Black Clover

Adventure / Fantasy / ActionTV170 EP/3 Oct 2017

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Synopsis

Magic is everything in the Clover Kingdom, except Asta has absolutely none. Zero. Which is a problem when your lifelong dream is to become the Wizard King, the strongest mage in the entire Clover Kingdom. His rival Yuno, raised alongside him in the same orphanage church, is basically a magic prodigy, effortless talent, rare four-leaf clover grimoire, the whole package. Asta gets nothing at his grimoire ceremony, which is about as humiliating as it sounds. But when Yuno's life is on the line, Asta somehow awakens a mysterious five-leaf clover grimoire that gives him anti-magic, the ability to cut through and nullify any spell. It's a genuinely cool power system twist: in a world built entirely on magic, the guy who can erase it becomes a wild card nobody knows how to deal with. From there, both join separate Magic Knight squads and start climbing toward the same goal. The cast gets surprisingly deep as the show goes on, with a wide roster of knights who each bring distinct abilities and personalities. The soundtrack goes hard during fights too, which helps across 170 episodes of a TV series that rarely lets up on momentum. If you liked Naruto's underdog energy or the guild camaraderie of Fairy Tail, this hits similar notes. Fans of My Hero Academia's "prove everyone wrong" arc will find a lot to connect with here. Fair warning: Asta yells a lot early on. Give it a few episodes and it settles.

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Characters

Asta

Asta, a magic-less boy, strives to become the Wizard King, wielding his anti-magic and five-leaf clover grimoire.

Reid Dallas

Noelle Silva

Black Bull mage Noelle Silva, a royal with powerful water magic, struggles with self-doubt but finds strength and love.

Harris Jill

Yuno

Found as a baby, Yuno is Asta's rival, a gifted magic knight determined to become Wizard King.

Solusod Micah

MANGA BRIDGE

This season covers Chapters 1-270 of the manga. Continue reading from Chapter 270.

Manga cover

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Someone and 116 others rated 8.9
EP 1
zuya_★★★★★Anime

My favorite anime of all time, It exemplifies the importance of camaraderie and teamwork. Most shonen series (from the plenty that I have seen) prefer to write their fights in a 1v1 format (mc fighting main villain of arc, rival fights the second strongest villain of the arc, etc.). With Black Clover, the fights are mostly never done alone. Against Zagred, it took the first wizard king, the ruler of the elves, Patry, Asta, Yuno, Yami, Charla/Chalotte, and Scre to defeat him. Against Vetto and Fana, it took Asta, Vanessa, and Finral. That said, the few fights that are done 1v1 have weight behind them. Best example of this being Magna vs. Dante in the manga, as we know Magna felt like he was left behind in terms of power by everyone in the Black Bulls, so he confided in Zora and trained for 6 months, just for 1 spell, which finally allows him to stand on equal ground with everyone. No one would ever expect a character described as "weak" or "lacking in power" to defeat a primary villain of the arc that took Asta and Yami with multiple power spikes to barely beat, and yet, he did the unthinkable. It highlights what Black Clover truly stands for.

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amelia664★☆☆☆☆VerifiedEP 157

What a colossal waste of an episode. Fifteen straight minutes of Asta monologuing his life story, then the last five minutes have some very lacklustre fight scenes with Noelle and Asta. Oh, and Asta's devil decided to make a cameo, because why not. I'm not going to lie, I watched maybe two minutes of the recap and then skipped the rest. I mean, I wanted to watch something fun between classes, but I couldn't even do that because I'd rather skip most of this weak, pathetic, awful episode than sit through another damn recap. This arc has been extremely dull so far, and this episode has cemented its spot as the worst Black Clover arc. Thanks for wasting my time.

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amelia664★★★★★VerifiedEP 156

You know what? This episode was actually well done. Not only were the training segments not ragged out or feel repetitive, but - this being the biggest thing that's happened in a long while - we got insight into the Spade Kingdom and what's going on there. Still a very large amount of mystery, naturally, but we're getting a glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak. Spade Kingdom, I so very much look forward to continuing to learn all about you, because you're not disappointing thus far.

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