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Oct 5, 2012 5:39 PM

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Nice episode, I didn't see Clare's past coming. Teresa is quite the cool Claymore ^^
Mar 5, 2013 5:37 AM

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new we know why she took the boy with her, cause he is as nuts as her :D
Apr 6, 2013 7:45 PM

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Well for so far this was the best episode! Really great backstory on Claire! I wonder if the next episode will proceed with backstory or go back on another case! Lets see what's next but this episode sure has some great character development!
May 20, 2013 1:59 PM

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Flashback episode , I see.
Jun 10, 2013 6:43 PM

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lastdavid said:
You have no idea how bad I want to know what the Claymore's body looks like
It sure scared those bandits off :


Yeah me too.
I think Teressa would prove herself not only as a super badass but also as a very nice person in the end. But I have a bad feeling about how she is gonna end. The whole episode was very emotional and I fear that tragedy is on the way...
I really hope to be proved wrong :)
Dec 1, 2013 7:18 AM

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Aug 2013
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Wow Teresa seemed very cold at first, but it seems that she has a soft side. Love this series so far.
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Jan 1, 2014 9:48 AM
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So Clare was Clare huh ... I didn't see that coming . Great episode! I'm starting to love this anime .
Jan 30, 2014 2:41 AM

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Awesome Episode
'"Hearts, you say? You Humans are always so quick to speak of such things. As though you carry your hearts in the very palms of your hands. But this eye of mine perceives all. There is nothing that it overlooks. If this eye cannot see a thing, then it does not exist. That is the assumption under which I have always fought. What is this "heart"? If I tear open that chest of yours, will I see it there? If I smash open that skull of yours, will I see it there?4th Espada


Oct 10, 2014 11:09 AM

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Whoa, an episode without Raki, it was good! The bandits were annoying though.
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Mar 18, 2015 4:50 AM
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I thought it was a great episode, I had no idea it was a flashback until they mentioned Clare. Teresa was awesome too.
Apr 22, 2015 4:03 PM
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not sure if this is about clares past or if this is clares sister ._.
Btw LOVE Teresa *-*


May 17, 2015 8:11 AM

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Figured it was Clare at the start

Still, a nice backstory
Dec 19, 2015 9:15 PM
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So Claire in episode 3 had brown eyes, but the young Claire in this episode had blue eyes.

Either this was a mistake by the artists (possibly to make the distinction between her silver eyed claymore form and her human form used for the mission in that episode more easily spotted for the viewers) or they're actually different characters with the same name.
Feb 9, 2016 2:36 PM

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Not sure if this Clare is a younger version of her someone else but Teresa was awesome.

NEED MORE
Feb 21, 2016 6:35 PM

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I gotta say, Teresa grew on me quickly. I like the way she hunts Yoma, just charging in and slaughtering them before they turned was savage. The reveal that the mute girl was Clare really blew me away, I just thought that it was just setting up another Claymore in the story. This helps to lend insight into why Clare watches out for Raki.
Jul 7, 2016 11:27 AM

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@Ratohnhaketon - that was the best! Just walked right in and started killing, haha. I laughed when people scattered. "She's crazy! Ruuuunn!!" That's certainly one way to do it. No need to draw things out if you don't have to I guess.

Very nice background episode. Makes Raki's tag along make much more sense. Still don't like him though, heh.
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Sep 26, 2016 6:50 AM

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Really clever to reveal that it was a flashback at the end.
Sep 29, 2016 10:29 AM

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Damn, Teresa is strong!
I really wonder what Claymores look like now.

Damn she actually guessed her real name, I was wondering whether it was the past or just another claymore during the same timeline.
Apr 9, 2017 9:20 PM

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i actually started the series by this episode with my girlfriend before so, i already knew this was clare and what would happen to them.
it didn't destroy any of the fun to me. teresa is much more likeable than clare and i think otherwise i wouldn't be this interested in the series anyway.
May 19, 2017 12:00 PM

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totally thought this was an episode happening in the present, and that it was just shedding light on another claymore's life and their parallels to clare's. interesting way to present a character's history
Jun 17, 2017 1:42 PM

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She's started to warm up to Clare.
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Jan 28, 2018 6:44 AM

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Feb 2013
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Wtf, I didn't even think that the girl was Clare.
Nov 20, 2018 2:58 PM

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Finally a really engaging episode. Will be interesting to see how Clare became a Claymore.

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Jan 1, 2020 2:21 AM

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When Clare took that medication to reduce her yoma powers, her eye colour returned to brown, not green; so I'm confused on whether this girl is really our Clare or not; the artstyle doesn't help at all, since most of the character's faces lack individuality
Jun 9, 2021 3:45 PM

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The background music makes this scene unintentionally funny.

Aug 10, 2021 7:07 PM

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Seems like there's something terrible in a Claymore's belly...
Aug 10, 2021 7:09 PM

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I thought it's kinda weird how Teresa named her Clare but there's also mini scene where Clare is shown before she is a claymore, so this is a flashback afterall....
Aug 10, 2021 7:10 PM

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Well I hope Teresa is still not dead yet....
Sep 18, 2022 3:25 AM

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Teressa finallyyy, she looks so good just like in the manga!! Little Clare looks good too. Next episode will be amazing!
Sorry for my english xD!

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Oct 3, 2022 6:23 AM

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This episode was the best thing I've watched from anything in a while. The whole show should've been about Teresa and young Clare lol.
Nov 10, 2022 11:19 PM

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wow, i thought this was something contemporary but turns out it's clare's past and it was awesome
Dec 28, 2022 10:19 AM
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Looks good, but as with every other episode so far the sound design leaves a lot to be desired. Music is misplaced and inappropriate for the scenes, voice acting is dull, sound effects are distracting... This material is where I started to love the manga, and it's certainly making the anime feel more enjoyable as well, but it doesn't live up to the source material.
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Jan 10, 2023 6:25 AM
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Goddamned! Didn't realize it was Clare origin story until the end
Apr 6, 2023 9:49 AM
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Wow so it's actually Claire's backstory, sure her life was though even from the beginning :S
Jul 29, 2023 4:33 PM
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wow holy shit, they actually portrayed teressa way fucking better than in the manga.
this is one thing the anime has over the manga for sure.

but most of the other stuff the manga does better.

I like how teressa is so used to sleeping like claymores that beds feel bad
Jul 29, 2023 4:43 PM
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MusashiRose said:
Theresa is AWESOME... and so pretty! <3 I loved this episode... it makes sense why Claire has a soft spot for Raki.

As for what her body looks like, I kinda don't wanna know... and leave it up to the imagination. I like how this series did that (keeps it a mystery).

Glad to hear that there's more Theresa in the upcoming episodes.
yeah they literally never showed how grotesque it looked even till the manga and anime ended, its like lovecraft how your imagination runs wild is the most horrifying 
Jul 29, 2023 4:55 PM
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WolfWood37 said:
Really clever to reveal that it was a flashback at the end.
I really wish more shows did this,

it could be a massive plot twist as well, to have 2 intersecting storylines the whole time, until it turns out one of them was disguised as a flashback the whole time when you thought they took place at the same time.
the only series that did this well was a manhwa called distant sky in the first arc.
Jul 29, 2023 4:57 PM
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VicariousU said:
Looks good, but as with every other episode so far the sound design leaves a lot to be desired. Music is misplaced and inappropriate for the scenes, voice acting is dull, sound effects are distracting... This material is where I started to love the manga, and it's certainly making the anime feel more enjoyable as well, but it doesn't live up to the source material.
I felt the same about the girls with guns triology, like noir, madlax, some long spanish name trology.

they keep having super over dramatical music playing or some weird sound effect etc. completely alters the mood and the music is always too loud
Jul 29, 2023 4:58 PM
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Neostorm-X said:
VicariousU said:
Looks good, but as with every other episode so far the sound design leaves a lot to be desired. Music is misplaced and inappropriate for the scenes, voice acting is dull, sound effects are distracting... This material is where I started to love the manga, and it's certainly making the anime feel more enjoyable as well, but it doesn't live up to the source material.
I felt the same about the girls with guns triology, like noir, madlax, some long spanish name trology.

they keep having super over dramatical music playing or some weird sound effect etc. completely alters the mood and the music is always too loud
OK FOUND THE NAME its El Cazador de la Bruja, for fucks sakes that name is long, long as isekai stuff even though this was the 2000s era when isekai had super short names still
Aug 3, 2023 3:58 PM

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Weren't Yoma supposed to be human-eating monsters and just that? Why would one of them want a human to "play with"? Interesting.

So was this really a flashback episode? Because both Teresa and Clare appear in the OP fighting as adults. My guess is that Teresa and Clare are sisters and the former named this mute girl after Clare because she loves her sister. Simple as that.
Edit: Not to mention Clare's eyes are BROWN when she has her Yoma side suppressed (Ep.3) and this mute girl has them GREEN.
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Yeah , Not A Fan Of This Type
Jun 30, 2:36 AM

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Cool episode, didn't see it being a flashback until the reveal.
Oct 10, 7:48 AM

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ooh some backstory to clare
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Oct 10, 7:50 AM

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Weren't Yoma supposed to be human-eating monsters and just that? Why would one of them want a human to "play with"? Interesting.

So was this really a flashback episode? Because both Teresa and Clare appear in the OP fighting as adults. My guess is that Teresa and Clare are sisters and the former named this mute girl after Clare because she loves her sister. Simple as that.
Edit: Not to mention Clare's eyes are BROWN when she has her Yoma side suppressed (Ep.3) and this mute girl has them GREEN.
@SouthRzVa raki's eyes were brown so i assumed clare's eyes were specifically meant to turn brown because they went with the sibling story
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