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 reveals to both Asta and Noelle that their first mission will be boar hunting at Sosshi. Yami Sukehiro explains that the request comes 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 begins by asking for the group of mages' identity while Magna is 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 rushes towards Heath and delivers a thrust to his torso.
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
Video games
Appearances
- Black Clover:
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