Claymore

[Munsu]

First, it's not really detailed what was actually happening. Second, it seems that the Yoki is actually sorrounding Clare and Raki. Third, Clare is embracing and protecting Raki.

[Kraco]

It didn't even look like proper yoki anymore. I think normally yoki has a sickly colour, but this looked quite bright and white, which lead me to believe it was purified somehow. Granted, there was the shock wave, but like Bud said, they were perhaps like in the calm eye of the hurricane.

[Yukimura]

A noticed a few script errors that's rare for Eclipse. Anyway, the episoe was pretty nifty, though there were several things that made it seem unrealistic...even for an anime. DS managed to dispell the strangeness of Raki grabbing a sword by the blade and waving it around, but Galk's missing chest cavity + some bandages shouldn't add up to him walking around and tossing swords to Raki...or breathing.

Next ep has the smiling Claymore in it so that can't be bad. Maybe she'll take a liking to Raki and offer to make a man out of him.

[masamuneehs]

caught up, pleasantly content with it so far. I like the idea of the Black Card and the explanation behind Claymores is quite good. Should be interesting to find out exactly how the half-Youma part merges with them and why it only works on women.

The guy from the organization is super shady... I too wouldn't be surprised if somehow the organization is behind Youma appearances, sending in Claymores when asked and collecting the pay. Seems like alot of effort to run a con business, but who knows...

I don't mind Raki yet... yet...

I was very happy when the Youma in episode 4 stopped snarling and finally started showing some intelligence. The animation is good (although quite dark in many scenes, maybe too dark for my tastes...) but I don't find these kinds of fights compelling unless they've got an edge of strategy or wit in them.

Tentacles, big swords, impaling but not fatally, surge of demon power, struggle to control the evil power inside. Sure those things can look cool and also be pretty intriguing the first couple times you see them, but after awhile it = Yawn.

i'm looking for this show to set itself apart. I'm enjoying it, but I don't think it's anything fantastic.

[Ryllharu]

I never really cared for the holy city arc. I found it somewhat lackluster. Though it showed a very different side to the Claymores, investigation and fitting in with regular people in order to do that, there's nothing that really strikes it as special. It's just a slightly more violent than average Youma in a city where everyone is even more against the Claymore's presence than usual. Clare almost losing it was done really well. They were able to convey the surge of energy really well.

I'm really looking forward to the next arc. They've shown a name of another Claymore, Teresa, and she'll have a much larger role than Elena.

Teresa is actually my favorite character from the manga.

[Kraco]

Show us, then, thy deadly smile, Teresa:

Episode 5 h264 - Eclipse
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Edit: This episode certainly explained one fundamental thing: Why Clare took Raki with her. Rather interesting rule there, as well. Surely might make the life a bit more troublesome in a chaotic world like that, although it's easy to see why the rule is there.

Well, I'm not the greatest fan of flashbacks in general and it looks like this isn't nearly over yet, but at least it was interesting even if it didn't end up adding anything to the current plot (whatever that might be), aside from backstory elements.

[Death13a]

Well, I'm not the greatest fan of flashbacks in general and it looks like this isn't nearly over yet, but at least it was interesting even if it didn't end up adding anything to the current plot (whatever that might be), aside from backstory elements.

Actually it beginning of series' plot and it should take 2 or 3 more episodes. I really like Teresa she looks like regular human when killing Yomas.