The Best Episodes of Black Clover Season 1

Yuno and the Golden Dawn take point in Kiten, while the Black Bulls’ contingent tend to the survivors. Yami has a little chat with William Vangeance.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

Director: Tatsuya Yoshihara

Writer: Momoko Murakami

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Director: Tazumi Mukaiyama

Writer: Kanichi Kato

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.

Director: Akira Shimizu

Writer: Momoko Murakami

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?

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

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