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Black Clover, Vol. 8 by Yûki Tabata

chelsssemma's review against another edition

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adventurous funny 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

rereader33's review

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5.0

Holy fuck, holy fuck, HOLY FLYING FUCKER FUCK, this volume was incredible!

Tabata once again shows his mastery of character development, chaotic yet enjoyable fight scenes, and phenomenal characters. We finally get backstory on Vanessa and Finral, as well as more backstory concerning Magna's and Luck's friendship, and all of it was great! Tabata is so good at showing character motivations, conflicts, and personalities in a concise yet heartfelt way. He doesn't rely on pages and pages of unnecessary character drama and monolouging, instead picking and choosing what he shows and letting those scenes and emotions speak for themselves. He's easily one of my favorite writers for this reason alone and I wish more writers would take cues from him.

But enough of that, let's talk about the badassery that was this volume! Holy shit, Charmy is one of my favorite characters in this series and her fight was equal parts hilarious and badass. Also, side note, it took me so long to realize that she's literally a wolf in sheep's clothing. You know, because she uses cotton magic that specifically manifests as a sheep, and she's really strong despite her childish and harmless appearance, and she gets scary violent when she feels her food will be taken from her. Just saying...

Learning about Grey's true identity was interesting and I'm curious to see where Tabata will go with this character. I love her design, she's so damn cute!

Vanessa and Noelle put in some work this volume and HOLY SHIT, Noelle just keeps getting better and better! When she took out that guy's arm I was like, "what the fucking what?! Where the fuck did that come from?!" Not that I'm complaining, but it was just so unexpected and incredible and I loved it! Also, Vanessa's magic is super interesting and really works for her character. Threads can be seen as weak and flimsy, just as Vanessa can be viewed as, but they're also unassuming and strong, capable of varying uses and flexible. I'm so glad I finally got to see her in action and she did not disappoint!

Finral's backstory explained a lot of his behavior and shows how the same magic can have different applications and all applications are worthy of praise. But more importantly, it was SO FUCKING DOPE seeing Finral, Vanessa, and Asta team up. I wasn't sure how their individual magic skills would work in this fight, but holy shit it was so cool!

Enough rambling, though. Suffice to say, this was an amazing volume that was a blast to read from start to finish. Loving this series the more I read!

samrushingbooks's review

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5.0

Oooh...this was a very interesting volume. I love that Master Yami always supports and pushes everyone in the Black Bulls. I've come to enjoy it whenever he says "Surpass Your Limits. Right here. Right now." It makes me kind of want an art print that says that for when I need the motivation. And we definitely see Noelle do that in this volume, which was awesome. See, I really want to keep reading the volumes of this I have, but I also have a lovely TBR pile that I want to read as well. So I guess I'm going to have to set aside my obsession with Black Clover for just a little bit, and read some other stuff.

saaraa96's review against another edition

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3.0

جنگشون خوب بود ولی زود تموم میشه.

peggy_brm's review against another edition

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5.0

Oh my god!!!!!
This one was too good to handle by my nerves, I abandoned all my work to just finish this one and no regrets!
This one was the best chapter so far!!!

lizzylovebooks's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny hopeful tense slow-paced
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

blusolmp3's review

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adventurous inspiring lighthearted tense medium-paced

andreavisbal240's review

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adventurous challenging emotional funny medium-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

5.0

lknano's review

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adventurous emotional medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

eahk1996's review

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adventurous 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