Black Clover

Asta and Yuno were abandoned at the same church on the same day. Raised together as children, they came to know of the "Wizard King"—a title given to the strongest mage in the kingdom—and promised that they would compete against each other for the position of the next Wizard King. However, as they grew up, the stark difference between them became evident. While Yuno is able to wield magic with amazing power and control, Asta cannot use magic at all and desperately tries to awaken his powers by training physically.

When they reach the age of 15, Yuno is bestowed a spectacular Grimoire with a four-leaf clover, while Asta receives nothing. However, soon after, Yuno is attacked by a person named Lebuty, whose main purpose is to obtain Yuno's Grimoire. Asta tries to fight Lebuty, but he is outmatched. Though without hope and on the brink of defeat, he finds the strength to continue when he hears Yuno's voice. Unleashing his inner emotions in a rage, Asta receives a five-leaf clover Grimoire, a "Black Clover" giving him enough power to defeat Lebuty. A few days later, the two friends head out into the world, both seeking the same goal—to become the Wizard King!

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Asta Main

Kajiwara, Gakuto Japanese

Silva, Noelle Main

Yuuki, Kana Japanese

Yuno Main

Shimazaki, Nobunaga Japanese

Sukehiro, Yami Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Vermillion, Mereoleona Supporting

Minagawa, Junko Japanese

Voltia, Luck Supporting

Murase, Ayumu Japanese

Nero Supporting

Sasaki, Hitomi Japanese

Novachrono, Julius Supporting

Morikawa, Toshiyuki Japanese

Pappitson, Charmy Supporting

Yasuno, Kiyono Japanese

Ideale, Zora Supporting

Midorikawa, Hikaru Japanese

Cook, Justin Producer

Nara, Hatsuo Producer

Herek, Samantha Assistant Producer

Yoshihara, Tatsuya Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, In-Between Animation, Key Animation, 2nd Key Animation, Animation Director

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Apr 1, 2026

naifgh

Recommended

Black Clover is an amazing anime when it comes to fights — honestly, that’s where it really shines. The battles feel like a work of art, super intense, and they easily get you hyped.

As for the story, it’s pretty engaging overall — not perfect, but definitely not bad either. The main issue is the pacing; it can feel slow at times, and honestly, 170 episodes felt a bit too much to cover the events.

Overall, though, it’s one of the best modern anime out there, no doubt. The variety of characters is a big plus and adds a lot to the experience.

We’ve been waiting since 2021 ... for season 2, and hopefully it continues at the same level.

Definitely worth watching.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Dec 19, 2025

Nah_Id_adopted

Mixed Feelings

Black Clover is not a very unique anime. Even though the power system is good, you can compare some parts to other anime, such as Bleach or Hunter x Hunter. I really liked the first couple of episodes, a few in the middle, and the last arc, but the rest felt kind of basic. I can see why some people like the parts I thought were basic, especially younger people, but I still think there are better anime for them. Sometimes there were too many fights in a short period, making it repetitive. Overall, it's a good anime, and I'm excited for the next season ... in 2026.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Nov 22, 2024

Papitaa

Not Recommended

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Black Clover has taken 2 years of my life. Was it worth it? Probably not, but it has yielded some interesting things to think about.

Its biggest crime is that the author can't write characters for shit. Stupid two-dimensional characterisation prevents it from being something greater. Cool moments occasionally make their way through hours of rubbish comedy and boring sequences led by paper-thin characters repeating their one personality trait over and over again. Let me share with you a drinking game I've come up with, where you take a shot everytime one of these things happen:

1. Asta is impressed by something
2. Noelle says a cartoonishly typical ... tsundere phrase
3. Noelle has family issues
4. Luck wants to fight
5. Gordon creepily talks about friendship
6. Vanessa drinks or talks about drinking
7. Charmy eats or talks about eating
8. Charmy is head over heels for Yuno
9. Yuno's fairy is head over heels for him
10. Mimosa is head over heels for Asta
11. Gauche is head over heels for his sister (...)
12. Finral hits on girls or talks about hitting on them
13. Charlotte is head over heels for Yami
14. Sol calls Charlotte "sister", which results in the latter getting annoyed
15. Sol hates men
16. Nero lands on Asta's head

With this, you can actually have some fun, as these things happen so often you can get hammered in the span of a single episode! Well, you get my point now.

While the plot itself does have some intense and fun-to-watch moments — such as the battle between Black Bulls and Vetto, Asta's special powers awakening (vague to avoid spoilers), the climax of the elves' scheme (same here), or Yami's poop jokes (funniest shit I've ever seen) — it is all incredibly infantile and lacks depth. The characters' motivations behind a plot point can be so shallow that at some point I legitimately viewed Black Clover as a collection of over-exaggerated parables, painfully mawkish to allegorically demonstrate the values beneath and make sure that no one misses them. And I almost accepted it because Black Clover's values are really positive and motivating, even if trite.

That's also why for a while I developed another theory that Black Clover's world is like a family - a family in which there are flaws you grow to accept and cherish the ensuing highs. For some time, I had somehow accepted the shitty things and started perceiving even the filler sequences as family time as a result of spending a lot of time with the characters.

But I think I got manipulated by Black Clover into refraining from criticising its repeated flaws, lmao. That's just bad writing. Good moments are placed within hours of either poor humour that oversimplifies the characters to the point of them seeming as caricatures, or tiresome fight scenes consisting of repetitive cant and a random clusterfuck of spells and attacks at which my brain turned off. You also can't accept lack of nuance as an intended measure — as is the case with the LOTR books, for example, where everything is set in stone and the story unfolds like fulfilling a destiny — just because it's long-running. I wonder if that's what the majority of shounen giants suffer from, baiting the audience into forgiving the flaws for an interspersed cool moment or two.

I also want to mention the last arc specifically because I think it needs individual treatment. The build-up to it is literally just one big filler that is justified by "training". Another thing are the plot twists. They have overall been quite random, forcing their way into a previously established landscape and flipping it on its head as a cheap solution to a problem. But the one with the emergence of a new character in the last few episodes is just taking the piss, you know what I'm talking about.

There were moments when I had fun, I can't lie. I also like the core ideas behind a lot of the stuff here. The poor writing is just inexcusable, though. It feels to me as if Black Clover was straight-up disrespectful towards its viewers, even if with good heart all throughout.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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