Periodically, I like point back to some of the nearly 500 posts we’ve written here on Beneath the Tangles. Besides the “A Year Ago” series I began several months ago, I plan to occasionally post about blogging milestones – those little breakthroughs when posts hit certain numbers of significance in terms of hits. Three posts… Read More Mileposts: Claymore Prophet and Letting Go of Faye Valentine
Claymore Funimation Entertainment 3 Discs 26 episodes Rating: TV-MA In an unknown land, villages are preyed upon by demons known as yoma. Their shape-shifting ability makes them impossible to identify to all but beautiful warriors known as Claymore. Easily identifiable by their large swords, silver eyes, and white-blonde hair, these women take jobs to destroy… Read More Review: Claymore (Blu-Ray DVD)
The Teacher ate the house of a respected religious leader. At the feast, a prostitute entered and fell at the feet of the Teacher, showering him with praise. The religious leader was aghast. Seeing his look of contempt, the Teacher remarked to him that it was this prostitute who honored Him, not the self-righteous Teacher.… Read More Claymore’s Priscilla and the Pharisee in All of Us
My very favorite manga is the violent series, Claymore, about women who are half-demon (yoma), engineered to destroy other demons. It may seem an odd pick for me, but the last few years I’ve been engrossed in it like I’ve been with few other manga. But it wasn’t until recently that I decided to march… Read More Claymore, Episodes 3 and 4: Sinners and Saints in the Holy City
Character: Phantom Miria Series: Claymore Gender: female Occupation: claymore Bible Twin: Jesus Christ Overview When it comes to manga, one series continually leaves powerful impressions on me, volume after volume. Claymore, Norihiro Yagi’s violent fantasy series about demon-hunting women who are part demon themselves, is an epic series in terms of its scope, multiple story… Read More Finding the Invisible God in Claymore: Phantom Miria
Teresa of the Faint Smile is the most powerful of the claymore, women warriors of the manga of the same name. She shares similarities to John the Baptist through their roles and relationships to others, and more obviously through the ultimate events in their lives.… Read More Finding the Invisible God in…Claymore
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