Didn't Clare get impaled in the abdomen before and as a result of that warranted a new Claymore uniform?
Didn't Clare get impaled in the abdomen before and as a result of that warranted a new Claymore uniform?
That was a pretty decent episode. Who knows maybe raki will become a semi awakened like clare etc. If he does become a claymore. The kiss was pretty unexpected for me, but the way it was portrayed was pretty good. I would actually like to know what the bandits saw, but i guess thats left up to my imagination
Agreed with the assertion of Kraco and Ryll. The kiss served a purpose, but I am also inclined to believe that she also has feelings for Raki. The fact that she promised and intends to find and meet him again proves this. If she only wanted him to live a decent human life, she would not even try to meet up with him again (considering the crap he had to go through living with a claymore), and simply lie about the promise she made. But the monologue she gave after they parted showed that she intends to keep her promise, and even prayed for it to come true.
I dont think Clare herself realizes what she feels, considering that her partner is still a kid, and she probably doesnt know anything about liking the opposite sex, but this will all change if Raki grows up and meets her again.
Still Clare in that episode looked really sexy, for many reasons.
I also think that rather than just scarring, there are youma parts or the like attached to a claymores body, since simple scarring would not deter a bunch of horny bandits from raping a babe like Teresa.
Peace.
While I'm not denying she has genuine feelings for him (I always want series to have romance, after all), it still won't do to forget Clare was once in the exact same situation as Raki is now. Clare followed Teresa as a human kid. She knows very well that Raki doesn't want to have a normal human life away from her. Even if she now, sides reversed, could reasonably see how normal human surroundings would ensure a longer and safer life for Raki just like Teresa was trying to give Clare herself.Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
I don't know. It's a deep moral issue really: Whether you want to force protection and consequent unhappiness on someone who doesn't want it. It always pisses me off when that happens, as long as the victim is not a little child who possibly couldn't decide for him/herself. But Raki is clearly old enough to know whether he wants to live as a normal villager or a Claymore tagalong. From my point of view forcing him away for good (not what happened in this ep), even if the motive is to keep him safer, is morally wrong. Even if the happiness he could experience with Clare could only be brief.
And it's not like Claymores themselves, all in all, can expect to live very long, I think. They must know that sooner or later they will either get killed by yoma (or Awakened beings) or awaken themselves, thus losing their human side if not the very life eventually. However short or long that time ends up being for Clare, I don't consider it selfish at all for Clare to hope she could spend that time with Raki if he also wants that.
Edit: I really should try to write shorter posts, but I find it hard to compress impressions like this... Sorry about that.
This last episode is one of the best I've seen of any anime lately. I really laughed hard at the part after Ophelia said the line, "Every second counts, we mustn't fight amongst ourselves". I totally believed her, it didn't seem like an obvious joke to me at all.
What I was trying to point out was that Clare wanted to be with Raki. It wasnt about protection, or because he was insisting on it, or any moral issue at that point. Clare herself wants to seek out Raki to be together with him again, and she is willing to give out effort to do so. Like I said, it is too soon for it to be branded as romantic feelings, but I think that is where it is headed.
I just think that if her feelings for Raki were exclusively sisterly, or for family, she would not even try to look for him, since being away from her would be for his own sake. But despite knowing this fact, Clare made that promise, showing signs of selfishness (not the bad kind), and I believe acting in accordance with what she wants, not what she wants for Raki.
And I mean, just look at Clare's face in that scene. If that wasnt romantic/extremely affectionate (kind of the same thing), what the hell is?
Peace.
Romantic feelings or just friendship issues aside, this exactly is what I have problems with. Even if there was no romantic feelings on either side, it's painfully obvious Raki only wants to be with Clare. And so I say pushing him away for his own protection wouldn't be morally correct. I will never admit that condemning someone to long unhappiness is better than granting a possibly (but not necessarily - who knows the future?) shorter happiness if that's what the person himself wants. And even more so if Clare wants that as well, as you could imagine she would after what she experienced herself with Teresa. She didn't want to be left behind, and I doubt there was a romance between little Clare and Teresa. And if Clare didn't appreciate Raki's company, with her Claymore speed she could have lost the guy a long time ago.
How about thinking a bit more simple but pervert
Perhaps to become a Claymore, the organization takes a girl, brings her together with a captured Yoma, and, well, use your imagination. Sounds gruesome, but it´d suit the series imo.
But whatever, im sure we´ll be showed what it is like to become a Clyamore.
Err, there were male claymores.
Even if it were still possible, would YOU like to see that?
EDIT - Strange enough, Milia and Clare being grope-impaled was ecchi to me.
Peace.
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