LoopyPanda said:
It's a watered-down mix of Fairy Tail and generic shonen anime, but even worse. I can't be bothered to tolerate the main character for longer than 3 sentences due to how annoying he is.
I wouldn't mind the generic tropes if they were subverted in an interesting way, but unfortunately, it isn't. I'm somewhat disappointed that it got a dubbing this quickly, I don't see how this is popular. Maybe it's the perfect thing for people new to anime, but idk. It's so generic.
I'd much rather watch Fairy Tail. XD
Another Shonen with a protagonist that doesn't have the story's "defining trait that makes u speshul" lately... I hope this doesn't become a trend. Lol
Agreed, its one of the worst examples of a shonen to my knowledge considering how bland and check-listed it is.
have our hotheaded passionate protagonist who at first ain't shit, but ends up being super duper special? check.
have a side character who grew up with the protagonists and is seen as a cool, hip, edgy, natural protege whose talent is recognized from the get go? check.
Not to mention this idea of "I have a power to cancel out everyone elses power" being seen in more and more anime. Sadly this once novel idea is becoming a dead trope (I'm glad you picked up on this as well, Loopy)
I also found it surprising how annoying the voice of the protag was in both eng and jap dubs.
p.s. their humor translates worse than bleachs when you compare bleachs' humor to its manga counterpart. I.e. bleachs humor is pretty good in the manga, but I find it hard to enjoy the humor when watching the eng dub, but with black clover, the humor comes off flat in both versions. The humor isn't a defining factor, but I thought it was worth pointing out.
*possible spoilers for seven deadly sins*
The thing is when watching Seven Deadly Sins right after Black Clover, I noticed an almost immediate difference in general quality. Don't get me wrong, SDS is essentially a remixed bag of FMA characters and characteristics with a dash of stereotypical fantasy references and shonen tropes, but because they repurpose these ideas and tropes in a slightly fresh way, it comes off alluring and interesting. Its like, yeah, the main female character is essentially Winry from FMA with all her crying and shit like that, but at the same time, they try to make her a more contributing character towards the end versus the original (Winry) just being a side character who mainly contributes with emotional fluff.