In this episode of the Spiraken Manga Review, Xan pulls out his grimoire and reads about magic. So sit back and enjoy as he reviews the shonen jump fantasy adventure series Black Clover by Yūki Tabata For a Shonen Jump Title, this manga is pretty generic. Our intrepid host examines the nature of this manga, counts off how many manga tropes are in this series and shows how good pacing does not equal an original manga. Hope you enjoy this episode. ----more---- Music For Episode: Intro Music - Haruka Mirai by Kankaku Piero (Black Clover OST), Ending Music -Aoi Hono by Itowokashi (Black Clover OST) Our Website http://www.spiraken.com Our Forum http://spiraken.darkbb.com Our Email Spiraken@gmail.com Xan's Email xan@spiraken.com Our Twitter Spiraken Xboxlive Gamertag Xan Spiraken Our Amazon Store http://www.amazon.com/shops/spiraken Random Question of the Day: What kind of magic do you think you would use?
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