Series Info/Source: This is the second book in the Black Clover series. I bought this book.

Story (4/5): The story was fine. In this book Asta and his team of Black Bulls are ordered by the Wizard King to a mysterious dungeon to retrieve powerful relics. However, mages from a rival country show up and the Black Bulls and Golden Dawn are forced to work together.

Characters (3/5): Many new characters enter the story and I am starting to have trouble keeping track of them. There wasn’t a ton of character development either. However, I did enjoy one of the encounters between the Wizard King and Asta.

Setting (4/5): The setting of the dungeon was fun and it was interesting to visit the markets. Aside from that this remains a fairly typical fantasy-like setting. The dungeons remind me a lot of the Magi manga series.

Writing/Drawing Style (3/5): I felt like things were a lot more disorganized and hard to follow in this book. Fight scenes are a bit muddled and we jump quickly back and forth between scenes without any way to tell that the scene has changed. I also am not a fan of how every fighting method is given a called out name and blingy picture. I know this is done in a lot of shounen, but I have never been a fan.

My Summary (3.5/5): Overall this was a mixed bag for me. I continue to enjoy some parts of the story and Asta as a character. However, I felt like there was too much going on in this volume...too many new characters, the action was hard to follow, and too much switching between different storylines. I plan on reading the next volume but may not continue after that. ( )