9.424 minSeason 1 • Episode 170
LatestDue to Nacht's spell, the Devil who has been granting Asta power since the beginning has appeared physically. To master his Devil powers, Asta must battle and defeat his Devil, and force him to submit. But Asta has other plans... Meanwhile, Yuno, Noelle, and the others grow stronger in order to take their revenge against the Dark Triad.
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.
Acting
Gakuto Kajiwara's vocal cords deserve hazard pay
Score
Hiroyuki Sawano drops bangers that elevate mid fights to legendary
Writing
Turns 'hard work beats talent' into surprisingly nuanced class commentary
Gakuto Kajiwara
Asta (voice)
Nobunaga Shimazaki
Yuno (voice)
Kana Yuuki
Noelle Silva (voice)
Junichi Suwabe
Yami Sukehiro (voice)
Genki Muro
Magna Swing (voice)
Ayumu Murase
Luck Voltia (voice)
Jun Fukuyama
Finral Roulacase (voice)
Satoshi Hino
Gauche Adlai (voice)
Kiyono Yasuno
Charmy Papittoson (voice)
Nana Mizuki
Vanessa Enoteca (voice)
Minami Takahashi
Grey (voice)
Masayuki Akasaka
Grey, Transformed (voice)
Kenichirou Matsuda
Gordon Agrippa (voice)
Hikaru Midorikawa
Zora Ideale (voice)
Takuma Terashima
Klaus Lunette (voice)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Black Clover debuted in the same Shonen Jump generation as My Hero Academia and Demon Slayer, often dismissed as the 'loud mediocre one'—only to outlast them in episode count and develop one of the most dedicated global fanbases through sheer consistency.
The anime's notoriously rough early animation (episodes 1-30) became a meme, but Studio Pierrot's eventual turnaround—particularly the Spade Kingdom arc—is considered one of shounen's greatest production glow-ups.
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