After watching the score and reading the corresponding reviews, I can conclude that Black Cover is one of the most, if not the most, underrated animes in MyAnimeList that I have seen.
I agree with some arguments that people claim regarding the poor/boring start of the anime. Well, from my point of view it is partially true; it did not have a start that keeps you on the screen. However, while the anime was developing, I noticed a significant enhancement week after week, reaching currently an amazing level, becoming one of my favourite animes. Taking this into account, I will go ahead reviewing its aspects with no spoilers:
Story: 9/10
'Black Cover is a copy of Bleach-Naruto-Fairy Tail...'. Come on! Perhaps it contains some aspects similar to other animes, but its story is quite original and personally I am really enjoying it. In my opinion, Black Cover is developing its story very firmly, giving us surprise after surprise with everything fitting perfectly.
Art: 8/10
Black Cover combines amazingly well designed chapters with others poorly animated. Taking into account it is a weekly anime, I am not going to be rigorous about this, but it is true that you can both enjoy sometimes the animation and sometimes dislike it.
Sound: 8/10
I would like to stand out two parts:
- openings/endings are just unbelievable! Haven't seen a long anime that keeps producing such good openings one after another.
-Original soundtrack: very repetitive and lacking both epic and emotional tracks. From my point of view, the weakest point in Black Cover
Character: 10/10
In my opinion, the strongest point of Black Cover. The development of the characters is perfect, especially the Black Bulls members. The creator is handling this very carefully. I would like to point out Asta's great development during first 100 episodes, something I missed in other shonen animes.
Enjoyment: 9/10
Except for the first chapters, week after week I am enjoying this anime a lot. Nowadays it is the anime I am enjoying the most, and little by little is becoming one of my favourites.
Overall: 9/10
Fantastic anime, I fully recommend watching it. It has already left several emotional and epic moments, and still the anime has a lot of potential in order to become a robust and well-known shonen anime. As I said before, one of the most underrated animes by far.