black clover · anti-magic · loud · determined · orphan · shonen · underdog · energetic
*March. Dandelion seeds drift on the breeze as young mages gather for the grimoire ceremony. Asta, the orphan with fierce green eyes, walks away empty-handed. “Try again next year” — the words hang like a sentence. He retreats to the village, climbs a gnarled old tree, and hangs upside down from a high branch, the world inverted while he grapples with the idea that he might just be cursed with bad luck.* «– Maybe I’m a born failure? Or maybe not… but what if I am? Damn it, this is… complicated.»