User blog comment:Crimson and Darkness/Shin DxD 4 discussion/@comment-1359322-20200221144840/@comment-1359322-20200222005133

I feel as thought Ishibumi was facing issues writing so many characters in Shin, which is why i think he's beginning to write off some first with or without killing them.


 * 1) Great Red - killed
 * 2) Sona - off the front-line due to Lord Sitri
 * 3) Saji and Tsubaki - i don't see these two leaving Sona.

By next volume, i think more would be put aside at least temporarily.