| I just finished the anime series of Claymore, and was greatly disappointed in especially the last 3 episodes. I am disappointed to the extent that I feel that they really ruined the depth of the series altogether. Is it just me, or do others feel the same way? Did they just ruin the show entirely with these episodes? |
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| Can't say I totally agree with you. Yes, I do think the fight itself was bad and Prissy looked ridiculous in her form, but that wasn't the point of the ending. Instead of ruining the story it actually added depth to it...so I'm not exactly sure what you were disappointed about? |
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emeraldrosary said: In fact, by the end of the series nothing really happened! Character development happaned, and that was the whole point of the ending. Clare realized throwing away her life and humanity (by awakening/becoming a monster) simply for the sake of revenge was not what Teresa wished for. Remember Teresa's last line to Clare right before the ED song? Her friends, Teresa, and Jean (who told her to find a new purpose for living) all wanted her to live on as a human. The ending was full of emotions, especially the part where Clare questions herself whether the choice of not taking revenge she has made is fine or not and then Teresa smiles back at her. I was on the verge of tears. |
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| End 3-4 episodes where awful... |
Hisio said: Welcome to the world of unfinished anime adaptations It being unfinished wasn't what made it bad. The execution, ESPECIALLY of the final episode was straight up bad. They spent all this time building an excellent back story for the main characters, then they killed it with the overly cheesy emotional ending. There are animes that work well with endings like that, and this was not one of them. At all. By the end, the shit that was going down reminded me off the absolutely ridiculous boosting that Issei from HS: DxD did. It made me cringe because it was so cheesy, but that show didn't try to take itself seriously in the same way. You weren't expecting emotional development, and that's why it worked so well, at least in my opinion. With Claymore, the fact that it ended up turning into a contest of who could boost their power level more, and then everyone starts crying and they choose THAT moment to remind Clare again to live her life, struck me as an execution of vastly contrasting styles, and I felt it was in very poor taste. Of course, the series wasn't bad overall. A bad ending doesn't ruin a whole series. I would've liked to give it a 7.5, but I ended up rounding to an 8. |
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emeraldrosary said: You're right there was some good character development, but I don't think that was the whole point of the ending. Well that's fine, but personally I have no doubt in my mind considering the opening song "Raison D'être" which means reason for existence in English and is also the main theme of the series. Teresa's purpose in life was carrying out her missions, but then after encountering the little girl she, as she said, found a new reason to live and it was out of her love for Clare. Don't forget Clare's also named after the Goddess of Love (not Goddess of Vengeance) so I think that should signify the direction of her character growth. |
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| Being familiar with anime adaptations being unfaithful to the original material, I read that the last 3 episodes were not like the manga. Therefore, I can't even say one way or the other as to whether it was bad, because I didn't watch the last ones. I just went to the manga to continue the story. The manga is really good, you won't be disappointed. |
emeraldrosary said: I was greatly disappointed as well. In fact, I was bored by the episode Rigardo showed up (in battle). It was starting to get a little to ridiculous by then. agreed |
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