[Manga] Claymore Chapter 76 Discussion

[Anima]

Ah yes, she was already dying. Totally forgot that.

[redmeat]

Well, in that case, Ralphaela might have sacrificed herself for the greater good, to honor her sister, or for some religious reason. As for Jean, I think it wasn't as much as saving a friend as it was for repaying her debt.

[Valerian Mengsk]

Wow redmeat, you are dead set on Ralphaela fading into the background aren't you. Well, your guess is as good as mine on what may happen concerning her until she reappears or the manga ends.

In an attempt to hijack the thread, a ways back I heard someone wonder why Clare seemed to be holding up better power-wise than she used to and why she didn't regress after her brief stint as a nearly awakened killing machine.

Well, 7 years of hard training have passed which has done a pretty good job of upping her base stats, but if anyone wants more info check the later parts of the Power and Stats thread.

[ungalin]

its about time for that new episode to appear. .... Yes? I'm really sad this only comes out once a month. That's less than a page a day.

[Zsych]

... considering that the anime actually had better character designs than the manga ...

[Lights of Euphoria]

True...
The anime did have the characters better drawn then the manga

[Anima]

Originally Posted by Lights of Euphoria

True...
The anime did have the characters better drawn then the manga

Wah?
The anime drawing of claymores was hideous! Go through the anime and see how many faces did Clare have. Heck even Ophelia had 94073284372 faces in her 2 episodes.

Meet retarded Clare:

Meet long neck Clare:


I could go on really but if you mean you liked the "design" of chars better, then that's subjective.

[Mgz]

Originally Posted by Chendzeea Li

Thanks...I'm now blessed and cursed with the mental image of Armless Irene jumping up and down under a apple tree to take bites out of hanging fruit

uhm not really, I know a person who lost both arms but he is still able to go to college and becomes a teacher. I'm sure Irene is fine

[Zsych]

Oh I'm sure Irene is pretty much dead :P There was no indication in her scene with Rafaela that she was anything but screwed.

Regarding the manga designs vs. the anime, in the manga all the Claymores look like kids, whose faces didn't fully develop. The anime faces are generally more mature and somewhat more expressive. I compare the anime Miria to the manga one, and I go, what??? The anime one actually looks like she could be leader material, the manga one looks more like a doll.

That animation quality varies in anime is expected though... They just don't spend enough money on anime eps to get really good quality. It costs less to make an anime ep than it does an ep of a regular TV program, or an american cartoon... by a lot.

[Anima]

Originally Posted by Zsych

Oh I'm sure Irene is pretty much dead :P There was no indication in her scene with Rafaela that she was anything but screwed.

It's true that the scene strongly implied that Irene is gonna get killed but Claymore isn't the type of anime/manga which doesn't show the killing sequence of its chars to hide the violence or something. We've seen heads flying, skulls penetrated, bodies slashed in halves. Irene's final scene was left like that to let us wonder. It's a definite cliffhanger.

Originally Posted by Zsych

Regarding the manga designs vs. the anime, in the manga all the Claymores look like kids, whose faces didn't fully develop. The anime faces are generally more mature and somewhat more expressive. I compare the anime Miria to the manga one, and I go, what??? The anime one actually looks like she could be leader material, the manga one looks more like a doll.

Of course they look maturer in the anime because they look older but grasping the idea of that they don't grow old physically leaves room to accept that a girl who looks in her early 20s can be as wise as a 40-50 years old one.

I'd read the Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice and there was a 3 years old child who was turned into a vampire and lived for more than 70 years staying in the same physical body age but she matured enough mentally to rival those who are much more older than her. It felt weird it in the beginning but I guess with that char in mind, I could accept a wise 20 years old Miria.

[Lights of Euphoria]

Dead?! I think NOT!

Spoiler:

http://mrpoppit.deviantart.com/