Claymore 87

Time for a math lesson! Ready?
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NOTES:
Last chapter I translated Dietrich's warning as "devil". This word is akuma which can mean either demon/devil. Now, Helen and Denev quickly jumped to the conclusion that this word referred to Isley, so I was led to believe it was a title (and it sounded lots more imposing, right?). Plus, it was hard to tell that akuma was referring to a singular or plural target (this distinction is completely contextual in japanese, unlike english). But, now that we see it's actually a new "species" in this chapter, after a bit of consideration and I'm going to correct myself by calling it "akuma" starting here on. Many translators besides myself have used "youma" in the english text to refer to the mainstay monsters we all know, while translating the rest of the terms to english (like abyssal one, awakened). So we already have one term that no one's bothered to turn english, and since Akuma is likewise as hard to describe as Youma is, i'm going to leave them be.

**This chapter appears to be 23 pages. Does this strike anyone else odd? Claymore has been running consistently at around 31 or more pages. Should for any reason this raw be missing pages, do let me know by pm as I might miss it entirely.

enough banter:

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left - The "Akuma" Dietrich spoke of...wasn't referring to Isley at all..!?

-The Akuma
-Have returned...!!

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SCENE.87 - "The Annihilators' Return"

bold: Neither Youma nor Awakened... / A third type of monstrous figures...called "Akuma"!!

YAGI NORIHIRO

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04
-Damnit!
-Could this timing be any worse?
-At this rate, they'll...!

05
-Ngh...
-Gi...
-Gi

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-Sniff (appears 8 times)

last panel with bubbles:
-Ngh....
-Gi...

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-GASP

-haa x5

small bubbles x3 - haa
-Impossible...how could they
-have returned so quickly?

-This no doubt means
-that yet another city has been wiped out

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-W-what's going on?!
-Th-the town is--!!
-RUN!!
-GET THE HECK OUTTA HERE!!

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-Ch!

-woosh

10

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-Damn you...
-Using your hidden Youki to weave around me!?

-Gishi

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-Ngha---

-haa x3

-Y-
-you lit--

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-Ga-
-GAAA

-GAA
-AA
-AAAA

-Shit...

-What the hell...
-you can't be serious!?

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-After making it this far...
-Am I still gonna die?

-NGAAAA
-AAA

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-No matter how much I stick 'im,
-No matter how much I shave 'im down,
-It doesn't feel like I'm any closer to finishing him!

-It's like I have this growing feeling like the more I slash him...
-The stronger he becomes and the closer he gets to returning the damage full force!

-You weren't kiddin', Miria...
-I had no idea what kinda fight we were askin' for...
-Shit, I got nothin' on this bastard...

-Look, I admit it...It's my fault
-I just had to give in to curiosity and this is what I get...

-I hope you can forgive me,
-Miria...

016
-...guess this is the end of the line

017
-Ch!!

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-What the hell are you doing?
-Trying to get yourself killed?

-B-but you w-were--!!
-Y-your body was...

-Oh, this?

-True, my wounds were deep
-so I was forced to fully release my Youriki and regenerate to save my life, just like back then

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-It's pretty much pointless to hide our Youki any longer
-I'll lure him away, so you do whatever it takes to get out of here

-Wha--

-ARE YOU CRAZY!?
-THAT'S WHAT *I* WAS DOING!!
-Why didn't you stay down?!
-Convinced you were dead, he only cared about getting rid of me!!

-You're the crazy one
-You really think I would play dead and watch you get killed?
-Think again

-I'm SAYING that's WHY I fought him--So YOU could escape!!
-Could you be any more dense, dumbass?!

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-Heh
sfx - biki x3
-It's been 7 years since I've gone all-out, and I gotta say, it feels GOOD

-You're a real idiot

-Right back at ya!
-biki x3
-Through thick n' thin, we're stuck with each other, eh?

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-Well, we were together from the start...

-So dying together
-only seems fitting
-biki x4

22-23 promiscuous girlz
-Ggii...
-giii
-gi..
bold: The Akuma, about to attack?!

-Gii...
-Gi.
-Gisssshh!

CLAYMORE - TO BE CONTINUED IN THE MARCH ISSUE
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