Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-66.116.33.1-20150110204502

I was thinking about this the other day. I've always just taken it for granted that all four members of Team RWBY are meant to be white, but does anyone else think you can make a pretty simple case for Blake being the Remnant equivalent of Asian or white/Asian descent?

Because of the simple art style, the only real tips we have that Ren is meant to be Asian are his name, his eyes, and his clothing. Blake has a very western-sounding name but she also wears obviously Japanese-inspired pajamas and has similary-shaped eyes, as well as an overall ninja theme and a weapon that resembles Japanese weapons in two of its three forms.

Personally I think the implication is that Blake is mixed race, which is why so much of her design points towards Japan despite her western name. Of course you could also argue this all is moot anyway since she's technically not even a human, but I kind of doubt that all Faunus are white.  