Claymore Vol 11
Apr. 20th, 2008 02:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meganbmooreWha...wha...wha...
That was...unexpected.
I OBJECT!!!
And...hope there's a much higher survival rate than expected.
At least Clare, Miria, Helen and Deneve...
But...wow.
As I'm being kinda random, allow me to clarify: In a huge and awesome "final stand" battle, ABOUT NINETY PERCENT OF THE CAST WAS KILLED OFF!!! Since the four mentioned above have awakened before, and all "died" off panel, I'm hoping they somehow survived, and are going into hiding(the blurb for vol 12 tells me that after the battle between two Awakened Beings that's going on now ends, the story skips ahead seven years to a new generation of Claymores) until they decide what to do. Since, you know, The Organization has basically been trying to get them killed for a while now, and just cheerfully sacrificed them and half the other Claymores. Oh, how I hope the wrath will be epic.
The thing about this book is that the mangaka tends to create characters that give you the impression the character will be around for the long run...and then off them. Not "this character has an interesting design and fighting style and an attitude" but fully developed characters with distinct personalities, fighting styles, relationships, individual moral codes and angsty backstories, and then s/he(?) just UP AND KILLS THEM OFF WITHOUT WARNING!!!
It's kinda scarring, actually. But in the good way.
At least there's still Galatea. She is definately Not Pleased with having half the Claymores sacrificed by The Organization, and doesn't seem likely to do nothing about it. Then there's the soulless twins, Beth and Alicia, who seem to have a lot of backstory to go with them. And did I understand that right, that they tried to do the same to Teresa and her sister(also named Clare?) and it didn't work out?
Hmm...and I just realized that, if we're about to jump ahead seven years, the book might actually go that Clare/Raki route it hinted at that made me go "WTF???" a few volumes back, esp. since Claymores don't seem to age like normal people do.
I love that I can't begin to guess what will happen next in this book.
That was...unexpected.
I OBJECT!!!
And...hope there's a much higher survival rate than expected.
At least Clare, Miria, Helen and Deneve...
But...wow.
As I'm being kinda random, allow me to clarify: In a huge and awesome "final stand" battle, ABOUT NINETY PERCENT OF THE CAST WAS KILLED OFF!!! Since the four mentioned above have awakened before, and all "died" off panel, I'm hoping they somehow survived, and are going into hiding(the blurb for vol 12 tells me that after the battle between two Awakened Beings that's going on now ends, the story skips ahead seven years to a new generation of Claymores) until they decide what to do. Since, you know, The Organization has basically been trying to get them killed for a while now, and just cheerfully sacrificed them and half the other Claymores. Oh, how I hope the wrath will be epic.
The thing about this book is that the mangaka tends to create characters that give you the impression the character will be around for the long run...and then off them. Not "this character has an interesting design and fighting style and an attitude" but fully developed characters with distinct personalities, fighting styles, relationships, individual moral codes and angsty backstories, and then s/he(?) just UP AND KILLS THEM OFF WITHOUT WARNING!!!
It's kinda scarring, actually. But in the good way.
At least there's still Galatea. She is definately Not Pleased with having half the Claymores sacrificed by The Organization, and doesn't seem likely to do nothing about it. Then there's the soulless twins, Beth and Alicia, who seem to have a lot of backstory to go with them. And did I understand that right, that they tried to do the same to Teresa and her sister(also named Clare?) and it didn't work out?
Hmm...and I just realized that, if we're about to jump ahead seven years, the book might actually go that Clare/Raki route it hinted at that made me go "WTF???" a few volumes back, esp. since Claymores don't seem to age like normal people do.
I love that I can't begin to guess what will happen next in this book.
And now I am utterly bereft of Claymore until Vol 12 comes out, unless I decide to read scanslations. But I kind of want to save it for when I get the books.
I suspect I am temporarily ruined for shounen consisting of guys yelling "And now...I'll show you MY REAL POWER!" or "And now...I'LL TAKE THE FIGHT SERIOUSLY!" etc...