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I think the reason so many people turned against Team RWBY this volume is because they don't really get called out for anything they've done wrong, or acknowlege their fuck ups. The closest we get is Ren saying they never should've become Huntsmen when they failed to stop Neo. But Ironwood gets called out for every one of his mistakes, no matter how minor, right from the start of the volume. The set-up for the conflict is gray but the characters paint it as "This side is 100% in the wrong" and the only thing that implies otherwise is interpretation and a bit in Ozpin's speech. I don't agree with the stance of "Team RWBY is unlikeable now" but I agree that they should at least be called out for some of their issues.

Also, you'd think Ruby and Weiss would question why Blake and Yang didn't ask for their opinion before leaking to Robyn, or at the very least told them afterwards (and they clearly didn't know because they both look lost when they admit they did it) considering they're a team and that's a pretty major decision to make, that goes completly against what they were currently doing.

Anyways, despite some issues, I did enjoy this volume. I wouldn't call it phenomenal, but I wouldn't call it dogshit either. The only other big issue for me is that the politics stuff really shouldn't have been as big of a part as they were, especially if the payoff of Jacques getting into the council only lasts for 5 minutes before he's thrown off before he can really do anything, and it only exists as a stepping stone for Watts to hack the heat grid.