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EP. REVIEW: Black Clover

Both My Hero Academia and Black Clover are clearly inspired by the success of Naruto; Horikoshi himself has stated Naruto was his primary inspiration (complete with a thumbs up from Kishimoto). And this makes sense, since despite what weebs would have you believe, Naruto remains a massive critical and commercial success, being the best-selling manga in history internationally (not domestic or worldwide; that’s obviously One Piece). So with One Piece remaining what it is and with WSJ trying to forget the fact that Bleach existed, it makes sense that they would try to capitalize off of the only remaining member of the Big Three.

What’s important, though, is how they approach it. MHA takes a more experimental approach, taking the things from Naruto and trying to portray them in opposite lights with hit-or-miss results. Naruto is now far less outspoken and just an ordinary kid (Izuku), Sasuke is now a plain ol’ jerk (Katsuki), Sakura’s sweet side is now far more prevalent than her brash side (Ochako), Jiraiya and his philosophies of peace are made the core from the beginning rather than brought to us gradually (All Might), Gaara and Neji are now one character (Shoto), etc. Black Clover, however, is playing it far safer. Aside from the rivalry being portrayed in a mostly positive light, as opposed to Naruto (which was more lukewarm) and MHA (which is more negative), there’s really nothing here that hasn’t been done better in other shows. It basically takes the characters of Naruto, has them live in the world of Fairy Tail, and enlists them in the system of Bleach. There’s barely any attempt to try something new like MHA, and I think that’s the real reason why it is currently not as critically well-received.

I think I got cancer from watching episode 40. No compelling characters, recycled plot, and awful art half the time?

Count me in.

William is put-together and aloof, he practices Light magic, and suspiciously we've never seen him and Batman Licht in the same room

...shonen cheese and something a little more special.

Hummm isn't this whole mission a race against time for the Black Bulls Sam? The midnight Sun dropping in was sure to happen. I think it was an awesome episode. Asta's start of the fight was super funny as we started to learn more about Asta new opponent, then every Black Bull had their small moment which were all quite fun to watch too. Mainly Charmy, she's the best.

I fail to understand your review this time as I feel it comes out of nowhere it term of critic. Almost like you just didn't feel like watching it. Some of your points sounds way too soon to be complained about.

And now here's a list of reasons why these highlights just don't work in the grand scheme of things:

It all sucks.

And now here's a list of reasons why these highlights just don't work in the grand scheme of things:

It all sucks.

Just as Asta is starting to lose his fight, Vetto and Kahono arrive to save the day.