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View Poll Results: Claymore - Episode 7 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 72 | 47.37% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 58 | 38.16% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 15 | 9.87% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 5 | 3.29% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 0 | 0% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 0 | 0% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 1 | 0.66% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 1 | 0.66% | |
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2007-05-17, 15:31 | Link #61 | |
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Irene flash sword is cool. And I really like Irene's surprising face when her flash sword was easily block. She's also one of my favorite because I love elf. I wonder how long and when Irene had become Claymore. Her hair is white not blond though.
I felt battle scene was too fast but looked very intense. It was showing that Claymore ability was really superior than human. An introduction of 4 new Claymore was nicely done. The interaction between Noel and Sophia was fun to watch. By the way, Sophia strength was truely immense. She could still hold her sword with one hand even when Teresa was stooding on it. An outstanding episode indeed but... well. 9/10 Quote:
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2007-05-17, 15:47 | Link #62 |
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Another Perfect Ten this week!
I haven't read the manga and *gosh* the suspense is killing me XD That was an awesome episode, Teresa is the coolest female character I've ever seen. I really can't stop praising Claymore *insert more* |
2007-05-17, 15:49 | Link #63 |
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I watched this ep again and I noticed a very cool moment during the fight between Theresa and Pricillia its around 18.20 time/frame.
You see a sudden movie like slow motion of the action and see Theresa's sword grazing pricillia's cheek accompanied by a nifty soundeffect. Right after that the slow motion changes to real time again and only then you realise how freaking fast they were moving. This is a way of showing action which you normally encounter a lot in hongkong action movies. They must have really spend quite some budget on this episode. |
2007-05-17, 16:23 | Link #64 | |
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2007-05-17, 16:30 | Link #65 | |
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with a series like this there just isnt time for too much talk (which would kill any sense of pleasure as it would feel as if things are just being dragged on for the sake of it...) ~ theres isnt a need to know the background of the claymore comming to kill teresa...and tbh what is there to know that we dont already know? the general picture is there...most claymores are just cold killing machines but by no means are they considered "flat" ~ out of the 4 assassins we have 4 distinct characteristics as mentioned above ~ im in love with the series and hope things can only get better
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2007-05-17, 17:15 | Link #66 |
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Quite right. I'd expect that if these Claymores 2-5 are going to become more important than just a hit squad then they'll get more personality to match. For now it is actually impressive we understand their personalities as well as we do given so little time.
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2007-05-17, 18:06 | Link #67 | ||
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And it'd be fair if this were the first fight between them, and Teresa gets away for another conflict down the road. That'd give them time to flesh-out these characters as well as Teresa and Clair. But if they fight again and these antagonists are still as flat, it'd be much harder to forgive.
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2007-05-17, 18:13 | Link #68 | |
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But either way, I think Claymore is an exceptional action/shounen series, especially compared to the more current ones. |
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2007-05-17, 18:14 | Link #69 | |
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if they important recurring characters then we will see more of their background and development of their character.
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2007-05-17, 20:03 | Link #72 | |
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As for it being action for the sake of action...I'm not quite sure what you mean. The conflict clearly follows from Teresa's conduct. Moreover, the series features people raised and altered to fight monsters, so combat is going to be a major part of the story. Heck, I'd say that 65% of the series takes place in a combat situation, and 35% is a lead-up to a combat situation. |
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2007-05-17, 20:27 | Link #73 | |
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The predominant trend in most HK-style action films nowadays is towards flashy, over-the-top "wire-fu", vs authentic martial arts combat. The last movie I've seen that featured true martial arts was Huo Yuanjia, purportedly Jet Li's "last" martial-arts film. Sure, the Claymores move at superhuman speeds, and are capable of superhuman feats of strength and agility. But on-screen, all I see are blurs of "super-fast" animation, which in my opinion, cheapens the action actually. I don't "see" the skill, if you get what I mean. What I see instead, is lots of special effects. Don't get me wrong -- the action as presented in this episode is well done, or I wouldn't have rated Episode 7 highly at all. But, frankly, this is not the kind of action that excites me at all. What I'd really like to see are battles of skills and tactical wits. More brains than brawns, if you will. |
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2007-05-17, 20:30 | Link #74 |
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I think the manga readers should put those guys above -- who are talking about priscila's future role in the series -- out of thier misery.
OK i'm through with my RANT. Nice episode, BTW. Hope the anime gets better and better. :-) On another note, has it been really confirmed that this anime will only run for 26 episodes?
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2007-05-17, 20:46 | Link #75 |
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Well comparing the amount of Manga they can adapt into each episode of the anime, 26 could get them pretty well caught up, and then they would have to stop. Claymore is a monthly, so it would be impossible to continue with a weekly anime. Wonder if they'll do the now standerd Hot Springs filler episode?
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2007-05-17, 21:10 | Link #77 |
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Out of all the episodes of Claymore I have watched this one was the best by far . Ilena stole the show from the Gorilla and the Monkey . Yes the Yoma were cannon fodder , they themselves say it even a single one of them could have handled it easily . Once again thanks to Eclipse for bringing out quality subs and fast .
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2007-05-17, 21:29 | Link #80 |
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So I'm not alone in wanting to see that.
As for battles with more skill and wits...I'd say you'd have to be pretty skillful to stop someone who is known as 'Flash Sword Irene' even after you'd let her build momentum. And what's not skillful and witty about Teresa realizing in mid-battle that while Priscilla's Youki-hiding ability was superb that her overall sword skill was far lower than Irene's and using that to gain an advantage quickly enough to end what would have been a really bad fight for her. And Irene's battle sense is top notch, berating Priscilla for trying to settle an execution of an extrememly powerful fighter one-on-one she knows personally can outdo the entire Claymore organization any day of the week. Priscilla was far too idealistic to have been put in that sort of position in the first place (fault: Org). |
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