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I have just finished the Claymore manga. Clare and Raki stay together at the
ending of the story. I am sure they are going to get married.

I have a question about the two of them. We know that female Claymores are
half-human and half-Yoma hybrid warriors, but in the manga, they never tell us
whether female Claymores are able to give birth to babies.

Would Clare be able to get pregnant for Raki?


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Can female Claymores give birth to babies for their husbands?


I think probably not.

**This answer contains manga spoilers (further than the anime)**

In chapter 15, Teresa is ambushed by bandits who wish to rape her. She opens
her clothes to reveal something hideous to the men who then back off.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/aIdFFm.png) ![enter
image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/2OBC7l.jpg)

Later on we see a body with a large scar down her middle. Presumably this is
related to what Teresa has shown the bandits - as she implied that it was a
trait shared by claymores.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/aFVUI.jpg)

[Ref](http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=170816#top)

The scars are presumably a mark of their bodies transformation with youma
flesh, and being so thorough it wouldn't surprise me if wombs as other normal
organs were missing.

At one stage, there is an awakened being that has captured claymores and wants
them to awaken - presumably unable to breed its own spawn. As awakened beings
are ex-claymores, their anatomy is going to be roughly similar.


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I noted that when Clare first went to battle an awakened being with Deneve,
Miria, and Helen, Helen mentioned how Raki "...Couldn't be one of her own..."
in reference to Clare, which can be taken as Clare can't have children, and
due to Helen being so sure that the fact of the matter was that Raki wasn't
Clare's son, it leads you to believe it is a trait shared among Claymores.
However Clare may be a special case due to being only a quarter Yoma, instead
of half Yoma.


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I think that Clare would be able to. Since she isn't half yoma, but a third,
she has a higher chance of getting pregnant than the average warrior would. In
the manga, dragon-kin are probably able to reproduce anyway. That would mean
yoma are able to reproduce but probably don't because of lack of necessity.

(Dragon-kin are the beings that the organization used to turn humans into
yoma. Yoma, as you know, are the beings used to make the warriors in the
organization.)

Honestly, even if she was an average warrior, I think she would. Warriors tend
not to have relationships because of the way humans see them and the only men
they would encounter are Male awakened beings aside from bandits; as we saw
with Teresa. They also have a lot of mental illness and emotional trauma;
Ophelia for example as well as Priscilla. They tend to be unemotional or so
emotionally unstable that it can be very difficult to form relationships at
all.

Let's also not forget that they have a large "wound" running from their neck
to their groin and might not be able to even carry one without literally
splitting in half. Clare's was momentarily closed when she entered The
Destroyer but she had to be practically sewn back together when it appeared
again.

So the real problem isn't if she can get pregnant, its if she can carry a baby
long term without having real issues.


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