Claymore: The Edgy Shonen That Anime Fans Might’ve Missed
2007 was a good year for anime, with hits like Gurren Lagann, Lucky Star, Afro Samurai, and Hayate the Combat Butler. Streaming services hadn’t popularized anime binging yet, but that couldn’t stop fans from hitting the web for their favorite shows wherever they could. Still, there’s a shonen series that may have been trampled in the crowd for many viewers.
Mention Claymore to any anime fan of the past two decades, and it’s a real toss-up of whether they’ll respond with a blank stare of confusion. As promising as the series was, it couldn’t stand up against others of its time and failed to leave a lasting impact. After a closer look, it’s easy to see that the show deserves a reboot, but let’s explore why.
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Claymore first debuted as a manga series in 2001, spanning 159 chapters before finishing its run in 2014. The anime adaptation was released in April 2007 and ran until September 2007. The story takes place in a medieval world split into different regions on one huge continent. In this world, humans are constantly preyed on by demonic monsters called “yoma”. Whenever the humans suspect a yoma has invaded a town, they pay a mysterious organization for protection from human-yoma hybrids that the organization creates and the humans have come to call these hybrid warriors claymores.
Claymore follows Clare, a claymore, who hunts yoma while searching for the target of her revenge along the way. Clare meets Raki, a young human boy, early on in the story and they become a likely duo.
Yes and no. There are a few things that Claymore does well, both as a Shonen series and an anime series in general. In only 26 episodes, certain characters experience impressive character
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