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Personally I kinda liked this volume but I didn't think it was amazing at all. Chapter 10 was probably my least favorite episode in terms of enjoyment; it was all Grimm fights and there was basically zero tension. I couldn't sympathize with any of the revolters from Mantle, either, because they were displaying Jacques Schnee levels of short-sightedness in their actions in the previous episode and was practically furthering the damage that Watts had done by shutting off their AC. Speaking of short-sightedness, why are so many characters acting so short-sighted this volume? We've got Jacques and Qrow ALLYING WITH THE ENEMY, and then they go all surprise-pikachu when the "trustworthy" people they were siding with got them into some deep shit. Ironwood's plan wouldn't work at all even if it by some miracle succeeded because Salem would take over Remnant, Atlas would run out of resources, and they would all die from starvation. It's a stupid plan. Also I didn't really like how RT made Penny the new winter maiden solely for the purpose of subverting expectations, it's like "haha, y'all thought Winter would be the new winter maiden, nope... it's Penny :D :D :D." There's nothing wrong with fulfilling expectations that you've set up, expected doesn't necessarily mean bad all of the time.

But all of that aside, the volume was enjoyable overall. I didn't really have much problem with how RWBY acted, except for Blake and Yang backstabbing Ironwood, but I feel like people severely overexaggerate how unlikable they are. They aren't really that unlikable, my main problem with them is that they never face any consequences for their actions or acknowledge that they're wrong. But no they aren't that detestable. The volume isn't detestable either, it was way better than the absolute trainwreck that was Volume 6.