User blog comment:Maki Kuronami/Lesson 28: Humanity did not receive a Grimm reminder/@comment-25641997-20141031042530

As a volume ender, I vastly preferred volume 1's Black and White. It felt like its own standalone episode, while this episode felt more like a setup to volume 3. But that's not necessarily the worst way to end it. First of all, it means that I'll be less anxious about waiting a year for the next volume. It was actually a little like the Wire, where the second-to-last episode is the penultimate one and the last episode is all about the resolution. Two things make up for it, though: Coco and Adam. Team CFVY all seem very cool, but Coco is clearly a step above them in terms of badassery. And she's really pretty, too. And her box is a turret that moved down Grimm that the main characters struggled with. And she used the box to beat an Alpha Beowolf to death. And she did an epic slow walk because she's just that cool. And she said 'prepare to die.' Yeah, I really, really like this character. On another note, Weiss' ice sword and Yang punching a car was cool too. So were Emerald and Glynda, who's clearly not your typical Huntress; she seems to be quite a bit stronger than her comrades.

And Adam, damn! Already, he establishes himself as the biggest of the baddies by one-upping Cinder and her crew. His VA seems to have improved too, unless it's a different guy. I'm a little dissapointed that we didn't get to see him kick some ass, but who cares? Adam has arrived! He didn't get the biggest moment, but finally seeing him in the series after two years of waiting is so gratifying! He certainly came back strong, even if for a few seconds.

One thing, though, that I did like about the ending of volume 2, was that it set up a very bad scenario for the heroes. Ozpin's losing authority, Ironwood is looking to cause trouble, Roman seems to have a plan (even when captured, the guy exhudes pure awesome!), and Adam's introduced as a main bad guy. Volume 2 was clearly just the beginning; the worst is yet to come. I'm a little sad that we didn't get and ending scene foreshadowing the SDC, but seeing Vermillion take off her mask was just as cool. She's definitely related to Yang, but now I'm thinking that she seems too young to be her mother, as I previously thought. Who knows, though? Cinder looks way too old to be a student and yet she's hanging at Beacon.