@@Exarch_Of_Justice Well, it's good against other people with big weapons to swing around. It's just that she hasn't fought those people, lol. Maybe Nora or Qrow, for example, would be a good match, but in my head right now, I can't imagine them fighting/how it would go
@@mlkywine6852 No, I promise in volume 4, 5 , and most of 6, nothing much changed from 1,2, or 3. I swear it happened after that first fight in vol 7 ep 1
Only to have her Nerfed so that Cinder could just knock her off a ledge. It's like the writers completely forgot (or ignored to make the scene work) her semblance.
Yes neo wants kill ruby for roman but i dont see she really going to kill her But ruby 1:36 i see ruby eyes wants kill neo for kill yang if finds out about penny she death and she really going to kill neo becuases of her
I just realized, slow down the footage at 0:07 and 0:40, both times is when Neo has the advantage. These are the only times she has a smile, there's no taunting, no enjoying herself, just pure drive to kill..
She actually smiles ... when she kicked Ruby to the ground and approached her. You can see a small, sadistic smirk ... but then it gets interupted by Weiss yeeting her trough a portal.
If you look up both are fighting styles, it’s pretty clear that Ruby will always have a major disadvantage. Her fighting style is simply too straightforward, and her weapon is just way too bulky. Neo on the other hand is very elusive and nimble. She makes a living by letting you attack first, and then dodging to open up a counterattack. She can literally use Ruby’s scythe as a platform. A character like Blake is actually more fitting to fight her.
Yes and this same bulky weapon was used to somersault across the terrain, careen across the environment slicing grimm left and right. No way she wouldn't have been able to pull off the same trick. Sure she's fighting an actual opponent but trust me, one look at the Red Trailer leads me to believe that Ruby can do just fine.
@@esorkgonzalez2262 It's still predictable. Ruby, like a lot of other Huntsmen, is specifically made against Grimm. Like, she'll beat the crap out of most of those, especially humanoid ones, but a highly skilled fighter can predict her movements too easily.
People always hyper focus on Neo's agility and ignore her power. That may be the fastest Ruby's aura has ever been busted. At least it was less embarassing than the first time they fought on the ship where Neo just straight up ripped Crescent Rose right out of her hands mid-fight.
@@randumo24 Cinder was literally burning her alive so of course her aura would give up more easily. Back in the past Ruby would only take in blunt hits so her aura didn't drain as easily as it did now
Neo’s fighting style never ceases to impress. Just kinda wish that Cinder betraying Neo was a little better set up. When the hell did Neo threaten Cinder? When she stole the lamp, and refused to hand it over for a second until Cinder apologized? That was the big betrayal that pushed cinder towards punting Neo off of the pathway.
Shes probably revering to fight where Neo tried to take revenge on Cinder for Romans death You know geting goons to track her down next up attacking her probably in attempt to murder her? Edit: also someone can tell me if Ruby have some coldown on her asemblance or something like that because she totally should be able to use this
@@henmar99 I think it was both situations. They reconnected when Neo attacked and Neo had just blackmailed her with the lamp like a day ago. I really thought Neo would turn on Cinder first, but I mean...Neo would have to "die" in order for Cinder's deal (kill Ruby) with her to not be discovered by Salem. The fact that Cinder lied to Salem about that detail makes it pretty clear Cinder was always planning to kill Neo.
1:25 I must say Ruby handled Neo pretty well, she knew that Neo wouldn't be able resist attacking her, as she stood there wide open, no weapon, barely any aura, nothing but her guts and her refusal to give up. If it had not been for CInder, Ruby would have beaten Neo in that moment.
I was thinking the same thing. In my mind, I knew Ruby wouldn’t be able to outright defeat Neo due to the logistics of their respective fighting styles, but she held out for an impressive period of time compared to their duel at the Fall of Beacon. Seems one way to defeat Neo is to outsmart her. And you’re right: Ruby would’ve finally claimed a narrow but decisive win if it wasn’t for Cinder
@@darylsdesigns6679 Think if Ruby had full aura and everybody in team Rwby Neo and Cinder would lose. They(Rwby) got unlucky and Cinder and Co got very lucky(Like this isn't Cinder winning cause she outsmart or overpowered them it was basically a Vulture Win)
@@jordancherepanov8557 plus they never even got a moment to sleep or rest, its just been non stop since salem showed up. trying to get the message out, getting jumped by the ace ops and the hound, going into the whale to save oscar, trying to formulate a plan to stop means to an end ironwood, trying to evacute mantle AND protect penny, the lamp and the staff all in the span of 24 hours or more. Theyve been run ragged during the whole ordeal with no pit stops
Clearing things up for people. Weiss said "One way ticket to vacuo." RWBY is fighting in some sort of pocket in space or something where Ambrosious decided to put the portals. So you can go in&out of the portals, but the big portal to vacuo is the only one-sided portal because its the only one going to Vacuo. The other portals don't go directly to Vacuo. Another thing. Ruby had no time to grieve for Yang because Neo was practically breathing down her neck trying to kill her. Ruby panicked when Cresent Rose fell because she had nothing to defend herself with, and in that window of time, Neo wasn't directly near Ruby and couldn't attack. Ruby probably came up with the idea of tricking Neo during that moment. If you look from the characters point of view, everything is happening in an instant, you can't keep track of anything other then whats infront of you. Your being attacked, people around you are being attacked, someone you loved is supposedly dead. Whats your next move, whats your enemys next move, are your teammates still alive, how do I defend myself without my weapon.. for RWBY all this this happened in maybe 10 minutes or less in their eyes. (Edit) Also I would like to add that even if Ruby used her silver eyes, Cinder might go away for a bit but Neo would still be there and yang would still be well over the edge. Silver eyes only respond to grimm and when Yang fell, cinder wasn't directly in Ruby's point of view.
Yea that's fair I think people are mostly just upset how kinda dumb everything was in general..like how Ruby definitely noticed her sister 'die' but it didn't trigger her silver eyes. Like Ruby should've done it as soon as she saw Cinder like she did at the end of volume 7 Not to mention that before, robot Penny beat Cinder and Emerald (let's remove Neo from the feat since she was distracted by Maria) Even assuming that human penny is weaker somehow, Cinder shouldn't really have succeeded as much as she did. Cinder didn't really do much different from last time, she barged in knowing what she could but this time the writers wanted her to not take the 13th L. There's just so many things wrong with Volume 8 people accidentally call out the wrong things at times There are things I like about it like Penny's arc overall, all the foreshadowing coming to fruition and the terrifyingness of the hound but things like Hazels redemption being super rushed, everyone getting one shot all the time and Cinder not really changing at all just kinda sour stuff sometimes..
@@hungrybeakstudios472 I don't think Hazel's redemption was that rushed. Hazel was someone Ozpin knew personally, and therefore, understood very well. That helped out. And, Naruto villains like Zabuza, for example, had faster redemption arcs than that. But nobody says anything about that.
THANK YOU! apparently no one else likes how rooster teeth does tension anymore and that's a shame, because I liked every second of this volume. I almost feel jaded; it's like when people ask RT to speed up the pacing, they complain, and when they slow down, they complain. PUT YOURSELF OR EVEN YOUR CHARACTERS in their shoes. This whole thing is realistic, but apparently no one cares about that!
Neo is fucking BUSTED my guy. She has NEVER had her aura break against a normal person. NOT ONCE, in the span of the ENTIRE SHOW. And even then the only one who did break her aura was penny.
@@soranheart9414 part of that is because she is an opportunist like Torchwick. She probably does that on purpose as much as possible when she has that information available.
@@nickbreeze5958 This is true because the writers in the show are atleast consistent with how tired the characters are and how it effects them. Because the more tired you are the less aura you'll have
I mean her step sister supposedly died (We know she didn't but Ruby doesn't know) and she can't even take a second to mourn her because a certain someone is trying to kill her.
Ya it’s literally the same attack we watched Glenda easily save ruby from and then dodged herself in episode 1 I hope the new spin off anime does good enough to warrent a remake of the whole thing
0:56 So you're telling me that Weiss couldn't dodge that? She had the first look and what seems to be "ample" time to dodge. I put ample in quotes because it was only like 3-4 seconds. But she couldve tackled Ruby into a dodge.
@@KizaruBorsalino That's not how it works. Especially since Ruby's fighting style is based on using Crescent's weight to build momentum and use with and against her Semblence. Qrow's weapon still feels heavy, and he's been using it since his days in Beacon. So this excuse is inavlid.
@@grandempressvicky6387 yes it is, she doesn't build momentum using the weight but the recoil of her rifle, she has been doing things like making it spin on it's own in the air since vol 3, it's nothing new, also does Qrow's weapon feels that heavy to you, when he swings it like a stick most of the time, what would explain it is either is weapon isn't that heavy, or he just have that much strength.
@@KizaruBorsalino The recoil of the gun was countered by the weight of the scythe - she used both for her fighting. Your original point of "she became stronger" doesn't make sense. Bodybuilders don't suddenly find pick up extreme weights to be easy because they have a larger muscle mass. Even if they trained every day to pick up 100kg, they would still struggle to pick it up every time. I'm not using opinion here like you're implying, I'm using science. And don't tell me this is a fantasy show where science doesn't apply when the show (attempted to) used real-world science to explain Ruby's semblance. Besides, OP's comment was referring to the near floaty choreography of Ruby's fighting. Everything feels weightless and that really takes away from the impact of hits - made worse by the fact she doesn't land any hits at all. Her style composed of wide spins, sweeping sticks and twirls to keep foes at a distance, but she wields it in an almost sword-like manner and you can tell the animators avoid putting her into fights.
@@grandempressvicky6387 Like i said before, she's been fighting like that for a long time already, which is why i doesn't make sense for him to act like it's just happening now. Also you're just taking my point to the extreme. A weapon is supposed to be practical, so it doesn't make any sense to compare this to a bodybuilder and his weights, because nobody in their right might would carry a weapon too heavy to even move around and you don't fight just with raw power, you need technique and agility, quickness. But when using any melee weapon, be it sword, spear, battleaxe, hammer or whatever, you need body strength in order to use it efficiently, that's only natural, so why would it seems so weird to you that she would train her body to build more strength when it's something all fighters do be it in real life or in animes ?
I love how Neo goes from looking merely annoyed at Cinder holding the Relic to that brief look of terror right before Cinder flings her into the abyss. It's like she finally realized what a threat Cinder is.
Now she’s just semblance overuse cuz don’t give me “its to expensive to animate” a few frames of fast and skilled ruby can’t hurt. Her semblance is now just used for cheap shots, I can’t believe rwby rn.
@@michealfinbars1748 The show is just trash right now. I kept telling myself that since I have started the show, I might as well just finish it, but I love my eyes to much so I stopped.
Well Monty actually thought about incorporating fighting styles from the real world to RWBY. Rooster Teeth decided, that was too much work. So we get this lovely dumpster fire.
I dont get why their body shield things seem so fragile now like it looked like ruby just fell down, the fights seem so anti climatic to me and the character are so slow
Exactly! It's not like the fights are bad but it is just so slow and boring compared to vol 3. But one thing I will give them is that almost every single fight advances the plot now.
They really need to stop animating Neo using her umbrella like a sword. Have you ever tried to swing an umbrella like a sword? It's slow, painful and the handle feels like it'll snap off if you swing too hard. Neo's main method of attacking has always been her kicks, the umbrella was used to deflect or parry an attack. The hidden blade was meant to finish off opponents with no aura, it's near useless in actual combat.
@@slipskolt7300 I think its supposed to be a blunt weapon to disorient enemies and then she stabs them. We also don't see the blade until she goes to finish somebody off.
@@Eugene_Black What I mean is that they need to change the way she holds it. if she's going to use the umbrella to dish out damage, holding it by the handle looks extremely uncomfotable, slow and ugly lol.
It's kinda how despite getting all mad Blake still couldn't even hit Neo in a 2v1. At least she got to drop kick Cinder. Also I didn't know Neo could do such complex constructs, she had a whole fake fight going while she and ruby were fighting somewhere else.
0:14 implies that the fight between Ruby and Neo we have seen until there was an illusion, because Neo cannot just shatter herself after getting tied out of nowhere nor can Ruby teleport.
@@BravoRox I know, I just wanted to point out how ridiculous it is as Neo obviously had no reason to waste her semblance on creating a fake fight somewhere.
I wanna see Neo just solo team RWBY. Like fr she stood up against Cinder and in every fight she's in Neo legit never really goes all out. I'd like to see how she fares against all four working together
Neo jumped Cinder in the Anima arc and let’s not forget the whole stealing the lamp and blackmailing Cinder with it Neo was hired help, upset about her love getting killed on a job she takes revenge on her employer and only stops when maiden powers gets involved, is easily convinced Ruby is to blame, agrees to help Cinder if she can kill Ruby… Cinder agrees to help her get actual revenge… and then when Neo gets upset that Cinder has to answer to her own boss, steals a magic relic from basically-satan knowing Cinder will be blamed as Neo is one of her assets and uses blackmail to get her way. I’m not defending Cinder (because, let’s be real, she’s a monster!) but Neo isn’t exactly a perfect business partner here
It's not the first time Ruby has seen someone dear to her dying, she should know that instead of crying like a baby and throwing herself to the floor while letting herself get stabbed by the person who just "killed" her sister, isn't exactly the correct way to act, she should instead not let herself get killed, and mourn her sister after she's defeated the enemy, the correct way of thinking if you ask me. Blake had time to react because she didn't have a Neo going for her throat, and also, she failed to save Yang, which want it or not, would affect her, but she cried for like 2 seconds and then decided to do what's right, fight, which is what Ruby was doing, so I don't see the big deal really, specially considering Ruby did appear to be shocked at first, and then was angry + crying while fighting Neo, so she did have a reaction.
I guess? but at the same time they've been fighting for 2 days straight are exhausted and with no healthy amount of sleep. At this point their auras would deplete with a simple punch. So I don't think this battle is the best reference for their skill level.
@@andreapiccolo8199 To some extent I agree! although Blake was heavily nerfed in that battle 😭 so with Blake in the recent volumes after volume 3, she has yet to show the full extent of her fighting capabilities (Since CRWBY forgot about her and ren's aura attacks 💀).
@@murakuma7612 Yeah, I miss Ren's aura attacks. He was so badass but now he just seems so useless... The only time his skills are needed is when masking emotions but now he's just useless in combat against actually people. He was so epic back in volume 1
@@trentonjames6052 ikr, these writers are so embarrassing, ruby had enough time to fall backwards, regain her balance and scream NOOOOO.. But weiss didnt have enough time to step backwards, she should have pushed ruby and stepped backwards at the same time. but they needed weiss to get sacrifice herself to make the scene look emotional or something. Rwby is more like just a story made with no thoughts as to whats actually possible in the moment, the moment you put it on screen it falls apart because everything looks so heavily scripted theres no emotion and the characters have to be stupid to make things work the way the writers want.
@@MrJokerSenpai they have been awake for 2 days. Also, I didn't know you were an expert in writting stories. Ever got a contract with a company to write a show with your amazing writting skills?
@@alexisgirard9376 I can see a scene that makes me laugh and still call it poorly written. In this case, them being tired during this fight could make sense, but from a viewers perspective it looks very awkward. As if she had plenty of time to move out of the way since it seems as if she didn't push Ruby all that far and Ruby was unaffected by the explosion. Besides, Joker is right. You don't have to a be an expert in a subject to notice that something has gone wrong or been done poorly.
In all of her fights with Huntsman-level foes, the only time she's actually landed a hit with her scythe is when she cut Tyrion's tail off. Seriously, every other time she's taken a swing with that thing, it's been blocked or dodged. She's managed to shoot, punch, kick and headbutt, but actually slicing anybody with her main weapon seems to be off the table. At this point, this bizarre omission is the only thing that genuinely bothers me about this show.
@@Supersheep64 I want to note for once Weiss gave Ruby the staff, Ruby seemed to have a hard time wielding Crescent Rose with one hand, so that's probably the reason she struggled there. As for the rest of time, giant swings from a weapon like that can't be easy.
@@TheGreenAzumarill Yeah, Crescent Rose seems to be a weapon exclusively designed to fight Grimm. And given her romanticised view of huntsmen pre-Vol1, I really wouldn't be surprised if the thought of having to use her weapon against another person was something that never crossed her mind while designing it. But even so, for somebody with superspeed powers to not be able to land a hit with their primary weapon of choice is just baffling. Even Ironwood was able land some blows with that cumbersome cannon of his, and that's not even a melee weapon!
@@user-iq2lg2vx1u i think they will rematch again it coud be ruby vs neo but i think ill see neo winning again i mean ruby always trick her but now thats an island no more trick ruby
Every scene of Neo vs Ruby is so well done. One of my fav fights of the volume. My only real complaint with v8 is the fight choreography lacking towards the end. Definitely not as bad as v5 but nowhere near v7 levels.
Everyone is saying that their fighting skills got worse, but if you look at it (at least in this clip) they were tired as hell. If i remember correctly, they didnt get rest at all on this volume, and if you add that they watched Yang fall, everything got worse for them...
I love how this bench targeted a seventeen year old girl with a scythe and was willing to ignore the apocalypse just to put her down. Neo became the queen of “No catching your breath” in the last episodes.
wondering what will the future holds for those 2 when VOL9 comes out will they stay as enemies or they becomes friends on a deserted island with everyone else in it?
Oh god, I just came here from the rwby trailer because of nostalgia and ice queendom. Took my chances and looked at this fight scene and I regret my decision 😂😂 what has rwby become 😭 Art/animation quality is great but the fight scenes 😭😭😭😭
Dont know if this was intentional. But I liked how Neo and Ruby's fight called back to their Vol 3 one. With Torchwick talking about how cruel the world is and how you gotta do what you gotta do. And Ruby the pure optimist/moralist opens Neo's umbrella sending her off into space. A dirty underhanded yet clever and necessary tactic. Then proceeded to kick Roman in the knee cap to get a brief advantage another "low blow" (the nevermore took care of the rest yeesh). I will say in Ruby's playful banter there is a hint of mischief and I mean to want to be a warrior till you inevitably die denotes some bloodlust. Or at least being ok with blood and death to the point of it being a career. (Why was RWBY ever a kid show lol). Also Yang who did and does love violence and fighting (despite what the writers say outside of the actual show)and she helped raise Ruby. A pure and simple soul indeed! Yet she will still do what it takes to win and be the hero, like trick Neo one last time in a similar way (using a power she didnt use through most of the fight :( ) but its not about Neo its about the staff (that we have to take with us even though it would be SAFEST IN THE VAULT YOU UTTER CABBAGE) Its about the mcguffin we must keep from the bad guys. Thats why she is still fighting after watching her sister sui-sus (it was. There was no reason for Yang who absorbs damage to eat a bullet and not spit it right back or even throw herself in the way at all) She is crying broken but still fighting because that is what heroes do. She no longer questions or even tries to sway the bad guys, she goes for their head. She did learn from Torchwick after all. Like I said this totally coulda been an accident. It was enjoyable one though.
@@Twinklethebunny She shed a few tears for her sister and teammate that's been with her for years and is basically her 2nd mother figure. Damn, you right she really _does_ care
Right? They could have just made the blast happen sooner so that it made more sense, singing Ruby just as she throws her out of the way. But so much about this fight makes no sense, even from the very first attack where Neo stops and slashes (with a weapon that has no edge) instead of continuing forward and stabbing.
For some reason, kcrwby decided to make ruby's weapon actually seem heavy even tho she's never struggled with it and it also makes her look like she cheated her way into beacon like Juan
huh its not like Jaune weapon design are the most practical out of most of the show weapons not to mention Jaune is actually faster since his weapon is less wieldy and lighter to use and his shield didnt break yet i think Jaune shield is actually the most durable material in the show so far the shield never received any dent so far
0:40 The fucking swagger here tho. Ruby’s fighting style is definitely not as interesting as it was before, but that is definitely still the same Neo who solo’d Yang on the train.
Honestly weiss and Blake should of fought neo and rwby should have taken on cinder since she has the eyes. Weiss and Blake definitely have alot of utility and speed they really could have put the pressure on neo I don't think she could take on both of them since they both rely on speed, technique and versatility.
They were rushed to decide who should fight, and Blake/Ruby were definitely too focused on Neo after Yang was knocked off. Only Weiss was keeping a clear head.
Crescent Rose has an entire war scythe configuration that Ruby just doesn’t use. Not only would it probably be far better and more versatile against smaller opponents, it would look cooler than the weird majorette twirling they always have her do with her weapon now.
@CherryLee HartLey I know what you mean, but that's probably the worst comparison you can make. Unless Neo has an immortal warrior with skills to draw upon inside her.
@CherryLee HartLey Well yes and no. Oscar does train, but Ozpin literally told him that Oscar would improve faster as he slowly merged with Ozpin. Like, literally, they said this. I don't blame you for forgetting though.
1:09 Why did she just stare at it?? Like she could’ve used her speed to jump and catch it then use her semblance to dodge Neo, but right there she didn’t even move or react it looks like. She could’ve at least had some sort of reaction if the case wasn’t that she could make it, but she just blankly stared at it..
yang isnt dead easy pz they wouldnt kill of a member of team rwby when the one thing keeping the sloppy writing alive is how much the fans wanna ship ppl
![RWBY: Neo vs Cinder [Full scene]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/nXdtjWZg4ms/mqdefault.jpg)
Ever since they got to Atlas, ever since Volume 7, Ruby's been looking pretty slow with her scythe
Her weapons always been bad in 1v1 .
@@Exarch_Of_Justice Well, it's good against other people with big weapons to swing around. It's just that she hasn't fought those people, lol. Maybe Nora or Qrow, for example, would be a good match, but in my head right now, I can't imagine them fighting/how it would go
@CherryLee HartLey not really dude. They just don't want to animate things how they were before cause it's expensive
That’s just the fight scenes in general. They’ve gotten slower after volume 3. But I wouldn’t say they were bad
@@mlkywine6852 No, I promise in volume 4, 5 , and most of 6, nothing much changed from 1,2, or 3. I swear it happened after that first fight in vol 7 ep 1
Honestly, I was expecting another epic fail from Cinder this volume, but I guess you can count this as a win for her.
Yeah do not betrayal neo becuases with her or you side you almost win this volume
she's being tactical in the last few episodes, because in the past volumes she's been fighting with her emotions taking in.
That just means she's going to have an even bigger fall later.
Kinda expected for the to kill her off again just to bring her back next volume.
Sucks when Neo comes back. She will be out for blood. I have a feeling the next time they meet, one of them is going to die.
Neo making it look effortless to beat a scythe with an umbrella.
if you were in an actual fight (rwby not actual reality) it would be pretty effortless
In actuality, scythes would be terrible weapons. Anime/RWBY just treats the entire arc of the scythe as a cutting tool.
Well it is a rapier
Only to have her Nerfed so that Cinder could just knock her off a ledge.
It's like the writers completely forgot (or ignored to make the scene work) her semblance.
To be fair, that umbrella is practically indestructible. Eating blasts from Yang and Ren's weapons. Even from Cinder.
Neo and Cinder: let me show you the power of moving a teeny tiny bit faster
@Noteable J Vergil and Dante’s aren’t from rwby
Death Battle in a nutshell
More like: "let me show how power levels change if writers want it".
@Noteable J Then why would you bring up completely unrelated characters, even if they are faster?
I feel like Ruby’s fighting style has just become “spam semblance” more than anything else in the past few volumes
Didn't she only use her semblance like twice in this fight tho??
@@thomas29472 in this fight yes but I guess I mean in general, just an observation really
And what has Weiss's and Blakes fighting style been since volume 1???
If you haven't noticed, the fight scenes are pretty poorly produced compared to the first three volumes.
Looks pretty, but has no substance.
@@maxord11 um, no. Before volume 4 we never got anything like Raven vs. Cinder or RWBY vs Ace Ops. The visuals were 👌👌👌
Neo wasn’t smiling in this fight and the only time we have seen that before was in Volume 6 when she went agents cinder.
Yes neo wants kill ruby for roman but i dont see she really going to kill her
But ruby 1:36 i see ruby eyes wants kill neo for kill yang if finds out about penny she death and she really going to kill neo becuases of her
I just realized, slow down the footage at 0:07 and 0:40, both times is when Neo has the advantage. These are the only times she has a smile, there's no taunting, no enjoying herself, just pure drive to kill..
@@TheGreenAzumarill i see thank you for you coment
She actually smiles ... when she kicked Ruby to the ground and approached her. You can see a small, sadistic smirk ... but then it gets interupted by Weiss yeeting her trough a portal.
@@batdestroyer0733 i see thank you batdestroyer 0
If you look up both are fighting styles, it’s pretty clear that Ruby will always have a major disadvantage. Her fighting style is simply too straightforward, and her weapon is just way too bulky. Neo on the other hand is very elusive and nimble. She makes a living by letting you attack first, and then dodging to open up a counterattack. She can literally use Ruby’s scythe as a platform.
A character like Blake is actually more fitting to fight her.
Yes and this same bulky weapon was used to somersault across the terrain, careen across the environment slicing grimm left and right. No way she wouldn't have been able to pull off the same trick. Sure she's fighting an actual opponent but trust me, one look at the Red Trailer leads me to believe that Ruby can do just fine.
She has fought Neo before, under equally stressful situations, with less training. And did far better.
@@esorkgonzalez2262 It's still predictable. Ruby, like a lot of other Huntsmen, is specifically made against Grimm. Like, she'll beat the crap out of most of those, especially humanoid ones, but a highly skilled fighter can predict her movements too easily.
People always hyper focus on Neo's agility and ignore her power. That may be the fastest Ruby's aura has ever been busted. At least it was less embarassing than the first time they fought on the ship where Neo just straight up ripped Crescent Rose right out of her hands mid-fight.
@@randumo24 Cinder was literally burning her alive so of course her aura would give up more easily. Back in the past Ruby would only take in blunt hits so her aura didn't drain as easily as it did now
Neo’s fighting style never ceases to impress. Just kinda wish that Cinder betraying Neo was a little better set up. When the hell did Neo threaten Cinder? When she stole the lamp, and refused to hand it over for a second until Cinder apologized? That was the big betrayal that pushed cinder towards punting Neo off of the pathway.
Shes probably revering to fight where Neo tried to take revenge on Cinder for Romans death
You know geting goons to track her down next up attacking her probably in attempt to murder her?
Edit: also someone can tell me if Ruby have some coldown on her asemblance or something like that because she totally should be able to use this
@@henmar99 I think it was both situations. They reconnected when Neo attacked and Neo had just blackmailed her with the lamp like a day ago. I really thought Neo would turn on Cinder first, but I mean...Neo would have to "die" in order for Cinder's deal (kill Ruby) with her to not be discovered by Salem. The fact that Cinder lied to Salem about that detail makes it pretty clear Cinder was always planning to kill Neo.
0:45 doesnt happy to finally to kill ruby for roman but i see neo to not kill ruby
Did you not see the phone text conversation
@@eren34558 no why
1:25 I must say Ruby handled Neo pretty well, she knew that Neo wouldn't be able resist attacking her, as she stood there wide open, no weapon, barely any aura, nothing but her guts and her refusal to give up. If it had not been for CInder, Ruby would have beaten Neo in that moment.
This whole episode feels so realistic, I am just amazed!
I was thinking the same thing. In my mind, I knew Ruby wouldn’t be able to outright defeat Neo due to the logistics of their respective fighting styles, but she held out for an impressive period of time compared to their duel at the Fall of Beacon. Seems one way to defeat Neo is to outsmart her. And you’re right: Ruby would’ve finally claimed a narrow but decisive win if it wasn’t for Cinder
@@darylsdesigns6679 Think if Ruby had full aura and everybody in team Rwby Neo and Cinder would lose. They(Rwby) got unlucky and Cinder and Co got very lucky(Like this isn't Cinder winning cause she outsmart or overpowered them it was basically a Vulture Win)
@@jordancherepanov8557 plus they never even got a moment to sleep or rest, its just been non stop since salem showed up. trying to get the message out, getting jumped by the ace ops and the hound, going into the whale to save oscar, trying to formulate a plan to stop means to an end ironwood, trying to evacute mantle AND protect penny, the lamp and the staff all in the span of 24 hours or more. Theyve been run ragged during the whole ordeal with no pit stops
@@CelestialPheonixKing to be fair the villains didn’t get a full nights sleep either, it’s been a marathon of a day for both sides
Clearing things up for people. Weiss said "One way ticket to vacuo." RWBY is fighting in some sort of pocket in space or something where Ambrosious decided to put the portals. So you can go in&out of the portals, but the big portal to vacuo is the only one-sided portal because its the only one going to Vacuo. The other portals don't go directly to Vacuo.
Another thing. Ruby had no time to grieve for Yang because Neo was practically breathing down her neck trying to kill her. Ruby panicked when Cresent Rose fell because she had nothing to defend herself with, and in that window of time, Neo wasn't directly near Ruby and couldn't attack. Ruby probably came up with the idea of tricking Neo during that moment.
If you look from the characters point of view, everything is happening in an instant, you can't keep track of anything other then whats infront of you. Your being attacked, people around you are being attacked, someone you loved is supposedly dead. Whats your next move, whats your enemys next move, are your teammates still alive, how do I defend myself without my weapon.. for RWBY all this this happened in maybe 10 minutes or less in their eyes.
(Edit) Also I would like to add that even if Ruby used her silver eyes, Cinder might go away for a bit but Neo would still be there and yang would still be well over the edge. Silver eyes only respond to grimm and when Yang fell, cinder wasn't directly in Ruby's point of view.
Yea that's fair
I think people are mostly just upset how kinda dumb everything was in general..like how Ruby definitely noticed her sister 'die' but it didn't trigger her silver eyes. Like Ruby should've done it as soon as she saw Cinder like she did at the end of volume 7
Not to mention that before, robot Penny beat Cinder and Emerald (let's remove Neo from the feat since she was distracted by Maria)
Even assuming that human penny is weaker somehow, Cinder shouldn't really have succeeded as much as she did. Cinder didn't really do much different from last time, she barged in knowing what she could but this time the writers wanted her to not take the 13th L.
There's just so many things wrong with Volume 8 people accidentally call out the wrong things at times
There are things I like about it like Penny's arc overall, all the foreshadowing coming to fruition and the terrifyingness of the hound but things like Hazels redemption being super rushed, everyone getting one shot all the time and Cinder not really changing at all just kinda sour stuff sometimes..
@@hungrybeakstudios472 I don't think Hazel's redemption was that rushed. Hazel was someone Ozpin knew personally, and therefore, understood very well. That helped out.
And, Naruto villains like Zabuza, for example, had faster redemption arcs than that. But nobody says anything about that.
THANK YOU! apparently no one else likes how rooster teeth does tension anymore and that's a shame, because I liked every second of this volume.
I almost feel jaded; it's like when people ask RT to speed up the pacing, they complain, and when they slow down, they complain. PUT YOURSELF OR EVEN YOUR CHARACTERS in their shoes. This whole thing is realistic, but apparently no one cares about that!
and they convey it well. This whole fight had me close to ripping my desk apart with how hard I was gripping it in suspense.
Thank you, someone finally said it.
Can we talk about how neo’s the only character to go up against team rwby and defeat them other than salem, or is that not gonna be talked about
Yeah but I wheezed when weiss through her in one of the doorways 😂.
Neo is fucking BUSTED my guy. She has NEVER had her aura break against a normal person. NOT ONCE, in the span of the ENTIRE SHOW. And even then the only one who did break her aura was penny.
Not to downplay her skill but each and EVERY time she has fought a character they were tired from a fight or other scenes before
@@soranheart9414 part of that is because she is an opportunist like Torchwick. She probably does that on purpose as much as possible when she has that information available.
@@nickbreeze5958 This is true because the writers in the show are atleast consistent with how tired the characters are and how it effects them. Because the more tired you are the less aura you'll have
When fighting Ruby she has a sad/apathethic look.
I mean her step sister supposedly died (We know she didn't but Ruby doesn't know) and she can't even take a second to mourn her because a certain someone is trying to kill her.
@@TheGreenAzumarill I think he was talking about Neo
0:54
PLEASE THE FLAME CIRCLE WASN'T EVEN THAT BIG THEY BOTH COULDA DODGE IT 😭😭😭😭
Weiss was being stupid for the sake of the plot
Ya it’s literally the same attack we watched Glenda easily save ruby from and then dodged herself in episode 1 I hope the new spin off anime does good enough to warrent a remake of the whole thing
Weiss, you had plenty of time to dodge that
Neo took out ALL of her EXP out of "talking" and put it into every other skill XD
Hahahaha best comment🤣🤣
Speech 0 moment.
@@Theking-sk1bz Thank you :3
0:39 Damn Ruby, that move was so slow, Neo was staring at you for 3 whole ass seconds waiting for you to do something
0:56 So you're telling me that Weiss couldn't dodge that? She had the first look and what seems to be "ample" time to dodge. I put ample in quotes because it was only like 3-4 seconds. But she couldve tackled Ruby into a dodge.
And then ruby just stares up at the staff that was knocked out of her hand like "oh no :("
I mean they make it look like they have time to do a lot of things yet don't.
It was animated so slowly… and it looks ridiculous. It feels like Weiss just waited to get hit
It's just like the Piccolo and Gohan DOOODGE moment, DBZA really made that scene hilarious
That’s very movie’s dramatic scene
i hate how ruby's fighting style is almost entirely gone now, you can barely even feel the *WEIGHT* of crescent rose now
Or maybe she just became physically stronger?
@@KizaruBorsalino That's not how it works. Especially since Ruby's fighting style is based on using Crescent's weight to build momentum and use with and against her Semblence. Qrow's weapon still feels heavy, and he's been using it since his days in Beacon. So this excuse is inavlid.
@@grandempressvicky6387 yes it is, she doesn't build momentum using the weight but the recoil of her rifle, she has been doing things like making it spin on it's own in the air since vol 3, it's nothing new, also does Qrow's weapon feels that heavy to you, when he swings it like a stick most of the time, what would explain it is either is weapon isn't that heavy, or he just have that much strength.
@@KizaruBorsalino The recoil of the gun was countered by the weight of the scythe - she used both for her fighting. Your original point of "she became stronger" doesn't make sense. Bodybuilders don't suddenly find pick up extreme weights to be easy because they have a larger muscle mass. Even if they trained every day to pick up 100kg, they would still struggle to pick it up every time. I'm not using opinion here like you're implying, I'm using science. And don't tell me this is a fantasy show where science doesn't apply when the show (attempted to) used real-world science to explain Ruby's semblance.
Besides, OP's comment was referring to the near floaty choreography of Ruby's fighting. Everything feels weightless and that really takes away from the impact of hits - made worse by the fact she doesn't land any hits at all. Her style composed of wide spins, sweeping sticks and twirls to keep foes at a distance, but she wields it in an almost sword-like manner and you can tell the animators avoid putting her into fights.
@@grandempressvicky6387 Like i said before, she's been fighting like that for a long time already, which is why i doesn't make sense for him to act like it's just happening now.
Also you're just taking my point to the extreme. A weapon is supposed to be practical, so it doesn't make any sense to compare this to a bodybuilder and his weights, because nobody in their right might would carry a weapon too heavy to even move around and you don't fight just with raw power, you need technique and agility, quickness. But when using any melee weapon, be it sword, spear, battleaxe, hammer or whatever, you need body strength in order to use it efficiently, that's only natural, so why would it seems so weird to you that she would train her body to build more strength when it's something all fighters do be it in real life or in animes ?
0:20 CAN WE TALK ABOUT THE FACT RUBY FINALLY USED WAR SCYTH MODE AGAIN
Hey they remembered it exists!
@@anarchomando7707 She doesn't have to use it all the time, just because she didn't do it doesn't mean they forgot
@@KizaruBorsalino it has been 6 seasons.
War Scythe mode is looking a lot like the Sparda from Devil May Cry... Cause that's a Sword/Scythe/pike.
@@WindyREDPanda I don't see it that much
I love how Neo goes from looking merely annoyed at Cinder holding the Relic to that brief look of terror right before Cinder flings her into the abyss. It's like she finally realized what a threat Cinder is.
Truth be told, whenever Ruby fights, it looks so sad now compared to vol 1 and 2.
Now she’s just semblance overuse cuz don’t give me “its to expensive to animate” a few frames of fast and skilled ruby can’t hurt. Her semblance is now just used for cheap shots, I can’t believe rwby rn.
@@michealfinbars1748 The show is just trash right now. I kept telling myself that since I have started the show, I might as well just finish it, but I love my eyes to much so I stopped.
honestly. it's like they don't know what to do with her fight style.
Yep it's honestly sad at this point
Well Monty actually thought about incorporating fighting styles from the real world to RWBY. Rooster Teeth decided, that was too much work. So we get this lovely dumpster fire.
I dont get why their body shield things seem so fragile now like it looked like ruby just fell down, the fights seem so anti climatic to me and the character are so slow
Exactly! It's not like the fights are bad but it is just so slow and boring compared to vol 3. But one thing I will give them is that almost every single fight advances the plot now.
You can say, its all for the Plot.
They really need to stop animating Neo using her umbrella like a sword. Have you ever tried to swing an umbrella like a sword? It's slow, painful and the handle feels like it'll snap off if you swing too hard. Neo's main method of attacking has always been her kicks, the umbrella was used to deflect or parry an attack. The hidden blade was meant to finish off opponents with no aura, it's near useless in actual combat.
Its a parasol
@@Eugene_Black Tru, would be lighter than an umbrella. Still doesn't look very nice in fight scenes when she swings it like that lolol
@@slipskolt7300 I think its supposed to be a blunt weapon to disorient enemies and then she stabs them. We also don't see the blade until she goes to finish somebody off.
@@Eugene_Black What I mean is that they need to change the way she holds it. if she's going to use the umbrella to dish out damage, holding it by the handle looks extremely uncomfotable, slow and ugly lol.
@@slipskolt7300 I agree are you excited for the Roman Holiday book or whatever it is.
God the animation choreography quality dipped after the lead died, lad held it all together.
Cinder has been watching ruby while Neo occupied her attention on distracting Ruby. So she can sneak attack her.
Oop even if cinder wasnt looking or something neo would still beat her remember when they fought on volume 3?
It's kinda how despite getting all mad Blake still couldn't even hit Neo in a 2v1. At least she got to drop kick Cinder. Also I didn't know Neo could do such complex constructs, she had a whole fake fight going while she and ruby were fighting somewhere else.
I wish Ruby had a better hand to hand combat with her scythe
She did.
Key word DID
0:45 Was this really the best read they got for that line?
Imagine winning so hard the other team needs therapy like holy shit cinder
Cinder. Traumatizing the heroes since Volume 3.
Cinder has been doing that to the team since she killed Pyrrha.
0:14 implies that the fight between Ruby and Neo we have seen until there was an illusion, because Neo cannot just shatter herself after getting tied out of nowhere nor can Ruby teleport.
It's called bad writing dude
@@BravoRox I know, I just wanted to point out how ridiculous it is as Neo obviously had no reason to waste her semblance on creating a fake fight somewhere.
@@GameBreaker1055 oh ok lol, thought you were making up some BS my bad 😅
@@BravoRox making up BS?
Do I work for Rooster Teeth or something?
Also, since when can someone like Neo escape a strand tied to her wrist?
0:36 I’ve never noticed that Ruby har tears running down her face.
Gambol Shroud's ribbon should be upgrade to be more durable
I wanna see Neo just solo team RWBY. Like fr she stood up against Cinder and in every fight she's in Neo legit never really goes all out. I'd like to see how she fares against all four working together
Dude neo got betrayed even though she just followed orders cinder payed her with betrayal imagine how hurt she can be
Neo jumped Cinder in the Anima arc and let’s not forget the whole stealing the lamp and blackmailing Cinder with it
Neo was hired help, upset about her love getting killed on a job she takes revenge on her employer and only stops when maiden powers gets involved, is easily convinced Ruby is to blame, agrees to help Cinder if she can kill Ruby… Cinder agrees to help her get actual revenge… and then when Neo gets upset that Cinder has to answer to her own boss, steals a magic relic from basically-satan knowing Cinder will be blamed as Neo is one of her assets and uses blackmail to get her way.
I’m not defending Cinder (because, let’s be real, she’s a monster!) but Neo isn’t exactly a perfect business partner here
@@gameinsane4718 I agree. Cinder is a complete monster.
If only ruby would fight more like neo, neos ability to not get hit would pair amazingly with Ruby's semblance
God, I miss Monty.
The train scene was still the best neo fight
Cinder: "Parry this you fucking casual"
>Yang falls
Blake: 😭
Ruby: Just another manic monday 😒
Ruby didn’t have much time to fully register what happened because Yang saved her by taking the hit from Neo and was attacked shortly afterwards.
@a HERO that doesn’t know what protect means Ruby actually did show sadness. While fighting Neo, she shed a tear
@a HERO that doesn’t know what protect means The excuses these fans will make for shit writing.
@@grandempressvicky6387
Not like she had time to mourn. Be realistic
It's not the first time Ruby has seen someone dear to her dying, she should know that instead of crying like a baby and throwing herself to the floor while letting herself get stabbed by the person who just "killed" her sister, isn't exactly the correct way to act, she should instead not let herself get killed, and mourn her sister after she's defeated the enemy, the correct way of thinking if you ask me. Blake had time to react because she didn't have a Neo going for her throat, and also, she failed to save Yang, which want it or not, would affect her, but she cried for like 2 seconds and then decided to do what's right, fight, which is what Ruby was doing, so I don't see the big deal really, specially considering Ruby did appear to be shocked at first, and then was angry + crying while fighting Neo, so she did have a reaction.
I'm glad they brought up the point that Rwby relies heavily on her weapon to move around she no true hand to hand combat experience
This makes you notice how bad team rwuby is when they have to fight anything that is not a grim.
So true
I guess? but at the same time they've been fighting for 2 days straight are exhausted and with no healthy amount of sleep. At this point their auras would deplete with a simple punch. So I don't think this battle is the best reference for their skill level.
@@murakuma7612 that true. Their best fight against people has to be their win against the ace ops last volume.
@@andreapiccolo8199 To some extent I agree! although Blake was heavily nerfed in that battle 😭 so with Blake in the recent volumes after volume 3, she has yet to show the full extent of her fighting capabilities (Since CRWBY forgot about her and ren's aura attacks 💀).
@@murakuma7612 Yeah, I miss Ren's aura attacks. He was so badass but now he just seems so useless... The only time his skills are needed is when masking emotions but now he's just useless in combat against actually people. He was so epic back in volume 1
I really like how neo is just toying with her
They need to bring back the Red trailer fighting style imo
0:55 wtf was that
Seriously! Why didn’t Weiss fucking move?
@@trentonjames6052 ikr, these writers are so embarrassing, ruby had enough time to fall backwards, regain her balance and scream NOOOOO.. But weiss didnt have enough time to step backwards, she should have pushed ruby and stepped backwards at the same time. but they needed weiss to get sacrifice herself to make the scene look emotional or something. Rwby is more like just a story made with no thoughts as to whats actually possible in the moment, the moment you put it on screen it falls apart because everything looks so heavily scripted theres no emotion and the characters have to be stupid to make things work the way the writers want.
@@MrJokerSenpai they have been awake for 2 days.
Also, I didn't know you were an expert in writting stories. Ever got a contract with a company to write a show with your amazing writting skills?
@@alexisgirard9376 Lmao, theres always someone like you isnt there.
You dont need to be an expert in writing to know when somethings badly written.
@@alexisgirard9376
I can see a scene that makes me laugh and still call it poorly written. In this case, them being tired during this fight could make sense, but from a viewers perspective it looks very awkward. As if she had plenty of time to move out of the way since it seems as if she didn't push Ruby all that far and Ruby was unaffected by the explosion.
Besides, Joker is right. You don't have to a be an expert in a subject to notice that something has gone wrong or been done poorly.
I just now realized that blake won't have her blade part of her weapon, again
I kinda hate how they make it seem like Ruby can't fight. I know Neo's good, but Ruby can definitely use Crescent Rose and her semblance.
She was using her semblence and Crescent Rose, wdym?
In all of her fights with Huntsman-level foes, the only time she's actually landed a hit with her scythe is when she cut Tyrion's tail off. Seriously, every other time she's taken a swing with that thing, it's been blocked or dodged. She's managed to shoot, punch, kick and headbutt, but actually slicing anybody with her main weapon seems to be off the table.
At this point, this bizarre omission is the only thing that genuinely bothers me about this show.
@@venomm4563 I meant use and land a hit. I know she's younger than the rest, but she hasn't hit ANYBODY with her scythe ever since season 1.
@@Supersheep64 I want to note for once Weiss gave Ruby the staff, Ruby seemed to have a hard time wielding Crescent Rose with one hand, so that's probably the reason she struggled there. As for the rest of time, giant swings from a weapon like that can't be easy.
@@TheGreenAzumarill Yeah, Crescent Rose seems to be a weapon exclusively designed to fight Grimm. And given her romanticised view of huntsmen pre-Vol1, I really wouldn't be surprised if the thought of having to use her weapon against another person was something that never crossed her mind while designing it.
But even so, for somebody with superspeed powers to not be able to land a hit with their primary weapon of choice is just baffling.
Even Ironwood was able land some blows with that cumbersome cannon of his, and that's not even a melee weapon!
Second time Ruby tricked Neo into falling off the edge of something. lol.
And how the hell did Neo not see Cinder's betrayal coming. Good grief.
and what neo should to do instead ask to help when she hanging there? Is she have a choice?
@@user-iq2lg2vx1u i think they will rematch again it coud be ruby vs neo but i think ill see neo winning again i mean ruby always trick her but now thats an island no more trick ruby
1:48 Ruby missed her chance to use silver eyes again.
Dang, they really got some mileage out of that Halo 1 shotgun sound effect huh xD
What was ruby trying to hit at 0:40? 😂
You're asking all the right questions.
0:36 Neo had a year and a half to telegraph that attack.
I get that neo is fast but ruby has been way faster than this. Her fighting has really slowed down since season 4
Ruby is fast with her semblance, but Neo is quicker in normal speed.
@@randumo24 still in comparison with say the red trailer, ruby is way slower when she’s not using her semblance
@@BonnieAngel141 Red trailer? Nobody remembers nor watched that. They're ball about RTs works and not Monty's foundations.
@@OddOtter707 lol you don’t even know what fandom you’ve in. The red trailer is like the most watched RT trailer
One day, Ruby and Neo will look back at this and laugh... maybe not in the next few volumes but, but we'll see.
If we don’t get an awesome Neo vs Ruby, Yang, and everyone else that fell into the island fight im gonna be pissed
Remember in season 3 in the fight between Roman and Neo vs Ruby? How it was fast paced, had tactics, and felt awesome?
... man I feel sad.
Every scene of Neo vs Ruby is so well done. One of my fav fights of the volume. My only real complaint with v8 is the fight choreography lacking towards the end. Definitely not as bad as v5 but nowhere near v7 levels.
1:25 sorry, it still gives me a little goosebumps of how she said that line.
Everyone is saying that their fighting skills got worse, but if you look at it (at least in this clip) they were tired as hell. If i remember correctly, they didnt get rest at all on this volume, and if you add that they watched Yang fall, everything got worse for them...
Alright the thumbnail made me think Ruby was riding a hoverbike, anyone else?
I love how this bench targeted a seventeen year old girl with a scythe and was willing to ignore the apocalypse just to put her down.
Neo became the queen of “No catching your breath” in the last episodes.
Ruby and Blake are the only ones entering at the same place in this new world.
Everyone else entered in different spots in the void
Honesty after learning what Ruby's semblance is she should be a God at this point.
Just saying she does better than this in vol 4 short
wondering what will the future holds for those 2 when VOL9 comes out will they stay as enemies or they becomes friends on a deserted island with everyone else in it?
Oh god, I just came here from the rwby trailer because of nostalgia and ice queendom. Took my chances and looked at this fight scene and I regret my decision 😂😂 what has rwby become 😭
Art/animation quality is great but the fight scenes 😭😭😭😭
Like neopolitan ice cream, revenge is best served cold
Looks like Ruby and Neo are gonna have to make a big decision next volume
Dont know if this was intentional. But I liked how Neo and Ruby's fight called back to their Vol 3 one. With Torchwick talking about how cruel the world is and how you gotta do what you gotta do. And Ruby the pure optimist/moralist opens Neo's umbrella sending her off into space. A dirty underhanded yet clever and necessary tactic. Then proceeded to kick Roman in the knee cap to get a brief advantage another "low blow" (the nevermore took care of the rest yeesh). I will say in Ruby's playful banter there is a hint of mischief and I mean to want to be a warrior till you inevitably die denotes some bloodlust. Or at least being ok with blood and death to the point of it being a career. (Why was RWBY ever a kid show lol). Also Yang who did and does love violence and fighting (despite what the writers say outside of the actual show)and she helped raise Ruby. A pure and simple soul indeed! Yet she will still do what it takes to win and be the hero, like trick Neo one last time in a similar way (using a power she didnt use through most of the fight :( ) but its not about Neo its about the staff (that we have to take with us even though it would be SAFEST IN THE VAULT YOU UTTER CABBAGE) Its about the mcguffin we must keep from the bad guys. Thats why she is still fighting after watching her sister sui-sus (it was. There was no reason for Yang who absorbs damage to eat a bullet and not spit it right back or even throw herself in the way at all)
She is crying broken but still fighting because that is what heroes do. She no longer questions or even tries to sway the bad guys, she goes for their head. She did learn from Torchwick after all. Like I said this totally coulda been an accident. It was enjoyable one though.
It seems, to me at least, the only way to beat Neo is get a surprise attack on her.
Pretty much
0:33
What do you mean slow people?
It's just seems that way cause of the animation (arguably) and neo outmatching here so easily
I think Ruby's style gotten worse because she was fighting through the loss of her sister. I noticed that she was crying during the fight at 0:37
And they say ruby didn't have a reaction
@@Twinklethebunny She shed a few tears for her sister and teammate that's been with her for years and is basically her 2nd mother figure. Damn, you right she really _does_ care
@@Twinklethebunny she sheds one tear 🤨💀
0:20 I love this part
weiss had so long to get out of the way of that shit
Right? They could have just made the blast happen sooner so that it made more sense, singing Ruby just as she throws her out of the way. But so much about this fight makes no sense, even from the very first attack where Neo stops and slashes (with a weapon that has no edge) instead of continuing forward and stabbing.
Just AWESOME ! Give this animator a medal
ruby goes down after just one kick, what a fight
Her thought of the grey eyes were just ight imma head out
For some reason, kcrwby decided to make ruby's weapon actually seem heavy even tho she's never struggled with it and it also makes her look like she cheated her way into beacon like Juan
huh its not like Jaune weapon design are the most practical out of most of the show weapons not to mention Jaune is actually faster since his weapon is less wieldy and lighter to use and his shield didnt break yet i think Jaune shield is actually the most durable material in the show so far the shield never received any dent so far
Ruby hits faster in earlier volume true but shes nerfed to the point that shes actually clumsier and slower than Jaune of all people
Ruby was a Monty character. Jaune is played by Miles himself. Of course they'd nerd her to make Jaune look amazing.
0:40 The fucking swagger here tho. Ruby’s fighting style is definitely not as interesting as it was before, but that is definitely still the same Neo who solo’d Yang on the train.
0:14 So that's how that feels!
Man... I did not continue watching the series from volume 5 and seeing this I must admit that I regret it a bit, maybe I will continue watching it
Honestly weiss and Blake should of fought neo and rwby should have taken on cinder since she has the eyes. Weiss and Blake definitely have alot of utility and speed they really could have put the pressure on neo I don't think she could take on both of them since they both rely on speed, technique and versatility.
They were rushed to decide who should fight, and Blake/Ruby were definitely too focused on Neo after Yang was knocked off. Only Weiss was keeping a clear head.
It just looks like there's little to no fluidity in how Ruby fights with her Scythe now.
Crescent Rose has an entire war scythe configuration that Ruby just doesn’t use. Not only would it probably be far better and more versatile against smaller opponents, it would look cooler than the weird majorette twirling they always have her do with her weapon now.
This came up on my recommended after I stopped watching after volume 5 and wow... Can anyone explain why the animation feels slower? Thanks.
Put ur neo fanfiction recommendations here or I will steal ur shoes
I imagine myself fighting Cinder with ODM gear.
aim for the neck
@@phanta2199 "You should've gone for the head"
I mean the guy up there above me got a point
Where I can see all the series of rwby?
How is Neo so strong anyway? Like, I don't get it? But props to Ruby for holding her own against her.
She smoll
Training?
@CherryLee HartLey
I know what you mean, but that's probably the worst comparison you can make. Unless Neo has an immortal warrior with skills to draw upon inside her.
@CherryLee HartLey
Well yes and no. Oscar does train, but Ozpin literally told him that Oscar would improve faster as he slowly merged with Ozpin. Like, literally, they said this. I don't blame you for forgetting though.
I don't know how is Neo so popular when in all honesty she's dumber than a sack of bricks
That is one sturdy fucking umbrella
0:41 neo(thinking): thanks for the lift, little red, when this is over, I'm going to kiss you and then kill you
Phases of Neo:
1. Skip, skip, smile, smirk, spin, saunter and pose
2. Stab, stab, slash, slice, slap, sock, and punch.
Do you know that rwby chibi is confirmed on may 27
0:20 did Blake just do a homing attack? Sonic is that u?
Neo fights are amazing
1:09 Why did she just stare at it?? Like she could’ve used her speed to jump and catch it then use her semblance to dodge Neo, but right there she didn’t even move or react it looks like. She could’ve at least had some sort of reaction if the case wasn’t that she could make it, but she just blankly stared at it..
i think it's mostly because they were really tired during the entire volume since they had no rest
Characters:Ruby!!
The fans: NEO!!!!!
yang isnt dead easy pz they wouldnt kill of a member of team rwby when the one thing keeping the sloppy writing alive is how much the fans wanna ship ppl
I really don’t want to see Neo turned into a hero or anti-hero. I like her as a villain with her own motives.
How to watch RWBY volume 8?
Wait...I know Ruby is getting rocked here but is this the first time we've seen her open up her scythe blade since the red trailer?
This reminds me of Ruby and Neo's couple/ship name its Strawberry Shortcake XD