The Best Episodes of Black Clover Season 1
Every episode of Black Clover Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Black Clover Season 1!
Asta and Yuno are two orphans who want the same thing: to become the Wizard King. Locked in a friendly rivalry, they work hard towards their goal. While Yuno excels at magic, Asta has a problem uncommon in this world: he has no powers! But, on the day they receive their grimoires, they surprise everyone. To reach their goal, they’ll each find their own path to greatness—with or without magic.
Season 1 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Black Clover" season 1 is "Asta and Yuno", rated 7.6/10 from 1186 user votes. It was directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara and written by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu. "Asta and Yuno" aired on 10/3/2017 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Boys’ Promise".
7.6/10 1,186 votes#1 - Asta and Yuno
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 10/3/2017
In this world, everyone can use magic… and in a land called the Clover Kingdom, two young men, Asta and Yuno, strive to become the Wizard King, the greatest of all magic users. Asta and Yuno were abandoned together at a church in Hage, a village in the boonies, and lived as brothers from that day onward. For some reason, however, Asta never developed the ability to use magic, even when Yuno had already mastered wind magic. Now, at last, the boys are turning fifteen, the age at which children receive their own grimoires. Asta has high hopes that receiving his grimoire will awaken his latent ability to use magic, but when the time comes…
Director: Tatsuya Yoshihara
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
7.4/10 975 votes#2 - The Boys’ Promise
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/10/2017
The grimoire that Yuno received was a legendary grimoire with a four-leaf clover. A bandit named Revchi comes to steal it, and Asta comes to Yuno’s rescue.
Director: Tatsuya Yoshihara
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
7.1/10 781 votes#3 - To the Royal Capital of the Clover Kingdom!
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/17/2017
Asta and Yuno spend six months training for the upcoming Magic Knights Entrance Exam. Everyone seems to think Yuno is sure to pass, but worries that Asta is just wasting his time.
Director: Akira Shimizu
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 832 votes#4 - The Magic Knights Entrance Exam
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/24/2017
Asta and Yuno head toward the colosseum in the royal capital for the Magic Knights Entrance Exam, while looking around and admiring all the things they’ve never seen before.
Director: Ayataka Tanemura
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
8.0/10 832 votes#5 - The Path to the Wizard King
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/31/2017
The entrance exam finally comes to a close. The time has arrives for the captains to decide which candidates they want to join their squads.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 793 votes#6 - The Black Bulls
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/7/2017
Asta has arrived at the home of the Black Bulls, which Yami himself called the absolute worst Magic Knights Squad. He is greeted by the squad’s unique members.
Director: Yuji Tokuno
Writer: N/A
7.6/10 795 votes#7 - The Other New Recruit
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/14/2017
As a new member of the Black Bulls, Asta is thrilled to receive his very first private room, even though it’s tiny. Everything Asta sees as Magna shows him around the squad’s base is new and exciting to him.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/10 722 votes#8 - Go! Go! First Mission
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/2017
The Magic Knights: heroes that everyone in the kingdom looks up to and dreams of becoming one day. But the new recruit, Asta, has yet to do anything that seems like what a Magic Knight should be doing, as he’s stuck doing random chores.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/10 745 votes#9 - Beasts
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/2017
On Yami’s orders, Asta and Noelle go on their first mission with Magna to hunt wild boars. They successfully complete the mission and go to Saussy Village to meet with the mayor, Seyhe.
Director: Rokou Ogiwara
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
7.9/10 735 votes#10 - Those Who Protect
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/5/2017
Asta, Noelle, and Magna are doing their best to protect the villagers of Rayaka from the ice magic user Heath and his underlings, but Asta’s attacks don’t seem to be working, and Magna’s magical powers are running low.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.0/10 672 votes#11 - What Happened on a Certain Day in the Castle Town
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/2017
It’s payday! Vanessa takes Asta and Noelle to the castle town of Kikka for a little shopping, where they encounter many familiar faces along the way.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 673 votes#12 - The Wizard King Saw
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/19/2017
All eyes are on Asta as he and Sekke race to capture a purse-snatcher. Meanwhile, Yuno’s first Golden Dawn mission takes him to an unexpected place.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.3/10 622 votes#13 - The Wizard King Saw, Continued
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 12/26/2017
Yuno never expected his last-minute detour to involve such tragedy. It’s up to the Golden Dawn to get the bottom of their mission’s many mysteries.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.5/10 710 votes#14 - Dungeon
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/9/2018
Asta and Noelle are charged with exploring a newly discovered dungeon full of magical traps. Their leader, the battle-mad Luck, is less than helpful.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 716 votes#15 - The Diamond Mage
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/16/2018
Suddenly the dungeon is host to several teams racing through traps to the treasure waiting in its depth—including a noted mage from an enemy nation.
Director: Rokou Ogiwara
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
8.1/10 717 votes#16 - Friends
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/23/2018
Asta, Yuno, and their squadmates must take on daunting foes on their way to the heart of the dungeon, but Luck remains dead set on fighting all alone.
Director: Daisuke Chiba
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
8.6/10 811 votes#17 - Destroyer
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/30/2018
The Diamond Kingdom’s secret weapon wields more powerful magic than anyone has seen. The Golden Dawn team is all but decimated. Can he be defeated?
Director: Tatsuya Yoshihara
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
8.1/10 703 votes#18 - Memories of You
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 2/6/2018
The Clover Kingdom’s Magic Knights reach the dungeon’s treasure hall, but another daunting battle keeps them from reveling in their victory for long.
Director: Kenichi Maejima
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
7.9/10 682 votes#19 - Destruction and Salvation
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 2/13/2018
The dungeon itself turns against the Magic Knights as they fight to escape—and to keep a badly wounded Asta alive. Mars remembers how he came to be.
Director: Yuji Tokuno
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
7.9/10 695 votes#20 - Assembly at the Royal Capital
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 2/20/2018
Asta and Noelle visits the royal capital to report on the dungeon mission, but get roped into something else entirely with their Golden Dawn friends.
Director: Matsuo Asami
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
8.1/10 695 votes#21 - Capital Riot
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/27/2018
The royal capital is under siege! The Magic Knight squads must set aside their quarrels and come together to defend the Clover Kingdom and its people.
Director: Ayataka Tanemura
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
8.0/10 678 votes#22 - Wild Magic Dance
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 3/6/2018
The best of the Magic Knights—plus Asta and Noelle—fight the hordes of undead beseiging the royal capital. Noelle suffers a crisis of confidence.
Director: Rokou Ogiwara
Writer: N/A
7.9/10 663 votes#23 - The Crimson Lion King
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/13/2018
Asta’s showdown with the man behind the capital invasion takes a turn. King Clover bemoans the Wizard King’s absence in his kingdom’s time of need.
Director: Yoshimitsu Tsuda
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
7.8/10 645 votes#24 - Blackout
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 3/20/2018
Rades wasn’t the only invader—and the others are more powerful, their sights set far higher. The Magic Knights fall victim to a Spatial Magic spell.
Director: Daisuke Chiba, Shizuji Morita
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu
8.4/10 700 votes#25 - Adversity
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 3/27/2018
What has become of Fuegoleon Vermillion? Yuno struggles to recover from his battle with the witch, while Asta’s cursed wounds threaten to do him in.
Director: Akira Shimizu
Writer: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu