Action with a purpose, is there anything better?

Claymore swipes its way on to the manga scene with action packed stories that make the adventure that much better.  Not familiar with the storyline? Let me catch you up.  Claymore is set in a time where monsters run rampant and, for a time, have overtaken the human population.  When the humans finally get fed up with getting eaten/killed (is there a difference?) by these bad things that go bump in the night, they decide to breed a team of half-human, half-monsters to take care of business.  Did I mention that these half-in-half warriors were all female?  That makes it even more dangerous for the Yoma (the monsters).  Calculating, unforgiving, the warriors seek out the Yoma with their claymores (thus the title) and take care of business. 

If you can picture the show The Prisoner mixed with The Man from U.N.C.L.E. mixed with girls with swords, than you've got Claymore.  Powerful storylines make this manga intriguing.  The warriors in the story strive to get in touch with their inner powers that make them unique, and make them silver-eyed.  They each are represented by numbers, the lower the number the stronger the warrior.  Each warrior is unforgiving, which makes the stories even better in Claymore.  For example, the first story of volume 12 has a warrior named Rafaela on the hunt to redeem her warrior status, and number status, by hunting down her out-of-control sister Luciela, who has embraced her inner Yoma completely.  Just when you think Rafaela is going to join Luciela, she turns on her like a true calculated warrior.  You have to love that.  When the job is more important than siblings, you have to respect the writers.  

The art is just as beautiful as the storyline and the multiple storylines make this manga work, and work well.  If you have to find a new manga for your senses, look no further than Claymore, it truly is entertaining when it comes to strong manga storylines.