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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  Info Title: Berserk Studio: OLM Number of Episodes: 25 Year Produced: 1997    <object width="640" height="505"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/pYLmMcKZZ_c&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;"> </param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <embed wmode="transparent" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/pYLmMcKZZ_c&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"> </embed></param><param value="transparent" name="wmode"></param></object>    Plot: Berserk is the tale of the somber swordsman, Guts. Told over a number of years, we watch his development from an emotional aloof youth, to a tragic, grizzled adult. Set in a feudal environment, the story contains fairly normal (though graphic) plots of war and political intrigue. Yet, despite being the protagonist, Guts is not the "main character" of the story. That honor goes to Griffith, the common birth mercenary leader with dreams of ascending social ladders.   Griffith, a figure of great skill, grace, and charm, raises an army entirely by force of will. In an ever changing world, the "army of the hawk" evolves too, taking on roles bent on proving their place and worth.  Of course, what makes this tale the most enjoyable is its story telling. Spanning years, guts goes from being an unwilling (i.e. involuntary) member of the group, to Griffith's most trusted ally. Its at this point that an element of graphic fantasy shows up. Foreshadowing what is to come, the raiders come across a seemingly impossible foe. A man so monstrously powerful he's referred to as "The Immortal." Clearly inhuman, he directly states that this story is a tragedy, and no one's role will be sadder, than that of the swordsman Guts...  Stuff you might love about itThe slow boil, but masterful story The use of nudity, in non hyper-sexualized ways The dark, dark undertones, splashed with graphic imagery The beautiful art The grand evolution of tone Recommend it to your friends who liked... Claymore Fist of the North Star Gungrave Blade of the Immortal Images   Conclusion If you're looking for something quick and gratifying, Berserk might not be for you. Much like real life, the characters will occasionally act quite illogically, but viewing their lives over the course of years leaves a delicious taste in your mouth. The biggest flaw, of course, is that the animated series ends. I mean that seriously. Your jaw will drop, everything will change, and you will beg check your DVD menu over and over for that next episode that's never to come.  Its not uncommon to feel a number of emotions at that point, but I think everyone will agree... this is a series that doesn't suck.
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Day 62/365 From the anime Claymore, Raki is a poor mis-fortunate boy who has his entire family killed by the Yoma, whom are monsters that kill, torment, and eat humans. A Claymore named Clare comes along and saves him from death. Instantly he is grateful and wishes to follow her on her journey much to her [...] No related posts.
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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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For the last 2 weeks, I have been playing SO4: LH non-stop and managed to finish couple days ago ,thus, I would love to share my readers what my thoughts are about this game. Speaking of Star Ocean series, one can expect of a great battle system and storyline. I believe those two are what [...] Related posts:New Claymore Manga Ch. 82 Ar Tonelico – A year too late Yar!!!! A Game Developer talked to Pirates
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OK, the latest Tsundere Banana is out. There are some slight changes and I’ll post the show notes later. List of topics: Losers of the week: Guy ram IRS Building with his PRIVATE JET (not a hero, trust me) Bandai Channel (prejudiced thoughts behind that bunch – get with the times) Winners of the week: You, of course! (Forever) Claymore Revolution (still [...]
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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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Soooo, Gia kinda didn't get to me about this week's Quick Picks in her usual almost-kinda-timely manner, so I thought I'd just, y'know...do it all myself. And have all the POWER. Muwahahahahaha. AHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHA--  Ahem. Without further ado.   <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" id="gb_player" align="middle" height="360" width="640"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> </param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"> </param><param name="movie" value="http://www.animevice.com/video/video.swf"> </param><param name="quality" value="high"> </param><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <embed wmode="transparent" src="/video/video.swf" quality="high" bgbadvar="#000000" name="gb_player" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="paramsURI=http%3A//www.animevice.com/video/params/2244/" align="middle" height="360" width="640"> </embed></param></object>    Anime and Manga Release Calendar 02/14 to 02/20, 2010Manga Releases Title Publisher SRP Date 20th Century Boys v7 VIZ Media $12.99 02/16/10 Berserk v33 Dark Horse $14.95 02/17/10 Bokurano: Ours v1 VIZ Media $12.99 02/16/10 Gestalt v5 VIZ Media $9.99 02/16/10 Little Butterfly Omnibus Digital Manga Publishing $29.95 02/17/10 Lucky Star v4 Bandai Entertainment $10.99 02/17/10 Rampage v1 CMX $12.99 02/16/10 Shakugan no Shana v5 VIZ Media $9.99 02/16/10 Zombie-Loan v8 Yen Press $10.99 02/16/10   Anime Releases Title Publisher SRP Date Bleach Season 4 Box Set 2 VIZ Media $49.95 02/16/10 Case Closed Movie 6 FUNimation $19.98 02/16/10 Claymore Complete Series (Blu-Ray) FUNimation $69.98 02/16/10 Dragon Ball Z Dragon Box 2 FUNimation $59.98 02/16/10 Halo: Legends Warner Bros. $19.98 02/16/10 Halo: Legends (Blu-Ray) Warner Bros. $34.98 02/16/10 Halo: Legends: Special Edition (DVD) Warner Bros. $29.98 02/16/10 Heroic Age Complete Series (Blu-Ray) FUNimation $59.98 02/16/10 Naruto Season 2 Box Set 1 VIZ Media $39.98 02/16/10 To Love Ru Collection 2 Sentai Filmworks $39.98 02/16/10 Wordsworth: Outer Story (Hentai) Kitty Media $19.99 02/16/10 Wordsworth: Worlds of Wordsworth (Hentai) Kitty Media $34.99 02/16/10   Misc Releases Title Publisher SRP Date 20th Century Boys 2: The Last Hope (Live-Action) VIZ Pictures $24.92 02/16/10 Art of the Devil 3 (Live-Action) TOKYO SHOCK $19.99 02/16/10 Yashakiden: The Demon Princess v1 (Novel) Digital Manga Publishing $13.95 02/17/10
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According to Wikipedia a time skip is...  a narrative device that is commonly used in the telling of epics or sagas. It allows the storyteller to quickly age characters or develop events without getting bogged down in irrelevant or uninteresting details. Though time is commonly fast-forwarded in small amounts, timeskips usually refer to periods of several years or decades, wherein a pronounced change can be measured against the same characters, such as a child becoming an adult. For those of you reading the One Piece manga, and are up to speed with the current storyline I have a funny feeling that the One Piece manga will finally get a time skip; and I say finally because it appears to be the cool thing to do with most shonen anime (ie. Naruto, Dragon Ball, Claymore, Satan 666 ect.) Now this is not just a weird feeling that I have, but the mangaka of One Piece Eiichiro Oda has hinted about it in volume 0 and the Strong World movie art book. Oda: And as far as something that will hold true for both the comic and the anime, this will be Luffy's last adventure as a 17 year-old. So this [movie] is something I want you to burn into your memories. Interviewer: Whaaat!? You can't leave me with just that! Oda: Nope, I can't say anything more than that now. How does pertain to the story? Let’s find out, but be warned, spoilers ahoy! SPOILER WARNING: Click here to reveal hidden content.  Oda stated this was about the halfway point for the manga, so what better time than now to have a time skip. What do you think?
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