Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24032889-20171204052500/@comment-130.105.235.203-20180218105856

Aura, as it seems, is similar to Nen's Ten. If you don't know what Nen or Ten is, then you might want to watch Hunter X Hunter. Aura's defensive use is exactly the same as HXH's Ten, it create a field of Aura around the Hunter/Huntsman/Huntress. If we are going to infer that a person like Weiss can keep her Aura active at all times and Oscar can't, the explanation would be similar to HXH's explanation. As you grow in skill and experience, your capabilities will become more natural. What was once active becomes passive.

Of course, even though HXH and RWBY are very similar in terms of powers as well as world, it doesn't create a complete bridge. But as we begin to use happenings in HXH to explain happenings in RWBY, it allows for better understanding due to the heavily thought out nature of HXH.

The reason why Yang's arm got cut is because she didn't have a strong enough Aura to defend against Adam's probably Enhanced Strike. Know that Adam has the ability to store force in his blade and probably stored force before hand (badum ts). Which is akin to how Kite (who is confirmed to always have his Aura protecting him) got his arm cut off by Pitou. Both Forces are too strong for the shields to take.

And what happened in Volume 1 would probably be equivalent to Zetsu in terms of HXH. Most Huntsmen probably would stop the usage of their Aura in order to rest. Of course, this would make it seem more of a Active ability but I like to think of it more as a Switch. A switch that you turn on for as long as you like and off for as long as you like, at least once you get to a certain level.

I think like in HxH, RWBY Huntsman are much more capable if they are expecting an attack. The complicated system in which Aura works in Hunter X Hunter has literal techniques that increases the Hunter's defense when expecting an attack. RWBY Huntsmen, although it probably doesn't have a named technique, should be able to fall under this category.

I am a junkie for both HXH and RWBY, although HXH I can surely say is better in battle weight and meaning, and in return RWBY holds a bar over it in cheography. I sometimes feel like RWBY kinda copied from HXH due to the similarities and tried to make some difference by not including the incredibly complicated system in which Nen functions in HXH. I mean, both series state that the person's said Supernatural abilities are based on their personalities (or vice versa in RWBY's case), the difference being the names (Hatsu and Semblance) and the fact that a Hunter in HXH can hold more than one Hatsu.