A breath of fresh air. I got so tired of certain prevailing anime tropes it made me think - hell, maybe I've just outgrown anime. Thankfully, Claymore proved that not to be the case.
It is much more lowkey and subdued compared to the over-the-top annoying quirks that befall most modern anime. I at first thought this to be a seinen, but surprisingly for me, it turned out to be a shonen. (Shonen - demographic targeted at teenage boys with…