FanficRecs Review
A beautifully written story with a very unique take on the Dx D and F/SN Universe. Also, do note that this is an AU. So Mr. John at Dawn up there in the comments, shut it. It's an AU.
Read it? A(lternate) U(niverse)
Either way, a must-read story that portrays other characters much, much more realistically and rips apart the plotholes in the original Highschool Dx D and uses them to make this AU. Mind you, Highschool Dx D is good, but like all stories, it still has holes.
FanficRecs Who thought this was good?
Yeah, no. This fic should not be here. There is constant bashing, Shirou-wank, OOC behavior, and use of bad fanon. Characters personalities are significantly changed for no visible reason other than because the author said so. Issei and Rias in particular are treated like crap, and the author specifically stated he did it because he didn't like them in canon. In addition, he outright ignores canon facts when they contradict his story, and when confronted with this, he deleted the forum thread instead of taking criticism.
FanficRecs Pretty average
It's an interesting and enjoyable read that is marred with bad grammar and spelling. For example, he constantly uses ridicules or some other form of ridicule when he is supposed to use ridiculous.
FanficRecs Better, much better, than expected
As of this moment, the series is 21 chapters, about 2/3s through the second arc. It's good. Very good. The simple change of being an evil piece to Serafall rather then Rias is fantastic. It gives us a new perspective on all the major characters, playing on our expectations and is stronger for it.
Nasuverse mechanics aren't rock solid, and Shirou's character is about 70% accurate, missing some of the more subtle things that make up Shirou. However, I forgive this all because the climax of the first arc is beautiful. If the story ended there I would have been devestated but satisfied it was that good. But since the second arc is being written, I can only pray it ends just as heartstoppingly grand as the first one.