YMMV / Raise

• Anvilicious: The fact that Weiss is an accidently toxic girlfriend is a little too on the nose. Willow straight-up tells her that she's in love with the idea of Jaune that she made up in her head instead of a real Jaune (despite Willow herself never meeting Jaune and not knowing what he's actually like) and Jaune himself will say it in final chapter in case you forgot.
• Arc Fatigue: Jaune and Weiss’ ill-fated romance can become both tiresome and aggravating for how long it goes on and how much time it’s given to develop. Though it’s realistic for how poorly their personalities are meshing and their particular flaws (Weiss’ failure to see Jaune’s unhappiness and his inability to communicate his misgivings), it goes for years in-story and progresses so far into toxicity that it really taints Weiss as a character and makes Jaune hard to enjoy as a protagonist. The fact that neither gets much time with other characters as a result doesn’t help (at least until Jaune comes to Beacon, giving him more time with Pyrrha and other characters).
• Audience-Alienating Ending: The ending caught readers by surprise, as no one expected it to come so soon. It takes place immediately after the long-awaited meeting between Jaune and Salem, right when the plot was becoming more intriguing. Big questions such as whether Jaune's semblance is able to resurrect Salem's daughters, even though they have been dead for millennia, or how other characters such as Elm, Ironwood, or Jaune's family reacted to his death are left unanswered. The general consensus is that the story doesn't really end properly but rather stops abruptly.
• Base-Breaking Character: Jaune’s refusal to stand up for himself or confront Weiss on their relationship issues has gotten the ire of many readers who think he’s an Extreme Doormat. Others are more sympathetic due to his poor circumstances and the constant pressure he’s on.
• Captain Obvious Reveal: Watts being revealed as the hacker who leaked Jaune and Weiss's scroll conversations is predictable from the moment the plot line begins, given that the canon cast has exactly one person with both the skills and the malicious intent to do so, but it's only officially revealed 22 chapters later.
• Catharsis Factor: Chapter 40 provides Jaune an opportunity to really appreciate his Semblance after years of building frustration with his situation. An Atlesian extremist attacks the hospital at Vale with an IMP, killing several dozen along with himself to spite Jaune for “betraying” Atlas; with Gillian Asturias’ Semblance, Jaune borrows enough Aura from her, Ozpin and Glynda to revive all the victims of the attack, his intended quota of dead children, and even the murderer whose apoplectic response he takes satisfaction in as the man is arrested. After all he’s been through due to his power (especially in light of his impending breakup with Weiss), getting this moment isn’t just satisfying for Jaune but for the audience.
• Complete Monster: Jax Asturias, as always, is a vicious slaver with a dangerous ambition. Seeking Jaune's resurrective powers for himself, Jax tests them by having his own ally Carmine killed, later on trying to have him kidnapped from his bed. When this doesn't work, Jax has his slaves attack the Atlas forces directly, uncaring that this will likely lead to their deaths due to their lack of training.
• Older Than They Think: Couer actually wrote a summary for a similar kind of story in The Writer Games based on a prompt by co-author College Fool. In it Jaune merely had healing powers, so Raise is basically that premise exaggerated.
• The Scrappy: Due to her increasingly controlling actions and refusal to admit fault, Weiss has become loathed by the readers. Many comments consist of their hopes that Weiss and Jaune will break up.

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