A review by rereader33
Black Clover, Vol. 25 by Yûki Tabata

5.0

Dante to Vanessa: You should be my woman!

Me: *throws up*

Dante to Vanessa and Grey: You to have to be my women!

Me: *throws up, crawls into the fetal position, starts crying*

Exaggerations aside, Dante is easily the slimiest, creepiest villain Black Clover has introduced so far. His mannerisms, magic, and overall design screams creepy douchecanoe. I'm so glad Asta and Yami put him in his place and don't tolerate his bullshit.

Speaking of assholes, Grey's backstory made me want to travel to the Black Clover universe and punch both of her obnoxious stepsisters in the face because HOW DARE YOU SHAME AND HURT MY PRECIOUS CINNAMON ROLL?! Moving on from that, it was interesting to learn her connection to Gauche AND she got a glow up! I'm so curious to learn more about her magic and hope that we'll also learn how she was recruited into the Black Bulls.

Back at the Heart Kingdom, Luck, Leo, and Charmy put in some serious work against Vanica's underlings and I ADORED seeing my babies get glow ups! It was nice to see Luck and Leo show some subtle character growth as well, with Luck choosing to continue fighting not just for sport, but to protect others and Leo recognizing his own strengths and not comparing himself to the greatness that is Mereoleona and Fuegoleon. And Charmy was a badass as usual and her fight was easily my favorite. Now that I think about it, there were a LOT of glow ups this volume. Weird.

Shit's getting real everywhere and despite all the victories this volume, there's definitely an dark shadow creeping up on the Black Bulls and the Heart Kingdom. Curious to see what trials await our favorite band of misfits.