Claymore Episode 7 Discussion

ownosourus said:
Hate that number 2 from the first second. Ugly and annoying. Still the fight is good.

Fronzel said:
Priscilla's logic about the need to execute any Claymore who kills a human seems sound, but even though we know very little about the Organization at this point (they could turn out to be sinister), Teresa's retort falls very flat. How is this policy convenient for the Organization? In this episode it is requiring them to kill their best soldier, possibly at the cost of some of their next-best soldiers. This rule rather seems like a burden the Organization carries for the purpose of being trustworthy, as Priscilla said.

No one could care about the lives of bandits and the killings took place in a isolated location with the only surviving witness being Clare. Would it really have been so hard to cover it up? If the Organization is choosing to follow its own rules rather than take an easily workable cheat for the sake of keeping their best fighter working for them, it is demonstrating that it is highly principled.

The paradox of Teresa's kindness toward Clare causing her to be hunted down for good reasons is great drama. Teresa's shallow sense of superiority isn't.

Fronzel said:
Kind of a boring episode full of characters boasting and posturing (i.e. shonen cliches).

I know these four Claymores are supposed to be the best there are, but seeing them massacre Yoma like they're mere vermin really takes the threat out of the series' antagonists. Whenever this extended flashback ends we'll return to Clare who is obviously much less skilled than these women but seeing the fearsome monsters treated like garbage is just not a good thing for dramatic tension.

Priscilla's logic about the need to execute any Claymore who kills a human seems sound, but even though we know very little about the Organization at this point (they could turn out to be sinister), Teresa's retort falls very flat. How is this policy convenient for the Organization? In this episode it is requiring them to kill their best soldier, possibly at the cost of some of their next-best soldiers. This rule rather seems like a burden the Organization carries for the purpose of being trustworthy, as Priscilla said.

No one could care about the lives of bandits and the killings took place in a isolated location with the only surviving witness being Clare. Would it really have been so hard to cover it up? If the Organization is choosing to follow its own rules rather than take an easily workable cheat for the sake of keeping their best fighter working for them, it is demonstrating that it is highly principled.

The paradox of Teresa's kindness toward Clare causing her to be hunted down for good reasons is great drama. Teresa's shallow sense of superiority isn't.

Neostorm-X said:
I know this is decades ago, and not gonna be read or replied to, but for newer readers.

its obvious that the yoma arent going to be the main threat in the future and this is setting the tone for power escalation, 

also this is the preview of the strongest of the strongest no shit they will take out yoma by the thousands (dont you rememver episode 5? Where terressa cut down yoma like weeds)

flash backs or battles involving seniors are good to set the tone. For example.
in starwars its like comparing qui gon vs darth maul or anakin vs obi won to the originals where everyone sucked at light saber battles.

and as much as i hate mha and jjk, the all might vs the nomus at the very start helped set the power scaling for the top of the top, same with the blindfold dude with the infinite space thing.