Neat episode. Oobleck is a great character, Zwei is adorable, Grimm are pretty interesting (finally).
Nice to see more and more plot development and world building. Bummed that there's only three episodes left, especially with the awesomeness that was Episode 8.
Compared to Volume 1, I'd say it's been a million times better in almost every aspect (animation, story, plot, etc.,). However, I'm still not a huge fan of how they did Volume 2. Too many new characters were introduced while the main 4 have barely been fleshed out, and the "second A team" (JNPR) has barely been seen. We barely know the villains, and haven't a clue what their plans are (especially with whatever the hell happened in Chapter 12 and when Emerald said "that's still days away", I'm assuming Roman didn't want to follow Cinder's orders any more).
I've seen a lot of people saying "the action should serve the plot, not the other way around", and I completely agree. While I love the action scenes in RWBY, they do little to progress the story (like that fight scene in the beginning of Chapter 5 where Pyrrha kicks the everliving crap out of Team CRDL (who we have no idea what they're like either, except that Cardin's a toolbag)).
Still, I'm hopeful for Volume 3 and excited for what happens next.
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