Okay, first off, I want to say that DiGiKerot is officially a comic genius. First DiGi elevates the fruitiness of blog layouts to an art form, and now this comic has been keeping me laughing for over a day now. My being easily amused not withstanding, it really lifted my spirits because I’ve been overworking myself for the last two weeks. Hence, the total lack of post-age. Of course, it’s not like I’m pulling a karmaburn.

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If one searches for “Claymore” on google, one gets something like this in the first few results. Personally, I wasn’t aware that a Claymore was a type of sword. When I first heard the title of this series the Claymore APM came to mind. There are a few reasons for this. One, is that I had already known about the devices. The other is that I knew a guy who wanted to work as a diplomatic security agent. He had this thing for airsoft, and in his weapons cache were a few mock claymore mines. I always saw him cleaning his AS M16. I should have asked him if he named it.

Anyway, I digress.

My once broad list of shows that I had been following has been cut down to but a fragment of its previous grandeur. My heart is low fore I was really hoping that I could spend the summer impersonating a potato. Woe is me.

After episode two of Claymore I was ready to give it up. Not for any particular reason other than I had to make room in my schedule for other shows. Now that I have watched up to episode seven I guess I’ll stick it out.

There are plenty of good aspects here. First among them are the Claymores themselves. They were rather bland at first, but there has been some effort to liven them up a bit. I think those who wanted a more stoic version will be disappointed as episode seven introduced several of them that are the complete opposite of what the audience had originally been given as a typical claymore personality in Clare.

Clare was presented as the classic stoic lone warrior. We knew she wasn’t all that good or bad. She was presented in a gray area. While working for the “organization,” she simply went about her duties without fail.

That makes for a rather boring story. So, throw in an abused kid, some monsters, a couple of naked-loli scenes, and of course the revelation that she is half Yoma, which are the monsters she seeks to kill. Now, you got yourself an anime. There is something more though. That’s only during the recent episodes with Claymore Teresa. Clare’s story seems to be unconnected for the time being. Or, are the last few episodes a flashback? With all the “Clare’s” in this show I’m getting a little confused.

Typically, I try to find shows that offer more than Claymore seems to be offering. That is I search for stories with more depth and emotional impact. However, I found myself doing a, “That was awesome!” several times an episode while watching Claymore. I guess that’s why I kept watching it despite not really wanting to make the time for it.

On the other hand, it’s not like Idolm@sters is scratching the depths of the human soul or anything.

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I’m still hoping for something really good out of Seirei no Moribito (Guardian of the Sacred Spirit).

Rome x Juliet. . .well, you all know how I feel about that (all three of you).

Sola is ~~~~soooooooo ~~~~~~~~ssssssssssssoooooooooooooooo~~~~~yeah!