all things aside, there is one big difference between rwby and dldl in how fast people grow up, like in rwby, you have jaune, who's an emotional idiot several seasons in, and then in dldl, you have kids who just entered the academy having several girlfriends while also visiting whorehouses on the weekends at the same time
like... one is "here's a safety bubble everything's sanitized inside" and the other is too real
like... one is "here's a safety bubble everything's sanitized inside" and the other is too real