RWBY - Evolution of Ruby's Semblance

Compilation of all instances of Ruby's semblance so far, in order! Comment below which was your favourite moment, or if there’s anything else you would like to see. Subscribe and like if you enjoy my content and do stay tune for more! Thank you for watching and please stay safe everyone!

[@the_y_huntress6449]

Hey guys, hope everyone’s doing good! Here’s a Ruby semblance video. This was fun to make, and I hope you guys enjoy seeing how Ruby’s semblance evolved too. I also like how the animation just gets smoother and better since the beginning, it’s always satisfying to watch that! 😄 Thank you to all who have subscribed and watched, it means a lot to me! I’ve been a bit busy recently but I hope to post more vids in time to come so do stay tune. In the meantime, stay safe, take care of yourselves and I hope you guys have a great day today :)

[@jackshearer-everhart8875]

Why didn't you include the trailers? Ruby used her semblance in there too.

[@eren34558]

An artist im working with was wondering if you'd like to post her comic she drew of team rwby and the xiao long rose family.

[@dragonsvideos6737]

How did you do this without copyright restrictions

[@Baddieboop2fly]

i still think they should have kept the 2 colors when ruby picks someone up like that effect is so cool TwT

[@the_y_huntress6449]

Same here! I really liked that effect too

[@Baddieboop2fly]

@@the_y_huntress6449 FRRRRR

[@aldrich_leon8547]

I think it only happened twice, and 3 times when ruby used her semblance with others. 2 of them, is with nora when fighting a geist on v4, and the other is with weiss on v6. Both nora and weiss turns into petals with their respective aura color. The other is when v8, but that is with weiss, nora, penny, blake, and may. That is 6 total colors to put in one. That is a hustle to create those, or they just forgot that, or an animation fluke.

[@DragonxFlutter]

I love that effect too. But, from a production standpoint, I can understand the change. When it was just Ruby and one other person, it made sense. But now she can carry upwards of 4 other people. That’d just complicate the animation.

[@Baddieboop2fly]

Why thanks for explaining that to meh :)

[@kingxd3ath_arts485]

I think the food fight was probably the most powerful her semblance ever looked

[@qjtvaddict]

Yeah

[@KiwiSpartan01]

Hopefully she'll use it again in volume 10

[@theguyfromtsukihime3898]

I think it was the fastest she's ever gone while using her semblance

[@kingxd3ath_arts485]

@@KiwiSpartan01 volume 10 😔😔😔

[@KiwiSpartan01]

​@@kingxd3ath_arts485 I heard

[@zagstrug9053]

5:15 ~I looked in the mirror and i gotta say~ "That's disgusting" 🤣

[@nothingis_here2667]

This made me laugh XD

[@Tonyr72699]

Let's have that as an Meme btw! I love that joke you came up!

[@sparky111000]

Roasting yourself or someone else 🤣

[@gerson4288]

XDDDDDDD

[@ebaugh7320]

LMAO!!

[@red7s156]

6:56 I am in love with how she swirls her cape and the others vanish as she activates her semblance, it looks so badass

[@Biancalovestosew98]

It was epic!🌹🌹

[@Sam-pt3qt]

Ikr? Its cool af.

[@alexzdevil9133]

I thinks is something about her cells or something 🤨🤔🤔🤔

[@rllgr3356]

I thought that was still a cloak..

[@kamomile_tea]

Bit sad that they made her semblance form more distinctly solid looking. In the beginning, it was so fast and whirled so quickly that its form was more like a chaotic blur. Towards the end, they toned down the color, slowed it down, and gave it distinct edges so we could clearly see it and track her movements. I think it takes a bit away from the feeling of sheer motion and speed. There's a lot going for the shows quality, but movement is definitely something the later seasons lacked.

[@oddfreaks6452]

I think it’s control. You’re right, but her semblance is now something she has even more control over so maybe that’s what they went for?

[@ThatGuyjontover]

@@oddfreaks6452 its possible also that they changed it because it looked like she was just fast I never knew it was something else until they explained it

[@nullproxy9639]

It's a general feeling with the newer seasons really. Everything is a lot smoother and flowy but it's missing that speed and impact of the old animation styles

[@squirrelthe7th762]

I really miss when Ruby used Crescent Rose to fly around. Now she just uses her semblance.

[@DocMicrowave]

And then the writers power scaled her semblance as well. Just to highlite a Bumblebee moment at the end of V8.

[@jauronbanks9018]

im a little sad we didnt get to see all the girls colors as petals in the volume 8 group petal burst like we did with weiss and nora

[@ctcdreamer]

I am too and for as cool visual effect as it was, maybe it just wasn’t the smartest strategically. Say Ruby was fighting an opponent and she had backup nearby but the opponent only knew of Ruby. Ruby used her semblance a few times so they know to associate the color. Now say she picks up said backup using petal burst and the opponent, still thinking it’s just Ruby, is suddenly met with more combatants. I think it’s a cool veil so to speak. That’s how I’d justify it.

[@mizel.i]

It was speed at first with the addition of leaving rose petals behind. Then it got stronger and faster that her first petal form happened in v2. She tried to use it on Penny but she couldnt transform to petals and almost passed out. So she used this form time to time and for a short time but when she is running she didnt. And it can seen through v1,2,3 her speed is increasing. With v4 she started to use petal form continuously. There were so many petals around and her movements were zigzag, not a straight line. But she managed to use it on one person(Nora) with no problem. In v6 she used on Weiss effortlessly and her petal form looked more solid, I mean in v4 there were so many petals around, to me it looked like wasted aura but in v6 her petals looks more whole and there are less scattered petals. Then in v7 she learned its not just speed and her petal form can seperate. Its worth pointing out that she could do it in past like v4 red trailer or at the beginning of v7 when they fought to saber grimms(i dont remember their name). So she learned to use it consciously and with training with Weiss or/and Harriet her movements become more straight. In v8 she learned true nature of her semblance and she was able to carry 4 person that includes Penny, it seemed that its still exhausting but she will get better. Also when she was getting everyone inside of the vault she drew a straight line, it was satisfaying. And lastly in the end of v8 right before the fight between Cinder and them she didnt hit anybody who was running away and she reacted to Cinder's fire in her petal form. I guess she can see or something but it was interesting she was the only one who reacted to fire. Its my crack theory but maybe in petal form she covers others she carries from outside so that she was the only one who felt the heat and petals looks just red colour. Well it doesn’t explain when she carries one person but who knows the details. 🤷 I know its like super long and messy and it can be seen from this video but i really wanted to point out how it evolved and how she got better of it. Edit:I forgot to mention Ruby's semblance's time limit. Between v1 and v4 her semblance's limit is 1-2,5 seconds; in v6-7 its 2,5-3 seconds and with v8 its 4 seconds, this are on screen so its hard to put what her limit exactly is. It would also explain at 4:48 why she couldnt reach the cliff.

[@the_y_huntress6449]

Awesome analysis!! 👍 That's why i love making vids like this, you can really see the development of the semblance

[@mizel.i]

@@the_y_huntress6449 Thank you and thats why i love videos like this. It inspires me to write analysises of them, thx for the video😊😆

[@the_y_huntress6449]

@@mizel.i It's my pleasure! And i really appreciate you watching, it inspires me to make vids too 😄 Hope to see more of your analysis soon!

[@mizel.i]

@@the_y_huntress6449 😊

[@aldrich_leon8547]

I also thought of that months ago before this video, but you had the guts to comment this, in better explanation and detail. And i hate it when people keeps forgeting some details, then rant about that it lacks the detail and explanation. The haters just ignore whats in front of them, and rant that theres nothing in front of them. Thanks for sharing your opinion.

[@Mike-if3xt]

Am I alone in my preference of how her semblance was shown in the early volumes over the later years? In the early version she’d have a trail of rose petals following her, but she didn't lose her form except for when she going so fast she became a red blur. Now it feels like she never uses that anymore and just becomes a floating ball any time she needs to move faster than walking speed. I'm not really against it, I just prefer the way it was before, where the petal burst form was only used in rare, or special cases.

[@JudgeAngelz]

lets just say, the show kind of made Ruby slower than before, you can literally see the difference.

[@adams2886]

Isn't it because she sacrifice speed for maneuverability ? in earlier season she can only use short bursts of her semblance in a straight line, while later seasons show she can use more complex movement

[@mistressofdreams6031]

@@adams2886 Thats a good point

[@user-mu1os7me8s]

@@adams2886 Also, her semblance is more of a short-distance teleportation semblance now than just speed since it evolved overtime

[@origami4851]

@@user-mu1os7me8s My head canon is that she's able to condense her and anyone thru touch into petals, which she can then manipulate at high speeds. Kinda like shinra's adolla burst ability.

[@STN4D]

Went from blinking from one place to another at the speed of (probably) light to seeing a red curtain flying in the area.

[@eren34558]

Look how far tai and summers daughter has grown

[@jamesofhoenn4790]

I feel like the concept that Monty had in mind was not “breaking Ruby down to her molecular level” and instead “eliminating air resistance by temporarily turning the elements of the air into rose petals” So she keeps her Mass and instead had absolutely zero resistance as she runs, allowing her momentum to increase exponentially

[@robinquartz884]

Idk how I never noticed this, but at 7:01 you can see Ruby crying because of what Neo did to Yang. That's a nice touch.

[@frostphoenix9137]

The fact she doesn’t use her semblance at all in Volume 5 is still Hilary to me lol

[@frostphoenix9137]

*hilarious

[@the_y_huntress6449]

Ikr! After re-watching everything did i realize that haha

[@harryshum4139]

Just get over it, dude. No need to bring up problems 3-4 years ago.

[@frostphoenix9137]

It wasn’t a complaint, I just found it interesting and wanted to point it out lol

[@harryshum4139]

@@frostphoenix9137 If that “interests” you so much, then why not go ask Miles and Kerry to remake the entire Mistral arc and have some scenes fixed for Volume 7?

[@SuperPcPenguin]

I absolutely love the evolution from pure speed boost to her later understanding her ability into the petal torpedo, or petalpedo if you will, becoming her primary utilization of it as it allows for better control of movement via allowing her to gain altitude or move through or arround stuff as needed. And the fact that she only started to realize the capabilities of it because she was tryharding a foodfight is pure gold

[@Blu_Lace]

Semblances evolve with practice, experience and use. It is, in a sense, a muscle, if you exercise it it becomes stronger. As touched on by Winter and Ren throughout the series. Ruby’s started off as just speed, then evolved to the point it is at now as a breaking down of her body and others to what seems to be a high level of control over molecular cells… Since it’s a show that’s never really followed the rules of reality everyone returns to their original state after she deactivates her semblance.

[@Jeannescaviar]

She went from being super fast, to being able to launch herself as a vortex, to turning into rose petals and being able to fly, to being able to turn into separate bunches of rose petals, and now being able to carry other people with her.

[@namelessbloodedge3162]

And some people think this is a downgrade, lmao.

[@agent1149]

@@namelessbloodedge3162 cuz it is lmao. She was able to 1v4 against team JNPR with her semblance alone in volume 2 and destroy an entire horde of grim in a matter of seconds in the red trailer but now can’t even hold her own in battle. Her change of speed to maneuverability was honestly trash because the whole point of her semblance was to increase the power of her scythe. Due to its weight and size, Crescent Rose is powerful but slow so by using her speed she’s able to gain momentum of a heavy weapon to deliver powerful blows. For example, when you look at Ruby fighting the wolf grim in the red trailer, after she reloads she to goes from 0 to 100. She gives off the impression of a fast moving train coming right at them. She feels threatening and dangerous and that’s how she’s supposed to be. She’s a cute little girl with a huge ass deadly scythe. That’s why so many people fell in love with RWBY. It’s unexpected but it works. With her semblance now, even if she has maneuverability, she’s a much weaker fighter and it’s not nearly as cool to visually watch.

[@sapphire4508]

1:00 Can we like get a come back with the food storm in the previous volume in volume 9

[@Blackplague689]

The evolution of her semblance is cool First running The sprinting Now flying

[@terozu5440]

5:04 is probably the best modern RWBY action sequence.

[@darkherculeskabuterimon7203]

Wait, so this means Ruby, _without her semblance,_ is fast enough to create a wind tunnel.

[@Stove0451]

I think her semblance was speed but has evolved into what it is now

[@darkherculeskabuterimon7203]

@@Stove0451 The CRWBY is actually really good at planning ahead with these kinds of details. I actually guessed pretty early on that Ruby's semblance was actually turning into a wind elemental, which in volume 8 has more or less been confirmed.

[@hamsterfromabove8905]

@@darkherculeskabuterimon7203 Jesus you've drunk the kool-aid if you actually think that was planned out. CRWBY plans about 2-3 volumes ahead. Nothing more.

[@darkherculeskabuterimon7203]

@@hamsterfromabove8905 Oh, no, I don't drink. And again, the signs were there from the start.

[@hdns4]

@@hamsterfromabove8905 Only 2-3 volumes ahead, huh? And what's your source on that pal? I'm going to take a wild guess and say you don't have one considering I can give you one that directly contradicts your made up statistic and that's the director's commentaries. Listening to those with the knowledge of what eventually comes in later volumes, especially the commentaries for the early volumes, it's extremely easy to read between the lines and hear clues and seeds for plot points that we eventually see in way later volumes. Monty even drops a hint specifically about the evolution of semblances in one of the commentaries. We also hear the reverse of this in later Volume commentaries where Miles and Kerry are finally able to talk about some of the things they've been holding onto for so long, such as in the Volume 6 commentary where Miles goes into detail about the process of coming up with Salem and Ozpin's backstory before they even started writing Volume 1. And on the rare occasion where they introduce something big that wasn't part of the original plan, they fully admit it, like they did with the Maidens in the Volume 3 commentary, clarifying that Monty only thought of them between Volumes 2 and 3 but they really liked the idea so they reworked the future plot to fit them in. It sounds to me like you're the one who has drunk the kool-aid being offered by RWBY's cultish hater group. A group that ironically has so much trouble actually finding things to hate on that they constantly have to resort to just making up random bullshit like you did here.

[@misterniceguy429]

It’s amazing the animation evolved from MMD quality to Toy Story 2 quality. I can’t say the same thing about the writing.

[@DragonxFlutter]

Ruby’s probably the most badass character in this entire saga.

[@hntr5495]

Tf? What about Qrow or Yang.

[@DragonxFlutter]

@@hntr5495 Qrow and Yang are pretty cool, but c'mon. When was the last time they did what Ruby does?

[@hntr5495]

@@DragonxFlutter The 2v2 against ace ops. And qrows flight through the airships Window. Yang blew salems chest up and didnt show fear while ruby cried when salem mentioned her mom.

[@DragonxFlutter]

@@hntr5495 Trauma effects people differently. And considering what she had just seen with The Hybrid, it’s no wonder she started breaking down. Yang also broke down when Ruby shared her thought process, and then turned that grief into anger to fuel her fight on the BattleWhale. Qrow’s fight against Ace Ops wasn’t as long as Ruby’s. Not to mention, he’s older and far more experienced than them. Plus, his goal wasn’t to defeat them, it was to stall them. Ruby, by contrast, is far less experienced and was able to disable Harriet on her own.

[@AxolPiezz]

@@DragonxFlutter even when rwby fought the ace ops in vol 7 she wasn’t that good she just talked the whole time

[@marysworld9760]

one thing ruby used to do that I really miss is using cresent moon's gun to prepel herself, like on the nevermore fight where she used it to keep herself afloat. It shows the massive weight difference between her and her weapon, also just how powerful the gun is and how easy it is for her to casually use it to her advantage. It's always been in her style to improvice stuff. She just doesn't seem to be doing it anymore and I miss it.

[@Aura_160]

Haven’t watched this series in a while but wow she’s still amazing as I remembered!!

[@YiPeaches]

4:16 looking like some Colgate

[@ArkAngelHFB]

Season 1 Ruby had something special... They kinda murdered her character over and over again. Remember when she was weapon designer prodigy that built her own weapon. A weapon that had gained a reputation as being insanely dangerous? Remember when she would gush over others weapons because that was the kinda nerd that she was.

[@red7s156]

I mean she mentioned that "all the students at Signal forge their own weapons" so she wasn't a prodify in that regard. She also based her weapon on her uncle's and was a combat prodify because she trained under Qrow from a young age...as did Yang, meaning Ruby was only so much of a prodigy as Yang was, and Ruby was most likely allowed to attend Beacon early because she had silver eyes and fit the "simple, honest soul" description Oz was rooting for. If you're gonna bitch about character writing, at least bother to know what you're talking about.

[@ArkAngelHFB]

@@red7s156 I'm also talking about how it was a core aspect of her character. When is the last time she gushed over another's weapon... asked how it was made... talked about design points of it? When is the last time you saw her reading up on crafting parts for weapons. That was basically her starting point as a character and while development is fine... they straight dropped it completely... which is sad and what I'm complaining about. And btw my dude, fuck off I'm a grown ass man I'll complain about whatever the fuck I want to.

[@red7s156]

@@ArkAngelHFB She never gushed about how weapons were made in the early volumes either. She gushes about them for ONE EPISODE, but never talks about their designs and is certainly never shown reading books on it. They dropped that side of her way earlier than you're claiming. And nah, too busy enjoying that you didn't refute my claim that you don't know what you're talking about lmao

[@Lyralye23]

@@ArkAngelHFB I agree with you, that was one of my favorite quirks of her character. And Ozpin even called Crescent Rose "one of the most dangerous weapons ever design", which goes to show her skill as a weaponsmith, but unfortunately this was never really explored, instead was dropped interely. Ruby nowadays is a bland as a white wallpaper.

[@red7s156]

@@Lyralye23 "Dangerous weapons ever designed" as in dangerous in general. Scythes can be just as dangerous to the wielder as they are to the target if used improperly. He was incredulous that a more basic combat school would allow a 15 year old to use a weapon that's just as dangerous to her as it is to the people she's fighting. Also they dropped it within two episodes so you're kinda shooting yourself in the foot there.

[@Biancalovestosew98]

3:42 that guitar riff is freaking beautiful and epic!!🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻

[@estel7668]

her way of flying around looks like a runescape spell

[@madladdie7069]

Remember her saying she doesn't remember when she first started to be able to split herself? 5:05 is her doing it for the briefest of moments. They actually had it in the show several episodes before any attention is drawn to it. This is before we're even told to look out for something more happening with her semblance. EDIT: she even does it all the way back in the V4 Character Short.

[@exodusslayer1272]

I wish she can use it more often it's cool

[@Punfeit]

Basically it turned into a flying semblance later into the volumes

[@PotatoPronto]

welp, almost all of team RWBY got nerfed. Ruby - from hyperspeed-style of fighting and semblance usage to mere shooting and flying around Blake - from clever usage of her ribbon and semblance + dust combo to pretty much just crying and whining during combat. she barely even use dust anymore Weiss - from a graceful-looking and well-balanced application of fencing + glyphs during combat to a mage-centric style. it's like she forgot how to fight with a rapier Yang - kinda got buffed 'coz metal arm, but PTSD kinda cancels it out

[@MegaTTGL]

And it seems that Ruby's fighting has slowed down and feels less aggressive (imo) Blake didn't help her case with v8 with Ruby was knocked unconscious by the Hunter and was fighting poorly claiming they can't do anything with Ruby. Weiss feels like she forgets she's a support/caster that can buff and probably debuf the enemy and instead using summoning more than her other abilities. And Yang eh not really much because in v4 she started learning to fight more level headed and defensively and she did use it during Adam's rematch but since then she seems to have floated back to her old way of just punching (imo)

[@moistfist1054]

Everyone got nerfed. Even Jaune believe it or not. I rewatched the food fight the other day and found out that he used to do flips.

[@sophiacanche9530]

The way penny described ruby’s semblance in volume 8 made me think of it as slow teleportation instead of instantaneous

[@rockerxxchick307]

so proud of her progress!

[@user-us9lm5yw9o]

I think the food fight was the best showing of her Semblance’s full power to date

[@abaddonarts1129]

Honestly at this point I think Ruby might start shifting how she uses her semblance. If she's really just phasing into a cloud and reforming herself elsewhere, I wonder if she can just become a cloud of petals and hide on the ground, or stay still while using it? The main form she becomes when moving fast can change directions midair, so she theoretically should be able to functionally fly with a bit of effort.

[@nloubriel2336]

*5:52**-**5:54* That sound 😯

[@Jellyfish_Lover284]

6:33 Blake's face tho-

[@Dakarai777]

Straight up me after going up a elevator ☠️

[@alexzdevil9133]

Every animation of ruby's speed is always awesome 😍🤩😍🤩😍🤩

[@pabbles555]

i think i have a good explaination of why her semblance is so different from the first season than the 7th (excluding the fact that it could be an oversight or just the animation getting better) explanation (and my headcanon) her semblance isn't a speed semblance, its a mobility semblance. her body, as explained by penny, breaks down and her molecules get dispersed, that's why she is able to split and her molecules get turned into rose petals. so in the first season she mistakes it as a speed semblance because the weight of her body is lowered do the her molecules becoming rose petals. notice she doesn't transform completely and only a few rose petals are made. that's when she gains a better hold on her semblance and is able to become full roses and split her body.

[@camskayzz5169]

*Me waiting for volume 9-*

[@Lyralye23]

So, her semblance peaked in the food fight in vol2, and then was nerfed really hard afterwards.

[@danielmartins9901]

How was it nerfed?

[@Lyralye23]

@@danielmartins9901 I mean, did ruby ever do a tornado that sucks everyone as she flies throught with her semblance ever again?

[@megajuri3164]

@@Lyralye23 in a way yes in her short for vol 4 when she put the monkey grimm in the air

[@Lyralye23]

@@megajuri3164 Well, the thing is that the RWBY pre volume shorts aren't really cannon (because sometimes they conflict with the main plot), and even what Ruby does in that short, it was not to the same level of strength of what we see in the food fight. But yeah, its not even just her semblance, Ruby was nerfed overall like many other characters, she also became worse with her scythe. Compare the way she moves with her scythe early on to what we see in more recent volumes and its aparent. She is much slower with it nowadays.

[@megajuri3164]

@@Lyralye23 that makes sense and I love roosterteeth but I don't understand why they made her somewhat slower, like when she fought tyrian I can understand that one but it seems like she hardly know how to use her scythe now unless in the new arc they'll make her train more then what the ace ops did

[@viclizardi6152]

This freaking show is soooo good!

[@crunchevo8974]

Okay this is gonna be controversial. But V4 ruby's semblance IS THE BEST IT HAS LOOKED

[@567890dan]

No literally. Then they did the whole cape thing and it looked awful

[@crunchevo8974]

@@567890dan i wouldn't say awful i like the geometric kinda look but the detailed petal burst just looks so beautiful

[@agent1149]

Why couldn’t they just keep it to turning into rose petals allowing her to move at high speeds? It’s just so much simpler and interesting. Like if they kept the turning into roses semblance, Ruby would be able to create a vacuum vortex of roses with her speed and straight up annihilate hordes of grim in a matter of seconds while being intangible. Ok well, I guess that’s pretty op though. But STILL!!! She’s the main character. I just want to see her do badass main character things for once.

[@kevinconaty6921]

I think the different animation they used after volume 3 made all the scenes lose a sense of speed, everything feels really floaty

[@thebakugansuperfan]

She busted through the doors in Ironwood’s office while in pedal form. I don’t think that she would have been able to do that in her normal form.

[@litezout5682]

she says she didn't know that she could transport multiple people. "laughs in weiss and nora"

[@jismeraiverhoeven]

I think she meant it more literally aka carrying one person besides herself is doable but no more then that. When she carried someone else it was always just 1 person up till that point, not a whole group

[@user-mu1os7me8s]

It looks to me like her semblance started off as super-speed, but evolved into teleportation. This probably happened as a result of Ruby feeling like she was never fast enough to save anyone since it seems to change the most post-Volume3.

[@TheCrunchbite]

I think the whole Grimm just disintegrate after death is better than the way they’re just corpses in the early seasons

[@thegay_churro4043]

I feel like her semblance has a lot of layers. I think she can unconsciously tap into her semblance to give her extra strength and speed like we see when she zips around in the earlier Volumes. I think beyond that is where she actually dematerializes and spins around. Personally that’s just my guess

[@hydrofalls8154]

I liked more her original speed. I don't mind the petals it's just way more fun. It's like if her body was pulled so fast she couldn't even really run.

[@namelessbloodedge3162]

5:23 Ouch. Damnit, she hit that Grimm like a truck which is ironic since she's apparently pretty small.

[@Dakarai777]

Dang!! talk about a fly bird slaming into a window!! 😱 (rip grimm)

[@AxolPiezz]

Omg she got nerfed so hard 😭

[@Gumballrulez21]

true dat

[@browniepotatodipd6177]

Ikrrrr she was so cool in vol 1,2,3

[@sparkierss3189]

It’s an evolution, now she can fly, carry up to 4 people, split up, and revert instantly. Honestly I don’t know how this is a nerf if any way- they just can’t visually show her going as fast as she used to because it used to be only one or two directions, and if they wanted to it would always be difficult to show fluidly. Imagine just a regular paced video then the camera starts going at fuggin Mach speeds to catch up with ruby. Idk it just doesn’t work, gosh that was a mouthful, sorry

[@sparkierss3189]

Oh yeah if the reason for her semblance is because she’s breaking down into molecules to flow freely, does that mean her earlier mode is much slower cause she isn’t transforming completely?

[@Scrappy_ill_fold_ya_Doo]

So it did change. I never noticed. Initially it was just a burst of speed, then it was a mix of speed burst and cape twist, then it was cape twist now she can split herself when twisting.

[@crazylasagna3576]

Ruby seems like a huge dork. I kinda like it.

[@isaiahjordan1019]

I dunno if anyone else has actually thought of this, but we’ve kinda already seen Ruby’s semblance at its peak. Though it’s practically been retconned, like RT does often for stupid reasons, it’s been obvious since the beginning. Think about it. Her semblance goes from super speed in a straight line, to super speed in different directions, then super speed where she can split herself to avoid obstacles, then finally Penny’s explanation of her breaking herself down to her molecular components. So how much more faster can her semblance actually make her? The answer is she doesn’t. She doesn’t get any faster. Instead she uses the molecular breakdown aspect of her semblance to perform an ability that transcends speed. TELEPORTATION. If any of you remember the Red Trailer? It’s been there since the beginning. And with that, my rant is over. 😜

[@rubenlam7653]

Don’t know why I tend to forget that Ruby can essentially f’ing fly

[@sparkrock9134]

Love how that shit was never explained, or brought up on how they evolve AT ALL!

[@Yoko159753]

I Love Ruby Rose

[@Biancalovestosew98]

I don’t watch RWBY, but she’s epic, she’s my favorite character and my favorite color is red🥰❤️🌹🌹🌹 God bless her semblance, the rose petals she emits and I wanna transport and fly like her😄😄

[@marisethandrade4778]

No kidding!😮😄 Red Is also my favorite colour too!🌹🌹🌹(ya know what?, red Is the most useful colour of any woman or man, what do you think?)♥️♥️♥️

[@Biancalovestosew98]

@@marisethandrade4778 I agree 100%❤️❤️ Red is the color of love,passion and desire🌹

[@drakkos4372]

@@marisethandrade4778 Also the color of blood, scars, flesh. Brings me back to my human, imperfect condition

[@Biancalovestosew98]

@@drakkos4372 sure….

[@lianathewolflover4516]

Hmm I wonder if during the food fight is when Ruby “activated” her semblance? When explaining semblances and when they kicked in to Oscar, Nora said she got struck by lightning and didn’t die, and Ruby said hers kicked in during training one day. I wonder if this was that day?

[@rainer999]

I really love how Ruby’s semblance animation evolved from just “Speed” to “ROSE SPEED!” XD

[@Aiolet]

Ok so first she creates a rose trail and a mini storm, then she became a rose petal storm that can fly, she became nerfed and now can't fly for extended periods with her semblance malfunctioning, then her nerf is removed and can teleport through things while also busting through metal doors with no stopping. And overall she gets much slower as it progresses including her wielding crescent rose.

[@kenxiong9776]

I wonder if the rose pedals are sometimes the blood of her enemies when she fights them?

[@azrulamri570]

Yeah, Her semblance are evolved.😑 even.....her speed.😮

[@sanspapyrus5452]

She didn't use her semblance in the first episode tho. She used the recoil of her crescent rose to do all that movement

[@AnnisAdventures]

1:12 is probably my favorite version of her semblance. The rest seem either too formed or way too soft.

[@nitromiyazaki]

Man. Watching these back, the power that was presented by their semblances used to be so massive. Now they barely crack sidewalks.

[@alex_zetsu]

As for Ruby herself, I like young Ruby's design better.

[@jessicaayre543]

Who finds ruby so relatable as a person I can relate to her quirky personality🤪 tons

[@DocMicrowave]

It's a shame the writers completely forgot about Ruby's (and Weiss's) semblance when it came to saving a falling Yang in the ending arc of V8. Choosing to just have her stand around and watch as her sister falls to her perceived death. Of course the power scaling was intentional. The same with her Silver Eyes.

[@jakeb.7997]

So I have been writing a character like this but I’ve struggled to figure out how to describe this kind of movement. I think it would fall into the category as some kind of contrail but I’m not sure. Seras victory and “the Captain” from Hellsing also moved like that Any help would be appreciated ^^ Also this is the first anime I’ve seen in this almost CGI style. It’s strange 0-0

[@supernate760]

I wonder if Ruby is traumatized from the lives she took

[@Echo-pz5mi]

I forgot she literally ran on fucking missiles

[@TheTenebrys]

I think ruby somehow got slower over time but learned how to use rose speed for longer periods of time and the ability to take multiple people with her is also a thing But at the same time watching how rose speed compared to the lightning based super speed made it still seem extremely fast Also temporary flight? Thats new compared to volume 1-3

[@versuzzero5335]

That semblance is overpowered, she can even fly with it. Also, the first time she transformed was not even from practice, but from a food fight.

[@someoneodd3329]

But it's not overpowered, she uses it for brief moments and can't use it that long. She tends to rely on her on foot speed a lot more because semblances aren't meant to be used long.

[@versuzzero5335]

@@someoneodd3329 If all semblance can't be used that long, then comparing it to other semblances, hers is overpowered. Just like the polarity semblance. That's what I meant...

[@thirdtemple9179]

Ruby is so sweet she gives me ice cream headaches

[@oniking3708]

I still feel like theirs more to it. Her semblance was never really explained or poorly explained

[@Snowmanbutternips]

Can we do an evaluation of her voice? I love love lovvve rwby but when the show started she talked normal then for a lot of seasons she sounded like she was choking on her on vocal cords attempting to sound younger. Lol it’s a lot better now. Am I the only one who was bugged by that?

[@bloop284]

What was the song playing when she was killing that bird in volume one?

[@user-mu1os7me8s]

Red Like Roses Part 2. The song is actually Ruby and Summer talking to each other

[@KuranKn1xx]

I don't mean to ruin the video but there's actually the misconception that Ruby is using her Semblance it's actually the Gravity dust that she shoots from her weapon it's only certain times she uses her semblance and the rose petals are just apart of her costume but there is a theory that she needs to shed aura because she has so much And when she runs up walls it's usually Weiss's Semblance that allows her to do that But when she does use her Semblance Rose Petal Burst There is a ton more of rose petals

[@xDarkShadowX126]

The only thing that really evolved was the fact she was able to split the pedal speed into more than 1 and how she can transport more than 1 person when she goes sonic speed

[@xDarkShadowX126]

But hey, just another day rwby as one says

[@PRchris13]

I actually wanted to see how she mastered the resemblance in current season Cause for what we saw in early seasons she kinda didn’t fully mastered compared how she uses it at later seasons

[@tapxwater]

When did 4:09 happen? It doesn’t look familiar at all for some reason.

[@ty-yw]

Before volume 5 there were character trailers for Weiss, Blake, and Yang and this was in the Yang trailer

[@tapxwater]

@@ty-yw omg, I was so confused, thank you!

[@calacalamari3977]

i miss how her semblance used to work. she used to just have super speed that left behind rose petals because she was moving so fast. it was a cool and unique stylistic approach that made her interesting to watch in battle. she never used to have that ugly spinning blob effect, but now thats what she looks like. she looks so slow now, too. they changed it so she turns into rose petals or something and can fly or whatever, but it was just originally superspeed like, i cant be the only one that thinks this looks ugly 4:25

[@alex_zetsu]

I miss young Ruby. Oh well, not like she could have eternal youth or anything like that.

[@missswiss6498]

4:17 This is where my disappointment settled in

[@arigatoespacialsuperadmiti7316]

I mean she can basically fly

[@LordVanOskuro]

From speed boost to Molecule control. So how long till she gets Molecule Man powers so she can end Salem?

[@darriesroberts6098]

Weiss and Ruby should be called the ice Rose

[@ElEscolta]

Interesthing how in Ice Queendom they have decided to use the later way she used her semblance

[@bentcn8511]

I don't remember that fight scene with the Goliath.

[@xingyeeshannonlim7879]

4:09 where is the scene came from?

[@zablnc]

It's a character short

[@shadywolf6464]

TLDR: It became bullshit and broken because having a character move interestingly was harder than just making her teleport.

[@someoneodd3329]

It literally didn't and teleportation is literally so boring in comparison to what she does.

[@mariammax8252]

最初の頃は発砲の反動で移動してたのにいつのまにかルビー1人で高速移動できるようになってたよね 監督が変わったから？

[@ironikz4006]

The animation literally looks like what people use to make some meme or really weird videos.

[@tripled2096]

so basically she has really wierd super speed

[@alexjd1278]

I heard somehwhere that her semblance is just very slow teleportation which i guess is just super speed 😂😂