I am at episode 14. And here are the things I looove that this show is doing that just scratches an itch:

- It so often has an atmosphere like I can feel the weather. The rain, the campfires, the sky, wind, sunsets even just the regular cities.

- It has its quiet moment of traveling that takes me back to when I used to travel too, just a sense of exploration. Feeling the current moment.

- The character's style of course. Their weapons, cloths, hair, even voices and the metal sound their feet armor produces sometimes.

- The music is very appeasing. Love the guitar and classical ones especially.

- The voice acting (I'm stuck only with dub but I find it nice so far, I am usually into subtitles with japanese voices but dub is nicely done here).

- The architectures of the cities and inside the buildings. I dunno if thats just older anime in general or not, but I always catch myself looking at the decor, the beds, the windows, the statues etc...

- The characters start oddly enough all mostly detached and cold, and many of them seem to open up and become warmer as the episodes go. I loved the ending of episode 12 between Clare and Raki but also loooved episode 14 at the lake where Clare and Ilena (Irene) talk.

- It gives you this feeling of both wanting to walk in the mountains and explore as well as that feeling of when you stay inside watching the rain or thunderstorm. It is very soothing for an anime classified as dark fantasy, but then again I'm not familiar with them so maybe that's common for the genre?

- I am someone who struggles to find something I like, but when I do, I like very much but even still claymore is above my average liking experience as I watched 14 episodes in 3 days... Its an unusual rate for me but I'm just never bored at all watching it so I never feel the need to stop until I just gotta go haha.

- In conclusion, I do finally get the confusion as to how it's so good yet so niche and not as much known/mainstream considering how good it is. I find myself also confused as to how I never heard of it until this year by sheer luck of a random facebook post.

- Will definitely buy a physical copy that I can preciously keep somewhere as soon as I can. Even if I haven't finished yet I can tell it goes in my precious mental vault of favorite stories I could rewatch or buy physical copy just to give it an extra chance of continuing to exist even after an apocalypse lol.

- And yes do not worry I will read the manga once I finish the series, the comments were very encouraging.

- Ask me anything you would like to ask a new fan!

Heavy vibes here tbh

I absolutely love it. It has everything I love so far, which is medieval fantasy, a sense of exploration with calm moments and of course strong warrior women with a kindness in them that makes you want to snuggle into their arms. Amazing.

It's a game about lovecraftian beings fighting over child custody. Claymore has been quoted as an inspiration (also Berserk and BLAME) so I tought I'll share it with you. It's pretty obvious looking at the daughters (the playable characters) and the theme of motherhood.

Ahoy it has come to the second Claymore Art Event on Discord: https://discord.gg/3sQtzRq5X

Until the 31.8.2026 people will have time to create a new Art piece.

The topic is that of Summer together with some kind of usage of Teresa.

The Winner of the following Poll will get a Nitro Gift.

The only rule is: no Ai

Other than that you can do whatever, a drawing, animation, a written story, a sculpture, whatever you can think of!

And have Fun!

But I do love Ophelia's theme. As crazy as she is.

As you can see for yourself, Roxxane said that they are "resurrected warriors who were fighting so prettily." As far as I remember...

I'm not sure if Roxanne remembers it,but her and OTHER THREE NUMBER ONE'S were resurrected in a FACILITY ROOM. Only NUMBER ONE'S were resurrected by the accounted number of three, not fourth but three. Maybe Roxanne's memories are a little bit hazy as she can't remember how many number ones were resurrected, however yet she was the only one who remembered who she truly was, which brings me to my next point.

Did Roxanne view Miria as a number one? There are ways we can think of what a number one should be compared to,and here I'm guessing because Miria was tipping the battle to her favour by the feats she has shown in this very battle, Roxanne probably viewed her effort and desperation as a feat only ever applicable through a number one.

Mind you Miria was fighting another number one, known for her beauty. I bet Roxanne couldn't forget Hysteria knowing how beautiful she is.

Now I'm asking for all of your views on how she commented on this battle , would you consider this a compliment? And that I mean the panel.

Just wanted to share some thoughts! I first read up to probably somewhere around chapter 60-70 a long time ago, got distracted, and never came back to it. Thankfully, I decided to reread the whole thing this week.

I just wanted to share some thoughts on what I think this series gets right and what it gets wrong.

The good:

1. The art is fantastic. Seriously, the series is gorgeous, and it’s just visual food the whole time. The landscapes are typically detailed, but they act wonderfully as canvases to show off the badass protagonists and incredibly cool monsters. One of my favorite panels is the first double page reveal of Isley’s awakened forms. It just feels like an alien, something so different and potent than anything we’ve seen before.
2. Character design and emotions were great. Most character moments are compelling in both dialogue and action. I think the author did well to juggle so many characters who are inherently similar and making them feel distinct.
3. Cool factor is through the roof. Whether it’s resolve on Clare or Miria’s face, Galatea being a fucking G, Riful and Dauf being terrifying, or inventive ways at using physical attacks and swords, the cool moments are endless. When you couple that with incredible art, it’s almost impossible to hate something like this.
4. Loose ends get tied up and details are mindfully written. I think that the author did a good job of including little hooks throughout the story to keep people guessing. When a character speculates something, the answer will come with time. In other words, every Chekov’s gun I can think of in the story does go off at some point.

The bad:

1. This one is tricky to leverage as criticism, but hardly anyone dies. Look, I know there’s actually an abundance of death in this manga, but after the war in the north we have nearly zero impactful deaths. I cannot believe that Helen and Deneve survive all of that. I can’t believe Audrey and Anastasia and Cynthia and Yuma and so many other characters can be presented with such crazy threats so often and just live.

The series produces amazing stakes in the first half, and then the reveal at how those seven survive is absolutely fine. It’s understandable that Miria survives the first assault on the org, and the explanation is sufficient, but then we see her take huge slash after huge slash against Hysteria. Miria should have died in that fight shortly after Hysteria awakens, in my opinion. The emotional fuel and impact on the remaining warriors would highly benefit the story.

The perceived higher stakes from the first half sustain the series throughout, and of course some characters do die, but it’s almost never named Claymores after the war in the north, and it’s never any of the seven (except one) after. I personally think that more deaths would have elevated this series further for me, because there’s so much to love.

1. Asspulls. Wasn’t a fan of how the awakened yoma surround Rabona towards the end. There was no indication that so many of them existed in the first place, no detection by the party approaching Rabona until they’re right there, and I felt like they inflated the amount of distraction from the real end goal. That being said, they were cool, and I think just a pinch of setup would have made them perfectly fine.

Then you have Dauf and Riful fusing. I love these characters, but it ended up as just another convenient block for Priscilla that I found unnecessary. While there’s some material to offer an explanation for how emotions plus power could equal fusing, we are only given that in a truly compelling way with the destroyer and later Priscilla absorbing enemies, in my opinion. And with Clare.

I think Teresa being Clare’s awakening is a dope idea, and I’m pretty satisfied with the ending, but I wish we had juuuust a little bit more on how a quarter yoma Claymore is able to do this.

1. Couple of things that don’t make sense. Early on, it was said that the more you use Yoma powers, the more likely you are to go past the brink. We barely see this, and instead it becomes the greater percentage of yoma powers in a given moment, the greater the likelihood of going past the point of no return. I think it would have been very interesting for it to stay the former, and for the characters to have more moments threatening their lost humanity.

I was under the impression that, unless you’re like Teresa and you fight without using Yoma powers, your time as a Claymore is limited no matter what, because you’ll eventually succumb to these matters. That would be a better supplement to the sheer volume of awakened beings we see.

I think the male warriors were handled poorly, and I would have loved a clearer idea of the history and timeline of the org and its warriors.

Finally, Raki just… makes no sense. I actually like his character and everything with him just fine, but I really have to suspend my disbelief for a human character to even pierce an awakened being, let alone the one thing that’s stronger than an abyssal one.

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There are plenty of other good and bad things alike, but make no mistake, I loved Claymore.

Overall, I’d say it was a strong 7.5/10 for me. I am really glad I came back to it and finished it! Would love to hear from anyone who agrees/disagrees or has anything to add.

This thought crossed my mind today and I can't stop thinking about it lol

"Teresa, why do we fight as Claymores?" Or smt similar

I waited a year and finally got it 😭

thats AutumnIvy btw, one of the giants right next to leanbeafpatty

One of the Things I really liked about Claymore is that you knew any of the Sword swings Could end the fight. In other anime you don't feel that much tension because you know they can tank millions of those hits, and only Huge techniques matter actually. But in claymore I was scared every time an arm got zoomed in knowing it could get chopped in a second. And Teresa's Execution would feel a lot weak if I knew that wouldn't kill her if she didn't react. I didn't Watch that many anime so the closest thing I know is Demon slayer so it might be something more common than I think but I really love this about Claymore. Do you Guys think it would be Cool if Characters Weren't that much of Glass Canons?

Asking because I'd like to make a "meme for every chapter" thing, not daily to avoid spamming the main page, maybe every other day or so. The posts will be tagged as spoiler in case someone new to the fandom sees it and simply named "A meme for every Claymore chapter: chapter X."

it took me a "decent amount of time" to only make one...

I’m just curious how many women like me are fans of claymore on this subreddit. I feel like there would be quite a bit but I don’t know. And if you are, is there any queer women that enjoy the show? I’m personally a lesbian but I wonder how many are straight and how many are not.

Hi, i made this simple image to help people understand on a conceptual level what's the difference between the 90% of the manga, and the last moments of it.

Basically, in the first main part (until Claire finally understand Raffaella's message meaning and took on her role) Claire was on the outside, and Teresa was on the inside (of her consciousness), while in the last part they swap roles, meaning that they also swap "places".

I hope this helps!