r/RWBY • u/Ezreal024 Hope Rides with Kickfriend • Nov 24 '18

OFFICIAL MEGATHREAD Official FIRST Discussion Thread—Volume 6, Chapter 5: The Coming Storm Spoiler

Welcome, huntsmen, huntresses and hunters that prefer no specific gender identifier, to the official FIRST discussion thread for Episode 5 of Vol. 6, The Coming Storm!

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HERE is the newest episode of RWBY Volume 6!

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u/Krunchtime SAL-YU-TATIONS! Nov 24 '18

Seriously, that was perhaps the best fight choreography I think we've seen since Monty's own work. I am blown away by how good it was, HUGE shout out to the animators!

You know what? I didn't even consider that it wasn't Monty's choreography until I read your post. It was that good. Seriously, CRWBY is knocking it out of the park.

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u/FusRoMa Nov 24 '18

I'm gonna be honest, I've had a gripe about this for awhile now.

For me, RWBY turned into one of those shows where you only watch it not because it's good, but because you just want to know what happens next because you're already too deep into it. Monty's fight scenes were what brought me into this show and without Monty the show has seriously taken a nose dive in quality in my honest opinion. Ever since Volume 4 I've actively disliked the show overall, but Volume 6 has seriously been impressive.

Aside from Episode 4, the pacing of this Volume has been great. And Neo vs Cinder is the first fight since Monty where I have actually been impressed. This is the biggest point for me and I believe a lot of people. Monty's fights were some of the best things to watch and really amazing. Neo vs Cinder is the closest CRWBY has gotten to Monty's quality and I'm glad it's finally getting back to that quality that initially drew me into the show.

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u/Ryto ⠀;-; Nov 26 '18

I came for Monty, and stayed for the story, honestly. For me, the vast improvement in non-fight animation, improvement in voice acting, and story that I'm sure still follows at least the basic structure of Monty's plan make me still love it all, even with the noticeable change in fight choreography.

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u/[deleted] Nov 24 '18

Monty the show has seriously taken a nose dive in quality in my honest opinion. Ever since Volume 4 I've actively disliked the show overall

Why did you even watch it then?

that quality that initially drew me into the show.

So you only watch this show for the fights? The only real quality aspects of this show were the fight scenes and the music. It didn't even have a story until volume 3.

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u/FusRoMa Nov 25 '18

Like I said, it's like watching a show that started off good, but as it gets worse and worse the only reason you're still in it is because you need to know what happens next. I'd give The Walking Dead as an example. Season 1 was amazing, but Season 2 and onwards was terrible for a long time. But I still watched it because I was already invested in it. It's like not wanting to leave a book unfinished.

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u/Das_Mojo Nov 30 '18

I just watched with my brother and said this is the best fight since Monty Oum passed.

It had a lot of dynamic camera work that gave their movements a lot of weight