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| Being in the same room as huke, and the ceo of good smile co and ceo of shaft and everyone else on the panel was pretty cool. Whats with huke's "covid facemask"? XD. I couldent get my eyes off him the entire panel hopeing it slips off accidently so I could get a glimps of his face. Episode 4 was pretty amazing for me finally getting to see a new content episode and not recap like all of ep 1 and 2 and most of 3. But getting cut of with a fight scene cliffhanger really sucked. Don't know why most people are rating this show low, they did a amazing job adapting the orignal, yes they recapped a lot for ep 1-3 but thats kind of the point, this show is not a remake of the orignal my RT, but its own story. A remake with the orignal story, OST, and studio shaft animations would have been amazing tho ngl. Ruby's wep now shoots backwards in the dream world for the rest of the season, I wonder how thats going to change her fighing style. |
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| wait episode 4 is out? I thought we had to wait 3 weeks for episode 4 |
| May our sweet and Merciful Madoka be with you |
| "RWBY: Hyousetsu Teikoku Episode 4 Discussion" Wow, we have a time traveler here! |
xZabuzax said: I think I read somewhere that we needed to wait a couple of weeks for the next episode too, what the hell is going on? Oh well, the more episodes the merrier. Hopefully, this episode won't disappoint me like the first 3 episodes. hihlw said: tf where to watch it? False_Mirror said: It's about the pre screening of the 4th episode at the Anime Expo. How do you like the design of the dream world? Does it look interesting? There was a booth at AX with concept art and sketches of charchter designs and ep 4 was premeired as one of the main events there on July 3rd. During that event 3 canvis of the movie poster signed by everyone on the team was given out in a raffle as well. I don't want to spoil much but yes ep 4 branches off into a differerent story from the orignal, where rwby goes into Weiss dream to kill the nightmare that has possessed here, just like in ep 3 where they had to do the same for Jaune, but this time its not as simple as it was with Jaune.  https://imgur.com/a/2jDje2E |
mimimilkJul 4, 2022 8:51 AM
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mimimilk said: Being in the same room as huke, and the ceo of good smile co and ceo of shaft and everyone else on the panel was pretty cool. Whats with huke's "covid facemask"? XD. I couldent get my eyes off him the entire panel hopeing it slips off accidently so I could get a glimps of his face. Episode 4 was pretty amazing for me finally getting to see a new content episode and not recap like all of ep 1 and 2 and most of 3. But getting cut of with a fight scene cliffhanger really sucked. Don't know why most people are rating this show low, they did a amazing job adapting the orignal, yes they recapped a lot for ep 1-3 but thats kind of the point, this show is not a remake of the orignal my RT, but its own story. A remake with the orignal story, OST, and studio shaft animations would have been amazing tho ngl. Ruby's wep now shoots backwards in the dream world for the rest of the season, I wonder how thats going to change her fighing style. Did the pacing improve? |
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RioFS said: Did the pacing improve? Ep 1-3 were fast paced to refresh old viewers and catch up any new viewers as fast as possible. A little bit of the end of ep 3 and all of Ep 4 is different and does not follow any of the story from the original show by RT. |
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mimimilk said: RioFS said: Did the pacing improve? Ep 1-3 were fast paced to refresh old viewers and catch up any new viewers as fast as possible. A little bit of the end of ep 3 and all of Ep 4 is different and does not follow any of the story from the original show by RT. I know they were recaps but I just wanted to confirm. So the pacing improves, right? That's good. |
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RioFS said: mimimilk said: Ep 1-3 were fast paced to refresh old viewers and catch up any new viewers as fast as possible. A little bit of the end of ep 3 and all of Ep 4 is different and does not follow any of the story from the original show by RT. I know they were recaps but I just wanted to confirm. So the pacing improves, right? That's good. Yes, in ep 4 ruby is shown in the dream world exploring until he makes it into the city Weiss finds her, and they fight but the fight scene gets cut off in the end with the outro leaving you on a cliffhanger. |
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| The actual lone canon-adjacent story starts here, given by the episode's title referencing the series's core premise. At this juncture, through Nightmare Grimm's Shion Zaiden dream infiltration via Ruby to extract the Grimm from Weiss (the same way it was done for Jaune the last episode), it takes one to infiltrate a dream to understand what's going on in Weiss's mind: the imagery of the Schnee Company plastered as one that wants total eradication of the White Fang with total commitment, plus with Zaiden's coins that provide tracks gone before, but is limited to her Aura of coins. Certainly, wandering through Weiss's Dust-laden mind world is tough for Ruby, encountering guards and the Seven Butlers trapping Team JNPR, plus how Weiss just conforms to the family's mission with her vampire bodyguard Whitley being a watchdog. But when Ruby encounters her, it's infamy of the most infamous kind, and convincing Weiss will never be enough, even if Ruby tried. The pacing is improved, though it can still feel like this lone story is rushing through its paces. |
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| When Weiss appeared, I asked myself "What in the hell, Esdeath is doing here?" Now I'm just worried that the series will stay in this dream too much. |
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| The only benefit that shaft still exists is that Ueda sometimes comes out of the basement and draw something. |
WieczornyJul 24, 2022 9:04 AM
| Hajime Ueda's end card at the end was pretty nice. Will never get tired of his art. |
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| Weiss having a cringe dream, her tastes are creepy. Ruby vs Weiss but Ruby's at a disadvantage since it's inside Weiss's dream. |
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| This was a solid episode, at least compared to the previous ones. The pacing has improved and Ruby's exploration of Weiss' dream gives more depth to her character, even though we knew some of it, like her bias against the Faunus. Ruby VS Weiss' OST was pretty good as well. OP/ED are ... fine, I guess. |
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| lol. This episode reminded me of Amazon. treats their workers like slaves. |
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| I didn’t think I’d like this that much because of it being a western/American story but SHAFT have really given it some amazing flair. That weiss and Ruby fight scene was incredible. Hayamin as Ruby is such a perfect fit as well. Loving the new ED as well |
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| This episode was way better paced than episodes 1-3. Looks like we can finally focus on an original AU story, and I'm all for it. The dreamscape looks interesting and it looks like Ruby gets a lot of extra help with those coins. Love how the dude tells Ruby to not to use those coins so much and then she uses like eight of them this episode. That feels like a season 1-2 Ruby thing to do. I did like how Weiss didn't remember Ruby's weapon accurately, she shoots from behind instead of in front, that's a really neat detail. I wish we saw more creativity and memory inaccuracies in the dreamscape. Heck I wish Ruby would have stopped using her semblance every five seconds so we could get a better idea on how Weiss sees others characters. Heck make them all visually look interesting, they're doing stuff with Whitley, and Klein. She sees Juane, Ren, and Nora as dummys, make them look stupid instead of meowing. Well were probably going to see Yang and Blake enter the dreamworld next episode. Weiss is too powerful in her dreamscape, Ruby needs backup. |
| seriously the next eight episodes in Weiss's a reality marble to fight her racism and classism and that they discard everything from the previous 3 episodes, I would think that is good since the previous episodes were bad but the pacing and script are still atrocious wich. It's immensely frustrating to the audience. Ruby wanders around, having the most basic and obvious symbolism hammered over her head, yet not a single bit of it penetrates her thick skull. Hell, she's in this oniric world literally because some monster is corrupting Weiss's heart, She reacts by forgetting literally everything and throwing a tantrum about not being friendly enough. None of the typical character stuff and friendship, as already hackneyed as it is is going to work when the characters themselves are this goddamned immature and oblivious. |
| I like Whitley being a bat and Willow being incomprehensible dunked mess...Weiss totally misjudging people is the lightmotive here. RayReynolds said: It's immensely frustrating to the audience. Ruby wanders around, having the most basic and obvious symbolism hammered over her head, yet not a single bit of it penetrates her thick skull. It's a very Ruby thing to do tho. |
| great episode, finally the show started to get into the real stuff |
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| This whole episode just screams 1984 lmao |
| BIG NICHOLAS The OP is nice and all, but I just feel like it's not as RWBY as it could be (both in terms of visuals and song choice). |
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Marinate1016 said: I didn’t think I’d like this that much because of it being a western/American story but SHAFT have really given it some amazing flair. That weiss and Ruby fight scene was incredible. Hayamin as Ruby is such a perfect fit as well. Loving the new ED as well Felt like there was a piece missing at the start I had to go back to episode 3 to make sure I was on track 😅 |
CielIsAWeeb said: Marinate1016 said: I didn’t think I’d like this that much because of it being a western/American story but SHAFT have really given it some amazing flair. That weiss and Ruby fight scene was incredible. Hayamin as Ruby is such a perfect fit as well. Loving the new ED as well Felt like there was a piece missing at the start I had to go back to episode 3 to make sure I was on track 😅 Nah I legit felt the same way, how did they get in the dream world lmao |
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Marinate1016 said: CielIsAWeeb said: Felt like there was a piece missing at the start I had to go back to episode 3 to make sure I was on track 😅 Nah I legit felt the same way, how did they get in the dream world lmao glad it wasn’t only me 😭😭😭 |
| I didn’t understand what was going on at first when I saw Ruby in that world but then things started to click when Weiss was mentioned because we know she was possessed by a grimm. I really like the OP theme, hopefully there are more good soundtracks to come. The battle seems average in my mind, Weiss looks a little bit like Esdeath (Akame ga Kill) when she puts on the coat and hat. |
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Marinate1016 said: CielIsAWeeb said: Felt like there was a piece missing at the start I had to go back to episode 3 to make sure I was on track 😅 Nah I legit felt the same way, how did they get in the dream world lmao Same way in EP 3 where team JNPR had to rescue Jaune, Shion Zaiden the nightmare hunter sends Ruby into Wiess dream with here spider web magic thingy. |
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| Episode 4 is here and it marks the beginning of anime original story. Now this feels like an anime done by Shaft; creepy, trippy, like the first time Ruby throws a coin and some kind of a parking meter shows up I was like 'whaaaaa' but all in all a good episode. Interesting how Ruby has her weapon wrong because Weiss misremember what it looks like. Everything in that world is made up of what Weiss thinks of, believes in, and feels so the pressure and the distorted images she has on her friends are accurate and she doesn't even realize it. Now that's creepy. |
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mimimilk said: My only question is, why does Ruby have to go alone first when all of team JNPR entered together simultaneously? Same way in EP 3 where team JNPR had to rescue Jaune, Shion Zaiden the nightmare hunter sends Ruby into Wiess dream with here spider web magic thingy. |
| "Nobody could laugh at someone who's trying their hardest" -Machio- |
RayReynolds said: She's not all different in the original version too. At least that's what I think and I'm on volume 3.It's immensely frustrating to the audience. Ruby wanders around, having the most basic and obvious symbolism hammered over her head, yet not a single bit of it penetrates her thick skull. Hell, she's in this oniric world literally because some monster is corrupting Weiss's heart, She reacts by forgetting literally everything and throwing a tantrum about not being friendly enough. None of the typical character stuff and friendship, as already hackneyed as it is is going to work when the characters themselves are this goddamned immature and oblivious. Tbf Ruby is only 15. |
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Yuu_Kanzaki said: mimimilk said: My only question is, why does Ruby have to go alone first when all of team JNPR entered together simultaneously? Same way in EP 3 where team JNPR had to rescue Jaune, Shion Zaiden the nightmare hunter sends Ruby into Wiess dream with here spider web magic thingy. Maybe Zaiden does not have enough magic left and has not had enough time to recover from sending JNPR in before? Just a theory. |
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mimimilk said: Yeah that's the first explanation I reached too and most convenient. Thought there might be something else but who knows. Yuu_Kanzaki said: My only question is, why does Ruby have to go alone first when all of team JNPR entered together simultaneously? Maybe Zaiden does not have enough magic left and has not had enough time to recover from sending JNPR in before? Just a theory. |
| "Nobody could laugh at someone who's trying their hardest" -Machio- |
Marinate1016 said: I didn’t think I’d like this that much because of it being a western/American story but SHAFT have really given it some amazing flair. That weiss and Ruby fight scene was incredible. Hayamin as Ruby is such a perfect fit as well. Loving the new ED as well Good stories are good stories, no matter where they come from. |
Vindicater said: Marinate1016 said: I didn’t think I’d like this that much because of it being a western/American story but SHAFT have really given it some amazing flair. That weiss and Ruby fight scene was incredible. Hayamin as Ruby is such a perfect fit as well. Loving the new ED as well Good stories are good stories, no matter where they come from. For you, not for me. |
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| So a fully original episode. I wonder if we'll get back to some of the OG plot points or if it will be entirely original from here on out. This episode was pretty cool anyway. Lots of interesting touches of how Weiss see's other people - though some of it may be a bit of the extreme negative side due to the grim thing. |
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