User blog:Zathronas/Analysis by an author - My analysis of volume 3

 Hello and welcome to my analysis of volume 3



Now that the finale is done, I can say that overall the show has greatly improved over the first two volumes. Let’s analyze the season and see why:



CONTINUING PLOT POINT FROM VOLUME 2 

  

Jaune and Pyrrha - Yeah, this did not end well. Pyrrha had a love this volume and her relationship with Jaune was growing. It dives nicely into the fall maiden plot point and explain her decision to go after Cinder in Ep12. I really feel for Jaune here.



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