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| Just read the interview with Yagi. It seems that he's done with Claymore as we know it. And I found it interesting that he had not planned the "world" out in advance but rather went building as he went along. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| Really enjoyed most of this manga, especially before the time skip. But some parts dragged on way too much. 8/10 And was there ever an explanation for Riful 2.0, or was that just left in the dark? |
| Perfect ending to the long story, I never hoped that it'd be so peaceful. It's what Clare really deserves, and Irene being alive as well was just over the top. |
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| I read the whole thing during the last few days and I have to say that I was disappointed. Early on, this was pretty much the best manga I had ever read - The arcs were short and the pace was fast. The characters were great and there was a ton of mystery surrounding them, from Rifel's motives to the conspiracy of Pieta or the existence of male Awakeneds or perhaps the best moment of them all, priscilla's awakening and Teresa's death. The reveals were great and plentiful. All the arcs before the timeskip were absolutely incredible, from the characters to the events to the strategies used. After the timeskip, it was okay for some time as well but then the exploration and mysteries and interesting characters just stopped or it became difficult to care for the characters. The downfall probably begun around when they introduced the zombies - the most boring enemy imaginable that accomplished nothing but got rid of some of the best characters. The removal of all the best characters combined with Priscella's OPness that made all the fights feel meh. A common theme was that we were teased by amazing possibilities but what actually happened was absurdly meh. Giant reveals like the mainland that were not followed through on. Teresa at the end felt absurdly asspull even though she is my favorite character. Pacing really was awful overall near the end as well - instead of amazing 7 chapter, content packed arcs like before, the arcs were super dragged out and I often found mysrlf skipping through the fights when they always were so interesting before. The thing that probably bothers me the most though is the Claymore weapon reveal that gave a mysterious scifi feel, but that was not ever even mentioned again. Overall, great promises and potential that were sadly followed through very disappointingly. |
| "When they're alive, you can enjoy watching them struggle. When they're dead, you can enjoy tearing out their guts. Tales are things you get to enjoy twice." |
ijuka said: I read the whole thing during the last few days and I have to say that I was disappointed. Early on, this was pretty much the best manga I had ever read - The arcs were short and the pace was fast. The characters were great and there was a ton of mystery surrounding them, from Rifel's motives to the conspiracy of Pieta or the existence of male Awakeneds or perhaps the best moment of them all, priscilla's awakening and Teresa's death. The reveals were great and plentiful. All the arcs before the timeskip were absolutely incredible, from the characters to the events to the strategies used. After the timeskip, it was okay for some time as well but then the exploration and mysteries and interesting characters just stopped or it became difficult to care for the characters. The downfall probably begun around when they introduced the zombies - the most boring enemy imaginable that accomplished nothing but got rid of some of the best characters. The removal of all the best characters combined with Priscella's OPness that made all the fights feel meh. A common theme was that we were teased by amazing possibilities but what actually happened was absurdly meh. Giant reveals like the mainland that were not followed through on. Teresa at the end felt absurdly asspull even though she is my favorite character. Pacing really was awful overall near the end as well - instead of amazing 7 chapter, content packed arcs like before, the arcs were super dragged out and I often found mysrlf skipping through the fights when they always were so interesting before. The thing that probably bothers me the most though is the Claymore weapon reveal that gave a mysterious scifi feel, but that was not ever even mentioned again. Overall, great promises and potential that were sadly followed through very disappointingly. Ehh, I liked the ending for the most part and it didn't bother me that things got dragged out. I'd stop reading and wait for a good bit of material would come out and then I'd pick it up again. Some things could definitely have been better but imo it would've been such a horrible idea for the manga to touch up on the mainland/claymore weapon idea again. That'd have to come from a sequel. As it stands now the characters have no reason to leave their island and part of the more "meh" moments for me felt like they were a little too forced and having to include that in the manga would just be too much. |
| This is the best manga I've read. I'll miss Claymore. |
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| Oh... did it ended? I been waiting for Ch 155 for months now... but it show on MyAnimeList 159 not 155? lol Well I read last ch now.... making me wonder when it come out when it already did -_-... |
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| I liked the ending, I don't care about the kiss or romantic stuff. At least Claire and Raki were finally together, that is all that matters to me. I enjoyed the series overall although there were some cheesy moments. Yagi's character design doesn't have so much variety though. 7/10 |
| What a read. Loved Teresa putting a stop to Priscilla. 8/10 |
 All credit goes to Sacred. |
| I thought this would last a few more hundred chapters, but it was a good series nonetheless. Hoping for a romantic scene too. P.S Just noticed I started Aug 11, 2010 and finished this exactly 5 yrs tehee |
ZinvyAug 11, 2015 10:34 PM
Live well - Laugh often - and Love much |
| Decent ending.. But still one of my favourite manga And I will miss it :') |
| Perfect ending. This is one the most remarcable mangas that I have read in a long long time : ) |
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| Good manga, would be a 10/10 if it was not dragged for too long. |
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| I finished reading this in just 2 days. I so love the series and this manga. Still hoping Madhouse will make a reboot. Kinda drag down on the last 20 chapters. But still I consider this a masterpiece. 10/10 |
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| I finished Claymore today after some months of reading and I have to say that I had a lot of enjoyment overall. But I had mixed feelings once I finished it. I'm a bit sad. I have so much I would like to say although I will not go very deep and will be a bit messy. This series had a lot of great moments, great twists, great characters and development, great mysteries and also great fights. But also some of the chapters towards the mid-end -around ch. 116 when the 3 old nº1's are ressurrected by the Org.- were very slow and kind of boring. I thought this part was expendable and it lasted for too long... The several battles against Priscilla was dragged for too long too and wasn't expecting to see Theresa back. Her apparition was well executed though. Many ppl say the series goes downhill after Pieta's battle, I can understand that it has some moments like that, because let's be honest the first 11 and a half volumes were insanely great. Everything that happened was pure gold, the tension was palpable and everyone could die. Then the next volumes still has great moments I enjoyed a lot: like the reveal of the Claymore's alive and the subsequent Ghost crew & their journey on the shadow, Clare's progressing & skills, the discovering of the island and the main land (with 2 nations in war), the Organization secrets, Miria's battle alone against the Org., her return from death and all Claymore's joining forces to destroy the Org., Galatea's surviving after Pieta, Raki's appearance, good moments of 'ol Rubel, Clare and Raki's meeting after 7 years and I could keep going. But I also was highly dissapointed to see that the main land discover was just honey on the lips. It had so much potential... I was very excited when Miria revealed that. I feel bad it somehow didn't take that route and went with the ressurrected #1's instead. Priscilla fighting and in AO's mode through volumes 18-27 also lasted very long imo. We saw so much from her power that the final fight didn't feel so tense, it was rather obvious the destiny of it with Theresa's emergence. I also didn't like that there were so many new Claymore's introduced, Clarice and Miata's journey and to see Isley's potential in the story to be vanished so soon. Seeing him falling was a touching moment, even when we didn't get to see him much, he was my fav. abyssal out of the 3. But I still like when I saw him after the 7 years lapse, how he was insane in that place alone, his fighting and his last words. About the abyss feeders? Well, I don't dislike that Yagi introduced them as some ppl do (although they relegated the AO's), I hate way more the 3 ressurrected nº1's part as I said before. They also added a dark and devastating atmosphere I really liked when they first appeared. Alicia and Beth potential was a bit wasted too, I thought they would give more game. Seeing Riful's reeincarnation or whatever that was against Priscilla didn't make too much sense. All in all, I thought the 3 AO's (Isley, Luciela and Riful) would have much more protagonism. They were isolated too soon, specially the first 2. I wish we knew more about Isley and his journey with Raki. And after Pieta it definitely lost part of the tension for main characters to possibly die. They were too protected at the end. I wished we would of see Denev/Helen, Yuma, Cynthia and maybe even Miria die in a big battle even if it would be sad. Seeing that they all survive makes Tabitha's death a waste. About the last chapter it tied all Claymore's fate quite well, Teresa's final inner dialogue with Clare was great and touching, we even discovered Irene was alive (didn''t care too much though, at least not to be for the last 2 pages) and I'm kind of dissapointed we didn't saw Clare and Raki in a more close moment although we can foreshadow it. I would say that the last page could of been better if it was when Clare smiles to Raki and says him to follow her and live the life? Idk as I said the end page of the manga with Clare visiting Irene left me a bit cold. I feel kind of empty now. I got to Claymore thanks to reading over here someone comparing it with SNK (which I also love), so after some time I finally gave the anime a try. And I'm so happy I did. I enjoyed it a lot (finished in August 2015), although the last 3 episodes were not so good. But this series had something special so I needed to buy the manga to know how it continued. And I don't regret reading/buying it. All these months reading has been a great experience. And will definitely keep listening to the great OST. :' -) I'm still unsure on what rating I should give to Claymore, it will either be an 8 or 9. I wish I could give it a 10 but some of the later events will not allow it. I will re-read it again someday to catch anything that could have escaped from me. At least I still have Berserk on-going and to a less extent SNK. All in all, if someone wants to talk about Claymore you can hit me in my profile or add to friends. I will gladly get you back. ^^ |
MMiyamotoJan 10, 2016 3:01 PM
| I was playing Shoukei from the Claymore ost during the part where Clare and Teresa said their goodbyes. It was perfect! That moment when Clare reverted to her child form while hugging Teresa especially got me the most. Incredibly heartwarming and hilarious when everyone started patting Clare on the head when she came to. Finally over huh? This is the first time I've ever been compelled to marathon right through a manga after finishing its anime counterpart. Like I said with the anime, this world just drew me in and by the time I had switched over to the manga, I was too engrossed by what had been unfolding to let up. I was completely swept up by its momentum and couldn't save any until later. I loved every bit of it and feel entirely satisfied with how it all played out. If I had to describe Claymore in one word, I'd say sisterhood. That's how deep the bonds between these characters ran (well barring Raki). This was the strongest foundation in driving these warriors to battle. Whether it was against yoma, awakened beings, Priscilla, and even the Organization itself, they were all sworn together by the swords they carried on their backs. The way in which they scaled up through the ranks of the yoma was splendid as well, particularly the first reveal of awakened beings. It felt as though a tiny door had opened and before me stood a towering gate that reached into the heavens. And once again, I really love how they brought back the concept of the twin goddesses at the end with Teresa/Clare's awakening. Truly the embodiment of that sisterhood I mentioned before. 9.5/10, definitely favorited (although that's not so hard considering how few manga I've read). |
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| Basically Chapter 1-97 = very good Chapter 98-155 = flashes of greatness, undermined by mild inconsistencies and a terrible villain. 6.5/10 |
| So, I finally gave this a shot after having seen the anime almost 10 years ago and I must say that I am satisfied with what I got. Most of that satisfaction stems from the fact that Miura-sama takes fucking decades to finish up Berserk and I really needed something which was like that. Claymore actually delivers on that front. I'd say it is a poor mans version of Berserk. I really missed gore/blood in Claymore. If it weren't for the timeskip and what happend from that point onward I'd give it a solid 8, but as it is I gave it an 7. Surely, a lot of wasted potential, but still enjoyable until the end. |
| This was one hell of a manga. Definitely gonna add it as my number 1. Loved all the characters that were good guys. Some villains I liked too like for example Isley, and etc. I am prob one of the few that never thought of Raki as annoying. |
ijuka said: After the timeskip, it was okay for some time as well but then the exploration and mysteries and interesting characters just stopped or it became difficult to care for the characters. The downfall probably begun around when they introduced the zombies - the most boring enemy imaginable that accomplished nothing but got rid of some of the best characters. These were my only two gripes really. The pacing was better before the timeskip, and honestly was still good for a little while after until the Destroyer showed up and absorbed Clare. The zombies should not have been there, and Isley definitely should have had a more badass death. I actually liked Teresa's faux-return though, and still very much enjoyed the final stretch with the resurrected former #1s. Overall, I'd give the first half of this manga a 10, and the second half an 8. So 9/10 overall from me. |
| ~ The world is not beautiful, therefore it is. |
| I'm just a little disappointed in the last fight and the fact that they said almost nothing about Dragon's Kin. Still, it was really cool to see Teresa again and, well, to be honest I never thought that there would be a good ending in a story like that. I had really good time reading Claymore and it's 9/10 for me. |
| I have mixed feeling about the manga the first half was great i hated yagi killing isley that way isley was so important he was a key character and then he was all messing around with the new vilain and monsters i didn't like it at all but i liked the last fight and Teresa being back overall i'm disappointed |
JirokissawJun 5, 2020 10:10 PM
| This wasn´t the best chapter, but was a nice end to this story, closing all...or not!!!! kekeke Happy end for all the Claymores, and now they have a great future in front them, because their lifes can live them with freedom!!!! I hope someday watch/read the wars in the continent!!! ;) |
| It was bad. First half of the manga was amazing, I was so thrilled, second half was pure trainwreck. That last arc was the worst of all. Disappointed by how the author shat on his work. Power-ups, asspulls, unnecessary subplots, unnecessary dialogues, poorly written characters (hi isley), deus ex machinas (that Riful 2.0 and Theresa), lack of plot depth and Claire was boring till the end. If you think about it, Shingeki no Kyojin is a revamped Claymore, without all the crap that we got past 11th volume. I am angry, it's even worse than how Naruto ended. |
Horizon355Dec 20, 2017 2:57 PM
| And so it's over. I want this to get animated. I'm a bit sad. |
If you are going to disagree with me, don't bother talking to me. I will seriously hurt you! |
| Read it. Loved it. Sad now............... |
| Great manga overall, but the last arc was underwhelming. Random new forms, twists etc. which simply don't have the same impact when they're done half assed and after so many chapters. 6,5/10 Still gonna give it a 7 because it was a fantastic read at the beginning and had a cute ending. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
FMmatron said: Great manga overall, but the last arc was underwhelming. Random new forms, twists etc. which simply don't have the same impact when they're done half assed and after so many chapters. I feel the same. The last third of the manga felt just rushed, with a massive powercreep. Nonetheless, it was amazing all along. I'm sad that this is over, I wish went on to explore other concepts within that world. |
| Pretty great Manga. The last arc dragged too long in my opinion and it got confusing at some times who is who. Nevertheless it was a good finish but sadly the last arc dragged my score for it from a 9 down to a 8/10. |
| Trying to watch all available anime series so you won't have to anymore, the list of anime I can recommend is still in progress, tho |
| Such a shame that the anime didn't continue for such a great series. After years of postponing I finished the manga from the beginning to the end in 2 days. I'm satisfied now. |
| The closer you get to the light,the greater your shadow becomes. |
| Realy good manga, I wish they showed us more of the "after-story". And I wish there was a chapter focused only on Raki and Clair to show their relationship better. Like "a calm nigth before the battle" Because it's was for me the worst point of the ending, the... lack of depth? |
 "I'll be done soon. If you wait nicely, I'll buy you some sweetbread." said Lawrence.- I'll thank you not to treat me like a child. "Oh, you don't want any?" - I do. |
| *transforms into giant tentacle monster with tits and ass* "You can't beat me..unless..."*explains how to beat it* "But you will never do it!" "Haha", said the leader of about three dozens named characters of which only 5 are relevant. "don't underestimate the power of our plot armor!" "NANNNIII" *rinse and repeat dozens of times* still, entertaining read |
| I LOVE THIS ENDING !!!! I love Claymore 😂 |
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| much better than the animes ending, wouldve been awesome if the anime ended right after pieta rather than going down that route. IIRC they couldve made that decision together while the author was still continuing. i had a gut feeling from the start that teresa was prolly coming back to life since everyone glorified her many times, often saying she was the bestest of the best. that gut feeling intensified when they brought back the other numabawns. cassandras awakened form was sad though, they shouldve done it better. it was pretty awesome how clare awakened as teresa, then double awakened as an angel but pretty much still humane. the ending was ok i guess, i wouldve hoped the remaining claymores declared peace with the youmas since there were greater threats abroad, but that never got anywhere else. priscilla was way too OP, prolly ran out of ideas as to how pris can actually be numbawan. and finally rafaelas secret that she had to tell clare was that irene was still alive, kind of a letdown IMHO. dont know why she never showed up, but a numbatoo shouldve been able to sense the world was ending i guess. wouldve been more awesome (in my taste) if they added more comedy from time to time. helen wasnt funny enough and the 1st funny moment i had was galatea and clares reunion IIRC... also forgot to mention, a ton of others got inspiration (CMIIW) from here O.O |
FONZACUSMar 13, 2021 11:12 AM
| anime/manga version of steam would be awesome - https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1625396 |
| I really want all the claymore to go the other big content and fight I felt like the ending was a bit rushed but hey the manga pretty good tho and I love it |
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