Raynare is pure evil.
What's the work
Highschool DXD is a supernatural harem light novel and anime series that focuses on a perverted high school boy named Issei Hyodo who desires to be a harem king and is killed by his first date, revealed to be a fallen angel, but is later revived as a devil by Rias Gremory to serve her and her devil family.
Who is she
She is a fallen angel who pretends to be a schoolgirl so she can get close to Issei and kill him. Issei is then revived by Rias. She then attempts to kill Asia and take her twilight healing power for herself, succeeding briefly. Issei tries to rescue Asia and ends up overpowering and defeating her. She is then killed by Rias and Asia is revived.
What has she done
Raynare's crimes include:
- Murdered an innocent boy for sacred gear, betraying her master's orders in the process, after manipulating him.
- Wanted the power of Twilight Healing for herself, so she killed Asia to gain it.
- Mocked Issei after killing Asia and attempting to kill him again.
- After being defeated, she cowardly pretended to love Issei and begged him to help her, another trick to kill him.
This shows she is willing to kill innocent people merely so she can obtain more power for herself. She is also cruel due to how she cruelly mocks her enemies when at their lowest point, right after someone they love has died. It also shows she has no honor, as she tries to deceive her enemies into letting their guard down before killing them, though she was unsuccessful.
Moral Event Horizon
Manipulating Issei only to kill him and murdering Asia to take her power for herself.
Heinous factor
Raynare's villainy is comparable to Diodora Astaroth from the same series who wished to abduct and rape Asia as his own and kill all her friends including Issei to get her. Raynare on the other hand wanted Asia for her Sacred Gear and was more than happy to kill her for it. She also wanted to kill Issei, who was completely innocent at the time, because of the potential of his sacred gear and took sadistic pleasure in doing so. This shows they are both more than happy to kill to get what they want - in Raynare's case being power and in Diodora's case being Asia. She is more evil than Riser Phenex who wanted a forced marriage and didn't bother to kill Issei after Rias gave up (unlike Raynare who still wanted to kill Issei after getting the Twilight Healing) and became remorseful and she is also more evil than Vali who cared for his comrades and had anti-heroic traits unlike Raynare. She was evil enough that in season 3, Issei continued to be haunted by her actions.
Redeeming factors
None. While she did work for Azaezel, she ended up disobeying his orders for her own pleasure - killing Issei on her own accord, showing that she isn't truly loyal to him.
Final Verdict
Leaning towards a yes.