Holy Fight

Holy Fight
Kanji'	聖なる戦い
Rōmaji	Seinaru Tatakai
Air date	April 10, 2012
Information
Opening Theme	You Can Hear the Song of Life
Ending Theme	Future is Serious
Episode Guide
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"Holy Fight" is the thirty-fourth episode of the Queen's Blade anime.

Story

Annelotte travels through the woods and stumbles into a battle challenge set up by a betting organizer. The organizer challenges female warriors to challenge a big muscular female warrior in a bid to win coins. Because Claudette had canned the Queen's Blade tournament, illegal fights like this are one of the few places people can watch female warriors fight for entertainment. The muscle woman defeats two challengers, but Annelotte shows up and easily defeats her. The netting organizer tries to recruit Annelotte for his scheme, but the crowd is broken up when they learn that Sigui the Inquisitor is in town.

Sigui and Elina travel into the village. Sigui goes about her business of greeting the people, while Elina gets bored and finds some shade to fantasize about Leina before leaving the village. At the same time, Annelotte hides in a nearby barn but gets groped by the muscle woman's land octopus. After making her rounds around the village, Sigui visits the local church and helps some young nuns with their holy poses. Sigui then holds a confessional at the church for the villagers to seek her guidance. At a bar, Annelotte learns about the confessional and also news that there is some mysterious magical fog in the Calibara forest to the south blocking the way of medicine transport. Annelotte decides to attend Sigui's confessional and seek the nun's advice on finding a life purpose. Sigui recommends that Annelotte submit herself to God, but when Annelotte refuses and the octopus shows up to attack Sigui, Sigui challenges Annelotte to a battle behind the church. In the battle, Sigui blasts Annelotte off of her feet with the holy flames. Sigui gives Annelotte one more chance to surrender, but Annelotte refuses, beats back Sigui's flames and strips Sigui of her clothing. The octopus interferes and gropes Annelotte, giving Sigui a chance to smite Annelotte with her flames. However, the groping somehow positions Annelotte into the Holy Pose: Fate, which defeats Sigui's flames. Sigui decides not to continue the battle and leaves after asking for Annelotte's name. After the battle, Annelotte travels towards Calibara, while Sigui tracks down the betting organizer and burns him alive.

Trivia

• When the octopus is groping Annelotte, her position and situation can be seen as homage to the famous erotic painting The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife from the Japanese artist, Katsushika Hokusai.