RWBY V5 C3

## Plot

Good luck understanding the timeline of this episode. The day after Blake's segment in the first episode, Ghira gives a speech about the Fall of Beacon, the White Fang, and the contents on Ilia's Scroll. The Faunus like him and the speech, but they're not exactly enthusiastic about the idea of going to Haven Academy to defend it themselves. A messenger has been sent to Mistal to warn them. Blake is about to speak as a survivor of the Fall of Beacon and a former White Fang member when Ilia interrupts and calls them traitors and cowards. Sun attempts to catch her, but he really botches up the sneak part of a sneak attack and she escapes. Some guards go after her. Corsac and Fennec were in the crowd and saw everything. During this, it's confirmed that Ilia's parents were killed in a Dust mining accident, which was implied during Blake's character short. Also, the White Fang plans to attack Haven two months from then. And despite being Blake's only segment in this episode, she never speaks. What, was Arryn Zech unavailable or something? Team RNJR is freaking out over Oscar, presumably not long after the end of their own last segment in the first episode. Ruby and Oscar have a cute moment. Yes, I like the idea of Rose Garden, and I think that it's cute. I wouldn't go as far as to call myself a rabid shipper though, like Bumblebee vs. Black Sun. This isn't exactly a soap opera or romance anime people, and I'd like to keep it that way. I do not care in the slightest who ends up with who. This is what fan art and fanfiction is for. Oscar can temporarily give control of his body over to Ozpin so he can communicate with the others. Also, Qrow is conscious again. Ozpin blames himself for everything that's happened. He references episode 10 when he told Ruby that he's made more mistakes than any man, woman, and child on this planet. He wasn't exaggerating or speaking metaphorically, but literally. He was cursed by the brother gods after failing to stop Salem in the past. When he dies, he reincarnates into someone else. He's at least *thousands of years old.* Holy… He is the combination of countless men who have spent their lives trying to protect the people of Remnant. His soul is eventually merged with another, and he changes, but his memories stay with him. They have to stop Salem. First, they need to secure the safety of the relic of knowledge at Haven. After the previous episode, Weiss wakes up in a makeshift cage at the bandit camp, with her hands tied and two men watching over her. A woman from the opening speaks to her. Her name is Vernal, and it's implied that she's the Spring Maiden. She has Weiss's rapier. Weiss assumes that they plan to ransom her back to her father. She says that her sister Winter knows that she's coming to Mistral and will make them pay if they don't let her go. Vernal tells her that there are no Atlas personnel in Mistral anymore. Ironwood called them all back after closing the borders. No one is coming to rescue Weiss. Except maybe Yang, but that's for another episode. This was foreshadowed in Weiss's character short, where Winter said that she wouldn't always be around to save her sister. Back in Mistral, Ozpin informs the others that Lionheart is disobeying specific instructions he had left him. It's best if no one else knows about Oscar for now. They need to enlist the aid of more Huntsmen, possibly to go on their own secret mission for the Spring Maiden. Qrow will take care of that. Meanwhile, the others will be training. Ruby says that they already know how to fight. Ozpin points out that she can only fight with Crescent Rose, and is lacking in hand to hand combat. This weakness of Ruby's was previously seen in volumes 2 and 3, as well as in Yang's character short. And while Jaune has improved, he still hasn't unlocked his Semblance. They all have a long way to go before they can challenge Salem's group. They have about a month before classes resume, so it would make sense that the attack would come before then. Ozpin, being the headmaster of Beacon, will train them and Oscar, who will need to strengthen his body and his Aura. Back at the bandit camp, Weiss's two guards have fallen asleep, and she summons a cute little mini knight to help her out. It reminds me of Meta Knight from the *Kirby* games and *Super Smash Bros.* for some reason.

## Review

Since he first appeared in volume 4, Oscar has been my new favorite character of RWBY. He's so adorable and sweet. He's also a bookworm, snarky, and seems like a lost little puppy to me. And I love puppies. I love his and Ozpin's banter and dialogue. It's really funny so far. I can't wait to see more of this new dynamic. Major props to the animators and Aaron Dismuke for making the change between Oscar and Ozpin flawless.