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 Flora quelling mob | |
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VIZ Media name |
Windcutter[1] (en-us) |
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Variant |
Corta el Viento[2] (The Wind Cut es-es), Tranchevent[3] (Razorwind fr), Tecnica Tagliavento[4] (Windbreaker Technique it) |
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Original name |
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Class |
Offensive:[7] 抜刀瞬撃[8] Battō Madoka Geki |
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Description |
Attack target using Instant Drawn Sword Attack: instant draw, cut and re-sheathe of blade |
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Current status |
Extant |
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User |
Flora, Clare |
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Associated technique |
Unknown |
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Quote |
...the fastest there is in the simple act of drawing her sword, cutting and resheathing.[9] |
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First appearance |
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Etymology
"Windcutter" may derive from seeing air turbulence, but not blade, in action.
Flora's datasheet names and describes the technique.[10] In the VIZ Media translation, Jean mentions Flora's nickname, "Windcutting," in Scene 51.[11] But only in Scene 55 does Flora actually name the technique,[12] as she does in other translations.
May allude to the earlier "Wind Sword" that the witches Flora and Schierke give to Serpico in the Berserk series. However, this sword consists of a single feather from a giant eagle and cuts targets at a distance without sword contact.[13]
The technique of the Claymore Flora resembles Laido.
Nickname
Flora's nickname is often understood as "cutting the wind." The Ediciones Glénat España translation leaves out Flora's name—"The One who Cuts the Wind" (La que Corta el Viento).[14]
Description
Flora
Instant Drawn Sword Attack[15] enables this technique: attack target by instant draw, cut and re-sheathe of blade.
Flora's version ultimately depends on agility baseline, not Yoma power, though if used, increases its power.[16]
Yoma power usage 1–36%,[17] Yoma power control 5%,[18] attack speed 70%.[19] Fourth fastest technique.[20] See Yoma power chart and sword chart.
Clare
During 7-year timeskip, Clare develops first true Yoma powerless version, using Ilena's arm, guided by Clare's Preemptive Sensing.[21]
History
Battle of the North
Meeting
Manga
During the first Battle Group meeting, fights break out among the warriors. Miria orders Flora to quell the mob. Flora clears snow around her and Miria with one sweep of her blade. This frightens everyone into silence.[22]
Flora quelling mob
Anime
Similar to the manga sequence, but Flora demonstrates her technique without an order from Miria, who appears intent to quell the riot herself.[23]
Test match
Despite Flora's speed, said to be the fastest of all warriors, Flora suspects Clare's Quicksword to be superior and tests Clare in a match.[24]
Windcutter is more accurate but slower than Quicksword. As a result, Flora concedes her title as the fastest warrior to Clare.[25]
This match does not occur in the anime version, which has Jean preventing the fight.[26]
Rabona
After the 7-year timeskip, Clare uses the Windcutter against Agatha, who is unable to detect it.[27]
Luciela x Rafaela
In Rafaela's dream within a dream, Rafaela easily defeats Windcutter, forcing Clare to revert to Quicksword when she re-awakes in Rafaela's dream world.[28]
References
Tankōbon Claymore volumes cited are VIZ Media (en-us) editions, unless otherwise noted. Manga scenes (chapters) not yet translated cite Shueisha tankōbon (ja) editions. Manga scenes not yet published in tankōbon form cite Jump SQ (ja) editions. Fragments of Silver Omnibus (総集編 銀の断章 Gin no Danshou) 1–3, Shueisha, are only available in Japanese. Anime scenes (episodes) cited are FUNimation (en-us) editions, unless otherwise noted.
- ↑ Claymore 10, Scene 55, p. 106
- ↑ Claymore 10, Ediciones Glénat España, Scene 55, p. 106
- ↑ Claymore 10, Glénat Édition Française, Scene 55, p. 106
- ↑ Claymore 10, Star Comics, Scene 55, p. 102
- ↑ Claymore 10, Shueisha, Scene 55, p. 106
- ↑ Claymore 9, Scene 51, p. 169
- ↑ Fragments of Silver Omnibus 3, "Yoma War Record III," p. 726
- ↑ Fragments of Silver Omnibus 3, "Yoma War Record III," p. 726
- ↑ Claymore 9, Scene 51, p. 169
- ↑ Fragments of Silver Omnibus 3, "Yoma War Record III," p. 726
- ↑ Claymore 9, Scene 51, p. 169
- ↑ Claymore 10, Scene 55, p. 106
- ↑ Berserk 24, Jets Comics, p. 133–134
- ↑ Claymore 9, Ediciones Glénat España, Scene 50, p. 155
- ↑ Fragments of Silver Omnibus 3, "Yoma War Record III," p. 726
- ↑ Claymore 10, Scene 54, p. 110
- ↑ Fragments of Silver Omnibus 2, "Yoma War Record II," p. 683
- ↑ Fragments of Silver Omnibus 2, "Yoma War Record II," p. 683
- ↑ Fragments of Silver Omnibus 2, "Yoma War Record II," p. 682
- ↑ Fragments of Silver Omnibus 2, "Yoma War Record II," p. 682
- ↑ Claymore 12, Scene 67, p. 122
- ↑ Claymore 9, Scene 51, pp. 165–167
- ↑ Claymore, Anime Scene 18
- ↑ Claymore 10, Scene 54, p. 101
- ↑ Claymore 10, Scene 55, p. 122
- ↑ Claymore, Anime Scene 20
- ↑ Claymore 15, Scene 78, pp. 10–13
- ↑ Claymore 17, Scene 92, pp. 71–72