A flashback to Asta’s days learning the sword under a skilled mage with a complicated past—and a dangerous future. Noelle hopes he can help Asta now.

Fanzell meets Asta again once Asta’s joined the Black Bulls, but this time he’s far from alone. In the present, Vanessa seeks a cure for Asta’s curse.

Noelle’s contingent is intent on infiltrating the Forest of Witches. They’ll need mighty magic to get past the relentless security and meet the queen.

Faced with the destruction of her forest and the deaths of her “daughters,” the Queen of Witches helps Asta to help her fend off two invading armies.

Fanzell goes up against two of his former pupils, now among the Diamond Kingdom’s top-ranking generals—and one of them wields dangerous new powers.

Mars is on a mission to save his childhood friend, even as it becomes increasingly clear that only Asta’s anti-magic stands a chance against her.

Fana shares what she remembers of her past, but her touching reunion is interrupted by a relentless foe with an insatiable appetite for magic.

Asta undergoes a startling transformation, fighting like a man possessed. When he learns who’s behind this change, he also learns its shocking price.

Vanessa recalls her painful past as she faces off against the Queen of Witches, who is manipulating Asta into killing her squadmates before her eyes.

Asta and his squadmates learn about the origins of the Eye of the Midnight Sun, Vanessa finds her place, and the Black Bulls make their way back home.

Klaus helps Yuno and Mimosa get caught up on the Magic Knight Squads’ encounters with the Eye of the Midnight Sun. Yami meets with the Wizard King.

The Black Bulls attend the Star Festival, where Asta and Noelle are roped into a double date. The mood is right to tell each other how they feel.

Captains Yami and Jack the Ripper are ready to settle their long-running rivalry, while their newest squad members are desperate to rein them in.

Captain Charlotte of the Blue Rose Knights thinks back to her past, but not before she and Vanessa battle it out in more than one ill-advised contest.

The Wizard King announces the latest Magic Knight squad rankings and reveals the two top star-earners, while King Clover introduces a bold new plan.

Mereoleona Vermillion, the new captain of the Crimson Lion Kings, takes the squad (and a few Black Bulls) along for training in a strong magic region.

Asta attempts to tap into his mysterious dark powers so he can make it to Mereoleona’s hot spring training camp. Noelle learns about her late mother.

Magic Knights from every squad gather for the test that will determine who’ll be a Royal Knight. The vice-captain of the Purple Orcas causes a stir.

Round 1 of the tournament sees Asta and Mimosa teaming up for a heated battle against three skilled senior Magic Knights. But what happened to Xerx?

The tournament continues as Magna and Sol fight alongside the conceited Kirsch Vermillion and Finral takes a risk with teammates Leopold and Hamon.

A mystery mage with a tortured past joins the competition with unconventional but powerful magic, taking everyone by surprise—friend and foe alike.

It’s Noelle chance to prove to her brother Solid that she’s far from a failure, while Alecdora Sandler takes out his jealousy on the upstart Yuno.

Narcissist royal Kirsch takes offense at having to battle Asta the commoner, but Asta has some new tricks up his sleeve that catch Zora off guard.

The long-awaited showdown between Finral and Langris has come around at last, and gentle Finral must prove himself to his cutthroat little brother.

The Magic Knights question Langris’ sanity as he challenges Asta to a fight in the middle of the tournament. Zora recalls his Magic Knight father.