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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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 #605

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Monthly Pos #834

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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 ]

LOVE IT

by Bebe~
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

one of those rare mangas that keeps me interested. man the latest chapter 113, seriously blew me away.

Just when we all thought Miria was dead, it turns out she somehow changed the hearts of the other claymores and they all turned against the organization. way whaaaaaaaat?
anywho, i feel like the story itself is coming to an end. maybe not anytime soon since only one chapter comes out per month >.<

... Last updated 14 years ago

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stunning and predictable

by Banarok
14 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

the art is simply stunning, its really good the expresionless mask the claymore have is annoying since well its expressionless . . . but none the less the art is detailed.

the story on the other hand is your usual shounen cliché parade one after another, but its still not that bad so i recommend it anyway

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A terrific read from beginning to vol 19 and wanting more...

by torrentchan
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I admit the The beginning (first few volumes) were kind of dull, it didnt "hooked" me in as much as I would like. But as the story progressed I could not keep my excitement down at all. The story develops into this masterpiece that keeps you wanting more. Good character development and all. The art is good as well. Love how there is a 2 saga!!!

As I enjoyed the anime, the manga is so much better in comparison, especially when the anime had a rushed alternative ending that did not fill my satisfaction. I really would like to see a remake of claymore anime.

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hmmm....

by weronique
15 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

From the start...i really liked it and was looking forward to reading new chapter...but now... I just kinda lost it... I mean, this part is uninteresting for me. No Clare. No that-boy-following-her-around (over the time I even forgot his name...) and... talk talk talk fight talk about something.... Maybe if I read these last chapters once again and at once... but I don't really feel like it (Because of what I've read.)

Before, I'd have rated it 10... but now...

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by Aikanaro
15 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I don't think I much like the direction it's taking, but maybe I'm just worn out from reading it all day. In any case, it's very good and well worth reading.

There is nothing wrong with the start - I like how it builds from fairly humble beginnings to something much larger over time - although I'm a bit worried that it's getting large to the point that each battle has to take up a lot of chapters, and while that's fine reading it all at once I'm not sure I have the patience for that following it as it's released.

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It gets great

by McCasper
15 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

The beginning was pretty slow, I couldn't tell characters apart unless they had different hairstyles, the main character is so one-dimensional its sad, only one male character I can relate to who only appears intermittently later on and my favorite characters are dying left and right. But these can't stop me from saying that this is an amazing manga.

The art in later chapters gets amazing and if you can hang on until the revelation of what really is going on in the world of Claymore the story is phenomenal. Now I'm addicted and there's no turning back.

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wat berserk?

by junesue
15 years ago

Rating: N/A

i think in terms of story quality vinland saga would be closer to berserk than claymore. but even berserk degraded once gatts started to like, go on that classical animay adventure with some mahou shoujo and stuff way later on, and it became way less dark. i liked berserk because it WAS dark though =(.

i really like this series anyway. plus the drawings are fantastic.

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Dissapointment

by Bloodfall
15 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

Well, the history was going so goddamn good till the last few releases that I was almost thinking it would be the stuff closest to berserk that I would ever lay my hands on, but now, I think I'll be dissapointed in the future.... just a guess.

But... well.... I just hope that the power scale of the characters dont become something nonsense like bleach or dbz.

Despite of that, the history IS worth-reading.

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Flawed, but decent

by Shensuke
15 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

-Incoherency
There are too many things going on in the story at the same time, and the author's poor transitions doesn't help the fact that it's a monthly release.

-Characters
I hope the posts complimenting the so called character development are joking, because there is little to none. The main character has about as dull a personality as you can get. Also, saying that every character has a unique past is an exaggeration. Everyone one of them have a very slight nuance that distinguishes them from the mold at best. The claymores are almost unrecognizable from each other at times, but that's what happens when you have to create 50+ characters with identical clothing, hair color, skin tone, and figure.

The mangaka also seems to have very little respect for the characters, as many are given unceremonious deaths. I'm all for killing off characters that are past their usage, but when all of your favorite characters are thrown away like trash on a consistent basis, it becomes annoying.

-Art
Starts off poor, but becomes stunning later on. The larger than life monsters remind me very much of Gantz (very different mangas though).

-Story
Starts off mediocre, but becomes brilliant later on, ignoring the incoherency. Nothing like Berserk, for those who mentioned it.

-Slow Start
It's not unbearable, but to say the quality of the early volumes is in the same league as that of later ones is a blatant lie.

Edit: And yes, I have read up to the latest chapter.

... Last updated 15 years ago

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awesome

by Ace-619
15 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

claymore is just straight up awesome the way the story develops is really good all the main characters are interesting the art is also good, oh and if you like action this one here has plenty

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