Oh. My. Vicious and brutal. And confirms my expectations about the level of violence vs those who worried they'd tone it down.
Hearing the initial death count (3 AOs vs 5 Claymores), I could imagine that a prolonged battle with the 27 AOs would probably end in almost complete mutual annihilation. However Rigardo and Easley can't afford to toss away almost the entirety of their forces, so it certainly makes sense for Rigardo to make his move.
The first Claymore Rigardo killed confused me because she never stood out as a memorable character, and thus I didn't make the connection about who he was going after, even though it should have been obvious. Seeing Undine go down was a bit of a shock. Jean was unfortunately rather predictable; her attack is extremely direct, and without being hemmed in, Rigardo is free to dodge and counter. Flora... wow. Nasty, and no getting up from that one.
My only hope is that Jean pulls a Deneve since she was just speared through the gut (just the way Deneve was, in fact). And maybe a touching moment where Clare quits playing the headstrong fool long enough to encourage Jean to make the Awaken/De-Awaken transition.
As for those comments about Raki not being able to kill Priscilla -- get real. It's one thing to swing a sword at a monster trying to eat you (the AO in the Ophelia ep), or swing a sword to protect someone you care about (Ophelia), but to kill someone who appears to be human in cold blood from the back? He's not some hardened assassin. He's still just a kid.
First he makes the connection that she's a yoma. But recall that his brother, while trying to eat him, was crying due to the memories he retained. Can he be entirely sure that there's not something still worth saving in there? Then he's told that she's not just a yoma, but an AO, formerly human. Thus it's not even just memories that have been carried over by the yoma eating a human, but the actual original human being itself.
She's crying and calling for mama and papa, and apparently quite upset about what she's doing, but continuing because she has to. Of course Raki is going to try to comfort her, to try to bring her back to being fully human. It's a similar reaction to the Rabona incident, when Clare was in danger of losing herself.
Now, as to Raki's actual motivations and why he reacts this way, that's a bit more difficult to judge. It's just sort of presented a de facto aspect of his personality. Still, for who he is presented to be, this does seem to be the proper way for him to act.
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Originally Posted by xVxObliVioNxVx
However, remember what Ophelia said, Miria's strength in group battles reaches that of the #1 ranked Alicia.
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You're right, I'd forgotten about that. Hope to see that get realized.
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Originally Posted by FlareKnight
A real concern can be Clare keeping her head. We're running out of people who have time to slam her face into the ground to cool her off.
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Yep. Rigardo just knocked her aside, he didn't do a proper face-plant, and Miria doesn't have time to deal with such matters. Have to hope Clare gets a clue soon.
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Stop being so jealous. If anyone should be hated it's the Thundercat. 
He's the one who killed those beautiful Claymores, not Raki.
