Issei Hyoudou/Relationships

## **Main Characters**

### **Rias Gremory**

Rias is the woman who reincarnated Issei after Raynare killed him and the woman he loves. When she first summoned him, she treated him as a "special" case, knowing that he had a lot of potential. Issei was attracted to her like any other girl but disliked her for forbidding him from associating with Asia for being on the Fallen Angels side and saving her from them, that is until she realised that they were up to something shady in their town. After helping him save and resurrect Asia as well as killing the woman who murdered him, Issei began developing more respect and admiration for Rias to an eventual crush. She later started to fall in love with him and her love became deeper after he saved her from Riser and for recognizing her as an equal rather than an heir of Gremory or a Devil.

In Volume 1, Rias now usually sleeps next to him naked in his bed and joining him in the bath, showcasing her bold attempts to seduce him. However, she still gets angry whenever he plots something behind her back without her permission or knowledge and for that she felt it necessary to punish him with nearly a thousand demonic empowered spanks.

In Volume 2, Rias starts becoming Issei's source of power and motivation, more so whenever he touches her breasts, like when he poked her nipples which allowed him to achieve his Balance Breaker.

In Volume 3, Issei going berserk under the effects of Juggernaut Drive caused Rias to be distraught over the possibility of losing him. When coming to the conclusion that her breasts would cure him, she put up with the embarrassment when it meant saving him.

In Volume 3, Rias received her derogatory nicknames such as "Switch Princess" (Bikou) which was officially used in Issei's "Oppai Dragon", an underworld's children's television show and "Crimson Bust Princess" (Azazel and Sasuke). As Issei was nervous on the night before the battle with Loki, Rias comforted him as she snuggled next to him. She expressed her feelings that even though she hates those nicknames, she doesn't mind using her breasts for Issei's power ups, as she wants to be the source of his power and doesn't care if he is the Oppai Dragon. This act touched Issei to ease his nerves.

In Volume 4, Issei was given permission from Rias' mother to start a harem to keep the girls around him happy. During this time, Issei was struggling to overcome the trauma that was caused by Raynare. This trauma is the reason why he could not believe that the women around him would actually be attracted to him. This caused tension to form between Rias and Issei, such when she attempted make love to him he still referred to her as "President" and remained oblivious to how she feels towards him. That is until he proclaims his love for her in front of the audience during the Rating Game against Sairaorg Bael. He professed his love for her again at their club room and called Rias by her given name for the first time, to which she cried tears of joy and confessed her love back. After becoming Issei's girlfriend, Issei always assures Rias that she is the most important woman in his life, much to her happiness.

In Volume 6.5, their relationship has improved to the extent that despite going out on a date with someone else, Rias chose to believe in Issei and the fact that he will still love her. At the end of the volume, Issei asks Rias if he could talk to her casually in private times, to which she happily replies yes.

In Volume 10, Rias was there to allow Issei to be promoted to High-Class devil, during the ritual in which she placed the crown on his head, which made Issei a King. Later, the two become engaged when Issei proposes to Rias after her graduation ceremony, making her his first bride.

In Volume 11, He fights Thanatos to make sure no one will interfere with Rias' match in the tournament. While celebrating at the Hyoudou residence, following the defeat of Vidar, the girls (Asia, Xenovia, Irina, Akeno, Koneko, Rossweisse, and Rias) tell Issei to show his love for them which he does and tells them that every one of them is his bride. This statement reveals that Issei is now planning to marry all eight of them.

Later in True Volume 1, when their teams were both matched up against each other, the two promised to give it their very best in their upcoming fight. In the following volume, Rias even jokingly stated that she would cancel their engagement if Issei were to go easy on her. During their date, when asked if he can defeat her, Issei replied that as her servant, he has sworn to become the strongest Pawn and that he wants her to watch over his progress as he intends to defeat her, much to her happiness as she swore to defeat him too. During their Rating Game, he and Rias recalled how they acted during the Phenex Rating Game and how they fell in love as they fought each other fiercely although he won in the end. Afterwards Rias congratulate him and along with her peerage will be joining his team as backup members.

In True Volume 3, she gave him advice about how to manage the other girls and create a intimate atmosphere between them as she showcased her role as the leader of his brides and as his legal wife in the future. She later teased him about being liked by older women like her, Akeno, Rossweisse, Roygun, and Yasaka as she wondered if her teaching made him into a playboy.

In True Volume 4, she became shocked and worried about Issei after he lost his lewd nature due to the Alliance of Hell's plot. She lead the rest of Issei's brides to London in hopes of curing him, as she became happy when he returned to his normal self.

### **Sasuke Uchiha**

Issei and Sasuke

In Volume 4 when Yasaka was kidnapped by the Hero Faction Issei notes that the air around him different and 'murderous'

when the two talk about their respective pasts causing Issei to feel. He show his gratitude when Sasuke helps him obtain his **Cardinal Crimson Promotion** form.