[Anime] Claymore: Anime Thread

I like Claymore and was intrigued ever since I saw a preview page of it under "manga explorer" within my very first issue of Shonen Jump. After a couple of years, looks like it's now an anime and doing pretty well. Other than the half-yoma fact, there's something about the girls that I don't find pretty at all, but I think that's actually moreso a product of the art style in general for me.

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Originally Posted by aku

Yeah, after seen the opening i figured that. It would make since, but i am glad to hear that the last few episodes with young Clare do lead back into her adult life as a claymore, and this isn't just some random child by the name of Clare.

Aaaah spoilers! I only saw up to episode five
Wouldn't have expected that at all, but I guess that's really interesting. I thought also that it was taking place at the same time, and that it was just a coincidence.
Now Teresa, I find much hotter and deadlier than Clare

I hope they eventually explain that event which happened right before Raki and Clare leave the Church town, while they were still inside the church.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I finally saw 08 today and I loved all the insta-gore flying about but it was very sad indeed. Looks like 09 is out today and we get to see Clare's past wrapped up from what the preview indicates. I still wonder how Raki ultimately fits in due to the last event seen with him and Clare together.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

and thus the greatest (in my incredibly biased opinion) most recent shounen anime has come to end, and there is definitely room for a second season! I'd like to start reading the manga from this point, despite what I've heard about discrepancies in between anime and manga towards the last episodes.

I admit that the end got far too DBZish for me:

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Especially since Clare beat Rigardo. It's as if the only words she could speak from their till the end were "more power!" and "Teresa..." over and over again. Then the last couple of episodes have Clare exchanging unsatisfying flash sword volleys that continuously fail hard.

However the ending is very nice and bittersweet. Strangely made me feel good, despite how terrible it would be to live in the Claymore world. I am in love with Easley for being such a fruitcake and pulling off the standard "I could kill you but I don't feel like it" routine. "It would be...inelegant."

Frankly, I don't see how or why they would just leave it at that, unless it wasn't popular enough to warrant the next season's budget or whatever.

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