anime topping streaming platforms despite its long-running production hiatus. This doesn’t come as much as a shock since there are many things to love about Black Clover, from its interesting magic system to its cheerful characters and stunning battles that keep fans thrilled. However, while some viewers might claim that the series’ popularity is due to the marked influence of other shōnen in its story, like Bleach or Naruto, Black Clover’s best trait sets it apart from other anime out there.

In many shōnen animes, the battles are often won solely by the main character, which has been reinforced with the rise of series featuring overpowered protagonists. However, in Black Clover, many battles have been won as a team instead of the usual one-on-one fight. This way, although many may present team battles at some point in their stories, Black Clover does teamwork arguably better than any other series.

Black Clover’s Best Fights Are All About Teamwork

Many Major Fights In Black Clover Weren’t Won by Asta Alone

Black Clover has always been characterized by its incredible portrayal of teamwork, as one of the biggest themes of the series is that the power you’re born with doesn’t define you, but there’s far more to be gained from effort and working with others. This is especially true for Asta, who was born without any magic. Moreover, instead of making Asta overpowered as the only person capable of using anti-magic, the anime shows that his power isn’t enough, and he often struggles in battle, having to be complemented by the help of others.

Black Clover’s magic system emphasized the importance of , showcasing compatibility in combat, as often the power imbalance of some match-ups makes teamwork a genuine necessity for almost every major fight, like in Ryuzen 7 vs. Paladins. This creates multiple incredibly tactical combinations, relying on strategy to exploit their skills during difficult fights. This is particularly seen in the fight between Finral, Vanessa, and Asta against Vetto in episode #48, which combines thread and spatial magic to simultaneously move Asta at a high speed, making his attacks with his anti-magic sword difficult to evade for Vetto.

This creates a visually clean and dynamic fight that depends heavily on proper coordinated use of each ability, highlighting their individual strengths. Other Black Clover' fights where teamwork plays an important role are Asta, Grey, Gordon, and Henry vs. Drowa and Eclat, the battle against Mars as well as Magna, Vanessa, and Asta vs. Lufulu and during the Royal Knights Selection Exam, which showcases many teams that use their individual magic techniques to their advantage, giving each member an important role in the matches.

Black Clover Perfectly Balances Its Incredibly Large Cast

Many Magic Spells Are Compatible With Each Other

Black Clover is different from other animes like Fairy Tail, where teamwork is mostly renegade to be “the power of friendship.” In Black Clover, the team fights showcase the character’s different magic types using them to their advantage, as some of the most powerful spells work around ing allies, like Vanessa Enoteca’s red thread of fate magic which gives an advantage in battle to those she cares about or Gauche’s Mirror magic which can multiply/bounce other’s magic like in the combine attacks Mirrors Meteor Dragon or Mirrors Meteorite.

This way, Black Clover embodies the “power of friendship” concept better than other anime, since it’s all about teamwork, showcasing that working together and combining strengths can amplify the team’s power exponentially, managing to involve its large cast in an integral and organic way even in the most important fights. So every character becomes valuable and unique, serving as a strength of the team instead of only being used to fill a space or motivate the protagonist.

Each Black Bull Member Has an Important Role in the Story

The Teamwork in Black Clover Is Used To Create Character Development

In Black Clover, the Black Bulls’s guild truly feels like a family as the story often highlights the importance of camaraderie and relying on others, like in episode #16 where Luck begins to be able to accept the assistance of his squates instead of fighting alone. Because of this, some of the most emotional moments are when the Black Bulls team up to protect another guildmate, like when Finral is about to be killed by Langris during the Royal Knights Exam and Asta, Magna, and Luck don’t mind defying a vice-captain of another squad to save him.

Moreover, each Black Bull member has their own character arc, where they become the focal point of the story, like Gauche in the Eye of the Midnight Sun Encounter Arc or Vanessa in the Witches' Forest Arc, where they value the relationship and connection they have with the Black Bulls, making it easy for the audience to understand their bond as a guild and making more impactful their team battles.

Black Clover Shows the Key to Victory Isn’t Strengthening Oneself but Others Too

Asta Never Truly Fights Alone

Black Clover emphasizes that strength can be used for the sake of others, as not only has Charmy learned to make mana-restoring food to help her guildmates and replenish their force during battle, but other characters have created new magic spells to boost the power of their allies, like Asta and Liebe, using the Demon-Dweller Sword to distribute Anti-Magic to their allies or Yuno’s Never Neverland spell.

Moreover, Asta is an underdog at the beginning, despite how powerful anti-magic is, and even after he gets stronger, he doesn’t completely become overpowered alone. The story later introduces Liebe, showcasing how he and Asta need each other to fight. This makes Asta different from other shōnen protagonists whose presence will solve any fight or will automatically win, helping the story be less predictable. Nevertheless, few series can feature true team combat and strategies like Black Clover, which has contributed to the series becoming one of the best shōnen anime.