is a Japanese novelist best known for his

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series ''

High School DxD is a Japanese light novel series written by Ichiei Ishibumi and illustrated by Miyama-Zero. The story centers on Issei Hyodo, a perverted high school student from Kuoh Academy who desires to be a harem king and is killed by ...

''.

Career

In 2005, Ishibumi received a special prize in the 17th Fantasia Awards hosted by Fujimi Shobo for the

''Denpachi'' that he submitted. He made his debut with that novel when it was published in 2006 as a ''

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''. The same year, he published his second light novel ''Slash/Dog''. Two years later, in 2008, he began publishing the light-novel series ''

'', with 25 volumes published as well as an additional 4 volumes of a sequel series, ''Shin High School DxD''. The series has been adapted into multiple manga and

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television series. While preparing the light novels, his father died.From the epilogue of "High School DxD1: Diabolos of the Old School Building"

Bibliography

Early works

* ''Denpachi'' (2006) * ''Slash/Dog'' (2006) ** ' (Revamped of original series, 2014) ** ' (2018)

''High School DxD'' series

# (2008) # (2008) # (2009) # (2009) # (2009) # (2010) # (2010) # (2010) # (2011) # (2011) # (2012) # (2012) # (2012) # (2013) # (2013) # (2013) # (2014) # (2014) # (2014) # (2015) # 2016 # 2016 # 2017 # 2017 # 2018 To accommodate the growing number of short stories published, a series of light novels, the DX series, that acts as a compilation was created. # (2015) # (2015) # (2016) # (2017) * (18 March 2013)

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