Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-39492511-20190530044705/@comment-4010415-20190531231051

Yeah, honestly, Volume 3 was done pretty well, and then Volume 4 collapsed specifically because they decided to rush everyone to Mistral as fast as possible instead of taking time to really look into the after-effects of the Fall of Beacon, in both the characters and the world around them.

Volume 4 should have been more character-focused instead of just "Timeskip, omg, RNJR is already on Anima, we're gonna be at Mistral in the finale, wow, quickly touch on a few things with Weiss and Blake so we can rush them to Mistral too, completely skip Yang's recover, yeah awesome!" With RNJR and Blake traveling in the wild on their own journeys, they would've had ample opportunity for action. Maybe even have a scene with Weiss training, with some explanation about what the actual fuck happened in the White Trailer, for the people who haven't read the Shirow Miwa manga.