And there's this uneasiness of "did we do the right thing by coming here?" And we're going to play around with that. There's a moment that should have been met with relief and joy, but instead we see the Kingdom of Atlas that maybe they are not used to, looks more aggressive than they are used to. We're picking up Volume 7 where we left off in Volume 6, and we left off in an ominous space. ML: Going into seven, we are going to that whole theme of trust in a deeper way. KS: And I think that it made sense for the kids that we wanted to talk about a little bit. ML: This year was more "you'll see it when you see it." It was a little different from previous seasons where we were like "this season is about this, and this season is about that." Kerry Shawcross: That's something going into it we were like "great." But as it went along we were like "oh, shoot." It didn't come about until the end of the season, so we didn't want to talk about it too much. Miles Luna: The thing we didn't want to give away in early talks was there was a lot of youth standing up for themselves despite the generation prior. Trust issues were a big part of Volume 6, but. So knowing that bit how the heck is Ozpin going to stop Salem? We will have to wait to see what unfolds in the next episode.In each Volume there seems to be an overarching theme, but in Volume 6, it wasn't clear early on. One big detail that was revealed is that Salem cannot be killed. The scene where the two are fighting with their magic, is similar to the duel between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. This experience acts as justification for Ozpin as to why he keeps secrets and does not tell the whole truth to team RWBY.
Their relationship fell apart because neither one told each other the full truth. Even the God of Light didn’t tell Ozpin that everything was Salem’s fault. When Salem and Ozpin reunite, both of them don’t tell each other the full story of what happened to themselves. The god of light brought him back to life to gather all four relics which in turn will summon the gods back to the earth to reevaluate humanity. Furthermore, we now know why Ozpin is trying to get all the relics. Plus, we learn about the origins of the Faunus. On a minor note, we finally get an explanation of what happened to the moon! Also, we learned why Remnant is called remnant, because it is the remnant of the world that was.
This shows that Salem has no compassion or sympathy. Which led to humanity’s destruction and the Gods’ distrust of humanity and loss of faith in humanity.
She tried to manipulate the gods and pit them against each other. Her motives and actions stem from her failure to deal with Ozma’s death and anger towards the God of Light and the God of Dark for thwarting her plans. Salem is very arrogant, stubborn, and self-centered. Going into this episode, I thought Salem was originally a pure, innocent, and kind-hearted person. One of the big details was that Salem and Ozpin (originally Ozma, a reference to The Wizard of Oz) were lovers. This is one of those episodes that you can’t only watch once, because there are some things that you will miss.Ī lot of questions were answered and many things were revealed. An amazing job well done by the CRWBY, they absolutely nailed this episode. The writers and animators did an amazing job presenting the story in a very immersive way. This episode is a huge lore dump, we finally see the backstory of Salem and Ozpin, the origins of Remnant, why Ozpin has to gather all four relics, and some other details. To quote Marty McFly from Back to the Future, “Woah, this is heavy.” There’s a lot of information to discuss in this episode, so I’m just going to highlight some key points in this review.