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REVIEW: Black Clover GN 1 & 2

TrueZangetsu wrote:

At this point, do people even pay any attention to reviewers?

Never read this manga, but just that's an unfair thing to say. How else would we learn about more avant-garde masterpieces like "A Drifting Life" and "Bleach"?

a larger issue with the series; Tabata is constantly putting the cart before the horse. He wants to have the big payoff moments, but he doesn't want to do the work of setting them up.

For the record, this IS his second serialized series; the first one, Hungry Joker, was cancelled after 24 chapters.

Yeah, like what you want to like and dislike what you want to dislike. A critic's job is to say whether or not he or she liked whatever it is they're reviewing and why they like or dislike it. It doesn't mean "You have to like it too" or "You have to dislike it too." It's perfectly valid to see a negative review but decide to try something because you like what the critic disliked or decide against something with a positive review because you dislike what the critic liked.

Stuff like the Tomatometer and the IMDb rankings are metrics of popular opinion. I am interested in seeing what catches on with the general public and what doesn't, and why, so I pay attention to those. But I do not let them influence how much I like or dislike something. I like Johnny Test, but I know lots of people cannot stand it, and I understand why. I dislike The Muppets Movie despite its 98% Tomatometer rating.

Maybe I'm a bit extreme on this matter but what you describe is essentially what I'm trying to say. I'm just a bit more extreme as I don't even read reviews anymore because I believe that many if not most critics are extremely biased and don't even try to see the heart and soul of a movie or series but instead concentrate too much on what is considered the formula for s well written story, which is a pattern and IMO a bad thing. Of course I want all character rs to get at least the minimum development and have the climax always be kept interesting by twists and foreshadowing hinting to it. But imo there is so much more a person who had become a critic instead of someone who let's the magic run into their eyes will never experience and that is why imdb user reviews are usually different than critics.

Again I wasn't taking about the person writing this article, but I see a series seeing bashed by lots of critics and it actually makes me wanna read it instead of avoid it. This is what professional movie critics have done to me. I am biased on this matter.

I agree you can see parts of Naruto in it, especially the main character. What sold me was the art work. In a visual media, that manga is, you could have the greatest story ever told, but if the art sucks, it sucks. I am willing to forgive Black Clover its writing sins, hopefully, as the reviewer has stated, the story will come into its own.

Again I wasn't taking about the person writing this article, but I see a series seeing bashed by lots of critics and it actually makes me wanna read it instead of avoid it. This is what professional movie critics have done to me. I am biased on this matter.

Personally, I prefer something with good writing but bad art over something with bad writing but good art. Good writing with serviceable art (enough to convey to me what the writer intends) can still be interesting, but the best art in the world cannot stop a boring story from being boring.

leafy sea dragon wrote:

Personally, I prefer something with good writing but bad art over something with bad writing but good art. Good writing with serviceable art (enough to convey to me what the writer intends) can still be interesting, but the best art in the world cannot stop a boring story from being boring.

To each their own. I just feel bad art takes you out of the story. It should be a novel, if you are not going to do the art justice. While fantastic art, might make you forget about the story. Manga is a visual media. The art has to be good. Otherwise it is better to be a novel, and not a manga. But that is just me.