Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24032889-20180213075134/@comment-26018514-20180219063212

It's not the context, it's the question and my present lack of time.... I'd generally consider most of Volume 5 to be shit compared to the other seasons... most of the "moment's" in Volume 5 I was always like "alright, this is the be...!?! :(" as the very next moment one of the following happened:

A. The moment was hyped on a cliffhanger only to reveal little to no new information

B. Extremely simple animation/choreography issues cropped up in the midst of the scene that made the rest of the scene tough to take seriously... this killed nearly every fight of the volume for me and a few other scenes

or

C. They introduced a World building/character growth concept they seemed about to address... and then failed to address it.

For instance I found Vernal to be the most interesting character in the volume, yet now she is dead and we know almost nothing about her, Leo was also a rather hasty addition yet we know nothing about why Ozpin chose him or why he agreed to be Salem's stooge... which is a problem because he wasn't even a straight up villain yet I have no cause to empathize with him at all, nor does Salem feel any more evil for gutting the little traitor... which again is something they've failed to establish well in her character. They had opportunity for these but they failed to manifest them.

In short, I think I'd have to rewatch all the volumes to remind me of my favorite from each and then compare/contrast them.