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Claymore Complete Box Set: Volumes 1-27 with Premium
£93.80£161.50 (-42%)
In a world where monsters called Yoma prey on humans and live among them in disguise, humanity’s only hope is a new breed of warrior known as Claymores. Half human, half monster, these silver-eyed slayers possess supernatural strength but are condemned to fight their savage impulses or lose their humanity completely.
For older teen audiences.
For older teen audiences.
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Additional information
| Publisher | Viz LLC, 1st edition (27 Oct. 2015) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 5184 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 142158316X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1421583167 |
| Reading age | 13 – 16 years |
| Dimensions | 12.7 x 14.22 x 19.05 cm |
by M.
Hey there, with the box itself, it has Claire holding her sword on the front and then on the back it shows you, her again but showing her from behind, on the side it shows some yoma (monsters) showing some interesting artwork.
Going into the boxset it contains 27 volumes, the first 11 covers all 26 episodes of the anime. The covers of each volume is brilliant. The artwork within each volume is incredibly awesome aswell. This also comes with an extra booklet which has some illustrations and they are not coloured, the illustrations do contain nudity! The genre to claymore is a dark fanasty, with action and drama. Claymore has the setting of a medieval theme. (just like the manga/Anime series of “berserk” which the two as a few similarities, but I digress)
The yoma has a series of abilities such as taking over a human body, having super strength etc. They like to feed on the entrails of humans, however a group called the organisation has hybrids (half human/half yoma) to kill the yoma that threatens villages for a fee of course. However the general public call these yoma killers “claymores” or “the silver eyed witches” due to them all being female (and of course there’s a reason to that)
To the story itself, it starts of with Claire saving a boy called Raki from a yoma in a village. Which he happens to take quite a liking to her during their first encounter. After certain events, Raki offers Claire to be her cook following her, on her adventures, dealing with serious encounters. The start of her adventure “with” Raki she gets handed a black card by the organisation…
This is a great manga boxset, I would highly recommend getting the boxset.
Thanks for reading!!
by chibi
Fantastic packaging as it can serve as both a bookcase and merchandise.
by iker ruiz
This kind of things are the ones that make me proud that i can understand english because i can’t have this beauty in my language. Stunning box with a cover holding with velcro that reveal the full collection of this series. If you are a fan of the anime and you are sad that they didn’t continue it, get this absolute piece of art before it’s too late
by Tay
Purposely took my time reading this and enjoyed every page especially when things started to get different from the anime. I really enjoyed getting to know the characters much better. So thankful for the writers and illustrators, amazing job! Thank you
by N Absolom
Arrived early and in very decent shape.
by Jazz
The ultimate box set for all Claymore fans! I loved the anime and was left wanting answers when the series came to an end. That is when I discovered that the manga goes way beyond the anime! This is great value for money, I had started to collect the volumes one by one, but now the full set has been released you save money. Plus you get a great extra booklet full of artwork, and an incredible way to story all the volumes in this great presentation box. It has a handle on top for easy transport!
The books themselves are great, translated into English but still keeping the traditional reading method of right to left.
Treat yourself and save money, buy the boxset! You wont regret it!
by Mr David James
Fantastic box set. Very happy nerd partner
by Elliott
That title is terrible, however don’t let that distract you from what is a very good manga series.
I definitely wasn’t feeling it at first, mostly due to the lame monster design and foreheads so large you can land a F-16 on them.
However, that swiftly changed after a couple volumes (not the forehead thing though, that’s staying) when the titular Yoma started getting far, far more interesting visually and the first volumes of world building started paying off. There are some great fights and variety as well, not all of them are solved through brute strength or ‘the power of friendship’, and it definitely keeps it interesting.
You’ll come to like characters, then feel pretty heartbroken when they get diced, knowing that characters aren’t forever definitely ups the stakes and adds weight to the many, many fights.
And it comes in this awesome standalone case which adds to your collection.
In the end, I really only have a couple minor nitpicks in terms of the story but it’s still well worth the read regardless:
[Soft Spoilers]
A villain is introduced as a major player and serious threat, then just ends up being bodied in the lamest way possible just to introduce a threat which is largely ignored and then defeated within a couple panels?
There’s quite a few flashbacks / B-plot stuff which could have been cut down a little to not mess with the pacing for the A-Plot content.
There’s this big unspoken secret about the Claymore’s bodies that visibly disgusted everyone who knew, but after learning what it is in literally the last few chapters it ended up being really mild and not as interesting as it was made out to be.
The power of the main antagonist was pretty obscene, and required a bit of a ass-pull trope victory in the end which undermined character’s growth.
Also, she keeps on being brought back into the story in literally the weirdest ways, which ended up feeling like an attempt to make sure the reader doesn’t forget that she’s the priority since most of the story doesn’t really involve her.