Synopsis: Chagum travels to the Place of Celebration.

The snow is starting to melt and Torogai is returning to the cave. She notices that there wasn’t much snow that year. She realizes that the Nyunga Ro Im has passed away.

Synopsis: Balsa continues to narrate Jiguro’s story; Chagum asks Balsa to train him.

When the remaining Spears found Jiguro and Balsa, Jiguro told them to sheathe their spears and return to Kanbal but they wouldn’t listen. Jiguro had no choice but to fight and kill them. One by one the assassins fell but Jiguro was wounded by one of them. Balsa would have helped but she was told by Jiguro to stay back. Eventually, Jiguro killed all the Spears.

Synopsis: Balsa narrates to Chagum how Jiguro saved her life.

Kanbal is a small country that lies on the other side of the Aogiri. According to Balsa, even in such a place, people constantly want to create conflict. Unlike Yogo, Kanbal has no rice fields nor fertile farmlands. The land is extremely mountainous with rocky pastures and the people make their living by tilling the poor soil, growing a small amount of grains and tubers, and by grazing goats.

Synopsis: Balsa, Chagum, Tanda and Torogai head for Hunter’s Cave.

Torogai speaks to Shuga and the warriors. She asks Shuga if he is a star diviner. Shuga says he is. He then tells Torogai that he would have liked for them to have met earlier. Torogai realizes that it was Shuga who asked the Second Empress to write a letter to her.

Synopsis: Balsa and the others think of a plan to save Chagum but the Prince wants to return to court.

Chagum has now calmed down and falls asleep. Balsa leaves him to rest and wonders what to do next.

Synopsis: Balsa, Chagum, Tanda and Torogai travel to Toumi Village as the warriors and Shuga pursue them.

Balsa meets up with Tanda, Chagum and Torogai at a temple. Tanda says to Balsa that he is worried that she’d be captured by someone from court. Torogai tells Balsa that she heard about what happened. They have no choice but to go directly to Toumi Village. Chagum tells Balsa that he’d like to return to the court just once and find out more about his brother but Balsa tells him she can’t let him go. She will explain later. Balsa says that shaking off their pursuers comes first.

Synopsis: The warriors discover Balsa’s hideout, Shuga finds Chagum by chance.

Touya is unaware that he is being followed as he goes to Balsa’s hideout. He finds out that no one’s home. Zen and Yun, having found the hideout, explore the surrounding area to find out what the residents of the mill look like.

Synopsis: Shuga reveals the truth he discovered regarding Chagum and the Official Founding History. The search for the Prince resumes.

Shuga travels to the valley where Chagum supposedly died in order to check for Chagum’s remains, if, indeed, he died. The place is usually veiled in poisonous mist but it was cleared by the previous day’s downpour. However, the mist might return soon so Shuga must hurry.

We are finally at the end of this wonderful series. It goes back to its slice-of-life roots for this final episode for some closure, though leaving enough room for a possibility of a second season.

Synopsis: Clare continues to fight Priscilla.

This is it! The final Claymore episode. I’m glad I was able to catch up on my backlog. Anyway, since the plot of the anime has now deviated from the manga, what happens in this episode wouldn’t be called canon, would it?