Recommended Thing of the Month: Claymore, by Norihiro Yagi
Life is not easy. The people live in constant terror of beings known as yoma, shape-shifting monsters that disguise themselves as townspeople and eat human organs. The only ones strong enough to defeat these creatures are the Claymores - the Silver-Eyed Witches; half-human, half-yoma female warriors who wield the massive swords after which they are commonly known.
Claymore was the first manga I ever read whole way through, and after recently re-reading it I remembered how much I enjoyed it - and was also struck by some similarities to Attack on Titan: humanity living in fear of monsters that eat people, only a select group of people able/willing to fight them, not everything as simple as it seems at first glance at the story. Even the part where they use the monster's own abilities against them!
I was rather disappointed in the anime, however. It aired before the manga was finished, so of course it would end up different, but they changed the whole ending and left it at an unsatisfying cliffhanger. A revamp is, I think, in order; now that the manga is finished.
Re-reading the manga has also made me think more about my Claymore OC, Kiara. I had originally envisioned her as no. 25, but I can't see where I could fit her story in with the main story, so I've decided to change that. To explain would be to spoil the main story, however, so I shall say no more here! I might on my Tumblr, though. I'll link it below.
Relevant post is here
Main Tumblr is here
