High School DxD is a Japanese light novel series published between September 2008 and June 2018 and has twenty-five volumes. A sequel series titled Shin High School DxD was released between July 20, 2018and February 20, 2020. A manga adaptation was published between July 20, 2010andApril 9, 2018.
An anime adaptation produced by TNK aired between January and March 2012, followed by a second season that aired between July and September 2013 and a third season that aired between April and June 2015. A fourth season produced by studio Passione aired between April and July 2018.
The anime has become very popular, especially in Japan. It is noted as the best ecchi for its history and its many scenes of action, comedy, or romance.
In this article, we are going to honor the legacy of this anime series by giving you the complete watching order of the High School DxD anime series.
How Many Seasons and Episodes Does High School DxD Have?
As of January 2022, the anime adaptation of High School DxD consists of four seasons.
The first season was released between January 6, 2012andMarch 21, 2012, consisting of 12 episodes and 6 OVA episodes. A two-episode OVA DVD was released afterwards.
The second season, titled High School DxD New, was released between July 7, 2013andSeptember 22, 2013, likewise consisting of 12 episodes; it was followed by another 24-minute OVA DVD release.
A 12-episode third season, titled High School DxD BorN, and supplemented by six additional OVA episodes, aired between April 4, 2015andJune 20, 2015. This was also followed by an OVA DVD release.
Finally, the 13-episode fourth season, titled High School DxD Hero, was released between April 10, 2018andJuly 3, 2018.
High School DxD Watch Order
This section will bring you the best way to watch the High School DxD anime series, including all the OVA titles and the full anime seasons.
High School DxD (Season 1)
Original Release: January 6, 2012–March 21, 2012
Number of Episodes: 12 + 6 OVAs
The story revolves around Issei Hyoudou, a perverted high school student who was nearly killed by his first date, who turns out to be a Fallen Angel. He is saved by Rias Gremory, a purple-haired girl, who tells him that she is a demon from the house of Gremory. Furthermore, he finds out that he has now been reborn as a demon and is her servant from now on.
The story relates to the ongoing battle between Fallen Angels, Angels, and Demons, as well as the relationship between Issei and Rias. The first season covers the “Red Dragon Emperor’s Awakening” arc of the light novel.
High School DxD (OVA)
Original Release: September 6, 2012–May 31, 2013
Number of Episodes: 2
The episode begins with the Gremory team chasing a stray devil, successfully capturing him, and sending him back to the underworld where he awaits his punishment. The next day, Issei complains about the stray devil’s words and recalls the devil’s lab he entered with Rias and Akeno. Then Issei learns from Matsuda and Motohama that many of the schoolgirls, the ones with the big breasts, are coming down with anemia one by one.
Back at the Occult Research Club, Issei and the others learn from Grayfia that the Stray Devil they caught used to do research on monsters, specifically the Chimera. Yuuto and Koneko then return to the club room after finding the location of the monster that made the girls sick. Later that night, Rias and her team head to the monster’s location and find out that it is a plant dragon chimera. Before they can take care of it, two female students, under some kind of hypnosis, enter the scene.
The chimera attaches tendrils with flowering orifices to the students’ breasts and sucks out their life energy. After Rias determines that the chimera never sucks its victims to death, the group begins a battle to destroy it. However, due to the Chimera’s superior regenerative abilities, Rias, Asia, Akeno, and Koneko are overpowered and eventually fall into the Chimera’s captivity, which coats the girls with a corrosive slime that dissolves their clothing to more easily access their breasts.
After a while, the Chimera suddenly releases Asia and Koneko and focuses its attack on Rias and Akenos, presumably due to their larger breasts and thus larger reserves of life energy that it siphons from them. When Grayfia appears through a magical communication circle, she informs the group that the Chimera has the ability to suck the energy out of large- breasted girls and bear fruit that will allow each girl to enlarge her breasts to her heart’s content after eating them.
Angered by the sudden information, Koneko pounces on the Breast Chimera, while Kiba manages to free Rias and Akeno from the Chimera’s grip. Rias orders Issei to transfer his enhanced power to her, which he does in tears, allowing her to destroy the Chimera with her destructive power. OVA ends with Issei being buried underground for a night by his friends as punishment for trying to defend the Chimera.
High School DxD New (Season 2)
Original Release: July 7, 2013–September 22, 2013
Number of Episodes: 12
After a hectic morning with Rias and Asia, Issei’s dragon arm awakens, forcing Issei to have the dragon power removed from Akeno. While looking through photos, Kiba finds a holy sword among the photos of Issei and his friend when they were playing at that friend’s house. Later, on the way home after Issei has signed a contract with his new client, Issei and his friends are given an assignment to hunt down a Stray Devil in an abandoned factory.
The team manages to defeat the Stray Devil, although Kiba was extremely distracted. Kiba reveals to Issei that he is seeking revenge against the holy sword Excalibur. Later at his house, Issei finds out that Kiba was once part of a project called “The Holy Sword Project” and is only a survivor.
On the way back, Kiba witnesses a priest being killed by Freed and becomes even more enraged by the Excalibur Freed is wielding, leading to a fight between the two. Meanwhile, two strangers arrive in Issei’s town, one of whom is carrying a copy of the photo in Issei’s album of Issei playing with her.
I’m Enveloped in Breasts! (OVA)
Original Release: March 15, 2015
Asia is attacked by a monster that has stolen her underwear when the Occult Research Club arrives to rescue her. Having difficulty fighting the monster due to Asia’s request, they manage to destroy it with the help of Irina, who arrives in time. Then, Rias receives a message from Yuuto, who informs them that Gasper has found the source of magic. When they arrive at the source of magic, the Occult Research Club and Irina decide to split into two groups, leaving Akeno and Asia behind.
The advanced group then meets the person responsible for the monsters as he reveals his past and Issei stands in awe of him. Suddenly, Azazel appears and reveals that the priest who stole the women’s underwear is the man closest to the Philosopher’s Stone. The priest prepares to cast another spell, but stops halfway because he is not perverted enough when Koneko reveals Gasper’s panties and the spell goes wrong because the priest becomes an underwear monster.
The underwear monster begins to take advantage by stripping the girls and manipulating their bras. After the girls surround Issei, the underwear monster, now jealous, decides to absorb the girls. After Issei realises that the priest was wrong, he begins a sermon about breasts, which the underwear monster doubts.
With Azazel’s advice, Issei defeats the underwear monster with Dress Break and the priest is captured. Before leaving, the priest gives Issei the stolen underwear, while Rias and the others decide to leave and give Issei back the underwear.
High School DxD BorN (Season 3)
Original Release: April 4, 2015–June 20, 2015
Number of Episodes: 12 + 6 OVAs
BorN covers the second part of the “Birth of the Breast Dragon Emperor Arc” as well as Volume 7 of “The Heroic Oppai Dragon Arc” of the light novel, which Ichiei Ishibumi himself rearranged.
The Unresurrected Phoenix (OVA)
Original Release: December 9, 2015
Ravel comes into the human world to ask Rias to help her cheer her brother up after he has been depressed since his loss to Issei. While Rias is initially hesitant, Issei promises Ravel that he will help him recover. You arrive at the Phenex family mansion in the underworld and make your way to Riser’s room. He is reluctant to meet anyone but comes out when he hears Rias is there.
However, he hides again when he sees Issei, since he is now afraid of dragons, which means that Ravel has to drag him out of his room. Issei has asked Tannin for his help in healing risers. You go to Tannin’s territory to train, but Riser tries to escape, which prevents Tannin.
Life.0 Holy Behind the Gymnasium (OVA)
Original Release: April 10, 2018
The Gremory team comes to rescue Asia from Diodora and Issei activates his Balance Breaker and defeats him. Issei frees Asia and when they want to leave she is wrapped in a bright light and suddenly disappears. Shalba Beelzebub appears, kills Diodora and announces that he is responsible for Asia’s death.
This annoys Issei so much that he loses control and activates Juggernaut Drive, and he starts attacking Shalba. All attempts by Shalba to start a counterattack are futile when Issei surpasses him with the enormous power of the Juggernaut Drive.
He is killed when Issei attacks Smasher with Longinus. When the group is looking for a way to calm Issei down, Vali and his team appear, who have Asia with them, but she is unconscious. They claim they found it by chance in the dimensional gap while exploring it. Vali realizes that a song could help to calm Issei down.
High School DxD Hero (Season 4)
Original Release: April 10, 2018–July 3, 2018
Number of Episodes: 13
HERO covers the second half of “The Heroic Oppai Dragon Arc” from the light novel.
Do You Need to Watch High School DxD in Order?
Since the anime adaptation of the light novel series follows the story arcs in chronological order, we also advise you to watch the series in the proper watching order, as we have listed it here. The seasons follow each other properly and we think it is best for you to simply watch the show as the episodes come out.
Will There Be More High School DxD?
All fans of the series can rejoice, as the fifth season of High School DxD, which will adapt further volumes of the written material, is scheduled for a release.
Initial reports claimed that the show would have a December 2021 release, but due to the COVID-caused delays, the show has been pushed back to early 2022. We’ll have to wait and see if there will be additional delays, but we’re sure that the show will return in 2022.
