RWBY V5 Ch. 12: ‘The Vault of the Spring Maiden’ This episode held quite the reveal. Vernal is not, nor ever was the Spring Maiden. Because her name was a red herring. It’s Raven. But before we move to the end of this episode, I think it’s important to look at the beginning. Oscar smacks Lionheart around a bit, and Hazel...
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RWBY V5Ch.11: ‘The More the Merrier’ ‘Women’s Trauma = Men’s Character Development’ Trope: The Episode (Me Ranting) Super quick recap of Chapter 11: The kids and Qrow (and Ozpin, who’s possessing a little boy) are led into an ambush. (Because Ozpin and Qrow haven’t a tactical thought between them)...
RWBY V5 Ch.10: ‘True Colors’…Part II of II Disclaimer: This episode was split up into two parts for my own sanity and for your viewing pleasure. If you are interested in reading Part I of this episode, please click here. Now let us move forward… Blake and Ilia Are Actually Child Soldiers While Blake is momentarily out of...
RWBY V5CH.9: ‘A Perfect Storm’ Maiden of Choice Meets Maiden of Destruction In the opening animation for this Volume, the two known Maidens, Cinder Fall (voiced byJessica Nigri) and the Spring Maiden Vernal (voiced by Amber Lee Connors) meet face to face. That much-anticipated meeting is this episode. The moment that immediately...
RWBY V5C7: ‘Rest and Resolutions’ Trolling Nora In this episode of RWBY, 3/4 of team RWBY and 3/4 of team JNPR have fun around the dinner table. And then they discuss some of Ozpin’s secrets and lies which he’s let everyone believe. Weiss regales team RNJR of that time she almost manslaughtered a guest at her...
Qrow Branwen’s Sad Day This episode starts out with Qrow Branwen (voiced by Vic Mignogna) searching for Huntresses/Huntsmen to aid in the fight against Salem. In the first episode of this volume we were told by Qrow, and shown by the creative team that Mistral was a place of acceptance where people of all walks were welcome. The dour first...
RWBY Volume 5 Chapter 5: ‘Necessary Sacrifice’ This episode starts with Blake Belladonna (voiced by Arryn Zech) and Sun (voiced by Michael Jones) walking around asking Faunus to sacrifice their lives for the humans that think of them as a sub-species. Okay, well that’s a little harsh. I’ll try again. Blake and Sun are walking around trying...
This episode had a double reunion and a lot of emotions. RWBY V5E4: ‘Lighting the Fire’ Yang vs Bandits So Yang (voiced by Barbara Dunkleman) is riding along on her bike with that bandit asshole from the volume opener (voiced by Clifford Chapin) . Remember the shady man she smashed across the room like a Serena Williams serve? We...
This episode of RWBY clarified a few questions that had been simmering for a while. The Speech We open the episode with Ghira Belladonna (voiced by Kent Williams) pacing the main room of the Belladonna manor with his speech script in hand. The passage of time has been one of those things argued about when it comes to different character POVs. For...
RWBY Volume 5 Episode 2: ‘Dread in the Air’ Sienna Khan It’s rare that RWBY disappoints me. Today, I found myself let down by the way the creative team of this episode chose to kill off Sienna Khan (all too briefly voiced by Monica Rial). Which is a shame, because despite not featuring 3 of the 4 ‘main’...