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View Poll Results: Claymore - Episode 9 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 17 | 11.89% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 50 | 34.97% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 56 | 39.16% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 16 | 11.19% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 3 | 2.10% | |
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 | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 1 | 0.70% | |
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2007-05-30, 17:57 | Link #62 | |
I like tinkering on stuff
Join Date: Oct 2006
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I thought she smiled out of pure spite to let them know that she was not giving up. But heck, that's just my pure speculation. |
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2007-05-30, 18:04 | Link #63 | |
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When Clare's little arc in Rabona ended, there has been absolutely no necessity to Teresa's arc. It was too sudden and had absolutely no buildup. The pacing just felt clumsy. Only in retrospect can one appreaciate the importance of the flashback. But when you are just watching the story as it unfolded, the lack of a suitable lead in to Teresa's story was a bad decision on the part of the author. Last edited by MrProphet; 2007-05-30 at 18:26. |
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2007-05-30, 18:10 | Link #64 | |
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Since as I get it, only claymores can awaken. And they are all females... Im I make my point clearer now? |
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2007-05-30, 18:22 | Link #65 | |
Let's play a game!
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2007-05-30, 18:32 | Link #66 |
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I think about it...
Normal men become a Youma. Warrior Men (or other important) maybe become a Awakened. Spoiler for About the Episode::
PS: Sorry my English.
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2007-05-30, 18:39 | Link #67 |
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Overall pretty good. But around 19:50 Clare looks pretty weired. Either it is the movement of the head or the eyes. And as some one mentioned before, in the ensuing conversation between Maria and Helen, both wore completely blank faces. On the upside, the scenery in the end is gorgeous.
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2007-05-30, 18:44 | Link #68 |
The Commissar Vanishes
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No, you've misunderstood a very central idea of Claymore.
Yoma are not men who have turned into demons! Yoma are a completely different species that can masquerade as humans. Awekened beings are yoma-human hybrids who had succumbed to their demonic side and released its powers. For some reason, inclusion of human flesh makes their powers exponentially higher than that of pure yoma. Why that is the fact is unknown. |
2007-05-30, 18:48 | Link #69 | |
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Not on the part of the author, no. The anime adaption already shortened several things that were present in the manga. There is some sort of a controversy going on, wether those omitted parts were really that important to the plot. My viewpoint being, yes. Everything depicted in the manga served a purpose. There is no "filler" in showing us aspects of the world created by the original author. I wasn't commenting on execution though. Just because it felt weird how some incidents were presented in the anime, that doesn't mean that they hold no relevance to the plot. That they were a mere sidenote. |
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2007-05-30, 19:09 | Link #71 | |
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2007-05-30, 19:44 | Link #73 |
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When I realized that Clare is the lowest ranked Claymore, I was stunned and two thoughts came swiftly to my mind.
(a) She's the weakest? How can this be? (b) And if she's the weakest, how much stronger would those other Claymores be? Upon further thought, I thought being the lowest ranked doesn't automatically mean Clare's the weakest. Then again, I'm not certain how their ranking system works, but from the Teresa arc, it seems to be a measure of a Claymore's power. But wait, doesn't this mean Elena in the Black Card incident is higher ranked than Clare? Anyhow, so we get Miria testing Clare in search of potential, which leaves Clare disarmed and exhausted. Then we have Miria injured when the Awakened Being showed himself. At that point, I'm like "Uh oh, maybe what that guy in black told Clare about being torn into pieces would be true afterall" And about Clare smiling when she was following behind. Was she really smiling? Perhaps she's thinking, "Ha! Look down on me, will ya? Just you wait, I'll be the one saving your ass later!" I wonder what Episode#10 would bring. (a) Would Clare's hidden potential be revealed in the face of an overwhelmingly powerful enemy (standard anime/manga cliche)? (b) Or would Clare save the day by using some kind of underhanded stab-to-the-back-like-what-Priscilla-did tactic? (c) Or would Clare get torn to bits, have Raki come retrieve her corpse and then run to the guy in black (deja vu!)? |
2007-05-30, 21:14 | Link #77 | |
Kuu-chan is hungry
Join Date: Apr 2007
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Pacing seems similar to manga, though it kind of depends on the next episode. Hard to tell from one eps of a new arc. |
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2007-05-30, 21:41 | Link #78 |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Monterrey, México
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Scene 09 - The Slashers, Part I
Right now I have already seen the episode, and I am starting to understand the manga readers' feelings for Miria, Deneve, and Helen.
They turned out what most you expected an waited for. They are about to start kicking butt, hoping for next episode, and are so freaking cool. BTW, Helen possess quite a sharp tongue. I would take that for her abilities and skills would be something that I've never seen before and would just keep getting better and better from episode to episode. The flashback used during the intro for the episode was quite a moving and poignant conclusion to the Teresa arc, in my humble opinion. Spoiler:
They threw plenty of good and important stuff about the power levels and ranking system. Spoiler:
People seriously I cannot understand why are you so either destructively or straightforwardly about Laki. I already have much of that with all the criticism on Sergey in the My-Otome thread. Spoiler:
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2007-05-30, 22:00 | Link #79 |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Orlando
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Ah ha, someone who went through the Sergay controversies in My Otome - I salute you. The hate spreads quickly doesn't it. XD
Punching him dead in the forehead (playfully) wasn't something I'd expect from Clare, but then again, I didn't expect Teresa to teasingly call Clare a 'crybaby' when she first escaped execution in the flashback arc. These two are a family and let's face it - if Clare hears you talking bad abour Raki, you'll be on the non-negotiable end of her claymore. |
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