Black Clover Cast, including Asta & Julius, gathered together in front of purple and brown background
Summary Since it first premiered, Black Clover has always been compared to other franchises. While not all of these comparisons are negative, many fans point to its similarity to series like Naruto as a sign of Black Clover being derivative and lacking originality. However, I think that people who accuse Black Clover and characters like Asta and Noelle of being trope-laden ripoffs miss the reason the series is so enjoyable to begin with.
Black Clover Pokes Holes In The Concept Of Originality Focusing On Originality Is The Wrong Move For Fans While it's easy to find the derivative elements in Yuki Tabata's series, it's also true that Black Clover builds on ideas from Naruto in a way that is arguably "original". However, I don't think these two points contradict each other, because I think the concept of "originality" is a red herring.
On another level, while it's as character-driven as Naruto, Black Clover also arguably corrects some of Naruto's mistakes in world-building. Black Clover is one of the first battle shōnen to reach its level of popularity where class distinctions play a major part, with the pejorative "commoner" constantly thrown around.
That's especially critical since anime tends to be prone to what you could call the rat-race of innovation. There's a constant evaluation of how "innovative" or "derivative" works are, and measuring their quality by that. The end result is not just a pathological obsession with novelty or the confusion of novelty with quality, but a very fixed idea of what "novelty" and "quality" even mean.
Although these ideas weren't true to my experience, they were the stances I adopted after participating in anime discourse uncritically. I never questioned the core assumptions or the ideas they were based on. As a result, those became the lens through which I analyzed anime. Ultimately, though, these evaluations are bound by a context and subculture, so they're subject to change - and to intervention.
This isn't to Black Clover's detriment. The emphasis on always "pushing boundaries" in ways that must be obvious has produced franchises that can be emotionally exhausting because of how seriously they take themselves. That doesn't mean they're bad at all, it just means they don't make for great comfort watches. When I watch Black Clover, there's just hype and intrigue, excitement, and, at times, sadness or anger.
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