ilya herself is 9 by the events of HGW4. her mom's the same age...?
also for some reason i think running into kotomine this time (in the woods behind the castle) kinda lessened his potential impact. i dunno. i think the fact that kotomine was at his most badass in heavens feel (far, far more so than in fate or UBW) added to his appeal as final boss in F/SN. and he's certainly being played as big bad here.
we'll se!
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