User blog comment:Sapo444/Hello fellow RWBY fans! Here is a strict, but good review of RWBY for u!/@comment-11109699-20131110114642/@comment-71.171.96.179-20131110145958

Whether or not its story is a novel like format, it is playing by anime rules. The show is trying to be an anime on all accounts, so shouldn't its story be too?

Look at it this way:

* If it is trying to be like an anime story, its doing a shite job of it

* If its trying to be like a novel story, its in the wrong place, and the type of storytelling clearly dosent work for this format.