Black Clover

Studio Pierrot
Adventure / Fantasy / ActionTV170 EP/3 Oct 2017

Oshimeter

8.6
11,451 Ratings
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Synopsis

Magic is everything in the Clover Kingdom, except Asta has absolutely none. Zero. Which is a problem when your lifelong dream is to become the Wizard King, the strongest mage in the entire Clover Kingdom. His rival Yuno, raised alongside him in the same orphanage church, is basically a magic prodigy, effortless talent, rare four-leaf clover grimoire, the whole package. Asta gets nothing at his grimoire ceremony, which is about as humiliating as it sounds. But when Yuno's life is on the line, Asta somehow awakens a mysterious five-leaf clover grimoire that gives him anti-magic, the ability to cut through and nullify any spell. It's a genuinely cool power system twist: in a world built entirely on magic, the guy who can erase it becomes a wild card nobody knows how to deal with. From there, both join separate Magic Knight squads and start climbing toward the same goal. The cast gets surprisingly deep as the show goes on, with a wide roster of knights who each bring distinct abilities and personalities. The soundtrack goes hard during fights too, which helps across 170 episodes of a TV series that rarely lets up on momentum. If you liked Naruto's underdog energy or the guild camaraderie of Fairy Tail, this hits similar notes. Fans of My Hero Academia's "prove everyone wrong" arc will find a lot to connect with here. Fair warning: Asta yells a lot early on. Give it a few episodes and it settles.

Episode Guide

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1
Episode 1Asta and Yuno
Great
89%
of 112 ratingsrecommend
2
Episode 2The Boys' Promise
Great
87%
of 77 ratingsrecommend
3
Episode 3To the Royal Capital of the Clover Kingdom!
Great
82%
of 83 ratingsrecommend
4
Episode 4The Magic Knights Entrance Exam
Great
94%
of 77 ratingsrecommend
5
Episode 5The Path to the Wizard King
Great
93%
of 73 ratingsrecommend
6
Episode 6The Black Bulls
Great
92%
of 69 ratingsrecommend
7
Episode 7The Other New Recruit
Great
94%
of 78 ratingsrecommend
8
Episode 8Go! Go! First Mission
Great
84%
of 82 ratingsrecommend
9
Episode 9Beasts
Great
86%
of 78 ratingsrecommend
10
Episode 10Those Who Protect
Great
92%
of 78 ratingsrecommend
11
Episode 11What Happened on a Certain Day in the Castle Town
Great
81%
of 69 ratingsrecommend
12
Episode 12The Wizard King Saw
Great
95%
of 81 ratingsrecommend
13
Episode 13The Wizard King Saw, Continued
Great
97%
of 75 ratingsrecommend
14
Episode 14Dungeon
Great
89%
of 69 ratingsrecommend
15
Episode 15The Diamond Mage
Great
92%
of 71 ratingsrecommend
16
Episode 16Friends
Great
87%
of 67 ratingsrecommend
17
Episode 17Destroyer
Great
95%
of 72 ratingsrecommend
18
Episode 18Memories of You
Great
94%
of 68 ratingsrecommend
19
Episode 19Destruction and Salvation
Great
94%
of 67 ratingsrecommend
20
Episode 20Assembly at the Royal Capital
Great
91%
of 71 ratingsrecommend
21
Episode 21Capital Riot
Great
92%
of 71 ratingsrecommend
22
Episode 22Wild Magic Dance
Great
91%
of 80 ratingsrecommend
23
Episode 23The Crimson Lion King
Great
84%
of 72 ratingsrecommend
24
Episode 24Blackout
Great
87%
of 82 ratingsrecommend
25
Episode 25Adversity
Great
89%
of 78 ratingsrecommend
26
Episode 26Wounded Beasts
Great
86%
of 66 ratingsrecommend
27
Episode 27Light
Great
95%
of 68 ratingsrecommend
28
Episode 28The One I've Set My Heart On
Great
85%
of 54 ratingsrecommend
29
Episode 29Path
Mid
57%
of 69 ratingsrecommend
30
Episode 30The Mirror Mage
Great
88%
of 53 ratingsrecommend
31
Episode 31Pursuit over the Snow
Great
81%
of 70 ratingsrecommend
32
Episode 32Three-Leaf Sprouts
Great
83%
of 74 ratingsrecommend
33
Episode 33To Help Somebody Someday
Great
92%
of 71 ratingsrecommend
34
Episode 34Light Magic vs. Dark Magic
Great
93%
of 72 ratingsrecommend
35
Episode 35The Light of Judgment
Great
97%
of 73 ratingsrecommend
36
Episode 36Three Eyes
Great
91%
of 82 ratingsrecommend
37
Episode 37The One With No Magic
Great
87%
of 61 ratingsrecommend
38
Episode 38The Magic Knights Captain Conference
Great
78%
of 71 ratingsrecommend
39
Episode 39Three-Leaf Salute
Great
87%
of 65 ratingsrecommend
40
Episode 40A Black Beach Story
Great
84%
of 70 ratingsrecommend
41
Episode 41The Water Girl Grows Up
Great
93%
of 65 ratingsrecommend
42
Episode 42The Underwater Temple
Great
90%
of 71 ratingsrecommend
43
Episode 43Temple Battle Royale
Great
92%
of 66 ratingsrecommend
44
Episode 44The Pointlessly Direct Fireball and the Wild Lightning
Great
94%
of 65 ratingsrecommend
45
Episode 45The Guy Who Doesn't Know When to Quit
Great
92%
of 79 ratingsrecommend
46
Episode 46Awakening
Great
84%
of 66 ratingsrecommend
47
Episode 47The Only Weapon
Great
93%
of 74 ratingsrecommend
48
Episode 48Despair vs. Hope
Great
87%
of 59 ratingsrecommend
49
Episode 49Beyond Limits
Great
98%
of 62 ratingsrecommend
50
Episode 50End of the Battle, End of Despair
Great
90%
of 62 ratingsrecommend
51
Episode 51Proof of Rightness
Great
86%
of 68 ratingsrecommend
52
Episode 52Whoever's Strongest Wins
Great
94%
of 57 ratingsrecommend
53
Episode 53Behind the Mask
Great
96%
of 65 ratingsrecommend
54
Episode 54Never Again
Great
97%
of 62 ratingsrecommend
55
Episode 55The Man Named Fanzell
Great
82%
of 64 ratingsrecommend
56
Episode 56The Man Named Fanzell Continued
Great
81%
of 64 ratingsrecommend
57
Episode 57Infiltration
Great
92%
of 68 ratingsrecommend
58
Episode 58Battlefield Decision
Great
89%
of 66 ratingsrecommend
59
Episode 59Flames of Hatred
Great
93%
of 54 ratingsrecommend
60
Episode 60Defectors' Atonement
Great
94%
of 72 ratingsrecommend
61
Episode 61The Promised World
Great
80%
of 75 ratingsrecommend
62
Episode 62Those Who Boost Each Other Up
Great
86%
of 57 ratingsrecommend
63
Episode 63Not in the Slightest
Great
89%
of 73 ratingsrecommend
64
Episode 64The Red Thread of Fate
Great
91%
of 60 ratingsrecommend
65
Episode 65I'm Home
Great
96%
of 68 ratingsrecommend
66
Episode 66The Eye of the Midnight Sun's Secret
Mid
60%
of 55 ratingsrecommend
67
Episode 67A Fun Festival Double Date
Great
91%
of 57 ratingsrecommend
68
Episode 68Battle to the Death?! Yami VS Jack
Great
88%
of 63 ratingsrecommend
69
Episode 69The Briar Maiden’s Melancholy
Great
91%
of 73 ratingsrecommend
70
Episode 70Two New Stars
Great
88%
of 55 ratingsrecommend
71
Episode 71The Uncrowned, Undefeated Lioness
Great
96%
of 69 ratingsrecommend
72
Episode 72Saint Elmo's Fire
Great
81%
of 65 ratingsrecommend
73
Episode 73The Royal Knights Selection Test
Great
94%
of 72 ratingsrecommend
74
Episode 74Flower of Resolution
Great
79%
of 63 ratingsrecommend
75
Episode 75Fierce Battle
Great
93%
of 69 ratingsrecommend
76
Episode 76Mage X
Great
91%
of 63 ratingsrecommend
77
Episode 77Bad Blood
Great
96%
of 64 ratingsrecommend
78
Episode 78Peasant Trap
Great
96%
of 71 ratingsrecommend
79
Episode 79Mister Delinquent vs. Muscle Brains
Great
93%
of 71 ratingsrecommend
80
Episode 80Special Little Brother vs. Failed Big Brother
Great
97%
of 62 ratingsrecommend
81
Episode 81The Life of a Certain Man
Great
95%
of 58 ratingsrecommend
82
Episode 82Petit Clover! The Nightmarish Charmy SP!
Mid
38%
of 66 ratingsrecommend
83
Episode 83Burn It Into You
Great
89%
of 57 ratingsrecommend
84
Episode 84The Victors
Great
95%
of 66 ratingsrecommend
85
Episode 85Together in the Bath
Great
91%
of 64 ratingsrecommend
86
Episode 86Yami and Vangeance
Great
86%
of 56 ratingsrecommend
87
Episode 87Formation of the Royal Knights
Great
88%
of 54 ratingsrecommend
88
Episode 88Storming the Eye of the Midnight Sun's Hideout!!!
Great
92%
of 60 ratingsrecommend
89
Episode 89The Black Bulls' Hideout
Great
91%
of 51 ratingsrecommend
90
Episode 90Crazy Magic Battle
Great
93%
of 63 ratingsrecommend
91
Episode 91Mereoleona vs. Raia the Disloyal
Great
95%
of 55 ratingsrecommend
92
Episode 92The Wizard King vs. The Leader of the Eye of the Midnight Sun
Great
92%
of 71 ratingsrecommend
93
Episode 93Julius Novachrono
Great
96%
of 66 ratingsrecommend
94
Episode 94New Future
Great
92%
of 71 ratingsrecommend
95
Episode 95Reincarnation
Great
88%
of 60 ratingsrecommend
96
Episode 96The Black Bulls Captain vs the Crimson Wild Rose
Great
82%
of 60 ratingsrecommend
97
Episode 97Overwhelming Disadvantage
Great
85%
of 64 ratingsrecommend
98
Episode 98The Sleeping Lion
Great
92%
of 69 ratingsrecommend
99
Episode 99The Desperate Path Toward Survival
Great
89%
of 69 ratingsrecommend
100
Episode 100We Won't Lose to You
Great
97%
of 71 ratingsrecommend

Characters

Asta

Asta, a magic-less boy, strives to become the Wizard King, wielding his anti-magic and five-leaf clover grimoire.

Reid Dallas

Noelle Silva

Black Bull mage Noelle Silva, a royal with powerful water magic, struggles with self-doubt but finds strength and love.

Harris Jill

Yuno

Found as a baby, Yuno is Asta's rival, a gifted magic knight determined to become Wizard King.

Solusod Micah

MANGA BRIDGE

This season covers Chapters 1-270 of the manga. Continue reading from Chapter 270.

Manga cover

Community Feed

Someone and 111 others rated 8.9
EP 1
amelia664★★★★★VerifiedEP 156

You know what? This episode was actually well done. Not only were the training segments not ragged out or feel repetitive, but - this being the biggest thing that's happened in a long while - we got insight into the Spade Kingdom and what's going on there. Still a very large amount of mystery, naturally, but we're getting a glimpse of the light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak. Spade Kingdom, I so very much look forward to continuing to learn all about you, because you're not disappointing thus far.

866
amelia664★★★★☆VerifiedEP 155

Overall, not the most eventful episode, but this training arc already looks more interesting than what we had to endure twenty-ish episodes ago. I appreciate how everyone's kind of doing their own thing in a way that makes sense, and we also got some insight into what's going to happen to the devil that cursed Loro, so it's not like this arc is going to only be training, which was one of my biggest "fears" entering this. Feeling optimistic for the future of this arc though.

343
amelia664★★☆☆☆VerifiedEP 144

I'm sorry (I'm not), the villains for this filler arc are pathetic. They stand there and acknowledge that the Magic Knights were taken over during the invasion, yet still claim it's all their fault; make it make sense. Anyway, as for why this episode is rated so low for me, it's because nothing happened. It was just a bunch of conversations that went round and round, saying nothing of value and filibustering to get the episode to twenty-three minutes and forty seconds. At least there might be some action next episode.

6
amelia664★★★★☆VerifiedEP 139

My issues with these training episodes (with this one being Vanessa centric) is that it doesn't feel like the characters are improving their abilities in any substantial ways. It's as if they start and end at the same exact place, with one moral lesson in there somewhere. The episodes are still nice to watch, don't get me wrong, and they serve as good, one-off things - it's just unfortunate that they all happen one after another because it makes the lack of plot progression very obvious. But, like I said, still a decent enough watch, but one of the weaker episodes.

3

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