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Claymore   
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Description
From Viz:
In a world where monsters called Yoma prey on humans and live among them in disguise, humanity's only hope is a new breed of warrior known as Claymores. Half human, half monster, these silver-eyed slayers possess supernatural strength but are condemned to fight their savage impulses or lose their humanity completely.

Note: The scanlated Extra Scene 5 Warriors' Dawn was never collected into a volume unlike the other 4.

Type
Manga

Related Series

Associated Names
Kureimoa
Mắt Bạc
Клеймор
كلايمور
สาวพิฆาตมาร
クレイモア
大剑
大劍
猎魔战记
獵魔戰記

Groups Scanlating
MANGA Plus
MiB
MangaStream
Binktopia
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Latest Release(s)
c.155 by MANGA Plus over 2 years ago
c.154 by MANGA Plus over 2 years ago
c.153 by MANGA Plus over 2 years ago
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Status
in Country of Origin
27 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?
Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter
Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1
Ends at Vol 11, Chap 59 (Original Ending EP 24-26) Some differences, Skips Chap 2

User Reviews
Claymore by darknova42

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User Rating
Average: 8.6 / 10.0 (3259 votes)
Bayesian Average: 8.58 / 10.0
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Last Updated
February 9th 2024, 12:43am


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Year
2001

Original Publisher

Serialized In (magazine)
Gekkan Shounen Jump (Shueisha, Ch. 1 - 73)
Jump SQ (Shueisha, Ch. 74 - 155 + Extra 5)
Shuukan Shounen Jump (Shueisha, Extra 1 - 4)

Licensed (in English)
Yes

English Publisher
MANGA Plus
Viz (27 Vols - Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)
Weekly Pos #474 increased(+127)
Monthly Pos #846 increased(+232)
3 Month Pos #1182 increased(+217)
6 Month Pos #1400 decreased(-56)
Year Pos #1410 increased(+96)

List Stats
On 7167 reading lists
On 1838 wish lists
On 3676 completed lists
On 304 unfinished lists
On 823 custom lists

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Addicting  
by Gustuf
May 19th, 2007, 9:03pm
Rating: 10.0  / 10.0
First three volumes are slow, but from the forth and on you just cant stop reading once you start
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lol  
by thefolenangel
May 17th, 2007, 1:12am
Rating: N/A
YEs, it looks alot like BERSERK..but i personally think it's better smile
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Elkkkk  
by BoxBox
May 15th, 2007, 1:44pm
Rating: 10.0  / 10.0
This is a great manga. An Epic, like berserk. But faster pace and less offensive.
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The longer you read, the more beautiful it become  
by Laclongquan
May 14th, 2007, 8:06am
Rating: 10.0  / 10.0
Claymore is goodness personified (or objectified? manganized?). At first glance it's not much: straight forward monster hunting, not so complex storyline, and a bit too few main characters (Clare and Raki).

But the longer you read, the more interested you became. The world start opening up, with more characters, more intrigues. The story starts having more layers of meaning. In the same time, our hero and heroines became more colourful and real.

The mangaka is also quite decisive too. YAGI Norihiro is one of the few storyteller who has the guts to kill characters when the story need. he remind me of George RR Martin , author of A Song of Ice and Fire series. I mean, he introduce a heroine, give her a life and past, then killed her in the next volume, just to make his point. He's good!

Before you dismiss this manga as a Shounen stuff, I recommend you try reading it until volume 6. You Will Get Hooked!

The only complaint I got against this series is the Shounen stuff. What it mean is that: the manga touch lightly upon sex stuffs and politics stuff. Come on! A fighting order composed of female only, that's the source of yuri right there. And romance between normal guys and Claymores are difinitely tragic tales. Politics? not enough details, both about the lands and the organization.

EDIT No1:
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13 vols come and go, and my complaints are still the same. The additional details are not being supplied enough. In fact, we know quite a bit more about inhuman enemies than the situation of human countries.

Raki has matured quite a bit. He's got to be quite a ladies' man. Alas, the way this manga were being crafted, I doubt he will get all the girls though. It's so not harem-manga.


... Last updated on November 16th, 2007, 10:57am
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AWESOME  
by L0bo
May 13th, 2007, 10:56am
Rating: 10.0  / 10.0
A really great manga series. Got trapped in it after the first chapter, just couldent stop and before i knew it, it was already morning. a must read!

... Last updated on May 13th, 2007, 10:57am
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awesome  
by blackunmei8
May 12th, 2007, 3:38pm
Rating: 10.0  / 10.0
One of the better manga. It's always interesting and very addicting. You always want to know what happens next. Definitely one of the must reads out there. Art is amazing and so is the story. You'll never get bored of it. I just wish there was more already
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One of the best manga ever!  
by RilleL
May 12th, 2007, 12:52pm
Rating: 10.0  / 10.0
This manga is one of the best manga ever. Seriusly, this is just insanely good!
The manga gets better and better for every volym. I'm glad i started to read this, anyone who stop reading this is clearly a pure shoujo fan or only read vol 1 and got bored (how that's possible i don't know though).

... Last updated on May 12th, 2007, 12:58pm
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Totally awesome  
by dullahan
May 12th, 2007, 12:10pm
Rating: 10.0  / 10.0
This series is really awesome. Character development is top notch. Every character has his/her own story and is interesting. The past chapter Teresa is the best part imho. The artwork just gets better over time.

I think claymore is better than berserk. Berserk is dragging too long without really solving anything. Heck more than 20 years for a manga and its not even finished.
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wow  
by XileDragon
May 12th, 2007, 12:07pm
Rating: 10.0  / 10.0
This manga is one of the best I've ever read. I'm putting it up there with Berserk and 20thCB. Claymore has everything you can ask from an action/adventure manga, except maybe for comedy, but you don't need comedy in an intense series like this one.

Thanks m-s and 10sigh for doing this kickass manga. Can't wait for next release, cliffhangers are killing me AHHHHHHHHHH
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remember  
by helkaal
May 12th, 2007, 6:11am
Rating: 10.0  / 10.0
You have to compare with berserk when it was up to vol12, it wasn't so much better, i'd even say that maybe claymore is better than berserk for this part. Anyway it doesn't change the fact that Berserk got 30+ vol of awesome manga x)
Just wait for the next vols to compare it to berserk...
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