Thoughts: Probably had a little more fan service than usual (and for Darkshaunz here are your screenshots =P), but this episode also show a far bit of plot as well. I would say this week’s installment was fair mix of developments and action, although not as awesome as last week with the insert song – Forest, but it’s still pretty good. What didn’t seem to make sense was why did Hayward and her henchmen let Nadie and Ellis escape AFTER having a nice bath at the hot spring?
Thoughts: With Claymore ended, although I’ve been hearing people’s complaints about how the anime adaptation began to fail when it started to deviate from the manga, admittedly it’s not as good as the manga, but perhaps it’s not as bad as people claim. But before that, I would like to share a few thoughts on the final episode.
Last week I received a private message from Mr. oOgA saying that he has Shana hostage and if I don’t want Shana to be harmed I must meet his demand, which was to write him a guest post. So I panicked, I didn’t know what to do. Should I call the police and tell them that my favorite anime character has been kidnapped? Or perhaps go to Wilhelmina for help?
So I sat in front of my Shana shrine and thought for a while; I better do as he says (I am sure you would have done the same, I mean oOgA is one hell of a scary man.). Apparently the topic is on games, I never really played many games; so I guess I will go for “Golden Sun: The Broken Seal”.
Summary(short):As Clare charged at Priscilla, Isley watched from a distance. Even with her legs awakened, Clare was inferior to Priscilla. Just as Priscilla was going to deliver the final blow, Miria, Helen and Deneve arrived to rescue Clare. Meanwhile Jean and Raki made their way towards the volcano. The emotionally unstable Priscilla released her yoki and transformed into her “fully” awakened state. With just one finger she defeated the three claymores. Clare was frustrated since she could not save anyone, reaching for her sword she reminded herself of why she became a warrior. With this, she awakens further.
Summary(Brief): Sensing Clare’s yoki Priscilla ran away to the opposite direction, leaving Isley there. After defeating Rigardo Clare finds herself unable to suppress her yoki. She asks Helen to take off her head while she is still conscious as a human. Meanwhile Priscilla transforms into her awaken form and regains her memory, she then mistakens Clare’s yoki for Teresa’s and claims that she must kill her. As Helen prepares to strike, Clare felt Priscilla’s yoki and darted off towards it. From a far Galatea also felt something strange, however she was not to interfere because her mission is simply reconnaissance. Miria, Deneve and Helen sets off to catch up with Clare, the rest of the Claymores were to rest and heal. Due to the snow storm it was hard for them to locate Clare, luckily Galatea was there to point them in right direction. Back in town Raki was still crying, suddenly he heard a voice telling him to hurry, it was Jeane. Even though she was heavily injured she was still going to find Clare, with this Raki decides to join her. At the creator of a near by Volcano Clare stood opposite Priscilla, apparently Clare will never forgive her. Isley appears and claims he wish to be an audience to see who the victor will be.
Summary(short):As the fog disappears it turns out only Clare’s legs have awakened. At first she couldn’t control the extreme speed but gradually she was able to control even the minor movements. Meanwhile Raki arrived but he was shocked to see Clare in her half awakened state. As Clare released more and more yoki, Priscilla started to act strange. The episode ends with Rigardo getting cut into pieces.
Thoughts: This episode felt painfully dragged out, although the bits regarding Raki are new to me but how they switched back and forth between the fight at Pieta and Raki made it seem slow. A lot of the beginning was repeats from last episode, also fair a bit of flash back for Raki (Clare kissing scene ^^;). I guess it’s their way of “building” up suspense, nevertheless the action scene was good as usual and the music complimented all the flash backs quite well.
Summary(short): Isley’s army, lead by Rigardo arrives at Pieta. At first the battle was not going so bad for the Claymores, in fact they stood a chance of surviving, however Rigardo decides that this was unacceptable and he unleashes his own power. Meanwhile Raki goes looking for Priscilla, and accidentally he finds out that she is in fact an awakened being. Back at the battle, Rigardo starts to take out the team leaders, one by one the leaders fell. By the end, Miria was the only team leader left. As Deneve mourns over Undine’s death, Clare releases a large amount of yoki.
Thoughts: So the anime starts to diverge from the manga, for those of you who haven’t read the manga, now is your perfect reason to start! Scenes have been added, where others are taken out, I won’t list them all out, but perhaps one I, as well as many others, were looking forward to was the “sparring” session between Clare and Flora. I am sure they decided to pull it for a good reason, perhaps even ending Claymore as an anime. It is sort of ironic that we are arriving at one of the most exciting part of Claymore and the story starts to be altered.
The Banzai Effect
