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Summary:
Believing Clare to be Awakened, Ophelia chases her down in the forest and almost immediately activates her Yoma powers. To her surprise, Clare responds by suppressing her own energy, which makes Ophelia at first think that she’s giving up. When Clare is able to block all her swings, Ophelia realizes that Clare is actually reading the flow of her energy to predict movements, so she decides to try something different. All of the sudden, despite being able to still sense the attacks, Clare isn’t able to respond to them anymore because Ophelia’s sword seems to be warping a little. After one particularly devastating slash, Ophelia reveals that she doesn’t have a nickname like Phantom Miria or Windcutter Flora, but she’s trying to develop one with her rippling sword technique so that she will be known as Rippling Ophelia. Clare quickly realizes that Ophelia is vibrating her arm at incredible speeds to achieve this effect, and she decides to try to attack Ophelia from behind. Ophelia, however, barely flinches and promptly chops off Clare’s sword arm. Clare manages to grab her arm, but she then takes another huge slash across her chest that sends her tumbling down the nearby cliff.
Clare eventually drags herself out of the river below and is still alive despite her arm, but unfortunately, Ophelia has followed her down. Ophelia had figured out that Clare had tried to make it look like she was done for, though she gave it away by being concerned about her arm even at the end. She then goes on to explain how there are offensive and defensive types of Claymores, and the offensive ones like Clare can’t completely regenerate. Since she’s not going to wait for Clare to reattach her severed arm, Ophelia quickly shreds it. This leaves Clare no choice but to try to fight with her remaining arm, but she’s unable to do any damage. Seeing how hard Clare is fighting, Ophelia guesses that Clare has either a promise with the boy or revenge that she still has to carry out. She then cuts off Clare’s other hand and tauntingly suggests that not being able to die because there’s still someone to protect is a foolish delusion of the weak. Ophelia gets ready to finish Clare off, but a cloaked stranger suddenly arrives to interrupt their battle. Clare tries to warn this stranger about Ophelia, but when Ophelia attacks, it’s the stranger who is surprisingly able to block all of Ophelia’s attacks.
In one motion, this stranger hits Ophelia on almost every part of her body. This also uncloaks her, and Clare recognizes the person as none other than Quick Sword Ilena, the same person who had been sent to kill Teresa. However, Clare loses consciousness soon after and when she wakes up again, she finds herself in bed in Ilena’s cabin. After Ilena tells her that she blacked out after attaching her hand and has been asleep for a week, Clare panics because she has something she has do, but Ilena shoves her back onto the bed. Ilena knows that Ophelia isn’t dead, and without her sword arm, Clare now has to fight with only her other one. After telling Clare to think about her place, Ilena heads outside to practice her technique on a tree. Clare comes out once she’s eaten a bit, and, because Ilena asks how Clare knows her name, Clare recalls everything that happened with Teresa. This causes Ilena to question if Clare has Teresa inside of her and deduces that Clare wants to go after Priscilla. She warns Clare against it because Priscilla’s power is overwhelming, especially for someone like Clare who is only one-fourth Yoma since she took on Teresa’s blood instead of going through the normal procedure.
To prove what she means, Ilena takes off her cloak to show that she’s only got one arm left after the brief encounter with Priscilla. Having barely lived through it, Ilena had gone into hiding by suppressing her Yoma energy and now admits that she had been afraid. Clare, however, still wants to continue on and explains that she couldn’t do anything else Teresa’s death because of how Teresa was everything to her. She had to move forward because she wasn’t strong enough to forget about everything and live as a human. Hearing all this, Ilena decides that Clare is fit for battle and prepares to teach her how to use the Quick Sword technique. After a bit of training, Clare is able to somewhat imitate it, but only for a short period of time. As Ilena explains, the technique is accomplished by releasing all her Yoma energy into one arm so that just that arm awakens. Despite being exhausted from trying it, Clare isn’t ready to quit and claims that the style is most suitable for herself. Meanwhile, back in the forest, a heavily injured Ophelia cries out to her brother who she remembers had died protecting her. Her anger at Clare and towards the Yoma who killed her brother causes her to use so much of her Yoma power that she regains consciousness a little later feeling really good, but very hungry for human innards.
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For those of you who might not have heard, I did indeed pick up Claymore and drop D.Gray-man.
I kept thinking about how Clare was going to recover and somehow win or escape, but that didn’t really happen. Instead, Ophelia cut off both of Clare’s arms (well, technically one arm and one hand), and in the end, Clare was still only left with one working arm. I thought that would gimp her quite a bit, but Ilena’s appearance in the teacher role means that Clare will invariably get more powerful, at least to the point where she can handle Ophelia. It happens almost a bit too conveniently, but it reminds me that this is indeed a shounen-oriented action type show. After getting watching her get beat around so much this week, I’d really like her to finally start kicking some ass again.
Speaking of which, it seemed pretty obvious to me that Ophelia was too cruel and sadistic of a Claymore not to turn fully evil by Awakening. From the very beginning in last week’s episode with how she toyed with Clare, you could tell that she wasn’t going to become an ally, and her lust to kill the Awakened has now led her to become one. In any case, I think Shinohara Emi does a fantastic job voicing her in that sickingly sweet but evil way, and I’m looking forward to next week’s episode which promises Clare fighting the Ophelia in her Awakened form along with the appearance of Rafaela.
better than D.Gray Man ^_^
he he, cant wait for next episode. it should be fun.
as for this ep – damn E: poor Claire. Its always a bit of sad to see her get trashed up like that…
Yay the former number 2 is back!
excellent!
Omni certainly pick a bloody ep to start blogging with. 2 more eps then we get the Tentacle Loli 😀
I was very impress how strong Ilian is. The short fight between Ophelia and Ilian just goes to show how strong Teresa and Ilian class was.
Damn…
I hate Ophelia!
so it does have nudity… there goes Adult Swim.
dxanato,
Illene was a #2
Ophelia is #4
The difference isn’t just in the generations.
blargh my innards XD
xellos but would you agree that at time new generation can be strong than older ones. I guess what Miria said kind influence my though. Miria said the gap between 6 and 5 was huge. It kind maybe believe that the current generation may has surpass the older one.
Cool man……… this is what i’m waiting for…. a mentor ^_^
Really good to see this show here. And people it’s Irene not Ilian. That’s not even a case of Engrish pronunciation. It’s just wrong.
The series seemed to have covered alot of material in just one episode though. I had thought maybe they’d just cover the 1st fight and have Irene show up dumdumdum style right at the very end. But I guess if they want to fit everything in they’ll have to cram. But I really don’t see how they can make an entire episode out of just the Clare vs Ophelia round 2 fight next. The 2nd battle wasn’t quite as intense or protractable as the 1st. My opinion of course.
Thank you for the blog!
I wonder why is Rafaela out so early in the Anime?
She should be introduced after Loli of the west arc. Correct ?
Dxanato: There is reason why there is huge gap between 5 and 6. If you haven’t read the manga I won’t spoil it for you. I will just say that #5 is a very special case.
what we have been waiting for is here.thanks
Yay! Finally! Claymore!
to Mosmos
Rafaela makes a cameo appearance right after the end of the Ophelia Arc. And the Rifu (spelling) arc occurs after the Ophelia arc. Like I said this show is just speeding through Ophelia’s story.
@mosmos
Actually: http://www.onemanga.com/Claymore/38/28/
So she’s right on time.
didn’t we see Priscilla kill her? how is she alive?
oh wow *,* i really wanna see the episode so badly !! its so great to see Ilena back :3
Two words: IRENE-SAMA~!
Thank you. ^^
And I really can’t remember a main character of a shounen anime shown to be in this much peril of their life. Not in Bleach when Ichigo got run through by Byakukya the first time did I feel a sense of ‘Oooooo, they’re gonna DIE!”
This really drives home what makes Claymore so different from other shounen series. Even though Clare’s the main character – the fact that she can die just like the rest is always apparent.
Thanks this looks like a good episode, im glad you started to blog on claymore because i believe this is a really good show from the new ones.
@ Arakan:
everytime Clare gets that superpowered look, something always comes along to get rid of it…
on another note… can’t wait to see Clare’s new look… hint hair up, almost human…
Thank you Zzz and xvpower.
That scence….Now i remember..irene is damned cool.
omg finally claymore yay thank you!!
if relna is still alive then isnt she supose to be old and still a number 2?? wouldnt the organization know that shes alive?
and they should stop with the arm cutting sh*t and do something new, maybe rip some chic’s head off can be a good start?
You DO realize a Claymore that get its head cut off dies? they can re-attach their cut limbs or even regenerate then (if they are defensive types) but they cannot do that if they lose a vital point (they die, end of story).
@bob
Claymores don’t age once they mature, and the organization does know that she’s alive, but she diserted so she’s no longer part of the organization.
lol random thought maybe clare is gonna end up like Ed from FMA, the arm i mean LOL
weird . . am i the only one who seems to like Ophelia? *shrugs* anyways, raphaela is coming out! yipee! thanks for blogging this! now i really can’t wait for this episode to be subbed . . . T_T
fantastic but its a bit sad that she cant get on full of teresa power.
I loved this episode, but I made the mistake of watching it while I was eating dinner. I hope none of the other posters on this site made the same mistake that I did. I almost choked when I saw the bit where Clare got her other hand chopped off.
Being unfamiliar with the manga, I have no idea what to expect from Raphaela. I know she isn’t a sadist like Ophelia, but does she share the same views regarding Awakened Beings? If so, Clare is in a lot of trouble.
Irene is back and still great. Nice to see her get a fight which she could win. Frankly Teresa and then an awakened Priscilla was a little much. Great episode though.
Do you guys think the organizaiton already knew that orphelia was going to awaken? I mean at the beginning of ep 12 when the guy tells her that shes hunting an awakened being that was a former single digit warrior and “very strong” I think he was talking about orphelia sicne she’s crazy as F*** and awakend in the last scene of this ep. . .and the awakend thing orphelia fought earlier was a little girl. . .and got owned pretty easily by orphelia. . .what do you guys think?
@ greg:
I like Ophelia! She’s one of my favorites:)
I can’t wait to see this episode. I already know what’s gonna happen but still.. I wanna see it animated 😀
Atleast Ophelia got to kick some ass in this episode. Too bad Ilena showed up XP
see? see? Claymore is great!!! Ahem, .. now that I’m outta my crazy fanboy state, the screenies look amazing. Can never comment enough on the colors (great contrast) and amazing background work. Absolutely fantastic!! Gonna get the eps now to see if the animation itself is of its usual greatness.
Thanks for blogging this!
A question for those of you who read the manga.
How many of think Irene will survive after the encounter with Rafaela?
@ragnab
@ RagnaB:
@RagnaB
Damn, I was hoping what would happen in the next episode would happen in this episode. More suspense for me.
[spoiler] without her arms, what can she do? It reminds me of Monty Python.
“What are you going to do? Bleed on me?”
[/spoiler]
@RagnaB:
Irene tought Clare her quicksword technique, then she chops of her own left arm and gives it to Clare. In the end Clare leaves to fight Ophelia, and we see the other Claymore showing up to kill Irene. They never show that scene but you can be pretty sure that she’s dead. The manga rushes 7 years in the future later and she still didn’t show up, so I doubt she is alive.
that Ophelia isn’t THAT evil as many of us think
Next fight will be awesome (at least it ws in the manga) and you’ll find out
Thanks again @Omni for blogging this!
ahh whoops, sorry about the spoiler. someone change the signs for me please?
@Xellos
Ilene was a no.3 in her generation. Priscilla was no.2
@dxanatos
it is pretty hard to determine which generation is better unless they battle.
lol if you think this ophelia arc is good
wait till you see the riful arc and the battles
CLAYYMOOOREEE!! MOREEEE 😛
Can’t wait to watch it 😉
WOW people cant resist dropping spoilers “I SEE THE MANGA HAS RUINED U GUYS ALSO” hehe. this is how a series should progress ,FAST AND SWEET!.
P.S= i want clare to don her demon teeth and devour my innards.mmmmmm!
Priscilla had the rank of 2 for fairly short time. She was only been active for few months and prove to be able to be of rank 2. Had Priscilla had few more year under her belt she may had take the 1 rank. Teresa would be 2 if thing had not gone like they did.
Great you picked this up, much more interesting than D. Gray Man.
I kinda feel that the manga is better than the anime, but the anime is still great to watch, with an amazing cast. I’m dreaming of Claymore having fighting scenes animated as well as Seirei, it would look so awesome o.o
Only a note on the names, the girl is called “Irene”, which is a perfectly normal name (and the pronunciation is the german one), but was changed to Ilena in the English edition of the manga, for whatever reason. The Katakana really cannot be read as “Ilena”, Ilene at the most.
Same for “Rubel”, who is actually called “Ruvuru” with no “b” at all. And his name is most likely based on the Louvre museum, like all the other names of the organization’s members are art-related as well.
Here as well, no idea why the English version changed it, but in the Italian version (by a Japanese translator) his name is “Luvr”. If you don’t know how “Louvre” is spelled in Katakana of course, it is pretty hard to see the link.
>_
argh… my eyes hurt. The screenshots are very spoiling..lol
Yep, I agree with ida. Things are going to get much, much better. The next arcs will blow anyone away!
I think that Ilena can be dead, because Rafaela seemed [and still seems] like the type who doesn’t disobey orders.
And I highly doubt Ilena is capable of defending herself without both arms against Rafaela because Rafaela was number two/as good as number one BEFORE Teresa’s [and presumably Ilena’s] time.
But, at the same time, I was the same person also believed that Clare and the others were dead at the end of the Pieta arc, until proven wrong, THANKFULLY!!
Seeing how the manga has constantly been surprising me with its many twists and turns, I say there’s hope that Ilena’s alive, and yet she could already be dead as well.
WE WONT KNOW UNTIL IT IS PRINTED OUT FOR US TO SEE, WILL WE? 😀
i wonder why
irene didnt reattach her other arm, prisc didn’t destroy it
@ Oropher
Because her wound have already closed and by the time she woke up it was probably too late to reattach her arm.
Sub by Eclipse is out 🙂
llena gives clare her arm and clare takes the are to defeat the serpentine claymore.
Ahh all the spoilers, and people messing up the spoiler tag lol
Thanks Omni for picking this show up. It’ll be more worthwhile than D-gray man is for now. Only thing is now I won’t get to know when D-Gray man’s fillers are over, unless I watch it myself 🙁
woot, claymore is awesome
Impressive~ episode 12 was kind of a let down for me but after watch this episode it definitely made up for it. Go go Claymore~~
hello,
there are few misconceptions i’d like to clear
Raphaela(#5)is very strong. additionally she is from the generation preceding theresa, infact we are given a glimpse of cute little theresa through her. she was the #2
OMG! I really thought Pricilla killed her.
Gahh!! DAMN YOU PRICILLA! You killed Teresa TT___TT
But yay ~ 😀 Irene is ALIVE~!!
Claymore is getting better and better! Can’t wait till next week’s episode.
Actually after this arc is the boring search for Raki then followed by the great Loli of the west Arc then mass orgy Northen Campaign Arc then end of Claymore … Very fast …Only 2 more major stories to go only ….
so much cutting.
This episode kicks ass. Check my review on ep 13 too.
where’s raki?? I bet he’s shocked to see one hand clare
i wonder . . . (for those that have read the manga(trust me, major spoilers in this one))
is raphaela stronger (or at least as strong) as teresa? it’s true that we’re not given a clear showing of just how strong teresa is but raphaela is as strong as luciela (back when she was still a claymore) who was #1 and became an abyssal after she awakened . . .
yay! i’m not the only ophelia lover!
@greg
Well lets think. after Priscilla defeated Isley, Riful understood that isley with priscilla could easily conquer all of the awakened territories. and that Priscila was stronger than Riful. Teresa was pwning 100% priscilla, without even releasing her powers for more than 10%. Knowing that priscilla in awakened form is stronger than all abyssals, And that teressa was stronger than priscilla, i think that we could easily say, that Teresa at 80% could easily smash Rafaela like a cockroach. and the other reason(my reason) – Teressa is fuckin GODMode, how could someone beat her? 😀
Didnt anyone see the hot clothes Irene got?
The comment that clare made about Teresa being her everything was very touching! Love that best in this episode…
@greg
Raphaela was probably weaker. I base the opinion solely on her chance meeting with loli-Teresa. However, since we get to see how the organization treats Alicia, it’s definitely possible she was much stronger than Teresa.
@AloneinVoid
As for Priscilla, Teresa was clearly weaker. Teresa went head to head with about 80% Priscilla (100% = awakened) with over 20% of her own power. The only reason she owned Priscilla was combat experience. Teresa could control that 20+% better than Priscilla could control her 80%. As an analogy, imagine the U.S. going head to head with the former U.S.S.R. If the U.S. around dropping nukes on every battalion in sight, not only would it run out of nukes pretty quickly, but it’d never truly deal a serious blow. Priscilla finally won (although probably more luck than skill) by luring Teresa into dropping her guard and then chopping off both hands, after which the joy of victory finally pushed her to awaken.
@sahakiel
well, if defined by raw power, then even teresa said, that Priscila has more yoki than her. But lets not forget that raw power without techniques is nothing. SO finaly lets conclude – theresa was stronger than priscilla in nearly all other categories, except power…its pretty much possible, that teressa would have been able to handle, just awakened priscilla, by going all out.
My views
Raphaela always had the power and skill to be #1 ever since Luciela was still a Claymore and the number #1 at time. What Organization call weakness in Raphaela was more in the sense of her emotion. The emotion of Raphaela was not strong to soul link her with her sister. This why the Organizational went looking for sister who weren’t orphan and much close in age.
Just a heads up, a new manga chapter of Claymore has been released, it’s a side (or past) story featuring Teressa vs. Rosemarie (Rank #2/former Ranked #1)