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| That fight was definitely my favorite in all of Black Clover so far. They really did their thing with the animation. |
| Asta's and Yami's fight with Dante was so god damn good. And when they finished fighting Zenon appears randomly and takes Yami cannot wait for the next episode. |
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saucergod said: Lotus-Foxie said: alr although i will admit episode 166 animation for me was dull i believe they couldve done better than that tho but this episode was able to satisfy meI get what you're trying to say but i'd prefer not being compared to people who send death threats to animators, right now I have aot 4 sitting at a score of ten. if the animation is good then i'll say it is. I only used the first two examples of bad animation that I remembered for this episode, but there are plenty more. Felt the same regarding last episode, the art was great through out but it definitely felt like they were holding back on the animation. Not to sound cheesy but I was really hoping the show would surpass its limits for this one, and for me they did. Losing some of the crisp art and detail from before was worth it for the fluid, crazy action on display. |
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| Great episode! I liked the whole episode this time. I’ll miss this show. |
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| A spectacular episode with a lot of great finely animated fight screentime. Narrative wise it made sense to have someone like Zenon teleport out of nowhere and abduct Yami, since that portal between the demon realm and the realm of the living the three demons plan to open is effectively a Chekhov's gun : you do not place such a "gun" on the table and then fail to use it (or, most likely, have the bad guys set it up, get ready to use it and then get stopped). Zenon would have probably lost against either Yami or Asta (and certainly against both at the same time) if he had showed up from the start in the place of Dante. Zenon's bone magic is most likely ill-suited against either Yami's dark magic or Asta's anti-magic - particularly the latter, since the bones are pure magic. However he jumped out of nowhere and surprised Yami and took him right when he had took a breather (and left his sword on the ground) from the long fight.. Lucky for him, and kind of way too convenient when Dante did all the work (he basically stole Dante's "loot"). I have no idea what happened in the Heart Kingdom. Mimosa, Luck, Leopold, Charmy and Gaja appeared to have died but I doubt they did. That "fading out from an explosion" bit is a common anime trope that is selectively used for either death or just injury, depending on the amount of plot armor the characters have. Asta lost his right arm to his demon, and I suspect more parts will follow in the last episodes - or not. I strongly doubt they will manage to complete this arc in just 3 episodes (unless they rush the hell out of it) so I suppose they plan to end this hyper-season with a cliffhanger. Last but not least, it appears that in the next episode we (anime-only watchers) will find out who that mysterious spatial magic Black Bull magician who looks a hell of a lot like Yuno is! Yami sure has a lot of Black Bull members on the bench doesn't he? It looked like he was talking with Yuno in the preview. Yuno's long lost brother maybe? :) |
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| Oh boy this episode is Fcking Fire... Damn i expect Haruka Mirai for the climax, but i understand now why it didn't happen... That entire fight Sakuga was Amazing... This is Peak Black Clover.... Asta with the Katana giving the Final Blow was INSANE!!! Shit Zenon comes out of nowhere... I'm freaking out Seeing all the Black Bulls so desperate and intense to help Yami, this is so sad π₯ |
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| Best Episode Ever!!!!!!!!!! That dual tag team fight Yami with Asta, was simply WOW!!!!!!!!... and the sudden unexpected defeat, wow! what a nice twist. An amazing fighting scene was looooong overdue in this series. :D |
| one word to describe this episode: PHENOMENAL! 5/5! |
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| What a climactic episode, so hyped for the next reveal. |
| Holy fuck that was just epic |
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| Definitely one of the best episodes to date, they definitely went all out on this fight, though I wonder how they're gonna top this one (if there's another big fight within the next 3 episodes) |
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| Best episode of the series! That end..omg! Henry has invented the space shuttle! |
| God I'm so sad I wasn't able to watch this episode earlier due to internet problems. Absolute mindblowing fight between Asta and Yami vs Dante. Yami is so incredible good in syncing with Asta. At the beginning there were so many moments where he saved Astas ass. I also loved how they managed the inner dialogue between Asta and his devil. He finally made a contract and got real devil power into his right arm which also looked pretty sick design wise. What made it even better was the fact that Asta just had a certain amount of time (50 seconds) to use this power instead of making him overpowered with no time limit like you often would see in other shows. This fight became so good I really didn't want it to stop. What an incredible moment when Yami tossed his sword towards Asta. The chills were real. Never had I expected them to beat Dante, the strongest of the Dark Triad. What a jebait. A super relaxed atmosphere with a defeated Dante and then Zenon appeared and ruined everything. I mean let's be honest, even if they saw Zenon coming, Asta wouldn't be able to fight and I don't think Yami in his current condition would have had a chance either. Imagine being as strong as Asta and still being called weak. That's like saying he didn't do anything in the last 6 months. And now with Yami and Vengeance in control of the Dark Triad shit is definitely about to go down. Meanwhile Vanica also takes Lolopechka with her and transformed all of her diciples into bombs. What a crazy bitch. Only 3 more episodes and I have no clue what will happen from now on. What I'm sure about is, somehow Asta, Noelle and Yuno need to get stronger, otherwise thw world will find it's end. Amazing animation. Probs to the animators who made this happen. Can't wait to finally see more about this myterious guy from the Black Bulls. |
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| Now that's what I was hoping for, great stuff. Also some hater is mass downvoting black clover ratings on every site thanks to this ep using proxies, lmao |
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| Amazing fight, and Yami and Asta synergy was epic to watch. Then the creep popped up and pierced Yami :((( I will be pissed if Yami dies. He is my favorite in the anime. Reminds me of the time when Asuma from Naruto got killed. Why always the coolest guys have to take one for the team :S |
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| Definitely my favorite episode in a long time, favorite episode since the elf arc ended. I think that the battle was very cool to watch and it was very well thought out. That being said, I think that while the animation had some cool moments, the art suffered. I think that we are seeing some discourse about that here in the thread. Some people are saying that this episode was magnificent and some saying it was awful. I can understand the two viewpoints, but I don't think it's as extreme as either of the two. I think that in comparison to the recent episodes we have seen, especially if we are looking pre-war, the episodes have been lackluster and weak. Up until Spade Kingdom actually invaded I would say, as a hardcore Black Clover fan, that Black Clover wasn't that good anymore. I think that the war battles really picked things up, but this episode in comparison to all of the battles in the war arc was more impactful, long, and animated. All of the peons that quickly overwhelmed the spirit users, then were quickly bashed by clover, then revived, it all happened so fast. There wasn't any stakes in those battles except in the Megicula and Dante fight. I think that's actually a negative for the series, but I understand by Black Clover felt the need to brush past these fights. It's just a shame that they skipped these episodes when these side characters finally came to the forefront and we thought they would be important. I'm not saying that they will be important again, but I am saying this season ends in two episodes, and that's not enough time for them to be important this season. A lot of hype up for seemingly nothing. But in the Megicula and Dante fight, there were real stakes and of course, the impact, duration, and animation would match that sort of switch. In comparison to everything else we have had recently, the Megicula and Dante fights are really refreshing. That being said, I think that elf black clover and pre-elf black clover were much better. I understand why people might say this episode is awful if they don't compare with what happened recently, but in black clover as a whole. I think that the Zagred fight was super cool and impactful, and he's a devil which isn't as powerful as Megicula and Dante. That being said, I know Zagred was the climax of the whole arc and that this arc isn't even close to being over. That being said, I think that the pre-Zagred fights on that arc were on another level than this fight. Another thing I would like to say about this fight is that I felt the art was super weak. Not the animation, but the art. There were a lot of moments in this episode where the characters were still, which to be clear is fine, but if your characters are going to be still, make sure they look good. I don't really care about blur and in-between shots looking janky, I think there is a place for Naruto Pain. That being said, if you are purposefully still, make it look good, jankiness is not the place. You are not portraying motion there. There were several places in the episode where I thought to myself, eh, that really could've been better. And that is out of the kindness of someone who actually really enjoys Black Clover. From episode one. (Yeah, I know I'm trash.) So if I was looking at the art and still think stuff like that, from a person who is less of a fan already, art like that could just be awful. I also think that while the fight was obviously well thought out, sometimes watching it was a bit confusing to grasp the whole picture. In any case, I completely understand both sides of the argument. While enjoyable, I personally do not think that this episode should be used to highlight the quality of the show. |
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| Let me say one thing if they messed up with the ending i would be fucking pissed just how we just 3 eps away for everything to happen |
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| Figured something had to go wrong at the end. |
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| This was the best battle so far because Yami and Asta won the battle, but they lost the war. Vanica took Lolopechika and exploded all her minions....talk about use and throw lol. This whole fight with everything in it was top notch. However, Zenon was the ultimate bastard. He was a bit weak due to fighting Yuno, but he still accomplished his mission. Asta tried stopping him, but the devil said that he was too weak to make another deal.... :( What's worse is that even the other members combined couldn't stop him from escaping with the two captains. |
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| The best episode of the show. Very good. |
| I can't think, I don't wanna think, I am at the edge of my seat, eyes at my screen and ears fully focused on this ep. This ep is mind-numbingly insane! The amount of absolute chaos during the erratic battle is truly displayed by the fluid animation! The battle OST screams along with the explosive sound effects, words need not be said by the characters as both Asta and Yami exchange blows with Dante. AAAAAAH!!! THIS EP IS SO DAMN AWESOME!!! Honestly not the best animation that Black Clover has ever offered, the animation during the Captains VS Captains tournament was several folds better, and the pacing where Asta and Yuno were fighting the demon was much more appropriate, however, the stakes in this ep is at its all-time high! Besides, this is a first for Yami and Asta duo tag-team to work this seamlessly all the while facing the most powerful opponent they've fought. It just took a deal with the devil, but damn, to think all those crazy aerial battles happen in under a minute, and ended in the very last second as Yami entrust his katana to Asta. Fucking epic... SIKE Zenon pulled a quick one and snatched his pathetically beaten older brother along with the severely weakened Yami with him. Seriously, I knew he was coming, but the anime made it so that he literally just appear abruptly, that's just amazing. Asta and Yami might have won the battle, but today's war was won by the Dark Triads. 3 High profile individuals; Yami, William and Lolopechka all abducted... |
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| Now Vanica kidnaps the Queen because why not and made her disples explode and god knows what will happen after that This fight is actually insane the animation of each fight is so good to watch, Asta made a deal to the devil and got his right arm enormous power that can actually keep up with Yami Asta did Yami's stance it's so good and he got his sword I wonder how that plays out in the future, But as they thought it was the end Zenon showed up and got ahead of Yami that's gonna cost them. |
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| Holyshit, they actually win. I'm speechless. If only Asta still have a little bit power in him, I bet Zenon is no match for him. |
| That was suspenseful |
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| Dante gets taken out, but the real power is Zenon here |
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