Claymore

Q99, I really do need a play-by-play interpretation of this chapter because the translation was so extremely shitty.

Also, I do not think much happened in this chapter....

After the sentence "It also turns out this warrior were also beings close concerning where they come from" on the first page?

My translation is 'wait for a better translation'!

I can interpret when they're talking vague terms or hinting at stuff or talking in weird metaphors, but this is just complete crap transcription of language, and as last chapter showed, sometimes their bad translations will have actively misleading info.

I think what happened was they talked a bit about half-awakeneds, then they mentioned Rifuldauf stole some of Prissy's power somehow, then Europa got hungry and left the fight to go for Rabona.

There was something involving Cassandra too but I seriously cannot tell you what.

**** those translators. I honestly think I could a better job than they are doing.

I don't know why they bother. Or why the sites use them.

Damn that translation was bad 🙁

Well a t least cool stuff happened in the chapter.

I really hope the crappy translations aren't discouraging better ones.

Claymore chapter 138 just got translated!

It's not even slightly confusing any more.

That was actually translated quite tastefully into English. The translators are pretty good. Really good. mangastream is the highest quality manga site out there. I wish they expanded their team and became pros (selling a subscription to their site). I would totally pay a subscription fee to their site if they went fully legit/licensed.

It's pretty hard to get a license with the companies.

New chapter out! And with a pretty good translation (not flawless, but I understood everything)

Spoiler:
Miata is purposefully awakened in a pseudo-twin bond to deal with the renegade awakened. Rifuldauf is holding her own because each of her attacks steals energy from Prissy... and Prissy hasn't been dodging. The Rabona soldiers are purposefully at the town so that the Awakeneds don't go for the civilians

Badass chapter

Anyone thinks Cansandra will live through this? There was such a fantastic image of her shown on the cover.

She's a zombie puppet as of now I think. I'm suprised she wasn't killed off sooner.

But if Clarice can pull this off then she would've earned some well needed badass points. Miata's awakening, if that's what this was, looks a tad weird.

I think the Prissy influence was largely forced out, though. They woke up her consciousness again.

Also I'm kinda surprised how ineffective even the collective warriors are against an Abyssal-level threat. Judging from some of Rubel's early comments I was under the impression that an Abyssal vs all the claymore would be a relatively even battle.

I think I missed that last chapter(s) because of the bad translations. She's still an awakened zombie though.

Yeah I though they would've put up much more of a fight considering Galetea and Anastasia are both there.

Though Galatea hasn't actually stepped in yet.

Hm, but the ones before weren't useless against Hysteria.... perhaps you simply need a bunch of particularly strong single digits with good offense, and this group only has a 3, 5, 7, and 9 (since Galatea and Miata and even Dietrich haven't joined yet), of which only 5 has a particularly strong attack (Rachel's literally the only one who's done damage rather than play defense).

And Cassandra seems high-level even for an Abyssal.

Originally posted by Q99
And Cassandra seems high-level even for an Abyssal.

This. It was established that she constantly held back due to the ugliness of her "dust-eater" form/tech. She is also one of the strongest #1's to exist according to many chapters ago when they first revived the former #1s. Looks like she was actually the strongest #1 barring Priscilla or Theresa.

Yea. And compared to those new Abyssals, it seems like with Hysteria, if you can manage to hit her, you can hurt her, and with Roxanne, she's powerful but she runs out of those blades of hers, which leaves her more vulnerable, but Cassandra's just all-around beastly. So she's probably stronger than Isley was too...

A new translation over at mangastream. A bit better (makes it more clear that Galatea will be helping Clarice sync with Miata's mind), but unlike the last ones not strictly necessary.

Wow, that was a great chapter!

Originally posted by Q99
Wow, that was a great chapter!

I must say, this really is a great manga.

Part of me wishes they would release more often. Then the intelligent, reasonable, Q99-like part of me realizes that a more frequent schedule would most likely degrade the quality of the story, drawings, and "feel" of the manga.

I'm torn. 🙁