This manga received 3 chapters of translations from Viz. Official translations. That's how people know about this manga.

The manga itself is awesome. Rating it based on not being able to find translations makes you the most worthless piece of shit on this entire website.

Edit: When I originally posted this review, there was some asshole who was the only other review, who gave the series a 1 out of 10, accusing all other ratings of being "bots", and saying that his rating was because there were no scanlations available online. What an asshole, right?

... Last updated on March 27th, 2015, 6:26am

To start this manga of course has a great amount of potential and i see a lot of great qualities already for another good long running series. With naruto gone i really want a new series to step up to the plate and fill that void i guess and this might deliver. But of course it has to first get past all the haters that never try to give a new series a chance which is annoying. iTs still pretty early but i hope this lives up to what i think it can.

On a side note:Before i even read this all i heard was "this is copying naruto" or its "trying to be naruto" or other stuff and i have to say thats some bull. Yes this have a few concepts similar to naruto but naruto doesnt OWN those and isnt the first to use them. It doest just belong to naruto or any other series. Frankly im glad that a similar type of manga is even comming cause i did like and miss naruto and i do want more that can be as good. This, Boku no hero acadamia, Nanatsu no Taizai and a few others are series that im hoping will step up to the plate and take over especially since the other 2 big series will end soon as well.

Update: Man just an update on this, wow man it is getting reallly good. The world and story is really broadening out and im real excited about this. I can definitely see this series taking over if they give it a chance. Im already really invested in it.

... Last updated on July 26th, 2015, 11:31am

I’m closer to 30 than I care to admit, and as much as I hate it, I have been much more critical about the series I read. Typical shounen is a little harder to read for me now. The power of friendship isn’t that impressive to me as it was 10+ years ago. 🙄

That being said, this series has been so much fun to read! I have been pleasantly surprised with some of the twists. The fight scenes are great! I’m a HUGE fan of Claymore and I enjoy Berserk as well as Bastard!! (to give you an idea of the manga I more lean towards). I enjoy this series has an edger, fantasy manga art style like Claymore or Berserk. It has a fantasy “military” ranking system that reminded me of the Soul Society. The excitement of early Naruto fight scenes. Funny jokes and the beach episode and bath house episode...

Yes, it does have the typical shounen preachiness (where the MC can convince bad guys to be good, the power of friendship, never giving up) but it’s reminiscent of the elements I fell in love with when I was younger.

It has its flaws, but it is a fun read, and as a huge fantasy nerd, the magical aspects are awesome. I am a big fan of this series now. It took me a while to start it, but I’m glad for that. I flew through 25+ books pretty damn quickly. Lol.

I recommend it! 😁

Let me start this off by saying the people who call this a cliche rip off of naruto don't understand the author's intention at all. It seems so blatantly like here every other shonen, because the author does use a lot of cliches. However the way they're used is more like a parody of the genre than a rip off. This is further supported by the fact the manga doesn't take itself too seriously outside of the fight scenes, which are wonderfully executed btw. The characters embody certain shonen tropes to the extreme that the author often uses for comedic effect, making it more of a parody. And speaking of the author, he's the same dude that wrote hungry joker, so expecting this to be just like any other shonen is a real shame. The characters don't have much depth as of now, but they're charming and the interactions between them more than make up for it. That on top of the wonderful art makes this quite an enjoyable read.

... Last updated on October 3rd, 2019, 3:35pm

This series has unbelievable potential and could possibly become one of Jumps biggest mangas. Black Clover and Boku no hero acadamia are ushering in a new age to jump with some of the biggest series ending.

Art: Not the best I've seen but the Artist/Author will get better over time.
Storyline: Potential to be on One Piece/Naruto Level

I can't believe how much hate this series is getting on here. YES it has elements from "Naruto". YES it is heavily inspired by "One Piece". BUT it HAS original ideas!! It HAS unexpected plot twists!! It HAS complexity and... why is it bad that it reminds us of our beloved "Naruto" and "One Piece" to begin with??

Let me explain. "Black Clover" is neither a rip-off of "One Piece" nor of "Naruto", although I have to admit that it felt like that to me as well AT THE BEGINNING! For example it has this whole Tenryuubito style discrimination going on, the magic is just like Ninjutsu and Mars' background story was just like Zabuza's but Yuuki Tabata made much more out of it. Actually this sentence sums it up quite well: Yuuki Tabata made much more out of it! It combines the best and ONLY the best parts of "One Piece" and "Naruto" and thus takes the Shonen genre to a whole new level! It feels like a natural evolution as it omits all the flaws its predecessors had. As much as we all like Naruto as a character it is very hard to like Sasuke and Sakura. While the three main protagonists in "Black Clover" share the same character dynamic as team 7 from "Naruto" and are somewhat similar, Noelle is much more likeable than Sakura and Yuno is much more sympathetic than Sasuke.

Let's take a look at "Naruto"'s biggest flaw: He was ALWAYS a loner and had to win his battles all by himself no matter how hard Kishimoto tried to pretend that his friends were also important for the story because... they were not if you are honest to yourself! Team 7 was non-existent for the biggest part of the manga and Naruto and Sasuke take so much screentime that characters like Ino, Tenten, Rock Lee, Kiba and so on lose any relevance by the beginning of "Shippuden" (not to say that Tenten ever had any relevance to the story). So here we have what makes "Black Clover" superior: The members of the Black Bull stick together! They fight together! They live together! They stand together! A lot like the Strawhat pirates from "One Piece". Each of them alone is a loser who can't accomplish anything but together they are undefeatable and their incredible teamwork is what turns the worst squad into the best squad over the course of the series. Thanks to Yami who brought this odd bunch together and Asta who managed to give all of them confidence in themselves. This part already is what makes "One Piece" better than "Dragon Ball" where characters like Yamcha and Chaozu can never catch up to Goku and Vegeta and are therefore left to die over and over again. In "One Piece" there are lots of instances in which the weakest two - Nami and Usopp - save everyone's asses and in a similar way "Black Clover" gives every member of the Black Bull time to shine and I'm pretty sure that by the end of the series everyone of them will surprise the reader at at least one point in the story. In fact most of them already did.

The art style resembles "BLEACH" which is also a big plus as BC's artstyle is outstanding in the same way!

Then there is Julius Novachrono. I just HAVE to mention how great he is. He is everything that the third hokage wasn't and is more like an adult Naruto so you just have to love him as a character and human being.

So just shut up and continue reading this! While the story of the elves is a bit similar to the Edotensei plot in "Naruto", it is delivered so much better in BC and in that arc the story gets really complex - even similar to something written by CLAMP. I really love "Black Clover" as someone who has read a lot of shonen and so will you if you stop being so biased!

The amount of genki that the main protagonist possess should have turned me off this but just ike One Piece, the action moves fast, that it doesn't get drag into useless fluff. It might get boring in the future but right now it's quite an enjoyable read.

... Last updated on July 18th, 2015, 6:39pm

This manga has so much potential. I agree with the comments below. This manga is going to become the next Naruto for this generation because of the typical shounen plot line that makes One Piece and Bleach the top dogs in the manga world.

The art does need some improvements, but like most mangas, the art will improve over time. Lets just hope that the author doesn't f**k up this manga like the author for Naruto. I'll give this a 8/10 because it has potential for something big.

... Last updated on April 28th, 2015, 12:21am

I love that the protagonist ACTUALLY has no magic at all, and the author found a way to make it work instead of magically giving him a magic power halfway through

Despite the predictable plot for those who read too many of the genre, the fast paced action sucks you right in. The butt-kickings are v satisfying and totally worth it. I like that it's light and not emotionally taxing.

"Cookie cutter shounens" have their charms too, haters need to move on. New generations aren't going to be watching your reruns every morning.

... Last updated on June 29th, 2016, 9:54pm

This manga is pretty good. As I read some of the facial expressions make think of Bobobo-Bo-Bobobo. I hope this manga has a long run and possibly an anime in its future.