Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-30231626-20161015043220/@comment-3257939-20161016223649

It's not that simple. You can't waste your resources to teach a guy how to make lemonade and not profit from it. Again, how did it help Jaune in a way that the show has taken benefit from? Learning to back away when someone doesn't reciprocate didn't have anything to do with any of Jaune's actions in Volume 3. He already had everything he needed: His resolve to look after his team and Pyrrha's faith on him leaving an impact on their relationship. How does Weiss enter the picture? You said her involvement made him more mature and therefore it has importance in his future actions but how exactly? Examples, facts, suggestions, give me some of these.

Pyrrha's case is a bit different but much more problematic. You're right about us gaining more insight on her character but the problem lies in how the show contradicts everything about it. Do we ever see people treating Pyrrha like a celebrity? We got to see SSSN's fanclub so naturally Pyrrha has her own but they treat her like an outcast because she's out of reach, right? No, we never watch Pyrrha experiencing anything of what she claims to be her background.

Weiss has the same problem. To assume the worst out of anyone directly contradicts  her growth in Volume 1 which was all about learning to not jumping onto the worst conclusions. Furthermore, it makes little sense in hindsight:  She's known him for half a year now and is aware of his obliviousness to the outside world yet she claims to be sure that, from the very beginning, he's been after her money? And don't forget Neptune. She's very cautious around guys because they always want to take advantage of her but the moment Mr. Pickup lines shows up, she completely drops her guard?

Plot holes. That's the problem. Too many plot holes created by a love triangle that was useful for only telling us why Pyrrha loves Jaune which was certainly necessary for Volume 3. But here's a question: Did it really need an entire arc? Couldn't just two or four minutes of Pyrrha being treated as the Pyrrha Nikos and then Jaune treating her like just Pyrrha do the trick?

And your argument about the whole thing is not weak. It's just not an argument at all. You can't excuse your errors by claiming you've made tons of errors in the past anyway so people shouldn't think much about it. Besides how arguable is your point. Maybe there is much more about the story that you think and you simply didn't notice how a lot of what happens have direct consequences.

This is rocket science, Kenichi. Maybe you can spare an episode to do a monster of the week and teach the characters a new lesson, show a new side of them and develop them a little more in a certain department. But never bringing all of these events in the future is NOT proper writing.

As for the proof. It's on the DVD commentary. I think it was around the part where Jaune flirts with Weiss for the first time. They talked about how they were planning to make it a running gag.