A review by irayred
Claymore, Vol. 12: The Souls of the Fallen by Norihiro Yagi, Norihiro Yagi

4.0

Seven years have passed and only 7 Claymores were able to survive the battle in the North. They’ve trained all these years in order to avenge their fallen comrades and of course, to end the organization they once belonged to.

We also get to see a little bit of the past with Raphaela and Luciela, who were sisters in a project that didn’t go as planned (Luciela ended up being a Creature of the Abyss, and Raphaela was banned until they needed her once again).

Now, what I really liked about this volume was that the survivors have been training their skills and they’re stronger than before. And we also meet a whole new generation of Claymores who brag about being far more strong than the previous ones, but perhaps they lack experience.

What truly unnerves me is that Luciela was fighting against Isley and when she was about to get killed, she ran away only to meet Raphaela –who kind of killed her, though I’m not quite sure of the outcome.

A few questions remain: where is Raki? Wasn’t Isley and Priscilla planning on vanishing the world and all that people held dear to them?

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