Best part was that after that chapter, everyone on tiktok was to stubborn to admit they were wrong

One thing some people don't point out too much is that even though Tabata kinda fumbled Morris towards the end of the Spade Arc, he had Lucius bring him back which showed he still had plans for him and ever since he came back, Morris has been great. Really shows why Lucius is the GOAT and I can't wait to see what else he does going forward.

What I like about this a lot is that Julius' first battle in the story made him appear like a villain, too. The members of the Midnight Sun returned to their base with a kidnapped Asta and Julius appeared out of nowhere, which made a lot of people (including me) think he was in on it with them and betraying the Clover Kingdom, even if just for a moment.

I don't think many people realize that Tabata has been slow cooking this narrative since the first chapter. Personally, I think he's underrated in his storytelling ability.

I would really like to find out that the reason the clock tower was stopped because Astaroth kept rewinding the battle and in truth Lucifero had won the battle like thousands of times already.

"Eveything but the rain" had the same effect for bleach, suddenly everything made sense and many questions of not all involving ichigo and other characters were answered, still my favorite chapter in manga of all time

One thing I wish you had brought up was how there was just enough plausibility that Julius wasn't affiliated with the time devil due to the existence of Spatial Magic users. But that the give away was that Julius was the only Time Mage recorded. That was fantastic writing on Tabata's part and I don't think it's brought up enough. Great video.

I love the Spade Saga. Every arc has flaws so this one does. My only real issue is Morris. Thats it. And the fights oh my god the fights. Asta vs the twins Noelle vs Vanica Dant vs freaking MAGNA. The fights were peak shonen

My fav chapter is actually 332 bc it was the return of the king, metaphorically and literally, Julius "comes back" only to reveal that he is actually Lucius and bro disrespected Asta so badly, not only does he merc him he turns the love of his life, sister Lily, and has HER finish him off in an even more disrespectful way, like she didn't even let him finish his heroic line, she just teleported him in a snap 😢😢 and to top it all off she did it with Asta's harem helplessly watching 😭😭😭 truly goated chapter imo

When I first watched Black Clover, I had a feeling something was off about Julius. I couldn't describe what, but he just gave off villain vibes. He has a magic attribute that I associate with what powers a villain would have. Reading chapter 331 made it make more sense, even though as the series went on, my suspicions went away about Julius til 331.

Well, if Lucifero had won thousands of times already simply using his gravity presence and brute force alone at another timelines but that's changed and make it never happened because Astaroth's time manipulation, I think it's pretty understandable for Lucifero to not use any spell. "Of course I'd win this easily (I already did thousands of times already), why would use any spell if I can win by simply punching them" or something along those lines. I'd be confused as hell too if something like that happens. In the end, Lucius know Lucifero is cocky af and that ultimately bring him to his demise. Being the ultimate strong makes him not using his "battle IQ" fully. With changing to Jump Giga, Tabata sensei have more prep time and I faithfully believe that he will deliver peak.

“The greatest plot twist in shonen history” is a ludicrous overstatement

From a narrative standpoint it was a genius move by Tabata to introduce us to Lucius Zogratis. Instead of introducing a completely new character to be the final antagonist he used a already established character Julius and opened a new facette on him. That way he avoided a Kaguya Otsotuki situation. It's the other way around. Aizen is for years regarded as one of the best Shonen villains. I wouldn't compare them by any means. Nobody has ever heard of Lucius Zogratis. It's Julius design with inverted colors. Maybe an anime adaptation can deliver a menacing and unique demeanor to Lucius one day.

That chapter was a saving grace ngl. I was wondering how they gonna advance the story and final boss and did not disappoint. Hopefully the chapter in a few weeks saves this 4 month hiatus

Geez Broku, I missed your Black Clover videos so much, Im crying 😭

When this gets animated its going to be everywhere

Ever since the purple orca captain betrayed the capital i started speculating against Julius. Because Willium being "licht" patri was so obvious to me. When i want back and saw purple orca, willium, and Julius all with a black background in op2 it just gave me such an odd feeling. Then the chapter dropped showing the tree of qlithoth needing Yami and Willium, and around that SAME TIME my best friend pointed out how Zenon and Julius lowkey look similar. Everything clicked for me then and there. Told best bro, he was on board with the theory. Over time we just started connecting more and more dots i even posted on twitter my theory about a year before the reveal. The night chapter 331 dropped i couldnt be happier cause all my other friends were calling us mad men "Julius could never be evil" they said😂

For the 3 "L's" that appeared, all of them are explained logically. 1. Gaja not dying made sense for multiple reasons. 1st. Rill's Twilight Valhalla spell was still being kept active and literally prevents death. Gaja "died" while the spell was still being effective, but since he couldn't die until the effects we're over, he was still able to hold to "life". 2nd. Mimosa came after the fight, and Rill was not unconscious. Sure, he may have been weakened and running low on Magic, but was still trying to make sure he didn't pass out. Then comes Mimosa to heal Gaja (which was always foreshadowed but dumbasses don't know what "paying attention" if you explained to them what 2+2 is), and since Gaja was still "alive", he could be saved. 2. Morris not being a "true villian" wqs just some hype build up by a small portion of the fanbase. Him being "fumbled" was the equivalent of expexting an Elite Rank villan being top dog, when their Generals and Bosses are much, much more stronger and more of the bigger threats. So I have no fucks about him being defeated. Though him beating Dorothy off screen was a major fumble. 3. Lucifero repeated stated that Devils are the superior beings, and have no need to use Grimoires. So him not using one made sense. Megicula barely used her Grimoire and Zagred only used his because he just felt like it. Lucifero, being the prideful Devil that he is, wouldn't stoop the level of "humans". Most of these stem from people not paying attention or not being happy with the stuff THEY wantedto see. Not every story, no matter how similar it is to 100 other stories, are ever going to be the same.

Genius video. Good job. I can’t wait for the new chapter to come! Black Clover greatness is FOREVER!!!

Here's my defense All those characters you mentioned using spells Without grimoires Those characters had them Before And had reasons on Why they couldn't use them And you didn't mention The same devil they were fighting that couldn't use complex Spells before they're Grimoire

Man, I got chills when u started doing the rundown of CH 331. It truly was a phenomenal chapter

I miss Black Clover so much man..

I never got the issue with Morris. He was a scientist. Even with broken powers, he went up against broken characters with combat experience. Could he have put up a slightly longer fight yes, but I had no issue with him. His only feats prior to his Spade reintroduction was he did Mars, Fana and Ladros's various enhancement surgeries and ruling Diamond from the shadows(with the Diamond king being an older and sick figure).

Awesome video man

God I love your videos im bout to go reread Black Clover keep up the great work man

I loved chapter 331. I think it is on of the best chapters coming from a shonen jump series and I always found Tabata to be really underrated regarding his foreshadowing. Also the plotpoints about Yuno having two souls in his body was so well foreshadowed that it's almost criminally overlooked in the shonen community. Black Clover deserves so much more praise outside of its bubble. I hope the return of the anime will change that.

Great video. I pretty much agree with everything said. Hopefully if BC ever gets animated again Tabata will use this time to at least expand more on what happened in this arc and give more lore about the underworld.

That one chapter exposed the real me.

Hell yeah dude this chapter revived the excitement i had for the series, great video. Also i think part of the Mimosa problem is not only the lack of at least a single death (it could have been Rill tbh even if he hadn´t gotten to make his masterpiece as it would have made it more tragic overall) but it was the wording used by Noelle when she says something like "with magic we can do anything" or something like that wich pretty much kills any anticipation regarding the fate of those 3 characters

I still remember that chapter like it was yesterday. The people going crazy about that Plot twist. And even if it doesnt single handedly make BC a 10 outta 10 it does make The Spade Raid Arc the Best arc hands down. Also i remember seeing ur Theory and many people shitting on it and while i get why they wouldn't want it to be true back then i wanted it to be true because as much as i Loved Julius BC needed a Big Bad. The magnum opus when it comes to antagonists in BC and if anyone that kinda potential it was Julius (or Lucius ig).

I'm not watching this video cause spoilers but the beginning part makes me very happy. I remember all the hate near the end of the spade arc a while back. Now that I actually watched the anime, all that hate made me worried. Have more hope now

Hey you pretty much hit the nail on the many issues of the Spade Arc but also Black Clover as a whole. The world building in Black Clover feels almost completely empty or non-existent especially they haven't given a one full arc or exploration on the Diamond Kingdom or the characters in it. They don't even explore the devils or their origins or just how they even came to be or the magic in the BC world. They don't explore the side or supporting characters deeply themselves or go in-depth in their personality or mindset. I think Black Clover doesn't try to go too deep in its world or its lore, mostly because of Black Clover manga's fast pacing and go through everything in the story a mile a minute which becomes a detriment to the series narrative wise.

I still think full power Lucifero is the strongest and Astaroth was scared that he’d reach full power so he had the wizards take care of him

Any black clover content makes me happy at this point. Can’t wait until the manga picks back up full send man 😭

This is a great video broku

It was a chapter for the ages. I dont think ill ever forget tht moment. Im at work and cant believe wt im seeing in the leaks.

I can just imagine I constant clock ticking for the entire episode and multiple clock tower/time imagery throughout without any other sound except voices and there would be no opening and ending

Saved this video in Watch Later weeks ago and finally actually read BC, and holy am I glad I did

I just hope have good animation for those crazy fight and add more things in anime just like jjk

Hey Broku! I have been wondering about this for while but do you think it's possible for a character in Black Clover to be born with just Curse Magic are their Primary Magic like Noelle born with Water Magic?

I get he was the scapegoat for the real threat but still wish there was something more to Lucifero. After megicula’s acknowledgment of humans and Lucifero admitting they were dangerous, I really expected a more dignified end for the king of devils. It didn’t have to be something deep but would’ve been cool to see at least one supreme devil think differently of humans

The twist in Black Clover is a better twist than Aizen in Bleach because we never got to know the guy as opposed to how much Wizard King time we got in Black Clover.

Also speaking of Lucius grimoire being a Four Leaf Spade version I wonder what Four Leaf version of a Heart and Diamond grimoire symbol look like Would it be like similar to the Spade by having two Kingdom's Symbol together but unlike the Spade which is on top of each other maybe the other Kingdom symbols would face the same direction the kingdom are located on the map Tabata once drew of the Four Kindoms?

Is there any plans of the anime even continuing because I've lost hope that it will.

I was in school when this chapter came out me and my friends were shocked

I said it then and I'll say it now: let Tabata cook

I've been re-reading the manga over the past week. I'm on volume 7 right now and I can see that Tabata really was cooking a plot twist. Huh. Weird I never noticed.

I only read the chapters, nothing more and i never heard of the clocktower theory, really cool!

1000000 % and it’s definitely icing up to the hype they should do another tourney arc

I hope we don't have to wait to long for the black clover anime series to return

Magna vs Dante was a 1v1 bare knuckle brawl that was actually one of the most hype chapters

I personally don't blame Tabata for this, I blame his editor for this mess. Chapter 330 and 331 should have released together as a double chapter. The blowback from chapter 330 should be levied not on Tabata but on his editor.

I will never forget the day I read the chapter for this first time, talking to everyone about it was a fever dream

i like to think the version of events we got is a splicing of timelines, say all other timelines have mimosa somehow die or fail or not make it therefor her healing isn't used. like editing a video and splicing footage lucius simply just cut together the best bits

black cover heavily slept on for sure.

the anime stopped uploading episodes in march 2022 so im not sure a lot of this is gonna get adapted for a while

Nah as someone who has been sleeping on starting Black Clover, this is like JJK 212 for me Im finna catch up in a week

First of all, I really like Black Clover and I would never consider it Disney Clover or whatever, and I admit that the new saga is really good and waaay better than the Spade Saga. Moreover, the reveal that Lucius was the bad guy all along was cool, even tho a bit predictable, but I don't think it excuses ALL the errors of the Spade Saga; just saying "it was all Lucius plan all along" is still not good writing honestly, and many plot points of the Spade Kingdom Saga were just bad. I'm happy tho that Black Clover is back on the right track right now

Can you do a video dedicated to the dark triad themselves ? They are so interesting

Tabata, a really good Kubo disciple.

Even if lucifero was a fumble I believe that moris can be saved, I believe in his comeback 💪

>Just woke up >Broku uploads

I like Black Clover as a series and I am actually happy that u mention that "we have our very own aizen" but the only problem that I have with that is that I hope he is not defeated so easlly or out of pocket random magic like the fight with Lucifer and Asta he was extremely ingered to the point were I was worried that Asta was not going to come out alive because of those engerys but I also feel like Lucifers entrence was wasted he was strong don't get me wrong but I feel like he had more potential to give out I am disappointed at the fact that only half of his power was manifested and I feel like the auhtor had more potential for Lucifer but know that we have a villan like Aizan present in Black clover we have to see were the series goes from here and what are his plans for Lucia's I hope it does not end to quick cause black clover has introduced villans and all but we need a villan in the series that is like Azian I know I am comparing two different animes but I feel like we do need a better villan but how things are looking is find in my opinion we would just have to see were the aughtor takes his series from here. (:

In my opinion Black Clover needs the TYBW treatment, it needs better production quality, better animation and for part of the spade kingdom to be redone in the anime.

this is caled fairy tail syndrome, no one fu***ing dies

Honestly never had any issues with spade

Just wait till it’s revealed that he’s been rewinding time over and over just to get the outcome he wanted during the devil arc

Lucifero could be done like: "You humans are too insignificant for the supreme's unsurmountable power, I a mid rank devil earned the honour of a portion of his heart and hence a small fraction of his power, yet you seem like maggots, I won't even need more than 50 percent" That way, both lucifero could be saved, and with little tweaks It'd also make lucious a far more terrifying and powerful villain

do you think the black clover anime will come back once the manga ends?

I hope that they overlay a ticking clock like you did during the video during the big reveal.

I would argue that Licht and Patri were major exceptions to the no spells without a grimoire thing due to them having already had grimoires and possibly just casting those spells off memory.

i was once called a clown, a disney clover meatrider. but i never lost hope 🗣

The land of sun arc where asta is getting powered up is such an asspull tho

I legit remember reading 331 when it first came out thinking that Tabata had this chapter to save Black Clover and him pulling that in the 11th hour.

when will be the manga started and available for us

Wondering when the new chapter will come out

Got me pushing up on my chair and shii 😂😂😂

Its funny because from the very beginning I thought he had a very villain esque character design

It's good plot twist but watch Yuki tabata fuck it up. Literally none of the villians in black clover were good at all they were all disapointing. Black Clover has the potential to be a top tier shonen but it lacks heavily in the villian department. Calling Lucius the next Aizen is tall praise for some who we haven't do much yet.

read the whole thing and watched loved everything

Hey, broku is there a possibility you could talk about the social status of the black Clover show about different populations of each group, marriages and the conquests if a foreigner marries a novel or a noble marries a peasant and other stuff about genetic inheritance and other stuff in a that video

I think Gaja's death would have been a great character development for loropechika. But sadly it didn't happen.

I WAS THERE WHEN IT HAPPENED!

Great reveal at the time . I just want them to show lucias talking to asta and have a bunch of panels in the background of the timelines where those characters did actually die but he rewound time

Narutians sounds like an evil alien race from a old mecha anime

Oooh so that's why you needed the Mimosa panel for

331 leak night was wild

Bro even after this plot twist the lack of high stakes in the final battel(the battel against the counter part of julius novachrono) really messed up the story again. By high stakes i mean the lack of death because when the magic knights were on the verg of death the story always introduced a ass pull that defied the plot its self eg. the asta demon sharing power up .

I swear if we get an entire chapter monologue of Lucius recapping his master plan while beating the hell outta the MC's Ima lose it. Ima need to touch grass gotta get back to reality it'd be too much peak.

I remember 2020 when I was watching black clover anime ending song 10 and seeing zenon and asked my friend who read the manga showed me zenon face panel and I was like “dude Julius is alive and joined with spades bad guys ?” He was laughing

Damn, i remember reading that chapter when it just released. Shit was super hype and mindblowing because it comes full circle, at that time I legit thought "Daaaang Tabata, you legit pulled out an Oda twist" lmao. Twitter was on fire that day and every KZfaq video about Julius' fight from years back got commented again by manga readers.

I think we found aizens long lost brother also kinda reminds me of the insane d gray man plot twists

when i first read/watched black clover, julius always came off as weird in how he acted, in an almost sociopathic way, a good example is when he killed the mages to save asta, he was like "ooops they died, oh well, im gonna let one live and you get too choose who", like i know they were his enemies but it was almost like he was having fun toying with their lives. also, on a side note, i usually saw his seiyuu, morikawa toshiyuki, typecasted inyo characters who play the good guy farce only to stab you in the back, such as ashiya douman (fate series), shagia frost (gundam x), naraku (inuyasha), etc, wich also made me even more suspicious of him lol.

Ive always thought that julius being able to freely use transform magic was a omen to me that something is wrong with him even though just being a time magic user. Although it could have been a magic tool

I hope The anime does Do some changes and additions And a prolog before the time skip or in the Time skip Sidenote yuno Was is Done much better in the anime In a lot of people will actually like the reveal of his Star magic better

😭used to be a anime watcher but love ur videos my older brother put me on manga ts had me so hyped finished the manga from the last episode in like 3 days

This guy is giving black clover justice!

Tabata cooked with Lucius’s reveal, I audibly gasped so hard I was genuinely flabbergasted.

Personally for me, BC is my favorite series of all time, but I do have issues with it, which makes it that much greater

When does the manga come back?