So I was watching Claymore and expecting it to be rather lame. This, luckily, was not the case. While weaker than Bleach, Claymore is far better than the vast majority of anime I have seen over the past year (and that's quite a bit). While it may be a shounen anime and has a typical tragic childhood/orphan protagonist, it is a hell of a lot better than Naruto - Shippuden Chronicles now.
Naruto - Shippuden simply lacks the proper pacing and seems to be falling prey to the DBZ syndrome (where an entire episode is devoted to taunts and no action). At least into the 2nd ep. of Claymore, there is plenty of action and there are no pointless delays (which would presumably be present to give the mangaka a chance to stay ahead of the manga). What's more, the OP and ED of Claymore are decent. While the OP is far from great, there is a pretty tight riff at the beginning. Compare to Naruto, where the OP and ED are complete garbage.
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