“Issei and friends' Kyoto school trip turns into a battle to save the city and clear their names.”
High School DxD Hero
ハイスクールDxD HERO
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Synopsis
Issei and friends' Kyoto school trip turns into a battle to save the city and clear their names.
After rescuing his master, Rias Gremory, from the Dimensional Gap, Red Dragon Emperor and aspiring Harem King Issei Hyoudou can finally return to his high school activities alongside fellow members of the Occult Research Club: Yuuto Kiba, Asia Argento, Xenovia Quarta, and Irina Shidou. The group soon embarks on a school trip to Kyoto. While peacefully visiting a temple thanks to Rias' spell, an attacking group of local youkai breaks the calm atmosphere. Once the altercation ends, the club learns that the mythical nine-tailed fox that protected the city was abducted and that someone has framed them for the act. Issei and his friends will now have to fight to protect the city and save their school trip from a planned disaster! In the meantime, Rias, who had to stay in Tokyo with Akeno Himejima and Koneko Toujou, grows increasingly restless to have left the perverted Issei alone with the other girls of the Occult Research Club. Beyond this vague anxiety, what is the exact nature of the feelings Rias has been struggling with for the past few months?
What people say
Community consensus
Derived from 67 sampled reviews
What 67 viewers settled on.
Polarized
σ 2.01 · split reception
5.2 pts
Recommenders 8.2 · others 3.0
↓ 0.76
Running avg · May 2018 → Jan 2026
- 10 “Loved the new art style once I got used to it, and this became my second-favorite season thanks to a good story, great sound, and maxed-out enjoyment. I’ll miss the old art style a little, but...”
- 8 “So it was a good while until we got DxD Hero, It had been three years and we had been waiting a good while. So Issei saved Rias and now everyone was on their way to a trip in Kyoto except Rias,...”
- 8 “High School DxD Hero keeps the laughs coming with relevant, well-timed jokes and serves up slick, well-executed battle scenes that reaffirm the franchise’s worth. Yet the plot feels stuck in place,...”
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- Format 12 × 23′ eps × min
- Total runtime 4h 36m all episodes
- Aired Apr 2018 – Jul 2018 Spring 2018
- Source Tv media type
- Rated R+ Mild Nudity
- Ref. BS-11952 catalog
Produced by
- Genco Producer
- Movic Producer
- AT-X Producer
- Memory-Tech Producer
- Hakuhodo DY Music & Pictures Producer
- Kadokawa Producer
- Bandai Namco Arts Producer
Licensed by
- Funimation Licensor