Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-5430952-20181103172633/@comment-4141313-20181110035504

ChishioKunrin wrote: SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote: ChishioKunrin wrote: 1. Nope, Aura was invented so the characters could pull off over the top fight scenes without dying when the writers don't want them to die. ...................Wait. Then why the entire lack of blood in almost the entirety of Vol.1-5? Not saying they should've added a whole river of blood or anything but, still. I dunno. They did say they considered showing Tukson's blood splattering onto a wall back in Volume 2, but then they had decided against it.

Maybe it goes along with the whole "RWBY will grow more mature as a show as it goes on" thing. I think its cause kids watched it. Before Volume 3 aired, Miles had to give out a discretion warning about the content so kids didn't see things they couldn't handle, and shortly after V3 ended, Chibi came out.

V4 is when things started getting more mature with more visible wounds and cursing, pretty much establishing "WE AREN'T FOR KIDS ANYMORE BITCHES".