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@@MrVbgames Yep. Loved it. Though for some reason my copy of issue 11 went missing when we moved house. I just wish it got a full-on anime series that did it justice.
Its what made me start reading manga cause I needed to see how it ended 😂😂😂now I'm like 14 years into reading manga and manwahs 😂😂more than I watch anime because it's very hard to find good anime these days ,its all so generic/copy paste backs in the day we had like 4 shows a season worth your time ,these days we have like 2 max a year and most of those shows that are on 2+ seasons already. At least with manga and manwah you have more option
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We didn't knew it at the time, but her breezing past 2, 3, 4 and 5 withouth even getting her eyes golden is one of the craziest feats of strength in the manga/show, and that in a setting where the ranked 1 Claymores are shown to be so far above everyone else in their generation that if/when they awaken they get to be in a class by themselves.
I always feel like Claymore being the more niche series conpared to Berserk was a double-edged sword situation. On one hand, it's kinda upsetting that this series is sorta left in the dust while Berserk is where everyone takes notes from when it comes to making their own dark fantasy settings. On the other hand, it not being part of the mainstream means that the fanbase remains passionate and closely-knit. Plus, you don't have to deal with whatever discourse that festers around it when non-fans/tourists becomes a major voice for the series.
Berserk was really left in the dust too, It is very influential but its not really as mainstream. Its also why all the anime projects get cancelled. Berserk 1999 got cancelled, 2016 was...what it was, the madhouse movies cancelled after golden age just like 99, there has been talk of a dark swordman anime since forever and its always cancelled.
It's funny because your complaints about the series are 100% spot on, and they aren't just nitpicks either. There are huge cop-outs on major plot points. And yet....this is one of my favorite manga. I just finished my second read-through of the whole series a week ago, and I'll probably read it again in the future. I think what really makes Claymore shine in spite of its structural issues is Yagi's incredible sense of characterization and psychological depth. All of the characters have distinct personalities, but they aren't just one-dimensional archetypes - they're all complex and conflicted and they interact with one another in such real human ways. And don't even get me started on the crazy psychological aspects of Awakening.
You know I've noticed a lot more videos poppy up about Claymore. I was wondering why that was but then I realized... We all grew up became adults and have the skills to make videos essays now. One day I'll join in and talk about Welcome to the N.H.K
Ah, my childhood. Claymore was what got me into anime, actually. In fact, the first time I ever saw this anime was from an internet cafe. One of the employees was playing it on a projector screen, and I got instantly hooked
Honestly, the white outfits were likely to help minimize how much shading was needed. IIRC, that was the same reason for Super Saiyan to have blonde hair: during the Namek Saga, Toriyama's colorist was getting cramps from having to darken in Goku's hair all the time, so they gave him blonde hair to lessen how much work was needed per page.
I have to disagree on the revived 3 number 1 not being relevant. The tale of Cassandra and Roxanne is just fascinating both are very fascinating characters... Hysteria is less though but her back story given us so more Theresa action is kinda worth the while
Roxanne is probably one of the few characters that is just evil from start to end. Cassandra was a nice girl with pride that matches that of number 1. Them getting revived to settle their score (without outside help) was exciting to see.
I literally have multiple tattoos related to this series because of how much of an impact it had on me when i first watched it. And IMAGINE my pleasure finding out there was an entire stack of volumes that weren't in the anime when i bought the complete set of manga
I remember screaming in impotent rage at the AOT big reveal about how Izayama was a hack and was stright up ripping off Claymore and nobody knew what I was talking about, good times.
this brings me back. the first manga I joined on the scalation side. when you read claymore back in the days monthly, you probably read my typeset pages. it has so many issues, especially the by now overdone 'petry dish' of biological weapons problem. but I'll always love it, the art itself is just such a great plus, especially how it evolved.
Just as a little mention; there is a game called "Soultice" that came out about 3 years ago that was heavily inspired by Claymore. I'd recommend checking it out.
I would LOVE to see the entire series animated faithfully to the manga! Just imagine how those abyssal fights would look animated aaa rly hope more people will discover and appreciate this gem of a series 🙏
Absolutely hate that whole "if you kill this obviously bad creature/person youre as bad as them" trope. It just reeks of the writer needing to keep the antagonist alive but writing themselves into a corner or not knowing how to do it in a way that makes sense. I hate seeing it when superhero stories do it and I hated seeing it in the anime. If anything the hero/protagonist is worse for letting ghem live because now theyre responsible for all the death and suffering they create after they escape. This was one of the earliest anime I watched, I struggle with focus issues so i don't do great with manga admittedly. Heard that the story divulged but never imagined it would be by this much, dang. The manga definitely seems better. I will say that the nudity in this manga personally never bothered me because jt doesnt feel sexualized. With the way its framed it doesnt seem like its there for titillation. The nudity actually wirks better for the monster designs sometimes because of how uncanny it looks seeing female features on such grotesque and bizzare beings. Towards the end though, the designs look a bit too out there tho I agree from what you showed.
even batman has acknowledged how stupid letting the joker alive is, they've used it as a plot device a few times and at least in a couple storylines Batman does kill Joker
@@j.2512 I don't read comics but the way Joker is not killed most of the time really gets under my skin. Yes I know it's Gotham's responsibility and the idiots keep locking him up in the asylum instead but Joker has killed and tortured so many people that plot point just isn't believable anymore. It becomes a Saturday morning cartoon where joker gets beaten, locked up, escapes again and starts killing people. Its painfully obvious that DC keeps him alive simply because he's an iconic character but it just makes Batman and the police look stupid. All those deaths are in them. In general I don't like characters that never kill, eventually they'll run into a villain that causes so much suffering because of their stupid rule. I'm not saying heroes should be psychotic murderers who kill even basic burglars, but they absolutely should have a limit to that rule and kill when necessary, like when the villain is irredeemable and keeps escaping.
I think there's beauty in SPECIFIC characters who refuse to kill under almost any circumstance except the most extreme, but that's because the author has written them in such a compelling and enlightening way that I genuinely understand why they can't just off people like that (ie Mr ''Hero of Justice'' himself, Shirou Emiya)
i hopped on claymore this month and read the manga in a few days, it's absolutely phenomenal. to know this video only just came out recently too is a great sign. i love this series and it's absolutely one of my favourites. hopefully we get a true adaptation one day!
Miria, Deneve and Helen were the backbone of this story - it suddenly git gud once the 3 of them showed up. There were points in the story where Miria felt more like the protagonist than Claire. While, sure, we were invested in Claire's revenge story, it was Miria who actually pursued and found the answers to the pressing questions we had about the story: "What is the Organization and its purpose?" "Where did the Yoma come from?" "How come the Claymore swords are indestructible?". Raki felt like a filler character most of the time - he had little impact on the story and his relationship with Claire was either rushed or wasn't fun to read because Claire was kind of bland :/
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I got so excited seeing this video! I read the manga years ago and remember it being really good!! This video was very fun to watch, with the nostalgoa and all. Thank you!
Claymore also does a good job showing the power of will and tenacity in there refusal to awaken and they can turn back. Which most people say it's plot armour talk no jutsu speech. But to my understanding. It's more than that it's remembering what you stood for your ideals and beliefs are just as powerful as your strength.
Love your commentary on the series, I was nodding my head the whole time through the anime review. I also like what you said about their tough choices getting solved too easily, it doesnt feel earned. Keep cooking! 😁
You should do a retrospective on Gunnm, aka Battle Angel Alita as well as its sequels, Last Order and Mars Chronicle. They have incredibly frightening, dark and relatable worlds with amazing art and concepts. There are manga panels that have been seared into my mind to this day because of how shocking/horrific they were. Berserk level shit with a strong focus on transhumanism and what it means to be conscious and alive.
39:44 Claymore is really good, and I'm only here because I just finished the manga, but just to mention: Angel Densetsu is a God-tier delinquent comedy manga and I highly recommend it. I would have read Claymore sooner if I was aware the same guy made both. Please read it if you get a chance, because the premise is really simple and straightforward but it's taken to some really fun places. The ending was also really fun.
What I love is the combat if Claymores that it it gives you jumpscares. The speed blitz in the manga is so downright terrifying the next page they will be unexpectedly in your face. That is how fast they are. So scary.
Either a Blue Exorcist treatment in which the production studio simply starts off where the manga and anime split apart or an entirely new reboot would be nice to see. The former to not tread over old ground and to get to the parts we all want to see animated, or the latter simply to see everything that came before in a more dynamic style before the previously unanimated portion.
Only if it's good like blue exorcist s2. Instead of the new art style s3 onwards with CGI monsters inserted into 2d... Unfortunately I think if Claymore got a re-release today there would definately be points where the animators cut corners and just use CGI for some of the awakened beings...
Watched this show on a whim because it looked so much like D. Gray Man, one of my favorite series of all time. Really enjoyed it, and even went and read the manga
I'm very happy to see that this anime/Manga is well remembered. Even for its problems, it deserves more attention than it's ever received. THANK YOU FOR SEEING ME
I watched this title more than a dozen times, and every time it leaves a pleasant aftertaste from the plot and its dynamics, and the characters, who are interesting, even secondary, and most importantly, the style and atmosphere are unique and not repeated, it is a pity that there is still no remake of at least maega and its modification due to plot differences in anime and manga.
I basically agree with your analysis of the series post-Pieta. The story has a larger scope, and the fights are more explosive, but it also lacks focus. The first part of Claymore is very focused on Clare's personal story. It has her and the other characters make tough choices that have consequences. Clare puts her personal goals at risk to try and help others, which gets her into trouble, but also wins her allies and makes her endearing. Clare gets upset after Jean's mortal injury, but her emotional decision to attack leads to Flora's death. Clare gains power at the expense of her humanity, it takes Jean sacrificing herself to bring Clare back. After Pieta, Clare becomes very flat. Apart from "will she get her friends killed by going to see Riful/Rafaela" she doesn't make meaningful decisions or develop relationships with anyone. This also ties in with Priscilla, as Priscilla's story is only personally connected to Clare. Miria takes over the MC role in all but name (MC plot armor included), making the decisions that drive the story forwards. I miss the likeable Clare from the first part of the series I actually love many of the characters introduced in "part 2" of the story. I do like Cassandra, Clarice and Cynthia in particular. I love the moment when Yuma saves Cynthia, as that moment actually delivers on the emotional side of things with the survivor's guilt of living through Pieta almost literally at random. I think these moments with are fine, and these minor characters are what makes me still enjoy the second part of this series as much as I do by delivering most of the emotional payoff. Even though the second part of the series is longer, due to the addition of more plotlines I wish we had more: - More of Miria vs the organization. Miria converts the rest of the Claymores too easily and quickly as you said, and the Org itself is toast after that. As nice as it was to see certain moments of that conflict, we could have had more of a civil war, we could have had consequences for Miria for leaving her comrades behind, we could have had Miria actually have to get her hands dirty by killing Claymores or awakening to defeat the Org,. The Org feels like it should be more of the main villain to me (partly because Clare gets flat as said above), and should have had more main villain treatment in terms of how difficult it would be to take them down. The Abyssal Ones the org creates provide great drawings and explosive fights, but not the character work that makes me love a story (Cass's backstory is great though). -more of Miata growing under Clarice so I can bond with her and their relationship -more of Clare herself, and development for her relationship with Priscilla
Honestly it was a good series but just haven’t had the time to read the manga which I know it’ll get better since i spoiled myself with a few panels but if the series had to come back I’m sure it’ll be good well if they got the right studio
I recall getting shonen jumps as a kid and seeing this manga advertised. Always stuck with me as something to get back to, and a few years ago, I did. Even from the anime, this story was impactful all the way through. I’m glad the the stories epicness stays all through the manga, and I hope, one day, the anime is continued to be that epic.
I love the Claymore Mangá! The fights are insanely good, with good pacing, the last 10 chapters are just freaking amazing! The ending is satisfying and the world is interesting
58:52 I really need the anime treatment for this one panel and the scenes leading up to it. Also your analysis is actually worth listening to. You really convinced me that it made a lot of sense for Clare to team up with Riful.
In reference to your point at around the 35:22 minute mark: Personally I think its less about revenge being bad and more about what it means to live up to Theresa's legacy. What's worth more being for Rocky what Theresa was for Claire; or simply killing another monster? We see Claire leaves Rocky behind to seek out her vendetta something Theresa would never have done to her. We're supposed to realize that in seeking revenge Claire is loosing the idea of Therese and what made her and Claire's relationship so special. The gentle and caring person to look up too, in being a weapon you have to loose humanity and in doing that you are killing the legacy of Theresa as someone who: overcame a lifetime of being just another weapon, to in her last days show true compassion and kindness to someone who had never experienced it before. In doing so leaving a lasting a legacy as someone who cared for Claire when no one else did. Theresa saved Claire from being left behind and the best way to honor her is to give rocky that same love and stability that Theresa gave her, its not that killing Priscilla is wrong its that in seeking her out Claire must give up what made Theresa matter so much to her, in order to truly show her love for her mentor she decides to not throw her life away and instead spend it with someone who she loves and loves her in turn. giving herself the life Theresa always wanted her to have.
When I was reading the manga, I rather liked the portion where Raki establishes the killshot on Priscilla via sneak attack. I thought it was a good cap to his story arc. Then the mangaka killed it by making Priscilla survive and having Claire turn into Teresa. It was just too much in my opinion, and annihilated a potentially significant narrative bookend which the former conclusion seemed to be reaching for.
Claymore is one of my favorite manga and i never stopped to think about the flaws enough until you mentioned them. I agree with some things and disagree with others, but I really can’t fault the author for some decisions as they just made Claymore that much diffferent from other series.
I love Claymore! It was the first manga I read from beginning to end. I liked the anime, but the open ending caught me off guard, I wanted more, more! So I went for the manga. Since it was my first work, I decided to read it from the beginning, I noticed a small difference at the beginning. The part where the anime ends is completely different in the manga and that was a nice surprise!
So glad someone's still talking about Claymore. Now what about Blood: The Last Vampire, Blood+, and Blood-C? 🤞🏾 Edit: never mind, I found it. You're a scholar and a gentleman.
Claymore is one of the first Dark Fantasy that I really click with, granted I read it when I was around 19 (its been almost a decade since its end and I feel old as fuck) but its very unique that til this date I still can't find anything like it. Honestly the first things I think of when I read it was The Witcher series, this is when I just finished The Witcher 2 and was still high on its concept (human/monster hybrid running around kill monster) and I was so glad that I found it. As times goes by and I often re-read it anually, there are crack starting to appear like you said how the first few chapter is a bit ruff, the fight scene can be a bit drag out and so on. But I also appreciate what I already love even more like how the art is fantastic, the monster design is top tier and oddly sexy? (its the H.R Giger school of design, which I think Hiro did said the's inspired by), and the undermind theme of the story age like fine wine. It's my favorite Dark fantasy of all time, I even spend like 3 years hunting down the offical artbook that is hard to find as fuck, but its worth it.
I desperately hope this gets the HunterxHunter/FMA Brotherhood treatment one day soon. This is one of the underrated gems of the 2000s. I really hope you do a series retrospective on Princess Resurrection at some point as well, yet another anime released the same year as Claymore that deserves more love too.
if there are those who want more claymore like things, there is a game that released a while ago called Soulstice, very clearly inspired by this series and beserk funnily enough.
Claymore deserves a good follow up anime. I really love the manga and i liked the anime. The animation and fighting choreographies were awesome. But it needs an overhaul. It could be the next big hit if gets the attention it deserves
I enjoyed Claymore more than Berserk. I mean Guts is great, bro was the century slayer after killing a hundred dudes, he is a killing machine. But the Claymore story was great and the fights felt better. Im still hoping that someday they will finish the anime.
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This series needs the FMA Brotherhood treatment.
Maybe one day...
The brotherhood < FMA. FMA needed to be cleaned up tho.
but FMA 2003 was better than brotherhood though
@@j.2512 perspectives vary, though I like both
Absolutely.
We need Claymore: Sisterhood
I think it would make more sense to call it Claymore: Reforged
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If claymore came out today it would be a massive hit imo
It’s called attack on titan
for the fortunate people who read the manga it will always be a hit in our hearts
@@atlasrains um......no?
@@MrVbgames Yep. Loved it. Though for some reason my copy of issue 11 went missing when we moved house. I just wish it got a full-on anime series that did it justice.
@andrewfernie3528 i lost my volume 2 of yuyu hakusho this year also moving feels bad man
Claymore is THE series that got me into manga. It practically carried my sanity through undergrad.
Claymore was reason why I started collecting manga
Its what made me start reading manga cause I needed to see how it ended 😂😂😂now I'm like 14 years into reading manga and manwahs 😂😂more than I watch anime because it's very hard to find good anime these days ,its all so generic/copy paste backs in the day we had like 4 shows a season worth your time ,these days we have like 2 max a year and most of those shows that are on 2+ seasons already. At least with manga and manwah you have more option
@@fofao681 I agree, feel anime starting to be over hype and fans are getting disappointed if animation don’t live up like the manga
@@wereodd21 i dont think it has anything to do with anime being close to the manga mate lol I just think the quality truly is low
This got me thru junior high/middle school. Saw the anime in a cable channel and was hooked since
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Let's just hope that it won't get the same anime treatment with
'Claymore 2025'
@@TheGrunaldiis it really coming back?
Theresa only died due to a small mistake. That woman is a beast. No other Claymore comes close to her level of power.
Yeah but at the end the reason she is that strong is because Claire hold her down. Her other goddess.
The whole thing is that it s not about power. The whole plot is avout control, self mastery and technique.
Man, I was so pissed when she died.
@@solaris5922 Read the manga. You're missing out.
We didn't knew it at the time, but her breezing past 2, 3, 4 and 5 withouth even getting her eyes golden is one of the craziest feats of strength in the manga/show, and that in a setting where the ranked 1 Claymores are shown to be so far above everyone else in their generation that if/when they awaken they get to be in a class by themselves.
I love that a couple of youma just walk up to Raki and talk to him because they want to know about his workout routine.
I always feel like Claymore being the more niche series conpared to Berserk was a double-edged sword situation. On one hand, it's kinda upsetting that this series is sorta left in the dust while Berserk is where everyone takes notes from when it comes to making their own dark fantasy settings. On the other hand, it not being part of the mainstream means that the fanbase remains passionate and closely-knit. Plus, you don't have to deal with whatever discourse that festers around it when non-fans/tourists becomes a major voice for the series.
So true!
Berserk was really left in the dust too, It is very influential but its not really as mainstream. Its also why all the anime projects get cancelled. Berserk 1999 got cancelled, 2016 was...what it was, the madhouse movies cancelled after golden age just like 99, there has been talk of a dark swordman anime since forever and its always cancelled.
I thought the reason people in 2011s were so into Berserk because of Dark Souls game@@j.2512
Amen to that.
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Claymore was an anime i watched super randomly, but it made me fall in love with this series, it's so underrated
It was the first anime I've ever watched. and subsequently the first manga I've ever picked up. What a ride.
It's funny because your complaints about the series are 100% spot on, and they aren't just nitpicks either. There are huge cop-outs on major plot points. And yet....this is one of my favorite manga. I just finished my second read-through of the whole series a week ago, and I'll probably read it again in the future.
I think what really makes Claymore shine in spite of its structural issues is Yagi's incredible sense of characterization and psychological depth. All of the characters have distinct personalities, but they aren't just one-dimensional archetypes - they're all complex and conflicted and they interact with one another in such real human ways. And don't even get me started on the crazy psychological aspects of Awakening.
finally a big video of claymore by someone. God I've been waiting for this
"a war between edgers and gooners" has the be the funniest summary ive ever heard
You know I've noticed a lot more videos poppy up about Claymore. I was wondering why that was but then I realized... We all grew up became adults and have the skills to make videos essays now. One day I'll join in and talk about Welcome to the N.H.K
Toss a coin to your Claymore
Oh, Valley of Plenty
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Toss a coin to your Claymore
A friend of humanity
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Ah, my childhood. Claymore was what got me into anime, actually. In fact, the first time I ever saw this anime was from an internet cafe. One of the employees was playing it on a projector screen, and I got instantly hooked
Honestly, the white outfits were likely to help minimize how much shading was needed. IIRC, that was the same reason for Super Saiyan to have blonde hair: during the Namek Saga, Toriyama's colorist was getting cramps from having to darken in Goku's hair all the time, so they gave him blonde hair to lessen how much work was needed per page.
The real reason was because Toriyama yearned for TND and his Ainu vril awakened much the same as Goku's Saiyan blood awakened
Almost veered into oncoming traffic trying to click the notification for this as fast as I could
"There's a very real war against edgers and gooners." I'm subbed. Finally, someone that talks about the real issues.
I was a little girl when Claymore came out and it changed my life. It was THE manga for me.
Honestly im really impressed by this deep dive. Im gonna binge your content. Your up there with eye patch wolf. Great quality and through content.
I have to disagree on the revived 3 number 1 not being relevant. The tale of Cassandra and Roxanne is just fascinating both are very fascinating characters... Hysteria is less though but her back story given us so more Theresa action is kinda worth the while
Right? Cassandra and Roxanne backstory is fantastic.
Roxanne is probably one of the few characters that is just evil from start to end. Cassandra was a nice girl with pride that matches that of number 1. Them getting revived to settle their score (without outside help) was exciting to see.
I literally have multiple tattoos related to this series because of how much of an impact it had on me when i first watched it. And IMAGINE my pleasure finding out there was an entire stack of volumes that weren't in the anime when i bought the complete set of manga
Yeah. I saw the anime and went to read the manga. Imagine my surprise when the anime felt like the prologue to the real meat of the story.
I have Galatea's symbol behind my ear
For me it was manga first the after 2 yearsbi think i watched the anime
I remember screaming in impotent rage at the AOT big reveal about how Izayama was a hack and was stright up ripping off Claymore and nobody knew what I was talking about, good times.
Claymore is actually more Attack on Titan than Berserk.
Angel Densetsu will forever be Norihiro Yagi's masterwork.
Finally, a long vid!! I've been waiting for this!
this brings me back.
the first manga I joined on the scalation side.
when you read claymore back in the days monthly, you probably read my typeset pages.
it has so many issues, especially the by now overdone 'petry dish' of biological weapons problem.
but I'll always love it, the art itself is just such a great plus, especially how it evolved.
Claire awakening as Teresa is a special special piece of writing.
Just as a little mention; there is a game called "Soultice" that came out about 3 years ago that was heavily inspired by Claymore. I'd recommend checking it out.
commenting just to remember this game name.
Just in time for dinner… you’re too kind! So excited to watch. I love claymore
I would LOVE to see the entire series animated faithfully to the manga! Just imagine how those abyssal fights would look animated aaa rly hope more people will discover and appreciate this gem of a series 🙏
I haven't thought about Claymore in AGES but it's suddenly popping up everywhere for me 😂
Absolutely hate that whole "if you kill this obviously bad creature/person youre as bad as them" trope. It just reeks of the writer needing to keep the antagonist alive but writing themselves into a corner or not knowing how to do it in a way that makes sense. I hate seeing it when superhero stories do it and I hated seeing it in the anime. If anything the hero/protagonist is worse for letting ghem live because now theyre responsible for all the death and suffering they create after they escape.
This was one of the earliest anime I watched, I struggle with focus issues so i don't do great with manga admittedly. Heard that the story divulged but never imagined it would be by this much, dang. The manga definitely seems better.
I will say that the nudity in this manga personally never bothered me because jt doesnt feel sexualized. With the way its framed it doesnt seem like its there for titillation. The nudity actually wirks better for the monster designs sometimes because of how uncanny it looks seeing female features on such grotesque and bizzare beings. Towards the end though, the designs look a bit too out there tho I agree from what you showed.
even batman has acknowledged how stupid letting the joker alive is, they've used it as a plot device a few times and at least in a couple storylines Batman does kill Joker
@@j.2512 I don't read comics but the way Joker is not killed most of the time really gets under my skin. Yes I know it's Gotham's responsibility and the idiots keep locking him up in the asylum instead but Joker has killed and tortured so many people that plot point just isn't believable anymore.
It becomes a Saturday morning cartoon where joker gets beaten, locked up, escapes again and starts killing people. Its painfully obvious that DC keeps him alive simply because he's an iconic character but it just makes Batman and the police look stupid. All those deaths are in them. In general I don't like characters that never kill, eventually they'll run into a villain that causes so much suffering because of their stupid rule. I'm not saying heroes should be psychotic murderers who kill even basic burglars, but they absolutely should have a limit to that rule and kill when necessary, like when the villain is irredeemable and keeps escaping.
I think there's beauty in SPECIFIC characters who refuse to kill under almost any circumstance except the most extreme, but that's because the author has written them in such a compelling and enlightening way that I genuinely understand why they can't just off people like that (ie Mr ''Hero of Justice'' himself, Shirou Emiya)
So glad to hear someone talking about Claymore. It's my favorite manga!
i hopped on claymore this month and read the manga in a few days, it's absolutely phenomenal. to know this video only just came out recently too is a great sign. i love this series and it's absolutely one of my favourites. hopefully we get a true adaptation one day!
Thanks for giving this series some love. It feels so underrated and the fight scenes are top notch
Imagine a world where Claymore, Gantz, Berserk, Tokyo Ghoul and Akame ga Kill got the FMAB treatment.
Miria, Deneve and Helen were the backbone of this story - it suddenly git gud once the 3 of them showed up. There were points in the story where Miria felt more like the protagonist than Claire. While, sure, we were invested in Claire's revenge story, it was Miria who actually pursued and found the answers to the pressing questions we had about the story: "What is the Organization and its purpose?" "Where did the Yoma come from?" "How come the Claymore swords are indestructible?". Raki felt like a filler character most of the time - he had little impact on the story and his relationship with Claire was either rushed or wasn't fun to read because Claire was kind of bland :/
Claymore is my favorite manga, I loved every chapter! Thank you for this video
this man makes an hour long review/ retrospective and just casually drops music from The Hobbit video game on us without saying a damn word. I like your tastes, sir. Subbed.
I am so happy someone is talking about Claymore omg!!! I would love a remake!!!!!
Hitting the Like button right out of the gate. Already know we're in for a good time.
I got so excited seeing this video! I read the manga years ago and remember it being really good!! This video was very fun to watch, with the nostalgoa and all. Thank you!
Claymore also does a good job showing the power of will and tenacity in there refusal to awaken and they can turn back.
Which most people say it's plot armour talk no jutsu speech.
But to my understanding.
It's more than that it's remembering what you stood for your ideals and beliefs are just as powerful as your strength.
Just hearing you talk about this series fills me with so much hope. Claymore is my favorite manga and needs more eyes on it
Love your commentary on the series, I was nodding my head the whole time through the anime review. I also like what you said about their tough choices getting solved too easily, it doesnt feel earned. Keep cooking! 😁
What a great choice for a series to cover man. This manga really reawakened(aha!) My love for manga. The creature designs alone are fuckin top tier
You should do a retrospective on Gunnm, aka Battle Angel Alita as well as its sequels, Last Order and Mars Chronicle. They have incredibly frightening, dark and relatable worlds with amazing art and concepts. There are manga panels that have been seared into my mind to this day because of how shocking/horrific they were. Berserk level shit with a strong focus on transhumanism and what it means to be conscious and alive.
A minute in and the editing is fantastic
I really enjoy your videos I’m suprised this channel isn’t more popular
This video was very well done. Nice work
39:44 Claymore is really good, and I'm only here because I just finished the manga, but just to mention: Angel Densetsu is a God-tier delinquent comedy manga and I highly recommend it. I would have read Claymore sooner if I was aware the same guy made both. Please read it if you get a chance, because the premise is really simple and straightforward but it's taken to some really fun places. The ending was also really fun.
13:19 "War between edgers and gooners" fits so perfectly I'm dying here. I will never see this series the same way again 😆
Excellent video, I enjoyed it quite a bit thank you
excellent work; always love your vids :)
What I love is the combat if Claymores that it it gives you jumpscares.
The speed blitz in the manga is so downright terrifying the next page they will be unexpectedly in your face.
That is how fast they are. So scary.
This was so well done, subscribed.
Either a Blue Exorcist treatment in which the production studio simply starts off where the manga and anime split apart or an entirely new reboot would be nice to see. The former to not tread over old ground and to get to the parts we all want to see animated, or the latter simply to see everything that came before in a more dynamic style before the previously unanimated portion.
Only if it's good like blue exorcist s2. Instead of the new art style s3 onwards with CGI monsters inserted into 2d... Unfortunately I think if Claymore got a re-release today there would definately be points where the animators cut corners and just use CGI for some of the awakened beings...
@@jamesking7946 If studio Orange got a hold of Claymore, CGI actually wouldn't be bad. 9/10 other stuidos, though, yeah.
Watched this show on a whim because it looked so much like D. Gray Man, one of my favorite series of all time. Really enjoyed it, and even went and read the manga
I'm very happy to see that this anime/Manga is well remembered. Even for its problems, it deserves more attention than it's ever received. THANK YOU FOR SEEING ME
I watched this title more than a dozen times, and every time it leaves a pleasant aftertaste from the plot and its dynamics, and the characters, who are interesting, even secondary, and most importantly, the style and atmosphere are unique and not repeated, it is a pity that there is still no remake of at least maega and its modification due to plot differences in anime and manga.
I basically agree with your analysis of the series post-Pieta. The story has a larger scope, and the fights are more explosive, but it also lacks focus.
The first part of Claymore is very focused on Clare's personal story. It has her and the other characters make tough choices that have consequences. Clare puts her personal goals at risk to try and help others, which gets her into trouble, but also wins her allies and makes her endearing. Clare gets upset after Jean's mortal injury, but her emotional decision to attack leads to Flora's death. Clare gains power at the expense of her humanity, it takes Jean sacrificing herself to bring Clare back.
After Pieta, Clare becomes very flat. Apart from "will she get her friends killed by going to see Riful/Rafaela" she doesn't make meaningful decisions or develop relationships with anyone. This also ties in with Priscilla, as Priscilla's story is only personally connected to Clare. Miria takes over the MC role in all but name (MC plot armor included), making the decisions that drive the story forwards. I miss the likeable Clare from the first part of the series
I actually love many of the characters introduced in "part 2" of the story. I do like Cassandra, Clarice and Cynthia in particular. I love the moment when Yuma saves Cynthia, as that moment actually delivers on the emotional side of things with the survivor's guilt of living through Pieta almost literally at random. I think these moments with are fine, and these minor characters are what makes me still enjoy the second part of this series as much as I do by delivering most of the emotional payoff.
Even though the second part of the series is longer, due to the addition of more plotlines I wish we had more:
- More of Miria vs the organization. Miria converts the rest of the Claymores too easily and quickly as you said, and the Org itself is toast after that. As nice as it was to see certain moments of that conflict, we could have had more of a civil war, we could have had consequences for Miria for leaving her comrades behind, we could have had Miria actually have to get her hands dirty by killing Claymores or awakening to defeat the Org,. The Org feels like it should be more of the main villain to me (partly because Clare gets flat as said above), and should have had more main villain treatment in terms of how difficult it would be to take them down. The Abyssal Ones the org creates provide great drawings and explosive fights, but not the character work that makes me love a story (Cass's backstory is great though).
-more of Miata growing under Clarice so I can bond with her and their relationship
-more of Clare herself, and development for her relationship with Priscilla
Honestly it was a good series but just haven’t had the time to read the manga which I know it’ll get better since i spoiled myself with a few panels but if the series had to come back I’m sure it’ll be good well if they got the right studio
I recall getting shonen jumps as a kid and seeing this manga advertised. Always stuck with me as something to get back to, and a few years ago, I did. Even from the anime, this story was impactful all the way through. I’m glad the the stories epicness stays all through the manga, and I hope, one day, the anime is continued to be that epic.
Looks really good. Love the art style. I'll be back when I have finished the anime.
I love the Claymore Mangá! The fights are insanely good, with good pacing, the last 10 chapters are just freaking amazing! The ending is satisfying and the world is interesting
Claymore is INCREDIBLE its one of my most faves
I watched this show on LSD back in HS around 2012. Man, What a ride
Do tell me more
Love me some Claymore! I hope they expand on this hidden gem. ❤️
Great timing boss 🤩
58:52 I really need the anime treatment for this one panel and the scenes leading up to it.
Also your analysis is actually worth listening to. You really convinced me that it made a lot of sense for Clare to team up with Riful.
30 seconds in and some top tier memes already. I thought I could listen to this in the background, but this demands my full attention.
In reference to your point at around the 35:22 minute mark: Personally I think its less about revenge being bad and more about what it means to live up to Theresa's legacy. What's worth more being for Rocky what Theresa was for Claire; or simply killing another monster?
We see Claire leaves Rocky behind to seek out her vendetta something Theresa would never have done to her. We're supposed to realize that in seeking revenge Claire is loosing the idea of Therese and what made her and Claire's relationship so special. The gentle and caring person to look up too, in being a weapon you have to loose humanity and in doing that you are killing the legacy of Theresa as someone who: overcame a lifetime of being just another weapon, to in her last days show true compassion and kindness to someone who had never experienced it before. In doing so leaving a lasting a legacy as someone who cared for Claire when no one else did.
Theresa saved Claire from being left behind and the best way to honor her is to give rocky that same love and stability that Theresa gave her, its not that killing Priscilla is wrong its that in seeking her out Claire must give up what made Theresa matter so much to her, in order to truly show her love for her mentor she decides to not throw her life away and instead spend it with someone who she loves and loves her in turn. giving herself the life Theresa always wanted her to have.
When I was reading the manga, I rather liked the portion where Raki establishes the killshot on Priscilla via sneak attack. I thought it was a good cap to his story arc. Then the mangaka killed it by making Priscilla survive and having Claire turn into Teresa. It was just too much in my opinion, and annihilated a potentially significant narrative bookend which the former conclusion seemed to be reaching for.
Claymore is one of my favorite manga and i never stopped to think about the flaws enough until you mentioned them. I agree with some things and disagree with others, but I really can’t fault the author for some decisions as they just made Claymore that much diffferent from other series.
I love Claymore!
It was the first manga I read from beginning to end.
I liked the anime, but the open ending caught me off guard, I wanted more, more! So I went for the manga.
Since it was my first work, I decided to read it from the beginning, I noticed a small difference at the beginning. The part where the anime ends is completely different in the manga and that was a nice surprise!
Tell me what’s the difference??
@@danielramsey6141 It has 400% better pacing, and if I remember right the outcome is different since the anime wanted to """"end"""" there
Mad house is absolutely wild with animation back in the day.
Considering how many month long breaks were taken by him near the end i think he did the best he could while being very drained creatively
Fantastic work. Thank you;
I enjoy your series retrospectives
Huge fan of Claymore, actually found it BEFORE Berserk at my local bookstore in middle school.
Claymore has some of the single-best art in a manga I've seen
So glad someone's still talking about Claymore. Now what about Blood: The Last Vampire, Blood+, and Blood-C? 🤞🏾
Edit: never mind, I found it. You're a scholar and a gentleman.
I started watching anime with claymore, and I wouldn’t have it any other way regardless of circumstance, Definitely sparked my love
Claymore is one of the first Dark Fantasy that I really click with, granted I read it when I was around 19 (its been almost a decade since its end and I feel old as fuck) but its very unique that til this date I still can't find anything like it. Honestly the first things I think of when I read it was The Witcher series, this is when I just finished The Witcher 2 and was still high on its concept (human/monster hybrid running around kill monster) and I was so glad that I found it.
As times goes by and I often re-read it anually, there are crack starting to appear like you said how the first few chapter is a bit ruff, the fight scene can be a bit drag out and so on. But I also appreciate what I already love even more like how the art is fantastic, the monster design is top tier and oddly sexy? (its the H.R Giger school of design, which I think Hiro did said the's inspired by), and the undermind theme of the story age like fine wine.
It's my favorite Dark fantasy of all time, I even spend like 3 years hunting down the offical artbook that is hard to find as fuck, but its worth it.
I desperately hope this gets the HunterxHunter/FMA Brotherhood treatment one day soon. This is one of the underrated gems of the 2000s.
I really hope you do a series retrospective on Princess Resurrection at some point as well, yet another anime released the same year as Claymore that deserves more love too.
Don't know why, but you're my new favo youtuber :)
My favorite manga getting an anime recap too maketh me smile
I’ve only ever seen the anime, cool to finally find out how it ends!
Top 1 anime right here, loved it.
if there are those who want more claymore like things, there is a game that released a while ago called Soulstice, very clearly inspired by this series and beserk funnily enough.
Yup you can see the inspiration
great review
This was my 1st introduction to anime. From this point on I have loved the franchise.
I’ve never gotten into Berserk. Just wasn’t my cup of tea. But I’ve watch the anime and read the manga. It was amazing, hopefully they redo it.
Claymore deserves a good follow up anime. I really love the manga and i liked the anime. The animation and fighting choreographies were awesome. But it needs an overhaul. It could be the next big hit if gets the attention it deserves
I both love Claymore and Halo so I personally found alot of enjoyment in this video. Funny enough I'm re-watching/Reading Claymore now.
great vid and manga thanks!!!
Saw Claymore forever ago and loved how dark and brutal it was.
I enjoyed Claymore more than Berserk. I mean Guts is great, bro was the century slayer after killing a hundred dudes, he is a killing machine.
But the Claymore story was great and the fights felt better.
Im still hoping that someday they will finish the anime.
You should watch NANA anyway
Also, nice Conan music 35:17 52:04 55:40 58:55