FINALLY, longer episode! Sorry I had to get that out, moving on. We left poor Weiss facing a back of rather large and angry looking bear type creatures (certainly not like the wolves from the trailers).
Rather than hop back at that point, we instead find Yang wandering the forest looking for Ruby. This falls right in line with her character so far, she clearly enjoyed her trip down and only then thought to look for her sister without considering she probably was far passed any of the other students.
Even so it shows she was willing to be her partner if found. Instead she finds a pair of the monsters lurking in the forest. Once more we see a very relaxed acceptance from her. It almost seems like nothing can phase her...until a single hair is swiped from her mane.
Like the trailer we see her explode into action and thrash one of the creatures and eagerly look to go after the next. Of course that is the cue for the entrance of Blake. This pairing was expected of course but still it happened in a way I did not foresee at all.
Both seem quite accepting and we flash away. We are back to Pyrrha and Jaune wandering the woods but unlike the other 2 pairs, they seem quite safe. The seemingly clueless Jaune does what some might consider typical antics following the much more impressive Pyrrha, but she reveals a new layer to this story.
The way the people here use their weapons and fight the monsters of Grim is with not just Dust, but Aura as well. Actually this makes a nice addition, Aura is the source and Dust a catalyst for more powerful effects or the weapons as well in this case.
I will not even attempt to sum up what happened between them as it is far more fun to watch it, but I think we saw more than just an explanation for the audience that will have repercussions for these two later.
During her talk with Jaune we see the final pair we were introduced to, Ren and Nora, come together as well. Again I will not spoil that either as it is far more entertaining to watch.
Ruby and Weiss do get to have their moment as well, but they are not having as good a time as the others. Ruby actually stands up to Weiss this time in the area she is most confident, her battle skills. Still it is nice that they still have to work on this, it is not just sympatico out the gate for all involved.
The episode is laced with a lot of hints and possible threads that we are just starting to see even for the characters we have the most exposure to. I will say I have been looking forward to this kind of leap for awhile and it makes me very happy to see it.
Next week will likely not give many answers but I begin to see that while the source material may be Grimm Fairy Tales, the RT crew has something cooking and Monty really has me wondering what all this means. That is a good thing to cultivate, an audience wanting to know more!
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