I found the attempts at turning him into a symphatetic character(his sister, refusing to kill Ram) felt flat. Whatever happened to evil for evil's sake?
Other notes:
-Johnny, an unplayable character, had more screentime than Venom, Millia, Pot and Slayer combined.
-I call bullshit on the conclave being unaware about the colony. Just because Ariel or wahtever had more power does not mean she could hide such massive an operation from the near omnipresent conclave.
-Yes, I shed a lone tear at the Kiske family reunion.
So based on the story alone the most likely returning characters are Johnny, Dizzy and due to the Japan subplot, Anji and Baiken.