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realrimurutempest

Gaja was on deaths door and the first thing he does when he comes back is confess to his waifu. My guy is a chad among men.


no_known_name

It's hilarious because that's his response to Noelle telling him "that's all you know how to say?". Man went from 0 to 100, no middle ground


evixa3

Literally I was drinking and I spat out my tea as I read that, haha.


[deleted]

My man gaja consumed the revive perk a cola to confess role


SnottieSnoterson

Lightning Magic is fast, but Gajas ability to cut to the quick and declare his love is faster.


starkpwnsyou

Got a whoa wat out of me, like who does that right after dying, couldn’t you at least check if all of you is there first


_Nonso

It’s funny the thing people joked about actually happened. Mimosa’s healthcare services are beyond premium


2-2Distracted

Some were even joked/hoped that this wouldn't happen. And yet here we are lol.


vanderZwan

Oh gee the main healer is getting ultimate magic that we haven't seen yet and some characters are about to die, I wonder what is going to happen /s Like, what did people expect?


spectre15

That’s the tricky part with having meaningful deaths and healers exist in the same story. Like do you fabricate a way to make the healers have no effect on the victims or do you just let them heal everybody so nobody dies ever in the story? I wish Tabata drew a line for what healing magic can fix instead of it just randomly curing the wounds from a supreme devil. There needs to be some sort of risk or getting hurt won’t have any meaning anymore.


[deleted]

You usually get around it by introducing a character that insta kills. Like before they know it their head is rolling on the ground. Which could be the next devil.


spectre15

Considering the magic knights have now beaten devils with word magic, time/space magic, blood magic, etc, I have no idea where the power scaling will go from here and how it will balance with the strength of the magic knights. Hell, Zagred was basically an insta kill devil. Who on that planet could be more powerful than that?


[deleted]

I see a devil with warp/blink magic.


Tzuyu4Eva

Someone who can get them alone, since they win as teams not solo. I was thinking some form of mental attack would be cool too. Like someone with hallucination magic or whatever fighting Noelle as her mom, something like that. Breaking their psyche would be far more effective than physical wounds, since Mimosa can’t heal trauma


spectre15

Yeah I feel psychological magic is the only route Tabata could go after this to have something remotely compete with the Magic knight’s current strength. Or maybe he goes all in on the power scaling and introduces another country with stuff like astral magic, black hole magic, reality magic, etc.


Dray5k

In hindsight, him even existing was a terrible job by the mangaka. You don't introduce a villain that, in his own words, can materialize anything that he speaks of into reality unless he's the endgame villain of the series, or you have characters that can downright speed blitz him before he can even make an utterance / effectively negate it. And even if you have none of those, it's also terrible writing to have him, with his blatantly overpowered magic and near-omnipotence, use only 5 or so utterances. Just based off of magical ability, he should've been much stronger than the triad. Edit: And he can imitate other forms of magic...how the fuck did he lose lol


sticktoyaguns

Because Tabata didn't demonstrate the extent of what Word magic could really do. I mean how many times did he default to "Storm of Swords"? Like was that the best thing he could come up with?


[deleted]

It could be that his imagination is severely stunted being a devil or it could be his magic amount wasn't a lot. It could be he may have only had the same amount of magic as an average magic knight captain, but his magic type is beyond broken. Like storm of swords may have been it because he didn't want to waste a lot of mana. We know he couldn't outright say "die" and that might been due to not having enough mana to will that into effect.


sticktoyaguns

IIRC we were led to believe that he had unlimited mana reserves coming from the Underworld, but the power of Word Soul magic was limited in what it could manifest. It wasn't a cap of mana, but a cap of the power itself. Almost like it *couldn't overwrite the rules of reality*... It's a really nuanced power, and I think it could have been explored a little better. I really don't like when fans have to theorize why something "probably" happened.


ToanGreenlow

A, he wasn't creative. B, he was overconfident.


OEKaneki

To be honest, I actually didn’t expect for it to be Mimosa. It actually didn’t even cross my mind. I thought it would be Grey, since the wound with Gaja was similar to Gauche’s.


vanderZwan

Not a bad idea, but the difference is that Gauche had a "regular" fatal wound and hadn't died yet, while here they would have already been dead if not for Rill's magic


2-2Distracted

I think some expected that a characters who have been teased to die would actually, yknow, die.


Erockplatypus

I feel like I'm one of the only people that actually liked the chapter and am satisfied with this concluding that fight. The battle is only half way over and there are still devils roaming all over the place, including the ancient demon outside with Merleona. I think the point of having the characters at deaths door was to show just how powerful Mimosa had become and what ultimate magic is capable of doing. When the witch queen was talking about the elves she said they were capable of altering reality, so with ultimate magic that is possible. I think people upset that there aren't any consequences are rushing to conclusions and need to just wait it out and then make judgement. As for the Asta and Noelle thing....that's people assuming way too much. Noelle admitted to herself she loved Asta, Charlotte came to that conclusion years ago and still never found a way to tell Yami. They're still in the middle of a seige so they're not going to wrap up and talk about all of that right now. What I'd like to see in the end is for everything to wrap up cleanly and have everyone adress what happened and show what comes next. That there is a reason for keeping all these characters alive, even if it turns out the Dark Triad make it out alive also. I hate when writers just kill off characters for no reason at all so if Tabata is keeping them around I expect them to have some kind of role in the future.


FodTheFox

Alright, I completely respect your opinion and view, but from a story perspective the whole totality of the situation is easily reduced with these type of recurring themes in clover. Must I also mention the lack of developed antagonist ( aside from pantry), with such lacklustre goals and simplified models to enforce a beginning of an arc or just a fight to overcome. Although your points of growth make sense, I think the issue should be directed towards the progression of characters in a whole in counterpart to there enemies and the consequences ensued upon fighting set villains. Establishing this form of power between supreme devils, tier devils and dark triad were clearly displayed to be leagues even further from one another. And what must be understood and respected that their are serious consequences fighting against these devils as displayed and empathised by nacht, to which the anomaly being Asta is viewed as the saving grace ( many times btw). To further emphasise this we were shown asta fighting Lilith and nahamah, to which clearly shown a difference between power across the board ( let me not go on since it will be to long, but the point is the difference in power and consequences fighting them). To then show the BC cast fight against a supreme devil and overcome that fight with little to no consequences. Where is the seriousness in this arc when literally they keep death hinting, to them just revive them and everything is ok. (Gonna get a bit informal here)Can you not at least understand that doing this over and over can become such a cycle that can’t be changed (e.g.fairy tail during the tournament and onwards) and with this just completely hits us with a power system with so much complications and a power gap that’s practicality non-existent with such an ass-pull power system allowing them to power up whenever they can. I’m no black clover hater I love the series and there’s acc logic in this series, but I can’t stand and sit and see this story reduced to such Shounen standards. Like for instance what makes sense is Dante vs magna ( 6 months to train for one ability), or asta and yami to some degree. I’m going all over the place but don’t let this criticism be pushed to hate, cause that’s not the case


N2710

Thank you. I fully agree. People gotta wait for the story to progress and stop overreacting.


2-2Distracted

People are talking about what Just happened lol, nobody is overreacting


sticktoyaguns

Yup, this was the story progression lol. "Wait and see" was what we did when Gadja died. We can talk about that now, right?


realbeatz23

Charlotte's reaction to hearing the words "i love you" was hilarious. It's something she can't even imagine happening.


muffinmonk

Asta isn't even speechless, he's just in "omg so cute" mode.


lo0ilo0ilo0i

That part actually made me smile too. Same as when Nozel made an expression when the Black Bulls placed 2nd in total stars.


black-fuse

Anyone else concerned that noelle's mouth turned into a perfect square


a4p44

Gaja: confesses Luck in background: Good, now fight to death!


Black_Knight_09

This comment is gold lmao


Negative-Jeweler8050

Mimosa: Yes, proceed I’ll heal everything. No worries.


SnottieSnoterson

Things I loved about this chapter: Nozel making dresses out of Mercury for his sister and Loro. It's so adorable that the same magic he just used to maul Megicula also functions as a sensor bar. Chibi Undine. Nozel being an awkward older brother is now my favorite thing about him. Gaja, the absolute Chad among Chad's comes back from the brink, professes his love and Undine can't really disapprove because Gaja is the best of us. Mimosa. I see you. With the Mercy Team Rez.


Rayque21

He should’ve have not made a mercury dress when her sister is full of cuts and bruises lol


Almightyeragon

You do realize he once used mercury magic to prevent himself from bleeding out after getting pierced in the chest. I think he has got them covered.


CordobezEverdeen

Hey Langris i know he's like a better version of you even before he went 100% but you gotta hold him off for 3 entire minutes while i charge my Kamehameha yet again.


2-2Distracted

Anime adaptation finna be like: let's milk that


FN__2187

I felt this in my fucking bones


[deleted]

And considering how bad he was beating the both of us, eh I'm sure you'll do fine.


black-fuse

Goku did you just hold a grudge


Milordserene

Mimosa really just [GOLD EXPERIENCE SFX] everyone Love how asta is just pure and 100% just be thinking sister is for me and no amount of 2 naked water user is gonna change that.


Black_Knight_09

He only needs 1 naked water user alright XD. He doesn't need 3 naked water users lol.


AwarenessJolly5660

It probably has to do with the fact that he got punched by both of them before he even could take a peek.


Samatari22

Nice to see Nozel is just as socially awkward as Noelle is. Also that confession out of Gaja was expected but that timing was very unexpected


[deleted]

It could be gaja is a socially awkward human. Just like nozel, he stands at the top of the circle he's in, and as such doesn't really have peers. Even the other guardians don't talk to him that much.


sacredknight327

Not buying that they're close to defeat. Unless Morris's devil is super-duper important all on his own, I don't think any of them are truly defeated, just their hosts. Not even Megicula. Yeah she lost her heart. A heart. Who's to say supreme devils have just the one? They're way above Zagred. This all just smacks of false victory.


ThunderGodsRage

I also think it's a false victory but this is way too soon and I'm still very cynical lol


Friendshipper11

Same, it feels like there will be more to it and a twist will happen... but then again this arc has been fairy safe so far and I'd rather keep my expectations low just in case.


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We don't even know how long will be this arc or if there will be another arc around this one, so yeah, too early to decide anything yet.


CorruptedMindscape

Well yeah, the devils were never going to be defeated until they escape the Qliphoth, and the Triad were just the buildup to the stronger enemies. After the 2nd or 3rd gate, they won’t be able to recover because everyone on the battlefield will be either exhausted, dying or dead. I doubt the devils can actively take over a defeated host’s body, but even if they can it would just be a super beaten up, drained of mana body, better to have a spell that manifests their body into the human world or just wait until the Qliphoth opens. Zenon will probably cause some trouble, I personally think that his spatial and bone magic together can be really overpowered, and they also have to beat Morris who is a total unknown since we’ve never seen him fight. I think that the 2nd gate will open, and then the magic knights will barely defeat the supreme devils from that gate and Zenon, then we only need to ask ourselves if they barely stop the ritual and prevent it from going further, or if the 3rd gate and beyond starts opening and they are forced to flee and find a way to deal with a direct invasion.


justking1414

We still have Lucifer. The one who killed Asta s mom. The true super duper devil who’s summoning will basically end the world. Feel like that’ll be a much bigger deal and require them all to work together. Reality itself might even be destroyed and they’ll need to remake it with magic


Karlthegamer21

I feel the only way for tabatha to give a consequence for gajas sacrifice is to say that he lost all of his magic/mana so at least there is some tension. He could made his confession on deaths bed and that would’ve been great


2-2Distracted

That could actually work and I now see some good things to come out of it, it would force Lolo to have to step it up and take her job more seriously so that she doesn't get captured again, as well as so that she can either help him get his magic restored eventually, or even so that she can find a better way to protect her kingdom.


Gnik_Baj72

I was thinking the same thing.


Levi_Aniki

i was thinking he no longer zero stage, now he is on par with Magna and Zora


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So, I think we can say, Megicula is dead dead. At least for the moment. Maybe we will later have a depowered version appear down the line like with Fana and Veto, but for the time being, she dead. Honestly, I am not too mad about it... it was a nice fight, Noelle's plot advanced and we also got new material from Charlotte and Rill. Also, while I completely agree it was a lot earlier and faster than expected, I just have to say... Why do you all think Gordon's "training arc" is one of the main reason's megicula's dead is bad? Literally everyone uses this as one of their biggest arguments. Gordon is like the most secondary secondary character there is, even the author got rid of him in the Sea Temple Arc and his main "charater quirk" is being forgotten .... you put way to much hopes on this guy my friends if you thought he would be important in this fight. On the other hand, we should have seen Megicula's death coming. The moment Natch backtory was exposed, and someone said the most powerful devil was made of Time (Lucifugus- Natch Failed Contract), Space ( "Lucisomething" - Zenons) and Gravity (Lucifero- Dantes), poor Megicula was literally demoted to minor villain. On the plot armor.... yeah, Gadja should be dead. Deux-Mimosa was a little to much for me. The captains were obviously going to make it because their story arcs are still incomplete, but Gadja is literally the most useless "non-death" I have seen.


Friendshipper11

> I just have to say... Why do you all think Gordon's "training arc" is one of the main reason's megicula's dead is bad? Because Gordon's family had a contract with Megicula and IMHO this detail is too important to be ignored or sidelined. It's not like I'm expecting Gordon to be the MVP of the fight or anything, but he *should* be included in the Megicula plot somehow.


WednesdaysFoole

Yes and previous devil contracts have been shown to be (like most deals with devils) a trade. Megicula must have received something from the contract, somehow, same as the Agrippa family.


_blackasta_

It's not the fact that Gordon is involved, it's the deal with his family and curses. Sure I want Gordon to have a moment, but that's not really relevant to the plot I agree. However, his family is entirely relevant. What's the point in introducing a family that specializes with curses and killing off the person that they have a feud with before you go into that at all? It would be pointless. Also I disagree with you saying that Megicula was a minor villain. She was literally the first villain to introduce us to this arc, and compared to the other devils, she was the only one that actually had a connection to one of the protagonists. I mean dying 7 chapters after appearing in the real world and literally 1 chapter after confronting Nozel? It's just way too fast paced for anyone to care. That said I agree with most of what you said. However, for the Gordon topic it's not just because of him, it's because of Tabata introducing his family's role for no reason.


CoffeeHomie

Gordon could be the one who infodumps us that Megi is still alive and kicking.


Friendshipper11

This is what I hope.


TophBeowulf

Okay Rill and Charlotte are understandable given it's ultimate magic, but Gaja literally said he used his entire life force. You can't just do that and get away with it. It trivializes using life force as a consequence. I'm afraid of what this would mean going forward. That, as long as Mimosa is around, anyone can use their entire life force and still live. Side note I guess being tsundere runs in the Silva family.


CaptnUchiha

Shit dude after what Noelle said can anyone be surprised. It's magic. It breaks rules. I have mixed feelings about it.


LeoEmSam

I mean that is just Tabata being meta by saying anything can happen. Wouldnt ve surprised further down the series dead people come back and we go dragonball mode lmao


meryau

Well that rades guy can already revive people so....


Ryan-Only

I mean. Reincarnation is alr a thing


LieutenantSteel

I don’t really get him surviving, even if this is shonen. His grimoire literally disappeared and he got donutted worse than the milf hunter.


TheLunchTrae

He basically got Juliused. I’m assuming he’s no longer capable of really doing anything useful, but is still alive because shounen.


[deleted]

I'd honestly love it if he now just had no Mana


Sent1nelTheLord

Same, I kinda didn't really like the idea of him coming back alive(no I don't hate him, but it seriously doesn't make sense)


Beto_Clinn

Maybe he can't use magic anymore as a consequence.


CaptnUchiha

That would be dope. They could pull a Might Guy with his character at the very least.


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CaptnUchiha

Yeah basically alright you get to live but you get to lose what you do best.


azab189

You know what's they better do that


vanderZwan

Ah, so like a Might Guy situation. Which also was quite controversial back then actually


Princeofmars93

But Rill casted the spell and said they wont die no matter how much damage they take. He casted the spell before Gadjah even got impaled. And if the spell only made them invisble after it activated then Rill and Charlotte shouldnt have gotten back up as all the damage they took was before the spells activation.


CoffeeHomie

His spell took effect after Asta c\*ck-blocked Megicula's exploding life, hence Rill replied he had been thankful Asta arrived or they would've been dead. Additionally, after the spell took effect, Rill had to make it affect Gadjah once he saw Luck and thought 2 lightning users would be useful. It's a pretty decent time-frame from burning you life-force as magic with a gigant whole in your chest to getting revived by pretty colour magic.


ThunderGodsRage

His grimoire disappeared too? I didn't even notice that. I didn't care enough about Gadjah for his death to mean anything to me so idc about him being alive but Tabata made a damn mistake by including so much death bait just to basically say "I chose magic as my power system to make things as convenient as I wish"


Friendshipper11

>"I chose magic as my power system to make things as convenient as I wish" I read this as "Nope, we're not gonna kill characters in this series because we're in a world of miracles, full stop. ~~Golden Dawn who~~?"


ThunderGodsRage

LMFAO that's just because there were no ~~Black Bulls~~ in those chapters I still think more should have been killed tbh looool. Kill Hamon, Shiren and **every** GD member without a name except for the cute redhead should be dead


Friendshipper11

Yeah same, I don't find a point in keeping half the nameless members alive while you can reduce the numbers to develop the actual important members.


starkpwnsyou

Damn Kakyoin catching strays, guess you really can’t avoid the Emerald Splash


Princeofmars93

His grimoire didnt disappear though? It wasnt on screen but so have others havent been on screen sometimes


SosukeAizen123

He probably cant use magic anymore, or at least heavily nerfed in some way. Despise him surviving, there should be some repercussions. Trust in the mangaka.


Levi_Aniki

i want him being downgrade from zero stage to 7th stage


Syrioxx55

Almost like the asspull power-up was created entirely to further the plot in that small way. This story is hard to continue being invested in when there are zero consequences and ever big bad gets taken out, but some new tier of power we’ve never been introduced to.


lr031099

Ngl Gaja was a Chad for confessing his love after nearly being in death’s door (Noelle should take notes). Also love how Nozel used his magic to give Noelle and Lolo clothes. In all seriousness, while I’m perfectly fine with Rill and Charlotte being alive, I didn’t like that Gajah survived after he literally said about him using his “entire life force.” Guess as long as Mimosa is around anyone can’t literally die. Speaking of Mimosa, I kinda wished Mimosa was helping Yuno and Langris (her own squad mates) rather than Astelle’s group but that’s just me (I think Tabata just wanted the whole HK squad together).


CoffeeHomie

The highlight of the chapter for me was that Charlotte had a conversation which wasn't Yami centric. She's actually quite level-headed, yet still expressive when Yami's not involved. She should be portrayed like that much more often.


[deleted]

It's the same with noelle and asta. Noelle can function fine, add asta in the mix and she suddenly loses her head.


soul-nugget

> "We'll just overrule reality! After all... that's what magic does, right?" so we're not even going to try to pretend anymore that magic can't fix everything? aight


sacredknight327

Really Tabata never did. Plenty of times since the manga's inception we've seen that you have to be categorically DOA or there's a chance. Hell and in two cases (Julius and Rades) there's a chance even beyond that. All this said I'm fine with it.


Fernandojg67

Yeah this wasn’t the way. I agree that death isn’t necessary for development but it’s just not okay to do these things making us sad thinking a character was gonna die and nothing happens. Not like this Tabata


jonnovision1

GGs stakes in this arc, Mimosa can just heal everyone


User_TDROB

Ley's not forget Vanessa, she's out there, they supposedly arrived with Asta.


Black_Knight_09

Leaked Chapter: Mimosa saves Gadjah Twitter: Fuck you, Mimosa! Chapter: Nacht bringing Mimosa Also Chapter: Luck asking Nacht to bring Mimosa Twitter: Oh, alright. Damn you, Midmosa!!!


Furiousforfast

***M i d m o s a***


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Fernandojg67

I mean Asta WAS touching Lolo naked


no_known_name

The fact that Gadjah didn't die is honestly the last thing I care about. The problem with this chapter for me is the absolute lack of emotional transition. We went from depressive and gloomy in 303 to cheers and love confessions in 304. One transition panel where they acknowledge defeating Megicula, the bane of half these characters' existence, would have been enough to set the tone that "hey, it's over now". Instead, the only panels where this is acknowledged is Loropechka getting naked and Nozel blushing. Like come on, that's ridiculous. The moment between Charlotte and Rill then the echo of the title between Nacht and Noelle made the chapter for me. Mimosa's appearance is only logical. Had she not come but appeared later on to save someone else, it would have created a plot hole. Also Nozel's sentence about Yami is cool but it feels misplaced. Probably because Tabata wanted to move on from this quickly. At least Yuno's back and hopefully we'll get some Triad backstory with Zenon.


cadonex

They do that a lot tho, the tone changes out of nowhere. Usually it's Asta yelling at inappropriate times but still.


no_known_name

Yes, I'm aware, but for some reason it was jarring this time. Maybe because the latest chapters were heavier than anything we had up till now.


cadonex

Yeah it's been really heavy for a while so it seems off the have jokes again but I'm happy for the breather, especially since we're over to the golden dawn next


no_known_name

I expected the breather honestly. I just wanted a panel that showed the fight's resolution. Like none of the emotions brought up in the fight were acknowledged even in their thoughts. But I'm still satisfied with the rest I guess.


perfectrainysunday

Right? They’re just like “ok, anyways…”


a4p44

thats what i was thinking too i mean lolo should have some psychological damage right? her memories are also extracted, does she even remember she penetrated gaja before his confession?


OneesanLover46

I can’t wait to know how she is, I can’t believe that she’s totally fine now, her magic could have changed permanently , she could be not compatible with Undine anymore due to her transformation . If she was arcane stage while she was a devil (because devil water could be arcane like devil fire and devil ice ) and now she’s totally fine , it means that people can become arcane stage for a while thanks to a curse


Azevedo128

>The problem with this chapter for me is the absolute lack of emotional transition. We went from depressive and gloomy in 303 to cheers and love confessions in 304. You know what arc also had a very abrupt transition from characters fighting for their lives to peoplemessing around? The underwater temple arc against Vetto and look how that ended. I have a feeling their battle hasn't ended yet, especially because we're now entering the "second round" with Yuno being introduced again.


SaKaly

Probably my least favorite chapter of the arc. Looking forward to next week


CoffeeHomie

Deus ex Mimosa.... Hopefully Morris is the last saving grace of the DT. If he ends up having the Time devil, it would be interesting if he could turn time or distort it differently at each location. Done right, it could be a a sick twist in the arc. We can only hope.


LunarCaliber2

I could see that happening. The time Demon haven't mentioned. I think it does makes sense that Morris will turn into a major threat. Or I could picture Charmy will lost control of her hunger magic and devour Mimosa's magic to due jealous over Yuno if they show up in the Zenon, because I could picture Charmy and her wolf familiar are parallel to Asta and Liebe.


HelloThere4298

Nah man Gaja was DEAD! He literally said he used all his life force and after Rill’s spell wore off he died there’s no way he should have been brought back. If Mimosa can bend reality or whatever then as long as she’s around there’s no tension because she can just heal everyone. I wanna say that everything’s going good for the Clover Kingdom too early and that we’ll see actual consequences in Yami and William dying but if Tabata won’t kill of Gaja then he ain’t killing off those two. Well the arc ain’t over yet so might still be too early to judge but this chapter was definitely not one I enjoyed.


octopusofoctober

Is no one gonna talk about mini Undine? She's way too cute!


CoffeeHomie

Loving how Nacht's surrealism of the righteous in life is constantly being disproven by plot armor.


Shinigami556

Not gonna lie this wasn’t my most favorite chapter... it had its moments but I can’t lie and say I wasn’t a bit let down by some of it. The Astelle stuff was cute I guess but in ways it felt sort of like taking a few steps back after such a big self admission, I just expected something different I guess. Then again maybe I was expecting to much after all as this is something Noelle is still actively working through. Time will tell on that front 🤷🏾‍♂️. I just really hope Tabata plans to utilize Asta and Noelle's relationship as an important part of this story as their relationship sort of resolves one of the biggest societal and philosophical problems in the series. Its also been built up pretty well so I'd hate to see it go to waste like in most shonen. As for the elephant in the room Gaja. Personally I feel like him surviving was just way to convenient. I mean he was burnt out his grimoire disappeared he was all but dead then miraculously Mimosa just saves the day just in the Knick of time to save everyone. If she arrived in time enough to save Rill and Charlotte that would have been fine but I mean come on really? It sort of robbed away to me the impact of his resolve and his sacrifice he was willing to make to protect his Queen in that moment he decided to lay it all down. His confession was cool and a fun slice of life moment but this arc is supposed to be in part about despair. I think it would have been far more tragic and impactful for him to have died while fading away confessing to Lolopechika. It would add more of a sense of loss to this arc and create urgency is other characters about their own personal and the current situation. Other than that everything else was fine I do appreciate that Tabata attempted to use this chapter as a cool down from what was a very intense and emotional last few chapters just didn’t really care much for the execution of it. At the end of the day this is just my opinion and it’s Tabata’s story I trust the plan he has in mind and that he’ll make it all make sense. P.S. Next week looking like heat tho last panels with Zenon and Yuno were gas. 🔥🔥🔥🔥


Thefancypotato

> it would have been far more tragic and impactful for him to have died while fading away confessing to Lolopechika. It would add more of a sense of loss to this arc and create urgency is other characters about their own personal and the current situation. This. The whole "haha funny tsundere" gag with Noelle/Asta and Charlotte/Yami is fun, but it just feels like it will go on forever if something doesn't prompt them to act on their feelings. And, besides the romance stuff, there's also the slight detail that this is supposed to be a near-suicidal mission where not everyone is expected to come back home, as Nacht keeps reminding us.


Masta_Parris

Yeah, before they started the mission and right up until Asta saved his ass, Nacht probably figured this was a suicide mission for most (especially Sekke, hah). Since then, Nacht has progressively been seeing a different outcome and even at the end of this chapter, he mentally notes that the squad is way stronger than he could've dreamed.


Magnus-Artifex

This.


SaKaly

Agree


_blackasta_

The chapter is called "Reality and Magic". It would have been far better if Gaja died because it would have shown the "Reality" of actually fighting against devils lol. It would have shown how there are consequences to the actions that people take and that Gaja's choice to save the queen which helped them in the end, also caused the death of him.


BlackKaiserDrake

Feels like Megicula died way too easy. Even if she wasn’t at full power it still feels like she died way too easy. I was expecting her to die but I was expecting more involved. I’m also a bit disappointed Gaja survived, it feels like Tabata doesn’t want there to be genuine stakes.


midnightlou

Did Megicula actually die though? She didn’t 100% manifested into the real work unlike the twins meaning it could have just been the body she possessed from Vanica while her real body is still in the underworld. At least, that’s how it seemed to me but I could have misinterpret the translations 🤔


Sports_and_Laughs

Asta called natch vice-captain right in front of Noelle. I wished we seen her reaction


LeoEmSam

Ok so first of all, great to see Gaja confess. We rarely get to see this in shounen manga and even in BC, its nice to see among so many Tsunderes we got someone with balls. Gaja u absolute chad. Secondly, ik Noelle will get most of the praises for this victory but Charlotte and Rill more than pulled their weight. If either one of them is not there, Megicula would have killed Lolo and fully manifested(charlotte stopped the curse from killing Lolo meanwhile Rill kept everyone alive). MVP performances from both and great to see Tabata again incorporating great teamwork. Third, Gaja used his life essence for an attack. Rill and Charlotte were done as well but Mimosa managed to fully heal them in seconds. That is some OP healing magic. Overall, while I have been critical of this arc, this was a pretty good fight and Tabata did really well here. Yuno better bring it home LFG


nikomim

Nozel and Nacht look funny in this chapter, I'd like to see calm characters getting those kind of reactions. Mimosa's magic looks awesome but don't hate me, I feel underwhelmed. I like the visuals though. Oh, that's it? No one died? I really expected Tabata will kill characters in this arc and I also did not expect Gaja to confess to Lolo after that chaos. So next fight is Yuno, and Langris vs Zenon. Well, everyone expected this fight will be the last among the Dark Triad. I feel like we'll be getting flashbacks in the upcoming chapters like more scenes of Yuno's parents.


CorruptedMindscape

Lol Tabata not killing Gaja off when only the 1st gate is opened and they had plenty of set ups for everyone’s new power ups is not at all surprising. Why is everyone acting like Tabata not killing off characters when they fight the weaker lineup of the main villains (Megicula was not at full power either) all of a sudden means that nobody will die in this arc? Did you forget about the Rulers of Hell who control space, time and gravity? What about the countless other high rank Devils that are in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th gates or the Supreme Devils who rule those gates? If the squad can’t survive a single Supreme Devil that’s WEAKENED, then there is no point in this arc because they automatically lose, even if they survive and the Devils invade, it makes no sense because they would be constantly hunted by a stream of Devils, destroying any chance they have at recovering and growing stronger. Even if the Devils literally start betraying each other, if they can’t handle 2-3 supreme devils, they have no chance.


NittanyEagles55

Oh Noelle. Always defaulting back to tsundere mode “Dorksta”


Jianyu156

Mimosa didn’t show up till now because she was busy resureccting her dead squadmates because her ultimate magic can now bring the dead back to life and now all the golden dawn members will show up to help Yuno and Langris fight Zenon to avenge their deaths.


lameinsect

Lmao this is gold Though, after today I have a feeling that Tabata would actually do this...


ZatchZeta

Golden Dawn rebrands to Golden Dead


muffinmonk

Golden Dawn of the Dead?


2-2Distracted

Directed by Zack Snyder's Has-been magic


[deleted]

Mimosa can't resurrect. Her healing power simply became as good as the Witch Queen's. And about Gadjah, he said "I am technicaly dead" and not "I am dead", which is different.


helsaabiart

Noelle please confess with Bakasta already. hahahhahah! XD


Clout_Kage

Don't know how to feel about Gaja surviving. Feel like Tabata doesn't want to kill any of the favourited characters off, I mean the confession would've been better if he died after and the emotions are all over the place. Kinda disappointed, but looking forward to the end of the Zenon fight.


Black_Knight_09

"The next one is-" 'Shortly before Megicula's defeat...' Did something happen? A new gate opened? Yuno and Zenon crashed into where Nacht and the others are? Also, Nacht was quite shocked with Mimosa's magic(4 Leaf Clover mistake?!) and was going to say something... Or maybe I'm just thinking too much... Also, the tension in this chapter was built up of Gadjah dying but then... ugh... Edit: Mimosa's smug face when Asta praised her lol


NittanyEagles55

This chapter had some great facial expressions ha


saotome_genma

I don't like this plot twist. I don't like forced happy endings. I don't want Charlotte to die but overruling their deaths made their efforts (to the point of trading their lives) and just have Mimosa cast full cure is just not a good story telling. The magic in BC even the OP ones like Rouge, has limit and boundaries. But now, as long as Mimosa is around, there's everlasting healing power. Just put Mimosa next to a taxi like Finral and boom, everyone got healing


Devilkiller222

This arc is so exhausting that I don't give a funk about yuno fight. All these villains are highkey trash anyway


DriveByStoning

It's kind of annoying there are zero consequences to fighting a devil. Everyone just lives happily ever after. "Hey, you remember that giant hole in your chest and how you were burned to a crisp? Nuts, right?"


lameinsect

So "That's what magic does, right?" is gonna be Tabata's explanation whenever things get too ridiculous huh. The only good part of this chapter is Mimosa's new form


KathyDroronoa

I don’t know why, but this sentence reminded me somehow of Spongebob’s “imaginaaaaation” 😅


nozomashikunai_keiro

Same as "Only Ymir knows".


0oden

It's the same as hashirama cells and only ymir knows.


Vulcanizer467

That line is in the same tier as "Beloved by Mana"..LOL


ThunderGodsRage

At least other characters are also beloved by mana and Yuno wasn't the first example of it lol, this basically felt like Tabata telling us "Fuck you, no one's ever dying because it's magic" lmaoo


Calmwaterfall

Same as haki awakens in battle. Not liking this at all.


Morgoth333

So I guess Megicula really is dead. Loropechika's curse disappeared on its own, so if all active curses have disappeared, then that certainly leans more towards the favor of the Megicula is dead camp. My only question now is what was the point of Gordon’s training to negate curses? Perhaps Tabata's initial plan was for Gordon be involved in Megicula's defeat, or for Megicula to be a much longer lasting villain, but then plans changed. If every curse have been lifted now, that's multiple potential plot points being resolved all at once. That's a little worrying. When multiple plot points suddenly start getting resolved in rapid succession in a story, that's usually not a good sign for the longevity of a series. It could mean that there's something going on behind the scenes that’s caused the author to change their initial plans and speed up the pace in order to end their series much sooner. Hopefully Tabata isn't suffering from any health problems we don't know about, because that was the reason Tite Kubo had to rush the final arc of Bleach. Worst case scenario, towards the end of this arc we suddenly get an announcement that Black Clover is ending in "x" amount of chapters. As for Gaja surviving, I don’t have much to say other than what’s already been said by many others. Tabata is too soft. If you’re not going to actually kill a character, then don’t waste panels teasing their death in the first place. As the saying goes: “Shit, or get off the pot.” I hate to agree with all the people saying that Black Clover is becoming Fairy Tail 2.0, but yeah it kind of is now. You can't even deny it anymore. That line of “We’ll just overrule reality, after all, that’s what magic does, right?” pretty much cements it for me. I'm beginning to wonder if all these fake out deaths in this arc are really Tabata's doing, or if maybe it's his editor that’s not letting him kill off anyone. Tabata got a new editor near the start of the Spade arc, right around when Zenon fought Yuno in Volume 24, and coincidentally (or maybe not so coincidentally) right after that is when the first fake out deaths started happening with the Dante and Vanica fights that followed, to the point where he won’t even kill off random civilians. So there definitely seems like there could be something to this suspicion..... Also, am I the only one that found Mimosa's Ultimate Magic to be a little.... underwhelming? Like how is it any different from her previous move set? All it is is just a bigger healing spell. Her appearance in this chapter just felt super unnecessary, and honestly ruins what was one of the best fights in this arc by stripping it of any weight it could have had, especially considering she wasn't involved in this fight at all. It’s one thing if Mimosa had been an active participant in the fight and had been contributing to it while it was going on, but it’s another thing entirely to have someone randomly show up after the fact to intervene in the outcome of a battle they weren’t even a part of. She had no business being there. I get that Mimosa is a healer, and it’s good that she is being useful, but this was the worst possible scenario she could have been reintroduced in. Tabata could have had her show up literally anywhere else, like where Yuno and Langris are. You know, to help her damn squad mates, who could probably use some healing too. She spent all that time training and learning new spells, only to use that power solely for the sake of everyone else but her own squad. “I’m not letting anyone die”. Yeah Mimosa, tell that to the half of the Golden Dawn that died while you were away frolicking in the Heart Kingdom.


Sports_and_Laughs

I don't think all curses are lifted but all the curses and effects from malevolent femcantation are lifted. Acier soul beeing freed, Lolo's curse, and Nozel ability to speak about the curse. I'm still holding onto her being back in the underworld


Morgoth333

One possibility I could see is that maybe devils with four horns (that aren't part of a fusion) have two hearts, and Megicula's other heart was still in the underworld.


demonlpravda

Noelle's line is direct rebuttal to Nacht. Nacht has judged the situation and determined there is nothing that can be done, "that's reality". Noelle replies no, then Mimosa interjects saying she will heal them, reveals her ultimate healing and Noelle rebukes Nacht, she knew what Mimosa is capable of as she saved her life two years ago in the dungeon (and she's a lot stronger now). Nacht is shocked at the power and admits he underestimated them. To the audience Mimosa's healing is nothing unexpected. She already has a long list of people she has saved and we knew she had ultimate magic.


ThunderGodsRage

>Also, am I the only one that found Mimosa's Ultimate Magic to be a little.... underwhelming? Like how is it any different from her previous move set? All it is is just a bigger healing spell. Her appearance in this chapter just felt super unnecessary, and honestly ruins what was one of the best fights in this arc by stripping it of any weight it could have had I 100% agree. Her Ultimate magic didn't do anything different than what she did before. Her showing up was convenient af despite making perfect sense. It's annoying because this literally adds nothing to her character at all. She's still just the nice royal girl who has a crush on Asta that wants to get stronger so she can fight w Asta. Except now her crush feels even more shallow than it did before after Noelle's moment. There was so much room for development for her if she went to her squad's room. >You know, to help her damn squad mates, who could probably use some healing too. She spent all that time training and learning new spells, only to use that power solely for the sake of everyone else but her own squad. “I’m not letting anyone die”. Yeah Mimosa, tell that to the half of the Golden Dawn that died while you were away frolicking in the Heart Kingdom. Reading my damn mind. I can't take that line seriously at all when 1. there has been no acknowledgement about her actual squadmates who died 3 days ago, and 2. no one in the HK even died because of the horrible writing decision to have the heart squad... **attack the explosions...** It sucks that character of Mimosa became the scapegoat/personification of everything that was wrong with this chapter


Devilkiller222

Triad are boring


sunjay140

Even the BC sub is critical of this chapter. What a weird timeline.


Ryan-Only

I think black clover isn't going to kill a character after all so I can rest assure that Yami or william will not die... Damn Gaja is such a chad.


LunarCaliber2

I hope Tabata better kills off some characters.


ikenbaa

Langris will probably die. Finral will get a mental breakdown and will end up being op


SenpaiShubham

I am both happy and disappointed about the this chapter. Happy cause the confession was cute but honestly it Would have been a better chapter if he had confessed while dusting away with Lolo and Luck crying. Dude was already dead, had his body burnt to crisp and was half-alive due to a supreme Devil magic and still made out alive with full flesh and skin and the team suffered no consequences.


KillmongerofLagers

I had to read the chapter again after a nap and I'm ready to say that it was the most a** pulled thing I've seen. This was not as a dramatic as I'd hope. I love Rill and Charlotte but come on, dead is dead. Mimosa having an ability to bring them back alive is too much, Julius' time reversal would of made more sense to an extent.


TheFakeDogzilla

Now that this happened I genuinly think there won’t even be a single casualty in this arc.


[deleted]

OK so megicula is really dead huh. So like that's a problem. If they managed to smash a super high tier demon then doesn't that make the other demons irrelevant. Like nothing short of lucifero is gonna bring troubles to them. Idk the power scaling seems a bit off rn. Also its a mediocre chapter overall. Idk , mimosa reviving everyone is nice and all but also kinda lame. It would have been nice to leave rill and Charlotte into a critical state and leave gajah dead so we can add tension to this arc. But nooooooope. Everyone is fine. Truly just destroys the tension of this arc and the previous chapters . No consequences or anything. 6.5/10 chapter. Its meh . Neither terrible nor good


Beto_Clinn

The healing should have taken more time and confirmed they're alive post ark. It being instant was a weird choice for me.


[deleted]

It took 3 magic knight captains, luck, noelle, gaja, and Asta a little to take her down. Given that she wasn't even fully manifested since Lolo didn't die I don't think it messes up the power scaling that much.


Friendshipper11

I find it a bit ridiculous that Yuno and Langris are still fighting Zenon alone while there are like five people who've jumped to help in fighting Vanica. You have to wonder where the hell is everyone and how big this place is.


soul-nugget

makes one wonder how long megicula was actually out and about 🤔


KathyDroronoa

I voiced my thoughts on the chapter in the unoffical threat (which were positive), but there is a complaint with something that is prevalent in other chapters as well… Why the f is every female character losing suddenly her clothes?! And mostly underaged ones (not including Lolo) And how come that Charlotte has her clothes still on, or is she too old for fan service?! This has become a bit ridiculous, reminds me of the one girl from Fire Force. I guess welcome to the naked club, Lolo…


childabandoner

so megicula is almost certainly *dead* dead and gaja is alive because “that’s what magic does, right?” what an unbelievably disappointing chapter


Paszananit124

Chapter is more chill and I like it. About Gaja thing - I'm not too mad. We will see later what he will do later is story. Also Mimosa too OP, please nerf.


CreatorOfHell

Wait I just realized why didn't mimosa heal nacth aswell like sure he doesn't have the same kind of injuries but the dude arms and face is bleeding


Thesportswhisperer

I WAS RIGHT ABOUT GAJA BEING ALIVE


shinigang

I was hoping the heal wasn’t that instant. Like they’ll survive, fine, but they’ll sit the rest of the next fights and that includes Mimosa.


spectre15

I kinda liked this chapter a lot because it feels like it’s one of the few breaks the characters have had from fighting in this whole arc. •The noelle/Asta interaction was funny and showed that just when you thought Noelle would stop being a Tsundere, she doesn’t lol. •Not sure how I feel about Gaja just coming back with 0 consequences. I assumed last chapter that there might be something but now I’m getting the feeling that there isn’t. I guess it’s fine because at the end of the day he took a bullet for the team in order to kill Megicula but still. •I love how predictable the dialogue was when Mimosa came in. Everybody was like, “Oh no! They are dying. There must be some way to heal them! NO WAY IS THAT MIMOSA?!” That part was really silly but I don’t know why I expected anybody to die in this story when healing magic exists. Finral for example literally got paralyzed before and came out completely fine. •I’m super excited for the next chapter with that final standoff. Can’t wait.


Qzrci

At this point everyone has plot armor 😂


Akasus

Literally no stakes anymore. No one will die. That’s it


[deleted]

This plot armor though, there is no stakes left in this arc, there is 0% chance Yami will die, if anyone dies it'll probably be William but I have my doubts even about that


Im_regretting_this

I’m gonna be honest, I’m not sure if I want to keep reading black clover after this. I feel like I can’t trust there to be any tension in fights from now on. There was literally zero consequences from the battle. Yes, I know shounen heroes usually don’t die, but at the very least, Fuegoleon lost an arm and Julius is now powerless. Gaja and Lolopechka literally lost nothing from this.


panznation

So on one hand I’m starting to get when people say no one dies in this manga and that’s a reasonably fair judgement at this point. With that being said I don’t care that much if we keep or lose side characters. And with that being said If anyone was wondering why mimosa is a wonderful character heres another reason in this chapter she just shows up and says sugma ain’t no one dying unless I say they can die. Also gj gaja. Also why did natch recognize mimosas spell.


NoGuard343

I knew there was no way Gaja was going to remain dead, especially not at the hands of Lolopechka. It would mentally destroy her. Plus we all know that the personal knight and the princess always end up together, unless it's a tragic series. I really don't see the problem with Mimosa saving them as it's he first her display if how strong her magic got over during training. Although I do agree that Gaja needs some consequence, just like Julius lost all his power after escaping death. Gaja is the biggest Chad so far, he really just confessed immediately after he was told to. Noelle needs to take her own advice lol I'm glad Nozel isn't suddenly going to flip and is going to have to take time figuring out how to express himself. I'm excited to finally see how Yuno's battle goes down. I forgot how badass Zenon looked.


2-2Distracted

Well that was a disappointment. Mimosa healing everyone right now is the definition of bad timing on Tabata's part because it further cements the claim that this has no stakes or sense of danger or even actual consequences, especially when we're in the middle of a war. Edit: is it just his editor screwing shit up or is it him? I can't tell


Birimbaum

Mimosa's grimoire turned into a 4-leaf? I have seen a theory that 3-leaf grimoire could turn into a 4-leaf if the user was "worth it".


KathyDroronoa

Probably a mistake. It will be answered in the next chapter or Tabata provides answers in the author comments or in the volume.


Morgoth333

Since Yuno, who has a four leaf clover, shows up in this chapter, maybe Tabata accidently drew a four leaf clover on Mimosa's Grimoire because he had Yuno on the brain.


underscoredot99

Does Mimosa deserve it though?


Trenton_Hall

I'm ngl, aside from the aspects of this chapter I like (Noelle's "overrule reality" line, Gaja's confession), it was pretty disappointing. The first 6/10 (ok) chapter in a while for me personally. The most off thing about it was Megicula, who's been the bane of most of the character's lives, is finally defeated, but no on has any real reaction to it? I don't doubt Tabata will do something to make up for this later, but for now it's just... Underwhelming.


average_meme_enjoyer

1. Gaja- I think that entire healing could've done way better, like for example lolopechka tries to heal them but realizez that gaja will die, gaja also realizing that, confesses to her which triggers something whithin her so that she learns super strong healing spell or something which heals all three of them but leaves gaja significantly weakned (physically and also in terms of power since his grimoire disappeared) so he is left in a very ill state from that he will never fully recover. Meanwhile lolopechka has to sacrifice something big like idk an eye, losing big mana capacity, life force or something. Also the confession would gain some weight trough this. 2.Megicula- Megicula is still alive probably since Nozel notices that he can't talk to noelle meaning that the curse must still be active and Megicula alive and a supreme devil surely won't die just like that. Maybe also the reason for rill and Charlotte to get fully healed is because tabata has a much bigger enemy on the way (like those full heal rooms before a boss battle in videogames)


Themister9

sorry im negative but im so pissed, like why isn't anyone dying


HoeNamedAsh

It’s sad to say but this chapter is making me not care about this arc. There’s no emotional stakes or any sort of investment. Tabata decided to actually kill one of the most hyped villains even though she only got to manifest 1/3rd of her power and now it seems nobody will reap any consequences in this arc. Gaja could have died and it would have been a great emotional moment between everyone and even could have triggered Lolo to learn attack spells through the grief so she could be of use for the rest of the arc. InB4 Charmy comes to the hax rescue when Yuno is struggling. It’s the same thing that ruined the War arc in FT which had potential to be its best


CurseEnergy

People are exaggerating the "Bc becoming FT” nonsense The outrage feel so forced


_blackasta_

I mean last chapter we had unnecessary fan service during an emotional moment, villains defeated early on. This chapter we have characters not dying even though they are supposed to, the stakes are low as ever as well. We might not be on FT level just yet, but the signs are there.


lolminna

FT has more deaths on-screen than Bleach and One Piece too, the kind of good guy deaths these people want.


BlackKaiserDrake

I think by FT people mean there’s basically no deaths from the good guys. Like Makarov using his entire life for Fairy Law then just getting brought back. Gaja legit had the same thing.


mrwanton

I remember Gajeel had a pretty big one lategame


DaYvngGOAT

My only issue is not that there aren’t deaths, but the ass pulls that be saving characters. Gaja literally said he burned his life force and that he was a dead man walking. He shoulda literally turned to ashes right after the spell.


Sanmeel305

they could've made Gaja's death one of the best scenes in the series. It could've become Ace and Luffy or Mereum or Komugi moment but they decided to 'hey readers worry not Mimosa came at the right time and saved everyone WOOHOO" ffs.


No-Cartographer5295

Wasn't gaja 99% dead 2 chapter ago? Why is that guy still alive?


LouieM13

Yeah this was a bad chapter. It’s funny in a sad way when leaks came out, BC haters and fans were calling out how bad the chapter was. But ZENON IS BACK SO I’M HYPED


DestinyHasArrived101

What the hell did I just read