Claymore 126 Discussion

[Blazeoptimus]

She didn't spare the girls in the towns, she killed everyone. She only spared Clare (for some strange reason. I don't know what it was but it made priscilla not even see her).

She also didn't eat humans only to gain Raki's trust so that she could travel with him. It was part of her evil plan to find the source of the scent that once clung to him (Clare). And no she didn't just eat the ABs, she ate everyone that was in the town she destroyed. The town where she left Raki. She had no more use for him and continued feeding on anything she could get her hands on.

If you look back at chapter 45 page 29 it states that she completely destroyed the towns she went through, but didn't lay a hand on the young girls.

In the flashback in chapter 110 pages 1-8 it never specifically states she consumed anyone in that town. It just simply said she caught a whiff of that smell and no longer needed raki to find it. The town appears to have been devastated by the rods that came out of the destroyer


Whether it was an evil plan or not, I couldn't say. To me, it just seems like Yagi did a bunch to humanize her. The same goes for Isley. You kind of hated to see him bite the dust. Also, I said the trait was uncommon, not unheard of. Most of the awakened in the manga are just bloodthirsty Monsters. A few though have gone beyond that (although they still have to consume human flesh.

[Claymore1]

If you look back at chapter 45 page 29 it states that she completely destroyed the towns she went through, but didn't lay a hand on the young girls.

That is what was in the spoiler i put in my post. Riful said "There was one little girl that she did not even touch." So you kind of just proved my point.

In the flashback in chapter 110 pages 1-8 it never specifically states she consumed anyone in that town. It just simply said she caught a whiff of that smell and no longer needed raki to find it. The town appears to have been devastated by the rods that came out of the destroyer

But it is heavily implied that she killed everyone there. We don't know what happened to the destroyer rod but we can assume that priscilla destroyed it. She was the only one strong enough to kill it. It showed her in a tattered and torn robe when before she had a normal one on. Which again proves that she had some sort of violent encounter with the destroyer.
The destroyer rod couldn't have been on a rampage for very long before priscilla destroyed it. (Unless she willingly didn't destroy it so that all the people in the town died.) And then once she realized that the scent she was looking for was in that direction, she filled her belly with the people of the town. And even if the destroyer rod killed all of them then it doesn't make priscilla any less guilty since she didn't stop the rod from destroying the town.

[Blazeoptimus]

That is what was in the spoiler i put in my post. Riful said "There was one little girl that she did not even touch."


But it is heavily implied that she killed everyone there. We don't know what happened to the destroyer rod but we can assume that priscilla destroyed it. She was the only one strong enough to kill it. It showed her in a tattered robe when before she had a normal one on. Which again proves that she had some sort of violent encounter with the destroyer. And then once she realized that the scent she was looking for was in that direction, she filled her belly with the people of the town. And even if the destroyer rod killed all of them then it doesn't make priscilla any less guilty since she didn't stop the rod from destroying the town.

Must be a diff in translation then. The one I'm looking at says "yet she never laid a hand on the young girls".

As to the town, people were already dying from just the projectiles landing. The rest of what happened isn't really stated. I assumed that since her size was still so small, she probably hadn't eaten. I just find it interesting for being the arch nemesis of the story, she's surprisingly human in many parts.

[Claymore1]

Must be a diff in translation then. The one I'm looking at says "yet she never laid a hand on the young girls".

Then that one is wrong because then the rest of what Riful said wouldn't be directly related to Clare. On the next page it shows Clare in shock. If it was just some AB that wasn't killing young girls then it wouldn't have anything to do with Clare. And she wouldn't have known it was priscilla. And that was the point. To give an update on where priscilla was at the time.
Priscilla only spared Clare because she didn't see her. As Riful said "that little girl did not even get reflected in her eyes". Clare knew that it was priscilla because she had walked right passed her without even a glance.

And didn't Isley say that she destroyed everything in the towns in the north?

I just find it interesting for being the arch nemesis of the story, she's surprisingly human in many parts.

No not really. She is still evil.

[Falcor]

She didn't spare the girls in the towns, she killed everyone. She only spared Clare (for some strange reason. I don't know what it was but it made priscilla not even see her).

I don't know where you found that image, but it must be from a scanlation as the official Viz version clearly states girls - plural. I know there have been inaccuracies in Viz's translations before, but this isn't one of them AFAIK.

Then that one is wrong because then the rest of what Riful said wouldn't be directly related to Clare. On the next page it shows Clare in shock. If it was just some AB that wasn't killing young girls then it wouldn't have anything to do with Clare. And she wouldn't have known it was priscilla. And that was the point. To give an update on where priscilla was at the time.
Priscilla only spared Clare because she didn't see her. As Riful said "that little girl did not even get reflected in her eyes". Clare knew that it was priscilla because she had walked right passed her without even a glance.

And didn't Isley say that she destroyed everything in the towns in the north?

The number of girls isn't the issue here. The issue is that Priscilla's MO is slaughtering entire villages with the exception of young girls. It makes much less sense that she would randomly spare one girl from each village she attacks. Either way the amount isn't relevant; the act of sparing is the issue. Otherwise why would Riful even bother to mention it?

[Claymore1]

I don't know where you found that image, but it must be from a scanlation as the official Viz version clearly states girls - plural. I know there have been inaccuracies in Viz's translations before, but this isn't one of them AFAIK.

Maybe if someone can get the original japanese translation it will be more understandable.

It makes much less sense that she would randomly spare one girl from each village she attacks

I never said that. I said that Clare was the only girl she spared.

Otherwise why would Riful even bother to mention it?

Just a chance to give the reader an update on where priscilla is and what she is doing. And to also show that Clare's main goal is still to kill priscilla.

[Blazeoptimus]

No not really. She is still evil.

Eh, it was just speculation. Either way, we'll find out soon enough. IMO it could happen. Its happened before in the Manga (primarily Ophelia). That being said, its more likely I'm wrong.

As a side point, I don't know about you guys, but the way Ophelia was written, I actually hated her more than Priscilla. Ophelia just seemed so twisted and sadistic. Priscilla on the other hand seemed to want to do whats right, but made a mistake. I blamed the organization more for putting in her in those circumstances than Priscilla herself. Once she awakened, she of course became like most awakened in her desires. Even with that, there was a part of you (or at least me) that felt a little sorry for her. Again though, its really all just opinion

[littleangel]

Maybe if someone can get the original japanese translation it will be more understandable.

In AS 10sigh translated it like this & Archmagination2002 provided this:

I just took a look at the raw for volume 8(page 187).. the translation by 10sigh seems right. It clearly says that 1 girl was spared. My japanese isn't the greatest but 1 girl part was very clear.. now if Riful meant 1 girl per a city or just 1 girl in total I couldn't tell you.

I tend to think from Clare's reaction that she was the only girl left alive, but I am unsure(so I am going to ask someone who is better at it than me and I will get back to you all)

TinyRedLeaf from AS stated:

Hmm....very interesting. Actually I can see how English translations could go either way. It's not entirely clear from the RAW whether Priscilla spared a little girl or little girl(s). The Japanese reader would probably have to infer from context.

(The sentence is in the top-most frame, left balloon. "Chisa na ona no ko dake". You can't immediately tell whether it's meant to be plural or singular.)

My personal take? I believe that "a little girl" is a mis-translation. I personally feel that Priscilla developed a "mental block" of sorts when it comes to little girls. Perhaps because she sees a reflection of herself in them, and hence does not harm them.

The current Viz translation may stem from an earlier mis-translation that occured in the scene where Awakened Priscilla first spared chibi-Clare. From the RAW, Clare, in reflection, thinks that Priscilla ignored her because she was too insignificant to look at, let alone eat.

The English translation, in my opinion, gave a subtly different meaning. Others disagreed however, so I don't know. Go with what you feel, I guess.

& here is the raw if Gernot can translate it for us.

[Shiek927]

(Did someone delete my post again? Or am I just going crazy? >_>)

That time of the month again?

What are people's thoughts on next chapter? I'm still curious if their will be some change come next month, like a new title or something....though I imagine some people will think I'm just going crazy with the words.

Still hoping for all those loose-ends to be wrapped up though I wouldn't be surprised, in typical Yagi-style, that they are done so all through implication and/or flashbacks, and we don't actually 'see' them per se -- still hoping we'll get a nice long talking-chapter though, it's been too long and their is alot to talk about.

[Yomaslayer 95]

I think (hope) this will be a talking chapter, i want to hear what Raki has to say.
And maybe we will get Dae and Rubel or Cassandra showing up at the blob.

@shiek
I personally don't think Yagi is going to add a second title, maybe when/if the story moves to the mainland but i don't see a reason to change it now...

[Alandra]

I would love to see a fight between the Dust Eater and The Destroyer, I think it would be interesting to see Cassandra trying to eat chunks off of the blob as they fought, yet the blob would probably incase her just like Priscilla. Then again if Cassandra did fight the Destroyer, wouldn’t that give Prissy a chance to escape? Though I know she wouldn’t run away, she would most likely tear the heads off of Cassandra's body with her pinky.

[SaphG1]

I would love to see a fight between the Dust Eater and The Destroyer, I think it would be interesting to see Cassandra trying to eat chunks off of the blob as they fought, yet the blob would probably incase her just like Priscilla. Then again if Cassandra did fight the Destroyer, wouldn’t that give Prissy a chance to escape? Though I know she wouldn’t run away, she would most likely tear the heads off of Cassandra's body with her pinky.

Wouldn't be much of a fight at all. The mindless version Destroyer was already far more powerful then an Abyssal. With Clare's mind piloting the Flesh Gundam its full potential is on par with that of Priscella (it takes more strength to restrain then it does to kill) but in reverse. Priscella hit it with a 'full power' attack and it reformed and continued to attack her. That would be the first time we've seen Priscella fail to kill something that she actually intended to and is another indication of equivalent power.

Priscella is an 'endless' fountain of Yoki and the Destroyer is a bucket with a hole in the bottom, constantly absorbing/consuming Priscella's Yoki. Cassandra is bad ass for sure but she's no Priscella. The Destroyer would rip her apart and suck her dry, no contest.

[littleangel]

I wonder if we will see Dae's room In this way Yagi hits two birds as there is no need for an ES for us to see the other N.1s and we get a chance to see inside the real Org. so we can have a better understanding of who he is capable of keeping them in one piece even after all this time and get to see how he experiment of them and stuff and it will look cool specially the look on Helen's face . Who knows maybe Miria can tell us about them as she moves in the room what is their technique and in which generations were they and stuff like that. That way I won't hear anything about Raki which will make the chapter a good one because a chapter without Raki is always a good one.

About Cassandra I always wondered where she is going probably to Priss and this is how Dae is going to find Priss by using Cassandra which if happening is as I speculated last month. This can be a way for us to go back to Galatea and Miata and see what are they doing and who knows maybe Renee will make an appearance since she took a pill before running which gives her a chance to escape Riful.

[Claymore1]

That way I won't hear anything about Raki which will make the chapter a good one because a chapter without Raki is always a good one.

I hope Raki will tell us everything about priscilla and Isley which will make a good chapter because any chapter with Raki is always a good one

[littleangel]

Well to tell the truth I never was interested in that subject anything about Raki or Isley's relationship with Raki and Priss because Isley was never the clever man which is this I hate about him the most. Simply, the minute he attacked Lucilla was the minute he signed his death note! Plus he miscalculated the difference in powers and this lead to his death. So for me he is not on my radar but all I can say I just want the plot to move so that Clare doesn't feel awful because she thought he has a child which is not true. Other than that.. Not interested. And yeah he makes every chapter he appears in disastrous, poor Renee if he wasn't in the chapter she wouldn't been in that situation (just kidding).