Chapter 12

For the twelfth chapter of the 2015 manga, RWBY, see Chapter 12 (2015 manga).

Chapter 12
Statistics
Date	October 22nd, 2019 (originally) October 29th, 2019 (Viz Media; English release) November 21st, 2019 (Shonen Jump Plus; Japanese release)
Pages	27
Crew
Writers	Bunta Kinami
Chapter Guide
Previous	Chapter 11
Next	N/A

The twelfth chapter of RWBY: The Official Manga will be published for free on the main Viz Media on the RWBY: The Official Manga homepage on October 29th, 2019.

The chapter was originally supposed to be released on October 22nd, 2019, but it was pushed to October 29th, 2019 due to the Enthronement Ceremony in Japan.

Summary

The chapter covers "Painting the Town...", where Team RWBY prepare to fight Roman. They use their team attacks such as Freezerburn, Ladybug, and Checkmate to damage the Atlesian Paladin. Then Team RWBY use their combined team attack, Cannonball as the final attack, but Roman see-through their attacks and successfully took them down. He use pinned down Blake and taunt her about her past sins as a member of the White Fang and she can't never be a hero. Before Roman finish off Blake, Yang, with her Semblance activated attack him from behind and damage the Atlesian Paladin and freed Blake. Later, Team RWBY uses an Iceflower and Bumblebee team attack to completely destroy it. After the battle, Neo appear out of nowhere, come to Roman's aid. As Ruby attempt to stop them from escaping, but she ends up only shattering their images due to Neo's Semblance.

Meanwhile, Cinder, Emerald, and Mercury arrive at Beacon Academy plotting their next plan.

Characters

• Roman Torchwick
• Sun Wukong (flashback)
• Neptune Vasilias (flashback)
• Ruby Rose
• Weiss Schnee
• Blake Belladonna
• Yang Xiao Long
• Neopolitan
• Cinder Fall
• Emerald Sustrai
• Mercury Black

Trivia

• This chapter goes over third and final part of "Painting the Town...".
• At the end of chapter, Emerald tells Mercury that she will pay him to shut up is a reference to "Best Day Ever".
• While the chapter follows the episode quite closely, the manga's depiction changes it in several key ways.
  • Team RWBY fight against Roman has been extended.
    • Team RWBY's conversation with Roman has been extended.
    • Team RWBY using their team attack, Cannonball on Atlesian Paladin-290 was never featured in the show.
    • Ruby tells Roman about Yang's Semblance instead of Ruby telling Blake about it.
  • Roman never complaints about getting his clothes dirty after the Atlesian Paladin-290 was destroyed by Yang.
  • The scene where Neo blocks Yang's attack to protect Roman was cut.
    • Roman's conversation with Neo before they escape is extended.
    • Neo is annoyed with Roman, who says she's too serious. In the show, Neo does not appear concerned by the situation, nor does she exhibit exasperation towards Roman.
  • Roman never calls Weiss, "Ice Queen".
  • Ruby destroys Roman and Neo's images made of glass instead of Yang.
  • The scene where Roman and Neo make their escape on Bullhead was cut.
  • Yang comments about Roman recruiting a new henchmen was cut.
  • Weiss makes a bad pun to her team after Roman and Neo escape from the battle was cut.
  • Ruby never mentions the whereabouts of Sun and Neptune.
  • In the aftermath, where Sun and Neptune can be seen hanging out at A Simple Wok was cut.
  • Cinder, Emerald, and Mercury arrive at Beacon Academy at night instead in the daytime.
  • Emerald and Mercury's conversation has been slightly extended.
  • Cinder comments about Ozpin's false peace and how she will make sure that his lies fall to pieces is never seen in the show.

See Also

• Battle Pages
  • Battle Pages/Team RWBY, Sun and Neptune vs. Roman

Image Gallery

Chapter Covers

The Chapter 12 Japanese cover

Chapters

Neopolitan

Ruby and Blake performing Ladybug.

Blake and Weiss performing Checkmate.

Ruby and Weiss performing Ice Flower.

Blake and Yang performing Bumblebee.

Yang destroys the Atlesian Paladin

Neo arrive to save Roman

Roman and Neo disappears in a pile of glass.

Cinder, Emerald, and Mercury arrive at Beacon Academy.