Claymore Intimate Persona~Character Song Shuu~

Amanda Liu October 5, 2007

In this CD, there are 10 tracks and the characters featured Clare, Priscilla, Galatea, Deneve, Opheilia, Irene, Sophia, Teresa, Helen, and Miria (in that order). For people who don’t know what the hell is a “character song” it’s basically a song where the seiyuu for an anime sings a song that’s supposed to reflect the character. Anyways, the character song CD for Claymore ~~got leaked today~~ was leaked a couple of days ago but because we had server problems once again, this article was delayed.

1. Kioku
Artist: Houko Kuwashima
Character: Clare
This sounds like an Ayu ballad. Seriously with the rockish part that comes in the chorus and the style…AYU-SAMA. The only part that didn’t sound Ayu-ish is with that random dude rapping in Engrish in the middle XD. Seriously, is that supposed to be Raki or something? LAWL. Well anyways, Houko Kuwashima has a pretty voice and the song is pretty good. But I love most of Ayu’s ballads so I may be biased.

2. Henbou
Seiyuu: Aya Hisakawa
Character: Priscilla
Well Miss-I’m-an-Insane-Bi0tch’s song is appropriately off-kilter and creepy. With Hisakawa’s creepy loli voice and good use of instrumentals this makes this song pretty memorable. And unlike Clare’s song, you can actually picture Priscilla singing this.

3. Hangyaku
Seiyuu: Ai Orikasa
Character: Galatea
“Turn it up ready? ” “Turn it up now?” “REVOLUTION?” Wow. Major Engrish rapping for Miss Claymore in the beginning and ends of this song XD. I actually don’t like this song because it’s a dull ballad that doesn’t really suit Galatea in my opinion. I would perfer her with a more rockish song. Oh and who is this Engrish rapper? Why the hell is an Engrish rapper in Claymore anyways?

4. Kakusei
Seiyuu: Hana Takeda
Character: Deneve
WOW. This is actually turned out and I don’t even really like Deneve. It’s somewhat rockish with enough exotic instruments to fit the true Claymore feel (no Engirsh rapppers). Well there is Engrish but it actually fits Deneve. The whole song does. I really like this song. Not to mention Takeda Hana has one of the better singing voices on this album.

5. Zouo
Seiyuu: Emi Shinohara
Character: Opheilia
Another good eceletic pop-rock track. I’m suprised at the use of background series. It’s a very unique song that suits the eccentric and bi0tchy personality of everyone’s-favorite-insanely-bloodlusted-bi0tch. I like this song.

6. Shippu
Seiyuu: Minami Takayama
Character: Irene
This is much rockier than the other two. I kinda expected a more calmer song for Irene but apparently whoever produced this disagrees. I really like this song. It’s refreshing. There’s a bit of Engrish it’s not out-of-place like the crap in the beginning. The bridge is a little weird but the electric guitar is awesome.

7. Eien
Seiyuu: Megumi Toyaguchi*
Character: Sophia*
First of all, I don’t even know if I got this info correct so if I got it wrong please let me know. It seems so odd that a throwaway character like Sophia got her own song. Anyways, this is another rock song. Whoever arranged the order of all these songs sucks because I’m kinda sick of listening to rock now. Not to mention that this is rather bland…Next.

8. Tensei
Seiyuu: Romi Paku
Character: Teresa
FINALLY. A BALLAD. And a good one to boot. I like the “acoustic orchestra” feel of the song and Romi Paku’s voice is unique in a good way. I guess it suits Teresa but I don’t like Teresa so that doesn’t really matter to me. This is a really nice refresher song. This is one of my favorites on the album.

9. Doukou
Seiyuu: Miki Nagasawa
Character: Helen
Well this was kind of a funky song. It definitely stands out from all the rock on this album. With a lot of unconvential instruments in the background and Miki Nagasawa rapping at some parts in the chorus (yes Helen raps now), this definitely stands out. This suits Helen and this song is another one of my favorites.

10. Gen’ei
Seiyuu: Kikuko Inoue
Character: Miria
We end with a very piano-centered ballad. It’s a decent song and it fits for the ending. I find the almost church-chorus-like background vocals interesting. Kikuko Inoue has a very good voice too. While it might be odd to picture Miria singing a church song (or singing nevertheless), it’s still suitable nevertheless. But man I feel sleepy now…

So overall it’s one of the better character song albums I’ve heard believe it or not. Well that’s because most of them suck anyways. I think a different song arrangement would be better (but you can just manually do it yourself on iTunes or whatever) and I wish they would get that Engrish rapping out of Clare’s and Galatea’s songs. This is a must-get for anyone who’s watched Claymore (and liked it) but even a casual listener might enjoy most of the tracks since this album is pretty strong. Now I’m gonna go cry on how BoA got powned by YUI on the Oricon Singles Chart.

Tags: Claymore

Category: The Artists

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24 Responses to “Claymore Intimate Persona~Character Song Shuu~”

kaei
October 5th, 2007 at 6:58 am

OMG how can you not like Teresa??
Amanda Liu http://
October 5th, 2007 at 7:17 am

kaei> I don’t like Teresa because she seemed like a total bitch to me. But that doesn’t matter if her song’s good :D.
draziert
October 5th, 2007 at 10:05 pm

‘Eien’ by Sophia is actually one of my favorite tracks on this album . . . I find that her voice stands out more over some of the other rock songs. To each his/her own, I guess
zenical http://zenime.animeblogger.net
October 7th, 2007 at 4:01 am

personally, i think all the songs are great! =D you gave a very good detailed description of the album. sugoi desu! =)
Sharo
October 8th, 2007 at 9:09 am

Oh well, I wasn’t really expecting the critique, anyone can do that. I was more interested in understanding the meaning of the lyrics of each song.
Amanda Liu http://
October 8th, 2007 at 10:14 am

Unless I put “lyrics for Claymore Intimate Persona~Character Song Shuu~” on the title, there’s probably not going to be any lyrics here. And even if I had lyrics, I wouldn’t translate them because my Japanese is far from that level. I know anyone can critique but no one will have the exact same opinion for each song and that’s why I write this. I just wanted to give people an overview of the album and my thoughts. If you don’t like what I do, then get the hell out of here. You’re being extremely rude and insulting.
Kalinas
October 10th, 2007 at 2:25 am

Amandia Liu I think you are the rude one :/ Anyway, good job on the article. It’s really sad that there are no lyrics (and translations ofc) but wth. I like Clare’s and Ohpelia’s songs most, Helen and Irene have very nice songs too.
Amanda Liu http://
October 10th, 2007 at 5:37 am

Kalinas> It’s one thing to be disappointed in not having lyrics or translations but I personally find it insulting if someone tells me that what I do “can be done by anyone” and is implying that what I do is useless and pointless, yes I do find that insulting. And I have a right to get pissed off if someone is insulting what I do and I have every right to give a piece of my mind. Also, this is not your business so please stay out of it.
Jamie
October 10th, 2007 at 11:10 am

Well, these are fun tracks to listen to in the car or just to kill time. I find that Clare’s song stands out the most :D, don’t know why, but it kinda does… probably because I like the character and the seiyuu. Eventually, someone will put up the lyrics on some site like they did with almost every other songs and albums that has been released world-wide. xD

On-topic: Great review, very personal like they should be, I agree with the “overuse of rock” part, since it feels like a big gap in the album.

[p.s] The comments are starting to bother me, although I don’t want to stick my nose in it, but it just bothers me. Don’t ask why, you know why when you look at them. –>(it makes me not want to comment at all) :\
sharo hair-o
October 11th, 2007 at 9:29 am

well clare seriously sucks
she’s been the 47th claymore for the whole period and its obvious that she can kick serious ass
sharo hair-o
October 11th, 2007 at 9:31 am

its all about teresa man, clare is ugly
Neon Genesis Evangelion
October 11th, 2007 at 9:50 am

I absolutely agree with Sharo, this description is incredulously disappointing, from my judgment even my cat can do this (Besides, his comment seemed pretty decent, it was only your responce that was rude.) Amanda Liu, your criticism is extremely poor and seriously inflated with your bitchy attitude. However, I would have benefitted more if you had provided the translation.
Jonathan
October 11th, 2007 at 9:52 am

You people have ruined my life with this thread. Claymore was my life.
Darren Pangan http://anime2manga.com/
October 18th, 2007 at 2:12 pm

Geez.. what happened here?? I had to remove some posts that are purely flaming.
Ophelia Immortal
October 27th, 2007 at 11:24 pm

I’m quite keen on almost all of the songs, especially Priscilla and Ophelia’s. I just loved their voices in the anime, Ophelia being a total psychotic sadist and having a certain affinity to snakes, she turned out to be my favorite character (almost anyone called Ophelia turns out to be a fav of mine.) I agree with you on Galatea, it doesnot reflect at all the character. Do you by anychance no where I could get the lyrics to the songs (even not translated) just in romanji would be perfect.
Potato Pete
November 7th, 2007 at 2:11 pm

Thanks Amanda for you review! Even though I like some of the songs that you didn’t - I do agree with “where the heck does the Engrish rapping come from?” I don’t think Galatea’s song fits at all either. As much as a translation might help understanding the songs better since I don’t speak Japanese, I think Priscilla and Ophelia’s songs are creepy enough without the translation - very well done.
Raki
November 28th, 2007 at 8:07 pm

Can anyone send me the site to download this album ? pls pls..
i just want to hear all those character’s voices.. pls pls
Just email me @ carlo17luis@yahoo.com

Thanks Thanks!!
Raki
November 29th, 2007 at 8:57 am

It’s Me Again, ijust downloaded all their songs..All of them has a very lovely voice, yeah, just like other says, i like the song of Clare here. Very Very Lovely Voice..:)
Rath
November 29th, 2007 at 10:46 am

After reading your description of the songs, I downloaded the album. The songs are all very nice. I just don’t understand how Sophia managed to get a spot on this album when she only appeared in 3 eps. Jeane should’ve gotten a spot. She played a big role in Clare’s life.

Regarding Galatea’s song, I kinda like it. It doesn’t suit her but for some reason I can picture her singing it.

Your descriptions of Priscilla and Ophelia made me laugh XD
Andrew
December 8th, 2007 at 5:23 am

can anybody tell me were can i download this cd? T.T
i was downloading it in animeost but something got wrong ._.
plz anyoneee
Calart
January 15th, 2008 at 11:15 pm

How long does each songs last ? i need the time so i can cut it XD
Chloe
February 7th, 2008 at 9:51 am

Thanks to Amanda Liu, I was searching for the descriptions (meaning: which song is for whom /{chracter} of that track. I got scans of the booklet, but since I don’t understand a single word Japanese, it was quite useless..
So thanks!

@Andrew: If you’re using bittorrent, then you can find the torrent file on nippsonsei ^^
Durwethien http://LYRICS
May 15th, 2008 at 12:11 am

Hola: excelentes descripciones y excelentes canciones el anime me encanto la verdad ya soy fan de CLAYMORE wow¡¡¡¡, ¿ Donde puedo conseguir las lyrics de las canciones? las he buscado por todos lados y no las encuentro me pueden ayudar??

gracias
Alfred
May 30th, 2008 at 12:06 am

I love you Chloe!! you kinda saved me =D didn’t knew about that page…

Anyone else thinks that Helen has the best personality ever? She can just melt me with her laughs