So my Final Thoughts were getting pretty long, and I ended up snipping this bit about a particular video that I ended up not relying on too heavily when discussing the matter of Gray Haddock and the damages he possibly incurred to RWBY’s fifth volume.

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36 – Volume Finale (Part II) | Table of Contents | Volume 5 Final Thoughts (Part II)
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RWBY, Volume Five.

Said it at the beginning—I’m honestly not sure why Volume Four holds a reputation as a particularly poorly-written volume of RWBY, especially when this came right after it. It’s the bad volume of RWBY—it’s the one that was so unequivocally crap that not even die-hard stans who would lap up anything Rooster Teeth gave them were able to defend it. And now that it’s over, I’m almost not sure how to proceed with explaining why it was so bad. But I have some ideas.

62 – V9E9 | Table of Contents | Volume 9 Final Thoughts
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Well, here we are, guys. The last episode of RWBY Volume 9, and if I'm reading the signals right, very likely the last episode of RWBY as a whole. There's certainly been enough crying about the budget from RT's side.

When we last left off, we had Ruby Rose's suicide attempt swept under the rug and dressed up to be a magical metamorphosis of personal change that only she gets to decide on, rather than something she was tortured into doing. Yanno, normal stuff.

( A disappointing end to a disappointing volume, and beyond. )

34 – Volume 5, Episodes 10 and 11 | Table of Contents | Volume 5 Finale (Part II)
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*holding head in hands*

I have a headache. That cliffhanger was brutal, because there’s so many points buzzing around waiting to be awarded. Let’s just get through these last few episodes.

33 – Volume 5, Episodes 8 and 9 | Table of Contents | 35 – Volume 5 Finale (Part I)
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So far, this volume has been a good source of two things: wokeaphobia and endless fucking filler. But the fighting has finally sort-of started, so let’s get into it.

57 – V9E4 | Table of Contents | 58 – V9E6
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We are now halfway through the season as of this episode. I haven’t even started writing this and I already have a headache.

Last time...god, what the fuck happened last time? Oh, right, uh, acid trip character “development”. Well, let’s get into it.

32 – Volume 5, Episodes 4, 5, 6, and 7 | Table of Contents | 34 – Volume 5, Episodes 10 and 11
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I’m back. Last time the story slowed to a goddamn crawl as it bloated up with filler upon filler, and we were made to watch a half hour’s worth of people just sitting around and talking.

I imagine that will continue, to no one’s enjoyment.

Volume 4 Final Thoughts | Table of Contents | Volume 5, Episodes 2 and 3
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So, as mentioned in the ToC, character shorts preceded this volume of RWBY as they did for Volume 4. However, this time there were three of them, spaced out to create even more hype. They start with Weiss, then is Blake, and then is Yang.