Today's post is on Claymore volume 5: The Slashers by Norihiro Yagi. It is the fifth in the long running Claymore series, you need to have read the four volumes to understand the story. It is 195 pages long and is published by Shonen Jump Advanced. The cover has Teresa in an action scene from the volume. The intended reader is someone who likes dark plots, high action, and strong female characters. There is mild foul language, no sexuality, and lots of violence in this book. The story is told from third person close of the main character. There Be Spoilers Ahead.
From the back of the book- The Claymore warrior Teresa has broken the cardinal rule that forbids her kind from killing humans. In time, a group of Claymores comes to killer her, and yet Teresa defeats them all with her superior skill and experience. but rather than slay the powerful ringleader, Teresa decides to spare her instead- an act of human weakness that will have devastating consequences for them all.
Review- We see the end of Tesera and the beginning of Clare in this volume, and we get a lot of plot in this action-packed volume. The leader of the Slayers is Priscilla and losing to Teresa pushes her past her breaking point. She becomes a monster called an Awakened Being. More powerful than a Yoma and with all the power of a Claymore. Teresa and other Claymore never stood a chance against her. But Clare takes Teresa's head and becomes the first Claymore to want to become one. The volume ends with Clare and three other more powerful Claymores being sent to fight an Awakened Being. We learn that because men have a harder time ignoring the desire to Awaken they were stopped from becoming Claymores, now only women. The volume ends with them all in a bad state so I cannot wait to read what will happen next.
I give this volume a Five out of Five stars. I get nothing for my review and I bought this manga with my own money.
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