I don't care how many cosplay influencers, shill accounts, or corporate voices try to spin this as a great return. Volume 10 is not a triumphant continuation. It's the final stretch of a once-promising IP being dragged over the finish line by a studio—Viz Media—that might not even have the full resources or a confirmed animation studio to make this happen properly.
Let me ask: Where's the budget? Where's the confirmed studio? Who's funding this? Hulu is a streaming platform, not a production house. Unless Viz Media has millions saved up from overpriced merch and re-releases (which I doubt), we're looking at a project being run on fumes.
And then there’s the question of voice acting. Outside of Japan, RWBY has no real dub support. Viz would either need to license out dubs to other countries or risk alienating audiences with AI voiceovers, which is already controversial in many countries. This doesn’t look like growth—it looks like corner-cutting.
Let’s not forget the writing itself. Volume after volume, we've seen Kerry and Miles fumble with lore, character arcs, and basic structure. Penny, Pyrrha, Adam, CFVY, even Ruby—all these characters deserved more. Instead, we got Bumbleby shoved down our throats not because it was well-written, but because it pandered to a subset of the fandom.
This isn’t representation. This is exploitation. It's merch-driven narrative dressed up as diversity.
A reboot is not just necessary. It's the only way to redeem this franchise:
New VAs.
New writers.
New creative leadership.
Keep the concept, but fix the execution.
RWBY could have been the next Avatar: The Last Airbender. Instead, it's becoming a cautionary tale in how to alienate your fanbase and crash an IP with great potential.
Let the cosplayers, shills, and content creators who thrive off this mess celebrate Volume 10. But don’t say we didn’t warn you when it all falls apart.
Reboot RWBY. Or bury it.
End of story.
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