Asta and Yuno were abandoned at the same church on the same day. Raised together as children, they came to know of the “Wizard King”—a title given to the strongest mage in the kingdom—and promised that they would compete against each other for the position of the next Wizard King. However, as they grew up, the stark difference between them became evident. While Yuno is able to wield magic with amazing power and control, Asta cannot use magic at all and desperately tries to awaken his powers by training physically. When they reach the age of 15, Yuno is bestowed a spectacular Grimoire with a four-leaf clover, while Asta receives nothing. However, soon after, Yuno is attacked by a person named Lebuty, whose main purpose is to obtain Yuno’s Grimoire. Asta tries to fight Lebuty, but he is outmatched. Though without hope and on the brink of defeat, he finds the strength to continue when he hears Yuno’s voice. Unleashing his inner emotions in a rage, Asta receives a five-leaf clover Grimoire, a “Black Clover” giving him enough power to defeat Lebuty. A few days later, the two friends head out into the world, both seeking the same goal—to become the Wizard King!
As you watch the show you begin to fall in sync with what’s happening and you find yourself rooting for our protagonist and becoming invested in the story this show has to tell. It’s amazing how much can be accomplished when you just take two boys with the same dream and throw them into an expansive, developed and fleshed out world, with different kingdoms and classes of operatives, alongside a third-party group that is working to change the world. Sounds very similar to Naruto but hey, who said that’s a bad thing.
Black Clover does an incredible job in storytelling. The world is excellently developed and fleshed out so far and the way in which society and the world works is explained thoroughly. I can’t go more in-depth without spoiling, unfortunately.
The characters are insane. Each individual character is given such detail and attention it feels like I’m re-reading Lord Of The Rings. Every side character you come to love, every villain you come to despise yet love at the same time, and the main leads are just as developed as everyone else, creating a sense that the show isn’t just about one or two people, but about the grander scheme of things, which only adds to the world building.
I didn’t expect to know Magna’s backstory, or to love Luck as much as I do. I didn’t think that the Wizard King would play such a large role or that Captain Yami would grow so much alongside the others. I didn’t expect to feel pain at the death of a character that we’d known for less than 15 minutes, yet I did, because he played such a role in other’s stories, that I felt the pain. Our lead Asta has a clear-cut goal, to never give up and become the wizard king. The show doesn’t let us forget that, or that Yuno is the same. Speaking of Yuno, the dynamics of the relationship between
Asta and Yuno are so magnificent that no matter where they are or how different they are, the other is still their rival and best friend/brother. Asta, as previously mentioned, feels like a huge combo of three of my favourite characters, Naruto, Deku, and Hinata (Haikyu not Naruto). The blend comes out perfectly, and a brand new character emerged. He is an interesting fellow, and one you will find yourself rooting for no matter what decisions he makes. Speaking of relationships between characters now, I believe it’s evident that just seeing a side character in another side character’s backstory made them thoroughly developed.
This shows the amount of characterization, character building and relationship development that went into the show. The writing was phenomenal and paid off in a way that you rarely see. In total the characters and their relationships are flawless for me.
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