User blog comment:Gundam Legilis/RWBY Schedule/@comment-4010415-20150521083259/@comment-3257939-20150521095143

@Maki I have something to say in the anime and shoujo parts.

From the way I see it, RWBY is a shonen with female protagonists that can hardly be considered shoujo. It follows the basics of shonen animes by giving us self-insert characters, very forced romances and certain cliches like the ''I'll deal with this, you guys move on! ''It's directed to a male public. Similar to how Ore Monogatari!! has a very masculine protagonist but it's still a shoujo and it manages to prove itself as one.

As an anime, RWBY felt refreshing with its script since it doesn't follow the basics of anime because at some point, it becomes repetitive. There are several things that are almost like a law in anime when it comes to things like comedy but so far RWBY has been able to capture that comedy. That's why I personally enjoy a lot that it uses anime references and anime designs but everything else is taken from western animation.