User blog comment:Jkphantom9/Shane Newville: "An Open Letter to All Who Treasured Monty Oum"/@comment-28189972-20160513021804/@comment-24122714-20160513023147

You cannot say that Raven's scene wouldn't make sense as we know almost nothing about her. She helped Yang once but the fact that she's not willing to again implies that Raven could possibly be an antagonist. In addition, the ending of volume 3 would have made much more sense with Monty's ending.

"No longer did Jaune witness and cause Pyrrha’s death, triggering a major character growth moment for him. No longer did we get to see Pyrrha as the perfect warrior who could actually stand a chance against Cinder, who is now so OP it’s almost a joke. I still did my best to work within what little was left to work with. I still came up with the most impressive ideas I could think of to fill the gaps and make the fight happen as spectacularly as I could."