Manga: Claymore

[Yukimura]

@Ryl the one that was on MT was apparently Jap -> Chinese -> English I replaced it with 10sigh's.

Found a great speculation on the DigitalPanic forum, that the little girl is actually Easley and Priscilla's demon spawn. The creepiness/awesomeness of this appeals to me so I'm hoping that's exactly who she is.

I'm still disliking Raki because he still seems to have the same stupid attitude hiding beneath the surface, however now that he seems to have the juice to actually back up his words I may warm up to him some. But I've heard some speculation that it may be his armor that is some how doing the extra work for him. I'm not sure I believe that, but anything seems possible at this point.

[David75]

Some sort of exoskeleton?
Then we will need to know what drives it... yoki? Whose yoki, the little girl?

[Death13a]

It looks like armor and sword are made from same material as claymore's but I wander who made it for him as sword didn't had a name/marking on it so he didn't just picked it up somewhere. As far as Raki being a demon, he could be on those special drugs that limits his yoki.

[Assassin]

the armor could be special in some way...it definately not something you can pick up at the local armor shop id imagine. It seems to be made specifically for him, and for the purpose of fighting yoma. The sword as well, like David mentioned, is slightly different from a claymore. its big, but not quite as big (seems that way to me atleast), and is probably lighter then a normal claymore.

As for the little girl being a demon spawn theory, i like it, but we've never seen anything to suggest mating is possible for AB's. Though since they' used to be human, i guess we can't count it out either.

[Ryllharu]

Why be on the drugs? He knows all the advantages of Yoki (as Clare has explained during her travels with him), and all the disadvantages of being on the pills. The pills make the Claymores dramatically weaker (learned the first time Clare was in the Holy City during her battle).

Perhaps his armor has all the various plates on it to not only maintain full mobility, while redirecting most of the force of attacks away from him. The yoma's fingers glanced off his bracers, and the shoulder plates look like they are the same. But Claymore armor is still just regular light plate, Clare has broken hers how many times, and usually just gets a replacement from her handler.

I think if anything, Raki's Greatsword is heavier than a Claymore's blade. Miria and others were just commenting that their blades seem to be of a material that never requires sharpening, and is far lighter than it should be. Unless Isely knows how to obtain that material, I'd wager it is far more like Guts' Dragonslayer from Berserk, but not quite as awesomely/ridiculously huge.

[David75]

Why be on the drugs? He knows all the advantages of Yoki (as Clare has explained during her travels with him), and all the disadvantages of being on the pills. The pills make the Claymores dramatically weaker (learned the first time Clare was in the Holy City during her battle).

Perhaps his armor has all the various plates on it to not only maintain full mobility, while redirecting most of the force of attacks away from him. The yoma's fingers glanced off his bracers, and the shoulder plates look like they are the same. But Claymore armor is still just regular light plate, Clare has broken hers how many times, and usually just gets a replacement from her handler.

I think if anything, Raki's Greatsword is heavier than a Claymore's blade. Miria and others were just commenting that their blades seem to be of a material that never requires sharpening, and is far lighter than it should be. Unless Isely knows how to obtain that material, I'd wager it is far more like Guts' Dragonslayer from Berserk, but not quite as awesomely/ridiculously huge.

I'm stretching the idea a little, but this equipment could be the one Isley had prior to becoming an AB.
That could explain the special alloy and probably sword.
We now know that there's a faraway land were claymores, and probably armors are built.
Isley probably had some, gave them to Raki after a long training.

[tnynyn]

I'm stretching the idea a little, but this equipment could be the one Isley had prior to becoming an AB.
That could explain the special alloy and probably sword.
We now know that there's a faraway land were claymores, and probably armors are built.
Isley probably had some, gave them to Raki after a long training.

Good chapter. I also think its Isleys old armor and sword when he was a claymore..

[deathstroke]

I think the little girl is actually Raki's child with Priscilla, even though he denied it. We know Priscilla likes to sneak into bed with Raki. With him going thru puberty and with his hormones raging, things are bound to happen. I also think that the little girl is the secret weapon the organization is looking for, a warrior that can completely awaken and revert back.

[Death BOO Z]

Deathstorke, Raki said she isn't his, and I believe him. it doesn't fit the plot very well.
I think that the kid is a version of the claymore orginazation men, like rubel and co. they seem to be able to point out claymores without actually sensing them, or something.
Maybe Isely is trying to build up his own claymore team, and Raki is the first experiment, he wants Raki to be close enough to yomas so that doesn't go completly nuts when using his powers. maybe the armor is made out of claymore\yoma seastone that stops him using his powers. maybe he's on the pill.
lots of options.

however, I think that Raki is quite weak, despite his current showoff. he sneaked up on his enemy, and still needed four swings to kill, and the yoma didn't even fight back until falling to the black knight state (no arm, no legs), he's gonna be in real shit when he fights a claymore, or a decent yoma who's prepared to see him.

[Assassin]

Im sure we didn't get a 'holy shit' introduction to Raki v2 just to have him be a panzy in a real fight.....it seems like a given that he'll have developed enough to handle himself against any yoma, in any situation (probably not AB's yet though).

Now that he's been introduced, they mite focus on him for a while, as it seems the Claymore storyline is at a hault....or atleast its a good place for a hault. Its not hard to see Raki getting stonger, possibly in the same way as the other claymores, by learning better techniques in his travels.

[shinta|hikari]

Raki can handle Yomas but not ABs, which means he is still practically useless.

I doubt there is anything special about his current skill. It seems to be just the results of his training for 7 years, which is not hard to believe at all if your master is an abyssal one.

I am still hoping that he is forced to become a claymore, but manages to control it like the females do, becoming the first male claymore that does not go AB. Only in that manner can he fulfill the objectives of his training, which is to assist Clare (who is now freakishly strong).

EDIT: and about the reason for heading west... I doubt its for hunting Riful, since it was explicitly mentioned that Raki is backtracking his journey with Clare from before in order to find her.

Also, is the look on Clare's face when she finds out Raki may have a kid a look of jealousy/disappointment?

[Death BOO Z]

maybe he wants to tell Claire that it's thier child, and she's the father...

[Yukimura]

Claymore 81 (MT account required)

It's by some noob with low typesetting skills, but Claymore is still Claymore.

[David75]

Claymore 81 (MT account required)

It's by some noob with low typesetting skills, but Claymore is still Claymore.

well... noobian work can really be upsetting at times... like lastest R+V chapter at onemanga.

Will wait a bit for a nice release then, anyways thanks

[Rikudo]

Here's a link for online viewing, http://www.onemanga.com/Claymore/81/

[Munsu]

From Franky-House:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=2B0GX4IW
http://rapidshare.com/files/12721236...e_081__FH_.zip

[NeoCybercoin]

Sweet, didn't think that little girl would be Prisilla. And it seems Rifill is alive and still recruting. If that is her anyway.

[Yukimura]

Claymore c81 - [Whatever]

I can't trust FH after their last Claymore. Anyway a properly translated version is so much better.

It's really sad that Riful couldn't catch a worthy candidate after so many years. Hopefully she'll manage to turn Rene just so her story can advance.

As to Priscilla, if she's resisting the urge to eat I really hope they don't pull the anime ending out and have her not be fully awakened or something. It seems pretty unlikely but shittier things have happened to good manga.

[Munsu]

Damnit Yuki, I haven't finished the anime yet you piece of shit!!!!!!!!

Lol, for some reason I've been hesitant to finish the anime... maybe I should. Should I? Last episode I saw Clare was kicking Rigardo's ass.

Anyways, it was obvious it was going to be Priscilla with him. Glad to see Riful, and this Rene chick seems cool. More and more I start to think that at some point Riful and Clare will work together.

Is [Whatever] better by the way? I didn't try them when they came out because I thought it was some random shitty speedsub.

[Death BOO Z]

wait, so they killed the black chick? so fast, so soon? we didn't even get to see her moves.

and at least it doesn't seem that raki is a complete idiot, woot. we need more training flashbacks.