RWBY - Volume 7 Final Thoughts

47 – Volume 7 Finale | Table of Contents | Volume 8

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…I have some bad news, guys. Volume 7 of RWBY is, for the most part, good.

( It was always possible in the right hands. )

 

RWBY Volume 8 – Table of Contents

RWBY Volume 8

Written by Miles Luna, Kerry Shawcross, Eddy Rivas, and Kiersi Burkhart
Directed by Kerry Shawcross, Connor Pickens, Dustin Matthews, and Paula Decanini
Produced under Rooster Teeth

Alternate Title: The One Where Miles and Kerry Escaped the Basement

RWBY, Volume 8.

The first three volumes of RWBY had an inspiring rise stylistically but couldn’t be claimed as a good story, and came with much frustration around certain events. The fourth volume was a downward slope, the fifth a crashing at the bottom, and the sixth a pile of burning wreckage. Surely, we were far past any chance for improvement.

And then came Volume 7. A stunningly, excellently-written season whose only real flaws were not being the prettiest, until the very end. Despite myself, I liked Volume 7 a lot, because there was no doubt of skyrocketing levels of quality. But all the same, the note it ended on did…seem a bit unfavorable. It did end with me enraged and disappointed, nonetheless.

Volume Four was the recovery season. Volume Five was the garbage season. Volume Six was the damage control season, and Volume Seven was the season that almost made it. But if there is a theme to be had for this volume, is is derailment—no one leaves this volume totally happy with the plot or characters. You thought Volume Five was a trainwreck? Wait until you see this one.

Hear me when I say that Volume 8 is almost a step-by-step guide of what not to do with your series, especially after its only truly great entry. Volume 8 is something worse than bad—it’s spiteful. It’s what happens when authors go out of their way to stomp on their own series, and a lot that fans happen to like about it. Let’s get into it.

Here are the counts:

( I'm less eager to do this one than I was for Volume 5, no joke. )