User blog comment:SomeoneYouUsedToKnow/Fights - Context and "Homages": An Alternate Reason Why RWBY's Fights Have Gotten Worse/@comment-25316824-20180927203044

You mention that RT has many more people working on a single fight than a Japanese anime studio. Perhaps that is because the Japanese model has fewer animators working longer hours. Now, I am not saying that RT has to copy Japan's absolutely atrocious business practices but perhaps the problem with consistency is more about a different (and better) work culture in America compared to Japan.

I dropped MHA at Episode 9 so I didn't notice that homage. When i saw it for the first time, I just thought that it looked bad and it broke my suspension of disbelief that anybody would purposefully aim for their enemies fists.