Manga: Claymore

[Death BOO Z]

I don't think so.
the entire claymore island is a lab to create stable 'soldiers', if the organization had them already, then there wouldn't be any point to it.

they are a different 'race' of people, or something. not so different if a member from the enemy fraction can infiltrate them (Ruvel), but still live longer than normal humans.

[Archangel]

I had to double check to believe i had just read 29 pages...

What's with this bleachy back and forth nonsense? Finish the business with Claire, then move on to Miria

[Buffalobiian]

I don't think so.
the entire claymore island is a lab to create stable 'soldiers', if the organization had them already, then there wouldn't be any point to it.

they are a different 'race' of people, or something. not so different if a member from the enemy fraction can infiltrate them (Ruvel), but still live longer than normal humans.

Had what already?

The organisation moved onto experimenting with weaker, female claymores because they were actually controllable, while male soldiers had a 100% chance of awakening.

If Rakki was a specimen that was able to achieve stability, or may controllability (since that parasite that infects him is supposed to interact with the host's control), then it gives them reason to experiment again on males to find their ultimate weapon.

They mightn't have moved onto manufacturing any other male claymores yet, but if Rakki turned out successful, he would definitely be worthy of being called their trump card.

These twins were foreshadowed when we saw the organisation pick them up a dozen or so chapters back. From memory, the only other pick-up the organisation made was Rakki.

I agree with Ark here. I thought I missed a few chapters when I read this. A linear story isn't at all bad.

(And even with a scar across her face, Galatea is still the hottest claymore around. :) )

[Death BOO Z]

Had what already?


A. the men in black, the organization runners, are members of one of the fractions battling outside the island.
B. the claymore operation is an experiment to create stable soldiers to fight against awakened being like creatures who exist on the battlefield.
C. the MIB decided that males aren't suitable (so far) to this stage of the experiment.
D. if the MIB were male claymores, then they wouldn't need to research anymore into creating stable soldiers.

the MIB are probably battle scientist, they might have some battle ability, but we have seen that they can't fight even a normal claymore.

[Kraco]

Considering Raki's background, I don't see how he could be any sort of trump card. Assuming he was succesful in battling the parasitic infection, he would still be himself and probably dislike the organization. Assuming he lost the battle he's nothing but a monster. Either way he would more likely fight the organization than anybody else.

[Buffalobiian]

A. the men in black, the organization runners, are members of one of the fractions battling outside the island.
B. the claymore operation is an experiment to create stable soldiers to fight against awakened being like creatures who exist on the battlefield.
C. the MIB decided that males aren't suitable (so far) to this stage of the experiment.
D. if the MIB were male claymores, then they wouldn't need to research anymore into creating stable soldiers.

I'm confused (not as to the content of your post(s), but the intent of it).


I'm hypothesising that the organisation only has ONE male claymore: Rakki.

It's a single, accidentally created specimen that currently yields the best results. Because of its nature, they haven't found a way to re-create another male claymore yet, or even know what factors or attributes need to be considered when making one. Hence, the research is still in progress (and he is their trump card).

edit: oh, you were responding to David's claymore"S"

I get you now.


Assuming he lost the battle he's nothing but a monster.

Or is he?

It's unclear as to whether those parasites have individual "minds", or whether they're puppets, or something that requires feedback from the main body to function.

Now that the main mass is dead (I'm assuming Clare absorbed it in return or something), those things have no reception. Where does that lead us?

[NeoCybercoin]

Yeah now that I think about it he could very well be a trump card. I mean since normal claymores are claymores because of normal Yoma flesh. Abyss easters become like that with flesh of a awakened. Now Rakki gets infected with something that becomes a awakened being on its own. ( think it did that ) Since he somehow managed to survive that infection he could very well become the first claymore with the flesh of an awakened without losing himself completely.

[Death BOO Z]

not buying this.
Raki is a lucky accident, he's a human who can fight youma and somehow resisted infection of an unknown source. he's a great experiment subject, that many crazy museum MIB would like to run tests on, but he isn't something that can be reproduced on a major scale (not in the near future, at the very least).

the organization had two directions, one is the twins; the other is the zombies.
maybe they decided that simply abducting twins was too troublesome, so they started 'birthing' twins and threeins of their own, using some sort of twisted egg fertilizing and surrogate mothers to create 'chains' of twins.strings of girls in the same age with the same genetic makeup, that can all entrust their 'reason' into one twin in a far away location (brain in jar) and have several awakened beings working together without the threat of them turning on them.

or maybe they improved the zombies, although I can't imagine how.

anyway, they're looking for something that they can create in masses, not just any lucky guy with shonen heart power.

[Marik]

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[Buffalobiian]

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Damn. Miria was a pretty cool character.. but even I started to think she was getting too strong (and overshadowed our other main characters).

My main problem with these new villians/numbers is that they have no personality, and come as a pretty boring roadblock for our protagonists. Giant statue, AB feeders, Alice/Beth, Twins, Genjutsu-user...

[animus]

I really wanted to like that chapter, but I couldn't.

This manga is starting to fall further and further into the depths of mediocrity and overused tropes.

[TheBladeChild]

damit, Miria deserved a better ending then that,,

[NeoCybercoin]

Well there goes my favorite Claymore.....

[MFauli]

Well, Im glad the manga still has the nerves to kill of strong/well-built up characters. That´s what I loved about the beginning of Claymore (the part the anime covered), that nobody seemed to have a plot-shield.

Of course, sucks that it had to be Miria.

And I agree on the faceless enemies. The beginning of the series did a great job at giving a lot of charisma to each villain, be it that Male Awakened, or the crazy Claymore that wanted to kill Claire. And this Genjutsu-shit reaaaally felt off. sigh

More heartless, gruesome, hopeless situations, less Dragonball-esque fights and filler-ish enemies please.

[Marik]

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[Buffalobiian]

Any chapter with Galatea is a good chapter.

She's so goddamn sexy.

[Archangel]

Any chapter with Galatea is a good chapter.

She's so goddamn sexy.
Creepy

And not much of a chapter, who cares about nobodies battling other nobodies? I want my Claire back.

[NeoCybercoin]

And I want my Miria back...

[Buffalobiian]

Creepy

And not much of a chapter, who cares about nobodies battling other nobodies? I want my Claire back.

The sexiest claymore alive isn't a nobody.

[Archangel]

And I want my Miria back...
Her lack of main character powers might mean she's dead.

The sexiest claymore alive isn't a nobody.
As if the title of sexiest claymore means much, 80% of them look weird as all hell.

[Death BOO Z]

I don't care about this shit. bring back Claire, Rubel and lets get the plot moving.

and stop using the same design for Awakened Youmas, they used to be so cool (and dangerous), now it's like they don't even exist.

[betatesterz]

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thanks for the upload!

[Archangel]

Betatesterz is an alt created by Marik who was feeling unappreciated within our community, called it.

/hugs Marik and hands him some hentai to make him feel better

[animus]

As expected, nothing happened in this chapter.

[MFauli]

looks like the author read some gantz...at least thats the impression i got from huge monsters attacking the town :D

[Marik]

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[Death BOO Z]

I almost confused him for Isley...
other than that.. well, nothing.

[Kraco]

Let's hope the seventh warrior they return with is Raki...

... if only for the "Clare, you have gotten so fat I didn't recognize you" scene.

[Death BOO Z]

"maybe if you'd bothered to look for me, and didn't run to hang out with the monster that destroyed my life, I wouldn't have to eat to push away the depression...
and she even looks younger than me? MUNCH< MUNCH"

she said.

[MFauli]

Really wonder how they´ll explain Raki´s resistence to that Youm-shit. In a believable way, I mean :D

Is it just me or is the art of this manga getting worse? some really meh-pages here.

[NeoCybercoin]

Ahh well for all we know Raki might have some of Priscilla's flesh crafted on his back. But since she accepted him in her life her Youki and her flesh didn't invade him thus preventing him from becoming an abyss eater.....Or something like that.

[MFauli]

Ah, forgot about his time with Priscilla. I feared they might put up some shit like "by being close to Clare so-me-thing changed Raki´s awareness", lol.

[animus]

This felt like a Bleach chapter.

[Archangel]

Let's hope the seventh warrior they return with is Raki...

... if only for the "Clare, you have gotten so fat I didn't recognize you" scene.
Who? That dude still alive?

Seriously man, this is feeling like bleach with all the empty backgrounds, low content per chapter and loose plot lines.

[NeoCybercoin]

And when they do bring back Raki he will see the ClarePriscilla lump...touch it and it shall awaken both! Then they shall fight over Raki. Daaaaww how cute...=_=

[Marik]

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[Archangel]

Well i don't know about you guys but i have a new favorite Claymore

Also lol at the ass angles, i guess Claymore was falling behind in the ratings

[David75]

Anastasia?
I guess she might die quickly, if I follow that manga trend of killing better looking ones.

[MFauli]

So Griffith is in this manga now? :P

rather boring chapter, overall.

[Kraco]

I'm happy if Raki's fate is finally revealed but this chapter had too much agents talking among themselves yet the talks leading nowhere.

[Archangel]

So Griffith is in this manga now? :P

Fuck you man. No seriously, FUCK YOU!

Now how the hell am i supposed to unsee that? :(

[Buffalobiian]

I'm happy if Raki's fate is finally revealed but this chapter had too much agents talking among themselves yet the talks leading nowhere.

Remind me if I'm wrong, but Rubel was actually a spy for the other side (ie the side the Organisation is fighting this great war with), right?

It doesn't help these guys that he seems to know the most out of all of these guys.

Anastasia's nice, but I'll wait a bit longer for her to grow on me.

I really don't notice all these "ass shots" etc. Looks fine to me.

[shinta|hikari]

Isn't it a bit late to be introducing new characters, especially if they are just going to get killed off?

Priscilla's hand was supposed to be preventing Raki's infection right? What happened when it was removed?

[Buffalobiian]

Isn't it a bit late to be introducing new characters, especially if they are just going to get killed off?

Priscilla's hand was supposed to be preventing Raki's infection right? What happened when it was removed?

I guess that's what the "cliffhanger" is supposed to be, just like "what's happening to Claire" was meant to be from last time.

It comes down to whether the suppression was a one-off thing (like Pricilla's arm "killed off" the parasite), or whether both were "alive" an existed in a balanced state. I'm more inclined to believe it's the second idea.

[Kraco]

For all we know, the arm might have infected Raki as well. So, the balance could still exist. I'm not inclined to think the next time we see Raki he's going to be a mindless zombie warrior with very limited battery life.

[Marik]

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[Buffalobiian]

Fun chapter for Ark at least.

[NeoCybercoin]

She uses her hair and steps on that? Okay...must be as strong as steel-wires when infused with Youki.

[Archangel]

Fun chapter for Ark at least.
For that to be true there would be a need for at least a bit of plot

[Buffalobiian]

She uses her hair and steps on that? Okay...must be as strong as steel-wires when infused with Youki.

Oh, was that it?

I saw her feet flutter in some panels and thought it was some momentary awakening ability in her legs or some shit. Yours makes sense. What doesn't make sense was the translation stated that she attaches the hair to the youma, but that it doesn't restrict their movement.

So... what's the point?


For that to be true there would be a need for at least a bit of plot

Oh. The chick wasn't enough?

[Archangel]

Unlike some, it takes more than a hot piece of ass to make me enjoy a series.

Then again (http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/736091/ass-baka_to_test_to_shoukanjuu-chibi-jacket-jpeg_a)...

[Marik]

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[UChessmaster]

I honestly can`t remember any of these characters besides the north people.

[betatesterz]

thanks for the claymore manga upload

[Buffalobiian]

Hmm, was was fairly sure last week that these out-of-control new guys were the organisation's latest attempt at creating male claymores again based on Rakki. Either way, this makes sense enough. On the other hand, where do normal youma come from? ABs, claymores and all are created from youma hybrids, yet we have no idea where these youma samples even come from.

[MFauli]

Meh, I REALLY would enjoy this story much, much more in anime-form. I guess there arent even rumors about a continuation, eh?

Boring chapter

[David75]

Sure the anime had some awesomness to it, fights in dark places, special effects, easy to read action most of the time.
Things that are hard to get on paper.

[Buffalobiian]

Things that are hard to get on paper.

Did I mention the Claymore OST was sick?

[TheBladeChild]

Chapter 113

http://mangastream.com/read/claymore/58785893/1

Fuck ya.

[Death BOO Z]

scars?!
on my Miria?

someone has got to pay for this!

[Buffalobiian]

What was special about the claymore that defeated Mira the first time? it was like,, #5 or something.. anti-betrayer, but I've completely forgot what skill it had that made it possible to defeat Phantom.

pg12, top left chick looks exactly like Galatea. It better not be the last time I see her.

I hate how Claymore skips to something random each time a new chapter begins though. It just confuses the hell out of me and makes me wonder if I've skipped a chapter by accident or something. There's nothing wrong with a clear intro.

[MFauli]

Is this manga ending soon? Anything in the known? I´ve got to say, most of the text, what people say, is completely boring and never has much of an impact anyway.

But did I see this correct: That body that all the Claymores slashed, lying on the ground, was the defeated Miria? If so, even if through some bs-awakening healing she got herself back standing, why the scars? Either heal or heal not, that´s how it was so far.

[NeoCybercoin]

So now Miria has rounded up all of the warriors in order to destroy it but now the organisation can make Abyssal ones? That's just insane. I think that's because of Raki though. But wtf did they mean by the old nr ones? Didn't they turn or actually die? Guess not.

[Buffalobiian]

I think that's because of Raki though. But wtf did they mean by the old nr ones? Didn't they turn or actually die? Guess not.

They died, I'm pretty sure. They mentioned having to only pick 3 because of the ingredients and "pumping them up with youki". I'm theorising that they're going to use that parasite-thing's property to reaminate, if not revive some dead #1s.

[NeoCybercoin]

Think you are right bout that parasite thing.But....If they really are former nr 1s....then what are the odds of Theresa being amongst them? Sure she had her head cut off and they said that it was crafted inside of Clare but who says they used the head and didn't drag back the body and just used a part of that? Theresa would totally be a Abyssal One if she awakens. Would be pretty epic though.

[animus]

What the fuck? This manga is making less and less sense.

[Buffalobiian]

Think you are right bout that parasite thing.But....If they really are former nr 1s....then what are the odds of Theresa being amongst them? Sure she had her head cut off and they said that it was crafted inside of Clare but who says they used the head and didn't drag back the body and just used a part of that? Theresa would totally be a Abyssal One if she awakens. Would be pretty epic though.

I would say Theressa's definitely among them. I'm sure they used Theresa's head since that's what Clare presented to them (but who knows when you're dealing with the organisation), but at the same time they obviously collect bodies. They would have had to identify the correct one though, since "everybody" died in that battle.

[Marik]

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[NeoCybercoin]

Not all that much happened unfortunately.

[MFauli]

Well, we got to see the ugliest Claymore ever, lol.

On another note, is this series ending soon? Or is the destruction of the organization just the beginning of a new, even bigger chapter?

[NeoCybercoin]

I am not sure how much more they can squeeze out of it. I mean they live on a huge island. Destroy the organization then hunt down all remaining Yoma and the place is safe again. Unless they are gonna send everyone to the mainland to fight the monsters which their original flesh came from I don't see how much more they can stretch it out. Not counting the Clare/Priscilla fight for Raki.

[Buffalobiian]

I am not sure how much more they can squeeze out of it. I mean they live on a huge island. Destroy the organization then hunt down all remaining Yoma and the place is safe again. Unless they are gonna send everyone to the mainland to fight the monsters which their original flesh came from I don't see how much more they can stretch it out. Not counting the Clare/Priscilla fight for Raki.

Defending against outside invaders (or going to the mainland to take them out) is exactly the direction I think this is heading - unless Claymore's readership is so small in Japan that the author's forced to put down his pen in the near future.

As for ugly claymore, hehe...yeah.. I thought we'd never have to put up with that again after that butch one from the War of the North.

[February]

I am not sure how much more they can squeeze out of it. I mean they live on a huge island. Destroy the organization then hunt down all remaining Yoma and the place is safe again. Unless they are gonna send everyone to the mainland to fight the monsters which their original flesh came from I don't see how much more they can stretch it out. Not counting the Clare/Priscilla fight for Raki.

Well they did mention how the organization was linked to another world, so they could do another whole arc on the other world.

There are also lots of issues that aren't cleared up yet:

-What will Raki become
-Clare still isn't back (assuming she will be)
-How will Teresa tie into all of this

Miria's scar makes me upset because I always idealized Miria as a delicate, yet powerful warrior who was always rational and wise - the scar makes her symbolize more strength/power rather than wisdom/skill. It does not fit her character imo.

[NeoCybercoin]

I doubt Teresa wil get back into the game. Then again....they did have 3 former nr 1 warriors....so she could be amongst them. Though I'd doubt she could be amongst them since Clare got her head crafted into her. Or that is what she thinks and they just used a different part of Teressa =\

[Buffalobiian]

Well there's the question of exactly how much youma/claymore material has to be used to form a hybrid. Did Teressa's entire head get planted in Clare's stomach, or just her eyeball?

And what exactly can you swap out? Do the girls have to keep their vital organs, or does the transformation grant them healing powers immediately to overcome it?

The safest way seems to be breast inplants.


- and Clare mustn't have gotten much of that. :p

[NeoCybercoin]

Haha that would be awesome. I can see the Organization advertising for that already.
"Become a Claymore hybrid and get bigger breasts for free!"

But back to the implanting it...I think they put it in their womb if they aren't replacing stuff. They might as well have cut off a piece of Theresa's ass as for as we know and just put it in Clare. The more I think about it, the more I am convinced Theresa is one of the 3 that the Organization has made. Plus that old hag said that she could send out 3 Abyssal ones. If anyone is capable of become a Abyssal one it would be Theresa.

[Marik]

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[NeoCybercoin]

Okay, Raki is pretty bad ass right now. I forgot that he was trained by Easley (sp?)
Too bad there is no Theresa amongst those 3 previous Nr 1's.

[February]

Okay, Raki is pretty bad ass right now. I forgot that he was trained by Easley (sp?)
Too bad there is no Theresa amongst those 3 previous Nr 1's.


I'm really surprised at how strong Raki is...I mean Claire did take him to places but she never really taught him how to use a sword...

Oh, and let's be thankful Theresa is not among the 3. She would wipe out the entire rebellion with only the color change of her eyes. Not only that, but Theresa should be there when Claire is there

[NeoCybercoin]

Well you say that now but we dont know anything about the ones that they just released. They are previous Nr 1's. So they are gonna be pretty damn strong.

[MFauli]

Hm, I wonder how strong Raki really is. The way he effortlessly takes on the organization´s men seems a bit over the top for just a normal human being. I hope he gets to fight one of the villain Claymores to show how skilled he actually became. Not saying that he should slay a dozen of them, just a one on one-fight.

one of the better chapters.

[Buffalobiian]

His strength and speed should be within human limits, so I don't think he'll do too well. No flashy moves that make use of Youki channelling for him.

That parasite infection might have given him a little gift though.. His back was conveniently covered so it's only our guess. But since he's feeling fine at the moment, either:

1) The organisation extracted it (highly likely)
2) The organisation developed the technique to harness the body-control ability and were kind enough to relinquish Rakki of it. (unlikely)
3) The parasite no longer functions malignantly as the main body's been absorbed by Claire and is now dormant (who knows...)

[Marik]

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[MFauli]

I love the look of the double-pigtail girl.

But I had severe trouble to follow who was fighting whom in the first third of this chapter.

I stand by my opinion that this manga rather sucks, BUT I´d love to watch it as an anime. Hope they´ll change their minds sometime in the future and animate the rest of the manga.

[Death BOO Z]

I wouldn't say that it's a bad manga, but it's deeply flawed.
mostly by the slow release rate, the fact that everyone looks the same and most of the pages are just figures jumping or sword wielding with no text (so you switch through the page quickly and don't notice much what's going on).

Given the right studio and budget, it could be an awesome action movie.

'bout the chapter... I have no opinion. no idea what's going on around here.

[UChessmaster]

How many times have i read "baki"...

[Buffalobiian]

What's so hard to follow?

The three came and just butchered everyone up before we even really got to see them in person, and then it was:

Mira vs Hysteria
Cassandra vs 3 chicks
Make-up vs Twins

I would call it "not much happens" as opposed to "hard to follow".

[Yukimura]

I'm with the 'wtf is going on' camp. I like the character designs in general but the only defining characteristic of most of the chars is their hair style and it gets hard to follow who is who, especially when new characters are showing up every few chapters. After a second or third pass I can usually puzzle everything out but it can get annoying reading through a fight chapter and not having a clue who's doing what unless someone scar-faced like Miria of Galatea is involved. Also he just doesn't seem to want to move the story forward as it keeps going from fight to fight to fight without revealing particularly strong details about the greater world.

[Marik]

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[Buffalobiian]

Interesting, I guess. But if it's a pendulum, then she'll have to sway back and forth, so you only really need to put your sword right in the middle of the motion to cut her up nicely.

If it's supposed to look like an illusion of her lying on the ground, then it'll have to be at a speed comparable to Mira's phantom flash - only that the movement is even more predictable since it has clear start and end points.

I suppose it's a technique that relies on surprise though. Once you think it through, it's not so hard to get its weakness. Roxanne, on the other hand.. Damn she's evil.

[Death BOO Z]

I wouldn't bet on the swing being her only weapon.
the way she cleans her face (p.30) reminds me of that early one piece villian (Kuro something?) with his razor hands.

[Marik]

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[Archangel]

Those loli claymores are pretty cute

I don't know why everyone keeps dissing on Cassandra, who the fuck ever said a Claymore's technique was supposed to be elegant and beautiful? They're monsters fighting monsters, they regenerate and stretch theirs limbs and gut their enemies in whatever horrible way is first presented to them... and now suddenly they're worried they don't look pretty while doing it?

[shinta|hikari]

Yeah, that part doesn't make much sense.

[UChessmaster]

They`re just jealous.

[Buffalobiian]

Those loli claymores are pretty cute

I don't know why everyone keeps dissing on Cassandra, who the fuck ever said a Claymore's technique was supposed to be elegant and beautiful? They're monsters fighting monsters, they regenerate and stretch theirs limbs and gut their enemies in whatever horrible way is first presented to them... and now suddenly they're worried they don't look pretty while doing it?

Well the only one who dissed her is the mole-chick. No one else even knows about it, supposedly. And she dissed it because it's the ugliest technique she had accumulated so far (if she even bothered to learn it after seeing it), when she has all the other ones that can do the job and also not look ugly.

In the end, the reason comes down to thinking it doesn't look very "warrior-like". Even Cassandra thinks so.

I remember who Ophelia was, but I don't remember who Hilda was.

[NeoCybercoin]

Hilda was a friend of Miria who Awakened. Miria and Ophelia were in the team who had to take her down. Afterwards Miria found out that it was her friend and almost Awakened herself but stopped because of Ophelia's provocations.

If my memory serves me correct that is.

[Buffalobiian]

Hilda was a friend of Miria who Awakened. Miria and Ophelia were in the team who had to take her down. Afterwards Miria found out that it was her friend and almost Awakened herself but stopped because of Ophelia's provocations.

If my memory serves me correct that is.

Oh yeah, and Ophelia was like "please awaken so I can kill you too, pleaaase". Thanks for the reminder.

[Kraco]

I don't know why everyone keeps dissing on Cassandra, who the fuck ever said a Claymore's technique was supposed to be elegant and beautiful? They're monsters fighting monsters, they regenerate and stretch theirs limbs and gut their enemies in whatever horrible way is first presented to them... and now suddenly they're worried they don't look pretty while doing it?

They are women... Of course they are worried if it makes them look ugly in the eyes of others.

[Archangel]

Every single time some dude tried to rape them they were like "Yeah ok i don't care", i don't think they even remember they're women anymore

[David75]

Every single time some dude tried to rape them they were like "Yeah ok i don't care", i don't think they even remember they're women anymore
From what I understand, their genitals/pubian region have been seriously altered in the process of implanting youki flesh, making the view horrible enough for mercenaries to lose their will to rape.
They have been enrolled as young pre-teen girls, so the modifications clearly altered the development of what should have been their natural woman body.

Then, their training and upbringing probably doesn't let much room for proper woman feelings/mindset/emotion set.

Both in their body and development from preteen, to teen, to young adults, there's no room for womanhood.

So I agree in thinking it's hard to rely too much on their gender to make asumptions.

[NeoCybercoin]

I'm pretty sure it's because of some nasty/hideous scar they have on their body where the Youki flesh is. Not because of the genitals themselves. Theressa ripped off the cloth from her chest ( I thought it was the chest anyway) and that disgusted the gang who surrounded her at that time. Also the only way they can rebel against guys is running away or knocking them out or something because they can't kill em.

[Buffalobiian]

Then there was the guy who wanted to rape her regardless, so whatever states the genital regions are in, it works.. (as far as the man is concerned anyway)

[Archangel]

Then there was the guy who wanted to rape her regardless, so whatever states the genital regions are in, it works.. (as far as the man is concerned anyway)
That just means there's a hole around there somewhere

[MFauli]

well, this thread got became..."interesting"

:/

[Marik]

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[MFauli]

I´d love being able to pretend that I care about the current plot, but...I can´t. Bunch of a bit earlier introduced characters fighting against other non-main characters, and a flashback focusing on them on top of it.

Hope it gets back to Claire, Raki and the other more-known claymores soon.

[Archangel]

These recent developments on the first's past are quite interesting, i think I'll be looking forward to the next chapter :)

[NeoCybercoin]

I take it that she awakened just now. So shouldn't that make her an Abyssal seeing as how they were amongst the strongest of all nr 1's?

[Kraco]

Yeah, I'd imagine so. I'm just a bit suspicious of the disfigured mad scientist's attitude, though. It's like he was expecting this but didn't seem worried at all. Although being a mad scientist, maybe he doesn't even know how to be worried.

I found this series to be a drag for the longest of time, but recently seeing Raki kick some ass invigorated me. When he finally meets Clare again, assuming he does, it's a good thing he's a mofo by his own right.

[Buffalobiian]

They did mention that they would be unstable - but exactly what that means is yet to be shown. These former #1s are dead, and unless they died from poisoning or old age, they died from physical wounds. The Dusteater having her death-wounds manifesting on herself.. actually, I don't even know what to think of that, lol.

Like Ark, I want to see the next chapter now. In particular Roxanne. That crazy ass bitch spiced these last few chapters up.

[Marik]

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[NeoCybercoin]

Sweet. So all that crazy hag wants to do is lure Priscilla to see what would happen since everything is over anyway? But damn..if her arm contained that much power.....Abyssal rank doesn't even reach her anymore. Still makes me wonder...if it had so much power...how the hell did Raki remain unaffected by it?

[David75]

So it was Priscilla's?

For a second, I thought he was speaking about Claire's borrowed arm. But since we're in a kind of spinoff arc where she does not appear I guess Priscilla is a better option.

[NeoCybercoin]

It was also the reason why Raki didn't get 'infected/turned' when he got hit by that spike. Because Priscilla's arm was attached/crafted onto his back.

[MFauli]

ugh, could someone explain me the whole arm-thing please? Who´s arm was used for what?

[Archangel]

Sweet. So all that crazy hag wants to do is lure Priscilla to see what would happen since everything is over anyway? But damn..if her arm contained that much power.....Abyssal rank doesn't even reach her anymore. Still makes me wonder...if it had so much power...how the hell did Raki remain unaffected by it?
Who says he's unaffected? For all we know he's not really human anymore.

[NeoCybercoin]

It is explained in chapter 110. The arm belonged to Priscilla who plunged it into Raki and left it there to save his life in order to thank about because she had found the smell of Clare/Theressa that she smelled on Raki once.

And they removed that arm completely so he shouldn't 'change' into anything else. But yeah I am curious of what would might happen to him now.

[MFauli]

Raki = true hero of the manga. Show those bitches how fighting is done! :P

Anyway, hope we´ll see more from Raki and Clare soon. This whole fight has been rather boring, because I don´t particularly care about any of these characters. Well, Milia. Btw. why did she look somewhat hotter without her two arms? Weird.

[David75]

Raki = true hero of the manga. Show those bitches how fighting is done! :PAnyway, hope we´ll see more from Raki and Clare soon. This whole fight has been rather boring, because I don´t particularly care about any of these characters. Well, Milia. Btw. why did she look somewhat hotter without her two arms? Weird.Expert mouth and seemingly less dangerous?

I have troubles keeping track of what happens... Or maybe this is getting boring.
That story needs to comeback to core characters

[NeoCybercoin]

Well Clare is merged with Priscilla and that huge awakened so unless something happens with that I doubt Clare OR Priscilla are coming back. But the group should arrive any second now. Most likely next chapter.

[Kraco]

unless something happens with that I doubt Clare OR Priscilla are coming back.

This will be a pretty unorthodox story if Clare and Raki don't meet again. Far more unconventional than it has suggested so far. I'm certainly still counting on them reuniting happily.

[Marik]

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[Marik]

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[MFauli]

... flying?

*sighs*

[Y]

I wonder how many people like MFauli read this chapter and thought the Claymores could actually levitate, instead of the obvious fact that they are all doing that hair trick that #8 has.

[Archangel]

I wonder how many people like MFauli read this chapter and thought the Claymores could actually levitate, instead of the obvious fact that they are all doing that hair trick that #8 has.
>2012
>Not having MFauli in your ignore list

I seriously hope you guys don't do this.

[shinta|hikari]

He is entertaining if you don't take him seriously.

[Y]

>2012
>Not having MFauli in your ignore list

I seriously hope you guys don't do this.

If you have anyone on ignore you are the biggest pussy. Just campaign to get posters you don't like banned, it worked for me back in the day.

[MFauli]

I wonder how many people like MFauli read this chapter and thought the Claymores could actually levitate, instead of the obvious fact that they are all doing that hair trick that #8 has.

lol, i must have missed that. what hair trick?

@Archangel and Shinta: I love you, too!

[Munsu]

Chapter 123:
http://www.mediafire.com/?g3f99999cccpay9

[Death BOO Z]

as much as I'm enjoying this, I really don't know what's happening here...

[NeoCybercoin]

Hookshot legs. That's what she's got!

[MFauli]

okay, that´s bullshit. I´m sorry, but you cannot show THAT much of her body being gone and keep her alive. Deneve should have died with how much flesh she had lost. Damn, it looks like her whole heart was gone.

And I´m glad Deneve stopped Miria´s train of thought. I would have hated if the manga somehow introduced a "good willed" Awakened at this point of the story. You cannot fight the hunger for flesh once you´ve awakened, that´s the ultimately established fact.

[Marik]

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[Buffalobiian]

okay, that´s bullshit. I´m sorry, but you cannot show THAT much of her body being gone and keep her alive. Deneve should have died with how much flesh she had lost. Damn, it looks like her whole heart was gone.



By now Deneve is like the ultimate defensive warrior. Her regenerative powers would be unmatched by anything short of an AB or even an Abyssal One.

I don't mind everything that's been going on at the moment, though I guess reading 5 chapters at once feels a lot better.

I recognised the hair trick from the beginning, but I always expected them to bounce around as they kicked off instead of using their hands occasionally to grab. Hence, I was rather confused when Mira kept pushing her fist out like superman. :P

Talking about superheroes, "With our powers combined..." pose was pretty nostalgic :)

[Marik]

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[Buffalobiian]

"Constantly smiling?" I can only think of Teresa of the faint smile, but she didn't betray the organisation until she was #1.. but I guess the organisation could have updated everyone's minds to scratch or something..

But then the confusing this is that the the speedy AB became a mirage of Precillia before she died. Does anybody remember how those dead warriors were reanimated again? Did the organisation use their own technology, use the parasite organism, or the arm that Pricillia stick into Raki?

If the latter, what of that now? It was needed to suppress the infecting parasites, and I didn't imagine that they would have died since they could have stolen life energy from Raki.

[Y]

The dying resurrected Abyssal Claymore says the woman who really severely injured her was a fresh new single digit who betrayed the Organization and became a murderer, then transformed into Priscilla. She is obviously referring to Priscilla as well. Except, aren't the resurrected Abyssals from a generation or two before Priscilla was called up? Either she is mistaken and the resurrection process that involved Priscilla's arm somehow altered her memories (but who cares, because she's dead now) or something even more fucked up happened in the past. Like this not being the only time a "Priscilla" was created.

[Buffalobiian]

I never recalled Priscilla smiling when she was a claymore. From memory she was rather wimpy during their time when Teresa was still alive. I'm still going along with that theory because the memory of Teresa might have awoken Priscilla somehow since the latter is looking for the former this whole time.

[MFauli]

Maybe that.
But you´re forgetting about a more fucked up explanation for why Priscilla´s "ghost" showed up here. That organization guy explicitly said "she´s beyond an abyssal being". What does that even mean? Imo, it makes little sense to say something like that if all you´re trying to tell is "she´s even stronger".

We had Youma, we have Awakened Beings, and we had Abyssal Beings. Each being significantly evolved from the prior. Last time we saw Claire and Priscilla, "something" did happen to them. My out-of-leftfield assumption is that Priscilla indeed evolved into an even higher stage of a Youma. And part of her newly gained abilities is to connect to other Youma. I mean, if I remember correctly, her and Claire mixed into some kind of weird, giant cocoon. Wouldn´t surprise me if that is now the Youma-analogy to a server, with other Youma being clients that Priscilla is able to connect to.

Of course, that´s all just wild interpretation and guessing on my part. Your theory is probably right :D

[Buffalobiian]

Maybe that.
But you´re forgetting about a more fucked up explanation for why Priscilla´s "ghost" showed up here. That organization guy explicitly said "she´s beyond an abyssal being". What does that even mean? Imo, it makes little sense to say something like that if all you´re trying to tell is "she´s even stronger".

We had Youma, we have Awakened Beings, and we had Abyssal Beings. Each being significantly evolved from the prior. Last time we saw Claire and Priscilla, "something" did happen to them. My out-of-leftfield assumption is that Priscilla indeed evolved into an even higher stage of a Youma. And part of her newly gained abilities is to connect to other Youma. I mean, if I remember correctly, her and Claire mixed into some kind of weird, giant cocoon. Wouldn´t surprise me if that is now the Youma-analogy to a server, with other Youma being clients that Priscilla is able to connect to.

Of course, that´s all just wild interpretation and guessing on my part. Your theory is probably right :D

New Youma Power: Astral Projection!!

^ That's my version of new powers of higher evolved Youma, lol.

The server idea is interesting. We've already seen synching and shit going on between sister/twin claymores and stuff already after all.

[UChessmaster]

Abyssal are all awakened beings, it`s not a new step.

[Buffalobiian]

Abyssal are all awakened beings, it`s not a new step.

Personally I never considered them to be a new step, but I do consider Priscilla as perhaps something that transcends anything we've seen thus far.

I'm expecting everyone to get off the island at some point.. but what would they do after that? I would actually rather stay on the island instead and fortify it from outside intrusion.

[NeoCybercoin]

I think we will get to that in a few years.

[Kraco]

It's certainly a true that an entity (server) that could remotely control other awakened beings would be the one thing the Organization needed to finish their plans. Assuming they could control that server. I wonder if they actually do have a plan for that minor detail.

I'm glad to see Raki again. He's in for some bad news, though...

[Marik]

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[Death BOO Z]

'me duff! me strong but stupid! you cute! your charm makes me better man. tragic destiny ahead! maybe one decides to follow the other and become awakened to stay together!'


although, Duff vs the girsl was one of my favorite fights.

[Buffalobiian]

'me duff! me strong but stupid! you cute! your charm makes me better man. tragic destiny ahead! maybe one decides to follow the other and become awakened to stay together!'

I would have guessed that one awakened after the other to protect them (ie a squad was sent to kill the first awakened one. The other awakened when their claymore-form no longer supplied enough power to protect the first from the kill squad).

At least, that's the scenario I had in my head first, but if Riful was the one who awoke first, then she'd be pretty absurdly powerful to need the likes of Duff to awaken. On the other hand, if the kill squad forced even Riful to awaken, they must have been pretty damn strong.

My perception may be off though, since the only #2-5 vs #1 fight we've seen was between Theresa and her pursuers, and she may have been an exception in that she was way ahead of everyone else.

[Marik]

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[Death BOO Z]

wait, what?

[NeoCybercoin]

Well finally we get some answers as for what Youma's are and where they come from. Plus some more information on the Descendants of Dragons.

[Death BOO Z]

I was more confused by the "claymore - the end" comment.

it doesn't feel like a final chapter...
or maybe it was just the end of the "claymore" organization...

[NeoCybercoin]

Oh that. Yeah now that you mention it, it did read a little odd. But I don't think it's the end of the entire series. I mean there's still the issue of Clare/Priscilla.

[MFauli]

I see I´m not the only being wtf-ed by the "Claymore - End" text on the last page. Could be anything, but ... do we know how popular the series is in Japan? Maybe it was forced to be wrapped up due to shrinking readership numbers?

About the chapter itself: When Miria said how it was enough for her to stain human blood, did she mean Rimuto? Because for some reason I was confused, if she was talking about those two monsters. Weird context. Nah, had to be Rimuto.

Ugh, really hope this isn´t some rushed wrap-up final chapter. The sudden explanation of what Youma are makes it feel like that, though.

[Kraco]

That end declaration confuses me as well. However, it's hard to see this to be a sudden last chapter, especially due to the Dae and Rubel's talk, which would have been a very strange thing to leave there if the manga had been cut short.


About the chapter itself: When Miria said how it was enough for her to stain human blood, did she mean Rimuto? Because for some reason I was confused, if she was talking about those two monsters. Weird context. Nah, had to be Rimuto.

Just moment before she told the other two to slay any organization men they found - so for her to say it's enough for her to be the only one to soil her hands is a bit questionable. Unless she was absolutely sure the other two would find nothing. But in that case she wouldn't have seemed kind of surprised to see Rimuto down there. Maybe there was a translation error and she was really talking about being the only one from that land to kill those monsters?

[MFauli]

Ah, k. Nah, for a brief moment I thought we just witnessed some kind of Neon Genesis Evangelion-moment, but that was my imagination.

[Y]

I think it's just taking a break and getting relaunched.

[Archangel]

I think this just got canceled...

[Buffalobiian]

I think this just got canceled...

These guys don't think so.

http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showthread.php?p=1986077

My perspective is that "Claymore" that focused on these guys is ending. Perhaps a new series will start up that takes on a new protagonist in the major war that's going on, with the Claymore characters joining in later as some side/secondary characters.

That, or like Y/DBZ reckons, they're having a sequel. The change of name can indicate that the girls no longer call themselves Claymores (not that they ever really did, but they refuse to be acknowledged as such now?)

Random parasite coming out of Descendents of Dragons is kinda... eh?

So these dragon fellows can irreversibly transform. (I can't remember if they lose their minds when they do).

Mixing the flesh of a transformed and original DoD yields a parasite that lives through (and feeds on) humans.

Claymores are made by inserting Youma flesh into the girls... so does this flesh actually contain any parts or consciousness of the parasite? You re-establish the urge to eat humans after you awaken, but that's only after you reach a threshold.. before which you can still benefit from an increase in power without disastrous side effects (until you reach 80% output - after which the output involuntarily rises until the 100% awakening threshold).

The Youma thing is easy enough to deal with if you just swallow it.. but the creation of Claymores themselves based on that same concept is pretty muddy still.

[MFauli]

The Youma thing is easy enough to deal with if you just swallow it.. but the creation of Claymores themselves based on that same concept is pretty muddy still.

Hm, I actually don´t see the problem. Youma are created by being infected from the parasite, which grants them super-human power. To fight Youma, Claymores insert part of a Youma inside themselves to gain access to these powers. However, the Youma-flesh doesn´t lose its infected effect, so over time, the Claymores go nuts. In which case they´re asking another warrior to kill them.

Of course, the whole procedure is weird.

[Buffalobiian]

Hm, I actually don´t see the problem. Youma are created by being infected from the parasite, which grants them super-human power. To fight Youma, Claymores insert part of a Youma inside themselves to gain access to these powers. However, the Youma-flesh doesn´t lose its infected effect, so over time, the Claymores go nuts. In which case they´re asking another warrior to kill them.

Of course, the whole procedure is weird.

The problem I have, mainly, is that the parasite sounds like it's a little man inside your brain, as opposed to some infective, dispersed bacteria that evenly distributes itself throughout the flesh.

Ah well. Given the types of explanations we've been given thus far, I doubt I'll get a Pathophysiology of Youma Extra Chapter..

[Archangel]

That's a really flimsy source bill, find me something better :/

[Marik]

Sounds like it's over... Either that or it's moving to a new magazine.


The June issue's preview page for the next issue does not (http://jumpsq.shueisha.co.jp/yokoku.html) list Claymore.

Claymore Manga Series Ends in Jump Square Magazine (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-03/claymore-manga-series-ends-in-jump-square-magazine)

[Buffalobiian]

Sounds like it's over... Either that or it's moving to a new magazine.



Claymore Manga Series Ends in Jump Square Magazine (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-03/claymore-manga-series-ends-in-jump-square-magazine)


I think the bigger question is if Jump Square June listed anything else by Yagi. Most of us had assumed that if there was going to be a change to a continuing series, it would have been the title.

[MFauli]

So:

- Claymore anime ends without a proper conclusion

- Claymore manga ends without a proper conclusion


Yay :/

[Marik]

Italian Publisher: Claymore Manga Is Not Ending (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-11/italian-publisher/claymore-manga-is-not-ending)

[Buffalobiian]

Sweet~

Maybe we'll have a timeskip and Raki will be a parent

Or something...

[NeoCybercoin]

Not with Claire unless she comes out of her shell with Priscilla.

[Kraco]

Maybe we'll have a timeskip and Raki will be a parent

Huh? We had a time skip allowing Raki to grow a pair in order to meet Clare again. Right now we need Clare out of the predicament she got herself into so that she can meet Raki.

[Y]

The manga isn't cancelled, changing names or changing magazines. Chapter 127 is out but the only translation was apparently done by getting Google Translate drunk as fuck.

[Archangel]

The manga isn't cancelled, changing names or changing magazines. Chapter 127 is out but the only translation was apparently done by getting Google Translate drunk as fuck.

http://i1.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/000/128/slowpoke_pokemon.gif

[Marik]

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[Kraco]

Raki can take it like a man! It seems he had even more sympathy for the little ones after seeing it, as well. I hope he grabs a sword from somewhere before leaving, though. There should be plenty lying around the organization's HQ. A buff dude like that looks more natural carrying a blade rather than going unarmed.

I have to say I'm looking forward to the future chapters now more keenly with Raki and Clare's meeting a veritable possibility already.

[Archangel]

Her back looks fine and apparently they still have tits so wtf is wrong with them? Weird bellies?

Oh and... the title remained the same...

[Kraco]

I guess the belly is disfigured by a cancerous mass of yoma flesh. What else could it be that surprised Raki so much he lost his footing?

[Buffalobiian]

The subs were weird whenever they mentioned "treatment on the spot". Deneve sounded like if Clare emerged "untreated", they'd have to "treat her on the spot", and she'd end up looking like that anyway (implying that she might not if she was "untreated").

It's all very weird.

[David75]

I guess treatment=clothes :D

For some reason, you guys probably guessed the same, Clare might get out of her predicament as a human being, having lost everything yoma in her.
After all , she is to bear Raki's children...

[Y]

They have the heads of Youma implanted in their chest, or in Clare's case she has Teresa's face. It's kind of weird they never showed it because it's not terribly shocking or surprising at this point.

[Archangel]

They have the heads of Youma implanted in their chest, or in Clare's case she has Teresa's face. It's kind of weird they never showed it because it's not terribly shocking or surprising at this point.
They haven't shown it because it's easier to let the reader imagine whatever horrible deformation they always have than to create one that would meet the expectations of the public at this point.

[Buffalobiian]

I don't think it was ever specifically said that it was a head of something that's in them.. I only recall them referring to it as flesh.

[Y]

I don't think it was ever specifically said that it was a head of something that's in them.. I only recall them referring to it as flesh.

Of course it's never specifically been said. It's just tremendously obvious, especially since the only piece of Teresa that Clare brought into the Organization was her head.

[Buffalobiian]

Of course it's never specifically been said. It's just tremendously obvious, especially since the only piece of Teresa that Clare brought into the Organization was her head.

I think that's symbolic more than anything else. Clare was to take a piece of Teresa with her on her quest to find/follow a Man-in-Black. The head would be the thing that'd symbolise Teresa the most during that journey. Teresa's head was also conveniently lying on the ground. Had Clare tried to use anything else instead she would have had to hack away at Teresa's body.

And that's not to say they even used her whole head. Subs/scans generally use "flesh", though it might not necessarily exclude bones/skulls in the native Japanese context.

[Y]

I think that's symbolic more than anything else. Clare was to take a piece of Teresa with her on her quest to find/follow a Man-in-Black. The head would be the thing that'd symbolise Teresa the most during that journey. Teresa's head was also conveniently lying on the ground. Had Clare tried to use anything else instead she would have had to hack away at Teresa's body.

And that's not to say they even used her whole head. Subs/scans generally use "flesh", though it might not necessarily exclude bones/skulls in the native Japanese context.

Ok, what is it. A gross scar? A Youma penis hanging out of the ladies? Yeah, it's a face.

[Buffalobiian]

Ok, what is it. A gross scar? A Youma penis hanging out of the ladies? Yeah, it's a face.

No idea. I can guess, sure, but nothing definitive.

[Kraco]

A face surely would be the creepiest choice, so in that sense it would make sense if the author wanted to go for the biggest shock effect. I don't know how much sense it would make, though. Why would a face need to show outward, logically thinking? The organization's purpose wasn't to torture girls/women but to develop weapons for their own country.

[David75]

From what we've seen so far, belly lines seem to be OK. So it's unlikely guts are exposed. The same goes for the face idea.
Unless of course their clothes are tailored so that it fills any holes in their body to hide them. Then again, it didn't show when the clothes were thorn appart.
Also, Deneve did not reveal her pubian area and breasts seem to be OK too.

So it's all in the belly area, but you probably wouldn't notice it with clothes on. So it's probably a color/surface thing.

[Y]

From what we've seen so far, belly lines seem to be OK. So it's unlikely guts are exposed. The same goes for the face idea.
Unless of course their clothes are tailored so that it fills any holes in their body to hide them. Then again, it didn't show when the clothes were thorn appart.
Also, Deneve did not reveal her pubian area and breasts seem to be OK too.

So it's all in the belly area, but you probably wouldn't notice it with clothes on. So it's probably a color/surface thing.

A huge birthmark or something is unlikely to stop a bunch of bandits from raping Teresa. It's a faaaace.

[MFauli]

Heh, I also wondered what could be so shocking, when seemingly her tits are intact. Ever since the Theresa-flashback, where she was almost raped, I figured that Claymores don´t have proper breasts, but something disgusting in place. Tbh, let´s assume there´s a face somewhere under her tits ... would it be so utterly disgusting? I dunno. THAT it is a face in/on their belly, is kinda obvious. Though, one could argue it´s too obvious, so it´ll be something entirely else.

Using the "too obvious"-argument, I´d guess that it´s not a face below the Claymores´ tits, but something objectively disgustingly looking. Maybe some kind of pulsing magic-rotting flesh combination. Maybe a black hole. Whatever.

[Buffalobiian]

Maybe they have eyeballs instead of nipples..



.. or something..

[Munsu]

Can someone please mention the name, "Priscilla" please?

[Kraco]

Can someone please mention the name, "Priscilla" please?

Maybe they fear she will hear if they utter her name, no matter the distance - like Sauron himself.

[Y]

Has Clare ever told the rest of her comrades Priscilla's name on-panel?

[Munsu]

Has Clare ever told the rest of her comrades Priscilla's name on-panel?

You know, I don't know. I just got the impression that the mangaka was avoiding using the name just to keep Raki from being revealed this. But I would think they'd know.

[Archangel]

The organization at least knew her name, and i assume some of the Claymore have heard it before at least. Munsu is probably right, they're setting it up for a shocking scene once the threesome does meet.

[Y]

I genuinely don't think they know who she is, and it's not THAT ridiculous. Clare would always be vague and standoffish about her objectives, and Priscilla was never mentioned alongside the other super strong awakened beings like the Abyssal Ones, Rigaldo etc. I think they suppressed the incident and basically no one would connect this super strong awakened with the former #2 (and keep in mind not even the people on the Teresa assassination mission knew who Priscilla was until introduced to her).

But, yes, of course it's just a setup not to say "Priscilla is evil" in front of Raki, I just think the author played fair in doing so.

[Marik]

[MiB] Claymore c.128: SendSpace (http://www.sendspace.com/file/1d8x16) | Online Viewing (http://www.batoto.net/read/_/111833/claymore_v23_ch128_by_mib)

[NeoCybercoin]

Well looks like Priscilla is winning the internal struggle ( if there is any )

[David75]

Seems like some quality is back in the drawings...

[Kraco]

Well looks like Priscilla is winning the internal struggle ( if there is any )

Clare obviously needs some loving words from Raki to pull through and separate herself.

[Death BOO Z]

problem is that she and prisci are going to compete on those words.

[Buffalobiian]

Wonder if Rafealla (or whatshername) is part of this equation.. Her parasitic offspring didn't have much of a sentient mind, but I can't re was also true for the main body.

[NeoCybercoin]

And in the end they will merge in a permanent fusion and turn Raki into their sex slave. Happy ending for them.

[Marik]

[MiB] Claymore c.129: Minus (http://min.us/mIR23dJ72) | SendSpace (http://www.sendspace.com/file/n0w8v3)

[Buffalobiian]

Well that wasn't so bad.

As long as you're not so rough as to split the stitches, that's totally fuckable... (I think...depends on how "raw" the stitched wound looks I guess).

[Death BOO Z]

a lot less ugly than I thought...
then again, characters in claymore never did look much human in the first place.

[NeoCybercoin]

I like how they are all making Clare their priority while forgetting that Priscilla is the one left in that mass and without anyone to hold her back.

[Buffalobiian]

I like how they are all making Clare their priority while forgetting that Priscilla is the one left in that mass and without anyone to hold her back.

Yeah, I thought that too. I wonder how much influence Rakki actually has over her.

PS: listened to the anime OST again last week. Just as good as I remembered it. Damn the non-existence of a second season.

[Kraco]

I thought that was a warm reunion and fulfilled my expectations from Raki's side, at least. I hope the next chapter will show it more from Clare's. Supposing Priscilla allows it now that she's not held back. At least I hope the focus won't jump to the other beast approaching the city quite yet.

Raki might have cried like a little boy again, but otherwise he was quite a determined mofo who pulled it off on his own. I hope he won't take too badly the seemingly inevitable fight against Priscilla. Though I suppose it's not altogether impossible Priscilla would abandon the fight with Raki smack in the middle.

[UChessmaster]

Wouldn`t it be hilarious if priscilla pops out and one shots raki?

[Y]

I guess Clare smells like Teresa because she literally has an open wound on her chest with Teresa's flesh stuffed inside it. Kind of a weird resolution to that plotline.

[Archangel]

I guess Clare smells like Teresa because she literally has an open wound on her chest with Teresa's flesh stuffed inside it. Kind of a weird resolution to that plotline.
It wasn't a faaaaaaaaaaace.

[Y]

Shoulda been a face.

[Marik]

[MiB] Claymore c.130: Minus (http://minus.com/lbjC9wowrrakAT) | SendSpace (http://www.sendspace.com/file/hk73mh)

[MFauli]

Regarding 129: That´s one big-ass, nasty vagina.

:>

[Kraco]

It feels like a chapter or at least a half was skipped here by inserting a couple of condensed pages. I wonder if the mangaka has a set amount of pages left until the manga is finished, forcing such actions. It's not like I'd particularly care otherwise, but we got hardly a whole word from Clare in response to meeting Raki again.

[Archangel]

You know, Claymore SEEMS really shitty on account of how little content there is per chapter but if you reread it all at once it really holds up.

[Marik]

[MangaStream] Claymore c.131: SendSpace (http://www.sendspace.com/file/ke8c9n) | Online Viewing (http://mangastream.com/read/claymore/31874636/1)

[Buffalobiian]

So Pricilla goes and throws some ABs around, but they end up fighting humans and claymores instead...

?

Galatea being in action means I must like this chapter.

[MFauli]

I have no idea what that Awakened Being in the city is supposed to be.

Also, it´s so frustrating to know that human beings have no chance against any of these monsters. The final scene of those two Youma approaching Raki would be a lot more interesting if there was even the slightest chance of him achieving so-me-thing on his own here. But that´s not possible.

[Archangel]

Man these chapters go by fast.

[Y]

Also, it´s so frustrating to know that human beings have no chance against any of these monsters. The final scene of those two Youma approaching Raki would be a lot more interesting if there was even the slightest chance of him achieving so-me-thing on his own here. But that´s not possible.

Raki is probably going to fucking slaughter these guys. He was able to basically joke it up while dueling with the two trainee girls who could awaken and has repeatedly displayed hints of posthuman abilities.

[NeoCybercoin]

He has been trained by Easley ( if that was his name ) during those 7 years and also had a part of Priscilla fused with him. It would be nice to see if he actually could take care of them but I doubt it. He most likely knows them because they visited Easley at some point while he was with him.

[Kraco]

Also, it´s so frustrating to know that human beings have no chance against any of these monsters. The final scene of those two Youma approaching Raki would be a lot more interesting if there was even the slightest chance of him achieving so-me-thing on his own here. But that´s not possible.

I suppose there's an tiny chance they have an idea Raki could pull off. Although if it needs to be Raki, it would unfortunately suggest it's connected to Clare, which would again mean Raki's role would be secondary, nothing but a trigger. Who knows, maybe they just want to chat, seeing how Raki knows more than many claymores or old awakened ones. But like you said, there's not much room for humans in all this unless these dudes have discovered something groundbreaking.

[Marik]

[MiB] Claymore c.132v2: SendSpace (http://www.sendspace.com/file/d385p2) | MediaFire (http://www.mediafire.com/?w589qw5ipf5o28b)

Version 2 is up.

[Archangel]

Didn't quite get that last line, so is Riful back or not?

[Death BOO Z]

I think so.
most of the chapter seemed like a bunch of nonsense dialog.

[Archangel]

I think so.
most of the chapter seemed like a bunch of nonsense dialog.
Really? Read between the lines, there was a ton of foreshadowing.

[Buffalobiian]

Didn't quite get that last line, so is Riful back or not?

They said it wasn't Riful, but something similar.

I would have guessed that the remains belonged to Riful, but she may have some altered consciousness or acquired some new power. In any case, it's good to have her (or someone like her) back. :3

[Marik]

[MangaStream] Claymore c.133: SendSpace (http://www.sendspace.com/file/k0m450) | MediaFire (http://www.mediafire.com/?anbef9eieo494k3) | Online Viewing (http://mangastream.com/read/claymore/59414757/1)

[NeoCybercoin]

So what? This Rifil/Duff combination is suddenly stronger than a abyssal one?

[UChessmaster]

Wasn`t that Priscila?

[MFauli]

So why exactly do those two Awakened Beings that appear in the last panel think they can suddenly stand a chance against the Abyssal One that Clare and Co. have been figting?

[Buffalobiian]

So what? This Rifil/Duff combination is suddenly stronger than a abyssal one?

Well Riful is an abyssal one, but yeah...

How did they die anyway, I don't remember.. (one eating another wasn't in my memory..)

[NeoCybercoin]

Riful got her ass kicked by Priscilla. Duff was trying to protect her while getting his ass kicked as well. Untill he got hit by two of those pillars shot out by the massive awakened one. Those things became his new arms and he turned into a mindless beast just bashing away at Priscilla while forgetting he was supposed to protect Riful. Last shot you saw of her was that he lower half was missing. At least that's what I can remember from the top of my head.

[Y]

So what? This Rifil/Duff combination is suddenly stronger than a abyssal one?

Well, yes. Riful is an abyssal one and with Duff's power she should be stronger than what she was before. The question is how exactly that happened. Did she just unconsciously do the same thing with Duff that the entity was trying to do with Priscilla?

[Marik]

[MangaStream] Claymore c.134: SendSpace (http://www.sendspace.com/file/xodwcp) | MediaFire (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?5g17qcbc76wixoh) | Online Viewing (http://mangastream.com/read/claymore/78966238/1)

[Buffalobiian]

I like the design of the new Octavia chick. That's all I have to say about this chapter thus far.

[Death BOO Z]

too much like isley and the archer demon guy from berserk, 6/10.
I think that the Vaggie rope girl has a much better design.

[NeoCybercoin]

My thoughts exactly! But still looks nice though.

[Marik]

[MangaStream] Claymore c.135: SendSpace (http://www.sendspace.com/file/hroanv) | MediaFire (http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?003tmqbrtrxa5px) | Online Viewing (http://mangastream.com/read/claymore/38293519/1)

[Marik]

[MangaStream] Claymore c.136: SendSpace (http://www.sendspace.com/file/rsqlhq) | MediaFire (http://www.mediafire.com/?6euxejmen5fo7r4) | Online Viewing (http://mangastream.com/read/claymore/82605686/1)

[Archangel]

....wat?

[NeoCybercoin]

So...since those three claymore got resurrected with that help of that hand of Priscilla. And now it overrides their personality and eventually they also become Priscilla? Well shit.

[Buffalobiian]

So...since those three claymore got resurrected with that help of that hand of Priscilla. And now it overrides their personality and eventually they also become Priscilla? Well shit.

Yeah.

And now I'm failing to see what the point of all this is. Pricilla wasn't in need of a powerup or anything.. now they just had to make her god.

Then there's that speech about offensive/defensive types, but the hatred of youma ends up enhancing regeneration.. ??

[Kraco]

Then there's that speech about offensive/defensive types, but the hatred of youma ends up enhancing regeneration.. ??

After this chapter I'm inclined to think that hatred could as well be called willpower or single-minded faith in their purpose. Regeneration itself seems to be recreation, or to be more specific, turning their will (imagination) into a physical form. I guess regular awakened beings, let alone claymores, aren't insane enough to be able to pull off such recreation, perhaps because they subconsciously think it shouldn't be possible. But once you get insane enough, there are no inhibitions.

Looks like the yoma are spiritual beings, unrestricted by flesh. So, they can take any shape at will. In fact it has made sense from the beginning since the first lousy yoma were petty monsters that took the shape of a person and infiltrated human societies. For some reason they just never went much farther than that. Maybe it's due to the organization.

[Buffalobiian]

I thought they explained earlier that Youma didn't actually transform into humans, but rather the parasite invades the human's mind and controls them until they've had their fill and feel like going to a new host.

At this point I'm not all that fond of the whole Pricilla storyline anymore, and would rather they move onto the bigger picture of figuring out how the claymores would fit in with the war that's been waging.

[MFauli]

Looks like Priscilla just awakened the Izanagi-power of her Mangekyou Sharingan :/

[Kraco]

I thought they explained earlier that Youma didn't actually transform into humans, but rather the parasite invades the human's mind and controls them until they've had their fill and feel like going to a new host.

Oh. I was remembering it was the other way around. It has been too long and with only a chapter a month, I forget what little I might otherwise remember. Well, then my theory isn't worth so much.

[einbreaker]

It has been too long and with only a chapter a month, I forget what little I might otherwise remember.

Pretty much sums up how I feel.


But about the whole Priscilla parasitic cell division cloning thing; I think its just so claire and those people have a battle with mini priscilla that will put them on the same page as the actual Priscilla or at least close enough not to get curb stomped immediately.