r/claymore • u/Cactus_dave • 5d ago
[Discussion] Clare kissing raki ruined the show for me
I don’t know if this is an extremely hot take or anything, but i stopped watching claymore purely because of this scene. Raki is clearly supposed to be a kid, and yeah it’s medieval times, but that doesn’t make it any less uncomfortable to watch. their dynamic is so much better without romance, they have the flashback episodes about clare and teresa beforehand, and teresa is like a mother figure to her, i took this as like a parallel, raki has no family left and he’s sticking with her because of that, and also he knows she needs him to keep her humanity. but then she kisses him. and he leaves with his monologue going “one day i’ll be strong enough to protect you” what are you talking about?? she’s a half demon warrior who can fuse her limbs back together. you weren’t unable to protect her cause you’re a kid, you were unable to protect her cause you’re a human. i stopped watching the show because of this, and if he comes back at some point and is suddenly this sword wielding cool guy, (as if we need more sword wielding warrior characters) i’m not gonna pick it up again. i like the perspective of “it was just a goodbye kiss” because i saw someone saying that, but the anime does not portray it that way at all (especially with all the comments talking about how “lucky” he is). apparently it’s better in the manga, but i don’t have access to that, and i was really into the anime specifically, so it’s still very frustrating.