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Aug 28, 2022 8:25 AM
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Ruby's dream sequence of her memories with Weiss, and this is indicative of the Nightmare slowly taking over her that thanks to the sword embedded on the train, has been rescued out of trouble, at least for now.

Weiss's music theme of "Mirror, Mirror (White Trailer)" certainly is an embodiment of her lonely state, while Yang and Blake traverse through the Nightmare Frimm's dream outside the locked Ice Queendom to find another relic.

To save Weiss out from her predicament, the Company train goes one step further to reaching the Schnee palace, but is stopped by Negative Weiss and her henchmen. And in the midst of all the chaos, the White Fang renders its assistance thanks to Blake and Yang, which the former wants to settle the long-standing feud between humans and Faunus.

Feels like the end...feels like not.
Aug 28, 2022 9:18 AM
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I knew it wasn't gonna be an improvement. They said "it affected parts of the anime as a whole" and they weren't kidding.

But I'm the loving the score here, cuz it feels really good.

Lots of things happened, but much better than last time.

I do hope the two remaining episodes are as stellar as episode 2.

Still love this show.
Aug 28, 2022 9:35 AM
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Ohhh myyy Shaft what a nice view you guys happen to give us 13:05 from Blake lol

Yoo free that Mini Weiss that got left behind last episode by door, she was fighting for her life 😭

Mmm in not sure but it seems to me that sword that was on the train is somewhat important, I guess.
Aug 28, 2022 9:48 AM
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Complete different to the original. In a bad way.

Ok, the opening is realy good from void_chords "Beyond Selves".
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Aug 28, 2022 10:12 AM
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Not a bad idea by Jaune to use that sword to free Ruby from the dream.

Gotta wonder if the reason Mirror Mirror was sung at such a slow pace was because the VA wasn't able to pronounce it well enough at normal pace lol.
Aug 28, 2022 10:44 AM
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Not going to lie I enjoyed Pyrraha's version of Mirror Mirror better. But good effort Weiss.

Honestly what's happening, Ruby being in another dream was supposed to be super bad, but then it gets resolved in like a couple minutes. She somehow receives advice from Weiss in her dream's dream, about how to approach Nega Weiss. What is happening at this point everything is moving so fast. Is the next episode going to be our last for this dream world? I hope it is.

Love the end credit art though, White Fang Blake is super dope.
Aug 28, 2022 11:07 AM
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Wow, they brought Ruby out of the dream in the dream fast given that was last episode's cliffhanger.

Also, since I didn't join in past episodes' discussions, I'm loving the dreamscape outfits! Blake's White Fang vibe looks cool ^^
Aug 28, 2022 11:11 AM
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They’ve been dragging this RWBY arc out so damn long man it’s been old for the past few weeks now.
Aug 28, 2022 11:14 AM
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What kind of rifle scope has its reticle like that?

Aug 28, 2022 12:00 PM

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ProofByColor said:
Not a bad idea by Jaune to use that sword to free Ruby from the dream.

Gotta wonder if the reason Mirror Mirror was sung at such a slow pace was because the VA wasn't able to pronounce it well enough at normal pace lol.


Honestly, my favorite part of the episode might have been the mini-Weiss chorus cheering on Jaune as he lifted Ruby up to the sword. Adorable.

Marinate1016 said:
They’ve been dragging this RWBY arc out so damn long man it’s been old for the past few weeks now.


It has definitely been extremely prolonged, but honestly, I still find myself surprised how quickly the episodes go by for me. I realize that it extremely subjective, and I was not extremely familiar with the original, but I cannot help but feel this anime is a bit underrated.
Aug 28, 2022 12:18 PM

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this show has definitely been disappointing. I guess no season 2. I wonder what the creator would think.
Aug 28, 2022 12:22 PM
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This shit doesn't even look like it's made by Shaft, but looking like shit until the blurays are out definitely tells this was made by Shaft lol

Shaft is dead, only Hiroto Nagata can save Shaft
Aug 28, 2022 12:32 PM

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Somehow the dream thing is still going.
Aug 28, 2022 2:45 PM

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MegamiRem said:
Somehow the dream thing is still going.

Do you guys say this every week as a joke or something? It's been pretty obvious since like episode 5 that this was the whole show other then the recap.
Aug 28, 2022 5:10 PM
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I was rly excited to see Rwby adapted with a decent looking animation (not the Best, but an improvement considering the Older ones) but the story its Just, NOT THERE, after the whole selection exam we were presented the reason why the title is "ice Queendom" but some Sweet moments aside (that could be compressed Into 5 minutes) the show was disapointing to me.
Aug 28, 2022 5:37 PM
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Blake cosplaying as Raven
Aug 28, 2022 5:46 PM
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Meh, another disappointing episode, nothing new here.

At least Weiss's singing was nice, the OST from the first couple of minutes was nice and Blake ass shot was nice too but that's about it, other than that, it was just another boring, crappy 2/5 episode with shitty animation in the action scenes.

No wonder the rating keeps getting lower.
Aug 28, 2022 6:10 PM
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I like the original rwby, it's not the best thing ever but it's nice, it very enjoyable and has really good fight scenes which I like but wow, this anime is very bad and has really bad fight scenes and on top of it, the story is just boring and bad, are people seriously enjoying this anime? I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder but wow, this is just bad for all the wrong reasons.

We've been presented with Torchwick in the very first episode which is a pretty cool villain and he simply disappeared from this anime, what we got in return is a boring story inside a dream that is taking forever, wow, how can people enjoy this crap? I wasn't expecting much from this anime but I sure as heck didn't expected it to be this bad either.

This anime has been disappointing so far and I don't feel like wasting more time with this trash so I'm dropping it with a 3/10, I expected much better from Shaft.
Aug 28, 2022 7:15 PM

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Well, thank goodness that didn't last long. Back to Weiss we are. The action sucked hard in this episode.




Aug 28, 2022 8:58 PM

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The narrative for these episodes is getting stronger.
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Aug 28, 2022 11:20 PM
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it's getting boaring
Aug 28, 2022 11:54 PM
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I mm guessing the whole season is going to be in the nightmare? I haven’t seen the original anime so I’m not sure. But I’m kinda over the nightmare story. I wanted to see more about the world.
Aug 29, 2022 1:29 AM

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The show really needs to pick things up and end on a high note; Otherwise, this will be the only season we will ever see. A second season is not remotely possible right now.
Aug 29, 2022 2:55 AM
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Rushed episode, it also felt pretty stretched with the slow pacing.
Aug 29, 2022 6:46 AM

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The animation is bad, but bearable. I thought Ruby's dream was going to be a twist, but turns out it's a short segment.

Jaune's sword can be wielded by someone else? Why not have Ruby or Yang or Blake to carry it for him? Since you know, they aren't so weak.
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Aug 29, 2022 6:48 AM

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Red_Ranger_Wien said:
MegamiRem said:
Somehow the dream thing is still going.

Do you guys say this every week as a joke or something? It's been pretty obvious since like episode 5 that this was the whole show other then the recap.
I'm impressed some people haven't picked up on this yet.
"Nobody could laugh at someone who's trying their hardest" -Machio-

Aug 29, 2022 8:48 AM
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The plot is progressing.
Aug 29, 2022 2:14 PM
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boring and repetitive
Aug 30, 2022 6:23 AM

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At this point my only hope that this show does not reflect the overall crisis Shaft has been into for last 3 years, but something tells me my hopes are false. It's not that horrible, it just feels awkward to watch
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Aug 30, 2022 6:53 AM

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I guess they can't let go "Mirror, mirror".
Aug 30, 2022 7:05 PM
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Se que no me leeran porque no es en ingles y me vale madres
QUE LINDO CAP. la parte de la canción casi lloro PTM que hermoso, puede que se esté alargando mas de lo que quisiera pero tiene sentido con el nombre completo de la serie.
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Aug 31, 2022 5:21 AM

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MegamiRem said:
Somehow the dream thing is still going.


It will never end...
Aug 31, 2022 9:25 AM
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Another train wreck(aha) no but seriously what is happening? Does anyone know? I bet the writers don't know either at this point.
Aug 31, 2022 11:16 AM
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beggining scene was beautiful
Sep 1, 2022 10:57 AM
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At least one Weiss likes Ruby The gang is coming to save her
Sep 1, 2022 9:48 PM

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Am I the only one who thinks making the Japanese VA of Weiss sing in English was a weird idea? I kind of feel like it did the VA's singing a disservice.
Sep 2, 2022 8:22 AM
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Almost nobody is speaking about this anime, this just shows how bad this anime is.
Sep 3, 2022 4:06 AM
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i'm rwby fan and i watch vol.1-8
in my opinion rwby ice queendom is worse than vol4-8 in main story line it bullshit and non-sense and animation is suck
in ep.9 I don't know why weiss song mirror mirror i know it fan-service but it still sucks
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Sep 3, 2022 9:32 PM

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Honestly, I was hoping that Ruby portion was going to be more significant and really shake things up, but then it was solved instantly. I don't think the anime has been bad or anything. I liked the first 2 episodes the most (they are better than the original), but things have kinda just been going a bit down hill from there. Even the animated fighting sequences took a nose dive compared to the first few eps.

Hopefully things pick back up and get more interesting.
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Sep 6, 2022 8:26 AM
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schufo schifo schifo schifo brutto
Sep 8, 2022 2:54 AM
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It is more and more of a mess, at least the other two are back
Sep 14, 2022 3:08 PM

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Looks like Yang and Blake found some way to escape that place and come back to help.
Sep 23, 2022 12:41 PM
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I'm so bored of this dream stuff, I had high hopes for this show because of Shaft + Urobuchi but its so so boring.
Oct 2, 2022 3:50 AM
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the cavalry arrives!!!

Seems is near the ends of the arc!!! kekerke
Oct 3, 2022 10:37 PM

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Finally blake become serious :)
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