Black Clover has become a familiar name for every anime lover. Every Otaku knows the story of Asta, the magicalless dwarfish loudmouthed boy, and his rival, the seemingly perfect four-leaf clover wielding Yuno. The anime is of the dark fantasy genre, with a lot of action and comedy. It has inspired a lot of iconic characters in the anime world despite being a relatively new show. The anime has stopped at episode 170 due to it getting close to the source manga.
Spoiler Alert
This review may have some spoilers for the latest chapter.
This chapter is set after the fight between the Magic Knights and the Demons in the Spade Kingdom. It was the Special Extra-Merit Awardance Ceremony for Asta to celebrate him for his fight against the triad and increase his rank.
It seems in this chapter, Yuuki Tabata decided to show more light on the two longest ships going on in the show. Yami was finally made aware of Charlotte's infatuation with him, while Asta made his last confession to Sister Lily. He was turned down as usual, so he asked sister Lily to witness him becoming the Magic King, and she agreed in a touching moment.
The last part of this chapter brought a foreboding sense of dread, with the standing Wizard King Julius Novachrano now being possessed with the demon of time Astaroth. He approached Asta, slowly clapping and saying, "Congratulations on making it this far.. but this is the end."
This really brought some shivers based on the fact that I've known Julius to be such a goofy and cheery character. Even during the fight with Licht, he almost seemed playful in a fight that was meant to kill him.
I am a bit excited for prospects that comes with such a major twist at the end of any show. It's like when you think you've defeated the boss using up all your moves, just to realize you weren't fighting the boss in the first place plus we know almost nothing about this Astaroth devil apart from the fact that he is the devil of time. Asta lost a hand for more power just to defeat Lucifer and it seems that Astaroth is more powerful than Lucifer.
Although we know he will pull through it makes you think how much more he could lose in such a fight, with so many people close to him at such a venue, both warriors and non-warriors alike. The anticipation is killing me, the writer went off for a three month strike to finish this arc and I just know it'll be worth the wait.
Source
The images seen here are screenshots from the manga except for the thumbnail image which has a link to it's source.