Black Clover (Japanese: ?????????, Hepburn: Burakku Kur?b?) is a Japanese fantasy sh?nen manga series written and illustrated by Y?ki Tabata. The series is published in Shueisha's Weekly Sh?nen Jump magazine in Japan, and Viz Media is publishing it in their Weekly Shonen Jump digital anthology magazine in the United States. The story centers around a young boy named Asta, seemingly born without any magic power, something that is unknown in the world he lives in. With his ambition, newfound abilities, and friends, he aims to be the Wizard King. An original video animation produced by Xebec had its first trailer released on November 27, 2016, while an anime television series adaptation by Pierrot premiered on October 3, 2017.
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Plot
Asta and Yuno are orphans who were raised together from birth after being abandoned at a church orphanage on the outskirts of the Clover Kingdom at the same time. In a world where everyone has the natural ability to perform a kind of magic, or a Magical Power (??, Maryoku), Asta is the only person born without any, leading him to train physically as compensation. Conversely, Yuno was born as a prodigy with immense magical power and the talent to control it. When they are 15, Asta and Yuno are granted the ability to become wizards known as Magic Knights by receiving grimoires, with which all magical power is channeled. Yuno is granted a wind-based grimoire held by the kingdom's first Wizard King, while Asta does not receive one. However, when a thief incapacitates Yuno to try to sell his grimoire on the black market, Asta summons his own grimoire, which contains the rare and mysterious Anti-Magic (enabling him to cancel out all magical effects), to defeat him. The story then follows the two boys in their time within separate squads in the Magic Knights, as they build a friendly rivalry to try to become the Wizard King themselves.
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Media
Manga
Y?ki Tabata launched Black Clover in the twelfth issue of Shueisha's sh?nen manga magazine Weekly Sh?nen Jump on February 16, 2015. The manga is Tabata's second series in Weekly Sh?nen Jump: his first series, Hungry Joker (????? ?????, Hangur? J?k?), was launched in the magazine on November 12, 2012, where it ran for 24 chapters before being cancelled in 2013.
On February 9, 2015, Viz Media announced that they would publish the first three chapters of the series in their Weekly Shonen Jump digital magazine as part of their "Jump Start" program. On March 30, 2015, they announced that the series would join their weekly lineup, beginning with chapter 4 on April 6, and publishing at an accelerated rate until the chapters were current with Japan. Plans to release the series in print were announced in during their panel at New York Comic Con on October 9, 2015.
On February 2, 2018, a gag manga spinoff illustrated by Setta Kobayashi titled Asta's Journey to Wizard King (Asta-kun Mah?tei e no Michi) will launch in Shueisha's Saiky? Jump.
Anime
An original video animation produced by Xebec that is based on the series was shown at the 2016 Jump Festa between November 27 and December 18, 2016. It was bundled with the 11th volume of the manga, which was released on May 2, 2017.
At the Black Clover Jump Festa event on December 18, 2016, an anime television series adaptation by Pierrot was announced. It is directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara, with Kazuyuki Fudeyasu writing scripts, Itsuko Takeda doing character designs, and Minako Seki composing the music. The anime premiered on October 3, 2017. The series was initially listed as running for 13 episodes, but was later expanded to 51 episodes.
Crunchyroll is streaming the series as it airs in Japan while Funimation has licensed the series and is streaming an English simuldub on October 29, 2017. Adult Swim's Toonami block premiered the English dub on December 2, 2017.
Video game
At Jump Festa 2017, a video game, called Black Clover: Quartet Knights, was announced for a 2018 release on PlayStation 4, PC, and Xbox One.
Reception
Volume 1 reached 23rd place on the weekly Oricon manga charts, with 38,128 copies sold; volume 2 reached 17th place, with 61,918 copies; volume 3 also reached 17th place, with 80,462 copies; volume 4 reached 13th place, with 93,866 copies; volume 5 reached 15th place, with 108,503 copies; and volume 6 reached 11th place, with 118,783 copies. As of February 2018, the manga has 5.5 million copies in print.
Reviewing the series for ComicsAlliance, Tom Speelman described the premise as "what if Harry Potter was a knight and also kinda dumb?" He recommended it for fans of Naruto and Fairy Tail, noting its similarities to the former series as well as to Bleach. He praised the author's ability to invigorate stock characters.
Henry Ma of Ka Leo O Hawaii praised the series' humor and art, noting that the latter was "very nice" and was similar to Fairy Tail. A board of comic book writers at San Diego Comic-Con listed the manga as one of the worst from 2016.
References
External links
- Black Clover at Weekly Sh?nen Jump (in Japanese)
- Anime official site (in Japanese)
- Official Adult Swim website
- Black Clover at Viz.com
- Black Clover (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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