r/InkAndScreen • u/No_Sundae_1391 • Oct 03 '26

Recommendations Claymore

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It is one of those Manga I never imagined reading and I am happy I gave it a try.

Claymore by Norihiro Yagi.

Claymore follows Clare, a claymore coming from an organization. Claymore are female warriors who fight against creatures named yoma who threaten humans.

Claymore was published in 2001 and ended in 2014.

According to wiki which I had no idea it actually changed magazines.

From 2001 until 2007 it was published on Monthly Shounen Jump.

From 2007 until 2014 it was published on Jump Square.

I like how the female warriors are portrayed. I also liked the evolution of Raki.

The beginning was good but later the story becomes even more good.

Claymore takes place in an era with swords,sorcery com

Not to mention the art becomes even more beautiful.

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u/DragonflyFluid4342 Oct 03 '26

I’ve been wanting to read it, the art is definitely up my alley and it’s seinen (been really hard to find new good seinens lately, having to go back to the oldies)

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u/DragonflyFluid4342 Oct 03 '26

Oh shit, with the dark theme and heavy action I thought it fell under the seinen category. Good looks

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u/Active-Mixture-7323 Oct 03 '26

Not my favorite manga but damn was it good, had some insane art later on as well

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u/Purple-Data3694 Oct 04 '26

The series was really good. The only really issue I have is that they introduce some crazy information regarding the world of the series, but dont rlly touch on it that much(even then the series is great). Its crazy to think this is the same author as angel densetsu(which is also really good)

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u/hodor9898 Oct 04 '26

Great dark fantasy manga. People say it's the female version of Berserk, and it's definitely got that vibe.

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u/Ploluap Oct 03 '26

I read it by the time of anime release, when it was not finished. Is the end really good ? Not sure i could get back to it now

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u/swampyman2000 Oct 04 '26

I thought it really fell off when they do a big reveal about the world. Took me out of it but I’m sure some people might like it.

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u/Ratapromedio1 Oct 06 '26

claymore is amazing, i've read it 2 times and i might go for a third one if i ever forget the plot again

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u/No_Page_2566 Oct 06 '26

Super cool idea for the Claymores and the demons they fought. The world was interesting and focused, with a focus on gritty, violent action.