First off, I think you said you really liked Jean, Lucas. Me too. Her death is among the top three Deaths That Suck from the series. I was hoping she'd be a part of the group of "unknown" warriors, but her sacrifice to Clare was really beautiful. Her awakened form was also very striking. It might be my favorite.
If Helen is killed off I will quit the series. Probably. Maybe.

They better not kill her off! She's my favorite of the seven, though I really like all of them.
Riful and Dauf were awesome and I'm sad to see them go, too, Lucas. Yes, Riful was clinical, but she was also really smart and one of the more interesting characters.
Oh yeah, and you mentioned the Dragon Descendants. I want some answers, too! I feel like more stuff is being introduced without the old stuff being resolved yet. There's still a ton of stuff that came out, uh, when was that... around chapter 80 or so. HUGE infodump, and it just kept coming. I want that cleared up!
Did Clare kiss Raki in the anime? Gotta admit, in the manga, I was not expecting that at all. Mostly because it didn't seem like a sibling-type kiss, so I was so very confused. Do you think if Raki and Clare do find each other (and somehow survive past Priscilla) they intend on being something other than "siblings"?