Volume 7 featured so much and yet so little narratively, including a subplot focusing on the class warfare between the floating City of Atlas where the blue bloods and the wealthy snugly reside and the land of Mantle down below where the poor and the downtrodden have to get by. Unfortunately, things don’t improve in Volume 8-an installment in the RWBY saga full of dismally unsatisfying material that left me thinking variations of “Say what now?” and “No, just no.” Before I watched the first episode-which aired on Rooster Teeth FIRST on November 7, 2020, and went on public release a week later on November 14-I already felt dubious toward the direction that the show had been taking. As time passed and I was able to reflect on Volume 7, though, I was forced to remove my rose-tinted glasses and recognize said sweater for the splotched and threadbare mess that it was. Initially, I came away feeling like it was an old sweater-the kind that sported frayed edges, some weird gray stains, and a hole in the armpit, but nonetheless was something you were comfortable wearing because it just was so soft, warm, and familiar. My opinion on Volume 7 has slowly changed in the nine months between its finale and the premiere of Volume 8. It’s important to review the latest volume in context-specifically, the context of Volume 7, which revolved around a turbulent election in the militarized and technologically advanced kingdom of Atlas, the joy-inducing return of a beloved character who was once presumed dead, and a project to launch a satellite that was supposed to restore communication and unity to Remnant. The show, which premiered with Volume 1 all the way back in 2013, just brought Volume 8 to a close, and hooboy, do I have some salty thoughts on it. What’s new, everyone? If you’ve been keeping up with my blog, you know that I watch RWBY, the Rooster Teeth fantasy anime-style web series where courageous Huntsmen and Huntresses are charged with protecting the fictional world of Remnant from the ravenous Creatures of Grimm. (NON-SPOILERY REVIEW-if you want my spoilery opinions, feel free to check out the chapter breakdowns on my blog)

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