RWBY VOL 1: CHAPTER 7

Looking forward to the next chapter was a terrible mistake.

Chapter 7: Jaune-dice (Parts 1 and 2)

Jaune gets his ass kicked by a guy named Cardin. Handsome chap, that Cardin. Fuck Jaune.

Glynda Goodwitch is teaching this class, which is weirdly inappropriate, but it's Glynda, nevertheless. I'm always ok with Glynda.

Cardin bullies Velvet, but because she has rabbit ears, she is a prey archetype, and no other Faunus helps Velvet because they are elitists who look down on the prey Faunus archetypes.

We are introduced to a new Professor who drinks a lot of coffee and gives a lecture about the faunus, the White Fang, and their advantage of night vision. However, Cardin raises an interesting question: Is it easier to train animals than soldiers?

The new Professor offers some insightful advice: Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. Although the advice is flawed, I respect the wisdom behind it.

Pyrrha offers to help Jaune improve with training. Jaune reveals he cheated his way into Huntsman Training with fake transcripts (somehow), and Cardin finds out. Cardin, of course, wastes no time in capitalizing on the advantage like a true Huntsman.

Building upon Chapter 6

RWBY's writers did not waste time wasting the work in Chapter 6, did they? Is this show 'RWBY' or 'Jaune Arc?'

Ah, well.

Considering Chapter 7 as the first episode of Jaune Arc's spin-off show within the main RWBY show, it suffers from the same problem as Chapter 1 of the main RWBY show. There is a Faunus mistreatment story and a story about a wannabe hero who cheated his way into the Huntsman Training program.

Given the choice between two evils, the start of Jaune's story is good. A young man pursuing his dreams using any means necessary. A hero who uses his wits to slay monsters. Odysseus is on an odyssey of self-realization and ultimate glory.

Problems with Chapter 7

The Faunus being mistreated is a pointless addition to Jaune's story. Jaune's motivation toward heroism does not seem to involve racism against Faunus, and whatever narrative was started with the bunny girl in Chapter 7 is not resolved at the end of the chapter.

Jaune is also pretty pathetic, and whatever one says about character growth, it's hard to like a character who is a loser. Those who say otherwise should give an ''incel' a chance and take him on a date.

Additionally, the show's title is 'RWBY,' not 'Jaune Arc.'

Jaune's story is interesting, but Jaune is a pathetic protagonist in the wrong show.

What I liked

Jaune's story has potential.

What I did not like

This is 'RWBY' not 'Jaune Arc.'

Jaune is too pathetic to be a likable protagonist.

This is 'RWBY,' not 'Jaune Arc.'

Conclusion

This episode is aptly named 'Jaundice' because Jaune Arc makes me sick.