User blog comment:Maki Kuronami/Lesson 23: Cinder and her flames of eternity/@comment-25641997-20140912193956

Ah, this episode! It was cliche, yes, but it pulled off those cliches so well! It gave Arkos more ground to stand on and enforced my belief that JaunexWeiss (whatever that's named) will never happen. I really don't want it to.

This was a big episode for our leading man, and I respect him a lot more because of it. It was a lot better executed than his episode saga in volume 1, if still a little cliche. Jaune has gotten a lot more confident, and he's not just a shameless flirt, either. Pyrrha has been very helpful to him in more ways than one, both training him in battle and telling him to talk straight to Weiss even though he didn't end up doing that. It still made an impression on him, as evidenced by his exchange with Neptune. Also, Neptune's awkwardness came out of nowhere. I wonder if that will be a big part of his character?

And then there's Pyrrha. Poor Pyrrha. I wonder if her kindness towards others is, in part, her trying to fit in? People have put her on a pedestal for so long; it would make sense for her to want to seem as likeable as possible so that people would accept her as one of them despite her strength, even if it meant (like when she told Jaune to ask out Weiss) hurting herself. Also, Jaune in a dress. Thanks, Monty and Roosterteeth.

And I'm not even going to mention Cinder; she was just too cool. The animation was a little clunky in the beginning, but picked up when her and Ruby (who did well in heels) fought. And she has a bow weapon, too, which I LOVE!