Claymore

[Kraco]

2 is important, because should Teresa have awakened, she would have been an Abyssal One... and not a mere Awakened Being. This is I think very important. She would have been of the caliber of Easley or Riful, far more stronger than Rigardo or Duff.

Were Easley and Riful Abyssal Ones right from the start? Or were they just powerful ABs, full of potential, and later developed to be the most powerful ones of all ABs? This would be a distinction because not all ABs live long enough to reach their maximum, and you can't say the immature ones would yet be equal to Abyssal Ones in practice.

[David75]

Were Easley and Riful Abyssal Ones right from the start? Or were they just powerful ABs, full of potential, and later developed to be the most powerful ones of all ABs? This would be a distinction because not all ABs live long enough to reach their maximum, and you can't say the immature ones would yet be equal to Abyssal Ones in practice.

To me, around the time Riful was presented, they said what a Dweller of the Deep or Abyssal one is: They all are #1 claymores that awakened.
However, it"s true they didn't specify anything else, so we don't know if they develop their full potential quickly or not... And we've not witnessed such an awakening, the closest one would be Priscilla, but she was "only" #2... or should we consider she was #1 right when she killed Teresa?

Now we need to try to "understand" why Clare outclasses Rigardo so quickly.
The Abyssal One "shortcut" seems to be the easiest way. By being ablo to use even
a very small amount of power from an Abyssal one into her legs, she gets the advantage in speed, and with her always improving Quicksword she defeats Rigardo. It's only possible if the power from an Abyssal One is available quickly after the first awakening (even partial one) in my set of hypothesis. Thanks for this question.

[shinta|hikari]

Im sure that Teresa would have been an Abyssal One had she awakened. The only thing left for your hypothesis is whether what is inside Clare is indeed something that powerful.

If we think in terms that the addition of Youma into the girls is not a simple combination but a mutation (this makes sense, since these half-youmas are actually much stronger than full youmas), Clare may have mutated into something completely different, and the reason why she still seems so weak is because this mutation is not completed, or has not revealed its full effects yet. If we think strictly in terms of power, a claymore is stronger than a youma, so if the mutation grows exponentially based on such power (this can even be youki), Clare may be the most powerful being in the show.

The Claymore creation process cant be as simple as 1+1=2, since weve seen claymores that are abnormally strong, strength which cannot be explained by merely saying human power + youma power = combination of both. This mutation process then, will provide a good excuse as to why Clare has become so powerful so unexpectedly (since it completely disregards the fact that only half youma is in her), and it helps that a former number 1 is her catalyst, or maybe mutation trigger. Still, even if this makes absolute sense, it is worth crap since it isnt based on anything concrete from the show.

[David75]

Im sure that Teresa would have been an Abyssal One had she awakened. The only thing left for your hypothesis is whether what is inside Clare is indeed something that powerful.

If we think in terms that the addition of Youma into the girls is not a simple combination but a mutation (this makes sense, since these half-youmas are actually much stronger than full youmas), Clare may have mutated into something completely different, and the reason why she still seems so weak is because this mutation is not completed, or has not revealed its full effects yet. If we think strictly in terms of power, a claymore is stronger than a youma, so if the mutation grows exponentially based on such power (this can even be youki), Clare may be the most powerful being in the show.

The Claymore creation process cant be as simple as 1+1=2, since weve seen claymores that are abnormally strong, strength which cannot be explained by merely saying human power + youma power = combination of both. This mutation process then, will provide a good excuse as to why Clare has become so powerful so unexpectedly (since it completely disregards the fact that only half youma is in her), and it helps that a former number 1 is her catalyst, or maybe mutation trigger. Still, even if this makes absolute sense, it is worth crap since it isnt based on anything concrete from the show.

Exact. Only little mistake is a quarter yoma in Clare

We'll see if they ever come up with something... Maybe they will let this aside and only focus on main plot...