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ChishioKunrin wrote: 47.208.133.145 wrote: Seasons 4 and 5 didn't bore me, and when I nitpick the final fights it's more about what I see as a problem in the story (skipping key moments or just not seeming to be the thing happening).

As an example, I marvel that no one recognizes Yang even though the Vytal Festival is shown to be BIG (like the Superbowl in the USA), and Yang was a major scandal in it which should make her the most easily recognized fighter (behind Penny and Pyrrha), but it's like no one recognizes her.

I know that's nitpicky, but it's things like that which bother me, because it makes it a bit harder for me to get immersed in the story. (And season 3, while great for action, had many moments that just didn't make sense story wise or character wise which is why I don't like it as much as many others do.) On the Yang thing, yeah, that really doesn't make sense, though the only people we saw Yang run into were the fuel station employee and the bandits. The bandits tend to roam around and live in camps in the middle of nowhere, so they may not have actually watched the tournament. I'm not sure about the fuel station employee.

What did you see wrong with Volume 3, if you don't mind me asking? For me, the Volume 3 issues are big.


 * Wasted Characters. I get that a tournament needs more than just the main characters, but the tournament fighters felt so bland that they didn't even feel like characters. The only ones who didn't feel like this were Flynt and Neon. Why? Because they actually got character during the fights.
 * Neon trolled Yang during her fight, giving her a trickster persona. Flynt showed a suave demeanor but a disdain for the Schnee's. Their fights had character to them.
 * But fights like ABRN vs RWBY, BRNZ vs JNPR, they were pure action but no character. Action can be good, but Its better when it feels like Character v Character, and not Character v Cardboard Cutout.


 * Out of Character Moments. Some things in this volume made no sense character wise.
 * Namely Pyrrha going off to fight Cinder. I know she was planned to die from the beginning, but in what form of logic did that make any sense? Did she really think she could stop someone who bested Ozpin? OR was she just suicidal? It didn't seem like something Pyrrha would do.
 * Then there is Adam. Adam I mainly hate for being a Yandere Psycho, but that started with this volume. Before Volume 3, he was painted as a Man who had good intentions but fell off the deep end, and his little scene at the end of the Black Trailer reaching out for Blake, made it seem like he was genuinely hurt about Blake leaving. But lol!NOPE, he is instead an abusive asshole who wants to subjugate humanity to what the Faunus went through, and now a generic Yandere Asshole. His actions during Volume 3 didn't seem like how they were setting him up. I'm not talking about personal interpretations, I'm saying it contradicted how Blake talked about him in canon.


 * Dropped Plotlines.
 * Remember how Penny said she had a plan to escape Ironwood and stay at Beacon? Dropped after they chose to kill her.
 * Remember the big worry that Pyrrha wouldn't be the same person after absorbing Amber's aura and Maiden powers? Dropped when Cinder interrupted the transfer.
 * Remember the moral dilemma behind Yang attacking Mercury and how Blake seemed torn up about it? Dropped when the Fall began.
 * Remember how Velvet had to reach for her box at her side during the Breach making it seem like the weapon was in the box? Dropped in favor of making her a copy fighter.
 * Remember how Weiss was gonna sever ties with her dad and stand up for herself? Dropped in favor of him dragging her back to Atlas and pushed back to Volume 4.
 * Remember how Neptune was going to act more like himself than some cool guy in the previous volume and built up as a supporting character that plays off Sun? Ignored with Neptune being the butt of a joke in one episode and largely ignored that volume, and hasn't been seen since. Especially glaring seeing as his VA is one of the lead writers.
 * Remember Scarlet and Sage? Neither does the show.

So many problems with Volume 3 for me.