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ブラッククローバー
Also known as Burakku Kurōbā, BuraKuro
A magicless orphan shouts his way toward the throne of the Wizard King.
In the Clover Kingdom, magic decides a person's class, career and worth. Asta, an orphan born with none at all, refuses to accept that verdict, and when a battered five-leaf grimoire grants him swords that cancel magic rather than cast it, he finally has a weapon equal to his ambition. Alongside his rival and fellow foundling Yuno, he joins the Magic Knights - Asta into the disreputable Black Bulls, Yuno into the elite Golden Dawn. What starts as squad rivalry and rank-chasing widens into conflict with the terrorist cell known as the Eye of the Midnight Sun, ancient elven grievances, and devils bargaining from beyond the veil. Across 170 episodes the show grows from gag-heavy training bouts into kingdom-spanning warfare, while Asta's hoarse, unbreakable optimism drags a squad of outcasts toward respect.
Asta and Yuno are left at the same church as babies and raised as brothers in a poor border village. Both swear to become Wizard King, the kingdom's strongest mage. At the grimoire ceremony Yuno receives a legendary four-leaf book while Asta receives nothing - until a black five-leaf grimoire chooses him, arming a boy with zero magic power with anti-magic blades and a body trained to compensate.
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Episodes 1-10
Asta and Yuno receive their grimoires at age fifteen, one a four-leaf prodigy, the other a five-leaf anomaly. Both pass the Magic Knights exam, with Yuno entering the elite Golden Dawn and Asta taken in by Yami Sukehiro's disorderly Black Bulls.
Episodes 11-27
Asta, Noelle and Luck explore a treasure-filled dungeon and collide with Diamond Kingdom mage Mars, a survivor of brutal experimentation. Afterwards the squads gather at the capital for the Star Awards, where Asta's low birth makes him a target and the Black Bulls' reputation slowly shifts.
Episodes 28-39
Sent to retrieve a magic stone hidden beneath the sea, the Black Bulls meet the temple's playful inhabitants before the Eye of the Midnight Sun's Third Eye attacks. Noelle masters her wild water magic and Asta unites with Yami to overcome the monstrous Vetto.
Episodes 40-51
With the terrorist threat growing, the Wizard King holds a tournament to assemble a special task force. Randomly drawn teams battle in an arena, spotlighting rivalries between commoners and royals and introducing the ferocious Mereoleona Vermillion alongside many future allies and antagonists.
Episodes 52-75
The Midnight Sun assaults the royal capital, revealing the cult's true goal and costing the kingdom dearly in a confrontation with Licht and Julius. Afterwards a wounded Asta seeks a cure for his cursed arms in the Witches' Forest, uncovering Vanessa's past.
Episodes 76-170
Vengeful elf spirits possess Magic Knights across the kingdom, forcing Asta's friends to fight their own captains while a centuries-old massacre is exposed. The survivors then train in the Heart Kingdom and invade the Spade Kingdom, where devil-empowered Dark Triad members await.
Episode 1
Magic Knights Entrance Exam
The pilot establishes the series' central rivalry and its hook: one boy receives a legendary four-leaf grimoire, the other seemingly nothing, until a battered five-leaf book answers his refusal to quit.
Episode 5
Magic Knights Entrance Exam
Asta's exam performance is mocked by the assembled captains until Yami raises his hand, a crowd-pleasing turning point that defines the mentor relationship anchoring the rest of the series.
Episode 16
Dungeon Exploration
The dungeon showdown with Mars pays off through flashbacks to his cruel Diamond Kingdom upbringing, giving the show its first genuinely tragic antagonist and a memorably bittersweet resolution.
Episode 66
Eye of the Midnight Sun
Yami confronts the Midnight Sun's leader in a duel of blinding light against smothering darkness, showcasing the captain's full strength and the animation team at its most kinetic.
Episode 88
Eye of the Midnight Sun
The Wizard King finally fights at full power, unveiling the scope of his time magic and delivering a sacrifice that reshapes the kingdom's leadership and raises the series' stakes.
Every episode of Black Clover with its broadcast title and air date, grouped by arc. Watch links search Crunchyroll for the series.
Every character has a full profile covering their history, abilities and relationships.
Yami SukehiroMentor / Squad captain
Julius NovachronoMentor / Head of state
Vanessa EnotecaSupport squadmate
William VangeanceSquad captain / Plot-pivotal figure
Mereoleona VermillionMentor / Squad captain
Vanica ZogratisAntagonist
Witch QueenAntagonist / Ally
Nozel SilvaSupporting / Rival
Fuegoleon VermillionSupporting
Gauche AdlaiSupporting
Zora IdealeSupporting
Dante ZogratisAntagonist
LichtAntagonist / Tragic FigureAI companions from Black Clover, each portrayed as an adult and written to stay in character.
Mereoleona VermillionThe Uncrowned LionessChat with Mereoleona VermillionVanica ZogratisThe Dark Triad’s Blood MageChat with Vanica ZogratisWitch QueenRuler of the Witches’ ForestChat with Witch QueenVanessa EnotecaThe Black Bulls’ Thread WitchChat with Vanessa EnotecaAsta compensates for total magiclessness with relentless physical training, while Yuno's gifts still demand discipline. The series repeatedly argues that persistence can stand beside natural genius rather than being crushed by it.
The Clover Kingdom sorts people by noble blood and magic power, leaving peasants like Asta scorned. Much of the story tracks royals such as Noelle learning to judge worth by character instead of lineage.
The Black Bulls are misfits rejected elsewhere, held together by Yami's blunt loyalty. Their hideout becomes a home where outcasts, ex-criminals and traumatized survivors are accepted without needing to explain themselves.
The elf massacre, devil manipulation and kingdom rivalries show grudges passed down generations. Characters must decide whether to answer atrocity with revenge or break the cycle, a question driving the series' later arcs.
Black Clover became one of the longest uninterrupted shōnen runs of its era, carrying the Weekly Shōnen Jump action banner alongside its stablemates and building a huge international following through simulcast and a well-liked English dub. Its rotating lineup of opening and ending themes showcased dozens of Japanese rock and hip-hop acts, and Asta's famously raw, full-volume delivery turned into an internet-wide running joke. The series is also frequently cited for arcs whose animation quality escalated dramatically as the run progressed.
Content notes: Fantasy violence and bloodshed, Serious injury and on-screen character deaths, Demonic possession and body horror imagery, Themes of slavery, discrimination and genocide, Suggestive humour and fan service, Frequent loud shouting.
The original television series ran for 170 episodes, broadcast weekly from October 2017 to March 2021. It was produced by Studio Pierrot and adapts Yuki Tabata's manga from its opening chapters onward.
The series concluded to avoid overtaking the ongoing manga, which it had nearly caught up to. The finale aired in March 2021 and closed mid-story rather than adapting a definitive ending.
Episode 170 stops partway through the Spade Kingdom conflict, roughly around chapter 270. Readers wanting to continue immediately usually pick up the manga from approximately that point to follow Asta's story forward.
Most episodes adapt the manga, but the series includes a modest number of anime-original side stories and recap installments, particularly in the earlier stretches. They are largely skippable without losing plot information.
Many viewers find the opening arcs, covering the Magic Knights entrance exam and early dungeon missions, comparatively slow. Pacing and stakes rise noticeably once the Eye of the Midnight Sun conflict develops.
Yes. An English dub was produced and covers the entire 170-episode series, with Dallas Reid voicing Asta. Both subtitled and dubbed versions are available on major streaming platforms in supported regions.