Good analysis.

Of course Galatea was much stronger than Miria. She was rank 3 vs. rank 6. Only Alicia and Beth were above her in rank, and our favorite evil loli, Riful laughingly joked that the Organization created an Abyssal One by making Alicia and Beth, so there were still 4 Abyssal Ones in the world even with Lucelia's death.

But I do disagree with one thing. Galatea couldn't beat Duff. The only reason she was doing as well as she was is due to Duff being downright retarded. Once Riful called him stupid and keyed him in on Galatea's trick, Duff was doing a fine job of kicking her ass.

They did say earlier on with her that Miata has the potential to be Rank 1 with ease. (Assuming regular ranking without Alicia and Beth.) She's just too crazy and uncontrollable, so they left her at #4. Now she appears to have gained her sanity back, and I'm guessing here from them finally showing her face. I assume that it is symbolic of her regaining a little humanity. So she may still need to cling to Clarice, but she's probably back on track to being #1.

The question remains where Clare herself stands. Now, if it was Galatea, or any other normal Claymore, I'd say she could kill them no problem. But Miata still fights on instinct, with her "sixth sense." In short, she fights exactly like Priscilla. So with Clare already the inheritor of Teresa's legacy, they may set up a fight between them.

However, Clare "inherited" abilities from a lot more people, is already beyond her limits in Yoki should she use it (though from the Extra chapters, we know how diluted Teresa's true power became when put into Clare), and has had years to practice. Miata on the other hand, has all the stability in her relationship with Clarice that Priscilla never had.

You make a lot of good points, but I don't know, my money is still on Clare.