Key to Claymore

Key to Claymore
Clare
VIZ Media title	Claymore (en-us)
Variant	클레이모어 (Keulleimoeo ko), Клеймор Klyeĭmor (Claymore ru), 大劍 Dà Jiàn (Big Sword zh-hk), 獵魔戰記 Liè Mó Zhànjì (Yoma Hunt zh-tw)
Original title	Claymore (ja)
Original publisher	Shueisha
Other language editions	de, en-us, es-es, es-mx, fr, id, it, ko, pt-br, ru, zh-hk, zh-tw
Japan start date	July 2001

Summary

Claymore, a manga and anime series, depicts a medieval world plagued by shapeshifters known as Yoma, who prey on humans.

The Yoma's only opponents are female warriors called "Claymores,” named after their Claymore swords. The series centers on warrior No. 47, Clare, questing for friend and foe alike.

Genre: Fantasy, action, drama.

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Key articles

Key characters, manga and anime scenes, fighting techniques, events and places in Claymore. Also see Literary origins of Claymore.

People: Clare: protagonist of series Teresa: Clare's first mentor Priscilla: series' main nemesis Rubel: Clare second mentor and secondary nemesis Raki: Clare's closest living friend Miria: leader of the Ghosts Scenes: Scene 1: beginning of manga series Anime Scene 1: beginning of anime series War: Sword chart: speed and power of fighting techniques Yoma power chart: mental control versus Yoma power output of fighting techniques

Yoma power: demonic power that enables the extra-human abilities of Yoma entities Event: Teo mission: Teresa meets a young Clare Doga misson: Clare, now a warrior, meets Raki Paburo hunt: Clare meets Miria, Deneve and Helen Battle of the North: major turning point in series Rebellion: end of the Organization Places: World map: island world of Claymore Teo II: village where Teresa saves Clare from a Yoma pack Doga: village where series begins

Key video

Teresa's first appearance Veronica and Cynthia in action

Clare comforting Teresa Former Single-digit Awakened

Key audio

Clare

In five languages, Clare's most famous line: "My name is Clare. Rank 47 within the Organization. Created with Teresa's flesh and blood and bearer of Ilena's right arm." Press the back button on your browser/or delete key after accessing audio files ().

Ann Vielhaben (de ), Stephanie Young (en-us) Chantal Baroin (fr )

Renata Bertolas (it ) Houko Kuwashima (ja )

Music

From anime, Clare confronts Yoma—妖魔の掟, Youma no Okite (Yoma's Law) 2:21 Opening scene in Doga—哀しき宿命 Kanashiki Shukumei (Sad Fate) 1:10 Clare approaching town—恐ろしき布陣 Osoroshiki Fujin (Frightening Line) 1:11

From Claymore Intimate Persona, 記憶 Kioku (Remembrance): Clare—Houko Kuwashima 4:50 転生 Tensei (Reincarnation): Teresa—Romi Paku 4:35 幻影 Gen'ei (Phantom): Miria—Kikuko Inoue 4:19

Common misconceptions

Misconceptions can derive from differences between the manga and anime. Other misconceptions originate from manga/anime forums, scanlations, other Wikis and fan-fiction. Lastly, confusion can be caused by revisions or retcons from the mangaka or creator of a series

The English language Claymore (not クレイモア Kureimoa) is the official copyrighted title to all editions except the Russia and Taiwan editions. The Korea edition uses Claymore in conjunction with the sub-scripted 클레이모어 Keulleimoeo. The Hong Kong edition uses Claymore in conjunction with the super-scripted 大劍 Dà Jiàn (Big Sword) クレイモア serves only as the super-scripted part of the Claymore logo of the US and Japan editions The series first appeared in the July 2001 Monthly Shōnen Jump, officially released on 6 June 2001 (subscribers and distributors actually received the July issue before 6 June) The village renamed Teo in the anime is unnamed in the manga The name Raquel is given to the hime-haired warrior who returns to Hamel in the anime. But the manga bobbed-hair Raquel is the first casualty in the Witch's Maw All the proper names in the original Japanese text are transliterations of Western names, not the other way around. "Clare" is not a transliteration of "Kurea"

The warrior datasheets from the "Yoma War Record" ("Claymore Databook") refer to 妖力 Yōryoku (Yoma power), not 妖気 Yōki (Yoma energy) Dietrich's oft-quoted height of 5 feet-3 inches is forum speculation Only Clare's version of Windcutter is Yoma powerless, not Flora's The Japan anime renames Yuliana as Claudia. All other dubs follow this change, except the US, which reverts the character's name back to Yuliana Names such as "Blood Eyes" Miata, "Dark Silver Eye" Tabitha and "Gaheh" derive from fan-fiction, bad Wikipedia edits or forum speculation The "Yoma War Record" refers only to four generations and four eras Officially, the "Isley generation" is the "Initial Male Era," the "Riful generation" is the "Riful Era" of the "First Generation," the "Teresa generation" is the "Teresa Era" of the "Old Generation" No consistent color coding of the Claymore swords exists in either the anime or manga

Resources for this site

VIZ Media site of English language manga Shueisha site of Japanese language manga FUNimation site for English anime

Anime News site on Claymore TV Tropes, the definitive Claymore site Atwiki webpage of manga scene titles in the original Japanese Behind the Name, name origins

References

Tankōbon Claymore volumes cited are VIZ Media (en-us) editions, unless otherwise noted. Manga scenes (chapters) not yet translated cite Shueisha tankōbon (ja) editions. Manga scenes not yet published in tankōbon form cite Jump SQ (ja) editions. Fragments of Silver Omnibus (総集編 銀の断章 Gin no Danshou) 1–3, Shueisha, are only available in Japanese. Anime scenes (episodes) cited are FUNimation (en-us) editions, unless otherwise noted.