The two biggest changes from the manga that I saw were that Clare didn’t have to awaken nearly as much in order to defeat Ligardes (though they did make it clear that she was pushing herself harder and harder), and that Raki was put on the scene. Raki, however, didn’t really do anything except be shocked and be frustrated, though he may yet play a part in turning Clare back - assuming that’s the direction the story is gonna go.
Then again, Jean’s still alive, and Galatea is in the preview, so any one of them (or even all of them) could play that part, and it’s possible that Clare’s physical changes will also manifest themselves in the next episode.
Priscilla and Isley still have a part to play too, so maybe Clare will get to fight one of them (maybe both) while she’s still uber-powerful. Regardless, it should be pretty much all anime-original material from here on out.
Claymore is definitely getting most awesome every episode. I saw this figure at Wonder Festival 2007, and I just had to post this here. The figure is very beautiful. Clare’s sword looks removable and she comes with her replacement arm too. The sword is supposedly removable. We better cross our fingers and hope it is! As for the price range..l let’s hope this figure will fall in the price range of 20-40$ and offer an alternate as well.
Wonder Festival 2007 Summer video clip - 10 min coverage
Execution-wise, I thought they handled the final scene quite well, from the slow motion running to save Miria all the way to Clare’s creepy eyes in that last shot. Story-wise, the battle parts of this episode followed the manga, while pretty much everything with Raki, Isley, and Priscilla did not.
The episode flashbacked a bit too much for my liking though, almost to the point where it felt like they were just trying to buy time so that they could end at the best spot for a cliffhanger.
In any case, I would imagine that the anime stops following the manga completely starting either next week or the week after, assuming Raki intrudes on the fight and changes everything. And if Jean’s appearance in the preview is any indicator, then that seems pretty likely to happen.
The two biggest changes from the manga that I saw were that Clare didn’t have to awaken nearly as much in order to defeat Ligardes (though they did make it clear that she was pushing herself harder and harder), and that Raki was put on the scene. Raki, however, didn’t really do anything except be shocked and be frustrated, though he may yet play a part in turning Clare back - assuming that’s the direction the story is gonna go.
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