hollywood said: Hell88 said: I have always wondered why we don't have one of these threads on here. So I am making one. XD Personally at first I thought Raki was just going to be a filler character that wouldn't be around much, but to my horror he turned out to be a crybaby that did nothing but hogged Clare who for a while seemed like she would have been happy if he was killed when she was asleep or something. Then they get seperated which was great because Clare got to do some cool things on her own for a long while. I actually thought the little brat was going to die, if it wasn't for Priscilla who he ran into, she was probably the one who made sure he lived for seven more years. After he shows up again and he is this dorky warrior... Well I could say a lot more things about him as to why I don't like him, but I want to know why others don't like him too. :) I wished he would die but he cannot and wont. Now how many dudes does the series have that has a connection to the Claymore characters? Raki is the only one, aside from the rabona boys and Fr Vincent. There's a lack of strong males in the series and we are stuck with him. Really we were better off with the rabona boys! At least Cid is funny! I already didn't like Raki before he met Priscilla because he is such a weakling, always hiding behind Clare! But now... it's even worst! Why the hell did he associate with an awakened being (not to mention the fact that he associated with the worst one possible: Priscilla)?! The kid must have some mental issues (God! He saw her eating someone's guts!)! Talk about being weak minded! |
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| Wow this is my first post in this forum and I happens to be in this thread :D well here goes… What I hate about Raki, well the title pretty much sums it all up – “everything”. But to be more specific: He’s pretty much a useless character, his greatest “achievement” was to make Clare drop the cold mask for a while and actually show emotion…but I think that would’ve happened eventually anyway, either when she was in Rabona saving all those ppl, or in the Slashers arc, or when she met Irene. The other purpose of his char was to make the analogy with the Teresa/Clare relationship, so that the story could go into retrospection and show us Clare’s past and how and why she became a claymore and that basically she’s doing the same thing as Teresa. I think Yagi should’ve gotten rid of him at that point, or at least not make him so annoying! For me the only reason why Yagi is keeping him alive is for all the drama that’s going to happen when Priscilla and Raki finally meet Clare. Although I think that Clare meeting her would’ve been dramatic enough on it’s own, but that’s just me. - He’s a : - crybaby – gets really annoying! - A wimp – he can’t even survive on his own, which is kind of dumb since in the claymore world, ppl are actually living with monsters and have a rough life and all that and have to be at least a little bit prepared to cope with these kind of things, when Raki actually found out about all that stuff after his family got killed, even though ppl were dying in the village before that and all he was living a carefree life until ‘reality’ slapped him in the face. And a lot of ppl told me before “he has strong will to survive and bla bla” – no he doesn’t! If it wasn’t for Clare he would’ve died. For example Clare’s family got killed by yoma too, not only that she was captured by one and probably abused by it for months before she met Teresa, and still didn’t give up on life, but actually tried to help someone – she could see Teresa was in pain and miserable in her life, even though she was in a much more worse situation. - He can’t fight, even though I think he held up pretty good in the fight with Ophelia, the fact that he didn’t shut up through the whole thing saying things like “I want to help Clare and be strong…”, but he was clearly feeling sorry for himself and then the waterworks started again – all of that was once again annoying. Instead of doing that he could’ve though something up to distract Ophelia, and give Clare a breather to get healed without nearly dying from worrying about him. - Hence from what I said above I can say that he’s not very smart too. Another thing that makes him look stupid is that he paired up with an AB – especially Priscilla. And I know some of the Raki fans will say something like how he does it cuz he sees the good in Priscilla, after all she’s mentally ill and doesn’t really know what she’s doing, besides she hasn’t eaten a human in 7 years…yeah but that’s not an excuse, what about all the ppl she killed before, not to mention ruining Clare’s life. It doesn’t make her less dangerous, cuz sooner or later that instable mind of hers is gonna snap and she’ll go dark side again and start killing. But Raki obviously doesn’t give a shit about that, which brings me to my next thing I don’t like about him. - Wannabe Hero – give me a break. Ok he’s trying to help ppl, killing monsters, cool. But he’s living under the illusion that he can control one of the most powerful monsters in his world, even though he knows that she’ll eventually go on a rampage out of hunger or something and he says “well I know, I guess she’ll eat me too”…Yes well if he wanted to be a hero so much he could actually consider the thought of doing all those ppl Priscilla might kill in the future a favor and kill her and prevent that. Ok, maybe he cares about her, but I’m not sure how he could get over the fact that she was eating ppl when he found out she was an AB. He could’ve just left, although maybe she would’ve got pissed off and killed him, so maybe he was too scared to. Or he’s just stupid. - And no I don’t agree with his fan girls that he’s cute and blaba bla…Yagi drew him as a grown up, and he looks like Easley with a shorter hair and a thicker neck. Not to mention that his head and that thick neck look disproportional to his body, cuz from his thin waist you can see that he has more armor than actual muscles. And it’s true that Claymore is lacking strong male characters, but I prefer Cid and Galk to him. Even Rigardo and Easley, even though they were AB’s at least they were smarter than him and better warriors. - And no I don’t agree with his fans on the thought that there will be a romantic relationship between him and Clare. Hence the analogy with the Teresa/Clare relationship I think Clare has more motherly feelings toward him; or will treat him like a little brother now that he’s all grown up; and that kiss they had when they were separated - merely fan service and something to spice up the story. Or maybe Clare thought “what the hell, I might die anyway, at least I’ll give him something to remember for the rest of his life” lol |
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BishounoTeresa said: Wow this is my first post in this forum and I happens to be in this thread :D well here goes… What I hate about Raki, well the title pretty much sums it all up – “everything”. But to be more specific: He’s pretty much a useless character, his greatest “achievement” was to make Clare drop the cold mask for a while and actually show emotion…but I think that would’ve happened eventually anyway, either when she was in Rabona saving all those ppl, or in the Slashers arc, or when she met Irene. The other purpose of his char was to make the analogy with the Teresa/Clare relationship, so that the story could go into retrospection and show us Clare’s past and how and why she became a claymore and that basically she’s doing the same thing as Teresa. I think Yagi should’ve gotten rid of him at that point, or at least not make him so annoying! For me the only reason why Yagi is keeping him alive is for all the drama that’s going to happen when Priscilla and Raki finally meet Clare. Although I think that Clare meeting her would’ve been dramatic enough on it’s own, but that’s just me. - He’s a : - crybaby – gets really annoying! - A wimp – he can’t even survive on his own, which is kind of dumb since in the claymore world, ppl are actually living with monsters and have a rough life and all that and have to be at least a little bit prepared to cope with these kind of things, when Raki actually found out about all that stuff after his family got killed, even though ppl were dying in the village before that and all he was living a carefree life until ‘reality’ slapped him in the face. And a lot of ppl told me before “he has strong will to survive and bla bla” – no he doesn’t! If it wasn’t for Clare he would’ve died. For example Clare’s family got killed by yoma too, not only that she was captured by one and probably abused by it for months before she met Teresa, and still didn’t give up on life, but actually tried to help someone – she could see Teresa was in pain and miserable in her life, even though she was in a much more worse situation. - He can’t fight, even though I think he held up pretty good in the fight with Ophelia, the fact that he didn’t shut up through the whole thing saying things like “I want to help Clare and be strong…”, but he was clearly feeling sorry for himself and then the waterworks started again – all of that was once again annoying. Instead of doing that he could’ve though something up to distract Ophelia, and give Clare a breather to get healed without nearly dying from worrying about him. - Hence from what I said above I can say that he’s not very smart too. Another thing that makes him look stupid is that he paired up with an AB – especially Priscilla. And I know some of the Raki fans will say something like how he does it cuz he sees the good in Priscilla, after all she’s mentally ill and doesn’t really know what she’s doing, besides she hasn’t eaten a human in 7 years…yeah but that’s not an excuse, what about all the ppl she killed before, not to mention ruining Clare’s life. It doesn’t make her less dangerous, cuz sooner or later that instable mind of hers is gonna snap and she’ll go dark side again and start killing. But Raki obviously doesn’t give a shit about that, which brings me to my next thing I don’t like about him. - Wannabe Hero – give me a break. Ok he’s trying to help ppl, killing monsters, cool. But he’s living under the illusion that he can control one of the most powerful monsters in his world, even though he knows that she’ll eventually go on a rampage out of hunger or something and he says “well I know, I guess she’ll eat me too”…Yes well if he wanted to be a hero so much he could actually consider the thought of doing all those ppl Priscilla might kill in the future a favor and kill her and prevent that. Ok, maybe he cares about her, but I’m not sure how he could get over the fact that she was eating ppl when he found out she was an AB. He could’ve just left, although maybe she would’ve got pissed off and killed him, so maybe he was too scared to. Or he’s just stupid. - And no I don’t agree with his fan girls that he’s cute and blaba bla…Yagi drew him as a grown up, and he looks like Easley with a shorter hair and a thicker neck. Not to mention that his head and that thick neck look disproportional to his body, cuz from his thin waist you can see that he has more armor than actual muscles. And it’s true that Claymore is lacking strong male characters, but I prefer Cid and Galk to him. Even Rigardo and Easley, even though they were AB’s at least they were smarter than him and better warriors. - And no I don’t agree with his fans on the thought that there will be a romantic relationship between him and Clare. Hence the analogy with the Teresa/Clare relationship I think Clare has more motherly feelings toward him; or will treat him like a little brother now that he’s all grown up; and that kiss they had when they were separated - merely fan service and something to spice up the story. Or maybe Clare thought “what the hell, I might die anyway, at least I’ll give him something to remember for the rest of his life” lol Woman you really explained everything perfectly :D (and I agree with you 100%) |
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hollywood said: Hell88 said: Even the guys in Rabona aren't that great, Cid is an idiot and he should have died along with Galk a while ago. They are nothing but filler characters. lol Anyway I think that last post pretty much sums up Raki throughout the whole series thus far. XD Now hold on, Cid is NOT an idiot but he is filler material. Bishouno Teresa, welcome to the club. But honestly.. PLEASE SHORTEN YOUR POSTS. I like your enthusiasm but this is a forum. Not a college where we grade your thesis paper. Shorten and simplify. Thanks lol, and sorry about the long post lol but i was specifically asked to point out all of Raki's bad sides in a long and vile list XD btw I agree with you, they might be filler characters but they're not idiots, lol because "idiot = Raki" lol |
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| all i remember about him is crying face :D |
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| this thread has greatly summed up all the things that i hate about raki... he should just die... i mean... darn... clare is better off by herself... he just caused a lot of trouble in the story.... he should have died right there... |
| ....... darn.... darn.... darn.... XD |
| .. Raki.. I thought he was kinda cute for a bit, until y'all pointed out all his weaknesses, now he's not so cute anymore.. .. Easley was cool tho :D *regards and thanks for letting me join :) |
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_Aniki said: .. Raki.. I thought he was kinda cute for a bit, until y'all pointed out all his weaknesses, now he's not so cute anymore.. .. Easley was cool tho :D *regards and thanks for letting me join :) i agree on you there! |
| ....... darn.... darn.... darn.... XD |
hollywood said: Hell88 said: I think Clare is better off on her own too, Raki only gets in the way of her and the story. What else is there to say? B Teresa nailed it with her grand thesis on Raki. XD lol I wouldn't call it grand, I just gave my honest opinion about him and why I think that he's all of the mentioned above. Like Hell88 said it, he's a filler character, that the story could go without. :) |
| To be Nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you like everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting... |
| I don't like extremely emotional characters (which are always screaming, crying etc.), especially if they say some stupid things, so I don't like Raki either :) . But, to say the truth, there are too many such characters among many movies and series... Even though he is more or less "useless" for the story, that's not so important for me. |
BioMax said: I don't like extremely emotional characters (which are always screaming, crying etc.), especially if they say some stupid things, so I don't like Raki either :) . But, to say the truth, there are too many such characters among many movies and series... Even though he is more or less "useless" for the story, that's not so important for me. i agree, extremely emotional character is treating me -_- but clare sama loves him.. |
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| I hate him for some reasons : -Bcoz of him, clare didn't get the chance to kill that damn priscilla. -Sometimes his character are annoying -He didn't help clare at anything except for cooking. durr. -Some kind of burden to clare. Urgh! I hate him.  |
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Yeah! I was hoping that the same tragedy wouldn't happen. I got enraged when Clare cannot kill Priscilla bcoz of Raki. WARGH! |
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| wow, lots of Raki hate. I don't like him, but I don't hate him either. I agree for the majority of the manga he's been weak, useless, and a crybaby, BUT I think the latest chapters have hinted that he's going to become powerful, especially chapter 96. We know he's not going to die, so chances are he is going to merge with the youma and become a male claymore (and since it's a youma from the merger of Rafaela and Lucielia, the resulting claymore is going to be strong). I dislike that he is hanging around Priscilla, but seems she's gone for now, and he doesn't know of the connection between Priscilla and Clare, since Clare never told him. |
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Darkwing63 said: I don't know, when I saw what happened to Raki in chapter 96 my first thought was that eventually he will be taken over and turned into a male awakened being,(or killed) so that he and Clare will have to fight and she will have to kill him. that is a possibility. I just guess it depends on where Yagi wants to take the story. Will he make it more tragic by turning Raki into an awakened being or will be give the two of them more similar grounds to bond by, by turning Raki into a male claymore. Either way, it will make Raki more interesting, so I'm happy by these turn of events. :D |
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| it's his voice. I'm rewatching the anime atm, and while I don't hate (or even dislike) Raki in the manga anymore (not really sure if i ever did or just had it carry over from the anime), I can't stand him at all in the anime. aaarg, that voice. >.< |
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| 1. he chose Priscilla over Clare 2. he is a boy, so what does he have to do with any silver eyed slayers? 3. he makes Clare weak 4. he is just a "pochi" for any Claymore that comes around I hate Priscilla for killing Teresa, and Raki for bing her ally/slave |
| i very like Raki :D |
| Me neither, he was just fine.. Acting like a normal human should after meeting all those freaks :P He's young, determined makes out with older women! Raki ftw! XD |
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