phanero

I’ve been meaning to reread Claymore for a while, and I finally got around to picking it up again. Though I read it many years ago, I recall having a good impression of the manga, particularly the portrayal of female characters.

I would highly recommend this manga for those who are into dark fantasy, action, or monsters. I would also recommend this to people who like well written female characters! I would warn that this manga is a little violent and does have some gore. I am normally an extremely squeamish person, but I think the fact that I had already read this manga before made the violence and mild body horror easier to digest.

Spoilers ahead!

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Finally finished reading Billy Bat. I read it in spurts, so my memory is a bit hazy. Overall, it was alright. I was craving some thriller manga and I decided to finally get around to reading the rest of Urasawa Naoki's manga. I wouldn't say that the concept of Billy Bat made 100% sense, but it was still a story that had a lot of discussion material. Spoilers ahead. Also, as is the norm here, it's just going to be a no-edit word vomit ahead.

P.S. If anybody has any recommendations for thriller manga, let me know! The reason why I picked up Billy Bat was because Urasawa Naoki is the only thriller manga artist I know lol.

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