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?

Anyway, Jeane and Raki arrive to find Clare releasing more yoki. Most, if not all parts of her body has awakened. Inside Clare, the resolve to kill Teresa burns more and more.

Priscilla sees Clare’s nearly awakened form and thinks Clare is a Yoma. Priscilla becomes enraged. She throws lance-like projectiles to Clare but Clare escapes and attacks Priscilla with her flash sword. The two fight fiercely.

Priscilla’s size increases and she catches Clare with her hands. She says that she’s disappointed. She realizes that her opponent isn’t Teresa but she does smell like her. She releases Clare and throws the lance-like thingies again. As Clare falls, Priscilla goes after her but Clare propels herself towards Priscilla, severing her wings. Priscilla falls.

She becomes frightened because to her, Clare is Teresa. Priscilla reverts to her child form, crying. Clare is about to strike but Raki goes between her and Priscilla. He begs Clare to stop. Raki tells Clare that Priscilla may have killed someone important to Clare but Priscilla also lost her family to Yoma and not just Priscilla, everyone has lost someone because of Yoma. Raki then tells Clare that she can’t become Yoma. It seems, however, that what Raki said has no effect on Clare. Clare prepares to strike but Raki embraces her. Eventually Raki’s words reaches Clare. Clare remembers her promise to Raki. Tears fall from Clare’s eyes and she tells Raki to get away as she can’t return anymore. Clare strikes.

Jeane, however, knocks Raki out of the way. She gets hit instead. Jeane tells Clare that their roles are now reversed. She tells Clare that when she awakened, Clare brought her back. She then tells Clare that she will now return the favor. She reaches out to Clare and instructs her to align her yoki with hers. Clare, however, tells Priscilla to get away. Jeane tells her that she has already sustained fatal wounds. If she is going to die, she wants to use the remainder of her life for Clare. Jeane then tries to synchronize her yoki with Clare’s but Clare complains. Jeane tells her to concentrate. Clare explains to Priscilla that even if she reverts, she has no reason to live anymore, especially if she can’t kill Priscilla. Jeane tells her that she can find her reason to live later. She tells Clare that there are people who want Clare to live, people who have entrusted their will to her. Jeane then tells Clare that she is glad to have met her. Blinding light consume both Jeane and Clare.

Clare, now back in her human form, finds Jeane fallen on the ground. Easley comes and takes Priscilla with him. She tells Miria that though Priscilla is unstable, he isn’t giving up on her yet. The Claymores unsheathe their swords but Easley tells them that he doesn’t have an appetite after all the fights that occurred. He tells Raki that they’ll meet again. He also tells him to sharpen his swordsmanship until then. Easley disappears.

Meanwhile, Rubel asks Galatea about the progress of events. Galatea was observing from afar. She tells Rubel that aside from Priscilla, Easley showed himself as well. Rubel asks if the warriors died. Galatea tells him that she doesn’t sense their yoki. She only tells him that if it concerns him so much, he can go and confirm it himself.

Miria, Helen and Deneve have all separated from Clare. Helen asks Miria if Clare will be alright. Miria replies that whether Clare stands still or moves forward, it will be her own decision. The three then decide to go their own way but they also plan on not returning to the organization. Miria then tells the two that they will meet again.

Clare and Raki is at the grave they made for Jeane. Clare is glad that Raki survived the whole time. She tells Raki that she has no plans of returning to the organization. Raki and Teresa leave. Clare looks back one more time and sees Teresa smiling at her.

Well, I’m sure that those who’ve read the manga and seen the anime as well are disappointed at how the anime turned out. But I guess the producers have their reasons. For one, the manga is not yet finished. The manga is just a few chapters away from the Northern Expedition arc. If the anime were to follow the manga’s flow, it would run out of material soon. They would either have to do filler arcs (as what was done in Naruto) or they would have to make a different conclusion. Either way, it would be more disappointing than it is now. I guess the anime could have ended after they fought the Awakened Beings that remained in Pieta (after Rigardo was defeated).

Oh well, a second season, however, is not improbable but the plot has to be manipulated so that it can continue from where it left off in the manga. For this to happen, Clare must meet with Miria, Helen and Deneve once again. Cynthia, Tabitha and Yuma must be with them too. As for Raki, he has to be separated from Clare and must be reunited with Easley and Priscilla. Easley did tell Raki that they will meet again. But then, Raki already knows about Priscilla and about Easley, so it will become a problem.

Anyway, Claymore is one of those anime which people watch despite the crappy animation. In some anime, the animation quality dips somewhere in the middle but the producers redeem it in time for the finale. In Claymore’s case, however, the animation was hopeless. Well, it’s not that bad. It’s just crappy.

And Claymore has a compelling plot anyway. Though the concept of people battling monsters, demons and what-have-you’s is a common theme in anime, Claymore transforms that concept into something fresh. Still, the plot, at least in the anime, was a let down in the end.

So if the anime left you empty and wanting for more, read the manga. If it doesn’t work, wait till Norihiro Yagi continues the story.

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