User blog comment:Gundam Legilis/Beginning Of The End In Depth/@comment-7622429-20160106175005

Spongebob doesn't have darker content. It has more shocking content, but not darker. The usage of "darker" is subjective in many ways, but in fiction, it has at least some consistency. Here, RWBY definitely got darker in proportion to its usual style compared to other series. Context is key, here. Being more edgy and/or shocking, like the Spongebob example, doesn't equate to being darker. Darkness is a fluctuative narrative context in this case, not a content-based measurement.