Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-11362637-20150116232355/@comment-73.42.187.52-20150117020924

LiveandSound wrote: Volume 2 was a great improvement in pretty much every area. Writing, pacing, animation, special effects, length of episodes, and others. I agree completely

LiveandSound wrote: Then came episode 8. This is where I started to get somewhat dissapointed. First, someone had the bright idea of introducing Zwei, a completely unnecesary character that didn't even need to exist, and was there only to break the laws of physics and logic the show had been following to a point so far. A fucking stupid, completely unnecesary dog.

His introduction scene could have been completely removed, instead putting a scene where RWBY discussed what they knew of the bad guys and their plan, based on the info they got. But nooooo.

I disagree, he both brings an animal into the show, and shows us new personality traits in all 4 main characters, though I too wish he didn't eat physics/logic for breakfast all the time. As for all your later quibbles in the post about him... he does technically lead them to the white fang... exactly why Oobleck ranted he was exited to have him.

LiveandSound wrote: Then came Oobleck's interesting speak to Weiss, Blake and Yang about why they wanted to be Huntresses. Result was, the 3 of them now seem a lot more interesting, and this could be the catalyst of some good character development later. But there was a problem: He didn't ask Ruby that question.

You could say it was because she's so innocent and idealistic she doesn't really need a reason. But even though it's justified, it's bad. All it did was make Ruby, one of the main protagonists, seem like one of the most dull, plain, and less interesting characters in the show.

I disagree she should have been asked that question as ozpin already did ask her essentially the same thing... however she should have been asked something, he seems a poorer teacher to not attempt to teach all of his class something

LiveandSound wrote: Then came No Brakes. I was honestly impressed. The animation was good in that episode, we got to see Oobleck fight, we saw a mysterious swordswoman appear which may or may not be related to Yang, and the episode overall would have worked as a very good Volume finale. The only thing that bothered me was that they didn't show how Weiss lost her fight. The episode also built up nicely towards a tense and dramatic finale.

except they did show how Wiess lost... as a fencer she failed to anticipate the brutality of body blows and got thrashed.

will finish response later to the other parts of your post(I mostly agree though).