Episode 18

The eighteenth anime episode of Claymore, adapted from the manga by Norihiro Yagi. The episode was first broadcast on July 31, 2007 and was directed by Hiroyuki Tanaka and produced by Madhouse Studios. It was dubbed by Funimation and released on DVD Volume ? in ?.

The episode is entitled: The Carnage in the North (Part 1); Kita no senran (I); 北の戦乱(I)

Short Synopsis
Rubel and Rafaela confront Clare and Jean, and Rubel gives Clare a mission to go to the northern lands along with twenty-three other Claymores to confront a horde of Awakened Beings and the Abyssal One Isley. He also mentions that Raki has gone there, giving Clare even more incentive to go. Once there, Clare is reunited with Miria, Helen, and Deneve. The twenty-four gathered Claymores divide into five teams and are soon confronted by three Awakened Beings. They literally strike first and attack them in the town of Pieta.