Quote Originally Posted by animus
I think it's silly how these "awakened" beings are so far and away in terms of looks from regular Yoma. I mean just because Claymore's are half-human half yoma, and the yoma side overtakes the human side it shouldn't be any different in terms of looks from a regular humanoid yoma. Maybe there's some hidden intricacies like, only female yomas looking that way. If I recall all the regular small fry yomas that we've seen killed by Claymores were male.
Meh, there was that one male awakened one that was fought before Ophelia came in.

I'll take a shot in the dark and say that only the most powerful Yoma, and thus the least humanoid (if there are any), are bonded to humans to create Claymore.