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Perfect 10 | 9 | 15.52% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 8 | 13.79% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 13 | 22.41% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 18 | 31.03% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 6 | 10.34% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 1 | 1.72% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 1 | 1.72% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 2 | 3.45% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 0 | 0% | |
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2011-12-01, 09:57 | Link #81 |
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Should I admit that Claymore's internal logic when it comes to power levels is broken?
I have a really, really hard time seeing the Ghosts being a problem to Isley, Riful and Luciella, even with Miria and Clare there. Hysteria is supposed to be on that same level. Clare isn't here, and Miria should be keeling over from blood loss and exhaustion, shonen will power and determination be damned. But I will not be surprised if she keeps going on. Since Yagi is not willing to let some people die (not that I want that, but it's what logically should happen when you are an insect compared to the AO you're facing), I can only hope the rebels will retreat, or get rescued (not on purpose) by Priscilla. Or Clare, though even she wouldn't make a difference without half-awakening. Even so I feel it'd still not be enough, unless of course she got a power-up, and I don't know how I'd feel about that. Or maybe I missjudged the Abyssal Ones, and they are not the powerhouses I think them to be. |
2011-12-01, 10:19 | Link #82 |
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Claymore's logic in regards to powerlevels have been broken ever since Teresa fought Priscilla. Not to mention that extra chapter where she defeats Rosemary. Literally, there is a reason the Teresa vs Priscilla debates often devolve into who is Goku and who is Vegeta.
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2011-12-01, 10:53 | Link #83 | |
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They were escaping from Riful in haste and later (just before Raciella's awakening) Clare said that if Riful spotted her she would be a mince-meat even though she was stronger than Miria at this point. But a week later Miria got a super-duper power up... @Nixl Could you elaborate what you mean by "powerlevels have been broken ever since Teresa fought Priscilla"? Do you mean that the power level was so much higher or that there is contradictory information or...? In case someone thinks this will escalate to another TvP debate - you shouldn't be. We should receive chapter shortly and there won't be anyone (especially not me) who would prefer talking about something we've talked about so many times. |
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2011-12-01, 11:23 | Link #84 |
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Oh,...oh no. That isn't elegant at all.... If this keeps up, I'm going to have to abandon my love for Hysteria "The Not So Elegant Anymore". I wonder when we'll get an actual spoiler picture of something, ANYthing (Well...besides Miria. I like her but I'm soooo done with/tired of her). I really hope this chapter is "Ass-pull"-free. It's bad enough Miria is proficient in the art of Ass-pulling and Oral Fatality, but we don't need to see that from the other ghosts now do we? Sheesh. I am getting the feeling I am going to weep in a corner (Yet Again) when I see the raw. Speaking of seeing the raw: When oh when can I expect that, loves?
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2011-12-01, 11:42 | Link #86 | |
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I think Yagi partially dug himself in a hole with the early part of Claymore by making Teresa and Priscilla that powerful. On top of it all, the extra chapter and the Alicia/Beth fight only made it bigger. Honestly, I think the whole reason the ZAOs exist at this point is to fill the Teresa/Priscilla powerlevel void without Claire going super saiyan 4. |
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2011-12-01, 12:00 | Link #87 |
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NG Yagi should freaking learn about the gaiden concept, because this whole Miria showcase arc with the freaking newcomers would be done as a freaking gaiden in a normal manga. You cannot freaking remove the main from the equation for a year and expect people to be happy about it. If you've written your main into a corner and need time to figure out your next move, freaking admit it and call it a gaiden instead of screwing with the fans for a year. I freaking can't believe there's still nothing about Clare if these spoilers are true.
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2011-12-01, 12:01 | Link #88 |
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Thanks for replying Nixl. Generally I agree with everything you said, I was just curious what exactly you had in mind when you wrote that. "Generally" because at the time volume 5 came out it wasn't established yet just how powerful Priscilla and Teresa were (we didn't know how strong AOs were). Only after Riful said that Priscilla is much stronger than her it started to fall apart and when Prissy obliterated Alicia and Beth in seconds Yagi dug himself into the hole you speak of. If he would stick to the "Riful + Luciella should have chances of defeating Priscilla" I wouldn't see much of a problem but when Priscilla became SSJ4 he burned that bridge and here we are.
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2011-12-01, 12:16 | Link #89 |
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In the Witch's Maw arc Priscilla was made out to be close to an AO in status and then it skyrockets after the extra chapter with Teresa. Personally, I think the issue is that Priscilla and Teresa's powerlevel are inherently linked. Both are powerful, yet one is suppose to be stronger, meaning what ever one does reflects on the other. I think the extra chapter with Teresa is when things started to move too quickly. For Teresa to kill an awakened no.2 even if her strength was questionable also means Priscilla is raised an extra level. The fact that Priscilla annihilated Alicia/Beth means that Teresa is also raised a level. Then, we also have Riful's words about Priscilla.
In addition, if Yagi is following a progression of successively stronger antagonists then if we get another antagonist they will potentially have to be more ridiculous than Teresa/Priscilla. Right now we are still just filling in the void between Teresa/Priscilla compared to everyone else with the ZAOs until we finally reach that point. Just consider that Priscilla has cleaned house with Alicia/beth, Riful, Dauf, a legion of hellcats, and the Destroyer without pause and now is possibly going to defeat the ZAOs. The fact that Priscilla did that means Teresa is that level or perhaps even greater. It is a spiral at this point. It seems like ever since the Witch's Maw Yagi has had to write a revenge story for a heroine(Claire) that has no chance anymore. |
2011-12-01, 12:39 | Link #90 |
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Extra scene was shown to us by Yagi after Riful revealed to Clare that Isley defeating Priscilla was a lie and that Priscilla was much stronger. So that's the point where power levels have gone up significantly. But it wasn't until about 100 chapter when things started to go out of hand. Priscilla having a chance of winning against two abyssals was somewhat acceptable but Yagi went well beyond that.
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2011-12-01, 12:45 | Link #91 |
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You are right, I switched up the Riful and the Extra chapter. I think it became almost inevitable once Priscilla got wrapped up with Isley and the AOs way back in the Witch's Maw to be honest. Teresa/Priscilla would have been compared to the AOs regardless by that point. A revenge story with Teresa/Priscilla involved I think forced many events to happen in order to make it work.
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2011-12-01, 13:12 | Link #95 |
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I usually refrain from commenting before the chapter gets translated but this raw answered one question that I kept asking myself and yet I kept forgetting to ask for the opinion of others on any forum.
Spoiler for 121 raw:
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2011-12-01, 13:19 | Link #96 | |
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Will wait for the translation to check the chapter. |
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2011-12-01, 13:22 | Link #97 |
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I would go further and say that no Claymore was confirmed to be dead in HQ which makes this situation not good IMO. Yagi is afraid to kill anyone at this point it seems. And suddenly characters receive huge power-ups, for example twins couldn't handle Roxanne when she was a Claymore but they could snatch from her a Claymore...
And I agree that Hysteria's awakened form looks ludicrous but Roxanne's isn't much better. All three ZAOs have either hideous or very hideous forms and it shows that Yagi is out of ideas when creating them (it's especially apparent with Hysteria, seriously Yagi? You show us THIS?). Also, it looks for now that Cassandra is the most powerful of the three for now. |
2011-12-01, 13:26 | Link #98 |
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The most hilarious thing is that Hysteria doesn't have hands (only wings and rods) so she won't be able to take the sword out, lol.
Edit: Well, she has upper rods so technically she should be able to pull the sword out by pushing the hilt. |
2011-12-01, 13:27 | Link #99 |
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I am not sure about that Gooral, I mean Roxanne always seems to have a plan or some ability up her sleeve. I would not be surprised if her body had some ace to it that Cassandra get's wrecked by. I am going to guess that she absorbs people. Edit: Whoops, missed the "for now" part.
Cassandra's form is good for me, but Hysteria's is pretty lack luster. |
2011-12-01, 13:29 | Link #100 |
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Gooral, I couldn't agree more. I'm REALLY trying to cope...but I'm failing MISerably. I'm so distraught and I'm embarrassed that I even care this much.... These three need to go. Roxanne's form is the best though. I mean...I just keep staring at Hysteria....and I just can't wrap my head around it. WTF was Yagi on when he drew this up?! I'm in rant mode. Not just because of that atrocity named Hysteria, but because of the whole chapter it seems. Cassandra is swooping well though, I do like that.
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