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LEAK: Black Clover Artbook 'True Main Character' Claim
LEAK — UNVERIFIED: A video claims Tabata's artbook leak reveals who was meant to be Black Clover's true main character. The identity is unconfirmed.
LEAK — UNVERIFIED. Reported, not confirmed. Read this as a rumour, not an announcement.
What is reported / What is confirmed / What to wait for
- What is reported: A ForneverWorld video, 3 November 2026, claims a leak from Yuki Tabata’s Black Clover artbook reveals who was supposed to be the series’ true main character instead of Asta.
- What is confirmed: The artbook is real: Shueisha’s Jump Digital Artbook (Digiga) edition, announced 12 October 2026, releases digitally in Japan on 10 November 2026 — digital-only, with no physical edition announced — with colour and previously unreleased pre-serialization art, including an Asta-as-Wizard-King cover. The manga ended 1 May 2026 at chapter 392.
- What is not confirmed — and not guessed here: The identity of that supposed lead. Retrieved sources name the claim, not the character, and the book was unreleased on 5 November, so it cannot yet be checked.
Wait for the 10 November release and any Tabata or Shueisha statement. Until then: the book is confirmed, the revelation is not. Source in plain text only: ForneverWorld video, 3 November 2026. No post text or image is copied, no link out is given.
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