Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-25396609-20191102162031/@comment-27745396-20191103121934

Honestly, being robot, Penny is the only character whose return from death is acceptable. Sure, making her lose her memories would have made her return more drama filled, but I think her being back like nothing bad happened is supposed to have similar symbolic meaning as Atlas had after the war. Something bright shard of hope shining above people's heads to look at and turn their eyes away from the grim bad things around them.

I understand the argument that bringing her back cheapens the effects of her fight with Pyrrha, as her "death" was the first major trauma Ruby had in the show. Still, Penny was pretty much ignored during volumes 4-6 so her death didn't have as much weight than let's say Pyrrha's.