Line #10 Recap/HighSchoolDXDVolume7


1	With the school trip to Kyoto and Sairaorg's Rating Game approaching, Issei and his friends learn from Odin that Loki is plotting to cause Ragnarok in the Underworld. Accompanied by Vali's team; the Valkyrie, Rossweisse; as well as the Fallen Angel and Akeno's estranged father, Baraqiel, they must stop him before it's too late.
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4	!! Tropes in this volume include:
5	* AdaptationDistillation: ''[=BorN=]'' heavily distills this volume and merges some of the storylines with volume 5 to form the season's first half.
6	* BigBad: Loki's the main antagonist of this volume and stopping his plot to cause Ragnarok is Issei and Vali's main goal.
7	* BigDamnHeroes: Baraqiel and Akeno save the day when they help Issei use Mjölnir to seal Loki away. Meanwhile, Arthur Pendragon captures Fenrir for Vali's team.
8	* BrokenPedestal:
9	** Baraqiel became one to Akeno Himejima years ago. She deeply loved her father as a child, but then, her mother Shuri was killed and Baraqiel failed to save her. Akeno crossed the DespairEventHorizon, disowned her father and went into exile. She makes several points to Issei about how Baraqiel wasn't around when she needed him the most, even saying it to the latter's face in this volume. It becomes a RebuiltPedestal when Issei helps Akeno reconcile with her father for good.
10	** Odin eventually becomes one to Rossweisse after he abandons her on Earth after the battle with Loki.
11	* CallBack:
12	** Koneko dresses up in a white dress and enters her SuperMode form to heal Issei's life force after using Juggernaut Drive in the same manner that Akeno used when she healed him of his dragon power back in volumes 3 and 4.
13	** Remember when Xenovia was repeatedly trying to get Issei to have babies with him ever since volume 4? Kuroka does the same thing to Issei after Vali turned her down.
14	** Back in Volume 3, Akeno quickly gets enraged when Kokabiel pushes her TraumaButton regarding her relationship with Baraqiel. It turns out that she still has an ill-fated relationship with Baraqiel thanks to the latter [[MyGreatestFailure arriving too late to save Shuri when Akeno was very young]].
15	* CallingTheOldManOut: Akeno quickly calls out Baraqiel for [[MyGreatestFailure his greatest failure to save Shuri]] after they meet again for the first time in several years.
16	* ChekhovsGun: Ravel's Phoenix Tear is used to quickly heal Issei of his wounds when he's brutally attacked by Fenrir.
17	* CompressedAdaptation: As ''[=BorN=]'' shifted around volumes 5 through 7 due to its TroubledProduction, this volume had some storylines taken out and merged with volume 5 to form the first half of the season.
18	* DatePeepers: During Issei's date with Akeno, Rias and some Occult Research Club members follow them around, all in ludicrously ineffective disguises... except for Kiba, who apparently took a look at the others and decided not to bother.
19	* EasilyForgiven: By the end of the volume, Akeno reconciles with Baraqiel after Issei helps her get over what happened with Shuri.
20	* EnemyMine: Although they might be enemies, Vali and his team combine forces with Rias and her team to seek Fenrir.
21	* GetOut: After Akeno defends Issei from Baraqiel, she immediately tells the latter to get out of their sight.
22	* HeroicBSOD:
23	** Baraqiel has been stuck in a long one ever since he was unable to protect Shuri and Akeno hit the DespairEventHorizon. Akeno quickly reminds him of this when she stops him from hurting Issei.
24	** Akeno herself suffers from PTSD as a result of what her fellow clan members did to Shuri.
25	** Rossweisse falls into a ''major'' one when Odin abandons her after the battle with Loki is over.
26	* HighAltitudeBattle: The first fight of Volume 7 has everybody facing Loki in the air.
27	* MyGreatestFailure: Baraqiel is seriously depressed for not being able to save Shuri Himejima. It's later revealed that Shuri was hunted down by her fellow clan members due to their resentment for Fallen Angels, of which Akeno is a HalfHumanHybrid. Although Baraqiel rescued Akeno, it was too late as the latter crossed the DespairEventHorizon.
28	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Azazel dispatches Baraqiel, who marries Shuri Himejima and having their daughter Akeno in the process. Unfortunately, it leads to the Himejimas killing Shuri because they resent Fallen Angels. When Akeno sees Baraqiel after the latter rescues her, she's understandably not amused and the two become estranged.
29	* NonProtagonistResolver: While Issei and his friends do defeat Loki with Akeno and Baraqiel's assistance, it is Arthur Pendragon who captures Fenrir for Vali's team.
30	* OhCrap:
31	** Rias and some of the ORC members when Akeno and Issei see right through their disguises.
32	** Rias when he sees Loki brutally injuring Issei with Fenrir.
33	** Loki after feeling the power of the blessings of the Breast God, which also unlocks the full abilities of the Mjölnir replica.
34	* PapaWolf: After Loki threatens to kill Akeno, Baraqiel steps in to protect her.
35	* RebuiltPedestal: After Issei helps Akeno work out some family issues with Baraqiel, she accepts the latter as her father for good.
36	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: After watching Fenrir biting Issei, Rias plots to exact revenge on Loki, up until she sees Ravel's Phoenix Tear.
37	* SexForSolace: A defied example occurs when Akeno requests sex from Issei to help her forget her problems with Baraqiel. Issei refuses, as it would only make her despair worse.
38	* SignificantNameShift: Ever since Akeno lost Shuri, she has called Baraqiel by his name. After they reconcile towards the end of the volume, Akeno starts referring to Baraqiel as "father" once again.
39	* ThisIsUnforgivable: Once Issei is seriously injured by Fenrir, Rias decides enough is enough and plots to kill Loki herself... at least until she discovers the Phoenix Tear Ravel gave him in volume 6.
40	* ThwartedCoupDeGrace: When Akeno was in exile, her great-uncle eventually tried killing her. Rias, however, intervened, transformed Akeno into a devil, and had her join the Occult Research Club.
41	* UnderestimatingBadassery: During the fight with Rias's team, Loki seriously underestimates Issei's powers. Issei proves him dead wrong when he uses Mjölnir to trap Loki for good.
42	* WhamEpisode: During the battle against Loki, Issei and the others do battle against his minions. Mjölnir then arrives, and Issei is the only one present strong enough to wield it. As he goes for it, Fenrir leaps up and bites him, severely wounding him in the process.
43	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Once the battle with Loki is over, Odin decides Rossweisse is no longer useful and leaves her in Japan.
44	* YoureNotMyFather: Akeno says this trope verbatim to Baraqiel when he's about to attack Issei over a misunderstanding with him. Baraqiel is understandably in a HeroicBSOD over it.

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