Review of High School DxD

Ohhh, High School DxD. I finally gave this oppai-fest a try because my friend kept insisting "it's better than you think it is" and "it has more plot than you expect." So? Overall I give this a 5/10 because I think it's an average harem anime. Sure, it has some surprisingly high points, but also some very disappointing low points. The amount of nudity (I'm talking bare breasts and nipples) is shocking, and if you're not a fan of fanservice in anime, I'll tell you right now to skip it. If you can *tolerate* fanservice but still need more in your anime, keep reading... Story: There*was* more story in this show than I expected, that I admit. I've seen so many crappy fanservice anime where the story is just an excuse to see boobs, and for once that is *not* the case. DxD has an interesting world with an ongoing struggle between Demons, Angels, and Fallen Angels. The problem now, though, is this interesting story is CONSTANTLY INTERRUPTED by fanservice! Sure, we get an interesting conflict about midway through the season and once again at the end of the season, but then there are also the clothes-ripping filler episodes that go nowhere. Hey, remember that episode where Asia gets a familiar but Issei doesn't even though the freaking episode is called "I get a familiar"!? And then the familiars don't even matter in the finale of the season anyway!? Waste of time! So yeah there were definitely some cool 7/10 episodes, but then I have to remember the terrible 3/10 episodes, so I averaged the two scores for a story of 5/10.
Art: I gave this a poor 3/10 because this is literally the most generic, bland art I have seen in an anime in quite some time. If I had to show someone a "stereotypical anime guy/girl" I would show them character designs from DxD. Also for an anime running on sex appeal, the girls in this show were surprisingly un-sexy to me. In many cases their boobs were *too* big to the where it was unattractive to me, and (this is hard to explain) their bodies were also drawn in this plastic Barbie doll kinda way that really turned me off. Something about it just didn't look right to me.
Sound: Sound was 4/10. Nothing about the soundtrack stood out to me, but it was perfectly serviceable. I liked the rock music during battle scenes.
Character: The characters were all too stock and trope-y for me, so 5/10. Every character fills a role and that's it: you have the big-boobed main girl, the perverted protagonist, the handsome prince character that all the girls love, the quiet loli with super strength, the big boobed second in command who's a sadist, and the super nice but klutzy nun girl. I hated the main character, he reminded me of that "pervy best friend" character you see all the time in anime, except he's now our protagonist, deal with it! For most of the show he was wimpy and not very likable, though he had a few good scenes. Sure, there are moments where a character gets slightly interesting. Like with Kiba he obviously has some backstory when he mentions how much he hates Fallen Angels. When Issei asks him about it, however, he dodges the question and we go right back to boob and panty shots. Really!? Where are your priorities, show!?
Enjoyment: Like I said I was expecting to hate this anime (expected a 3/10 show) but I was surprised by the high moments. Still, the filler and fanservice brought down my enjoyment so overall I'd say it's a 5/10.