Talk:Extracurricular/@comment-106.68.118.109-20141031171611/@comment-10390252-20141114102130

@124.148.239.156,

You're entitled to your opinion, of course. I've got to say, though, that a lot of your criticisms don't actually even remotely resemble anything in the show. You're extrapolating your frustration that the main plot is now only starting to emerge at the end of the second volume to the point where you're actually making up problems.

In response to the only real solid criticism - the slow pace - I'd remind everyone that we're barely at the end of the first season compared to the average length of a mainstream studio animé. In other words, we have just got to the point where we've finished introducing the characters and establishing that there is a problem in the world!

The fact is that we are not going to get deeper into villain motivations and goals for two or three volumes.

Am I entirely satisfied? No. I think that Team SSSN don't seem to have a purpose and that Team CFVY didn't really need to appear in the final battle of Volume 2. I would have preferred to see more of RWBY and JNPR, quite frankly. However, I think that the team is making good enough progress that I am willing to stick with the show for now.

What do I think is the root cause of the problems? I think that Monty and the team are more-or-less flying blind. Things have now been delayed to the third year of production that should have been shown on screen in the first year. This is because RT massively under-estimated how difficult the project would be and how long it would take to produce a dozen quarter-hour episodes to a reasonable standard. Yes, this is a bad thing and, if the show is cancelled, it will probably because viewers lose patience with it and stop watching. FWIW, I hope it doesn't happen because I want to know what happens. I'm sort of invested in the characters now (with the exception of SSSN, who I've felt between loathing and total indifference since their first appearance).