Shonen Jump has gone through some significant changes in the past few years as many of its biggest manga franchises have come to an end. Series like Kohei Horikoshi's My Hero Academia, Hajime Komoto's Mashle: Magic and Muscles, and Gege Akutami's Jujutsu Kaisen have all ended. Series like Hitsuji Gondaira's Mission: Yozakura Family also seem to be coming to an end soon.
Black Clover is currently in the midst of its final arc with the possibility of ending the entire series later this year. If successful, it will have the best ending a Weekly Shonen Jump series has seen in the past few years.
Yuki Tabata moved the Black Clover manga out of the busy schedule of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine as the series begins its final arc, and is now releasing a few chapters every few months with Jump magazine's seasonal issues. GIGA by Shueisha.
The Black Clover manga is coming to a great end
The Black Clover manga moving its final arc to Jump GIGA might be the best thing to ever happen to the entire series. Not only does Tabata have more free time to develop the final chapters, but the chapters themselves benefit from the new release schedule in very intuitive ways. Not only will fans see twice as much material per chapter with this new schedule, but it will also result in some very impressive allotments for the final battles.
So far, fans have not felt like they were missing anything in the final season of Black Clover as they witnessed four major updates with nearly ten chapters bringing fans to the conclusion. The pacing has been better than ever as each new update seen throughout the year has concluded one of the final battles between the Black Bulls and clones of Lucius Zogratis and the Paladins.
Black Clover's final arc also seems much more epic with this new schedule. As fans eagerly wait to see each new update of the series every few months, this somewhat revives interest in the series.
The Black Clover manga will end everything at once
In the case of My Hero Academia and Jujutsu Kaisen, the endings of these two mangas can happen so quickly, that even the creators behind them still have a lot of material they want to share after the manga ends. . Black Clover probably won't go that route. Since the new schedule gives Tabata more creative time and freedom, the author will be able to end his series once and for all.
While the Black Clover manga shows it's in the midst of the final battle, the latest update also seems to tease that there's more in store for fans. Initially, it was believed that the series would end with the final update seen later this year, and that could still happen. But as the finale expands on its battles, it also seems like there's enough room to explore a more epic finale and a full ending as seen with the other endings.
Black Clover is setting a path that other Shonen Jump series should follow. Not every series will get to the point where it can switch to a seasonal schedule for the final chapters, but the manga will be better for it. The ending was able to introduce the big moments it needed for each of its characters with this finale, and no one felt left behind.
There are still a few questions that need to be answered before everything wraps up, but Black Clover has time to explore them all. And that's what will make it the best ending in years. Time to explore and complete everything is needed before it's truly over.
If Black Clover can succeed, this will be the most complete and satisfying ending to Shonen Jump we've seen in years.
