Almost 2 whole months since my last anime review😐. Well, I've been a bit preoccupied with school and shit so I've not had the time to finish a full anime series or review one, also been on One Piece (currently at the Ace's execution on Marineford arc) and it's been a real adventure 🥺✨.
Regardless of my forced abstinence (half-abstinence) from anime, I still made up the time to watch the highlight of this month and it was the best use of my 2 hours 😭😭🍀.
Black Clover : Sword Of The Wizard King 🗡️🍀
Plot
After the battle against the elves, the Clover kingdom decides to let loose, holding their Triumph festival, yet disaster struck again throwing the Kingdom's magic knights into another great battle.
The Wizard kings of the old are back and are trying to destroy the kingdom.
With the current Wizard King, Julius currently unable to fight, it's left to Asta and the Magic knights to defend against the full magic force of their past greatest mages.
I can't begin to tell you how much Black Clover fans (me) have waited for this movie😭😭😭✨
It's an anime that I legit fell in love with, having a simple shounen trope of a main character who was bullied and set aside because he/she was different, now goes on with a mission to attain a position acknowledged by everyone, it manages to fit in different tastes of comedy, action, romance and just pure blooded chivalry that I'm urrrghh😭😵.
The movie which came out on the 16th of this month, is one that I pinned in my planner as a must watch and now I'm going to review it (hopefully without spoilers).
This movie having a runtime of exactly 1hr 53 minutes gave me some highs and lows. Although this is a review of my own personal opinion, I would love to hear what you think in the comments 😗
What I Liked
1. The Fight Scenes Animation
When talking about black clover, you can never get bored of the fight scenes😭😭
Just take a load at this beauty from episode 167 of the anime🥺
Like the small clip there, there's more in the series and the animators worked the same magic in the movie😭😭😭.
Animations in fights that would legit give you goosebumps 😬
2. The Plot
Normally the trope mentioned above about the MC being ostracized is a rather commonly used one.
Although it's the first time I'm seeing an anime movie built around this ostracization and done so well.
The view of the Villains is one that most who has been ostracized or bullied can relate too, and it's one that I was genuinely moved about
3. A Steady Build to the Climax
The fact that everything happened so fast is one which most people would disapprove and most movies might fumble.
Not this one though, despite the battles starting as early as 10 minutes of the film, there were no drawbacks in material.
One would easily be swept in with the flow and would feel it when the movie is at its peak.
I applaud the directors, cast and crew for such a lovely performance 🥺
What I Didn't Like
- The Rush!!!
When watching the movie you'll notice how most things seemed to be sped up.
Most characters kept at a mute and the spotlight centered on Asta.
I'm like why the rush!!!?😭😭😭
This is the first magic we're seeing in 2 years and it's so effing short 😭😭😭
Regardless of that unquestionable fumble on their part 😐, it's a genuinely great film and a nice start of the summer🥺, with Jujutsu Kaisen S2, Second part of Bleach thousand blood war, Season 5 of Bunguo stray dogs coming up, it's looking to be a pretty epic summer 😵🌠
I give it a rating of 7 stars and I feel like if you haven't watched it yet and you've watched the series...
Well you must be playing 🤡
Image without source links is a screenshot from the movie.