dammn dude THIS IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOO GOD DAMN GOOD and satisfying to watch even the pacing top knotch... THIS IS WHAT RWBY IS THANK YOU

In the original. Tifa was knocked down, knocked away and wounded but not out there are many narratives where characters from similar and sometimes worse circumstances are still able to come out on top. At the very most the fighting just transitioned from one location to the next with Tifa getting back up quickly albeit wounded but still able to fight. As seen in DF 5 portrayed the capacity to fight hard still however she was now in a battle of endurance against an army from all directions as long as they kept coming they would of chipped her down eventually. Which would of been entirely different in a 1 on 1 where focus only needs to be on your opponent narrowing the path of victory to a single individual and not have to split your focus in all directions and angles from countless assailants who never stop coming. Some may think Hitomi gained the upper-hand even with the "handicap of being blinded. However in the DOA series she was taught how to fight blind, via touch by Hayate, just as well as she could with sight even better as considered by some. As for Tifa she blinded her opponent and would most likely believed she now had the upper-hand for what would be the rest of the fight. In other words Tifa underestimated Hitomi. This combined with not knowing about Hitomi could fight just as well as the least while blind alongside Hitomi switching to a defensive style martial art, Wing Chun, which Tifa was also not expecting and most likely messed with her fight rhythm seeing that Hitomi was fighting with her true canon style of karate throughout their fight up until that point. All of this combined created the perfect storm which allowed Hitomi to defend her self successfully and get counter hits in against Tifa. Tifa then doubled down on aggression letting her emotions take charge and ended up over extending when Hitomi was putting up a better fight than she expected. Which caused Tifa at points to throw out whatever she could without thinking. Which lead and we can see with the materia blasting exchange where Tifa over extended a blow that allowed Hitomi to grab hold then throw her. At this point Hitomi had attained the fights momentum from a Tifa. Tifa was at least attempting to adjust/escape the momentum and the current state of Hitomi seen as she tried to dodge to her left but caught but later rolled out of the combo meaning she was getting used to the rhythm of Hitomi's fighting style. As for the blow that sent Tifa flying it makes sense that when she felt and saw materia getting knocked out she got distracted, after rolling out of Hitomi's assault, due to the fear of losing the most important materia of all she had with her the white materia. Tifa was either wondering if it was knocked out and was on the ground somewhere or if Hitomi stole it during her attack. Which gave Hitomi ample time to build momentum for a very running powerful blow from behind. This blow coupled with crashing through a large wooden and iron door through fire which would splinter into sharp shrapnel cutting her all over leading to her wounded appearance. I do not believe all the damage from that blow was from Hitomi alone she did cause it to happen but the wounded appearance from Tifa would not have happened completely if not for what Hitomi knocked her through. Overall I do not believe Hitomi was handicapped due to being able to fight just as well blind with a defensive style against a Tifa who was underestimated at first, overextend aggressively later, fought without a clear head for the rest of this engagement, and distracted at the end. Some may think Hitomi is the better in hand to hand and Tifa relies too much on materia but in DF2 Tifa had the upper-hand in pure hand to hand combat throughout it when it came to it, yes she did use materia but there are pure no materia at all instances such as the trading and blocking of blows ending with a mutual punch in the beginning, in the background early on Tifa threw Hitomi to the ground when the latter picked up the former, Tifa dodging outmaneuvering Hitomi for a suplex into the ground, the drunken boxing 1 v 4 on the lava platform, and the tackle into the portal at the end. At the very least Tifa proved she is equal to Hitomi in hand to hand throughout with Hitomi blows being such as: traded punch in the beginning, a hook into Tifa after breaking her defense with an upper cut only after the latter got on the defensive due to Ayane's attacks, a high kick where she got help from Ayane as they went with a low kick on the lava platform, and a flying kick at the end. Granted Tifa did use materia but it was not at all the end all be all crutch used to be able to match Hitomi in hand to hand. Tifa's materia let her get some good hits in, keep up the pressure, strategically fight with allies, defend and keep the opponents guessing on what was going to be thrown out next. So it was not at all what allowed her to fight hand to hand with Hitomi when they had pure engagements in such. At the most Tifa edges out Hitomi in hand to hand as seen in DF 2 and Hitomi at the most matches evens out against Tifa in martial arts skill while blinded. Then in DF3 it was mainly hand to hand combat materia was used by Tifa but again it was used to add as much damage she could and keep up an offensive when the opponent was at a distance as one should in a any fight no more no less no. The materia was not what allowed Tifa to fight at Hitomi's level. Out of all the materia that hit Hitomi only a few actually landed while they were even in the mostly hand to hand fight between them. If materia truly gave Tifa an equal footing with Hitomi it would of been shown to be successfully landing more and be more effective over Tifa's martial arts blows. The materia that did land was few that being the fire materia during trading of punches, the flaming kicks, and Hitomi getting hit with poison to the torso and darkness to the head which caused blindness. This was also the first clean combo in that fight that caused a knocked down and painful recovery, granted it did have materia but in no way did it empower her fighting skill, speed, power or any facet of the execution of said combo. If Tifa went with any other materia that could add damage to her blows electric, fire, or ice or not use any at all it would of been a different fight altogether. Unluckily she chose the wrong materia strategy for the wrong opponent in which it would of worked on any of the other member of team DOA. Also judging by the first knock down combo Tifa landed if the fight carried on as it was Tifa could of well walked away with victory. The fight could of also ended when Hayate and his ninjas arrived forcing Tifa to flee successfully from Hitomi, Hayate and their ninja's via materia usage which is most likely or defeat them all using which is granted very less likely. Thus to build narrative drama, tension and establish a even more satisfying comeback for Tifa this had to happen the way it did. Narratively Monty(R.I.P.) needed to create a story structure where Tifa loses materia and is now on the back foot for later narrative elements to occur and for an even more epic satisfying rematch against Hitomi. If the fight did continue without interruption Tifa in my opinion still could have won if she gathered herself, attained a clear head a focused mind, and fought smarter not harder which she did not and which is what lead to her current state. For despite Hitomi having Tifa's materia I in my opinion does not know the exact materia Tifa had. So at the most she would be throwing things out not knowing how to maximize their effectiveness, like during the materia attack exchange which could lead to problems further down the fight. Granted Hitomi did use quake during the fight but we can not say for sure she knew what exactly she used until she used it and she was most likely still blinded and was hoping to send out any magic aoe of anything damaging to her opponent who was distant and their exact location unknown. Tifa, however, does know what materia she brought to the fight and potentially knows what to look out for and adjust accordingly/prepare for, be it something like a firaga coming her way or a longer casting materia such as haste. We also have to consider the fact of Hitomi potentially overdoing it with the materia like in DF2 where Tifa needed to recover stamina/mana from using many high potency materia in rapid succession to both defend and attack. This is extrapolation I will give you but I would not be surprised if Hitomi's body is not used to the drain of materia unlike Tifa due to prior experience and the former finds themselves with stamina depleting quicker than they thought. There is also the possible occurrence of what was once stolen can been stolen back for if the materia could be knocked out of Tifa it could be knocked out of Hitomi during said uninterrupted fight and using it to at the least give a better chance at fighting back for Tifa in her current state. Which is entirely possible during parts of the fight pertaining to hand to hand as typed before and given examples of Tifa is at the very least equal to Hitomi and edging her out at the most. As given to myself to believe from examples seen and noted in DF 2 and DF 3. There is also the factor that there is nothing else except a sudden addition Hitomi's character that could of been made by Monty(R.I.P.) that could throw Tifa for a loop. If Hitomi decides to blindfold herself or switch to Wing Chun or do a combination of both Tifa should now know the hard way to handle that better.

Adam has surprisingly good defenses and he swings would feed into his semblance. No way her shield could absorb a fully charged swing. But she is also extremely agile so I think and some subtle footing manipulation with her semblance, she can throw him off balance before he gets a chance. He needs to brace himself when he blocks with his blade and I think that’s quite exploitable.

Was not ready for the Monty quotes. He was taken too soon.

Badass

This is the best anime edit I’ve ever seen in my life. Absolute fucking cinema

This is why KZbin was invented

The animation is peak. After RWBY gone on YT, it'll still live rent-free in my heart.

ah yes ninja kamui. that show was actually good until they introduced ninja gundams. thats when it started to go to shit. couldnt even finish the show, it was just bad at some point, even though it had so much potential from the first episodes

The fact that you could take both songs and blend them together not only with an original animation, and work in some of the OG trailers movements, but actually give a compelling short story without a word being spoken? Honestly sir I think you captured in your own way the spirit of what made Monty's original trailers so beautiful. Thank you for sharing this sir, I'll be sharing it with my friends. Despite everything Monty's work inspires me to this day, and so has yours. Thank you.

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I really really REALLY felt terribly very bad for that rouge ninja with the glasses who died in the first episode of ninja kamui.

Use politec it stays better

This. Was. Perfect. Thank you

Damn, man...I wish Monty could see this

Alisa A Little help with Jason...

Ok this made me ridiculously happy to watch. I haven’t heard of DJ Bear before but I love this ADORABLE little guy. He’s so epic☺️☺️☺️☺️ Imagine there were no people and they were all just DJ Bears fighting each other. LOLOL I think I would pass away of joy (DJ Bear overload) 🧸🧸🧸🥲🥲 Your art is so uplifting, you rock dude!! 👏👏

can I know wat is the piano in the after credits of this ??

Cloud walked in this fight feeling motivated. Boy used that firaga on Hayate and gave Kasumi that omnislash.

This ost gave me the chills of the chillest bro 🥶🥶🥶🥶

I'll make sure to listen to your pep talk everytime I feel down or unmotivated. :)

I'm pretty sure the spin at 3:20 is from Naruto where Rock Lee is doing that to Gaara in the Chuunin Exams

Woah what program you used to create this

idk how, but the same song i listen to on spotify has much better pronunciation. and music effects...am i tripping? when i listened to this video, i thought this one was a cover or something

整體來說還不錯，雖然能看出來是在致敬monty oun，但動作有些僵硬，運鏡方式也不太行，還有待加強

Whats this version of the song? I am not a fan and want to go out of its way.

I love this animation I've rewatched it multiple times, wasn't here when it was uploaded 2 years ago but still... So please tell me after watching this AGAIN roughly a year later...I'm not the only person who has noticed that Yangs mechanical hand magically switches arms???

Absolutely PHENOMENAL! I was so enthralled by the combat, choreography, storytelling, and the crazy use of Ruby and Crescent Rose as a whole. The only thing that discrated me was the color of the hood and cape but other than that, you perfectly captured RWBY and Monty as a whole. Kudos to you!

I'm a doa player, and i did not even notice the moves he took from the games for the respective characters? Shame on me. Also i always thought he got major inspiration from games like Devil May Cry, Bayonetta... His animations give me same vibes as these game cutscenes

It’s amazing Mega Construx is upgraded to have more articulation than Mega Bloks, because this stop motion recreation is AWESOME!♦️🔫🔷

that fokin fishlens scope at 2:00 is SO GENIUS AAAAAAAAAWRUJPWOIAJRPIOWAJRPOAW

Магическая битва one love❤

Miss how your animations feel after 'Shadows of Chirstmas'.

This video is only three minutes and a half but it felt more like 8 minutes with the showcase of Jaune's sorrow, his and Yang's subtle banter, and the awesome fight scene. It's just so beautifully done.

This is the best remake ok red trailer, the final is absolute cinema

The sound effects for the gunshots and the size of the weapon in its gun form make it much more apparent her gun is a high calibre sniper rifle than the actual show you did a fantastic job all around but that bit is the best imo

I am curious of this scenes. If its the second half of Dead Fantasy VII or the second half of Dead Fantasy VIII, or maybe the beginning of Dead Fantasy IX. Looks like Hayate's facial look was in his Dead or Alive 5 and it seems like this would be in the remake version. Hoping Uiyahan would even try this but he was still in hiatus. I'm known to watch all of Monty's Dead Fantasy series and the reason it was in permanent hiatus because he is more focus on Red VS Blue as well as RWBY until he died from food allergies. About Dead Fantasy 6, it was originally the one-on-one fight between Rikku and Ayane as everyone labelled this as "Dead Fantasy VI" which is the fight between Kairi/Namińe and Momiji. Ths truth is, that preview that Monty has made was Dead Fantasy VIII. I guess Cloud, Hayate and Ryu are finally demonstrating their current fighting styles now. 🙂

Dead Fantasy VI, originally is from the one-on-one fight with Rikku and Ayane. So everyone who watches the fight between Kairi/Namińe and Momiji being dubbed in Dead Fantasy VI that was the preview of Dead Fantasy VIII.

Ueiss is me when I finish English classes. And team rwby really decided team Jnpr can’t beat us in dance

lol sarge fucking died again

This is my favorite thing now.

Ninja Kamui is peak❤️

ARISE!

Holy moly....that was incredible!

Where do you get your rigs from

Great work. Why the preproduction variation of the Grimm, though?

Hmm...

RVB fights are a different breed that also needs a video. I don't know if it's easy or harder but it will be interesting to see what are the hidden references for some of the fights

Me landing into UK after holiday in Taiwan lol. Come back to see chavs and feeling like a minority again despite being British...

Wowww!!! I always had it in my head that Cloud would fight Hayate or Hayabusa! Thank you so much for making this come to life! ❤