Weekly Shonen Jump’s Christmas hiatus has ended, and with it comes the official publication of Black Clover chapter 347 across all of Shueisha and Viz Media’s digital platforms. This issue is packed with revelations and events that readers have been anticipating for a long time, making it an absolute must-read. However, with the release of Chapter 347 of Black Clover, we can announce that there will be yet another week-long interruption owing to the New Year’s vacation. Fans will have to wait till the second half of the month to find out the latest development in these really interesting events.
The best-laid plans: Black Clover Chapter 347
Truth in the Lie, chapter 347 of Black Clover, picks up just where the previous issue left off. After having its five heads presumably destroyed in one fell swoop by the five Ryuzen Seven members present, the dragon now seems to be vanquished. Yami Ichika then recalls what Ryudo Ryuya said, that they need Asta’s might to win the battle. Despite having spent “quite a lot” of her yoryoku, she is sure that they can handle this without Asta’s help. Sister Lily, whose horn Kezokaku Ginnojomorifuyu severed has now grown back, unexpectedly appears at her side and asks Ichika if her group can avoid this upcoming onslaught.
Endless Ice Fangs is a Spatial-Ice Magic spell that Lily and Heath Grice cast together. Next to each member of the Ryuzen Seven, a star-shaped cluster of ice materialises and erupts, ensnaring everything in its icicle-like spikes. Heath calls it an inevitable onslaught from all sides in Black Clover chapter 347 and says it’s the most effective way to deal with the organisation. In contrast to Ichika, who praises Lily’s group for its exceptional yoryoku, Kezokaku rushes Yrul, demanding to know what comes next. By casting Beast Magic:
Bogeyman conjures up a monstrous frog that leaps out and scares Kezokaku. She lets up a startled cry, rolls around on the floor, and says things like, “Frogs are terrifying!” as if she were truly frightened by the creature. In addition to Yrul, a little black-skinned, white-eyed monster appears in chapter 347 of Black Clover. He describes how the Bogeyman gives expression to the fears of one’s adversaries. Then, Ichika’s father appears to her, stumbling about like he’s been drinking, holding a sword and a bottle of vodka. She acknowledges that her father did abuse her when she was young and that this fact alone gives her reason to be fearful, but she quickly moves on to insist that the delusion will have no effect on her.
Ichika, on the other hand, suddenly recalls a time in her youth when her father lamented the lack of a war to fight in and claimed that the Yami family had become addled and misguided as a result of the absence of conflict. There are shocking developments in this chapter of Black Clover, as well as an intriguing guest star. The scene in which she witnesses her father conversing with her brother, Yami Sukehiro, causes her to wonder if the events she is recalling actually happened. He claims that the Yami clan’s honour will be restored with the help of Demon Soul Pills. He calls it the clan’s secret drug and adds that it amps up the desire to murder and brings up dormant yoryoku.
He later gives one to Ichika in chapter 347 of Black Clover, suggesting it will benefit even a “good-for-nothin'” like her. Onomatopoeia then occurs, implying that Ichika takes the pill; the following panel depicts bystanders fleeing from her while pleading with her not to “do it.” A shot of Sukehiro hiding and calling out her sister’s name is shown, and Sukehiro’s screams of agony and panic can be heard through the page’s blackness. The present-day Ichika is revealed to be aware of the situation at hand. Moreover, in the flashback of Black Clover chapter 347, Ichika witnesses a scene with several corpses. She raises the katana to her face, where she can see her reflection in the blood, and she screams. Ichika finally seems to grasp the situation as a flashback of her father praising her for being strong and worthy of being called his daughter unfolds.
At the end of the flashback, Ryuya says that he thinks it would be too harsh to tell Ichika the truth about what occurred. Now back in the present, Ichika is devastated by this news, doubting her recollection and obviously unable to accept the fact that she is responsible for the deaths of the whole Yami family. She starts to wonder why she has been so angry with her brother Yami Sukehiro for so long and if she is the one at fault. At the same time, Hanegatsuji Jozo, O’oka Daizaemon, and Imari Komari are rising from the floor, with Daizaemon declaring that they are the protectors of Hino Country and so cannot yet fall. All of them are standing there bruised and battered.
Sister Lily reassures them that all will be well since Lucius will bring them lasting joy and tranquilly. As she bids them farewell, for the time being, the five-headed dragon rears up, its heads intact. Meanwhile, Ichika tries to reassure herself that she is strong and that she should not allow these disclosures to affect her. While her father’s apparition swings his sword down at her in Black Clover chapter 347, she wonders whether this is what she truly is and if she is this weak. Sukehiro’s younger self suddenly materialises in front of her, defending her from her father’s attack. After yelling for her “big brother,” she sees that it’s actually Asta who’s come to help. After Asta confronts her father’s apparition and demands to know what he wants to do to his “benefactor,” Black Clover chapter 347 concludes. Next week, Black Clover will be absent, not because of a hiatus in the series itself but rather because of a hiatus in the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine.
Chapter 347: Wrapping Things Up from Black Clover
Black Clover chapter 347 provides readers with a really thrilling issue to make up for the Weekly Shonen Jump publication pauses that occur around the holidays. Especially fascinating is the revelation that Lucius plans to murder and resurrect the Ryuzen Seven, suggesting that they may be too powerful to be transformed into Paladins while still alive.
However, the most shocking truth revealed in this issue is that Yami Ichika was behind the Yami Clan genocide. Author and artist Yuki Tabata does a wonderful job depicting Ichika’s mid-battle understanding that she has been wrongly blaming her brother Sukehiro for the slaughter. Finally, the appearance of Asta on the battlefield in Black Clover chapter 347 is a thrilling scene. The series is going on a weeklong hiatus, so fans won’t get to see what happens to the protagonist for a while, but this is a great way to conclude things.