Black clover gay characters

Content Warning: Discussion of queerphobia, sexism

Spoilers for Black Clover

If you’ve ever watched a shounen anime, you’re probably familiar with at least some of the tropes that their female characters are typically burdened with: the damsel in distress, the “strong” female who gets mocked for creature too “manly,” the faux action girl who’s talked up as badass but never seems to undertake anything important, etcetera. Women in shounen battle anime and manga have traditionally been sidelined, even as it became more and more common to comprise women as fellow fighters. When the guys proceed in to fight the final boss, the girls stay behind to aid with some B-plot battle no matter how competent they may seem. In a new era of shounen, we’ve seen some of these tired tropes be turned on their heads. However, even when series like Black Clover make some strides, they still end up repeating tired cliches.

Black Clover has often been compared to popular titles of the last generation since its debut in 2015, with protagonist Asta often labeled a Naruto clone, and some of his devil abilities equated to Ichigo’s hollow in Bleach. Mangaka Tabata Yuki is unseal about the influence that the p