*Topeng Kaca: Bidadari Merah (Glass Mask: The Crimson Angel) #11—volume 44 of Miuchi Suzue's Glass no Kamen shoujo classic—comes with a caveat: It will only release on the 4th if original publisher Hakusensha greenlights Elex's cover in time. So before I blurb the still veiled TK:BM 11 — Vampire Knight © Hino Matsuri/Hakusensha (Serialized in LaLa) Published in Indonesia by Elex Media Komputindo
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Scene 105 Revenge’s Course Priscilla catches up to them. She asks what happened to Clare and both of them attack her. She manages to stop them without killing them. She asks again and Deneve tells her she’s dead, absorbed by the giant being. Priscilla starts getting crazy, not being able to get her revenge. [...]
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Continuing from previous chapter, Clare was on the verge of her death as she lost her arms and legs. After saying her last words, she was totally consumed by the huge clump of youki. Helenn and Deneve didn’t have much time to be sad and... Related posts:Claymore Chapter 93 : Disciple of Demise Claymore Chapter 101 : Wedge Claymore Chapter 102 : The Akuma that Swooped Down
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Priscillia catches up to Deneve and Helen. The epic clash is on for real now. Summary: Helen and Deneve watch in shock as Clare is absorbed by the dark mass, and before disappearing Clare says something that's only heard by Deneve. Helen and Deneve are still trying to comprehend what happened when Priscilla suddenly shows up and demands to know where Clare is. Helen and Deneve attack Priscilla, but Priscilla easily pins them down for questioning. Helen and Deneve eventually reveal what happened, but Priscilla has a hard time believing Clare is dead. Suddenly, Priscilla is suddenly attacked by the black tendrils and this allows Helen and Deneve to escape. From a nearby hill, Uma and Cynthia watch in amazement as the previously expanding black mass suddenly turn towards its centre. Cynthia senses that Deneve and Helen are in the middle of the mass, and Uma, Cynthia, and Dietrich (who looks a bit beat-up from her battle against the spike monsters) head down to save Helen and Deneve. At the centre of the black mass, Priscilla is tired of being attacked and clears out a radius with her own tendrils. Priscilla then declares that since the black mass killed Clare, she'll destroy the black mass. Meanwhile, Helen managed to carry Deneve to relative safety, but due to her injuries Deneve has trouble controlling her yoki and begins to transform. Fortunately, Uma arrives in time to help Deneve calm down and regenerate her right arm. Helen and Uma wonder about why the black mass is turning back, and Deneve explains that Clare seems to be controlling the mass. Cynthia confirms this by detecting Clare's faint presence in the middle of black mass. As the black mass whirls around in front of the warriors, Deneve states that Clare indicated to she purposely let the mass absorb her so she can stop the mass from spreading and use it against Priscilla. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Priscilla vs. Luciela/Rafaela showdown is still on schedule, but Clare has gotten herself involved in a rather unexpected way. Letting herself be absorbed by the black whirling mass in order to stop the mass, take out Priscilla, and save her friends... I don't know how Clare intends to get out of this and regain her own body, but she has to somehow since she is the protagonist. Priscilla still looks invincible despite taking a considerable amount of punishment, and so even the power of Luciela/Rafaela might not be able to stop her. Even if the black mass can defeat Priscilla, Clare still has to regain her own existence and that's no cakewalk either. This is probably the worst scenario (as in lowest chance of survival) the Clare has encountered in the story, and it'll probably take some miracles for her to survive this. Miracles there shall be, I suppose. As for the other characters in this chapter, Uma's new found healing skills certainly came in handy for Deneve. Dietrich seemed to won the battle against the spike monsters, but it's unclear what she did with the Abyss Feeders that were originally helping her. With the clash of two titanic powers, Deneve, Helen, Uma, Cynthia, and Dietrich probably won't be able to do much more than stand and watch, but I guess they might enter the fray to retrieve Clare if Clare ever emerges. I wonder if Miria and company will show up on the scene, but at this point of time they won't be able to do much either. From the feed of A Product of Wasted Time
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Scene 104 Reverberating Anguish Denev and Helen are running away. Priscilla is finished with Duff and wanting to kill Clare. She goes after them. Denev and Helen can’t believe it, she’s not just fast, she’s freakish fast and will catch up to them in a second. Denev sends her sword flying towards the giant being. [...]
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The beginning of Priscilla vs. Luciela/Rafaela. Cutting the twin goddesses down to size. Summary: After disposing Dauf, Priscilla once again chases after Deneve and Helen and quickly gains ground on the two warriors. To try to hold off Priscilla, Deneve throws one of her swords forward to provoke a counterattack from Luciela/Rafaela. Priscilla is hit by Luciela/Rafaela's tendrils, but she returns fire with her own tendrils and shreds Luciela/Rafaela's outer shell. Luciela/Rafaela falls apart after Priscilla's attacks, but it soon transforms into a dark, grotesque, writhing mass that starts shooting out in all directions. All the trees that are touched by the dark tendrils instantly start to shrivel, and Deneve and Helen realize that Luciela/Rafaela's has the power to absorb the life force of everything it touches. While Deneve and Helen try to dodge the dark tendrils and stay alive, Priscilla flies towards the centre of the mass and unleashes her full power in an attempt to exterminate Luciela/Rafaela. Meanwhile, Deneve loses her right arm to the dark mass and cannot regenerate her arm. Deneve then turns back and notices that Helen has unknowingly dropped Clare. Helen and Deneve try to retrieve Clare, but it's too late as the dark tendrils from Luciela/Rafaela gets to Clare first. The tendrils pierce Clare and start to consume her body. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Looks like the clash between the two titans is finally under way. Priscilla has finally had enough of Luciela/Rafaela and has decided to get rid of the giant Awakened One once and for all. Luciela/Rafaela's twin goddesses form didn't last very long, but you can tell it's not really a combat ready form. A big immobile target isn't going to fare too well against Priscilla. I'm not too impressed by Luciela/Rafaela's new form, mostly because it's not terribly original. I've seen similar monsters in other series. Hopefully it'll still be an epic battle though. As for Clare, she is in even more trouble than before and is being consumed by Luciela/Rafaela. Given that half of Clare's body is already gone, I'm guessing Clare will have to save herself somehow (another mindscape chapter maybe). Or else someone will have to help Clare regenerate her body, and there aren't that many characters with that kind of skill. We all know that Clare can't die yet though. I wonder what's happening with Dietrich and her band of Abyss Feeders...
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Dear Claymore Supportors: I guess I’m beating a dead horse. After all, we never got any replies or news about a second season. What was particularly sad was that “KURORO” never updated with any replies, even though he initiated the petition. Unlike the Ouran Host Club petition’s initator, who promised to send the petition to the [...]
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Scene 103 Reminiscence Of The Abyss Helen and Denev escape to Luciela/Rafaela. Denev knows Priscilla won’t take long and they can’t just rely on luck to get away. The colossal being is probably their best chance of diverting Priscilla’s attention and staying alive. Still, Dauf shows some new powers and manages to do [...]
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Priscilla battles the infected Dauf. In his infected state, Dauf might actually be a little smarter than his normal self as he managed to fake Priscilla out with the fake punch transitioned into a spike shower. Summary: With Priscilla is busy with Dauf, Helen (carrying Clare) and Deneve head for Luciela/Raphaela. Deneve realizes that Priscilla will eventually come after them again, and the only thing that may be able to stop Priscilla is Luciela/Raphaela. Priscilla notices that Deneve and Helen are running off, but Dauf doesn't allow her to give chase. Priscilla destroys Dauf's remaining arm, but Dauf quickly regenerates both of his arms which now have jaws instead of hands. Dauf peppers Priscilla with a shower of small spikes from one of his arms. Priscilla flies up, but she is forced to block a flying rod from Dauf, and Dauf catches Priscilla with his left which destroys a large portion Priscilla's body. Priscilla quickly regenerates but she remembers that she had this feeling of pain and breaking apart a long time ago. While allowing Dauf to pound on herself, Priscilla tries to remember her forgotten memories. She remembers holding a sword and standing over a beheaded body, but she doesn't remember who was the beheaded person. Suddenly, Priscilla remembers and she quickly destroys both of Dauf's arms. Having recovered her memories, Priscilla quickly finishes off Dauf and she is happy that she now has the opportunity to kill "that person" once again. On to the next fight. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Looks like we are finally heading towards a showdown between Priscilla and Luciela Raphaela. Good job to Deneve yet again for thinking up the plan to lead Priscilla towards Luciela/Priscilla, but then again it's the only real option they have of escaping from Priscilla. Dauf put up a valiant effort against Priscilla, but no one is expecting him to actually stop Priscilla. At least Dauf managed to buy some time for Deneve and Helen to get a head start. In a somewhat related matter, Riful's body is still lying around somewhere on the battlefield since Helen nor Deneve picked her up (not that they really have a reason to). I wonder if Riful will ever come back or is she dead for good. The biggest development in this chapter was Priscilla regaining her memories. It was explicitly stated in the manga, but given all the clues, the memory is probably of the battle between Priscilla and Teresa. The beheaded body and Priscilla's statement of "killing that person once again" more or less confirms it. I'd be really surprised if Priscilla wasn't thinking of Teresa. Priscilla is definitely coming after Clare now given Clare has Teresa's flesh and scent. The real battle between Priscilla and Clare will happen eventually, but for now I'm hoping for an epic showdown between Priscilla and Luciela/Raphaela.
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Claymore chapter 102 has come upon us. Scanlation was slightly late than usual on onemanga.com but rest assured, it’s here and everyone is happy ^^. Continuing from previous chapter, Dietrich appears before Cynthia and Uma. Even though she was a single digit warrior, I was thinking that she would not be much help fighting [...] Related posts:Claymore Chapter 93 : Disciple of Demise Claymore Chapter 99 : Craving Flesh and Blood Claymore Chapter 95 : Incarnations of Destruction
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Scene 102 Demons From Above Dietrich hasn’t come alone, she brings Abyssal Eaters with her. Awesome plan, the thought hadn’t even cross my mind. Abyssal Eater versus this new beasts. They have got similar powers, although, what would happen if one of the "projectiles" infects an Eater? Maybe a new breed of [...]
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Scene 101 Wedge Sorry for the big delay, I always manage to miss this series releases somehow. And I was just wondering that at least two months had passed since I last read it, something had to be wrong, and indeed it was lol. I’ll be up to date today. Clare remembers when she fought [...]
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Dietrich helps Uma fight off the Destroyers, while Helen and Deneve try to escape from Priscilla. It's time for a monster mash! Summary: In the forest, Dietrich arrives and states that she'll save Uma. Uma doesn't believe Dietrich can beat all the Destroyers by herself, but soon she discovers that Dietrich is not alone and a bunch of Abyss Feeders have wandered in. Dietrich explains that the Abyss Feeders are usually honed in to a specific target, but they haven't located their target. After telling Uma not to make sudden movements, Dietrich throws the piece of cloth she had into the midst of the Destroyers, and on cue the Abyss Feeders start attacking the Destroyers. The Destroyers try to smash the Abyss Feeders up, but the Abyss Feeders regenerate. The Destroyers also try to infect the Abyss Feeders with their spikes, but the Abyss Feeders absorbs the spike and continue to attack. While the two group of monsters are busy fighting, Dietrich explains that her group of Abyss Feeders already encountered Destroyers so they have experience, but the outcome of the battle will be determined by herself. Out in the rocky area, Deneve and Helen (carrying Clare) try to escape from Priscilla through the crowd of Destroyers, but Priscilla is catching up to them. Seeing that they are about to be caught, Deneve tells Helen to escape with Clare while she stays to hold off Priscilla. As Priscilla charges towards Deneve, suddenly a giant monsters appears from behind and smashes Priscilla into the ground. Deneve and Helen don't know who the monster is, but Priscilla recognizes the attacker as the awakened Dauf who has purposely infected himself with the spikes in order to gain power. As Dauf continues to smash Priscilla into the ground, something flies out of his left hand and lands near Helen, and Helen sees that it's the body of half a girl (Riful). Sick and tired of being pummeled, Priscilla awakens and destroys Dauf's right arm, and she declares that she is going to make everyone who gets in her way disappear. Things just got serious. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ That was an awesome chapter. It kind of made up for the so-so chapters 100 and 101. I didn't expect Dietrich would bring Abyss Feeders along to the fight especially given her attitude towards those things, but they are pretty effective against the Destroyers due to their regeneration and immunity to being infected by the spikes. Abyss Feeders are still vulnerable to head shots, but they don't run out of juice like the Destroyers. It's a pretty cool mindless monster vs. mindless monster fight, and it shows that Dietrich has some brains. Dietrich seems to be controlling the Abyss Feeders with that piece of cloth in her hand, although I'm not sure what prevents the Abyss Feeders from going after her. Moving on, we then have another unexpected development with Dauf indirectly coming to Helen and Deneve's rescue. Dauf might be uncultured and dumb, but he really does love Riful and he remembers that even though he has been infected by the spikes. Have to give him some props for that. It's curious that Dauf was able to deal enough damage to force Priscilla to awaken while the twins, who are theoretically stronger than he is, could not. Must be the power of love... and the element of surprise. Pissing Priscilla off is probably not the smartest thing to do though, and Dauf is probably going to be slaughtered in the next chapter. Another piece of interesting news is that Riful's body was not completely destroyed. I wonder if this means that she'll come back to life somehow. That would be pretty awesome actually, since she is one of the most lively characters in the series.
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Here comes Claymore chapter 101 : Wedge after a month of waiting. Continuing from previous chapter, Clare’s final trump card seems to have failed her and I doubt she has more backup plans. Awakened = #fail. After her first fail attempt, she attempts another awakened form starting with her legs then her extended arms. As she was [...] Related posts:Claymore Chapter 93 : Disciple of Demise Claymore Chapter 92 : Soul Seal Claymore Chapter 99 : Craving Flesh and Blood
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Helen and Deneve grab Clare and run from Priscilla, while Uma tries to draw the spike beasts away from Cynthia.This is the quickest way to make a sea urchin costume.Summary:Clare, Helen and Deneve are surprised when Clare is unable to awaken. Clare tries a few more times, but each time she fails to completely awaken. Helen wonders if Priscilla is stopping Clare from awakening, but Deneve hypothesizes that the cause is most likely Jean. Jean bringing Clare back to humanity at the Northern Campaign had a profound effect on Clare, and deep inside Clare remembers this and doesn't allow herself to abandon her humanity. Meanwhile, a bored Priscilla starts kicking Clare around, but Helen and Deneve soon come to Clare's rescue. Helen and Deneve throw and slice up some of Rafaela/Luciela's spikes near Priscilla and this prompts the spike pieces to shoot smaller spikes into Priscilla. This allows Deneve and Helen to grab Clare and make a run for it, but they realize that it'll take a lot more stop Priscilla.Not far away, Uma has finished healing Cynthia, but they are surrounded by spike monster. Uma climbs out of a pit to draw off the nearby spike monsters, and Cynthia lies in the pit surprised that she's still alive. Uma battles the spike monster but soon gets wounded on her right arm. Uma thinks she's not going to survive and starts crying, but suddenly Dietrich appears before her.Dietrich to the rescue!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Haha, I called it :). Just as I predicted, Clare was unable to awaken because of Jean. Not a surprise since we can't have our main character losing her mind just yet. Deneve impresses once again by coming up with the plan to distract Priscilla with the spike monsters. Priscilla will probably give chase since she's tracking the scent coming off of Clare, but there tons of spike monsters around and Deneve and Helen can use them to their advantage. It's still not the time for Clare to confront Priscilla for real yet as the gap between them is still too large. I'm still waiting on the Priscilla vs. Luciela/Rafaela match-up.To the second half of the chapter, some reinforcements for the good guys girls finally showed up in the form of Dietrich. Dietrich is most likely here on her own will since the Organization probably won't commit anyone or anything else into controlling this situation. Since Dietrich has arrived, I'm guessing Miria, Tabitha, and Galatea aren't too far away either. Hopefully they'll all join the party soon.
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(Sorry for the lolcat speech. Really. Sometimes, it’s just hard to come up with a title for a post when you don’t have that much to say about the subject.) You know those series that you feel you ought to love, but just don’t? Claymore is that series to me. I like [...]
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The Moveable Manga Feast gets under way with Sam Kusek, Erica Friedman, and Christopher Butcher weighing in on the book under consideration, Sexy Voice and Robo. Kate Dacey takes a first look at this week’s new comics at The Manga Critic. Joy Kim has some interesting thoughts on gender issues in Claymore. Melinda Beasi has another Manhwa Monday [...]
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Scene 100 Meeting with a Mortal Enemy Clare is met with the "worst" possibility, Priscilla doesn’t even know who she is. Although that’s to be expected since Priscilla never even saw her after awakening. It also seems Priscilla has been following Teresa’s smell for a long time, not really knowing why but, expecting to regain her [...]
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- Claymore US Blu-ray screenshots were up on AOD by TheGreenMan(Many thanks) http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/3950/claymore3.jpg http://img237.imageshack.us/img237/9750/claymore4.jpg http://img709.imageshack.us/img709/9581/claymore5.jpg I think it's a..
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