Jun 29, 2015
Claymore is a fantastic anime that's most definitely worth the watch if you're interested in a fairly good story with some really interesting characters and awesome action scenes, its an anime that in my opinion is very underrated and not talked about and i wish it had more exposure.
The story of Claymore is for the most part very good and very consistent well until the ending that is, but i wouldn't let that put you off as the anime is still worth the watch despite the ending seeming a bit anti climactic. The reason for the ending maybe seeming like a little bit of a
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let down is because the manga at the time hadn't advanced to a point where the anime could adapt the story and so an ending effectively had to be made up and put together without the manga. The basic introduction to the plot is that there are evil creatures called yoma roaming and stalking humans as pray and when a village or town becomes pray to a yoma they call the Claymore organization to eradicate the problem, That's a very basic outline to the plot it does get more depth with both the characters and plot.
As for the action in Claymore, its probably one of the strongest factors in the anime. The unique draw to the combat scenes in Claymore is the fact that while in combat you cannot exceed your power limit, these Claymore warriors are essentially half yoma half human. If they were to exceed their power limit they themselves would become a yoma and completely transform. this adds a very interesting twist and layer of depth to the action scenes in Claymore allowing for each combat scenario to have much more tension with the Claymore warriors having to effectively hold back on using their maximum strength or risk becoming a yoma themselves.
The characters in Claymore are also very good it introduces a fair amount of characters and all of them are fairly unique with their own strengths and weaknesses, Claire and Raki are the two main protagonists and while i really enjoy Claire's character Raki kinda does get on my nerves a bit and that seems to be a common complaint with a lot of people who have watched Claymore. But there are more than enough awesome characters like Teresa for example that make up for that.
All in all i think Claymore is a fantastic anime that is most definitely worth your time, with fantastic action scenes, awesome characters and a decent story its really a must see if you're a fan of this genre of anime.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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