The Raki discussion

[Tayimus]

Originally Posted by evil_kenshin

Well depends i guess i mean without using yoki in the Cid & Galk vs Clare fight , Clare did have a minor amount of trouble. Raki as he is now would beat them without even needing to try.

It would be a good fight to see

I don't know . . . Raki might be able to beat Clare if she didn't use Yoki back then, but now as a Ghost I can't see that happening. Actually, I want him to go up against the current Number Nine, Shadow Hunter Nina. God I hate her . . .

[evil_kenshin]

Originally Posted by Tayimus

I don't know . . . Raki might be able to beat Clare if she didn't use Yoki back then, but now as a Ghost I can't see that happening. Actually, I want him to go up against the current Number Nine, Shadow Hunter Nina. God I hate her . . .

She's arrogant and has a weird hairstyle lol so i agree i don't really like Nina. Then again i don't like most of the new generation of claymores. Nina, Audrey & Rachael i don't really like lol.

I guess thats also a technicality. Back then her suppressing her yoki meant she was pretty much a normal human with extreme training. Now she can act like she is without yoki pills without actually releasing yoki.

But Clare would never intend to harm Raki seriously and Raki won't attack Clare with the intention to kill , but i'd still like to see a fight with Raki going all out against Clare to compare.

[Tayimus]

Originally Posted by evil_kenshin

She's arrogant and has a weird hairstyle lol so i agree i don't really like Nina. Then again i don't like most of the new generation of claymores. Nina, Audrey & Rachael i don't really like lol.

Ditto, for the liking of the new Gen, except Clarice and Miata. I hope though that, however Raki got this strong, he is good enough to contend with a Number Nine.

Originally Posted by evil_kenshin

But Clare would never intend to harm Raki seriously and Raki won't attack Clare with the intention to kill , but i'd still like to see a fight with Raki going all out against Clare to compare.

Me too, just as a what if scenario.

[chibamonster]

I think the Audrey/Rachel combination is actually pretty funny. It reminds me somewhat of Sophia and Noel in that one is tomboyish and uses aweful language and the other is respectful, except that these two actually work together and seem to get along. I loved the constant bickering between Noel and Sophia, especially how they would say awful things about each other all the time. I think Rachel's haircut is as butch as it gets and she reminds me of Guile from streetfighter. I happen to like Audrey though. Of course I like other characters far more. Like Raphaela... Teresa, Irene, Clare, Galatea, Miria, Helen, Deneve, Miata, Clarice... well you get the idea...

[Savannah]

I think Rachel should just drop dead, Audrey is okay, I like her. And I also want to learn more about her "Gentle Sword".
Well back to the duel between Clare and Raki. I guess when Raki met Clare, he might have been able to win against a Clare that doesn't use Yoki, if he were as strong as he is now.
But - in these 7 years, Clare has not used Yoki ONCE. And she still got ALOT stronger. Maybe even pretty close to her partially awakened self (not sure tho).
Raki wouldn't stand much of a chance to win. It might be a interesting duel, but i predict Raki's certain defeat.
Well, in the end, we still don't know how strong he really got, but he manages to finish a normal Yoma relatively fast...

[Reppa]

At this point I've narrowed it down to a few different explenation for Raki's new founded adnormal abilities. However the little girl with the Yoma detecting ablility is a heavy suggestion that he might have something to do with the organization.

Theory #1

Priscilla's perpetual randome molestation of Raki rubbed off on him. While Isley was secretly slipping Yoma in the kids food. (That or a blood transfuson from Priscilla or Isley at some point.) The kid travelig with him could be the child of Priscilla and Raki.

Theory #2

Raki could have found someone from the oranization or Rubel (Remember Rubel Knew about Raki and informed Clare that he had got taked north) while looking for Clare, and proved he is as powerful as any of their claymores on his own. The girl traveling with him could be a claymore in training that was never good at fighting but good at yoma detecting. They sent her with Raki to compensate for her lack of ablities. This coul mean Her and Raki together are a ranked Claymore for the organization.

But those are just what I came up with. I'm open to ideas.

[evil_kenshin]

Originally Posted by Reppa

At this point I've narrowed it down to a few different explenation for Raki's new founded adnormal abilities. However the little girl with the Yoma detecting ablility is a heavy suggestion that he might have something to do with the organization.

Theory #1

Priscilla's perpetual randome molestation of Raki rubbed off on him. While Isley was secretly slipping Yoma in the kids food. (That or a blood transfuson from Priscilla or Isley at some point.) The kid travelig with him could be the child of Priscilla and Raki.

While i disagree with the child theory, Isley could of done something to change Raki. Would be interesting if they mixed yoma blood into Raki which would give him most of the benefits of a half yoma/awakened being (strength + speed) but due to lack of actual yoma flesh in him means he can't use yoki (no sensing) and just the same no risk of awakening

Originally Posted by Reppa

Theory #2

Raki could have found someone from the oranization or Rubel (Remember Rubel Knew about Raki and informed Clare that he had got taked north) while looking for Clare, and proved he is as powerful as any of their claymores on his own. The girl traveling with him could be a claymore in training that was never good at fighting but good at yoma detecting. They sent her with Raki to compensate for her lack of ablities. This coul mean Her and Raki together are a ranked Claymore for the organization.

But those are just what I came up with. I'm open to ideas.

While possible of a master blaster (from mad max 3 ) combo , i don't think the organizations involved since the village hadn't payed anything for Raki to come to them and his acting rouge (traveling all over the place looking for Clare).

Though it would finally settle that Raki is stronger than Clarice if he was number 46 lol

[clarakiss~]

ohh~h a raki vs. clare discussion eh? clare has a major advantage but raki i think has a lot of potential to be at par with her or even more if he became a claymore.

but i wouldn't be happy if he became one cuz we need one major character to remain human while the others are half yoma and such.

i do see them (raki & clare) becoming enemies though... if he (raki) decides to go over to isley and priscilla in later chapters after clare finds out about the details about raki.

imagine clare yelling after raki when priscilla wraps her arms around raki and takes him away with isley while all the ghosts looking on shocked and dumbfounded. ^^;

good stuff!!

[Reppa]

Originally Posted by evil_kenshin

While i disagree with the child theory, Isley could of done something to change Raki. Would be interesting if they mixed yoma blood into Raki which would give him most of the benefits of a half yoma/awakened being (strength + speed) but due to lack of actual yoma flesh in him means he can't use yoki (no sensing) and just the same no risk of awakening

No one will accept that Raki might have gotten a little something something. There is also the possiblity that kid has just been eating a lot of beef.

Originally Posted by evil_kenshin

While possible of a master blaster (from mad max 3 ) combo , i don't think the organizations involved since the village hadn't payed anything for Raki to come to them and his acting rouge (traveling all over the place looking for Clare).

Though it would finally settle that Raki is stronger than Clarice if he was number 46 lol

That is open to debate with all the new info. Then agian you can't have one male fighter when all the rest are female. Raki's at that point would just be a tool.

[hell88]

Originally Posted by clarakiss~

ohh~h a raki vs. clare discussion eh? clare has a major advantage but raki i think has a lot of potential to be at par with her or even more if he became a claymore.

but i wouldn't be happy if he became one cuz we need one major character to remain human while the others are half yoma and such.

i do see them (raki & clare) becoming enemies though... if he (raki) decides to go over to isley and priscilla in later chapters after clare finds out about the details about raki.

imagine clare yelling after raki when priscilla wraps her arms around raki and takes him away with isley while all the ghosts looking on shocked and dumbfounded. ^^;

good stuff!!

I can see it happening.

[Savannah]

Priscilla won't take Raki anywhere. It's more like that she will follow Raki anywhere^^

[evil_kenshin]

Originally Posted by clarakiss~

ohh~h a raki vs. clare discussion eh? clare has a major advantage but raki i think has a lot of potential to be at par with her or even more if he became a claymore.

but i wouldn't be happy if he became one cuz we need one major character to remain human while the others are half yoma and such.

i do see them (raki & clare) becoming enemies though... if he (raki) decides to go over to isley and priscilla in later chapters after clare finds out about the details about raki.

imagine clare yelling after raki when priscilla wraps her arms around raki and takes him away with isley while all the ghosts looking on shocked and dumbfounded. ^^;

good stuff!!

while i hope they don't become enemies , i can see that last part happening sometime it would give Clare all the more reason to hate Priscilla.

Originally Posted by Savannah

Priscilla won't take Raki anywhere. It's more like that she will follow Raki anywhere^^

lol thinking about it that way, Raki is more in charge of the Isley & Priscilla alliance

[Savannah]

@all: xD okay. First: Raki is far too loyal to Clare as to be dragged away from her by a Priscilla. No matter what happened during the 7 years time skip.
Second: If Raki would have to decide between Clare or Priscilla&Isley, it would be obvious where he would want to go, wouldn't it?
Third: Although this is a manga, it's still relativley easy to predict what happens/happened between Raki and Clare. I don't mean how they will see each other etc etc. What I mean is, that Raki would prefer Clare above anyone else. Also that Raki would rather die together with Clare, when she was close to awakening back then in the cathedral. I knew that from the very first moment, when the thought of her soon awakening surfaced. Such things are always easy to predict in fantasy mangas.

[clarakiss~]

@ savanah - yes, i'm well aware of that but i will say this; raki will be a force to be reckon with later on. isley is up to something and that something is raki like riful said that she found 'something' interesting when she met clare.

or maybe it is the child raki has with him. who knows?? :P

[Savannah]

Yeah Raki will be important in fights too I guess. Tho somehow i don't like that idea :S

[NobodyMan]

We'll probably find out if he's human or not depending on how much he eats.

he seemed to have an apetite when he was a kid.

[Savannah]

Well, "Raki the Cook with his Crackpot". Said that bunch'a times already.

[NobodyMan]

Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly do you mean by "the cook with his crackpot"? Is it some kind of pop culture reference?

Oh, and thanks to chapter 80, I finally get to say something I've always to say:

I liked Raki before he was cool.

[Savannah]

Nah, it's just that Raki is a good cook, or at least likes to cook. And Crackpot is a pun at how fast he moves. There was somewhere some random post about him in zerker mode, as answer to that I wrote something like "Raki the Cook with his Crackpot".

BTW, nice sig there xD

[NobodyMan]

Ah, ok, Thanks for clearing that up!

Thanks for the compliment on my sig, I like it quite a bit myself, of course it wasn't made by me, if that's not already obvious.

I find it very humorous that Raki actually looks more feminine than Rachel, which doesn't help her reputation at all. I think the only character that is manlier than her is Duph.

Of course I'm very satisfied on how Raki looks in the 7-year timeskip, and don't think he's that feminine at all, just more so than Rachel.