Claymore 1-9, by Norihiro Yagi

[rachelmanija]

This is exactly what I've been dying to find for ages: a shounen manga with all the shounen tropes I love - martial arts, personal growth and pain written on the body, "I will get stronger," the truest expression of love being "if I go berserk, I want you to be the one who kills me," warrior camaraderie, character development expressed via fight

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[woodburner]

The anime follows the manga very closely up until the late teens (where it veers off in an odd direction). You might like it better than the manga, though, if you're at all a Japanese VA geek - there are so many great actresses in it. (Also, it goes without saying that the action scenes are rather more exciting. *g*)

[jmatonak]

Teresa is awesome.

I would love to see a second season of the anime.

[thecityofdis]

This sounds awesome. Where can one procure this series?

[meganbmoore]

It's licensed by Viz ($7.99 each) and is up to Vol 14 in US releases.

Right here!

[rachelmanija]

Claymore, Vol. 1 (Claymore) (v. 1)

[magicnoire]

YAY! You're reading Claymore! Keep reading, keep reading, keep reading! It gets so so so awesome later!

(Clare's backstory with Teresa was the point at which I was completely doomed and read through the rest of the manga in an entire day!)

[meganbmoore]

OMG MY SHOUNEN TRUE LOVE CANNOT BE COHERENT EXCHANGES COHERENCY FOR ICON OF CLAYMORE GIRLFRIEND!!!

Clare has the BEST MANGA ORIGIN EVER! Forget just shounen.

Except...uhm...coming off of this series tends to make one a bit cranky when one reads other shounen after bingeing.

[magicnoire]

coming off of this series tends to make one a bit cranky when one reads other shounen after bingeing.

So sadly true.

[elfiepike]

this sounds awesome. i will have to look it up. :D