Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190112144055/@comment-4141313-20190118074535

Nikoli the rebel wrote: I haven't posted almost all volume but I am loving it. I am even going to watch adam's fight this episode over again.

Two things that I don't see anybody talking about...

1. We have confirmation that Ruby can't use her semblence indefinitely. Both when she was falling and Weiss saves her and before she gets stuck on the cliff, her semblence runs out of juice. This is somewhat of a retcon because in V1, she was zooming through the Emerald forest for 38 seconds straight. https://youtu.be/1JZgPfbKbU4?t=102

We are told that Semblences can evolve over time but Ruby got straight up nerfed.

2. Blake's upgrade to Gamol Shroud was supposed to come a long LONG time ago. So we basically have confirmation that the current writers are stretching out Monty's content to give it more padding and make more volumes.

3. I don't really appreciate how much talking there is in the Cordova fight even though I understand it has to be there for a group of so many people. The Cordova fight looks like a V5 fight with some polish, while the Adam fight looks like Monty fight. No question. 1. No one brought this up because it was kinda obvious already. Semblances are specifically link to one's Aura Level, meaning if they have no aura, they no use their Semblance. Ruby has been fighting for some time, meaning her Aura level is running low, so she can't perpetually use it without running out. Also, she wasn't using her Semblance in the Emerald Forest Scene. Even in Volume 1, using her Semblance left little rose clusters as she ran. No clusters flowing behind her.

2. Again, we already knew that, but we've known since Monty was alive. Volume 2 was originally supposed to encompase the events of Volume's 2 & 3, but they decided to cut the volume in half to give room to breathe. Monty passed away before they finished Volume 3, but in the time he was alive, he contributed to some of the changes made to outcome of Volume 3, only made possible due to dividing the Volume in two, considering he is partly responsible for the existance of the Maiden's.

If we want to get technical, then if we follow the logic that each Volume after Volume 1 is only half of the originally planned Volumes, then this Volume is the first half of the Planned Volume 3. So its still as originally planned narrative wise, just not release wise.

3. They have different reasons for being like that. The former fight requires communication between fighters and involves a much slower moving target, allowing them the opportunity to talk. Obviously they are still allowing them to talk when Cordovin would reasonably be firing at them, but that can be chalked up to classic Media Cliches, not solely a RWBY issue.

The latter fight however, in both portions of it, was one on one, meaning there was no need to communicate, and instead they could focus on charging each other relentlessly. Even then though, there was a point where the Fight technically stopped, when Blake told Yang about Adam's semblance, as during that point, Adam didn't rush to run Yang through with Wilt while they were talking, only returning to fighting when they finished talking.