***updating cause this was so much fun the first go round, good stuff
@Valhalla ***
1. Favorite Male Characters:
°Yuno Grinberryall
°Luck Voltia
°Capt. Yami Sukehiro
×No changes here other than the reveal of Yuno's true family name.
2. Favorite Female Characters:
°Noelle Silva
°Mimosa Vermillion
°Capt. Mereoleona Vermillion
For a shonen, this series has a plethora of quality female characters, so much so I need an honorable mentions.
HM: Vanessa, Charmy, Capt. Unsworth
×No changes here, and still feel the same way. Masashi Kishimoto can learn a lot from Yuki Tabata (in this respect at least).
3. Favorite Character Designs:
°Noelle Silva, Spirit Dive: Saint Stage
°Nahamah x Lilith: Fusion (B-list Twinrova)
°Jack the Ripper: Killer Mantis Aura
×First category with a face-lift, and for good reason. With ultimate magic, saint stages, and devil unions, Tabata has given pretty much every notable character some form of design overhaul. I fully expect everyone's lists to see the most changes here. Nacht's Devil Unions (specifically Gallus) and Yuno's Saint Stage almost made the cut, there's just so many new forms it's hard to pick just three.
4. Overall favorite character of the series:
°1a. Yuno Grinberryall
°1b. Noelle Silva
×No changes, Yuno and Noelle still the King and Queen of this series.
5. My 3 Favorite Arcs:
°Royal Knights selection arc
°Reincarnation arc
°Spade Invasion Arc
×Just separated the Pre-Invasion and the actual Invasion arcs.
6. Favorite 3 Moments of the mentioned arcs:
°Royal Knights Arc: Black Bulls pull up on Langris
°Reincarnation Arc: Charmy's Origins
°Spade Invasion Arc: Noelle realizing there is power in love.
×The only change here is the Noelle confession, but I didn't like it for fan service reasons, but rather how it helped Noelle develop as a character. This moment is the closest Noelle has been to her mother who almost killed Vanica by channeling the love for her children. Noelle parallels those actions here by taking a final stand against Megicula after admitting her feelings for Asta to herself. It was a beautiful scene, not corny at all imo. Well done Tabata.
7. My 3 Favorite fights:
°Zagred x Ze World
°Megicula x Noelle, Nozelle, Luck, Gadja, Rill, Charollette, Asta
°Asta + Yami x Dante
×What can I say? Other than the Veto fight, fights in the series don't usually have the stakes, magnitude, or complexity of Devil fights. Imo of course.
8. Favorite Magic Abilities:
°Dark Magic
°Art Magic
°Dream Magic
×No changes, these magic abilities are still pretty damn unique. Specifically Art and Dream Magic.
9. Favorite 3 Spells:
°Dark Magic: Black Moon
°Dark Magic: Dark Cloaked Iai Slash
°Dark Magic: Dark Cloaked Dimension Slash: Equinox
*Yami has the coolest moves(fun to say too)*
×No changes, Yami still the GOAT attack namer.
10. Favorite Magic Knight Captain?
°Capt. Mereoleona
×Still the GOAT Captain, would probably be leading this group too if Nacht didn't have all the inside info on the Spade Kingdom.
11. What Magic Knight Squad would i join? (Besides Black Bulls)
°Crimson Lion Kings
×Now that we know all the little chicas from the Blue Rose Knights are down.