Ishibumi intended to make the shounen-style light novel series one that teenagers would be embarrassed to buy, yet was concerned that it might get an age restriction. The concept of Balance Breaker was to represent a super-powered version of the character's Boosted Gear, and he likens this to the Super Saiyan in Dragon Ball and the Bankai in Bleach. He also added characters and legendary beasts from a variety of places from Norse mythology to Japanese Yōkai. He created a world where the war between the three main factions (Angels, Devils, and Fallen Angels) is over, and where many famous Angels and Devils have already ceased to exist. Some of his characters are loosely referenced from the Bible, non-fiction books, and mythology. For the first volume, he made Rias a second lead character and heroine, and Asia to be the second heroine. His main character, Issei, was made into a lecherous guy at the request of his editor. In the Volume 1 afterword, he mentions that he changed his writing style, and wanted to develop one in the school-life, love-comedy, battle, and fantasy genre. Ishibumi had previously worked on a horror genre series two years prior to the publishing of the first light novel for High School DxD. So far, three short story collections (Volume 8, Volume 13 and Volume 15) have been published. The light novels also feature a series of side stories set in between the main storyline, and are often compiled into volumes. The fifth arc, Red Dragon Emperor of the Blazing Truth × White Dragon Emperor of the Morning Star: The True Dragon(s) of the Kuoh Academy (猛烈な真実の赤い龍天皇×朝の星の白龍帝:Kuohアカデミーの真の龍 Mōretsuna shinjitsu no akai ryū ten'nō × asa no hoshi no haku ryū tei: Kuoh akademī no shin no ryū) starts at volume twenty-two and is the series' current and final arc. The fourth arc, The Legend of Oppai Dragon and his Lively Companions (おっぱいドラゴンと愉快な仲間たちの伝説 Oppai Doragon to Yukaina Nakamatachi no Densetsu), starts at volume fourteen though twenty-one. The Heroic Oppai Dragon (英雄(ヒーロー)おっぱいドラゴン Hīrō Oppai Doragon) follows volumes seven through twelve. Birth of the Breast Dragon Emperor (乳龍帝誕生 Chichiryūtei Tanjō) is the second story arc and follows volumes three through six. The first arc, titled The Red Dragon Emperor's Awakening (赤龍帝覚醒 Sekiryūtei Kakusei), ran through the first two volumes. Ishibumi has grouped the light novels into various story arcs. Rias reveals her identity as a Devil to Issei, and claims that she has reincarnated him into a Devil, thus beginning his new life as a Devil servant in the Occult Research Club. The next morning, Issei, under the assumption the events that occurred yesterday were all just a dream again, wakes up to find a naked Rias in his bed. He is then attacked and wounded by a male Fallen Angel Dohnaseek until a crimson-haired woman named Rias Gremory steps in and saves him, just before Issei loses consciousness from the light spear that was thrown by the Fallen Angel. Later, after spending the night watching some porno DVDs with his friends, Issei walks home and finds himself in the same place where Yuuma had killed him. The next day, Issei wakes up to find himself alive, leading him to assume the events that transpired yesterday were all but a bad dream. Issei is brutally attacked and killed by Yuuma, his last sight being a glimpse of red hair in front of him. Under the impression of receiving a kiss from the girl, Issei is shocked when Yuuma whispers the words "Can you die for me?" and transforms into a Fallen Angel. At the conclusion of the date at night, Issei is brought to a local park, where Yuuma asks him if he wants to know what her wish is. He lives a peaceful life with his equally-perverted friends, Matsuda and Motohama, until he is called for a date by a girl named Yuuma Amano. The story revolves around Issei Hyoudou, a lecherous high school student attending Kuoh Academy, a former all-girls school that has recently turned co-ed.
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