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(Berserk VS Claymore)

- Both are from series set in fictional medieval lands plagued by shapeshifting monsters

- Both are wielders of oversized swords and are extremely proficient in killing monsters that initially seem way out of their league

- Both were orphaned at a young age and had rough childhoods involving dead parents and being sexually abused until they found companionship with renowned warriors (Guts being accepted into the Band of the Hawk (the most feared mercenary group in the Kingdom of Midland), and Clare got adopted by Teresa (the former First-ranked Claymore warrior))

- Their brief period of happiness was ruined when an individual betrayed their comrades, traded their humanity for power, and killed the protagonists' loved ones (Griffith/Priscilla)

- Both were initially motivated by vengeance, seeking to kill the monster who took everything from them

- Both had one of their arms cut off, but it got replaced with an upgrade (Guts’ cannon/crossbow arm/Clare received Irene's arm/quicksword technique)

- Both spend a good portion of the story protecting a hapless love interest (Post-Eclipse Casca/Pre-Timeskip Raki)

- Both have the inherit ability to sense when danger is approaching (Guts’ brand of sacrifice bleeds whenever demons are around, and Clare has the ability to sense/read the flow of Yoki in opponents and predict their movement)

- Both are one of the few survivors of a battle with an army of transforming monsters (if you can call the Eclipse sacrifice a ‘battle’) that take place right before an important time skip in the manga. After said battle, the survivors built a memorial grave with swords to mark their fallen comrades

- Both run the risk of overexerting themselves and going berserk in their "super modes" which grant them more power at the expense of their motor cognition and sanity (Guts’ Berserker Armor will eventually overtake his psyche if he uses it too much/Clare's half-yoma physiology means she'll transform into an awakened being if too much of her Yoki energy is exerted), though they've been able to break out of the state of madness (both Schierke and Moonlight Boy can suppress the armor's od and allow Guts to take conscious control of himself/Clare's friends were successfully able to halt and reverse her monstrous transformation more than once)

- Both started off as bleak and unapproachable characters with a loner mentality (likely due to refraining from forming any more attachments to others after losing their closest companions), but along their journeys they open up to their allies and come to appreciate the bonds they make with them and finds themselves grateful for having their individual strengths to rely on

- Contrasts: Guts wears full black and is heavily linked with a dark coloured demonic beast, Clare wears all white and is symbolized/named after an angelic goddess

- Meta Connection: Claymore is inspired off Berserk

Description

(Berserk VS Claymore)

- Both are from series set in fictional medieval lands plagued by shapeshifting monsters

- Both are wielders of oversized swords and are extremely proficient in killing monsters that initially seem way out of their league

- Both were orphaned at a young age and had rough childhoods involving dead parents and being sexually abused until they found companionship with renowned warriors (Guts being accepted into the Band of the Hawk (the most feared mercenary group in the Kingdom of Midland), and Clare got adopted by Teresa (the former First-ranked Claymore warrior))

- Their brief period of happiness was ruined when an individual betrayed their comrades, traded their humanity for power, and killed the protagonists' loved ones (Griffith/Priscilla)

- Both were initially motivated by vengeance, seeking to kill the monster who took everything from them

- Both had one of their arms cut off, but it got replaced with an upgrade (Guts’ cannon/crossbow arm/Clare received Irene's arm/quicksword technique)

- Both spend a good portion of the story protecting a hapless love interest (Post-Eclipse Casca/Pre-Timeskip Raki)

- Both have the inherit ability to sense when danger is approaching (Guts’ brand of sacrifice bleeds whenever demons are around, and Clare has the ability to sense/read the flow of Yoki in opponents and predict their movement)

- Both are one of the few survivors of a battle with an army of transforming monsters (if you can call the Eclipse sacrifice a ‘battle’) that take place right before an important time skip in the manga. After said battle, the survivors built a memorial grave with swords to mark their fallen comrades

- Both run the risk of overexerting themselves and going berserk in their "super modes" which grant them more power at the expense of their motor cognition and sanity (Guts’ Berserker Armor will eventually overtake his psyche if he uses it too much/Clare's half-yoma physiology means she'll transform into an awakened being if too much of her Yoki energy is exerted), though they've been able to break out of the state of madness (both Schierke and Moonlight Boy can suppress the armor's od and allow Guts to take conscious control of himself/Clare's friends were successfully able to halt and reverse her monstrous transformation more than once)

- Both started off as bleak and unapproachable characters with a loner mentality (likely due to refraining from forming any more attachments to others after losing their closest companions), but along their journeys they open up to their allies and come to appreciate the bonds they make with them and finds themselves grateful for having their individual strengths to rely on

- Contrasts: Guts wears full black and is heavily linked with a dark coloured demonic beast, Clare wears all white and is symbolized/named after an angelic goddess

- Meta Connection: Claymore is inspired off Berserk