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I was more annoyed that Blake and Sun ran into an area with lots of people then I was at Roman for following them.

I think that you want a character who is relatable and I can understand that. I would like to see more of Romans motivations then we have done so far especially why he ended up working for Cinder considering that he clearly doesn't like being left out of the loop and dislikes her inner circle and allies the White Fang.

The reason I don't mind the lack of characterisation is because there are so many other characters that are still being developed including the main cast. We only really got to know Yang and Ruby's back story in this volume and we have only had hints about Weiss's like her farther being "Difficult" which could mean anything including overly protective and smothering, being strict and having ridiculously high expectations (which is what I think) to out right abusive. I would like to find out more about these characters than Roman since they are the main characters the series follows.

The reason I like his character is that I think that Roman's sociopathic antagonism make him stand out as someone vary dangerous straight away and makes him seem like an actual threat where as Mercury, Emerald and Cinder just don't seem that way yet. They have a plan which all three are aware of but we haven't had any real motivation for them beyond that.