Black clover is literally perfection incarnate, from mc to side characters to villains everything, and now let me explain why
Let’s start with the mc, asta is the best new gen mc period my personal favorite shonen protagonist, asta has a trait i adore in shonen mcs who also have it and that is him being not completely pure, now I’m not saying that he’s morally ambiguous like gon or luffy, but he isn’t your run-of-the-mill shonen protagonist who’s pure-hearted and does everything out of sheer kindness, no, asta does what he wants even if sometimes it’s not beneficial to others around him, plus he’s a hard worker who solely relies on hard work and his anti magic swords are but accessories and aren’t his priorities, his hard work comes first then his anti magic swords, no to mention his greatest aspect that he changes those around him and is very inspirational to my next point, the black bulls, the literal best anime cast out there, each one of them has a logical tragic backstory related to the amazingly written corrupt system in the clover kingdom, where magic is everything and the royal reigns supreme and the commoners are discriminated against, each on of them has his own quirk and they are united by their captain yami, the best mentor figure in anime, he also affects other people and has a rivalry of his own with william vangeance, which brings me to my next point and that is the wizard king julius, that’s how you write a figure character, he has the great mixture of being funny as hell and badass af and also a great figure for asta to look up to, not to mention the fact that he influences pretty much all of the kingdom, great examples would be yami and vangeance, plus yuno who is bashed on for being a sasuke wannabe is actually much much better than sasuke, that’s all without talking about the awesome villain that is licht, a very improved version of obito, great things to mention would also be what i would consider the second best power system in anime, mana, and specifically in black clover and it’s due to one thing and that is the fact that when you experience some kind of emotional stress you unlock a new spell in your grimoire, the amazing world building especially after the reincarnation arc when tabata expanded the universe by introducing the other kingdoms, and last but certainly not least, the perfection that is the reincarnation arc, talk about everything condensed into a solid piece of story, a great build up followed by amazing fights which are won by teamwork and trust not by power of friendship or asspulls, and filled with plot twists that are just magnificent
So yeah that is pretty much why i adore that series, tho one complaint i have with the anime is that it has a trashy adaptation from art style to animation with the exception of the openings which are straight fire
Now compare this greatness to mha, you’ll see the huge difference, as for mha, the series is decent at best, the cast isn’t flushed out as it should, with the exception of bakugo and todoroki and Midoriya, the others are really bland characters, the fights are so straightforward it’s boring to watch, and the winner wins by packing the bigger punch, and that’s heavily due to the power system which is average, it’s too lighthearted it’s almost slice of life, and that’s really detrimental because when that happens the emotional moments become really underwhelming, even (someone’s) death in season 4 wasn’t that emotional, some of the arcs are really unnecessary like the final exam or the provisional licensing exam and that’s also really bad because in all of the shonen I’ve watched it has never occurred to me that i genuinely felt i could skip this arc and nothing would change at all. I could go on and on rambling about boku no hero from its really slow pace to its bad villains to Midoriya who’s and average mc but i think i said enough