Claymore

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

N/A

Associated Names

Kureimoa

Mắt Bạc

Клеймор

كلايمور

อสูรสาวพิฆาตมาร (NED)

クレイモア

大剑

大劍

猎魔战记

獵魔戰記

Groups Scanlating

Latest Release(s)

c.155 by MANGA Plus 3 years ago

c.154 by MANGA Plus 3 years ago

c.153 by MANGA Plus 3 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) - Skip Chap 2

User Reviews

Claymore by darknova42

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77 topics, 833 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.6 / 10.0 (3290 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.58 / 10.0

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11%

Last Updated

April 22nd, 2025 5:46am PDT - 2 weeks ago

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Genre

Action Adventure Fantasy Horror Mature Mystery Shounen Supernatural
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Shueisha

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 #650

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Monthly Pos #728

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3 Month Pos #892

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6 Month Pos #872

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Year Pos #929

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List Stats

On 7198 reading lists

On 1900 wish lists

On 3763 completed lists

On 304 unfinished lists

On 848 custom lists

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After 11 Years, Shonen Jump's Claymore Returns With Surprise Hollywood Live-Action TV Series

2 months ago

Claymore to Publish 'Grand Finale' in October

10 years ago

Ending Discussion

10 years ago

Isn't there one more chapter left?

11 years ago

When can I start reading this?

11 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

Addicting

by Gustuf
18 years ago

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
18 years ago

Rating: N/A

YEs, it looks alot like BERSERK..but i personally think it's better 🙂

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Elkkkk

by BoxBox
18 years ago

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
18 years ago

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:

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 17 years ago

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AWESOME

by L0bo
18 years ago

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!

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awesome

by blackunmei8
18 years ago

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
18 years ago

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 18 years ago

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Totally awesome

by dullahan
18 years ago

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
18 years ago

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
18 years ago

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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