked a bit or fought a bit. Issei and co never finished or dealt critical damage to them.

-They disappeared without trace and apparently nobody bothered to track them down or stop them.

You get it now? 3 vol straight and this is how the antagonist got introduced.

Qlippoth is a freaking organization with tons of connections unlike the rebels from the church, no I'm not underestimating Strada but the way he appeared and went for a challenge is boring/cliched. Why it couldn't be that Qlippoth attacked somewhere, DxD came to intercept and met Strada who was fighting?

Yes Hauteclere was stated to have the purify power, but it could just purify all the hatred like that? Where's the battle? Where's the tension? Why it couldn't be "My hatred is so strong your sword can't purify unless you beat me first or separate me with my sword!" Then Hauteclere came in and whoops, instant better. That's the dues ex machina if Hauteclere (even with help from Durandal and Ascalon) could make Yaegaki forget the reason why he fought.

Penetrate came from his Sacred Gear, that's all, Dragonification alone would be vastly better but no he still got Penetrate. Yes I pointed the part where everyone guessing Ddraig has similar ability like Albion already and I'm fine with that, what I don't like is how Issei got them all and how convenient for him to punch Rizevim. That's asspull, it destroys the creative of Issei and makes his fight boring.