User blog comment:Maki Kuronami/Lesson 29: NEOTAILS/@comment-25396609-20151025155603/@comment-11188061-20151026081934

Well, actually. I prefer Monty's voice for Volume 1 and 2 because it fits perfectly with the, 'my head is always in the clouds thinking about something... until I got interrupted. Again.' vibe. He sounds aloof until something finally catches his attention, and then he pulls away just a bit of attention from his clouds and descend to talk with... Jaune.

Yeah, for Volume 1 and 2 Ren's voice could not have been any better. Fewer lines he had, but nothing fitted Ren better than Monty's voice.

But Neath's voice is also good. Obviously it's going to jarr a bit since they're not the same, and Ren is suddenly talking a lot more (and more fast-paced than the impression we got from previous Volumes) than usual. But that pacing for his voice is fine; if he had tried to do it slow like Monty it might have deteriorated the acting, so all in all Neath really was a good choice to be Ren's VA.