[Anime] Claymore: Anime Thread

A good question I'd like to ask the manga readers is whether Raki ever becomes an awesome character. In the anime, he's been made into an idealistic chump whose only sole purpose is to serve as a plot device whether it's to keep Clare from awakening or to hypnotize Priscilla. Other than that, I haven't really seen him do anything useful which brings the question as to why he was put in there in the first place other than the fact that he's in the manga. As it stands, I could see this show taking place without Raki and nothing would really change in terms of plot.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by aku

I would say, the only reason he is there, is because he in a since, keeping her human, so to speak.

Which means that all he does is serve as a plot device. And a character that has no other function in a series other than to serve as a plot device leads to a pretty crappy character. There really is no depth to the anime version of Raki. And that's a damn shame given all the potential that he had to develop into a strong supporting character (which has incidentally been given to the other Claymores).

Any word on whether there'll be a second season? From the way this series is proceeding, I'm expecting it to close out.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

That last episode was too painful to watch. The show definitely started going downhill after episode 17. Once the showdown began, the consistency and quality just became completely laughable.

My problems with the last episode can be summed up below:

Spoiler:

• Galatea shows up three times for no apparent reason. She doesn't even conclude the series or advance the plot in any meaningful way.
• Raki acting really dumb... as usual. Why is he stopping Clare from trying to kill a monster who eats humans! Is he really that stupid?
• A lot of suspension of disbelief during the battle sequences. (See Dizzy's post)
• Mirria leaving the group for no apparent reason. If someone can provide me with a good reason why she isn't going to train with Deneve and Helene, I'll concede this point.

I can sort of understand if this was done to preserve a shot at a second season. But if the plan was to create a second season in the first place, why deviate from the manga at all? By all accounts, the manga was pretty decent and everything fits in order. It's when they started deviating from the manga (after episode 17 I think) is when this show started becoming laughable.

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