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High School DxD BORN is a great conclusion to an awesome series. It's not my favorite of the three seasons (that honor goes to season one) but it felt very fitting as a conclusion. On a technical level, the voice acting is very good (though our main character, Issei Hyodou seems to have a different voice actor than from the previous seasons, it's not bad, just different), and the animation is gorgeous, by far one of my favorite series of all time. This is made even better in Blu-Ray media. From a story perspective, I liked that it ties up some loose ends, and I give it major props for brining in different cultural mythological characters (namely the Norse figures). It was a very fitting conclusion to a great series. I'm not a critic, and I don't claim to be, but I felt there were some things not done as well in this season. Firstly, I know I said some loose ends were tied up, but either others were not tied up, or they seemed to just happen, without much buildup to it. Take season two for example, one character (sorry, no spoilers in this review, check it out if you want to see what I'm talking about, you won't regret it) gets much of the season to flesh out his backstory, and several episodes are used to bring his arc to a close. In this final season, far less time is spent on multiple characters backstories, and are just sort of brought to a close rather quickly. This is likely due to the fact that there were only 12 episodes to accomplish this. If I were to fix it, I'd have extended this season to 24 episodes. Also, regarding the final conflict, I felt it made Issei less unique, less important than he was before, but that's just my opinion. If you like harem style anime/manga, I strongly recommend that you read or watch this series. It's definitely not for a young audience, I'd recommend this to someone 17 and up. This is due to the strong graphical imagery, very sexual imagery, suggestive themes, language, dialogue, and violence. I have all three seasons, and most of the manga series, and I don't regret it. Give it a try, you won't regret it. 5 stars out of 5!Read full review
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Been looking for this one for a long time, worth every penny.
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Collectors assemble!!
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Better than most animated boxed sets.
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