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Perfect 10 | 12 | 16.22% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 18 | 24.32% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 16 | 21.62% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 9 | 12.16% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 5 | 6.76% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 7 | 9.46% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 1 | 1.35% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 1 | 1.35% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 5 | 6.76% | |
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2011-11-03, 01:52 | Link #221 |
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Ok, I just looked at the raw, and I gotta call BS as well on how Hysteria goes down. Miria couldn't have been lying on top of a sword (hiding it), because we see her on her knees right before she falls down, and there's no sword under or anywhere near her. Those swords are long, it'd have been visible. I'm left wondering what Yagi was trying to pull here.
Anyway, just going by the pictures, Roxanne seems to be far more unhinged than we were led to believe. Seriously. And looking at that stuff pouring out of her as she awakens, her awakened form might just be the stuff of nightmares. |
2011-11-03, 03:44 | Link #222 | |
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To stand up Miria doesn't have AT ALL to get on her knees as long as she has an incredibly powerful abdomen she can get up with a single fast movement of her torso using the momentum..... Now let's see: -Has Miria a powerful abdomen? Yes,of course since she's inhuman (with inhuman strenght) in the first place. -Could Miria move her torso very fast? Of course she can. Conclusion: Can Miria get up in a single movement? YES!!! You can't say that Miria can't do something just because it's something impossible for a normal human, she ISN'T a normal human. --------------------------------------------- And are people really surprised that she can hold with no problem a claymore??? First of all,saying that a claymore's weight is around 10 kg is ridiculous,lol. In the real world claymores are less than 3 kg.........and even if we don't know what kind of material is used for those swords,there is no reason to conclude that it's so much heavier than a normal claymore. If we also consider the absurd strenght that Miria's muscles should have compared to normal humans, it's pretty obvious that holding rirmly a claymore with her mouth should be a real joke for someone like Miria,especially when she's using yoki (even if the sword's weight is 10 kg.....that btw is quite absurd in itself.....). People are really complaining without even thinking seriously imo, who cares if those things are impossible in the real world? Miria is VERY FAR from being a normal human! ------------------------------------------- @Nixl Quote:
Btw there is also the possibility that Claire and Prissy's fight will end in a draw with both of them almost dead, it's not so certain that their first fight will be their last,maybe they'll became two real rivals ("real rivals" in the sense that even Prissy will start to see Claire as a rival,not just a smell that attracts her,lol). Last edited by MalakTawus; 2011-11-03 at 04:04. |
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2011-11-03, 04:59 | Link #224 |
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That makes even less sense than Miria using her neck muscles. Unless Claymores do not have bones (which I guess is possible seeing how Raquel could stand after having half of her body destroyed) no matter how strong her abdomen would be it wouldn't be enough to lift her up because of the center of gravity wouldn't be high enough. Normal human could maybe lift his body 5 cm up using his abdomen muscles, trained human 10-15 cm. And that's not as much limited by the strength of his muscles but elasticity of his body. But in both cases it would mean she had more power in these muscles (if we take into account forces working on a 1 square cm) than her legs which is absurd as I've said earlier when talking about neck muscles. Anyway, assuming for a moment you're right and she had super powerful abdomen muscles that still wouldn't make sense and the fact she's not human is irrelevant. I never said she was or that the same standards as for humans apply to her. You're forgetting here who she is up against and that is - another Claymore. What's more that Claymore is more powerful and has superior technique. But you're telling me she has so powerful abdomen muscles she could outrun Hysteria even though she couldn't do it earlier using her legs, lol. That's absurd. Malak says: Miria could do quicker a manoeuver that consists of: lifting her body using her abdomen muscles and rotating 180 degrees while maintaining a distance longer than the length of a sword (otherwise she wouldn't be able to strike Hysteria as she did, it would be a slice, the picture clearly shows that Miria rotated faster than Hysteria could do anything since her throat was pierced) than Hysteria making a swing while being in a perfect position while watching her opponent do all this, lol. It turned out that Miria was as good as Cassandra in making impossible moves, heck, even better. Seriously Malak, you defending this ridiculous scene and Yagi is commendable but no matter how you look at it this scene was poorly written and can be explained only by "it's manga" excuse. Sure, everything is possible if Yagi says so but some things are just inconsistent with what we've seen earlier and Yagi negates himself. That's the case here. |
2011-11-03, 07:19 | Link #225 | |
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For Dae, the timeline seems to be messed up (correct me if I am wrong). Clearly, Dae made a certain proposal (assumed to be the zombie proposal) to Rimuto some time ago but was rejected. After Miria's invasion of the headquarter, and Dae had got his hand on Priscilla's arm, the proposal was put in action, and then the rebellion happens which forced the organization to first send in the abyssal feeders, and the zombies after that. From the conversation between Dae and Rimuto, the revival of the zombies was to bolster the defense of organization. "At this state, our defense might as well be described as naked..... rather than training younger warrior which take times....". Clearly Dae began to work on the zombies when the organization believed that Miria has been killed. But in this chapter he mentioned without doubt that the zombies were bound to awaken. How can he use the rebellion to evade the accusation of destroying the organization? When did the plan using the three to lure Priscilla take shape? If it was before the rebellion then his plan will backfire at the organization, and the rebellion wasn't even a factor. If it was after the rebellion then what's the work earlier for? Why is he so sure of the resurrection is impossible now? Last edited by Tom Bombadil; 2011-11-03 at 07:33. |
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2011-11-03, 07:24 | Link #226 |
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I don't really like complaining. If you hate a part so much, you can very well write, draw a manga yourself according to what you would like to happen. Miria being completely lame, in my opinion might have done something in her 7 years to actually be in her strong state. One of the probable reasons Yagi made the abrupt finish was because the fight was too dragging and he didn't want to kill Miria, a character he has been building on and many has seemed to like, again. I myself found the fight boring and although her death was unfitting for a number 1, I know Yagi has something in store for us for this sudden death.
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2011-11-03, 07:47 | Link #227 | |
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You are correct that Yagi could limit Claire's powerlevels, but that partially goes along with my argument. With the DoDs Yagi can do anything he wants whether that be limit Claire's abilities or make them excessively powerful. Nonetheless, Claymore has, to a degree, centered on female warriors slaying Yoma/AB and Claire's revenge. With the death of Priscilla and the potential entrance of the DoDs we could see these two premises gone and replaced and that could change much about the story. In addition, you brought the possibility that Priscilla may not die. That is possible Malak, but I do not think it truly stops changes that could result from the DoDs. In essence we would have a new villain and a new drive for Claire. Things will more than likely change as a result. Spoiler for Off Topic:
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A warrior like Miria obviously has an immense explosive power in her movements (and of course great elasticity in all her body) so it's absolutely coherent from what we have seen in Claymore that Miria could stand up in a single movement thanx to her great explosive power,great elasticity and a body that's not even that heavy. If you add to that the fact that probably while using yoki warriors can "distort" their body even more,it wouldn't be so strange for her waist to be a lot more "free to move" than normal humans. Also for calculatring the momentum that she used to stand up we have to consider some extra kilos (at least 3kg) from the sword,that moved at high speed in an instant can produce a good extra force to help Miria to stand up. BUT what's really funny,is that Miria didn't even completely stand up actually,she didn't go further than getting on her knees.....and she actually didn't run at all!!!!!! You make it sound like she stood up and ran towards Histy to stab her,lol. All Miria did was turning in a split second (not completely stood up,just on her knees at best) and stab Histy with the sword anticipating her attack. Miria didn't run at all!You are just seeing something that's not even there just because from the very beginning wanted to complain (even before the chapter was out.....). And at least that kind of "turn up on her knees with the sword in her mouth" is something that sure as hell is withing Miria's capabilities, it's actually nothing special considering all the things that are canon in Claymore..... .....to complete that action Miria only need a single instant where Histy dropped her focus,nothing more, so the whole action is in truth 100% belivable since Histy was sure the battle was already over and her attention was clearly very low. It's not a multi action movement,it's a SINGLE movement! GAME OVER, Gooral. You lost,lol. @Nixl Quote:
Prissy and Teresa were introduced at the beginning (well,not really the beginning,but you get what i mean,right?) of the story....and nothing comes even close to their powers even now.......that's why Yagi could simply conside Prissy an exception,so the DoDs don't have to be stronger than her. It would makes sense if the strongest DoDs are more or less at AOs level,maybe a little stronger (just a little!). Quote:
For example if she defeat Prissy,she has to do it in an awakened state,this way it's not a problem for the story in the future since it would makes sense for her to not want to awaken again. ...but it's true that killing Prissy would change a lot of things and Claire would need a new drive to keep her going on (another tragedy? Please no!).... That's why imo it's better that Prissy dies ONLY if Yagi is confident to twist the story in a VERY powerful way with a great new mission Claire. Tbh it's not a scenario easy to imagine at this point,but who knows,maybe Yagi will be able to do it. For now i think that keeping Prissy alive but with a new relationship with Claire (real rivals,like said before) is my favorite scenario that i can imagine. Their rivality is too good to be consumed in a single duel imo,i think Prissy vs Claire has to remain Claire's north-pole for the whole story (while the story goes on,obviously). OFFTOPIC: Spoiler for offtopic:
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2011-11-03, 08:06 | Link #230 |
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@Gooral, I dislike the scene as well, but to be fair this is just like Teresa lowering her guard against Priscilla. She may have been faster/stronger etc, but one missed moment and Priscilla killed her. Miria had no arms and knew Hysteria would let her guard down. I think the translation would probably clear it up as a "just as planned" moment. Although, it is probably better to call it a Deus Ex Machina since we did not hear any time of inner monologue about the plan.
In terms of picking it up with her teeth, they are Claymore that regenerate, have super strength, super speed, can jump up mountains, and finally transform into monsters. Therefore, picking a Claymore up with one's teeth seems to pale in comparison. That and, she did not have to go far to stab Hysteria. Again, I did not like it, but it is not like we have not had this before. And, in truth at least it is not Teresa's "oh let me use my powerlevels that I failed to use earlier." |
2011-11-03, 08:06 | Link #231 | |
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2011-11-03, 08:40 | Link #233 |
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So Miria had to get on her knees, swing around (I suppose those two can be done at the same time), and then aim. That probably is the most difficult part, since aiming while moving really, really fast can't be easy, and she was targetting a neck.
I could buy that. But the fact that she was hiding the claymore in her bosom just sours the whole event. For me anyway. |
2011-11-03, 08:41 | Link #234 |
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Okay, finally found the time to write down stuff...
Cassandra's awakened form is... striking. Cracked me up a little when I saw the tail of Spence in there (that part of the breast that extends up to a female's axilla). Those tentacles springing from the groin are a bit disconcerting, though. I'm pretty sure those legs do nothing at all but prop the base up. I believe that Yagi just wanted to incorporate the Dust Eater posture in there. If the entire body could pivot around those legs and whirl around at ridiculous speeds while flinging those Cassandra-head-tipped tentacles, that would be awesome. It's rather interesting how even in her awakened form, wherein she has a different fighting style, Cassandra's opponents still end up looking like that had been cut up by the Dust Eater, i.e. immobilized by having all four limbs cut off before being finished off. Maybe it's just Cassandra being sadistic and wanting to torture Roxanne as much as possible before killing her? Well, whatever. Roxanne's a total psycho, and I love it. That WTF look on her face when she realized she was laughing while missing her left arm was priceless. She got the ass-whooping she's long deserved this chapter. It just sucks that Cassandra had to lose her mind to do it, though. Cassandra seemed like such a gentle soul, and now, she seems like a glutton who seems particularly fixated on Roxanne, but wouldn't mind hurting others as well, e.g. the twins or Miria. As for Miria vs Hysteria, well, it was quite disappointing. First of all, Hysteria's figured out the trick to evading Miria's new Phantom, but Miria pulled off a lucky shot and managed to get her sword stuck on Hysteria's chest right before Hysteria managed to chop it off. (Remember, Hysteria said that the amount of damage Miria deals when using the technique is entirely up to chance. Miria just got very lucky with her final blow. On a side note, I love that image, because it portrays Hysteria as quite... voluptuous.) Who knows, maybe she just aimed her sword at Hysteria and let inertia do the rest the moment it got sliced off? Anyway, Miria hiding a sword under her body isn't entirely implausible. She could use one of her thighs to hide the blade and her face and neck to hide the hilt. However, it astounds me how she managed to control her fall while staggering from her new Phantom. She said it's very difficult to control the finesse of her movements when using the technique, yet she managed to fall perfectly upon a sword? Also, regardless of whether Miria had the core, neck or pterygoid muscle strength to pull off her King Bradley move, it's quite astounding that she managed to be quicker than Hysteria, who simply needed to bring down her sword. Of course there are two factors that must also be considered: 1) Hysteria had a rather serious injury (A sword through the chest should be laughing matter even for one of the most powerful No. 1 warriors in history.) and it is quite difficult to assess just how such an injury would affect her godly speed, and 2) Miria insulting her obsession for elegance as her weakness possibly putting a haze of anger over her eyes. One thing I have to commend, though, is the irony of it all. Hysteria, the most refined warrior in terms of fighting technique, being impaled through the throat by an armless warrior with a claymore between her teeth. A most inelegant way to go. Oh, and some points off from Yagi for Hysteria managing to speak while having a sword stuck in her larynx. I know a claymore's biology is supposed to be different, but still... Love Dae's utter obsession with Priscilla's arm. Having given up on the Organization, as he thought it "finished" the moment all the warriors defected, he played along with the plan to send out three powerful warriors not for the sake of the Organization, but for his, to satisfy his curiosity about "the arm" by luring out its owner. Overall, it was so-so. I'm pretty sure those three new AOs will be the trigger for Deneve et al's arrival. I'm quite surprised that those three limbless wonders haven't pulled off an Audrey, i.e. peed themselves from fear. Deneve had sensed the three Forbidden Ones' yoki from quite far away and labeled them as "huge" even though the three weren't even releasing 10% of their yoki. Sure, she's no Galatea, but still... Those three's yoki must be off the charts and probably trumped only by Priscilla's and possibly the Destroyer's. Let's hope this massive yoki pool would be enough to entice not only Clare into action, but Galatea as well. P.S. I'm really looking forward to the awakened forms of the other two, particularly Hysteria's. She'd probably go nuts and kill herself if she had an ugly awakened form. Last edited by Fermat; 2011-11-03 at 09:00. |
2011-11-03, 08:46 | Link #235 | |
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2011-11-03, 08:49 | Link #236 | |
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@Malak I could write a story in which you suddenly convince Gooral that the mouth trick was not only possible, but also a brilliant move (by Yagi). I'm sure everyone would accept that as realistic within the context. |
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2011-11-03, 08:58 | Link #237 | |
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In other words while Miria didn't fully rise she wasn't on her knees in that first panel but bending her knees to crouch, then took a step back and kneeled as Hysteria fell forward on top of her. Next even rising to ones knees while grabbing a sword at the same time is at least 2 or 3 movements since she has to move her body and or mouth to grab the sword (let's just assume she can do this fast with yoli for convience sake but it is something I find questionable), rise up while spining her knees behind herself, all while aiming the sword in her mouth. Worse she has to do all this before Hysteria simply needs to stab her since her sword is already raised and ready, no matter how fast/smoothly she does this she has to be faster/smoother then Hysteria whom has postion adavatage over her and is just about as fast but easily has more subtle movements vs Miria using any of her 3 phantoms (now please recall Hysteria could have also dodged or parried too). Even worse is the fact that she can't use her awakened phantom since it has no subtlety of movements to grab the sword then aim is while rising. Finally calling check would have been more accurate, calling victory assumes way too much when half the forum is debating you.
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2011-11-03, 09:01 | Link #238 | |
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But seriously, Miria has become more lucky than Clare. Miria's lucky moments:
And good point about Hysteria talking with a sword in her mouth. As for us agreeing with each other, I think we can handle this shock . BTW, in the first place I don't really get how Miria managed to pierce through Hysteria in the chest by sacrificing her arm. It's a standard shounen manoeuver that always works (Samurai Champloo, Yuu Yuu Hakusho, Hunter x Hunter) but here it was just poorly done. Heck, earlier Yagi knew how to do it (when Clare sacrificed her arm to make her fall more convincing) but now it's just 'meh'. After all Hysteria would rather prefer not to be stabbed in the chest when all she would gain would be an arm I would think. How did this happen? And could someone explain how did she manage to attach her hand to herself? @Fermat Great post. As for Hysteria being injured, Miria had an even bigger handicap. After all she was using her youki to the limits while Hysteria didn't even go golden. Miria was exhausted after a long fight with the twins so I imagine now strain on her body should have been much bigger. But not only she could suddenly become much faster, after all this she could easily attach her arm with an unknown method. She looks like second Priscilla. Someone writing "Miria is too strong" was spot on. . So true. Good one Fermat. |
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2011-11-03, 09:03 | Link #239 | |
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Do i really have to make a list of all the "impossible" things that in Claymore can happen normally to make a point? What Miria did there is nothing impossible,given that context,not even close to the strangest thing that we have already seen before. @Nixl I edited my previous post and added my reply to you there, i tell you since when i finished editing you had already done a new post,so i'm not sure if you saw it. |
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2011-11-03, 09:19 | Link #240 | |
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Well, it wasn't shown just how much time elapsed between her miracle victory and Roxanne's torso getting flung in front of her. It could've taken minutes, really, enough time for even offensive warriors to reattach limbs. What cracked me up was how she propped up that arm. It looked like it was floating, with the stumps perfectly aligned while Miria was crouching. It appears Miria has mastered telekinesis during the timeskip as well. |
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