Bkack clover episode 38 Review

Ever since the capital raid things just haven’t added up. There is a traitor among the high ranks, and it’s about time to reveal their face. Now, if you 2 prisoners were taken back then. However, gaining anything out of them was impossible. A spell was placed upon each of them to ensure they wouldn’t leak any crucial details. Luckily, the Clover Kingdom has something that no body else has. A boy that can break all spells. Asta has been requested to dispel the mind protection on the prisoners. With just a tap of this blade, Marx can now pull out every little thing from their brains. So, just who is the traitor?

We’re left off on a cliffhanger with this one. Next time a captain will be outed for the dog he is. Moreover, episode 38 mixed things up, and had some filler. That whole part with Yuno and friends was anime original. This episode should of started with Asta waking up in the capital after the battle. Marx then immediately request his aid with the prisoners. Instead we had him being healed by Mimosa, then having some original eating contest. After all that he finally get the request in the anime. Episode 38 also jumped ahead to the tail end of chapter 56. Although looking back it fits in well since they changed things up a bit. Other than that the captains meet up was spot on. I will say one thing about it, though. They made it way to obvious who the traitor is if you paid attention.

The Magic Knight Captains: Gosh, I didn’t think that most of the captains have weird quirks and personalities! Their conference was like a toned down version of the antics in the Black Bulls headquarters, although maybe that’s cause Yami was being the life of the meeting. Somehow I could tell that, while they’re not as tightknit as colleagues are supposed to be and that rivalry between them is not surprising, they all take their duties as captains seriously. That’s why,just like with the three captains helping Yami and his squad out, they’ll willingly work together to defeat their kingdom’s enemies. Or maybe it’s just my wishful thinking. What I am sure of is that, whoever the traitor among them turns out to be, this group of leaders will be greatly disturbed. Not only did they lose Fuegoleon, a valuable captain, to forced retirement, but now another captain, of all people, is a traitor!  Do you anime-only fans have any guesses on who it might be? I think Vengeance is the most suspicious out of all of them, especially when Yami asked if he doesn’t have light magic, then it seemed like Charlotte and Nozel were on to something…

Actually, even though Yami called Marx ‘Mushroom Head’, his haircut is actually called the Pageboy. It’s named after the haircut of late medieval page boys, who are the attendants or messengers of nobles. Interestingly, even though Marx is not Julius’ attendant, he’s still serving under the Wizard King (and picking up after him when he suddenly disappears to be an otaku), so it’s quite fitting.

Uchiko Ball: I’ve often seen that ball on a stick that Yami was patting on his sword and always wondered what it was. Apparently, it’s a silk ball that has finely ground stone powder inside, and it’s used to take long-term care of a sword after you use it or before you put it in storage.

While I enjoyed the whole episode (despite the art becoming ridiculous at times, again), what certainlycaught my interest was when Asta was asked to break the seal, and the last bit where Julius summoned the captains in the dungeon to tell themwhat’s going on. At first, I didn’tquite realize the gravity of Asta’s help yet, but once I saw his face when the captains were in front of him, it dawned on me that it was such a huge deal! It makes me terribly excited for what’s going to happen next! That’s why, for those who already know what’s up because they’ve been following the manga, please don’t spoil us anime-only fans!

Who’s the traitor?

We have to wait some days before finding out who the traitor is, but from the looks of it, the revelation won’t be pretty! It’s a good thing I’ll still continue reviewing Black Clover’s last cour this summer!

Rating: 8.6