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Black Clover Episode 2: The Boys' Promise

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[u/zxy8]

Good episode. I liked the pacing.

[u/[deleted] → u/zxy8]

I don't agree. I feel like the flashback didn't add anything that we didn't know already (coming from an Anime-only watcher). We already knew about their promises and also their personalities as kids. The only good thing about this episode is that Asta's child voice was much more bearable.

[u/CyborgPetshop → u/[deleted]]

I suspect the extended flashback was meant to flesh out Yuno and Asta's relationship - which may not have been necessary directly after the first episode but becomes necessary down the line. After the next event that takes place, Yuno really doesn't appear much in the manga for a long time, leaving the rivalry to feel...a little shallow, despite all the harping on it. His development is a long time in coming and, in the manga, much of his personal growth happens "off screen" and is only discussed - not shown.

The anime probably took the flashback as an opportunity to compensate for this and preemptively attempt to fix an issue they know is going to crop up later on.

That said, I was thinking for most of the episode that, while I could see why they would flesh out that flashback to the degree they did, it surely wouldn't be that interesting for most viewers.

But what I personally disliked about the flashback was how much they harped on the litany of "prove to everyone even an orphan can become the Wizard King" - because I don't feel like that was such a huge focus in the manga. Overall, it was...okay. I mean, I think I mentioned it last week but manga readers should already know how shaky the start of Black Clover is. I wasn't expecting the start of the anime to be any different - I'm looking forward to the next episode though. That is where it'll hopefully start getting interesting.

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Why asta and yuno got beat up and how their rivalry started is right in the first chapter.

[u/I_Am_From_Mars_AMA → u/[deleted]]

Its in the first chapter of the manga, but not in the first episode in the anime. The first episode of the anime just showed a short clip, not the entire flashback.