Black Clover Discussion Thread Page 2

[DragonEmperor23]

That also applies to Naruto

Not really. From the beginning, he stole a Forbidden Jutsu from the Scroll which he could only spam because of all the chakra he had from birth.

 

[Epsilon_R]

The cover of BC has been leaked.

Spoilers

 

[AstralKing7]

Mann that better be pre time skip ƒÆÇÔÇ╝´©Å

 

[Milly_Rocking_Bandit]

Looks like post.

 

[Davidsteel1]

Y does Asta look like he has a baby's head on a really short body builders body?

 

[Epsilon_R]

@Davidsteel

 

[Epsilon_R]

What I have found while I was searching this picture:

 

[SpookyShadow]

Chadsta vs Virginsuke

 

[Davidsteel1]

As horrifying as that is, he's still somewhat lean. In the spoilers his neck is effing thick, what godforsaken training has he been doing

 

[Epsilon_R]

wait until Deku gets All Might's body after the time skip

 

[DMUA]

Yeah Asta is insane

We all talk about the Saitama workout or how to get a build like Broly but no one considers being the 15 year old kid who looks like he could suplex your entire existence

 

[Davidsteel1]

wait until Deku gets All Might's body after the time skip

That's legit horrifying

 

[DMUA]

Imagine just seeing this like 2.2 meter giant walking into the room, you look at his face and it's just smol Deku in his little all might hood

"Watashi ga Kita, motherforker"

 

[Ionliosite]

I didn't know I needed All Might with Deku's head in my life untill now...

 

[PTSOXMONKEY99]

Buff Asta frowns upon your lack of gains

 

[Epsilon_R]

Btw, I will make profiles for several BC characters

 

[DMUA]

Naruto: Scrawny crossfit loser for the entire series and well into his adulthood, uses artificial tailed beast and sage gains to boost himself beyond what his effort should allow him to become, is a weeb symbol of hard work

Asta: Started off with less value than a peasant because he was born fundamentally crippled, so he started pumping iron to the point that he's the second physically strongest character in his entire series behind forking Yami, all without any magical means whatsoever, just sheer grit and determination that won't be stopped by anything, is called a naruto ripoff

 

[PTSOXMONKEY99]

Don't forget that Naruto is literally a reincarnation of ninja Jesus

 

[DMUA]

that's apart of sage gains

 

[Davidsteel1]

Admittedly yeah, I dig naruto a lot but it sort of lost some of its lustre when he went from this scrappy kid with a massive curse to literal ninja Jesus, whose father was apparently the literal best and was "the child of legend or something"

 

[DMUA]

Also he has like, no swole whatsoever

 

[PTSOXMONKEY99]

At least he didn't end up going the Bleach route where Ichigo ended up being like, part Hollow, part Soul Reaper, and so on and so on until he was literally made up of every major species in the Bleach world

 

[Ionliosite]

I still like Naruto over Black Clover, but BC is totally on my Top 3 Best Nekketsu series.

 

[DMUA]

inb4 Luffy finds out his family has gotten around so much that he's part every species in the entire world and with a bit of transformation he can use basically any physical attribute out there

 

[Davidsteel1]

@DMUA meh. I've never been a big fan of being big, I mean I'm naturally broad and ever since I started working out I've only grown broader but I'm only average height, so I appear shorter than I really am. I've had little kids look at me and go "you're really short" it sucks lol. So honestly I'm more a fan of Naruto's build.

@PTSOMONKEY That was somehow more annoying, kid basically won the genetic lottery but hardly anything ever really came from it

 

[DMUA]

Foolishness, I'm like 1.9 meters and still growing

Of course I haven't really been able to gain muscle but if I was to eat properly I would totally be able to outflex the shonen crossfit losers

 

[PTSOXMONKEY99]

@Ionliosite

Personally, I hold BC in the top 3 ongoing Jump series going on rn along with Chainsawman and Jujutsu Kaisen


@Davidsteel1

Yeah it was really weird. And kinda convulated. Wasn't it like the guy who he thought was his Bankai was his Hollow and the guy who he thought was his Hollow was his Bankai? Or was it his Quincy side? I can't remember anymore.

 

[DMUA]

The dude he thought was his bankai was actually Yhwach then turned into just quincy zangetsu later down the line, I believe, and his hollow side is also his bankai because both sides are fundamentally him

I haven't read the bloodwar so I don't know how exactly they explain Yhwach pretending to be his Zanpaktou for awhile but hey Bleach

 

[Ionliosite]

@Ionliosite

Personally, I hold BC in the top 3 ongoing Jump series going on rn along with Chainsawman and Jujutsu Kaisen

Never read either, but I've heard good things about Chainsawman. Don't know if either of them counts as nekketsu tho.

 

[Epsilon_R]

I laughed when they revealed that Naruto is the reincarnation of Ashura after what he said when fighting Neji

 

[Davidsteel1]

@DMUA & PTSOMONKEY I don't like thinking about the source and exact logic behind Ichigo's powers because all it does is give me a headache

 

[PTSOXMONKEY99]

@Ionliosite

Tbh both have elements of a nekketsu but they take them in a different direction than BC. They're both great reads, with Kaisen having that old school YYH + Bleach vibe and Chainsaw being a really wacky and dark shonen altogether


@Davidsteel1

Now you know how I felt towards the end of Bleach

 

[DMUA]

isn't Chainsawman more into the Senien end of things

 

[PTSOXMONKEY99]

Honestly idk. It's published in WSJ, so I just kinda assumed it was shonen.


Tho, given the content in Chainsaw, no surprise people consider it seinen. Hell, most people are still surprised Jump gave it the ok 40+ chapters in.

 

[Ionliosite]

@Ionliosite

Tbh both have elements of a nekketsu but they take them in a different direction than BC. They're both great reads, with Kaisen having that old school YYH + Bleach vibe and Chainsaw being a really wacky and dark shonen altogether

What do you mean by "in a different direction"?

I may actually read Kaisen given what I'm seeing.

 

[Davidsteel1]

Read a bit of chainsaw man, not for me unfortunately. Haven't read Jujutsu though, but I've heard good things.

Greatest mistake was reading fire punch; that just made me all kinds of uncomfortable

 

[Ionliosite]

isn't Chainsawman more into the Senien end of things

Shingeki no Kyojin also is into the Seinen end and it's Shounen anyway.

 

[DMUA]

well that's how it rolls I guess

 

[PTSOXMONKEY99]

@Ionliosite

Little pressed for time atm, but I was kinda referring to Chainsaw more than Kaisen. But basically, while Kaisen's plot is similar to what you'd find in Naruto or Bleach, the characters themselves (with a couple exceptions) really drive the story. Their dialogue, team dynamic, and overall personality make them bounce off each other well and overall a blast to read. Yuuji (the MC) seems like Naruto-clone at first, but he quickly takes a more mature and realistic approach to his bizarre set of circumstances. Plus the sensei character, Gotou, is the best troll. He's always a blast when on panel.

If there are a couple bad things I can say about Kaisen, is that its explanation of its power system/world building and pacing leave something to be desired. They never really slow down to explain either or have a cool-down chapter, which some might enjoy, but it can leave some aspects of the story confusing and half baked.

So far though, its been a solid 8/10 every chapter.


@Davidsteel1

I personally liked Fire Punch, but yeah it was a fever dream and a half.

 

[DragonEmperor23]

Kaisen is lit