Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170417075739/@comment-25936766-20170424225025

PisceanWaterbender wrote: It would certainly cut down on this Volume's issue of too many storylines. The problem is not the number of storylines. The problem is the number of characters among which to divide the screentime.

Having 2 storylines instead of 6 (RNJR, Weiss, Yang, Blake, Oscar, Cinder), won't change anything if most characters get almost no development anyway, because the screentime is mostly spent on some members of RNJR, Weiss, Yang, Blake, Oscar and Cinder anyway, because they are the ones with most importance and plot relevance.

You could develop side characters, but then you sacrifice MC development, making them feel more like a plot device than a MC. You could develop main characters, but then you sacrifice the development of the side characters, making people wonder why they're even there.