Ilia really is adorable. I'm glad she's free to do whatever she wants now, but I can't help wondering what that might be now that Blake has left and Sun is also leaving. It's funny, at first I didn't care for Ilia at all, then I was willing to give her a chance, and lately I wanted her to join the heroes on their quest. Her character has really grown on me, so even though her goodbye scene with Blake was great, I was a little disappointed that we didn't get to see any interactions between her and the rest of the team. I'm sure she would have gotten along great with Ruby, she might have been awkward around Weiss for obvious reasons and Yang... well, who knows? Maybe she would have noticed the tension between the Bees and done something about it or simply developed a new crush. XD





So yeah, even though I'm sure the writers won't forget about Ilia, I hope we'll get to see her again sooner rather than later. Maybe not in this volume, but perhaps in the next. There are quite a few other characters I'd like to see return too, but let's be real here, ten main characters plus the bad guys in one volume should be more than enough for everyone at the moment.





Speaking of which, would you mind sharing your thoughts on the second episode and/or which character are you going to draw next?

