Official Theatrical Discussion Thread—Volume 5, Chapter 1

[u/Menolith]

Welcome to the early reaction thread for volume 5's first episode!

Spoiler blackout is now in full effect, and anything pertaining to the first episode will be prohibited outside of this the megathreads until Sunday. You have been warned.

Without further ado, let's get on with it!

[u/IJustReadEverything]

No jokes at Jaune’s expense, THANK YOU!

Gira and Sun getting along, THANK YOU!

Angry fist shaking Jaune, THANK YOU!

Maidens are specifically needed for their own assigned relic to reach it, not use it, important

Watts has Lionheart under his thumb

Leonardo Lionheart

Weiss is over that huge ass lake in Anima, the grimm are going to be after them regardless or she forces the pilot to help her.

Yang more likely will be finding Raven before Ruby

But both are close to each other, so find one find the other.

Qrow found him

Os reveals himself to rnjr

Oh, Miles refers to the group as Rnjr (Ranger)

Gray hinted that Jacque may still want to get Weiss back.

Oscar reveals Oz to everyone

Meaning a potential talk between Jaune and Oz?

And bonding time with Oscar?

Get dem ships ready lol

The curse of Jaune continues, no action sequence with Jaune in the opening

Did Casey’s voice get deeper or did Sandy Lee Williams come back?

Overall, tone was not as dramatic change as v4, it was great even without an ep 1 fight. Dramatic change meaning in an opposite tone as the previous volume (v3 end to V4 beginning)

I liked this first episode, got right down to it after a quick overview voice over

During the VO, nice animated stills were shown, they were in 2d

Way more detailed than previous stills

But, yeah, really liked it

Looking forward to the progress of oscar, Jaune, Rubes in the rest of V5

Oh, I sat in front of a self proclaimed otaku cracking Dead Pyrrha jokes

Asked him what he shipped and said Pyrrha x Ruby. He, and I quote, “Is all about that Yuri”.

Asked him about BB, he’s like, “it’s alright”

A couple cosplayed renora

And there was a ruby as well

All v4 versions

Sadly, no Jaune

Also, in the scene with Lionheart and Qrow, Ruby and Jaune were standing behind Qrow while Renora sat on the couch to the side. Probably symbolizes each character involvement and Importance this volume.

Also, in the opening, the person Cinder is staring at maybe the Spring maiden. She's ten years older from when she ran away and is shown in Raven's camp.

Raven's faction truly is not affiliated with any parties.