Black Clover: Mahou Tei no Ken

Finally, it's here! After a long wait of two years, it will continue where it left off.

Black Clover is one of the anime series that, at first, you will think, "It is a very long-running anime. I'm outta here." But by any chance or mistake, if you start to watch it, you will get hooked on it, and you will not know when you have completed it. After completing it, you will say, "Nah, I was wrong. It ain't a long-running anime." Then this movie will feel like "a walk in the park."

I'm so happy that I got to watch it, and my wait was ... not in vain. Before we proceed more, Asta, "What's with those muscles you got there? What were you doing these past two years? But your voice is still annoying. Don't worry; I can bear it. If I bore it through the whole series, then how can I not?"

Story continues where we left off last time. This time, we have a guy with cliché ambitions. A guy who wants to make this cruel world into a peaceful world. Where everyone can live together, laugh together as equals, and whatever else. I'm not surprised, but it's fun to watch. The rest of the story will continue after this movie, maybe in a series.

This time, the thing I like is animation. The animation in the series was somewhat lacking—or perhaps even worse. The animation did not hold up properly in fast-paced sequences. So, sometimes it was not fun to watch the series. But "let bygones be bygones." The thing that matters is what we have now. This time, the studio sure spent a lot of fortune to make it that way. The fight between the wizards was insane. Animation was holding itself. So, the best fights this time were not ruined.

Overall, I recommend it. Even though you have seen this story and plot in many anime series, the thing that matters is how much better one can make it. Watch it and enjoy it. You sure will have some fun moments. Movie is waiting for you.

Thank you, and it's a pleasure that you read it.

I don't write reviews but I felt compelled this time. As a fan of the anime and manga , I feel underwhelmed. The animation was a significant improvement from the anime and......that's it! The music and sound are nothing to write home about. The movie starts with a battle and ends with one. The battles are the movie's plot and the movie's plot is its battles. Even a parody anime like One Punch Man has a deeper and more complicated plot. All 4 of the villains have the same motivation, goals and pretty much the same backstory. There is no depth to them. Coming ... to the fights, they were all over the place with characters shooting huge spells left and right ,more like a brawl than actually thrilling fights which I love the anime for. Not a single memorable moment among all the flashy battles which I would want to replay. Nothing was at stake and as usual nobody died. In the end if you just simply want to turn your brain off and enjoy some cool fireworks then go ahead but don't expect much storytelling.

The villains in this movie all have a point. They were all victims of the ruling class (royalty, nobility) who killed innocent people close to them, like family, friends, and partners. They all tried to change, reform, and revolutionize the kingdom to eliminate class differences, prejudices, poverty, and discrimination, and they all fell victim to betrayal, punishment, imprisonment, and condemnation.

Just like in the series, the heroes need motivation to fight against these villains and maintain the power structures. This is where Black Clover fails miserably. All the antagonists are portrayed as uncontrolled monsters who want to destroy everything, as terrorists, without any judgment of what ... is right or wrong, but only an absolute desire for revenge at any cost.

It's a reactionary fantasy in which all the evil caused by the ruling class is normalized and considered natural because it follows the law of the strongest, while any reaction, revolution, or rebellion is seen as a violent crime that must be immediately contained and judged.

It's pure fascism.