Articles about Asta |
Pre-Timeskip • Post-Timeskip • Final Saga |
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“ | I'm going to be the Wizard King! This is something I'll never give up on! | „ |
~ Asta |
“ | Maybe you weren't chosen, maybe no one wanted you, and maybe you can't be forgiven, but you still have to stand your ground without making excuses for yourself! | „ |
~ Asta to Patry |
“ | You people are special... and we got stronger... and made it this far... so we could protect everyone with you. So we could compete and help each other improve! So we could fight together! | „ |
~ Asta to Langris |
“ | In the beginning... I approached you in order to use you. A magicless boy who'd just happened to acquire a five-leaf grimoire that kept magic away. But as I spent all that time with you... As I watched you fight... I began wanting to believe in you. I started to want to bet on you. Please! Win this, Asta! | „ |
~ Secré's plea for Asta to defeat Zagred |
Summary
Asta was left at an orphanage as an infant on the outskirts of the Clover Kingdom alongside another baby named Yuno. Excitable and outgoing, he dreams of becoming the Magic Emperor, the greatest mage in the kingdom.
However, Asta is one of the rare few, if not the only one to be born without the ability to use magic, but he refused to let this stop him, and continuously trained his body to compensate before finally being awarded with a grimoire of his own while getting Yuno out of a bind.
Since then, he has joined the Black Bull Squad, a group of the most rowdy and outrageous Magic Knights in the entire kingdom, using the power of his ominous Anti-Magic swords to defend those he cares about and strive towards his dream.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 7-B | At least High 7-A, 6-C with Black Asta | 6-C, higher with Black Asta | 6-C, 6-B with Black Asta, higher with Black Divider
Key: Eye of the Midnight Sun Arc | Witches' Forest Arc | Royal Knights Arc | Elves' Invasion Arc
Name: Asta
Origin: Black Clover
Gender: Male
Age: 15 (Beginning of the Series), 16 (Star Festival)
Classification: Human, Magic Knight, Black Bulls member, Royal Knights member, Peasant, Devil Host
Powers and Abilities:
- Superhuman Physical Characteristics: (Asta possesses an extremely high level of physical strength, he is able to do a thousand single-handed handstand push-ups, swing heavy swords single-handedly with ease,[1] and punch holes in rock walls with no injury to himself[2])
- Accelerated Development: (Training, Battle; Physical Stats, Abilities; Frequently surpasses his own limits during battles, especially when his back is again the wall or close to death. This allows him to develop new techniques or improve his physical abilities on the spot[3])
- Technique Mimicry: (Is capable of picking up moves and replicating them during a fight as shown in his fight against Kiato[4])
- Reactive Power Level: (During his battle against Vetto, Asta was able to intercept and deflect Vetto's Forbidden Magic beam despite being completely overpowered by a more suppressed Vetto moments before.[5] Eventually landed a critical blow on him to defeat him[6])
- Acrobatics
- Master Swordsman: (Asta is an adept swordsman and, over the course of the series, he assimilates the swordsmanship skills of the swordsmen he encountered and uses them with just as much efficiency, or adapts them to better fit his own swordsmanship [7])
- Instinctive Reaction: (Was able to reflect Magna's fireball after his mind has turned off.[8] He later mastered Ki sensing, which Yami describes as halfway through instinct and prediction[9])
- Multiple Selves: (Type 1 ; Liebe, residing inside Asta's grimoire can take over Asta's body and fight in his place[10])
- Damage Reduction: (Assimilated Kiato's swordsmanship, which allowed Kiato to tank a blow from Vetto by deflecting the force of the blow, his head would have been blown out of his body if he had not done so[11])
- Enhanced Senses: (Can read his opponent's emotions[12])
- Extrasensory Perception: (Asta can read the opponent's Life Energy by sensing their Ki[13])
- Information Analysis: (With Ki, Asta can read his opponents' true intentions and state of mind.[14] Ki users are also able to detect lies)
- Enhanced Instinctive Reaction and Sense Manipulation: (Assimilated Kiato's fighting style, which throws the opponent's senses with its movement and makes said movements unpredictable to the eyes of ki sensers[15])
- Precognition: (Learned how to use ki and sense it.[16] With ki, Asta has the capacity to predict opponents' next moves by reading their breathing, muscle movements, glare, life force, current emotional state and even their slight presence, with all his senses combined. His ki sensing allows him to even sense non-living objects such as rocks and other energies like magic[17])
- Social Influencing: (Has been repeatedly shown to influence the people around him and change them for the better. Encouraged Luck to fight better.[18] Saved Patry from his insanity[19])
- Summoning: (Can summon swords out of his grimoire which all are imbued with the power of Anti-Magic[20])
Anti-Magic Swords:
- Anti-Magic: (Asta uses swords that are imbued of the mysterious Anti-Magic energy, each of them having different shape and abilities. With those swords, he can easily cut through any magic spell with incredible ease regardless of the shape or even the attribute of the spell, he can also nullify magical teleportation by stabbing the sword into the teleporter's general vicinity.[21] They can even nullify Langris' attacks which can erase out of space anything in a certain path.[22] Anyone taking a clean hit from those swords will be unable to use magic, application of Magic Power, for a variable period of time.[23] The more Anti-Magic Asta uses, the more potent his nullification becomes)
- Attack Reflection: (Can reflect a magic spell back with the spine of his swords[24])
- Curse Magic Nullification: (Nullified a magic bullet curse that had been inflicted on his skin by No.4 Jimmy[25])
- Energy-Based Regeneration Negation (Low-Mid; Prevented Vetto from regenerating his wound with Forbidden Magic[26]
- Unholy Manipulation: (Asta lets the power of a devil flow within him to transform into Black Asta by channelling the Devil Power inside his swords[27])
Demon-Slayer:
- Mind Control Nullification: (Can remove mind-controlling Magic spells by tapping the person's head with the guard of Demon-Slayer,[28] even his own head[29])
- Blood Manipulation and Body Puppetry Nullification: (Can negate the Witch Queen's Puppet Bloodflow Magic)
Demon-Dweller:
- Magic Absorption: (Has unconsciously absorbed the magic of his allies with Demon-Dweller and used said magic as a projectile,[30] his sword drains the magical power of anything that makes contact with them[31] until they're completely unable to use magic[32] and can send back the absorbed Magic in a much more powerful attack[33])
- Enhanced Accelerated Development: (Adapted in a short period of time to Magna's fire balls, where each fire ball becomes invisible halfway through and randomly teleport around the target right before hitting them. Went from not being able to track a single throw even with ki sensing to being able to deflect a barrage of them for several minutes, thus without moving much and while protecting the crystal behind him)
- Resistance to Life-Force Absorption: (Asta has shown to be able to resist Zagred's Life-Force Absorption magic
- Resistance to Madness Manipulation: (Due to the power of Demon-Destroyer, Asta absorbed and experienced all of Patry's memories and feelings including Zagred's words which drove Patry into despair and insanity and forced the entire elf tribe to have hatred towards humans)
Demon-Slayer:
- Energy-Based Regeneration Negation: (High-Mid with Black Divider, Prevented Zagred from regenerating) and Size Manipulation (Can increase the size of Demon Slayer)
Demon-Destroyer:
- Enhanced Anti-Magic: (The amount of Anti-Magic this sword releases is considerably higher than his other Anti-Magic swords)
- Limited Memory Manipulation, Mind Manipulation and Soul Manipulation: (Can look into the minds and soul of others and see their past memories and even interact with the soul inside of them. Those memories however, are poured into him which means he will feel the emotions of the target and experience their memories)
- Causality Manipulation: (With Demon-Destroyer, Asta can revert magic effects they never existed in the first place by severing the Cause-and-Effect relationship)
- Paralysis Nullification: (Able to negate Eclat's Eye Magic, which can physically paralyze her opponents and prevent them from using their magic by looking into the mirror via the combination of Drowa's Mirror Magic)
- Poison Absorption: (With Demon-Destroyer Sword Asta can absorb the effects of Poison Magic spells)
- Possession Nullification: (Strong enough to nullify curses and Reincarnation Magic. Removed all of the elves' souls from their hosts with one attack) and
- Purification: (Type 2; Asta is able to clean the body, mind and soul of evil and highly corrupted spirits such as Elf Luck and Dark Elf Patry. Type 3; Asta can remove poison and status in general by severing the cause-and-effect relationship) and Power Bestowal via Demon-Destroyer Sword (Can bestow others with Anti-Magic)
City level (During his first mission, he managed to deal serious damage to Heath Grice, a high level Magic Knight, and defeated him with the help of Magna.[36] He also defeated Mars, who should be stronger than Magic Knights such as Gauche, whose magic was stated to be equal to Neige's snowstorm creation.[37] Made Gauche bleed with a single headbutt[38])
At least Large Mountain level (Stronger than before. Critically wounded base Ladros[39] despite him being powered by Fana's Fireball, and being capable of knocking Mars out through its crystal armor[40] despite being able to withstand a Fireball without any protection[41]), Island level with Black Asta (One-Shot Ladros,[42] who absorbed the Fire Spirit and surpassed its power[43])
Island level (Punched Evil Eye Raia and sent him flying[44]), higher with Black Asta (Comparable to Spirit Dive Yuno)
Island level (Should be stronger than before), Country level with Black Asta (A combined attack with Yuno wounded Zagred's arm.[45] Is able to parry strikes from Dark Elf Patry[46]Black), Country level+ with Black Divider (Damaged Zagred and even sliced through him.[47] Can increase its strength by using more Anti-Magic, making it bigger in the process[48])
Speed: Relativistic (Is able to move so fast that his speed surprises even the Magic Knights Captains, with William Vangeance wondering he had increased his speed with Reinforcement Magic.[49] Comparable to Gauche, who could reflect light[50]) | Relativistic (Cancelled Fana's attack before she could fire it[51]), higher with Black Asta (Significantly increases his speed, allowing him to be faster than Ladros who could blitz him previously[52]) | Relativistic (Able to intercept Elemental Quintet when its speed was doubled by Zora, the quadrupled version was fast enough to blitz Elf Raia[53]), Relativistic+ with Black Asta (Blitzed Rage Power Langris) | At least Relativistic (Faster than before), Relativistic+ with Black Asta (Faster than before)
Lifting Strength: Class K (Can easily lift and deftly wield his two swords even though they easily weigh down Julius Novachrono.[54] Was stated by Tabata to be the second physically strongest character at this point of the series, making him superior to Vetto, who is below Asta as the third physically strongest[55]) | Class K (Stronger than before), far higher with Black Asta (Far stronger than his base form) | Class K (Stronger than before), far higher with Black Asta (Stronger than before) | Class K (Stronger than before), far higher with Black Asta (Stronger than before)
Striking Strength: City level (Defeated Mars.[56] Damaged Gauche with a headbutt[38]) | At least Large Mountain level (Damaged Fana with a slash), Island level with Black Asta (Easily defeated Ladros with a slash[57]) | Island level (Harmed Evil Eye Raia with a punch), higher with Black Asta (Defeated Drowa with a blunt strike[58]) | Island level (Stronger than before), Country level with Black Asta (Cut Zagred's arm alongside Yuno), Country level+ with Black Divider (Sliced Zagred)
Durability: City level, likely far higher (Shrugged off attacks from Gauche.[59] Took hits from a casual Vetto[60]) | At least Large Mountain level (Comparable to his Attack Power), Island level with Black Asta (The Anti-Magic wreathing his body allowed him to easily shrug off Ladros' attack, which could pierce through his body earlier[61]) | Island level (Shrugged off an attack from Mereoleona that forced Raia to heal[62]), higher with Black Asta (Can take hits from Rufel[63]) | Island level (Should be as durable, if not more durable than before), Country level with Black Asta (Took several hits from Dark Elf Patry[64])
Stamina: Superhuman (Can still remain conscious after being sliced open to the hip with a diamond projectile with significant blood loss.[65] Fought an army of zombies without getting tired for several hours, and jumped through a wall of flames without flinching or receiving any damage. Kept fighting against Vetto despite taking severe damage and having both of his arms broken. Fought and defeated Ladros while having a hole pierced into him without showing any sign of pain. Managed to re-enter his Black Asta form against Zagred and defeat him despite having just been forced out of it due to the strain it put on his body)
Range: Extended Melee Range with swords; at least Tens of Meters with Projectiles, Anti-Magic and Black Divider
- Grimoire: Asta wields a five-leaf clover grimoire, which he receives during his fight with Revchi. The grimoire is tattered and covered in dirt, a black five-leaf clover insignia at the center of its front cover. Assume that the grimoire possesses unusual magic but is otherwise ordinary. Asta is able to summon rusted swords out of it, which he uses for his Anti-Magic. His grimoire used to be a four-leaf clover grimoire that belonged to Licht.
- Demon-Slayer: Asta's first and primary Anti-Magic sword. It is the largest and heaviest of the four swords, dealing massive blunt damage with each swing and being a better shield overall, and reflect magic with the flat side. However, its heft means that it is slower than the Demon-Dweller and Demon-Destroyer, making it less suitable for parrying and reflecting high-speed attacks. After the 6 months timeskip, Asta gained the ability to fly on Demon-Slayer by channelling Anti-Magic and call it back by saying its name. By infusing Anti-Magic at the extremity of Demon-Slayer, Asta creates a spell called Black Divider. With Black Divider, Asta makes the extremity of Demon-Slayer sharper in order to deal more fatal injuries. In Devil Union, Asta changes the size of the sword itself, making it long and wide enough to deflect kilometer-sized projectiles
- Demon-Dweller: His second anti-magic weapon, which he discovered towards the end of his fight with Mars. A thinner and more ornate weapon, Asta can swing it much faster than the Demon Slayer Sword, allowing him to defend against attacks too fast for him to block with the Demon Slayer Sword and slice and stab opponents. As a trade-off, it lacks some of the heft of the Demon Slayer sword, resulting in weaker blows. After the 6 months timeskip, Asta gained the ability to summon Demon-Dweller by saying its name and create several Anti-Magic slashes by filling the sword with Anti-Magic and swinging it.
- Demon-Destroyer: Asta's third Anti-Magic sword, It can cut through magic spells with its edges, just like his other two swords. It can also severe the cause-and-effect relationship to absorb and remove the effects of magic spells as if they were never casted or even negate Reincarnation Magic. The shape of Demon-Destroyer changes when Asta is in Devil Union.
- Average: Asta is a teen that was given minimum education due to living in the boondocks at the edge of the kingdom for most of his life and is thus fairly ignorant and book dumb.
- 11 Years of training: Asta, just like Yuno, has been training since the age of 5, sometimes individually, and sometimes while sparring with Yuno too. While Yuno was training his magic, Asta training his physical abilities and his proficiency with weapons, as he uses sticks as swords. 10 years later, he receives a grimoire of his own, and his Anti-Magic sword. He then learned advanced swordsmanship from the Magic Teacher Fanzell Kruger. At the very early stage of his training, days at most, Fanzell already considered him to be among his 3 best students in battle, and even went so far as to put him in second place after Mars.
- Constant exposure to life or death situations: He also got his first real battle with his life on the line during his training with Fanzell, as Fanzell was actually researched by the Special Assassination unit of the Diamond Kingdom, which is considered as the kingdom with the best military force on the continent. This Special Assassination unit was led by Mariella one of the greatest soldiers of her Kingdom and Fanzell's third best student in battle. With a tag team with Fanzell, Asta managed to defeat the Special Assassination unit without taking much hits. Several months afterward, Asta took on more skilled and powerful foes such as Heath Grice and Mars, and after receiving advices from experienced Magic Knight Captains such as Yami Sukehiro and Fuegoleon Vermillion, he has become much calmer and level-headed in combat, focusing on the task at hand and maintaining his composure while under pressure and make quick and effective decisions that turns the outcome of the battle to his advantage such as during his fight against Valtos, where he let go of his two swords despite being attacked from every directions and at the first opportunity, rushed at him through one of the portals used to attack Asta from everywhere. Since then, Asta has been participating in countless battles with his life and the lives of his friends at stake, and kept getting better during each one of them.
Weaknesses: Reckless with little regard for his own safety, but this has lessened somewhat over the course of the story. Asta is exceptionally naive at times and is rather merciful. He can swing the Demon-Dweller Sword faster, but can't hit as hard with it and vice versa. Base Anti-Magic, the one constantly flowing in the swords, is less effective against amorphous magic such as Fog, Smoke, and Sand Magic as they can simply flow back into position. The magic projectile function of the Demon-Dweller Sword requires time to charge and the actual type of projectile fired cannot be controlled by Asta. He can only enter his Black Asta Form three times a day and doing so places an incredible strain on his muscles and bones.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Anti-Magic: Asta possesses no Magic Power and therefore is unable to use magic whatsoever. However, his lack of magic enabled Asta to wield the power of Anti-Magic, power coming from a Demon. As its name suggests, Anti-Magic has the unique ability to nullify any form of magic without difficulty, depending on how he uses it. He uses this power through rusty remains of ancient swords that are stored within his grimoire, corrupted by Anti-Magic. He has 3 swords: the Demon-Slayer Sword, which is able to cleave through virtually any kind of magic with its edges, to deflect magic back with the flat parts of the sword, and to undo any form of mind or body control magic by touching its guard. The Demon-Dweller and Demon-Destroyer Swords, which as well as cleaving and deflecting magic, can absorb magic for the former and severe causality itself to revert magic effect for the latter. (Used for Magic Nullification)
- Bull Thrust: After being flung through the air, Asta points both the Demon-Slayer Sword and Demon Dweller Sword in front of himself. Any spells or magic life forms that are in front of Asta are dispelled after coming in contact with the swords. Asta is also incapable of changing direction without the help of Spatial Magic users.
- Mirrors Slash: After Asta has been multiplied with Mirrors Brigade, the Demon Dweller Sword absorb an ally's magic and, with a swing, release the magic in a flurry of flying slashes, which can nullify magic.
- Demon-Slayer Sword: Black Divider: While wielding the Demon-Slayer Sword, Asta pushes the Anti-Magic to the edges of the blade, increasing its size and extending its reach. After the Timeskip, he learned to use Black Divider without needing to transform into Black Asta
Black Asta: After being healed by the Witch Queen and nearly being defeated by Ladros, Asta discovered the ability to channel the flow of Anti-Magic emanating out of his swords through his body, greatly increasing his strength and speed while clearing his mind of all doubts and extraneous thoughts and improving his focus and clarity of mind. At first, he needs some concentration and his two hands on his sword to channel Anti-Magic and transform but can now transform into Black Asta with relative ease.
- Black Meteorite: After activating his Black Asta form, Asta lunges at his opponent, homing in on his target's Magic Power while the shroud of Anti-Magic around him nullifies oncoming magical attacks, dealing a powerful slash to the target once he is in range.
- Black Hurricane: With Anti-Magic flowing from the Demon Slayer Sword, Asta steps forward and spins around rapidly, engulfing his surroundings with arcs of Anti-Magic that nullify any magical spells or constructs they come into contact with. This ability is able to deactivate an entire field of magical traps of various kinds in an instant.
- Compound Magic 「複合魔法 Fukugō Mahō」: Despite not being able to use magic, Asta can still combine his Anti-Magic with another magic. Compound Magic is the combination of multiple different spells to create a single, more powerful spell. A smaller variation, Union Magic 「合体魔法 Gattai Mahō」 is the combination of only two spells.
- Mirrors Slash: After Asta has been multiplied with Mirrors Brigade, the Demon-Dweller Sword absorb an ally's magic and, with a swing, release the magic in a flurry of flying slashes, which can nullify magic.
Note: Compound Magic and Union Magic spells can only be used with another mage, therefore not usable in 1 versus 1 scenarios.
Ki: During the battle opposing Patry and Yami, Asta learned how to read the natural energy given off by living beings to read their current emotional state or predict their next attacks, granting him a pseudo-sixth sense for danger and enhancing his reaction speed. (Used for various things, mainly Precognition, Information Analysis, and Extrasensory Perception)
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Others
Notable Victories:
Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece) Luffy's Profile (Water 7 Arc Luffy and Eye of the Midnight Sun Arc Asta were used. Win Condition was by death. Speed was equalized)
Notable Losses:
Inconclusive Matches:
Meliodas and Zeldris (Nanatsu no Taizai) Meliodas' Profile and Zeldris' Profile (Asta and Yuno fought together against Meliodas and Zeldris. Royal Knights Arc Asta, Elf Form (Incomplete) Yuno, Post-Purgatory Meliodas, 2nd Demon Mark Zeldris were used. Meliodas' True Magic was restricted. Speed was equalized)
References
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 3, Chapter 22
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 5, Chapter 42
- ↑ Black Clover Volumes 6, 8, 23 and 34, Chapters 48, 62, 71, 211 and 339
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 8, Chapter 62
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 8, Chapter 68
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 8, Chapter 71
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 27, Chapter 269
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 1 Chapter 4
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 6 Chapter 48
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 25, Chapter 242
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 8, Chapter 67
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 27, Chapter 269
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 6, Chapter 48
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 27, Chapter 267
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 8, Chapters 62 and 64
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 6, Chapter 48
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 20, Chapter 187
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 2, Chapter 15
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 21, Chapter 200
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 1, Chapter 1
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 3, Chapter 33
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 9, Chapter 76
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 22, Chapter 208
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 1, Chapter 4
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 4, Chapter 35
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 8, Chapter 69
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 12, Chapter 110
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 5, Chapter 42
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 11, Chapter 100
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 6, Chapter 45
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 3, Chapter 22
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 11, Chapter 96
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 17, Chapter 157
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 5, Chapter 40
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 10 Chapter 97
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 2, Chapter 8
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 5, Chapter 42
- ↑ 38.0 38.1 Black Clover Volume 5, Chapter 40
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 11, Chapter 95
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 11, Chapters 94 and 95
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 11, Chapter 92
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 11, Chapter 97
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 11, Chapter 96
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 16, Chapter 146
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 21, Chapter 197
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 21, Chapters 198 and 199
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 22, Chapters 209 and 211
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 22, Chapter 211
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 1, Chapter 2
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 6, Chapter 50
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 10, Chapter 86
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 11, Chapter 97
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 17, Chapter 153
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 3, Chapter 22
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 10, Chapter 86
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 2, Chapter 19
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 11, Chapter 97
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 20, Chapter 188
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 5, Chapter 39
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 8, Chapter 65
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 11, Chapter 97
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 15, Chapter 136
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 18, Chapter 162
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 21, Chapter 198
- ↑ Black Clover Volume 2, Chapter 21
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