Claymore 111

Anastasia and three companions try to survive against the Awakened Beings.

I'm disappointed. I thought she could actually hover...

Summary:
The strange men around the four Claymores all transform into Awakened Beings and start to attack. One of the weaker Claymores Phina is hit by an attack. Anastasia comes to Phina's rescue, but she is kept busy by all the other enemies. Keira goes to check on the injured Phina while Nike is driven back by the monster. Realizing that they are getting surrounded, Nike tosses Phina and Keira towards an Awakened but the two Claymores do a strange flip in the air to clear the monster. Nike is now surrounded by enemies, but Anastasia get her out of harm's way. The Awakened Beings notice something and start slashing around themselves. Keira doesn't get it at first, but Nike explains that Anastasia attached very fine hair to the Awakened Beings and the surrounding rocks. The hairs don't impede the monster's movements, but it's enough to allow Anastasia and Nike to seemingly hover and change directions in mid-air. Unfortunately, the monsters have figured it out, and Anastasia tells the other three Claymores to run while she holds off the monsters. However, Nike decides to stay with Anastasia and tells Keira to escape with Phina. Keira starts running but soon she runs into a group of people in black.

Back at the battle, Anastasia and Nike aren't faring too well against the monsters and Anastasia is hit. Nike wonders if this is the moment that they die, but suddenly all the of Awakened Beings are sliced up, and Deneve, Helen and company appear and declare that they are going to crush everything that stands in their way.

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As expected, the Northern Survivors plus Dietrich come to the rescue of Anastasia's group, and I'm glad that happened since it'd be a shame for Anastasia to die so quickly. This chapter was just the battle and the rescue, so we still don't know where all the Awakened Beings came from and who set them upon the northern path. One thing we do know now though is how Anastasia's "hovering" works. It's an impressive power to the untrained eye, but as Anastasia herself said the trick is pretty useless once the opponents figure it out. Anastasia uses her own hair as the threads, so those beautiful locks aren't just for show. I suppose she uses her youki to make her hair extra thin and/or stretchable.

Next chapter, Deneve and company will probably take care of the monsters, and we'll see how Anastasia and her friends will react. The Claymores are no match against our heroines, but they might take some convincing to join the cause.