This has caused dramatic changes in the entire plot. For Want of a Nail: Issei took his Second Breath rather than summoning Rias for a wish, and so never became a devil.For Great Justice: Ruby's motivation as a Sacred Gear user.Fantasy Kitchen Sink: Since the Canon material was already one, the crossovers add even more mythological beings.Epic Fail: During Azazel's Robo-Maid's test, its first and second shot go well off target, so Azazel checks its back to fiddle with the controls - and then Robo-Maid's next shot hits Azazel, even though he was right behind it.Early-Bird Cameo: Kenichi appeared training at the end of one arc, before he was properly introduced.If he doesn't rescue a damsel in distress he aggravates the Great Curse and starts going insane. The Dulcinea Effect: Issei's virtue flaw manifests as this.Door Stopper: Over two years note The first post was in January 2014, and this is being written in December 2015, 350 odd forum pages, and three separate threads there have been 162 canon story posts, half a dozen or so canon NSFW omakes, and 19 other omake posts of varying canon-hood.Played straight by Shougo Kitsukawa, who joins up with Issei after being beaten. Defeat Means Friendship: Subverted by most of the Fallen Angels, who still have a grudge against Issei, despite being allies.Curb-Stomp Battle: Raynare is at the receiving end of this at Issei's hand twice after his Exaltation.Chivalrous Pervert: Issei, he proudly admits he is a pervert, but he really respect women, and he loves all the members in his harem.Losing his virginity probably helped a lot too. He's still as perverted as ever but he doesn't go around shouting about how badly he wants a harem anymore. Character Development: Issei takes a dot of Temperance and a whole lot of tact during the first arc.Shougo(better known as Berserker) as well.Brick Joke: When Issei told Kiba about the Daiklaves, Kiba finds the idea absurd, and made a bet of eating a hat - with ketchup - if Issei finds a Daiklave and a way to use it effectively a lot of chapters later Issei does finds a Daiklave, uses it to kick ass, and Kiba starts chewing on said hat and asking for ketchup.Though the author makes Acceptable Breaks from Reality every now and then just for starters, the circumstances of Issei's Second Breath really should have attracted an entirely different sort of Exaltation, but then the quest wouldn't be nearly as much fun as it is.
Board Games: Issei works by the rules of one, due to his Exaltation.Blue-and-Orange Morality: Bright Shattered Ice, the remnants of the previous bearer of Issei's Exaltation and one of his two mentors.Big Damn Heroes: Issei plays this role for Kiyome Abe, an upperclassman of his assaulted by thugs, and also for a barkeeper being terrorized by a gang of hoodlums.Said training camp was specifically warded to be fireproof because of all the fire-users in the Phenex family that are expected to use it. Beyond the Impossible: After a sparring match between the combined forces of Rias's Peerage and Issei's Half-Caste and Riser's Peerage, the entire training camp was on fire.Betty and Veronica: Asia and Mittelt respectively to Issei.Awesome Mc Coolname: Issei is given the title "Sovereign of the Radiant Scales.".In this story her character is expanded on significantly and she ultimately becomes the first girl to properly join Issei's harem as well as the one who took his virginity. In canon she was one of Raynare's minions, had barely any screen time, and got killed off-screen by Rias with no fanfare.