Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-14138255-20131019173146/@comment-4802159-20131027023248

The Jaundice/Forest arcs were mostly about dealing with Jaune's outright inadequacy while doing some world-building in the background.

It needed to be done sooner rather than later to bring JNPR up to a standing par where they could leave them alone for long periods of time. Jaune was a very weak hole in the two-team lineup and nobody wants Jaune to become a Jar Jar Binks (least of all himself).

If they never touch the JNPR again, they'll be fine from a continuity standpoint. Jaune will be 'improving', Pyrrha won't be far from Jaune, Nora will be borderline nuts, and Ren will be quietly bringing up the rear. If they're out of the picture for an entire chapter, they're fine, and may even return with a 'level of badass'.

So we should be looking forward at more big-picture development rather than focusing entirely within the teams or the school environment