User blog:Zathronas/Analysis by an author-Hiatus Edition: Jaune Arc

 Hello and welcome to author analysis. Hiatus edition

Here is my volume 1 analysis

 He’s the lovable fool with the heart of gold. The underdog everyone roots for, the character that will become more than anyone expects. It’s time to analyze Jaune Arc.

 Personality 

 If Jaune was the exposition character in volume 1, he’s more of his own character in this volume. Still a klutz, he has the farthest to go in his fighting ability or in leadership ability. That doesn’t make him a fool, his reaction sometimes does but I credit that to a lack of confidence on his part. Add his lack of experience into the mix and they permeate in everything he does. The good news is that it is easily remedied.

 We don’t know his semblance yet but I suspect that when he discovers it, it will be in a spectacular fashion. His character has grown in volume 2 and you can see his assertiveness by episode 12 when he decides to divert from his original mission to go help RWBY without asking anyone else in authority.

 Fighting Ability 

 Improving steadily thanks to Pyrrha, Jaune is basically the equivalent to a tank in MMO games. He can take a lot of punishment and keep going. Once he learns his trade properly, he will be very difficult to take down

 His weakness is the fact that he has no ranged attack whatsoever. This makes him very vulnerable to attacks by Nevermore or other ranged attacker. We do not know what will be his semblance but I do have a theory on what it might be...

Volume 2 notable appearances

 Episode 5- extracurricular 

Jaune serenades Weiss at the worst possible place and worst possible time. Weiss refuses his invitation. He then goes and complains about it to the girl who has a crush on him. Doh!

 Episode 6- Burning the Candle 

Jaune ask relationship advice to the third worst person at Beacon. To the eternal gratitude of Ren, Pyrrha shoots herself in the foot and gives him the advice he seek. Fortunately for her, Jaune is too late as Weiss is in the process of asking Neptune out.

 Episode 7- Dance Dance Infiltration 

Jaune grows up a bit. He helps Neptune the same way Pyrrha helped him. Realizing how much of a jerk he’s been, he tries to redeem himself by wearing a dress at the ball. It works.

<p class="MsoNormal"> Episode 12- Breach 

<p class="MsoNormal">We see a definite improvement in Jaune’s fighting skills when he defeats An Ursa with ease.

<p class="MsoNormal">Plot

<p class="MsoNormal">Affairs of the heart was in order for Jaune in this volume. The ball was central in his development. Not much beside that, we did see an improvement in his fighting skills by the end of the volume.