Thread:RoseRedFlower/@comment-27772671-20170206032430


 * SPOILERS FOR VOLUME 4, DUH*

I already did my favorite things from RWBY Volume 4, so here's my least favorite. Yes, I found certain things I didn't like about this volume. Every RWBY volume of RWBY had problems and this one is no exception. Now, you don't have to like my opinion but I don't have to like certain things in Volume 4. You're free to list your least favorite moments too. However, the second I see death threat comments, racial slurs or anything like that, I will remove it. I won't remove basic stuff like opinions or critiques. I don't get bothered by those. This is pure opinion, so let's respect one another. Dishonorable mentions:

Unanswered Questions: I'm starting to get sick of having questions and then they're not being answered. And also how subplots are established but it's going to take forever for them to be resolved. How exactly did Ruby's silver eyes hurt Cinder? What happened to Nora's parents? Were Blake and Adam ever dating? Why was Tyrian interested in Jaune? How does Raven know about Salem and the relics? I still have questions from previous volumes that aren't explained. Why didn't anyone from Haven Academy report that Cinder and her friends aren't part of any team at Haven Academy? How do locker rockets fly you anywhere? How can scrolls measure aura? Or the biggest one, what is Jaune's semblance? I would like these answers to be answered by the show itself instead of me going to research it myself or listen to theories.

Wasted Voice Acting: I'm already somewhat mad at RWBY for making one of my favorite voice actors Laura Bailey barely any line of dialogue in Volume 3, as Amber. This Volume has that too. I didn't think some were wasted like Josh Grelle as Tyrian, Jen Taylor as Salem, Jason Douglas as Jacques Schnee etc. However, Christopher Sabat (who has voiced Vegeta and Piccolo from the DragonBall series) has one episode of nine parts of dialogue and one part in the last episode. I'm using RWBY transcripts on the wiki for this. You could argue that they're building him up for the next Volume. Okay, sure. What about Michael J. Tatum as Klein? For those who don't know he's voiced Sebastian Michaelis, Kyoya Otori and Rintaru Okabe. He says one line in two episodes and a couple of lines in two more episodes. Plus, I highly doubt we'll see him in the next volume since Weiss is going to Haven. The worst case is with Cherami Leigh (who voice acted Lucy Heartfilia, Patty Thompson, Elizabeth Midford). She gets two lines of dialogue. I'm not joking. I know the argument will be that, they're saving them for the next Volume but it's really disappointing to hear them and then they don't come back.

Now for the real thing.

3: Blake- I've seen people argue about her character and I have mixed feelings. She used to be one of my favorite characters in RWBY and now she's my least favorite of the four main girls. Probably because she acts like a tsundere. Definition of a tsundere: A character who is usually cold and hostile towards another person before gradually showing a much more affectionate side. There's only certain tsunderes I like. You have to really showcase why they behave this way and make sure it doesn't go too over the wall. Like Misaki Ayuzawa from Maid-Sama. In real life, a tsundere is a bitch. In anime you can make tsunderes more likable because of how cute they can look. Believe me, I've been to a Tsundere Maid Cafe and tsunderes in real life are just coldhearted women. Blake, was really acting like one to Sun. Now, Sun following her may not have been the best move but he did it because she just took off. He was worried and wanted to see if she was okay. His intentions aren't evil, he's just concerned. I accepted the first slap because Blake wanted to keep people safe by keeping them away from her. And he ruined that and felt like he was stalking her. However, in the episode A Much Needed Talk is when I got angry with her. I loved the talk she was having with her father and then the door was ruined by poor construction work. Seriously, leaning up against a door and then it just fell over like a domino? She then proceeds to slap Sun once, backhands Sun right after that and then throws his scroll away. That seemed way unreasonably aggressive to me. He needs that scroll to keep in touch with his family and friends. People use their scrolls in Remnant for pretty much anything and that was his personal property. Couldn't she have just pushed the scroll away to him and say: "I don't want to see it." Also, with the whole eavesdropping on her private moment with Sun, it was supposed to be a joke. Blake's mother even does the same thing later on in the volume. Blake's tsundere nature was just too much. Especially since she should know how horrible it must feel to be slapped by someone you used to or do care about. When people have been voicing outrage and hate when a character would smack another, Mr. Schnee to Weiss or Adam to Blake, and when those same people let this fly under the "Outrage Radar" it makes me annoyed. Why would people be so quick to pass this off but want Weiss' father dead for smacking her once while Blake got off with it three times? If she wanted to be upset with Sun ruining the moment, that's fine. But acting like a complete bitch and hitting him just because he wanted to warn her about the White Fang, was uncalled for. Let's imagine if the genders were reversed. What if a male slapped his potential love interest three times and threw away her phone? Exactly, it's uncomfortable. I just felt that wasn't right for Blake. She's a smart character who might not make the best choices but she's not an idiot. Especially since I loved her interactions with her parents but her tsundere behavior was just hard to sit through.

2: Fights- This volume lacked in fights. Now I don't want just mindless action but these fights rather lackluster. We had three fights with different Grimm and two fights in this volume that took place in an abandoned village. RWBY was always known for its great fights but these fights seemed rather 'meh' in comparison to the other volumes. In Volume 1 we had Ruby fighting Roman and Cinder with Glynda to help aid her, we had those long fights within the Emerald Forest, Weiss fighting a Boarbatusk in class, Jaune trying to defeat an Ursa by himself and that huge fight in the docks. In Volume 2 we had a giant food fight, a Paladin fight that added a chase scene down a highway, Pyrrha fighting against team CRDL and Mercury, Cinder and Ruby, team RWBY fighting against Grimm in Mountain Glenn, the fight on and in the train and the Grimm fight in Vale. In Volume 3 we had six tournament fights that added different backgrounds, former Fall Maiden Amber against Cinder/Emerlad/Mercury, the students of the different schools kill a Nevermore, Blake and Weiss fight to defend Beacon, Ruby vs Neo and Torchwick, the students against Grimm/Paladins/Atlesian Soldiers, Blake against Adam, a little bit of Cinder versus Ozpin and Cinder vs Pyrrha. Now, I'm not saying all of them are great fights but most of them were pretty unique. We already seen a fight within a forest and an abandoned place. The one on the boat was the only fight that I hadn't seen yet. Also, when the characters fight in the air, they look like they're flying. Ren, Ruby, Blake and Sun just looked like they were hovering for way too long. It was very distracting and took me completely out of the moment. Then it looks like the ammo some of the characters use when they're firing out bullets or dust, move on their own. Like how Ruby was going to light the Geist on fire but then the bullet complete swerves another direction. I know bullets can richochet and move in the wind but is it really that windy that the bullet did a complete ninety degrees? Couldn't you have just made it go straight and not let my eyes wander over it like I'm a cat and that's a laser point? I do admit that the fight choreography is fine. When it's on land and the characters aren't flying it looks very nice. If you don't agree that's fine, I just wish we had more unique fights.

1: Pacing- I hear this a lot when it came to this volume. The pacing for RWBY Volume 4 was all over the place. Sometimes, it seemed way too fast and other times it seemed way too slow. I think the main reason for this is because of the six different points of view we're presented with. We have the four main girls, Oscar and Salem's faction. They're trying to jumble all of these together but it didn't work for me. Then we get stories that are way too short with certain characters or make them drag out for too long. The biggest example I believe is Yang's side. In one episode she has PTSD, in the next episode she's trying on her robot arm after a little talk with Tai, in another episode she's fighting with almost no trouble, in another episode she's ready to leave her home and in the last episode she's looking for Ruby. I know about the timeskip we had but Yang's story felt very rushed. She was all torn apart through having bad memories of her fight with Adam and even nightmares. However, after one little pep talk with Tai, she's fighting like it never happened? It just seemed way too fast and I wish they took more time to delve in more to what she was going through. She was so broken and then she's just fine? Then there's the case with Oscar. We see him do farm work, he's hearing voices, the voice is proving that he is one with Oscar and then the voice convinces him to leave his home behind and go to Haven. The last thing he said to Ozpin before we see him in another episode leaving for Haven is: Get out of my head! Yet in the next episode, he's completely going along to Haven? What did Ozpin do to change his mind? He even says what he's doing is crazy. What did exactly made him think this was a good idea? Because it feels right? That's all the explanation we're given? He also gets an extra scene of him just staring at the horizon in the first episode. That was it. Couldn't we have used that time for Yang? We could have just used that one scene of him staring at a mirror, then hearing Ozpin's voice. Why did we need an approximately one minute and twenty two seconds scene of him just working on a farm? Was it to establish he works on a farm? I think him walking into a barn in the fourth episode of this volume could have answered that. Then there's the fact that team RNJR seems to take way too long on their journey. Why didn't they just hop on a train to Haven like Oscar? If they have money for an inn, there's surely enough money for a ticket to Haven? RWBY was made in America. It's much cheaper for someone to hop on a plane than it is for them to spend one night at a hotel. Or is it the other way around for Remnant? It's never really explained what took them so long. Even Blake made it to Menagrie and that's almost if not farther away than Haven. I just found this to be the biggest problem of the episode. Maybe they could have resolved this if the episodes were longer. I know they take time but I'm not impatient to wait for an episode if the quality is good. I'm still waiting for Attack on Titan Season 2 patiently because I know they're taking their time to make sure it's good. I would rather wait for a long time for something good than have something bad that comes out all the time.

There's my list of my least favorite things from RWBY Volume 4. I don't hate this volume. I hated certain things it did but I don't hate it. This is still a great volume with a good story, likable characters and a awesome soundtrack. These are just my opinions and my personal irks with this volume. I know somewhere inside you probably have your little issues with this volume too and I welcome you to share your own thoughts. Can't wait for Volume 5 though! Also, the soundtrack should be good. 