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Black Clover, Vol. 3 by Yûki Tabata

itslorei's review

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5.0

The fighting scenes in the dungeon really made me nervous. It may not be exciting as the previous volume but it was good.

Mars, Nozel and Feugoleon. HOT. Just love how Klaus loathed Yuno and Asta in the last volumes and how he came to acknowledge their efforts and them as human being in this volume is just so lovely. He already had my heart there.


We already got to see the captains in this volume and things about to go down in the next volume and I’m pretty sure it will be amazing and exciting as this one.

Really recommend this manga ❣️

rereader33's review

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5.0

Okay, this is going to be random, but there's one specific part of this volume that caught my eye.

During the fight between the Black Bulls, Golden Dawn, and Mars, Mimosa mentions that the royals scoff at working hard. She says that they think it's beneath them and only peasants do that. And I don't know what it is, but out of everything this volume threw at me, that's the thing that stuck out. I think the reason is because this puts the royals on a whole different level of douchebaggery, but also because it's such stupid elitist bullshit that my mind went into overdrive trying to make sense of it. Not that I dislike this thinking, mind you, but just how fucking dumb it and yet makes perfect sense with their characters.

Speaking of the royals, as of right now most of them are pretty much the same characters with slightly different speech patterns and wholly different magic. While I don't have anything against Tabata's method of using Shounen Jump cliches at every corner, the royals are easily the most disappointing group of cliches so far. As far as I can tell, the only purpose they serve is to be an obstacle for our heroes to overcome and prove them wrong. Quite frankly, I'm kind of okay with this because at least the Wizard King, Klaus, and Mimosa are nice and balance out the assholes, but still they're easily the worst part of this series so far.

Speaking of the Wizard King, I fucking love him. I love how personable he is while still maintaining this air of importance and aloofness. His interactions with Asta and Yuno are fucking adorable, I want to see more of him, please!

On a completely unrelated note, I feel like Asta's and Yuno's rivalry is similar to Hinata's and Kageyama's from Haikyu and I am so there for it! I love me a healthy yet competitive rivalry!

Finally, I'm having a blast seeing all of the creative ways magic can be used. I'm also absolutely appalled at how horribly magic can be used to harm others. The discussion on class and magic usage is also pretty neat, I'm assuming this new villain will be opening up a discussion on how classism can severely derail a person mentally. I kinda hope he offs some of those royals. Wouldn't be too sad if he did.

That's all I've got for now. This was a great volume, I'm having a blast reading this series!

samrushingbooks's review

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5.0

*Read as part of Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon

saaraa96's review against another edition

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3.0

چقدر طراحیاش یاد برسرک میندازه
برسرک خیلی ملایم و روشن.

ویزارد کینگ هم اومد جلو حرف زد.

asparkofc's review against another edition

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3.0

I see we’re screaming characters names now,, love that.

There’s a lot, A Lot, of new characters introduced here and I cannot keep up.

zehramirza's review

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adventurous funny hopeful reflective medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

kenzievd619's review

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adventurous dark lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

heyjudy's review

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3.0

~3/5

Still in the midst of the battle scene, we get some history on Mars, and the connection between Mimosa and Noelle. While it is better in this volume than the previous, and it does work well, I can't help but feel that this is rushing a bit. We're getting a lot in a short time; some of it isn't as well written or paced as it could be—not to say that it's all badly done, though, and it is easy to read.

Aside from that fight, we see that Asta has made a girl fall in love with him, and then they get to meet the wizard king. Lastly, the volume ends on a new fight ensuing, this one from a wizard wreaking havoc on a city.

Mostly, though, I really want to see more of that tiny little fairy that Yuno summoned somehow with that book. I want to explore that some more, and I do hope we get to see what Yuno is doing on his own when he's away from Asta.

This is a straight-up shonen series, lots of fighting and competing and magic. I'm rather enjoying it so far, though. It's easy to like.


A review copy was provided by the publisher, VIZ Media, for an honest review. Thank you so, so much!

[Read more at my blog, Geeky Reading!]

pmorris319's review against another edition

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5.0

time for vol 4!!

runint0thenight's review against another edition

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adventurous funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted relaxing fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5