“Those Who Rend Asunder (Part 1)” “Kiri saku mono tachi (I)” (斬り裂く者たち(I))

After Teresa’s death, Clare brings her head to Rubel and asks to become a Claymore. Back in the present, Clare is assigned to a party that will be hunting an Awakened Being. After leaving Raki behind at an inn, Clare departs on the mission with her comrades, Miria, Helen, and Deneve. Once they engage the Awakened Being, they are surprised to find that he is male and far stronger than they had expected.

“Awakening” “Kakusei” (覚醒)

Teresa easily defeats the other Claymores, but spares their lives. Priscilla, incensed by her defeat, pursues Teresa and releases too much of her Yoki during the ensuing battle. She awakens, killing Teresa and her former comrades. Clare is left cradling Teresa’s severed head.

“Marked for Death” “Shisha no rakuin” (死者の烙印)

Claymores number two through five, Priscilla, Irene, Noel, and Sophia gather together before departing to kill Teresa. Teresa and Clare find lodgings in a village, where shortly after her pursuers find them. Priscilla engages Teresa in single combat, but she is outmatched despite briefly having the upper hand. The other three Claymore pursuers decide that they must assist, and the members of the team begin to release their Yoki in preparation for the combined attack against Teresa.

“Teresa and Clare” “Teresa to Kurea” (テレサとクレア)

Teresa and Clare approach the next small town, and Clare still refuses to leave Teresa. In the forest at night, the bandit whose hand she cut off the last time they met returns and tries to rape Teresa, but Clare hits him with a thick branch, infuriating him. He begins to stomp on Clare, angering Teresa and making her threaten him while assuring him that while his knowledge about the rule prohibiting Claymores to kill humans is not misinformed, her choice to obey that rule is entirely her own. He flees at her warning, and Clare cries because she feels sorry for Teresa, whom, Clare says, always looks to be in so much pain even when she’s wearing her smile. This deeply moves Teresa. When they arrive in the village and Teresa complete another job, she asks the head of the village to give Clare a home and a caretaker, but Clare refuses with pleas and tears, but Teresa leaves anyway with an unspoken apology and a wish that Clare will grow up a human, live a human life and die a human. Not long after, Clare sees a troop of bandits on their way to the village she just left, and heads back to find the entire village in razed. When she sees Clare is in danger, she kills every one of the bandits. A hooded figure working for the organization watches, and soon after organizes a group of Claymore to execute her. After Teresa escapes the initial execution attempt, her overseer, Orsay, dispatches the second- through fifth-strongest Claymores to deal with her.

“Teresa of the Faint Smile” “Bishou no Teresa” (微笑みのテレサ)

This is the beginning of a flashback arc. Teresa, the most powerful Claymore of her era, is hired to kill a group of six Yoma in a village, and easily kills them, and one extra, who is one that had been abusing a young, human, and mute Clare. Since she has no one else to care for her, Clare follows Teresa through the wilderness, despite Teresa’s best efforts to abandon her until Teresa decides to accept taking Clare under her wing.

“Clare’s Awakening” “Kurea no kakusei” (クレアの覚醒)

Clare comes close to awakening when she uses too much of her Yoki (demon energy) in the battle against the Yoma, the Voracious Eater. She intends to commit suicide before her awakening is complete in order to find peace through dying while she is still human, but Raki pleads and begs her not to do it, saying that him meeting her was the best thing to happen to him. His pleas halt Clares awakening transformation, and one of the two knights fighting in the battle later gives Raki a sword in appreciation for what he and Clare have done for them while the other wishes for Raki to grow strong.

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“The Darkness in Paradise” “Mahoroba no yami” (まほろばの闇)

Clare is hired to kill a “Voracious Eater” in a holy city where Claymores are not allowed. Forced to use a special drug to disguise her Claymore-specific characteristics, she has difficulty sensing where the Yoma is hiding. She poses as a human in order to infiltrate the church and meet her organization’s client. At night, she makes her way to the church again and is caught fighting two suspicious knights, but escapes. The next day, the same two knights barge into the inn room she and Raki are staying at and accuse her of being a Claymore. Raki comes to her defense saying he believes that she is more kind than anyone and doesn’t deserve being accused as a monster. After the two knights leave when they find no proof of Clare being a Claymore, she tells him to give up searching for kindness within her as he will ultimately end up disappointed. At night she goes back into the church to look for the Voracious Eater, but the two knights interfere and when it shows up they only complicate the fight between it and Clare. Ultimately, as it is about to kill them, Clare does everything she can to protect them, including jump into the path of it’s deadly claws.

“The Black Card” “Kuro no sho” (黒の書)

Clare receives a black card from mysterious man who seems to be working with the organization she works for. Raki witnesses as Clare confronts another Claymore named Elena. Clare explains that when Claymores use too much Yoma power, they eventually succumb to the influence of their Yoma half. Once this occurs, Claymores, knowing they will have to die, often make the choice of dying with human hearts, so as they feel their humanity beginning to slip away they send a black card bearing their individualized insignia to the Claymore that they want to be slain by. Clare’s closest friend, Elena, was on the verge of succumbing to her demonic nature and becoming a Yoma, a process called “awakening”. Despite Raki’s protests, Clare slays Elena, granting her the solace of dying as a human.

“Great Sword” “Taiken -KUREIMOA-” (大剣 -クレイモア-)

A young boy, Raki’s whole family was killed by a Yoma (demon), so a Claymore (half-demon, half-human hybrid) is hired to kill the Yoma. Raki interacts with the Claymore when she arrives. Raki later goes to his uncle’s house and is met by the Yoma, who had taken the form of his brother, but is subsequently saved by the Claymore. After the attack, Raki is banished from the village by the frightened villagers and left to die in the deserts before he is saved by a Claymore, and subsequently attacked by another Yoma when he goes searching for her, believing her to be the one who saved him from the first. After the Yoma attacks him, the Claymore who saved him before does so again, and as she leaves, she gives him permission to join her in her travels as a cook, along with her name; Clare.

N･H･Kにようこそ! N.H.K. ni Yōkoso! Welcome to the N.H.K.!

Tatsuhiro completes his chase to stop Misaki from committing suicide at the cliff where her mother killed herself years earlier. On the outlook of the cliff, in the snow, Misaki attempts suicide only to be stopped by Tatsuhiro. Moments later, Tatsuhiro attempts to commit suicide in a sacrifice to kill the NHK conspiracy he has created as the cause of all of Misaki’s problems. While running toward the precipice he realizes he is doing this for the girl he loves. The attempt fails when he falls on a recently installed protective fence. After returning to Tokyo, Tatsuhiro receives letters from Kaoru and Hitomi stating that they have settled into their new lives. After a time, Misaki hands Tatsuhiro an agreement that each will continue to live, and suffer their life’s problems, as long as the other one does.

岬にようこそ! Misaki ni Yōkoso! Welcome to Misaki!

Misaki concocts a quiz for Tatsuhiro about the dying words of famous people, a strange topic to lecture about. After the quiz, they talk about suicide of famous people for a short time. Before she gets ready to leave, she informs him that there is to be a graduation exam the day after, regardless of the weather. The exam involves the two taking a tour around the city, after which the two end up in the usual park again. Misaki informs Tatsuhiro that he has passed the project with flying colors, and pushes another contract toward Tatsuhiro which outlines a relationship between the two. Tatsuhiro declines the contract, concerned about her personal matters. It is later revealed that Misaki collapsed in the bathroom when she returned home, thereby being promptly hospitalized. Misaki’s uncle explains to Tatsuhiro concerning Misaki’s childhood life, including that of her unstable mother and abusive stepfather. After arriving at the hospital, Tatsuhiro discovers that Misaki abandoned the hospital in preparation for committing suicide.

神様にようこそ! Kamisama ni Yōkoso! Welcome to God!

Tatsuhiro and Hitomi spend New Year’s Eve together in Tokyo talking about their lives. Tatsuhiro can’t help himself from continuously dreaming about being intimate with Hitomi. Misaki beheld Tatsuhiro arm in arm with Hitomi, leading her to the Shibuya train station, where they part ways. Tatsuhiro and Misaki find each other at the train station where he lies about his meeting with Hitomi, sending Misaki into depression. The next day Tatsuhiro gets a call from Yamazaki concerning his new life and that he is superabound with milk and cheese and could send something to Tatsuhiro. Misaki overhears their conversation and runs away. At their next meeting about the existence of God, she reveals that she saw him with Hitomi in Tokyo, but Tatsuhiro is unable to counter the accusation. As he ponders the desperation of the next year, Misaki believes Tatsuhiro is now her prisoner.

リセットにようこそ! Risetto ni Yōkoso! Welcome to the Reset!

Tatsuhiro and Kaoru are ecstatic as they review the completed version of the True World eroge they created together. Their enthusiasm is, however, premature as the game sales at the FuyuComi turn out to be quite poor. After packing his things, Kaoru leaves for his hometown the following morning, accompanied by Tatsuhiro who is to be seeing him off at the railway station. Feeling alone, Tatsuhiro falls prey to his delusions of grandeur. Misaki informs Tatsuhiro she’ll be testing what he has learned since they began counselling by going out with him to Shibuya during New Year’s Eve. Momentariously distracted by his paranoid thoughts, Tatsuhiro loses sight of Misaki and runs into Hitomi.

冬の日にようこそ! Fuyu no Hi ni Yōkoso! Welcome to Winter Days!

Problems with the health of Kaoru’s father heralds his return home to the farm where the family has planned his life through to his death. This now means the game project to be presented at the Winter Comiket, otherwise known as FuyuComi, has to be sped up as Kaoru will soon leave Tokyo for good. As reference for a female reaction, Kaoru gets Tatsuhiro to secretly videotape Kaoru’s embarrassing confession to Nanako, his love interest, revealing his full otaku ways.

青い鳥にようこそ! Aoi Tori ni Yōkoso! Welcome to the Bluebird!

Megumi tells her tale of woe. Tatsuhiro talks to Yuichi via the game. The Mouse Road Corporation is found out and the leaders are arrested by the police. Megumi does not come home for a few days due to her being arrested, resulting in Yuichi’s starvation. Being so hungry, he runs away to beg for food at a local ramen shop and gets hired to deliver. Megumi, without her debts and brother, decides she may go back to college.

ノーフューチャーにようこそ! Nō Fyūchā ni Yōkoso! Welcome to No Future!

Realizing he has been tricked, Tatsuhiro meets with Megumi to call the deal off. Although, she seems willing to let him go at first. Nonetheless, she soon manages to distract Tatsuhiro, Misaki, and Kaoru, eventually selling them an ersatz set of dietary supplements, which would allegedly help Tatsuhiro with his hikikomori problem. On the way home, they realize they have been fooled, and they ultimately confront Megumi at her home, only to find her brother, Yuichi Kobayashi, is actually one of the players who tagged along with Tatsuhiro in the MMORPG “Ultimate Fantasy”.

はぴねすにようこそ! Hapinesu ni Yōkoso! Welcome to Happiness!

Tatsuhiro meets up with an old high school friend, his class representative Megumi Kobayashi. When he divulges to her about being a hikikomori, she tells him she knows someone who can help cure his dilemma. She ends up whisking him off to an old dilapidated building where he finds himself listening to a sales pitch on a pseudo detergent product. Tatsuhiro manages to escape, but Megumi chases after him and tells him her depressing story. He buys the washing powder from her.

ゲームオーバーにようこそ! Gēmu Ōbā ni Yōkoso! Welcome to the Game Over!

Misaki walks in to a rather disheveled Tatsuhiro within a cluttered room, as he has apparently relapsed into his old hikikomori ways. When Tatsuhiro decides to search for an item to sell, his partner Mia invites a party along for dragon slaying. Misaki attempts to free Tatsuhiro from his obsession, however Tatsuhiro finally ceases when he realizes that the catgirl partner Mia turns out to be Kaoru.

ファンタジーにようこそ! Fantajī ni Yōkoso! Welcome to the Fantasy!

Tatsuhiro deliberately searches for a job after learning that his allowance is cut in half. Ultimately, he decides to join a MMORPG called “Ultimate Fantasy” in order to make some cash by selling game items for real money. His obsession with the MMORPG deters him to slack off on his eroge scenarios with Kaoru, as well as to miss counseling sessions with Misaki. Meanwhile, on the MMORPG world called Vina Teelo, Tatsuhiro meets a catgirl called Mia, forming a party with her.