User blog:Gundam Legilis/No Brakes In Depth - The animation

Hello!

Whop-dee-doo, thers's a huge one with the animation today.

First off, Melodic Cudgel, has a grappling hook option. Also loving the explosion and the gunfire that the White Fang mooks use when they shoot at Ruby and the gang.

When the train starts, and the WF mooks attack on the train bare-handed... wait, what?

I forgot to add this to the writing, plot and character sections, but it's really stupid to see that they don't use their weapons on the train, regardless if they still would have been beaten.

While it's awesome to see flaming Zwei knock out a couple of Paladins, Ruby and Oobleck display a sort of teamwork that involves them going back and forth on individual units, avoiding their stomping attacks. It's realistic enough to know that a couple of hits can pummel Paladins off the train.

When the bombs explode, all the Grimm come in the chase, including a giant iguana. Man, that thing is fugly. But at least they all move naturally.

Next up, the fights.

I love the fighting animation and the constant heterochromia switching for Neo. And then, that psychopathic smile that can make Future Diary's very own Yuno Gasai jealous. And then, that Oh, Crap moment when the mysterious swordswoman comes in, forcing her to teleport. Also the actual warp portal of the swordswoman.

Next, we have Weiss vs. The Lieutenant. Weiss can now block, and Omnislash the Lieutenant all she wants, but then the Lieutenant just grabs and pummels her to the ground.

Blake now fights Roman. It's a shame that Roman put up less resistance than Black and White, but I do love the various dust usages with Blake, along with the slashing.

Of course, when everybody is reunited at the top of the train, the ice shield animation is formed perfectly once the train crashes.

Two first -person moments occur. One is when Yang barely glimpses at the mysterious swordswoman when she leaves, the other is when Team RWBY is recovering from their daze on the surface. These remind me of the shell-shocked moments in Call of Duty and Saving Private Ryan. In fact, I do appreciate their appearance. Moreso, they are among the first to appear in RWBY ever, not counting Ruby's knockout in the previous episode.

Stay tuned for next week, folks!

Thoughts?

-Gundam Legilis