Review of High School DxD
It should go without mentioning that the most something like High School DxD could hope to get from me is a 5/10. Having gotten that out of the way, High School DxD is about boobs, so this review shall too, be about the boobs. [Tig o bitties] If anyone ever told you that High School DxD was an Ecchi Harem with a good story, they lied. The story is horrendous, come here for boobs and boobs only. I have a really big beef with the boobs in High School DxD: there is not a lot of variety. All the boobs are the same color and thesame shape, just different sizes. They're even all drawn the same. When I see more than two sets of boobs, I want them to be at least slightly different. I want different shapes, colors, and tones in my boobs.
[The failure of High School DxD]
Here is my issue with the fan service in High School DxD: it's not sexy. I would call it perverted at its best and boring at its worst. Don't get me wrong, I'm the last person that will ever be ungrateful for boobs; every boob has a special place in my heart, but it's not the size of the boobs that matters, it's how you use them. And, High School DxD does not use its boobs well. Though to be fair, 99.9% of ecchi anime does the same thing; they use boobs as decorations and not as devices of sexiness.
Another major problem with the fan service in High School DxD is that the ecchiness is forced and not incidental. What I mean by that is that ecchiness should come from convenient directing and natural circumstances. Forcing out nun boobs through perverted magic spells is less impactful than having sexy characters in sexy scenarios.
[Ending thoughts]
High School DxD is bad, ok? Let's not kid ourselves here. I only recommend it if you're really thirsty. If you want to see fan service done well, go watch some Monogatari Series and my reviews for it.
P.S. I watched the English dub, that's why the sound is 1/10.