User blog comment:Varzan Deodinm Beldinm/The "meh" factor of this show has finally gotten to me. ( please read, then judge.)/@comment-16763585-20131013011730

The copious amount of cliche's the biggist thing holding RWBY back. I wouldn't say Weiss is the tsundere but the high school setting and the other tropes you listed above do get irritating after a time. Some feel like they are there just so RWBY can be considered by the masses an anime.

But for focusing souly on RWBY, I don't think that's at all good. Having all the hunters around to compare the team to gives a sense of normality to being a hunter/huntress. They aren't the chosen ones, they are just students pursuing a career and having a bunch of other kids like them doing like wise. It makes the central characters more relatable to know they are only a small part of a bigger world.