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silvyavan · 11 months

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Black Clover Movie thoughts and review:

The movie is a good treat to anime onlys and adds a bit of zest to the story line the manga is currently going with.

You know how Neon Genesis Evangelion has the same movies sent out with essentially the same plot but with a twist? This is what Black Clover Sword Of The Wizard King is going with.

Plot

The plot is a bit of a combination of what Lucius and Patri had going on. Lucius because this is literally some Exodus shit and Patri because it's limited entirety to the clover kingdom. This arc is a mix of Elf Arc and Spade Arc, whether you like or hate it.

It definitely gives the impression of a doomsday movie, where everything is falling apart and the characters somehow gotta survive it. The difference is that this is Black Clover, which means everything is going to be going as fast as humanly possible and survival alone does not get you a passing grade.

In a way, the plot and lore make this a bridge type of movie that connects Elf Arc with Spade Arc. I previously mentioned that Zenon is essentially Dark Timeline Yuno, and with this in mind, Conrad is Dark Timeline Asta. Lots of references back to Lemiel and the duties of Wizard kings to protect the people.

The plot does feel a bit copy pasted but because Conrad STAYED the big bad right up until the end, it gives a bit of a difference.

Conrad betraying the Clover Kingdom and THEN resurrecting the dead Wizard Kings who share his ideals is like pregaming the Lucius arc we have in the arc Currently, and likely will end up being as more fuel to the later parts of the manga arc.

I say this because in this thread, there's an active explanation on Black Clovers story line. The story was always planned to have 3 acts, Elf Arc from 1st to 222nd chapter is the first one, Spade Arc and this movie are second, and the current arc is the last one. This means there's no guarantee that the arc is gonna end with Lucius, but Lucius is a means to an end.

I say this because the story line of the movie fits in with a possible theme the third act is gonna focus on - Why have the Wizard King if all of them end up betraying the country anyway? Conrad and his doomsday plot fits on the same category as Lucius', so he ends up being a second example used against the position of Wizard king. It doesn't introduce anything new, so much as it propagates the already given themes.

Animation

The animation is absolutely killer. If nothing else, watch it for the animation. Every frame feels like it's given proper love and attention, from start to end. This is Black Clovers Neon Genesis Evangelion. Does it repeat the same tune over again? Yes, but it's got a twist to it and the animation is paired with it perfectly.

The JumpFesta that had the official release and exposition of the movie didn't hide that this movie was all about the fights and it was NOT lying. Very choreographed, lots of combination magics and stellar form.

Lore

Ngl, I was hoping for more lore on Wizard Kings and we did get it, but at the same time there was a bit of it all over the place. Nero has a job alongside Sally and Millie, which is out of left field and hilarious. It makes sense she's in a position of looking after Lemiels legacy after he's gone for real, with the development and preservation of magic tools.

We get some history of the wizard Kings and how even if you're the top dog, you still get backstabbers and prejudice. Some new stuff was introduced, like the Clover Olympics (Triumph), Imperial Sword being like an archive of all the wizard Kings and the mana veins, but it also doesn't go into depth on the history, origins or proper definitions. It's giving the audience pieces to work with but at the same time, this has been Tabata's way of work and we're kinda tired of guessing and getting crumbs to follow rather than a map.

What it DOES give the impression of picking up is that the role of the Wizard King is full of people wanting to hurt you and sacrifice. Lemiel sacrificed his life to protect the kingdom, Princia was ostracised for her insane strength and maybe sexism, Edward was trying to run churches for orphans to help them and ended up having all of that destroyed, Jester personally has seen the hellish oppression the nobles and royals dish out, Conrad had lost his ENTIRE squad and wife and ended up becoming a villain and Julius essentially lost his autonomy and freedom.

Being the Wizard King is both power and bondage and Asta's gonna have to implement some HELLA mad changes if he doesn't wanna end up the same way.

Characters

The movie is focused on repeating themes to hammer them down more, so some characters end up sorta placing in there as props or soldiers. Noelle had a good beginning run but ended up losing her magic, which made me a bit disappointed but her getting her luster back at the end and carrying the Edward fight was slay. The talk between her and Edward was giving grandfather vibes, and from Edwards flashbacks, one could almost assume that Edward is related to the Silvas somehow. The beginning of the movie had Asta and Noelle tagteaming in fights, so the movie seems to fill in the cracks of development we didn't get in the first timeskip.

If this movie has nothing, at least it has Mereos Lesbian Fighting Wedding. The current manga arc shows that Mereo is more than a fighting maniac and this movie hammers that point in. She cares about her squad, her brothers, Yami and even Asta. She fights as a way to connect to the people around her. This fucken movie loves Mereoleona more than anyone and they make it obvious.

Princia is like Dark Timeline Mereo, but instead of trying to kill each other like Zenon and Yuno or trying to get the other to switch sides like Asta and Conrad, Mereo and Princia are actively making out with their fists. The entire fight is Yaoi For Lesbians and its absolutely perfect for pride month.

Sekke, as per Tabata's Plan of The Gods as the best male runner up for Best Girl, is there. Unlike previous shows of his character in the anime and how he's currently inspired by Asta in the manga, Sekke acts as the civilian voice of reason in the movie. Sekke is a small-town boy who joined the magic Knights and is, once again, faced with a continental threat that threatens the kingdom. Naturally, the safest and SANEST way to go about this, especially for people who don't have the tools to stop it, is to run away. Evacuate and run to heart, because frankly they have better chances of doing that AND making it out alive than fighting Conrad.

Asta even actively acknowledged that that point IS the safest thing to do, for those who are aware they can't do it. It's a nice little touch up because most cowardly characters are looked down in shounen, but it's nice for it to eventually be shown as a reasonable response, even if Sekke is cowering the whole time cause what else is he supposed to do.

Yami in this movie was like the typical Yami we see, and it's nice to see how in this he always prioritises the people he cares about. Refusing Julius' orders to protect him, sending Noelle, Asta and Finral to run to the labs, even making an opening for the rest of the Knights to escape and telling Yuno to go and take care if Asta. This man is a team player and it shows.

Villains

Conrad, Conrad, Conrad. The mid-life crisis baby girl. The Miguel O'Hara of Black Clover.

When I say that this man is Dark Timeline Asta, I mean it. This man is EVEN AWARE OF IT. He sees himself in Asta and rather than hating that naive part of him, is projecting onto Asta and wants to reward him. Genuinely the first antagonist who Asta respects to a degree and vice versa. The man asks on 3 different occasions how he wants Asta to join and holds back on actively killing him until the very end.

This man became everything Asta wanted to be and ended up losing his squad, his wife and his love for the kingdom and decided to go full Lucius. Even then, he's still mentally ill enough to see the parallels and wanting Asta to become his successor. It's a way of self care through projection. He's so mentally ill. I know they had to kill him for continuity stability, which in BC is held up by glue and popsicle sticks, but if this man had lived to see Lucius pull his shit, he would've been the first to run around looking for Asta and ragging Lucius for killing him.

Princia and Edward share a but of a foil. Princia was feared and avoided to the point where she repressed all her emotions behind fighting, whereas Edward lost his entire support network and was traumatised by it. All the wizard Kings are traumatised. It begins to feel like a rite of passage.

Jester is a wild card. He talks about oppression and how uts affects people like he's seen it first hand, but he's the only dude who never gets a flashback. He's mysterious as fuck. You can't pinpoint this man's priorities.

In-Conclusion:

The movie is a fixer-upper in some cases, depending on the audience and expectations. JumpFesta made it obvious that the selling points were the fights, but the lore and little to no character interactions made it a bit lackluster. If added to canon, it feeds the anime only fans and manga fans may have an additional bullet to shoot in terms of "the final arc is gonna be about disbanding the wizard king title".

All in all, I'd give this 7.5/10. Very solid for what it promised, but super good parts either overshadow or make the bad ones stand out more. A bit flashy, but for a movie of a genre where said movies actively implement new abilities which never show up in Canon, Sword of the Wizard King sticks to what is already known and reiterates the valuable themes.

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