#spade arc

[ravioli-fries]

hey uh

I know you don't usually draw him but can you plkease draw tiny julius angsty and crying because I like angst and I need to feel something (also TABATA didn't make him cry during the spade arc when his sons yami and william were taken by zenon so I'm kinda mad)

OH ALSO you draw your expressions a lot better than m e (also not forced)

Me when this is one of the two Julius’ I’ve drawn in my entire life

he’s frustrated he himself can do nothing to help.

[missazune]

Charlotte Roselei || BLACK CLOVER

“They can’t die just yet…”

been a while since i’ve done a manga coloring. did this at 1am so sorry for the mistakes

[ladymiraclewings]

Dante Zogratis, negotiating with the Black Bulls: We have Yami Sukehiro. Give us ten thousand dollars and he will be returned to you unharmed.

Yami: Whoa, whoa, wait, you think I’m only worth ten thousand dollars?

Dante:...

Yami: MAKE IT ONE MILLION–

Finral, from the other line of the crystal communicator: CAPTAIN STOP !!!!

[animemob2]

‏‎#حرق_بلاك_كلوفر

مانجا بلاك كلوفر : أرك مملكة السبيد- الفصل 323

حسابي على أنستغرام : @animemob2

[one-leaf-grimoire]

Absolutely losing it over this panel of Charlotte... idk what the writing says but half of her roses have changed color! Did she admit her love for Yami or something?!

ANyway I’m bisexual

[derekjay346]

I've had this in my back pocket for awhile (Mostly because I've had trouble finding a clean/non-blurry diagram), but after doing a little research I've found that Lilith and Naamah are both represented on the Tree of Death.

Which is a little odd, seeing how we've haven't had a lot of thematic naming for the Devils so far; between Zagred, Megicula, and Liebe, the only referenced demon would be Lucifero (who is also represented on the Quilpthoth.

The Tree of Death is the inversion of the Tree of Life, the Sephirot, and each point is an inversion of its meaning and is paried with a demonic entity. So, much like the Elves acting as the Despicles are to the Tree of life; The highest ranking Devils are to the Tree of Death.

The main problem being I have no idea where the reference picture on the right came from, but it very much does not match the proper positioning of the Qliphoth upside-down at all, so this could be horribly wrong. Another being that Megicula doesn't show up on anything at all, and I'm pretty sure they're one of the ten in Nacht's diagram of the underworld (Megicula could be a very bastardized form of Moloch??)

Anyway, I wanted to point this all out for anyone of the smarter people in the fandom to try and possibly gleam anything from this. Cause so far we have 3/4 Highest Ranking Devils correlating to the Qliphoth, and I'm interested to see how the trend plays out.

[sz-amare]

8. Black Clover Disappointment

Why I Found Ep. 162 of Black Clover to be a Disappointment

(Spoiler Warning) This post contains spoilers for the latest episodes of Black Clover. Tread with caution.

I am going to say it now. I find the Spade arc to be a disappointment, or at least so far. I love Black Clover. And every arc has been getting progressively better. But to me, the Spade arc fell far from my expectations, severely disappointing me. Don’t get me wrong, seeing the development of the world after the time skip was really exciting to me, but they are the build-up to the upcoming episodes. 

Episodes 161 and 162 are the primary reasons for the downfall of my enjoyment. Funnily enough, the day before airing, I heard that Ep. 162 would be the best episode in Black Clover history. Not just from a couple of random people, but from friends, YouTubers, and social media channels. Dozens of people.

With high expectations and quaking excitement, I made myself my favorite comfort food and sat through Ep. 162. And I was not happy. However, the major disappointment I felt from watching Ep. 162 was caused by the previous episode, Ep. 161.

For a quick recap, Ep. 161 was when some Spade kingdom soldiers and one of the three dark triad members invaded the Golden Dawn headquarters and killed half the squad. Now I personally think character deaths are a great way to develop certain characters and, if done right, can hook the audience to the series. Now, after we figure half the squad was wiped out, Yuno becomes disappointed with himself and will probably strive to become stronger in the near future. So now there are many character deaths, and one of the characters wants to strive for change, so all good, right? NO! Why? Quick question: Can you name a single character that died? Do you remember any of their names? If you do, did you like that character? If you did, then you have no good taste in characters. My point is that the only characters they killed-off in the Golden Dawn are nameless, forgettable, or completely unimportant characters, for which I could care less. Not only that but the one character that should have died ended up surviving – the glasses dude with the metal magic, Klaus.

Although Klaus loses almost all of his importance in the anime as time progresses, many of us end up loving him. He also has a very close connection to both Yuno and Asta. Now imagine if he died. Although I don’t feel all that connected with Klaus, I would feel like a piece of myself has fallen off. This would allow us to relate to Yuno’s, and in this case, Asta’s rage towards their own weakness and the Spade Kingdom. Their need to change and to become stronger would be understandable. But looking at the reality of what happened, Yuno’s emotional breakdown doesn’t feel warranted. I did not feel that sadness that i should be feeling. 

But there is one more issue that killing only nameless characters has caused.

Looking at the end of the next episode, Ep. 162, Gouche is fatally wounded by the leader of the dark triad and thus sparking Asta’s rage. Because of the stunt they pulled in the previous episode, not killing any significant characters, I immediately knew that Gauche wasn’t going to die. Now, he hasn’t been healed yet, but my friend and I predicted that the feeling of uselessness that Grey was feeling would cause her to develop and heal Gauche. If the author was too afraid to kill-off characters with any slight significance, then what would make me believe that he would kill one of the main characters of the series. And even if he does end up dying, the emotional high I was supposed to feel in the moment of him being stabbed has already been ruined. So when I saw Asta become enraged and started losing himself, I saw nothing more than a generic moment I have seen many times before but with no emotional highs. One of the best moments in Black Clover was ruined because Yuki Tabata was too afraid to kill-off his good characters.

Please know, I don’t want to send hate to Tabata. I love the man. I am very grateful for the series, Black Clover, which has brought me and many others abundant joy. However, I will give criticism where criticism is due. I am mainly pointing out these flaws simply because I want others to learn from these posts of what to do and what not to do when crafting a story.

If you have any questions or you want to discuss something, feel free to ask in the “Ask Me Anything” tab on my Tumblr page.

[ravioli-fries]

It is Twilight!