Black Bull (Black Clover)
The Black Bulls are a team that features in Black Clover.
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History
The Black Bulls (Japanese: 黒の暴牛, Hepburn: Kuro no Bōgyū) were one of nine squads of Magic Knights maintained by the Clover Kingdom.
At some point, they came to be headed by Yami Sukehiro following his rise to the rank of Captain in the Magic Knights. During his search for a headquarters, he journeyed into the Common Realm where he found an abandoned house. Within a room, he found a dying Henry Legolant a noble dying from an illness that was seemingly abandoned by his parents. Henry required magic power to sustain him and Yami decided to recruit him into the Black Bulls where members would contribute magic to keep him alive. Since that time, the Legolant home came to serve as the base of operations of the Black Bull squad.
During the Magic Knight Selection exam, Yami came to attend the event in order to choose potential recruits for the squad. He came to find one such candidate in a young man named Asta who lacked any magic potential. Alongside him, he also came to accept Noelle Silva who was a young noblewoman of House Silva that lacked the ability to control her magic. The nature of both candidates meant that none of the other Magic Knights squads wanted the pair. Taking the two with him, they went to the Black Bulls headquarters in order to introduce them to the rest of the squad as well as take part in the initiation ceremony. In Asta's case, he had to earn his robe and went through series of tests along with a duel arranged with Magna Swing. In the fight, Asta used his sword to deflect Magna's fireball back at him with this being a sign of his training being completed. It was then that Asta was welcomed into the ranks of the Black Bulls where he received his robe along with the Black Bull symbol. Afterwards, an incident emerged when Noelle Silva refused to work alongside commoners and an incident with Asta resulted in her losing a fight. In response, she decided to quit but accidentally ended up trapping herself in a giant water bubble that she had summoned. Only Asta was able to break the bubble and she came to see that despite her flaws that the Black Bulls accepted her leading to her re-joining the squad.
Soon after, Magna revealed to both Asta and Noelle that their first mission was to go boar hunting at Sosshi. Yami Sukehiro then explained that the request came from an old man who managed to win on a bet against Yami and Magna. Hearing the excuse, the new members try to get out of it but comply immediately due to Yami's threat. Noelle starts grouching over the circumstance but then reveals that she is just worried if she will only inflict further damage with her lack of magical control. Magna immediately appeases her by saying that he will be coming along as a supervisor. He then explains that they have to travel by a broom due to Finral Roulacase's inability to teleport to a place unknown to him. However, to his dismay, Asta and Noelle cannot ride a broom, which leaves Magna without choice but taking them along with his broom, the Crazy Cyclone. At first, Magna has a problem on taking off due to the sheer weight of the passengers but manages to fly in the end. Unfortunately, it is not a very smooth flight with Noelle holding Magna too tightly while Asta is ignoring his own safety as he is amazed by the experience. In the end, Magna exhausts himself upon their arrival at Sosshi. The moment they arrive, the first thing that they see is the village being covered by a very thick mist, which Noelle believes was created by magic. Magna asks Asta to cut it. Asta quickly does as he is ordered after being convinced that his sword is able to cut any form of magic. With the mist gone, they witness the villagers gathered at the center of the village with dozens of sharp icicles floating above them. As those icicles start falling down, Magna quickly dashes over to them and manages to neutralize the spell with his Fire Magic. He then finds out that the old man who made the request has already died. He then sees a group of mages nearby and demands answers. One of the mages, Heath Grice, ignores him while being irritated by Magna's interference. The man, who is sitting on top of a broken wall, launches another attack towards them. Depleted of his magical power, Magna is not capable of retaliating but Asta manages to step in and cuts the spell in half and saves all of them. Afterwards, he came to confront Heath over his actions.
Asta began by asking for the group of mages' identity while Magna was considering the possibility of them coming from outside of the Kingdom. At the same time, the group of mages also questioning the appearance of the Black Bull squad and assume that they are on an unofficial mission. Heath then looks at his pocket watch and declares their defeat in within five minutes before pursuing their purpose. Asta begins his assault but one of the mages quickly activates a mist-based spell. Asta quickly negates the spell while Heath analysed him. When Asta asks him of his purpose on the village, Heath evades the question by simply saying that people who are from the Forsaken region are nothing but brutes that are not worth saving. Heath's comments trigger a memory from Asta's past where he learned something similar from the Lily back in Hage. His ambition to become the Wizard King began on that day to protect the lesser people, which he reiterates to Heath. The group of mages then activates a composite spell of mist and ice and manage to create a barrage of icicle spears. The icicles subsequently attack the villagers from multiple directions. Asta manages to deflect a few of them but Heath easily thaws them, leaving Asta and Magna on defense to protect the villagers. Magna starts to loose even more magical power but he determines to continue to fight due to his pride. Noelle tries to launch an attack but missed her target, which leads Heath to comment on her flaws. A discouraged Noelle begins to think about escaping, which reinforced by Magna's request for her to escape as well. But, one of the children of the village approaches her and begs for her protection. Noelle regains her fighting spirit and it triggers her grimoire to reveal a new spell that manages to protect all of them with a water-based barrier. Seeing an opening, Asta immediately rushed towards Heath and delivered a thrust to his torso.
Unfortunately Asta's attack did not manage to land a significant damage as Heath reacts fast enough to freeze the ground around former in which dampen his momentum. He immediately land a counterattack and begins to freeze Noelle's barrier while Asta is laying on the ground. As Heath proclaims he will finish in 25 seconds and Magna is nearly giving up, Asta comes back for another attack but he is not fast enough to ambush Heath. Asta gets back on his feet but only to be sent flying once more. This leads to Magna begins remembering the moment he got accepted to the Black Bull while thinking that Asta should put this to rest. Heath asks Asta the very same question in which the latter shows his determination and his duty to protect. Asta's statement awakens Magna from his slump with him punching himself in the face. While leaving the protection duty to Noelle, Magna comes out of the spell and challenges Heath. He then asks Asta to recreate the initiation ceremony they had before with Magna activating one of his spells. Unfazed by it, Heath protects himself with a defensive spell while letting the strays to pass him. Unfortunately, he does not notice that Asta is deflecting those stray attacks back at him and his group. The attacks manage to take down all of them while Noelle protects Magna from the icicles coming from above him. When Heath tries to freeze the fire after realizing that it would not fade, Asta quickly jumps in and swings his sword onto Heath's body. As Heath loses his consciousness, Magna quickly activates a restraining spell by taking advantage the fire that is still burning on the opponents' body. Unfortunately, one of Heath's subordinate manages to escape by extinguishing the fire with a water magic spell. While Noelle also deactivates her spell, Asta suddenly faints due to exhaustion. Seeing Asta's efforts in the fight, Noelle begins to see Asta in different light while silently complementing him.
Suddenly, an anti-bird appears from Asta's robe and flies away towards one of the villager's houses where it finds a stone with symbol of a crescent moon and three four-sided stars on it. The said bird then takes the stone and returns to Asta's side. It then starts pecking Asta on the head until he wakes up. Noticing the stone on its beak, Asta tries to return the said stone, which belongs to the village's chief, to the villagers but the latter decides to give it to him as a sign of gratitude. Unbeknownst to Asta, Noelle has been observing him and the anti-bird and she has become enamored by the anti-bird's behaviors. Moments later, Heath finally regained his consciousness and found himself and two of his subordinates tied and hindered from using any magics by Magna's restraining magic spell. When he learned that Magna intends to take them in for questioning, Heath immediately commits suicide by using a magic item he kept inside his stomach. Heath's act of committing suicide while taking his subordinates along with him completely frustrates Asta due to the former's lack of respect for life. Meanwhile, Heath's escaped subordinate arrives and quickly gives a report about their failure to their employer. However, the mysterious man, who wears a robe with the Golden Dawn squad insignia on it, does not seem to be frustrated by the turn of event while installing a piece of stone into a sephirot. He also reveals that there is no major setback on the plan after learning that the stone, which he had asked Heath and his subordinates to retrieve, is in the Black Bull's hand. Returning to Sosshi, Asta is still being chased around by the anti-bird which keeps pecking his head. Noelle who has been following them quickly offers herself as the bird's companion in an effort to take it from Asta. They then notice two children are standing in front of the grave for their grandfather, the former chief of Sosshi village. Nick then asks Asta if someone from the Forsaken Region like him could really enter the ranks of the Magic Knights. Asta replies that he is a peasant who has become a Magic Knight. Subsequently, Asta encourages Nick to work hard in order to achieve his goal. After hearing Asta's speech, the anti-bird pecks at Asta's head again.
After completing their mission in Sosshi village, the three of them return to the headquarters and greeted by Yami and Vanessa. The latter reveals that the Magic Forensic Division has begin their investigation although they have not seems to find any clue regarding their affiliation just yet. Subsequently, Yami informs them that the Wizard King had bestowed them with a star for Magna, Asta and Noelle's excellent performance. The additional star put the Black Bull squad on a 100 stars difference with the top squad, the Golden Dawn. Yami also distributes the members salary with Asta is completely excited with his first earned money while Noelle is not amazed by the amount she received. While congratulating the new members with their first salary, Vanessa also invites them on a shopping trip to a castle town in the Common region. Upon arriving at Kikka, Asta yet again being amazed by the scenes he had never experienced beforehand and starts running around ahead of the others. His actions starts to draw attention of the crowd whom notice his affiliation with the Black Bull squad. Additionally, Vanessa and Noelle also attract an equal amount of attention, especially from the males. Vanessa tries to appease Noelle whom starts to worry about the commotion they caused by saying that their presence as a Magic Knight is enough to suppress the level of crime activities while also hoping that she could attract a few sophisticated men. After completing their errands, Vanessa then takes Asta and Noelle to a black market hidden behind a wall in one of the alleys of Kikka. She then explains that the nobles usually avoid such a place after seeing Noelle's surprised look. Subsequently, she also informs Noelle that they might be able to find an item in the market that could help in improving her controls over her magical power. While touring the black market, Asta notices an area of the market that is quite crowded in which revealed to be a casino. In there, he accidentally sees one of his acquaintances, Magna Swing, playing after receiving his salary.
In the same casino, another mage is being beaten in a game of card by an elderly woman. The mage, Sekke, then starts complaining about his new life as a member of a Magic Knights' squad regarding his squadmates' treatment of him. He then notices Noelle and Vanessa from across the room and immediately tries to flirt with them. Unfortunately, the two of them harshly rejected him before Asta interrupts their conversation. Asta quickly recognized Sekke but failed to remember his name. On the other hand, Sekke was still shocked that Asta is able to be acquainted with two beautiful ladies. He then tries to criticize Asta but it backfires when Asta reveals his recent accomplishment. In that moment, a thief snatches the belonging of the elderly woman who was gambling against Sekke. Asta quickly pursues the thief while Sekke activates one of his spell. He then also started pursuing the thief after giving Vanessa and Noelle a few sweet words, which gives an opposite effect on both of them. Asta manages to nullify the thief's spell while Sekke stops the thief by charging directly at him. Unfortunately, the thief manages to paralyze Sekke with a magic item before losing his consciousness. Sekke who thinks that he is about to die, starts giving his final wish to Asta. However, Asta quickly rejected his so-called dying wish and tells him to live and fulfill it by himself. Vanessa then takes a look at the injury and reveals that Sekke was not in imminent danger while applying an ointment on his foot. Sekke then leaves before he receives further embarrassment while Vanessa starts to notice a deeper personality that Asta has within him. The three Black Bull members then return the elderly woman's belonging before leaving the place themselves. As they leave, the elderly womaned transform into a middle-aged man whom is revealed to be the current Wizard King, Julius Novachrono, as he receives a call from one of his subordinates. The call seems to be an emergency but the Wizard King remains calm while hinting that he found a candidate to solve the issue for them. Meanwhile, back at the casino, Magna was still gambling even after losing almost all of his possessions but was still determined on winning.
One day, a peasant who is walking in a forest suddenly encounters a ruin of building that had emerged from the ground. A few hours later, Yami Sukehiro approaches several members of the Black Bull squad who are hanging out and informs them about an emergence of a dungeon. Hearing the news, all of the members become excited before Asta shows his ignorance regarding the existence of dungeons. The other members then start explaining to him that a dungeon is a place that contains a hefty amount of treasure, including powerful magic items, but also is guarded by countless powerful traps. Vanessa Enoteca then adds that due to the danger of powerful magical artifacts landing in the wrong hands, it is the duty of the Magic Knights to conquer the dungeon and secure the treasures. Yami then further explains that the dungeon emerged on the border between the Clover Kingdom and a neighboring country, the Diamond Kingdom. After hearing all of the information, Asta quickly nominates himself for the mission. To everyone surprise, Yami reveals that the Wizard King himself has requested for Asta to explore the dungeon. Asta then immediately travels to the dungeon along with two squadmates, Noelle Silva and Luck Voltia. On their way to the inner-side of the dungeon, Asta and Noelle start arguing about the name of the anti-bird that they met during their mission at Sosshi village. After several name proposals, they decide to use Luck's suggestion of naming the bird Nero. Back at the Black Bull headquarters, Vanessa is curious about the Wizard King's awareness of Asta but Yami simply says that their leader is weird. Additionally, the Black Bull's captain also assures her that Luck Voltia should be able to protect the new members. Although, he also remarks on Luck's slightly insane personality. After a brief walk in the dark, due to Asta accidentally dropping their source of light, the group finally reach the inner-side of the dungeon. Luck and Noelle immediately remark the dungeon to be full of mana. Asta begins sulking due to his inability to sense or have mana. However, during his tantrum, Asta suddenly activates a trap spell. After he easily neutralizes it, Luck suddenly pushes him into another trap. Additionally, Luck begins to activate several other traps before stopping and praising Asta's Anti Magic weapon.
Luck then begins sensing the presence of others inside the dungeon and quickly heads out towards the strongest person that he sensed, leaving the new members on their own. A moment later, another plant-based trap spell suddenly entangles Noelle but Asta manages to release her. However, the spell is able to strangle Asta as well before preparing to eat him. Suddenly, a rain of swords falls upon Asta and destroys the trap. During that time, at the Black Bull headquarters, Yami informs Magna Swing that several members of the Golden Dawn were also tasked to conquer the dungeon. Back at the dungeon, when Asta and Noelle look up, they see the appearance of the members of the strongest squad, one of which was Yuno.
Overview
In appearance, the Black Bulls were a squad of 9 members that served as Magic Knights. Typically, their signature clothing was a black mantle robe with gold trimming and hood. It had a gold-colored button located at the right-hand side to hold it together whilst the left-hand side displayed the squad's insignia.
As Magic Knights, they followed the orders of the Magic Emperor and acted according to their commands. They performed missions all around the Clover Kingdom whether they were official or unofficial. Meanwhile, direct command of the squad was held by the captain who delegated missions, relayed messages received from the Magic Emperor, and distributed the members' salaries.
Their destructive behavior led to them developing an infamous reputation among the Magic Knights with them being regarded as the worst squad of the organization.
An initiation ceremony was held when new members joined the ranks of the Black Bulls. This ceremony had been regarded by many of the members as unofficial but existed to measure the quality of its new recruits. At the end of the ceremony, a senior member typically bestowed the squad's official robes on the new member as proof of membership
The headquarters of the Black Bulls was a large, tall house with asymmetric structures. The house consisted of multiple stories with most of them made of stone and brick. It had a large number of windows and chimneys and a single wooden gate for a front entrance.
Members
- Yami Sukehiro : a black haired male originally from the Hino Country where he came to be stranded in the Clover Kingdom and taken under the tutelage of Julius Novachrono. As a Magic Knight, he came to rise to the position of Captain where he came to head the Black Bulls where he personally chose many of its members.
- Nacht :
- Charmy :
- Gauche :
- Zora :
- Finral :
- Gordon :
- Asta :
- Noelle Silva :
- Vanessa :
- Grey :
- Magna :
- Luck :
- Henry :
- Secre :
Notes
- The Black Bulls were created by Yūki Tabata and featured in the setting of the Black Clover universe.
In other media
Television
- In Black Clover, the Black Bulls appeared in the setting of the anime television series adaptation.
Films
- In Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King, the Black Bulls appeared in the setting of the anime film.
Video games
Appearances
- Black Clover:
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