Claymore

[VivisQueen]

Episode 3 was well good. Solved journeying repetitiveness by presenting us with multi-part story in one place quite early on. And I must say, the action is fantastic. This is inching its way to an 8.

[VivisQueen]

Episode 4:

Is this another case of love saving the day? I seriously hope not.

[Wolfco]

Don't whine Viva. Anime isn't a genre of perfection. Claymore is great because it has good animation, decent character designs, acceptable character development, and some sort of real constructed plot. It won't be the best thing ever, but it will be a decent anime if it continues on this road. There is room during the journeying for further character development, good action sequences, and some interest theoretical discussion of what yoma are/how claymore's maintain their humanity for some period of time.

Why is it a problem in the end if love saves the day? If Raki's affection for her controls her hormonal responses, then I say that is fine. I seriously don't see this series degenerating into some happy everything is fine irregardless of the fact the world was going to end yesterday type series. It should be a nice progression where some sort of moderation is reached so that yoma don't overtake and destroy all of human civilization even though they can never be completely eliminated.

[VivisQueen]

Lol. Did I say I expected anime (or ANY art form) to be perfect? I also take offence at the idea that I'm 'whining'.

I just hope it isn't as simple as love saved the day, mainly because the idea of Raki saying he wants to be with her forever somehow being magical enough to stop her turning at such a critical juncture is cheesy as hell. Not to mention the unbelievable suggestion that with all the love in the world, this is the only time 'love' has beaten the Yoma influence. I do presume they will answer this scene later on somehow.

It was just a point of discussion. I somehow don't buy into the 'hormone' argument (seems contrived). But it'd certainly be more original than 'love' being the key ingredient.

[Lord_Vegita]

crap, i need to go find ep 4 now and watch it >_<

[Aydan]

I haven't even watched episode 3 yet. T_T

[sevencreature]

Well, mahou is worth waiting for...

[Cetonis]

(ep 4)

Well, there's also the point that in all likelihood there's never been a case where a claymore has recieved affection from anybody... but still, while I can see Raki's words helping her hang on to her humanity, the sudden nature of the reversion back to human, and the big blast of light that accompanied it, was hopefully caused by something else - having something so drastic happen just because she shed a tear or whatever does seem a bit too magical. Perhaps the episode title ("Clare's Awakening") refers to something other than the Yoma takeover?

[sevencreature]

Regarding the spoilers - yes, Clare is a bit "special" and different from others of her kind (just wait for further episodes - or read manga) ^_~

[Aydan]

I have to agree with Cetonis and sevencreature, Clare seems special, but the main is always special right. :D