User blog comment:Jkphantom9/Thoughts on RWBY The Beginning Japanese Dub?/@comment-4010415-20170823231917

I really don't like that they cut so much out for the TV showing of RWBY, considering

1. There are a lot of scenes and episodes that seem like you could just remove them, only to realize that the smaller details are actually important and/or useful.

2. You never know what's actually going to be important, significant, or relevant in a future Volume. For example, Weiss fighting and killing a Boarbatusk in Port's class didn't seem important, but now we've seen Weiss summon that Boarbatusk.

The Shining Beacon:
 * Ruby and Jaune's first conversation told us that students in combat school design and forge their own weapons. It also told us that Jaune's weapon is a hand-me-down from his great-great grandfather who fought in the Great War.

The Badge and the Burden:
 * Like I mentioned above, Weiss vs Boarbatusk. Didn't seem important back then, but it is actually significant, in that it's how she got the Boarbatusk summon.
 * It's a character development moment for Ruby and Weiss.
 * Contained a hint that Ozpin is special, with that "I've made more mistakes than any man, woman, and child on this planet" line.

Jaunedice:
 * Revealed to us why the hell Jaune is such a noob and didn't even know about Aura! I know they completely dropped the fact that he faked his way into Beacon after Volume 1, but it's still pretty helpful to have that explanation for why he's such a noob. If you don't get that explanation, it seems like really stupid writing that this guy who got into a damn Huntsman academy somehow doesn't know about Aura.
 * I guess when I scroll down and read more, I'll see how this affected the "Jaune and Pyrrha training" scene in Volume 2, if at all.

Forever Fall:
 * Introduced the term Semblance to us in a way that clearly spells out "These special abilities the characters have are Semblances." Without this, Emerald telling Cinder that Pyrrha's Semblance is polarity comes up kind of awkwardly, in a way that can leave the viewer going "Wait, what? Semblance? Her special ability is called a Semblance?" Whereas the introduction to it in Volume 1 was "Oh, this episode is telling me Semblance is what they call the special abilities."
 * Arkos stuff was set up between Jaunedice and this.

Best Day Ever:
 * Noooo, not the food fight!!!
 * Of course the puma joke is cut. It's a Rooster Teeth reference that no one would get.

Welcome to Beacon:
 * Weiss standing on the chair shows that she's trying to lighten up and take the stick out of her ass, so I'm kinda disappointed that was cut.

A Minor Hiccup:
 * Weiss at the CCT shows us a side of Weiss that we never really get to see. She's alone, and she practices fake smiling in the elevator, showing she feels the need to put on a mask when calling home. The scene also mentions Winter, so Winter showing up in Volume 3 is less out-of-nowhere.

Painting the Town:
 * Penny leaving with the soldiers being cut seems like an awkward transition. When we see Ruby again, it's like "Wait what, where'd Penny go? I guess she left? It seemed like there was more that needed to be said in that conversation." Because there was, and the only reason more wasn't said is because they were interrupted. Or, did they also cut the whole "One day, it'll be my job to save the world." "Save the world from what? We're in a time of peace." "That's not what Mr. Ironwood said..." exchange?
 * The explanation behind the WF masks was really nice, though. It was nice to let the audience know that the masks are symbolic, rather than just them hiding from punishment. Also, it hints that Adam might have been the one who started the mask trend.

Extracurricular:
 * So, the training on the roof scene is intact? Including Pyrrha mentioning Aura training and finding Jaune's Semblance, things that a Huntsman academy student should have already done by then? This stuff would seem odd to someone who didn't know that Jaune faked his way into Beacon. They really fucked up by leaving that out.

Burning the Candle:
 * Jaune asking about Ren and Nora's relationship... So... they basically cut both hints to Nora and Ren's future romance. There was one in their introduction, and then there was this scene. *Claps*

Dance Dance Infiltration:
 * So, Ironwood showing up at the CCT seems out of the blue.

Field Trip:
 * Ironwood praising Ruby kinda makes him look less like he's just some asshole who has conflict with literally everyone he ever comes in contact with. Instead, it helps paint him as actually being someone who values taking action.

Search and Destroy:
 * Wait, so did they cut Sun and Neptune saying they're shadowing detectives in the city? Because if they didn't cut "Junior detectives!", then that's awkward.

Mountain Glenn:
 * Blake saying how she runs away all the time is kind of an important show of her insecurities, and she explains what her Semblance is.
 * Just them finding out she's missing thanks to Zwei? Or the entire thing about them finding she's missing, including them finding the hole and Oobleck giving an explanation about Mountain Glenn's history and why there's a ruined city underground?