Talk:Vic Mignogna/@comment-3083606-20150815061105/@comment-4010415-20150816153747

"RWBY borrows heavily from it. It's obvious that a lot of inspiration came from it."

Lol okay.


 * Female protagonist who wields a transforming scythe.

Ruby's transforms mechanically, Maka's transforms magically and turns into a guy.


 * Characters attend an academy to learn to fight evil.

It's not too uncommon in anime for characters to attend a school or some such to learn how to combat evil. Blue Exorcist is also about characters attending a school to learn how to fight evil.

The evil they're fighting and why is different, though.

Soul Eater: They're harvesting corrupted souls so none of those souls turn into kishin, and of course, they also harvest witches' souls.

RWBY: They're fighting soulless monsters that want to eat every last person on the planet.


 * Characters who're based on characters from classic stories.

This is also not too uncommon, in any media, not just anime. And it's not like every single character in Soul Eater is based on a character from a classic story. Yeah, sure, we've got Medusa, Stein, Blair... Mjolnir, which is technically a weapon not a character, but you get it.

Meanwhile, every single significant character in RWBY alludes to a character from a classic story.


 * An antagonist group full of mooks who wear masks (Arachnaphobia)

Once again, not too uncommon. Fictional organizations that are fighting something or plotting to do evil typically tend to wear masks, hoods, or both.

Am I missing anything else? By the way, although I haven't finished the Soul Eater manga, I think the manga is better than the anime.