User blog comment:ChishioKunrin/RWBY could be worse/@comment-71.106.220.252-20130821182007

I feel like a lot of you guys are absolutely delusional. You're all using the shroud that because it's only been 5 episodes it's unfair to judge the work that's being produced. Yes, the show is not as bad as some people make it out to be. However, it's not as good as you guys make it seem either.

I won't point out the animation flaws because they are indeed obvious to anyone watching and minor/ trivial enough to overlook.

Let's take a look at the voice acting. It's not good or bad, it's AWKWARD. Yes, the people who are voicing them are not professional voice actors by any means but the delivery of lines sounds and feels "fake" if that makes sense. I know it's unfair to compare but the voice actors in Red vs Blue aren't professional voice actors either and yet they seem to deliver the character in a fashion that's believable. And I'm not even talking about the recent episodes, I'm talking about the first season.

Now let's talk about the actual story. The story itself if nothing brand new to the world of anime or cartoons. In fact, I think most people can agree with me when I say that it's pretty darn difficult to showcase a completely brand new, never before seen storyline. The problem with RWBY is the pacing of the show so far. I agree that in 5 episodes you can't show all to much especially since every episode is like what 5 minutes or so excluding the first episode. However, the first season should lay down some foundations to the rest of the story that would be fleshed out as the story progresses. But I believe it's Monty who is writing and directing RWBY right? So far I feel that he's established so little and reinforced the same ideas over and over again. (Yes, we all know that Weiss is a bitch. Can we move it along now?)  To be honest, I feel like he actually hasn't really established anything at all in these 5 episodes alone which is a shame and leaves me wishing for more, only to be disappointed.