Black Clover Vol. 17
- ISBN
- 9781974706167
- Publisher
- VIZ
- English release
- Pages
- 192
- Chapters
- 151–160
Black Clover Volume 17 puts the Royal Knights in danger from allies controlled by elves. VIZ frames Mereoleona's leadership around the knights who remain available to fight, while leaving Yuno's position uncertain. This follows the mission already underway, so the useful preparation is knowing the team before its loyalties become difficult to read. It is a change in the kind of threat the group faces, with familiar comrades now making the battlefield harder to interpret.
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Possession attacks the assumption that recognizing someone tells you whose side they are on. The publisher describes elves taking control of allies and singles out uncertainty about Yuno, so this volume's premise complicates the team assembled through the selection test. Choosing capable members does not guarantee that the resulting force remains usable. Mereoleona's advertised task is to lead those still available, making leadership partly a matter of identifying who can act together at all. The conflict now threatens the reliability of the roster itself, rather than simply matching that roster against a stronger enemy.
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