Well that was a huge dissapointment. When I first started watching Claymore I thought it was pretty cool, and it seemed like it might be really good. However it quickly becomes a huge mess that isn't worth watching.
Story:
The story is your typical revenge story. The main character has lost a person she loves and is now out for blood, and that's about it. At first it seems like the story might be interesting, but there are so many things that are introduced but never properly explained. There are so many times that you're thinking "what the hell is that, and what the heck is going on?". Characters are quickly introduced one episode just to be killed in the next one. The organization is never really explained either, and so many more things that the story just makes no sense and you have no idea what's going on or what's important. It's a shame, because what could have been an interesting story just becomes an incoherent mess. It feels like the production team got bored after 10 episodes and just said "screw it, just make some filler episodes and end it". The ending is also terrible and stupid.
Art:
The art is decent, not much more to say about that. It's nothing special but not bad either.
Sound:
Pretty 'meh' as well. It's the same 'cling clang' sounds and the flash bomb sound from Monster Hunter played over and over in pretty much every fight. The soundtrack is your generic "badass" metal soundtrack which is boring as hell.
Characters:
Totally uninteresting and bland as hell. There's 'short haired claymore', 'tomboy claymore', 'long haired claymore', 'pigtail claymore' etc. They have no real personality and that's because they are never properly introudced. Instead we''re just told their name and what rank they have so we know how powerful they are. You're never able to form any real connection to the characters and there's no point either since many are just killed off and never mentioned again. The main character is also boring, but the worst one is FUCKING RAKI. Holy crap did this guy piss me off. He's annoying, whiny and just pathetic. He does one good thing the entire series and spends the rest of his time crying and complaining. He's like Lin from Fist of the north star, but instead of her screaming "KEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN" all the time we have Raki screaming "CLARE!!!" while crying like a bitch. The enemies are also stupid and lame (one even being so stupid as to tell the main character what her weak spot is).
Overall:
I wanted to like Claymore, but I just can't. There are too many things that are never explained so you have no idea what's really going, and the characters are so boring and soulless. Unless all you want to do is watch 26 episodes of chicks in armor killing demons then I suggest you stay away from Claymore because that's pretty much all there is to it.
3/10
