Rivalry: Thundercloud General

Rivalry: Thundercloud General

Kanji'	Sōkoku ~ Raiun no Shō
Rōmaji	相克～雷雲の将
Air date	April 23, 2009
Information
Opening Theme	Get the Door
Ending Theme	Memories and Promises
Episode Guide
Previous Episode 3	Next Episode 5

"Rivalry: Thundercloud General" is the fourth episode of the first season of the Queen's Blade anime.

Story[]

Claudette arrives where Leina and Risty were the night before and encounters Echidna, who explains she let Leina go so that Claudette could become countess and hence reward her. Claudette goes to find Leina, and has a flashback to where she rescued Leina as a child. Meanwhile, Leina eats a poisonous mushroom and Nanael turns up to help her out with some medicine. Leina asks Nanael where Risty is, but she does not know. Claudette arrives and chastises Leina for consorting with thieves and challenges her to a fight to decide who will be the next countess. Tomoe and Shizuka watch the battle from afar and decide Claudette will be victorious. Claudette forfeits to protect Leina's honor but Leina refuses to accept the forfeit and continues to fight, asking why she has to be the heiress and does not understand why Claudette just accepts it when her father did not like her at all. Claudette says she does it for the Vance Family and attacks Leina, defeating her swiftly with a lightning attack. The ground gives way and Leina almost falls from the cliff, with Claudette grabbing her hand as she dangles over the edge. Claudette has a flashback to when they were children, coming out of it to find that Leina is no longer in her grasp.

Trivia[]

This episode contains an alternate ending sequence. During the credits, flashbacks of the Vance sisters as children are shown, and an instrumental version of the ending theme is played.

Characters
Queen's Blade
Airi (G) • Aldra (G) • Alleyne (G) • Cattleya (G) • Claudette Vance (G) • Echidna (G) • Elina Vance (G) • Irma (G) • Leina Vance (G) • Melona (G) • Melpha (G) • Menace (G) • Nanael (G) • Nowa (G) • Nyx (G) • Risty (G) • Shizuka (G) • The Swamp Witch (G) • Tomoe (G) • Ymir (G)
QB: Rebellion
Annelotte (G) • Branwen (G) • Eilin (G) • Izumi (G) • Laila (G) • Liliana (G) • Luna Luna (G) • Mirim (G) • Sainyang & Tarnyang (G) • Sigui (G) • Yuit and Vante (G)
QB: Grimoire
Alicia (G) • Cinderella (G) • Despina (G) • Goldie (G) • Gretel (G) • Kaguya (G) • Seiten (G) • Snow White (G) • Tiina (G) • Zara (G)
Queen's Gate
Akane 'Jubei' Yagyu (G) • Alice (G) • Cham Cham (G) • Dizzy (G) • Ink Nijihara (G) • Iroha (G) • Ivy (G) • Junko Hattori (G) • Kan'u (G) • Kasumi (G) • Katja (G) • Lili (G) • Mai Shiranui (G) • Mina Majikina (G) • Noel Vermillion (G) • Painkiller Kotone (G) • Pyrrha Alexandra (G) • Suchie-Pai (G) • Taki (G) • Wonder Momo (G) • Yukimura Sanada (G)
Spiral Chaos
Aine • Ani • Arane • Aryutta Katz • Cerate • Charlotte • Cute • Dora • Hyumina • Jean • Lamica • Luna • Maron Makaron • Melissa • Plum • Puia • Ranshel & Sushel • Stella • Tenko • Tino • Weiss
Queen's Blade: White Triangle
Joan • Mei • Taylor• Protagonist (White Triangle) • Familiar • Aoi • Real Aoi
Queen's Blade: Limit Break
Aurelia • Bloom • Chamuel • Cygnus • Fressa • Lycoris •Philia • Pollyanna • Sakine • Sakura • Sankara • Shieldaly • Vesper • Vulko • Wisteria
Minor Characters
Anarista • Belphe & Dogor • Child Of The Dragon • Count Vance • Cyan • Delmore • Dogura • Dorothy • Fiotiel Shalaklard • Florelle • Funikura • Glinda • Great Snake Demon • Hachiel • Hans • Head Angel • Helosium • Kanim • Kyuel • Lewis • Linshang • Maria Vance • Margrave Kreutz • Michel Rivaranciel • Mime & Meena • Owen • Rana • Seabed King • Setra • Siam • Tokiwa
Queen's X
Homura Akemi • Stella (DQ3) • The Seven Stakes of Purgatory

Seasons & Episodes
Wandering Warrior
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • Omake
Inheritor of the Throne
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • Omake
Beautiful Fighters
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6
Rebellion
(OVA: 1 • 2 ) 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 • 6 • 7 • 8 • 9 • 10 • 11 • 12 • Omake
Vanquished Queens
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • Omake
Grimoire
1 • 2
Unlimited

Books & Manga
Bitoshi Series
(Bitoshi Retsuden) 1 • 2 • 3 (Bitoshi Senki) 1 • 2 • 3
Sword Of The Unicorn
1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5
Vanquished Queens
1 • 2 • 3 • Comic
Queen's Gate
1 • 2 • 3
Manga
Anthology • Exiled Warrior • Hide & Seek • Struggle • Princess Knight of the Blue Storm • Zero
Miscellaneous
Another Story • Combat Books • Excellent • Excellent 2 • FAQs • Fierce Battle • Noble Oath • Official Visual Fun Books • Perfect Visual Book • White Triangle Art Book

Games
Spiral Chaos
QB • QG
Miscellaneous
An Angel's Scolding • Battle • QB i • Mobile • Musha-Miko Snake Hell • The Colosseum • The Conquest • The Duel • White Triangle

Miscellaneous Media
Locations
Amara • Calibara Forest • Demon's Gate • Elven Forest • Gainos • Gemstone Mountain • Great Wall Border • Heaven • Hinomoto • Iron Mountain • Kreutz Margraviate • Large Fang Mountain • Little Elf Forest • Mel Fair Land • Shai-Fang • Sheldan Free City • The Queen's Gate • Zanef
Misc
Holy Poses • Locations • Music • Queen's Blade (Tournament) • World Races