Talk:RWBY/Episodes/@comment-24.131.48.58-20131220211641/@comment-24.94.83.181-20140807063431

Considering vol 1 isn't even the first season (it's only half) character development isn't really a major focus right not I think. This is more of the appetizer for the action stuff that will draw people in. If they focused more on story, people will complain that there isn't enough action. So I think they have a nice balance right now. Enough character development, especially near the end of vol 1 in Black and White, as well as with Ruby and Jaune coming to terms with their own situations at Beacon. I think Jaune matured a lot over the course of Jaunedice and Forever Fall. And the vol 2 intro only shows more, with Jaune comforting Pyrra with the shoulder touch, whereas it was reversed in the vol 1 intro. Even with all that, there's a lot of action that makes people want to just repeat the same 30 seconds over and over because it's just that awesome (because no one didn't grin when they saw Sun's butt kicking). So while there may not be a lot of character development, there's enough in the main characters of team RWBY and Jaune for the story to at least feel organic. People don't change dramatically over the course of a few weeks (which is how long vol 1 would be in real time).