Claymore 123 Discussion

[Shiek927]

Well, time will tell how we really feel about this chapter and our interpretation(s)....I mean, we still don't even have it translated - once Gernot does it for us, the dialog could very well express that Cassie is actually the one pulling the strings.

Well the wings feels like the combo of Jean's and Priscilla's wings, and notice how now Hysteria body is divided with human like skin and sections with awakened flesh (darken color), some parts of Jean's awakened body is divided like that i think

Hysteria head does look like Alicia's especially in her new form

Well, mmmm....I don't know, but I suppose if that's how you see it - Jeans wings are butterfly-looking though twisted and blasted like Hysteria's...but they again, so is Priscilla, and she has 4 wings like she does, not 2 like Jean.

But who knows - In general, I'm surprised Hysteria even has wings at all now...I thought her forced-awakening made her lose her chance at them, but she actually has managed to grow them after all; lucky for her, because now we can see the true potential of the fastest Awakened Being we've ever seen (barring Priscilla arguably, but I say she's still faster).

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I can see now why you say Hysteria reminds you of Jean...her wings grow to a huuuge size in page 10 for only a moment, but it's enough that her wings almost dwarf her whole body, just like Jean's butterfly wings did.

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Also, the way Roxanne is in the last page....again, I can't get an idea of what Miria is trying to do now (unless she is still doing her dumb distraction idea), but her focus doesn't even seem to be Hysteria anymore...maybe that's why she zoomed straight past her in the last page; she's not even targetting her, but maybe hoping she'll follow.

The only thing left for Hysteria are arms now....after that, she'll finally have all her limbs.

[Goral]

Chapter summary by zzhk from AS:

Deneve recalls Miria saying Hysteria's weakness is her vanity and obsession with elegance.
This pride hasn't changed with awakening, hence her keeping the promise with Nike.
Hence, Hysteria will pursue Miria singlemindedly and others will be safe as long as they don't interfere in the aerial battle.
The key to victory will be Anastasia's "Wings."
Mira vs Hysteria. Roxanne vs Cassandra.
As Cassandra munches away, Roxanne declares she is tired of that face and cuts up several heads.
Roxanne challenges Cassandra to evade her rain of blades.
Helen continues to neutralize Hysteria's anchors.
Hysteria surprises Miria by abandoning most of her outer shell to gain speed.
Hysteria praises Miria's attack instinct, but Miria is unable to stop her from growing new wings.
Hysteria brags that her new lighter body plus the 4 new wings will allow her to fly and manoeuver in the air just as quickly as on the ground.
Meanwhile, Cassandra points out that Roxanne cannot regenerate her blades instantly.
Since Roxanne has 8 arms, Cassandra wins if she can dodge the next 6 volleys.
"6 times? Did you count wrong?" asks Roxanne.
Hysteria notices she is now much closer to the other abyssals.
Roxanne attacks.
Back to Deneve's commentary.
Miria's plan was to lead Hysteria into the other 2 abyssals' fight using Anastasia's hair.
However, Hysteria has now gained a flight form allowing her to move as easily in the air as on ground.
Roxanne points out she can fire off blades from more than one arm at once for a wider range.
Stepping on Cassandra, Roxanne asks how does the sole of her foot taste.
"No matter which part, shit tastes like shit."
Cassandra thinks it's to her advantage there are only 3 armful of blades left.
Anastasia braids dozens of strands of hair together.
The hair rope needs to be powered by yoki from equal numbers of warriors on each side.
3 on each side? asks Deneve.
4 declares Dietrich, who gets up and emphasizes they need Cynthia's yoki synchronization skills.
They decide Dietrich, Cynthia, Helen, Tabitha will be one group, the rest with Deneve.
Their target is the center of the abyssal battle.
As Miria gets sliced, Hysteria praises her for lasting this long.
Miria notices that over half of Anastasia's hair scattered over the battlefield has been used up.
Miria wonders if Hysteria will have the guts to attack forward and enter the range of the other abyssals behind her.
Hysteria attacks as expected from her pride.
Cassandra taunts Roxanne, saying that she won't dare to use her remaining 3 armful of blades all at once.
Roxanne counters this is the end, but she just wants to play for a while longer.
Hysteria thinks she has cornered Miria who is standing on the last strand of hair.
As everyone channels their yoki into the hair, Miria declares that her companions are her wings.
Go! shouts Deneve.
The Flying Mirage ... !!

[Shiek927]

Hah, you beat me by seconds Gooral...deleted the synopsis; give rep to zzhk for me

Oh brother, just as I feared....Miria's plan indeed hasn't changed.

1) As before, Dr.D has to spell things out for us and, as before, I find myself not agreeing with her...

Hysteria keeping her promise may not necessarily have anything to do whatsoever with her obsession with elegence and sophistication...Riful made and kept her promises and was no less manipulative....whether or not Hysteria still has her vanity, it doesn't feel right to say that directly coincides with why she kept her promise - they can, and seem to me, to be two completely different things.

2) Cassandra is STILL repeatedly saying 'shit'? Man, I never thought how old that would get -__-

Look, I get it; Awakening has made her the stereotypical bullied kid who gets a gun and takes it to school and is now the 'bad-ass'...if anything, that fits with her flawlessly considering how silly she is talking this way, thinking that she's tough when she's still the same meek girl underneath...but really, in any case, if she has to cuss as part of her new surface AB persona, she could at least learn some new vocab.

As for the dialog concerning Cassie and Roxanne.....I still think Roxanne is superior; she's just being stupid right now....she could whoop Cassandra anytime she really wanted, but she's having too much fun toying with her, whereas Cassandra, is showing no mercy and Roxanne is getting whittled away because of it....Roxanne is stronger in my opinion, but she's wasting too much time and getting herself in danger because of it; just like she did just now when she was still a hybrid.

Like Ophelia, her sadistic tendancies are overulling her common sense and very survival....Cassandra is going full-out and isn't playing around and could very well end up killing her just because Roxanne was too busy "having fun".

[Goral]

Chapter 124 thread is open now so we can discuss it there.

[Shiek927]

That does it, "The Flying Mirage" is now Miria's official new Superhero name