The Anime Version of the Witcher [SPOILER ALEART]:
Well, ill do a little summary of the anime with the review element sprinkled into it:
The start: Got me quite hooked actually, especially from the artstyle, the shady but shiny looking Claymore Clare, the Yoma beeing pretty much the monsters Geralt would hunt in the witcher series (although i was a little bit dissapointed that Yoma were mostly one kind of monster) and the rules set for the Claymores, a pretty interessting little concept and some fighting scenes were pretty smart and one time even very short but actually incredible when it came to the actions and moves. I was definetly hooked with this anime.
Backstory of Clare:
This got me a little confused at first since i wasnt sure if it was actually the past or just a parallel story the reveal wasnt too late to be more confusing than it initially was, the limits of the Claymores and even how powerfull some can become were further explained and i thought "this looks pretty neat so far", one digit Claymores getting special names or titles and such gave them also a little bit more of an meanecing effect but i was still a bit afraid of plot armor because nobody had really suffered losses aka the stakes werent really showing and gave me the first worries of this anime beeing rather mid than awesome.
End of the Backstory of Clare:
This is where the risk of dying was finally showing, even the characters that i wouldnt have though could die, died in a flash but that death wouldnt look too unrealistic either since letting your guard down is in the end pretty unavoidable which really showed the risk of characters dying and the claymores not beeing overly powerfull like Geralt in the witcher.
Continuing with Clare and Raki:
This was pretty decent to watch at times, you got further explanations of how the Organization works and more details about Claymores but this is where Raki started to be annoying and reminded me of Yuki from Mirai Nikki: constantly whining about everything and doing a lot of unreasonable things, beeing a hinderance for Clare. The only pro of that is that it shows that professional workers cant really afford something like a companion or mate that dosent have a similar level of skills or experience but this is really the only pro the series got out of it which is...a rather small positive aspect since its a bit self explanatory.
Clare getting new friends and the start of the doubts about the Organisation:
This is the last part where it was rather good, she got new experiences, we find out more about the ranking system and even get a glimbse on the geographics and how many Claymores exist right to where we get to know that there were even male versions. After fighting one former male Claymore the whole "the organisation is sus" and the Top 5 Claymores is where the stakes started to drop again since we find out that all of the organization doubters was practically on the safe side when it comes to reaching past their limits of transforming into an awakened beeing and seeing a huge ammount of wounds beeing not a problem anymore compared to the start of the series.
Where the Stakes were practically no more and where the last likeable thing appeared:
The moment Clare continues to survive every enccounter and especially after getting more abilities and Ophelia turning the tables is where i stopped worrying about Clare and more about Rakis survival...but he barely showed up and was pushed aside from the focus of the story. Mistakes were made and dissapointments started to arise. The only thing i liked was the appearence of Irene, her beeing the teacher of Clare and her, one of the OGs facing the current number 2. (which she seemingly survives in the manga till the end). She was one of the most interessting characters for me because first, she had a rather tolkien-ish elven look (which i found suprisingly good in an anime version) and her beeing pretty calm about almost everything...pretty much beeing the calm Veteran that survives and lives along the current generation.
The Downfall:
Its pretty much from where Clare enccounters one of the big bosses of the Yomas till the end without her getting the risk of dying or else. She just outlives every enccounter without getting any negative outcome out of it except for Jeans death. The one and only thing that was a small positive stake poke was when some characters would suddenly die unexpectedly in Pieta where the 24 Claymores had to defend an onslaught of awakened which sadly gets an unrealistic turn because basically the general of the army deciedes to risk his life instead of keeping on the onslaught and risks his own life. If you would say "he got too many losses though which is why he had to put an end to it"...then why dosent the all mighty isley, king of the north fight 24 claymores alongside him and the army? The series couldve saved this logic problem by explaining that question for example but it didnt...till the end (and we didnt even see or hear anything about the current number 1 claymore which was also a hot question). Plus...Raki just appeared out of nowhere as nothing had happend.
What i liked and what i didnt like and didnt:
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Last words:
Even though it gets rather meh from mid to end, the start to middle was quite the experience for me which is why im definetly going to get myself the manga. And its going to be one of my favorites for beeing pretty witcher like with a different taste and interessting artstyle...definetly a big inspiration for what im working on
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