The show finally ends with a not-so-loud bang. A powered up Clare fights SSJ2 Priscilla, and the two seem evenly matched at first. Priscilla quickly overpowers Clare with her sheer delusional emo-ness though. Clare has another flashback of Teresa getting beheaded by Priscilla and pulls a Deus ex Machina powerup out of her ass. She flash swords Priscilla with her awakened arms, but Priscilla doesn’t die out of plot convenience.

A berserk Clare is about to finally kill Priscilla when Raki jumps in the way urging her to stop. He embraces the Berserk Clare, but her arms have a mind of their own and want to make Raki into a shish kebab. Cough. Jeane intervenes and takes an arm through the gut. Again. She uses the last of her yoki to push Clare’s yoki level down to become a human again.

Isley swoops in to spirit Priscilla away while the other Claymores are standing over Jeane who sacrificed herself for Clare. When all is said and done, the remaining Claymores decide to defect from the organization and go their separate ways. Clare pays her last tribute at Jeane’s makeshit grave and sees the spirit of Teresa that smiles, which seemingly tells her to go on living.

Final opinions? Not a bad ending as a standalone medium. We can be 99% positive that this will be the only season since the story deviated from the manga so much. There are too many loose ends however. The current number 1 and 2 Claymores have only been vaguely hinted at with no resolution. We know that the rogue Claymores will be tracked down, but we only get an ending that implies everything is back to normal. Isley is still going to invade the other territories because his forces are still very formidable even with the loss of Rigardo. Clare didn’t even get to kill Priscilla.

The ending is somewhat disappointing, but you can always read the manga if you don’t like how the Northern Campaign turned out. Now it’s time to look forward to the Fall season anime.

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