Season of television series
| Black Clover | |
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| Season 3 | |
 Cover of the eleventh Blu-ray volume of the third season released in Japan on April 24, 2020 | |
| No. of episodes | 52 |
| Release | |
| Original network | TV Tokyo |
| Original release | October 1, 2019 (2019-10-01) – December 1, 2020 (2020-12-01) |
| Season chronology | |
| ← Previous Season 2Next → Season 4 | |
| List of episodes | |
The third season of the Black Clover anime television series was directed by Tatsuya Yoshihara and produced by Pierrot. The season premiered on October 1, 2019, on TV Tokyo in Japan. The season adapts Yūki Tabata's manga series of the same name from the rest of the 17th volume to the end of the 23rd volume (chapters 160–228), with the exception of episodes 123 and 124 (recap), and episodes 130–154, which are officially considered anime canon episodes that were supervised by Tabata. On April 26, 2020, it was announced that after Episode 132, the remaining episodes of the season would be delayed due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. After a two-month hiatus, the season resumed on July 7, 2020. Both Crunchyroll and Funimation licensed the series for an English release, with Crunchyroll simulcasting the third season, and Funimation producing a North American Simuldub. Funimation's adaptation premiered on February 2, 2020, on Adult Swim's Toonami programming block. Toonami's broadcast went on hiatus after episode 136 on October 25, 2020, as a result of production delays for the English dub caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The season resumed its run on Toonami on February 14, 2021, and ended on June 13.
The third season uses eight pieces of theme music: four opening themes and four ending themes. For the first 13 episodes, the opening and ending themes are "Right Now" by Empire and "Life is a Battlefield" (人生は戦場だ, Jinsei wa Senjō da) by Kalen Anzai. The second opening and ending themes, used for episodes 116 to 128, are "Black Catcher" by Vickeblanka and "New Page" by Intersection. The third opening and ending themes, used for episodes 129 to 140, are "Stories" by Snow Man and "Answer" by Kaf. The fourth opening and ending themes, used for episodes 141 to 154, are "Everlasting Shine" (永遠に光れ, Eien ni Hikare) by Tomorrow X Together and "A Walk" by Gakuto Kajiwara.
Episodes
See also: List of Black Clover episodes| No. overall | No. in season | Funimation's English title / Japanese translated title Original Japanese title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | English air date | |
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| 103 | 1 | "Release from Misfortune" Transliteration: "Inga Kaihō" (Japanese: 因果解放) | Toshihiro Maeya | Kan'ichi Katō | October 1, 2019 (2019-10-01) | February 2, 2020 | |
| The new sword proves to be far more powerful than Asta's other swords as it removes the poison from everybody and Father Orsi recovers. Asta decides to use his sword to turn the possessed knights back to normal. The elf attacking the village, disgusted by all the humans, tries to unleash all his magic at once. Yuno senses the elf's soul is in great pain and Asta thinks the elf must be asking for help. To prevent the elf from turning into something even more monstrous Asta strikes him in the chest. The new sword proves powerful enough to negate the entire reincarnation spell, returning him to a normal human. The Clover King, who has been asleep with his mistresses the entire time, is awoken and becomes terrified after learning the kingdom is under attack by its own magic knights and squad captains. Asta and Yuno tell Father Orsi and the others everything they know about the elves while Digit, the no longer possessed knight, reveals the elf possessing him had no desire to fight. Asta decides they must save both their human friends and the elves and take Digit with them. The floating dungeon passes over Magna and Vanessa and the possessed Luck decides to attack a nearby village. Yuno senses this and they decide to split up to both follow the dungeon and stop Luck, though they argue about which of them should take Digit with them. | |||||||
| 104 | 2 | "Lightning of Rage vs. Friends" Transliteration: "Ikari no Ikazuchi Bāsasu Nakama" (Japanese: 怒りの雷VS仲間) | Yoshihisa Iida | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | October 8, 2019 (2019-10-08) | February 9, 2020 | |
| The elf, Rufel, explains Luck’s body is now his and Vanessa realizes Luck is possessed. Rufel almost murders Magna but is stopped by Vanessa's cat Rouge, the Red String of Fate. Magna tries to attack Rufel but is also stopped by Rouge as she protects all Black Bulls, including Luck. Magna manages to trick Rufel with his knowledge of Luck's physical abilities and blows him up. Magna demands Rufel return Luck but Rufel summons a lightning storm, increasing his powers, and Magna only survives due to Rouge. Rufel realizes that using Rouge costs vast amounts of magic and forces her to save Magna over and over again until Vanessa almost passes out. Rufel claims Luck's soul is dead but Magna spots that he is crying and realizes Luck must be able to hear them, so they desperately try to force Luck to wake up. Rufel almost murders Magna but Rouge uses the last of her magic to alter fate, resulting in Asta appearing at the very last moment. Rufel manages to sense Asta's movements and tries to kill him, but Vanessa attaches a string to Asta, holding him back for a split second causing Rufel to mistime his attack and he is tackled to the ground by all three of them. Asta prepares to stab him in the chest and end the possession before Rufel unleashes an electrical explosion. | |||||||
| 105 | 3 | "Smiles, Tears" Transliteration: "Egao Namida" (Japanese: 笑顔 涙) | Fumio Maezono | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | October 15, 2019 (2019-10-15) | February 16, 2020 | |
| Deep in his mind Luck has regressed to a childlike state and is distracted by hallucinations of his mother. Rufel plans to kill everybody, including himself and Luck. Asta tries to apologize for all the suffering Rufel endured and begs him to return to Luck. Luck finally hears his friends and decides to leave his mother behind and return to his friends. Rufel recalls that he once wanted to be friends with humans. As the spell breaks Rufel disappears and Luck finally wakes up. He is welcomed back by Magna before kicking him in the face, proving he is back to his normal self. Having realized that the elves are all suffering Asta decides to use his new sword's power to set the elves free. They head back to their base and find it is still in pieces after Henry transformed it. They learn from Gordon and Grey that Gauche was possessed but left without hurting them. Before they can plan anything they are approached by the possessed Charmy, though they quickly realize she is actually just furious her vegetable garden is destroyed, and her elf facial tattoos are just sauce. As they are all out of magic Charmy has her sheep chefs force feed them to recover. With their magic returned Henry reconfigures the base into a vehicle, the Raging Black Bull Charging Style, and together the Black Bulls ride off to save the capital city.. | |||||||
| 106 | 4 | "Path of Revenge, Path of Atonement" Transliteration: "Fukushū no Michi Tsugunai no Michi" (Japanese: 復讐の道 償いの道) | Shigeki Awai | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | October 22, 2019 (2019-10-22) | February 23, 2020 | |
| Luck senses three elves in a nearby town, Hecairo, one of whom has possessed Xerx Lügner, the Saint of Pure Ice. Vanessa, Grey, and Charmy save nearby citizens while Magna, Luck, and Gordon channel their magic through cannons which nearly overwhelms the elves. Asta fires himself through the cannons and nullifies the elves' possessions, returning Xerx and the others to normal. Elsewhere, Vangeance recalls his childhood, of always sensing Patry's traumatized soul, of being able to see Patry's memories, and then Patry fully awakening when Vangeance turned 16. Together they planned the elves' resurrection, culminating in the death of the Wizard King. With his heart broken at Julius' death, Vangeance falls asleep as Patry's own resurrection is completed. Patry leaves Vangeance's Grimoire behind as he goes to join Licht. Rades suddenly resurrects, his fury at being betrayed and murdered having caused his magic to go into overdrive, resurrecting himself, Sally, and Valtos. They teleport to Hecairo to enlist the Bull's aid in getting revenge, but rather than aid them in getting revenge Asta comically punishes Rades for his crimes and insists they focus on saving as many people as possible. Valtos decides to seek atonement for his sins while Sally agrees to stop hurting people and instead perform research that would benefit others. Rades finally agrees to help after realizing he is starving and being tempted by Charmy's food. | |||||||
| 107 | 5 | "The Battle for Clover Castle" Transliteration: "Kessen Kurōbā-jō" (Japanese: 決戦 クローバー城) | Matsuo Asami | Jun Kamiya | October 29, 2019 (2019-10-29) | March 1, 2020 | |
| The elves possessing the Golden Dawn members, led by Langris, head for the three royal castles to kill the royal families. The King, furious over Langris' crimes, cancels the engagement between Langris and his royal great niece, Finnes Calmreich. Several elves fight the royal guards while Langris leads other elves to kill the royals. Finral arrives with Yami to fight the elves with the Green Praying Mantis captain, Jack the Ripper. They manage to knock the elves guarding the gates unconscious. Inside the castle of House Silva, the elves begin massacring the humans, royals and servants alike. Noelle's siblings, Solid and Nebra are attacked by an elf named Kivn. Nebra is impaled and incapacitated while Solid, still injured following his loss against Noelle, senses the floating dungeon approaching just behind Nozel, Noelle, and their comrades. Yami is proud to see that Zora is finally wearing his Black Bull robe. Yami, Jack, and Finral decide to find and protect the king. Nozel and Noelle try to save Solid and Nebra, but Kivn casts a spell that distorts their magic, making it difficult to control their spells, and Nozel is wounded saving Solid. The Silva siblings are surprised to learn that Noelle, has struggled to control her magic all her life and forcing herself to train to control it, is now the only Silva sibling who can still fight effectively. | |||||||
| 108 | 6 | "Battlefield Dancer" Transliteration: "Senjō no Maihime" (Japanese: 戦場の舞姫) | Ayataka Tanemura | Jun Kamiya | November 5, 2019 (2019-11-05) | March 8, 2020 | |
| In a flashback, Acier Silva, the mother of Solid, Nebra, and Nozel, dies after Noelle is born, leading to Noelle being forced to join the Black Bulls while enduring mockery from Nebra and Solid. Back in the present, Noelle engulfs Kivn in water and Nozel seals her in mercury. Professing his love for Noelle, Nozel reveals that he placed her in the Black Bulls, fearing that she would end up like her mother, and apologizes to her for his actions. Nozel is suddenly impaled as Kivn breaks free and recasts her magic distortion spell. Noelle, desperate to protect her family, unlocks a new spell, Valkyrie Armor, covering her in water armor identical to the steel armor worn by Acier. Noelle knocks out Kivn, but before she can help her siblings, she is surrounded by six other elves. Zora suddenly arrives with Paplo Espuma, a servant of House Silva who starts healing Noelle's siblings. Zora's trap magic easily knocks one elf unconscious. Remembering his promise to protect his siblings, Nozel seals his wounds with mercury and rejoins the battle. Zora realizes the elves, having been dead for centuries, have never experienced complicated modern spells like trap magic, and they are easily overwhelmed. | |||||||
| 109 | 7 | "Spatial Mage Brothers" Transliteration: "Kūkan Madōshi no Kyōdai" (Japanese: 空間魔導士の兄弟) | Rokō Ogiwara | Kan'ichi Katō | November 12, 2019 (2019-11-12) | March 15, 2020 | |
| The elf Baval, possessing Golden Dawn member David Swallow, threatens Kirsch, Mimosa, and En, pointing out the elves' power and the fact that Langris, possessed by the most twisted elf, Latry, has made it to the Clover King. The Clover King arrogantly declares he will defeat Langris with his Royal Magic but he is easily and embarrassingly defeated. Finnes is saved from Latry by Finral. Yami throws Finral's parents through a portal while Finral promises Finnes he will survive. Jack cuts through the castle wall, sending the King falling to safety. Jack figures out a way to cancel Latry’s automatic defense. Jack and Yami almost knock Latry unconscious but he goes on a rampage instead. Finral recalls he and Langris have never actually fought each other as Finral always ran away, and now Latry is distracted, Finral succeeds in teleporting him directly in front of him and Finral knocks him out with a simple punch to the face. Inside Langris' mind, he and Finral reconcile as they both pass out. Patry arrives at the floating dungeon and meets the elves Droit (right in french) possessing Gauche and Eclat (left in french) possessing Marie. Rhya reveals that due to an unknown reason Licht's memories have not fully returned and he has once more fallen asleep. Patry reveals the final stage of his plan, to place a final magic stone in a tablet deep within the castle, wiping out all humans and making the elves' reincarnations permanent, a stone that is on Yuno's necklace. | |||||||
| 110 | 8 | "The Raging Bull Joins the Showdown!!" Transliteration: "Abare Ushi Chōjō Kessen Sansen!!" (Japanese: 暴れ牛 頂上決戦参戦!!) | Fumio Maezono | Kan'ichi Katō | November 19, 2019 (2019-11-19) | March 22, 2020 | |
| Rhya reveals that he created new artificial bodies for Fana and Vetto to reincarnate into. The Apostles of Sephira, ten elves capable of receiving divine revelations, begin opening a door to the underworld, named the Shadow Palace, which was sealed under Clover Castle years ago by ancient elves and humans. Baval explains this will make the reincarnations permanent while the human souls will all be sent to the underworld. To protect the Apostles the remaining elves decide to kill everybody but are stopped by the timely arrival of Asta, the other Bulls, and the base, and most of the elves are completely overwhelmed. Patry determines Rouge poses the most danger and sends the elf Reve, possessing Dorothy Unsworth, Captain of the Coral Peacocks, to deal with her. Reve casts a spell that teleports Vanessa, Rouge, Luck, Magna, Charmy, and Sally to an inescapable dream world, removing the Bulls most powerful defensive fighters. Droit and Patry destroy the base. Rades and Valtos chase after Patry while Henry loses control and starts draining everyone's magic. Noelle's armor disappears as her magic runs out. Yami and Jack chase the Apostles into the Shadow Palace. Eclat casts a spell that binds, paralyzes, and drains the magic of the remaining Bulls, but the spell is nullified by Asta. Droit identifies Asta's new sword as Licht's Demon-Destroyer Sword. The Bulls, despite being irritated by the real Gauche's personality, swear they will return him to normal. | |||||||
| 111 | 9 | "The Eyes in the Mirror" Transliteration: "Kagami no Naka no Hitomi" (Japanese: 鏡の中の瞳) | Tazumi Mukaiyama | Kan'ichi Katō | November 26, 2019 (2019-11-26) | March 29, 2020 | |
| Within the dream world Reve confronts the Bulls, explaining that she has full control of the dream's reality. Vanessa is relieved to find Rouge can still use her magic to keep them alive. Sally uses her extensive magical knowledge to combine the Bull's magic into new attacks as well as working out exactly how Reve's magic functions. The Bulls become drowsy and Reve reveals that anyone trapped in her dream world for long periods will eventually fall asleep forever. Sally realizes that anything Reve imagines in the dream world will physically appear, even against her will. With this in mind, Sally tricks Reve into imagining and accidentally creating exits leading back to the real world. Meanwhile within the Shadow Palace Yami and Jack become lost as they are manipulated by the elf Baval using Dice Magic to warp reality. Droit and Eclat try to kill Asta, but he is saved by Gordon, Grey, and Henry. Despite activating his demon form Asta is paralyzed by Eclat but is saved again when Henry transforms part of the base's rubble into a flying bull. As he is only alive because of the magic power he took from his friends Henry decides he will sacrifice all his remaining magic and even his life to keep Asta alive long enough to defeat Droit and Eclat. | |||||||
| 112 | 10 | "Humans Who Can Be Trusted" Transliteration: "Shinjirareru Ningen" (Japanese: 信じられる人間) | Ryōhei Horiuchi | Kan'ichi Katō | December 3, 2019 (2019-12-03) | April 5, 2020 | |
| Reve prevents the exit doors from opening with chains. Luck suggests making Reve defeat herself by creating a doll that resembles Reve's human body, tricking her into thinking about and summoning a non-possessed version of Captain Dorothy Unsworth. Dorothy, who is normally asleep, turns out to be hyperactively cheerful within the Dream World. Meanwhile, Asta finds it impossible to attack Droit while avoiding his lasers and Eclat's paralyzing eyes. Henry throws himself at Droit and Eclat, draining their magic while sacrificing himself. Asta urges him to live and Henry realizes he wants to live. He is saved by his friends while Asta manages to attack Droit. Droit recalls that when the elves were being murdered human royals used a magic item to steal their magic for themselves, and yet he realizes Asta and the Bulls are nothing like the ancient humans and decides to allow Asta to nullify his and Eclat's reincarnations. As Gauche awakes he berates the Bulls for risking themselves for him when he only ever cared about Marie and not them, though the Bulls insist they consider him a friend anyway. Reve's Dream World begins to collapse from the magic of Reve and Dorothy colliding inside it. Dorothy disappears but urges Reve to consider that good humans exist, especially the Bulls. As the Dream World collapses everyone reappears in the normal world and Asta nullifies Reve's reincarnation. With all the Bulls back together Asta declares it is time to find Captain Yami. | |||||||
| 113 | 11 | "Storming the Shadow Palace" Transliteration: "Totsunyū Kage no Ōkyū" (Japanese: 突入 影の王宮) | Yoshihisa Iida | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | December 10, 2019 (2019-12-10) | April 19, 2020 | |
| Gueldre Poizot and Revchi are tempted to sneak inside the Shadow Palace to see if there are magic items worth stealing. Charmy and Mimosa help everyone recover with food and recovery magic. Noelle and Mimosa become jealous of Sally's new closeness to Asta. Two elves try a sneak attack while everyone is distracted but are instantly caught by Fuegoleon and Mereoleona. Magna notices the entrance portal starting to shrink while more possessed Golden Dawn members arrive. The Bulls decide to fight the elves, relying on Charmy and Vanessa to keep them alive, while all the captains, Asta, Noelle, and Mimosa enter the palace. Solid wakes up in time to acknowledge Noelle's strength and that he wants her to survive so he can one day surpass her. Inside the palace everyone ends up magically separated and Mimosa ends up alone with Asta. Mimosa determines that the elves are spread throughout the palace, as are the captains, and they will all need to defeat at least one Apostle of Sephira to reach Patry and Licht. Asta and Mimosa confront the elf Lira, possessing Captain Rill Boismortier. Noelle is confronted by Fana, Mereoleona by Vetto, and Fuegoleon by the Purple Orca's new captain, Kaizer Granvorka. Through sheer determination both Mereoleona and Fuegoleon manage to land the same powerful flame attack on both of their opponents. | |||||||
| 114 | 12 | "The Final Invaders" Transliteration: "Saigo no Nyūjō-sha" (Japanese: 最後の入城者) | Akira Shimizu | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | December 17, 2019 (2019-12-17) | April 26, 2020 | |
| Noelle fights Fana, destroying her upper body, but Fana recovers using forbidden magic. Asta struggles to get past the paint monsters to reach Lira and is injured, requiring Mimosa to heal him. The Bulls struggle against the Golden Dawn elves, until Yuno suddenly arrives; having gathered unpossessed knights from all over the kingdom. The elves are all rendered unconscious while Yuno's necklace reopens the entrance, though only Yuno, Sylph, and Charmy make it inside while Nero is left behind. Charmy ends up with Asta and Mimosa but when she sees Lira upset she tries to offer him food, only for Lira to destroy it and knock her unconscious. Asta rushes to help her, only for Charmy to begin emitting strange magic. Her giant sheep chef transforms into a giant wolf while Charmy transforms into a more adult version of herself. Lira realizes Charmy is actually a human-dwarf hybrid, which Charmy was unaware of, and her dual heritage has given her two magic attributes, Cotton magic and Food magic. The wolf begins devouring the paintings, absorbing Lira's magic while Charmy uses supercharged punches to keep Lira busy, allowing Asta and Mimosa to run ahead. Noelle receives help from Captain Jack. Yuno ends up alone against Rhya, Patry, and another elf, Ronne, who manages to steal Yuno's necklace. Rhya realizes Ronne is not himself, right before Ronne blasts a hole through Rhya's body. | |||||||
| 115 | 13 | "Mastermind" Transliteration: "Kuromaku" (Japanese: 黒幕) | Rokō Ogiwara | Jun Kamiya | December 24, 2019 (2019-12-24) | May 3, 2020 | |
| Rhya has a flashback to the massacre. Rhya had allowed the elves to believe they were betrayed by Lumiere, the brother of Licht's human wife, Tetia, when in fact Rhya knew Lumiere was innocent but hid the truth so the elves would continue to hate humans. Ronne places the stone in the altar, revealing he was actually possessed by a Devil that now rises from the Underworld. He reveals to Patry that he was the one who convinced the ancient humans to massacre the elves. Yuno saves Rhya and Patry but his magic is useless against the devil that can use Word Soul Magic, meaning anything he says becomes reality. Asta and Mimosa arrive and while Asta and Yuno try to fight together they fail. The devil reveals he was the one who cast the forbidden spell to resurrect the elves, not Licht, and the war between humans and the Eye of the Midnight Sun was all part of his plan to regain his original body. Asta and Yuno succeed in wounding him, but he heals instantly. He further reveals that when the owner of a four leaf Grimoire is filled with despair, as Patry now is, it transforms into a five leaf Grimoire. His first attempt created Asta's Grimoire 5 centuries ago, but he was prevented from claiming it for himself, but now with Patry's five leaf Grimoire in his possession he has the power to rule the world. Now filled with ultimate despair Patry transforms into a dark elf and randomly begins attacking everyone. The devil departs leaving Patry to kill everyone for him. | |||||||
| 116 | 14 | "The Ultimate Natural Enemy" Transliteration: "Saikyō no Tenteki" (Japanese: 最強の天敵) | Fumio Maezono | Jun Kamiya | January 7, 2020 (2020-01-07) | May 10, 2020 | |
| Asta and Yuno are saved by Nozel who wants revenge against Patry for destroying Fuegoleon's arm. Nozel easily uses the reflective surface of his mercury to deflect Patry's light magic and traps him. Nozel informs Asta he plans on becoming his rival to become Wizard King. Rhya almost dies until he is saved by Mimosa, though this only annoys him. Nozel plans to execute Patry until Yuno points out Patry is possessing Captain Vangeance's human body. Asta tries to nullify the possession and is instead sucked into Patry's memories, where he learns about the death of the Wizard King. Asta reaches the real Patry, and despite hating him for killing the Wizard King, he berates him for giving up on himself, even though Asta hasn't yet given up on the elves. Patry realizes Asta is just like Lumiere and lets go of his hate, turning from a dark elf into his normal self, promising to return Vangeance after the devil is defeated. As the devil tries to escape he is confronted by Licht with his Demon Dweller sword, but Licht is overwhelmed and is saved by Charla, possessing Captain Charlotte's body. Yami arrives and teams up with them to fight the devil who is surprised a human so easily cooperates with elves. Elsewhere Finral is woken up by Nero who demands to be taken to the bones of the dead demon, revealing that she can speak. | |||||||
| 117 | 15 | "Breaking the Seal" Transliteration: "Ima Fū o Kiru Toki" (Japanese: 今封を切る時) | Yoshihisa Matsumoto | Jun Kamiya | January 14, 2020 (2020-01-14) | May 17, 2020 | |
| Zagred summons a shapeless mass of magic. Finral teleports Nero to the bones and removes the magic stones from Patry's stone tablet and places them in the First Wizard King's statue atop the skull, causing the statue to crack. The mass proves capable of draining magic and life force from its victims, and the Devil plans to unleash it on the world. While saving Rhya and Mimosa, Asta is swallowed by the mass, only to discover his anti-magic makes him immune. Nozel orders Asta, Yuno and Patry to assist Yami while he takes Mimosa elsewhere. As the statue crumbles it transforms back into the first Wizard King, Lumiere Silvamilllion Clover, while Nero also transforms into her original self, Secre Swallowtail. Lumiere and Secre instantly travel into the Shadow Palace. Secre has a flashback to 500 years ago when she was Lumiere's servant. He would spend his time creating magic tools and promoting the idea of a more equal society. But on the day of his sister's wedding to Licht he was captured by the devil who manipulated his family into murdering the elves. Lumiere escaped but was too late to prevent the massacre and the devil succeeded in creating the original 5 leaf Grimoire that would one day belong to Asta. He then tried to possess Licht but Licht used forbidden magic and transformed himself into the giant demon before asking Lumiere to kill him. | |||||||
| 118 | 16 | "A Reunion Across Time and Space" Transliteration: "Jikū o Koeta Saikai" (Japanese: 時空を超えた再会) | Isuta Ayataka Tanemura | Kan'ichi Katō | January 21, 2020 (2020-01-21) | May 24, 2020 | |
| Lumiere honors Licht's request to kill him as he summons a giant light sword and reduces his friend's monstrous body to a skeleton. Secre retrieves the magic stones and stops Zagred from taking Licht's Grimoire while attempting to seal him, only for the devil to cast the resurrection spell to send himself and the elves five centuries into the future. Secre then petrifies the near dead Lumiere at his request and is turned into an Anti-bird for using forbidden magic. She then spends the next five centuries watching over Licht's Grimoire until Asta acquired it. In the present, Asta, Yuno and Patry catch up to the devil at the same time as Lumiere and Secre arrive, with Licht's soul fully awakened by their presence. As everyone teams up to fight, the devil realizes Licht and Lumiere have become stronger due to being affected by his magic in the past while Asta's Anti-magic can stop his attacks. The devil reveals his magic mass will continue to grow as long as he is alive, so Licht casts a spell, using the power of all the remaining elves to unlock the Demon Dweller Sword's true potential to obliterate him. Unfortunately the devil's heart survives as he regenerates, revealing that no magic from their dimension can kill him. Asta realizes the Demon Slayer Sword must also have an ultimate power and that he must unlock it using a power no one else has. | |||||||
| 119 | 17 | "The Final Attack" Transliteration: "Owari no Ichigeki" (Japanese: 終わりの一撃) | Rokō Ogiwara | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28) | May 31, 2020 | |
| Yami and Charlotte survive the mass while Yami saves enough magic for one last Dimension Slash. Secre realizes that while the devil created Asta's Grimoire, it was another devil who gave it anti-magic. Yuno manages to gather the remains of Lumiere and Licht's magic to forge an air sword capable of hurting him while Asta manages to overfill his sword with anti-magic, turning it into the Anti-Magic Demon-Slayer Sword, Black Divider. Lumiere is highly impressed with both of them. Working together Asta manages to stab the devil's heart, only for it to reappear undamaged. Enraged, he summons even more mass. Lumiere and Licht decide they must let Asta and Yuno fight the devil while they use the Demon Dweller sword to cast a spell to protect everyone in the dungeon from the mass. Even though they are an impossible distance away Yami decides to aim his Dimension Slash at the devil using only ki detection. Asta and Yuno both stab him, but Asta finally runs out of Anti-magic. The devil prepares to kill them both but Yami casts his largest Dimension Slash: Equinox, and cuts the devil in half. Secre uses her sealing magic to help Asta recover, and as she flashes back through all the enemies she has watched him defeat through sheer willpower, she declares he will become the next Wizard King. Spurred on by her faith Asta resummons his anti-magic and finally cuts the devil's heart in half. | |||||||
| 120 | 18 | "Dawn" Transliteration: "Yoake" (Japanese: 夜明け) | Toshihiro Maeya | Jun Kamiya | February 4, 2020 (2020-02-04) | June 7, 2020 | |
| As the devil dies, he is confronted by the devil within Asta's Grimoire who gloats at his victory. The mass begins to consume the Shadow Palace but everyone is saved by Rades and Valtos and escapes through portals, only to find the remaining elves still attacking the city. Patry reveals they can defeat them using Vangeance's World Tree Magic. Asta nullifies his reincarnation, waking Vangeance who is grateful Patry is no longer suffering. He combines his World Tree Magic with Licht, connecting the elves' souls to the tree. Asta then strikes the tree with his sword, ending all the reincarnations and allowing their souls to pass on, except for Vetto, Rhya, and Fana who now possess artificial bodies and decide instead to live their new lives to the fullest. Yuno realizes the elf possessing him was Licht and Tetia's unborn son, and Licht thanks Yuno for allowing him to meet him. A furious Rades captures Patry's soul and reanimates it back into Licht's cloned body, demanding he stay and atone for all the people he killed, to which Patry agrees. William asks Yami to take him to the Wizard King's body. Asta introduces everyone to Lumiere and Secre, explaining who they are. Lumiere is happy the ideal world he worked for is finally becoming reality. Lumiere finally runs out of magic and his stone body begins to crumble. As he passes away he asks Secre to continue looking after the Kingdom and to live her own life from now on. | |||||||
| 121 | 19 | "Three Problems" Transliteration: "Mitsu no Komatta Koto" (Japanese: 3つの困ったこと) | Matsuo Asami | Kan'ichi Katō | February 11, 2020 (2020-02-11) | June 14, 2020 | |
| Yami and William find the Wizard King alive due to 13 years stored in a magic tool in case he was ever killed, rendering his body of a 13 year old. Julius orders William to help with the recovery effort. Julius reveals to Yami, Asta, Mimosa, Noelle, and Secre that his younger body has far less magic, meaning he has less influence over the selfish nobles and will be unable to protect the kingdom from attack. He also worries Asta may die; as his power is demonic and since it was a devil who attacked the kingdom, the Magic Parliament will probably blame Asta then execute him. Secre confirms that Asta's demon form as well as the horns on her head could be used as evidence they had contact with devils. Mimosa explains the Magic Parliament are royals and nobles who create laws and preside over trials for serious crimes. Meanwhile the Clover King credits Sekke for saving him, despite it being an accident. They are attacked by anti-royalists hoping to assassinate the king amid the confusion, but they are saved by Damnatio Kira, Chairman of the Magic Parliament. Asta and Secre are asked to testify before the Parliament, but when they arrive they are arrested by Damnatio who demands evidence of the devil behind the attack. When Asta can provide none Damnatio decides to simply charge the people possessed by the elves as normal criminals. Damnatio brings in Marie, Gauche's sister, and orders her immediately executed for her actions during the battle, forcing Asta to assume his demon form to save her, revealing himself to the entire Parliament, just as Damnatio wanted him to. | |||||||
| 122 | 20 | "As Pitch Black as It Gets" Transliteration: "Makkurokekke" (Japanese: 真っ黒けっけ) | Matsuo Asami | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | February 18, 2020 (2020-02-18) | June 21, 2020 | |
| The Magic Parliament demand Asta's execution. Damnatio threatens Marie, Father Orsi, Sister Lily and the church orphans unless Asta surrenders. The Parliament is suddenly destroyed by Henry’s Raging Black Bull, and every member of the Black Bulls' demand Asta be set free, or they will go to war with the Parliament. Secre tells them to take Asta and leave her, but Yami refuses, claiming she is a full team member, and gives her a Black Bulls robe. Damnatio uses his Scale Magic to shrink the Bulls' spells, but Asta easily nullifies it with the Demon Destroyer Sword. Yami tries to defeat Damnatio but is stopped by Fuegoleon and Nozel, who announce their support of Asta, shocking the Parliament. Fuegoleon reveals the Wizard King has ordered the Black Bulls to investigate the devil race to prove Asta's innocence. With so much influential support Damnatio is forced to let the Bulls investigate, but warns Asta he will still be executed if he fails. For appearance's sake, Nozel places a spell on Asta to track his position at all times. Damnatio visits Julius, already knowing about his reduced power, and is advised to trust the Bulls. Damnatio warns Julius if the devil crisis gets any worse or the kingdom is invaded, he may have to pass judgement on Julius as well. After Damnatio leaves a tearful Marx forces a disbelieving Julius to begin the paperwork required to begin returning the kingdom to normal. | |||||||
| 123 | 21 | "Nero Reminisces... Part One" Transliteration: "Nero: Tsuikai Soshite... Zenpen" (Japanese: ネロ、追懐そして…前編) | Rokō Ogiwara | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | February 25, 2020 (2020-02-25) | June 28, 2020 | |
| As the Black Bulls leave the kingdom to begin investigating the mystery of demons and clearing Asta's name, Secre reflects on her past. Together with Lumiere they created the first magic tools, met Licht, and realized they both possessed 4 leaf Grimoires. She watched them become best friends and then family by Licht marrying Tetia, and saw how close he and Licht came to creating an equal society, until the Devil, Zagred came. He manipulated the humans, using the jealousy and greed of the royals and nobles to bring about the massacre. During the massacre Lumiere realized the elves were murdered with his Light Magic, stored in a magic tool he and Secre created and made stronger by the elves magic stones, all to create a 5 leaf Grimoire while Lumiere was forced to kill Licht when he transformed into the giant demon. Secre then managed to seal Zagred before he could claim the 5 leaf Grimoire and saved Lumiere from death by sealing him in a statue, all at the cost of being transformed into an Anti-bird for using forbidden magic. Eventually she found something to hope for when she sensed a power that could one day defeat Zagred, the day Asta and Yuno were left at the orphanage. | |||||||
| 124 | 22 | "Nero Reminisces... Part Two" Transliteration: "Nero: Tsuikai Soshite... Kōhen" (Japanese: ネロ、追懐そして…後編) | Ryōhei Horiuchi | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | March 3, 2020 (2020-03-03) | July 12, 2020 | |
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Secre continues to reminisce. She watched Asta and Yuno grow up while at the same time Patry was reincarnated into William Vangeance, not knowing this was Zagred's plan all along. Secre watched as Asta was given the 5 leaf Grimoire and was surprised to learn that the devil residing within it was different from the one 500 years ago and that it chose to help Asta. Over time she saw the Eye of the Midnight Sun attack many places searching for the magic stones, including the Underwater Temple and the Capital City and finally the resurrection of the elves. She witnessed the Apostles of Sephira open the Shadow Palace, hoping to make their resurrections permanent, but instead summoning Zagred, who revealed he cast the resurrection spell to create another 5 leaf Grimoire. With the devil's returned, Secre was able to transform back into a human and free Lumiere from the statue, resulting in the Black Bulls and the other magic knights and captains battling him until he was eventually killed by Asta. In the end, she was able to say goodbye to Lumiere and begin a new life, only this time she would not be alone, she has her new friends the Black Bulls. Note: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Funimation started adding a disclaimer note before episode broadcasts on Adult Swim. The disclaimer states that the English dub voice actors were able to record their lines from the safety of their homes. | |||||||
| 125 | 23 | "Return" Transliteration: "Kikan" (Japanese: 帰還) | Akira Shimizu | Kan'ichi Katō | March 10, 2020 (2020-03-10) | July 19, 2020 | |
| The Bulls finally return home, only problem is, Henry can’t reconstruct the base as he has forgotten what it looks like, so everyone writes requests for their new rooms. Yami reminds everyone of his three dangerous magical beasts he keeps as pets escaped when the base was destroyed. Noelle becomes jealous and confused at seeing Asta with Secre, unsure if they are actually friends or not. Magna and Luck get in another fight. Gauche, Grey, and Gordon find the beasts but all three of them are attacked. The beasts also attack Finral, Charmy, and Vanessa who got distracted by wine and food. Magna and Luck are attacked after exhausting their magic fighting each other. Yami is disturbed on the toilet by the beasts who, it turns out, just missed him. Yami remembers they always were needy, since he found them as babies after their parents were hunted by bored nobles. With the beasts re-established as Yami’s pets, Henry completes the new base, including a wine fountain for Vanessa, a large kitchen for Charmy and one giant communal bedroom per Gordon’s request, which everyone else rejects. Per the beast's request, Yami’s bedroom is moved into their cage. In the end Henry reconstructs the base exactly as it used to be so they can begin researching the devils and prove Asta’s innocence. | |||||||
| 126 | 24 | "The Blue Rose's Confession" Transliteration: "Aobara no Kokuhaku" (Japanese: 碧薔薇の告白) | Tazumi Mukaiyama | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | March 17, 2020 (2020-03-17) | July 26, 2020 | |
| Yami decides to research the Weg curse that caused Asta and Secre to grow black horns. In the capital, Captain Charlotte is embarrassed at the memories she has of the elf that possessed her talking with Yami, then when Yami suddenly appears in her hospital room. Yami tries to ask Charlotte about her own curse, but she is so overwhelmed she has a breakdown and runs mad throughout the city. Hours later she calms down and recalls Yami helping her break her curse. She gathers the Blue Rose Knights, an all-female squad who refuses to rely on men, and admits she loves Yami and is stepping down as Captain. However, she is shocked when her knights declare they will support her since most of them have secret boyfriends anyway. Charlotte nervously agrees to tell Yami how she feels, just as he arrives with Asta and Secre. Yami believes Charlotte hates him since she ran away, making the knights think he is an oblivious idiot. Asta, in his usual blunt manner, reveals Charlotte must actually like him a lot to trust him so much, causing Sol to strangle him. Charlotte invites Yami to dinner, however at dinner Yami is too oblivious to realize it is supposed to be a date and continues asking about her curse. Despite being disappointed Charlotte explains her family was cursed by a mage so that when she turned 18 her soul and magic both changed form, a curse that likely came from the world of devils. She then reminds Yami that he has someone in the Bulls already familiar with curses, Gordon Agrippa. | |||||||
| 127 | 25 | "Clues" Transliteration: "Tegakari" (Japanese: 手掛かり) | Fumio Maezono | Kan'ichi Katō | March 24, 2020 (2020-03-24) | August 2, 2020 | |
| Gordon visits his family with Asta, Secre, Gauche, and Grey. For generations, Gordon’s family would curse people for money, but Gordon joined the Bulls instead. Asta is shocked to learn Gordon’s parents, Nathan and Jonna, grandmother Nilenia and sister Roxanne all look and speak exactly as Gordon does. The senile Nilenia mentions an ancestral contract called Curse of Megicula, upsetting Roxanne. Gordon asks Nathan about devils, and he agrees to explain, but asks Gordon to use his poison magic in their research. When Gordon refuses Nathan seemingly poisons Asta, only to reveal he took their ancestors death research and repurposed it into healing and medical advancement, which Gordon was unaware of. Elsewhere Noelle visits Captain Dorothy and demands to know how her mother really died after Nozel admitted it was not Noelle’s birth that killed her. For safety’s sake Dorothy takes Noelle to her dream world so they can talk freely. Dorothy explains Acier died as the result of a devil's curse, but anyone who talks about the curse will be inflicted by the same curse and die, hence why Nozel kept it a secret, even from Solid and Nebra. She further explains that the devil who cursed Acier was called Megicula. Nathan shows Asta a cursed map showing the devil curses currently active within the kingdom, including one at the Bulls hideout, which they assume to be Henry. Another powerful one is in the capital but the most powerful is far away in the Heart Kingdom. | |||||||
| 128 | 26 | "To the Heart Kingdom!" Transliteration: "Hāto Ōkoku e!" (Japanese: ハート王国へ!) | Ayataka Tanemura | Kunihiko Okada | March 31, 2020 (2020-03-31) | August 9, 2020 | |
| Yami learns the Heart Kingdoms can only be visited with an invitation. Finral visits Langris, who is surprised Finral is determined to improve himself and take Finnes Calmreich as his wife, though Langris believes Finral is incapable of making Finnes happy due to his brother's habit of flirting with women and challenges Finral to become a better man. Mimosa reveals the Heart Kingdom is rich in natural mana, ruled by a Queen as powerful as a knight squad. Mimosa acquires invitations to the Heart Kingdom for herself, Asta, Noelle and Finral, with Secre hiding in her bird form. As they enter the Heart Kingdom it is revealed the Queen plans to seize Asta’s devil power for herself. Gaja, a Spirit Guardian, directs them to the palace via a river that flows uphill, thanks to the Queen’s Mana Zone, which is so large it covers the whole kingdom. Gaja explains every queen for 1200 years has made a pact with Undine, the Spirit of Water. Asta is suddenly kidnapped, while the others are forced to battle Gaja, who is vastly more skilled. Asta is deposited in the palace where his devil form impresses Undine. She reveals the Heart Kingdom measures magical strength in Stages and Asta barely ranks 9th Stage, the weakest, while Noelle and Mimosa rank 1st Stage, and it is suggested Gaja ranks even higher Zero Stage. However, working together, Noelle, Mimosa and Finral manage to land a powerful attack on Gaja, while Secre manages to free Asta from Undine and he attacks a nearby ki presence, assuming it to be the Queen. | |||||||
| 129 | 27 | "Devil Megicula" Transliteration: "Akuma Megikyura" (Japanese: 悪魔メギキュラ) | Toshiaki Kanbara | Mio Inoue | April 7, 2020 (2020-04-07) | August 30, 2020 | |
| The ki turns out to be a decoy for the real Queen, Loropechika, a clumsy, absent-minded young woman. Gaja is impressed with Noelle, Mimosa, and Finral and introduces them to Loropechika, who reveals she was cursed by Megicula and will die in a year. Undine explains they want Asta and the others to help defeat Megicula, who is in the Spade kingdom, as Loropechika inherited the power of all previous Heart Queens and is too precious to die so young. Vanessa, Magna, and Luck scout the Diamond Kingdom’s border and witness a Spade knight defeat a Diamond army, which even scares Luck. Loropechika explains Heart mages are limited to natural magic like water and are incapable of truly killing a devil, whereas Clover mages invented unnatural magic, such as Spatial and Time magic, and certain mages born in such an unnatural environment can kill devils, such as Yami, Asta, and Secre, who Loropechika classes in the Arcane Stage, above Stage Zero. Mimosa contacts Julius and he agrees the Clover kingdom will help. Loropechika reveals that Megicula is more powerful than the devil that revived the elves, because he is siphoning power from Spade citizens, preparing to invade all the kingdoms, thus Loropechika is planning to invade the Spade Kingdom before she dies and asks Asta and his friends to grow stronger and gather other Arcane mages for the invasion in 6 months. They explain the situation to Yami who deduces the Spade knight must have been possessed by Megicula. Yami orders every Bull to train for the entire 6 months and become at least as strong as a Squad Vice Captain in preparation for war. | |||||||
| 130 | 28 | "The New Magic Knight Captain Conference" Transliteration: "Shin Mahō Kishi-dan Danchō Kaigi" (Japanese: 新・魔法騎士団団長会議) | Matsuo Asami | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | April 14, 2020 (2020-04-14) | September 6, 2020 | |
| With the repairs to the capital city going well the Captains gather for a celebration. Rill is revealed to have fallen in love with Charmy’s human form and keeps daydreaming. To hide his child like appearance from the citizens, and especially the King, Julius has Owen masquerade as him with his face hidden by bandages. The clover king attempts to take credit for winning the battle, but is knocked over when Yami and Jack start a fight. After the king angrily leaves the Captains hold a meeting where Julius and the Bulls explain the situation with Megicula, the Spade Kingdom and Loropechika’s plans for war and orders them to train their squad members for the next 6 months. Several captains attempt to quit out of guilt for attacking the kingdom while possessed but Julius refuses to let them. Damnatio agrees to wait until after the war to decide what to do with Asta. Julius brings in former Purple Orca’s captain Gueldre and explains that since the city repairs are so expensive he is pardoning Gueldre’s crimes in exchange for his ability to make a profit. He also cuts the captains salaries in half, which most agree to, except a horrified Jack and Yami who get drunk and attempt to recoup the loss by playing poker against Vangeance, only to lose their entire salaries when he easily beats them. | |||||||
| 131 | 29 | "A New Resolve" Transliteration: "Aratanaru Ketsui" (Japanese: 新たなる決意) | Matsuo Asami | Jun Kamiya | April 21, 2020 (2020-04-21) | September 13, 2020 | |
| Asta visits the orphanage with Noelle, Secre and Yuno. Asta is relieved to find no one in the village believes he is in league with a devil. Father Orsi reveals Hage finally has its own magic school. Secre visits the demon skull to pay her respects to Lumiel and hears someone training in Asta’s old training area. Asta instantly proposes marriage to Sister Lily, only to be crushed into the ground by her magic. Hearing Asta yelling about marriage causes Noelle to fall off her broom onto Asta’s head, then when she learns Asta routinely mentions her in the letters he sends to Lily and Orsi, she punishes him. Lily asks Asta and Yuno to teach a class for the youngest children, believing learning from actual magic knights will be a great inspiration. Asta inspires the boys into joining him on a workout, leaving Yuno, Noelle, and Secre with the girls to “play house”. Later, Orsi introduces them to the older students preparing to receive their Grimoire’s, and they are surprised to find the instructors are the two noble boys who tried to steal Yuno’s Grimoire the day he received it but have now turned over a new leaf. The child training in the skull is revealed to be Nash, who is inspired by Asta. Noelle continues to obsess over how Asta described her in his letters. Asta and Yuno reminisce about how far they have come and decide to keep growing stronger to face Megicula and the Spade Kingdom. | |||||||
| 132 | 30 | "The Lion Awakens" Transliteration: "Mezameru Shishi" (Japanese: 目覚める獅子) | Rokō Ogiwara | Kan'ichi Katō | April 28, 2020 (2020-04-28) | September 20, 2020 | |
| Mereoleona kidnaps all the Bulls, except Yami, to the Lions training area, Yultim Volcano. However, instead of the hot spring at the summit, they head for the even better hot spring in the cave under the volcano where heat is so intense they will die instantly if their protective Mana Skin fails. As most of the Bulls are unfamiliar with Mana Skin Fuegoleon uses a magic tool to make Mana Skin easier, though death is still a possibility. Asta however uses his anti-magic. Asta rushes ahead with Leopold while Luck and Magna head for the strongest cave monster, a giant spider. Noelle races ahead of Asta using her water armor, but when she sees Asta chasing her from behind she imagines them in a romantic beach setting and punishes Asta with a water blast, becoming lost in the steam and wandering into the spider's lair. Asta and Leopold save Noelle but the spider escapes. Mereoleona admits the spider is an intruder but as it is scared of her it always escapes before she can find it, so she used the Bulls as bait, also teaching them the importance of expecting the unexpected. She then reveals that having finally seen the spider herself, it is actually a man-made mutant. Fuegoleon uses Salamander to expose a doorway behind a rock wall, revealing the spider is actually guarding the entrance to a previously unidentified dungeon. | |||||||
| 133 | 31 | "The Lion Awakens, Continued" Transliteration: "Zoku Mezameru Shishi" (Japanese: 続・目覚める獅子) | Toshihiro Maeya | Kan'ichi Katō | July 7, 2020 (2020-07-07) | September 27, 2020 | |
| The Wizard King informs them the dungeon contains a powerful magic item. Asta, Noelle, Magna, Luck, Secre, Leo, and Randall enter first while the rest recover their magic. The dungeon splits into three paths so they split into teams. Asta and Noelle are almost buried in lava and flee with Asta carrying Noelle like a princess. Luck and Magna find treasure but nothing else. Leo and Randall locate the spider which can control stone golems. Everyone catches up to Leo and Randall to help, but Leo instinctively unlocks an ability to greatly increase his power temporarily. The spider is defeated and the treasure room revealed. Secre finds the magic item had been inside the spider, really a normal spider turned into a monster by the item. Leo swears to master his new ability. Mereoleona punishes Asta and Leo for damaging the item by forcing them to search the entire dungeon alone to ensure nothing is left behind, while everyone else relaxes in the hot spring. Noelle decides to ask Mereoleona for more information about her mother. Returning to the Bulls base hoping to recover they discover Mereoleona is already there with a new mission. | |||||||
| 134 | 32 | "Those Who Have Been Gathered" Transliteration: "Atsumerareta Monotachi" (Japanese: 集められた者たち) | Shigeo Koshi | Kunihiko Okada | July 14, 2020 (2020-07-14) | October 4, 2020 | |
| Mereoleona kidnaps Asta, Noelle, and Secre to her home, Vermillion House, for a party along with Mimosa, Kirsch, and Fuegoleon, to celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of Sister Theresa Rapaul becoming a Nun since she also taught Fuegoleon and Mereoleona. Theresa also brings along her orphans, including Marie, though Theresa exposes one of the children as Gauche magically disguised so he could secretly visit Marie. Fuegoleon demands party tricks from everyone to amuse Theresa and the children and Noelle goes first, after Mereoleona suggests it was what Acier would have done. The children declare Fuegoleon’s tricks boring and Mereoleona’s scary so Theresa shares embarrassing memories of Fuegoleon and Mereoleona’s childhoods instead, causing them to fight. Mimosa duels Kirsch to settle their own childhood grievances while Gauche joins the brawl to protect Marie. Theresa stops the fight, proving that despite her advanced age she can still discipline both Fuegoleon and Mereoleona when they get out of hand, impressing Asta and Noelle. She also disciplines Gauche for trying to see Marie outside of his allotted monthly visit. After thanking Mereoleona and Fuegoleon for the party she takes the orphans home, happy that she raised such excellent students. | |||||||
| 135 | 33 | "The One Who Has My Heart, My Mind, and Soul" Transliteration: "Kokoro ni, Kokoro ni, Kokoro ni Kimeta Hito" (Japanese: 心に、心に、心に決めた人) | Fumio Maezono | Mio Inoue | July 21, 2020 (2020-07-21) | October 11, 2020 | |
| Finral decides he must get serious about making Finnes Calmreich happy and asks Asta to cure his habitual flirting. Asta takes Finral to a mixer with Rebecca Scarlett and her friends Karen and Eliza and bans Finral from flirting, though Finral panics when his lack of flirting actually attracts Eliza. A nearby Sekke tries to impress women by taking credit for Asta’s heroics against the elves, so Noelle punishes him. Secre notices a disguised Langris and Finnes observing Finral trying not to flirt. Captain Charlotte is also attending a mixer organized by her knights to get her and Yami together, but Yami is so dense he doesn’t notice. Charlotte is advised to feed Yami and touch him physically. Asta’s mixer improves as Eliza realizes Finral resembles the prince from her favorite novel, and Karen begins to take an interest in Luck. Charlotte accidentally touches Yami’s hand before she is ready and overreacts. Finral instinctively saves her but impresses Finnes when he doesn’t flirt with Charlotte and declares he loves someone else. Eliza and Karen lose interest and leave but both mixers decide to have one big mixer together, despite the embarrassment of the ladies and idiocy of the men. Yami hopes everyone trains hard together for the next six months. | |||||||
| 136 | 34 | "A Black Deep-Sea Story" Transliteration: "Kuro no Shinkai Monogatari" (Japanese: 黒の深海物語) | Tazumi Mukaiyama | Mio Inoue | July 28, 2020 (2020-07-28) | October 25, 2020 | |
| The Underwater Temple is attacked. The Bulls visit the beach to begin serious training. Noelle begins having memory flashes of her mother. Kahono and Kiato take the Bulls to the Temple. Gifso explains they were attacked by a Sea Guardian who has become violently angry and the only ones who can soothe it are Kahono and Kiato. To test herself Noelle offers to use Sea Dragon’s Cradle to enter the Void. Yami sends Finral with them but forbids anyone else from helping. In the Void they are attacked by mutated fish monsters. Noelle manages to tap into the Natural Mana of the ocean and defeats them. Travelling deeper they find a Kraken which Noelle defeats with her Valkyrie Water Armor. Finally locating the whale-like Guardian Kahono and Kiato soothe it, revealing the Guardian has recently given birth and her protective instincts caused all nearby sea creatures to protect the baby and causing the Kraken to attack their Temple. Now soothed, the Guardian gives Noelle a memory of her mother, making Noelle realize Acier must once have visited the Guardian as well. Noelle and the others return to the surface to celebrate. Yami privately praises Finral for growing from the useless good-for-nothing he used to be, then punishes him for accidentally teleporting a Kraken tentacle to the Black Bulls during Noelle's fight. | |||||||
| 137 | 35 | "Charmy's Century of Hunger, Gordon's Millennium of Loneliness" Transliteration: "Chāmī Hyaku-nen no Shokuyoku to Gōdon Sen'nen no Kodoku" (Japanese: チャーミー百年の食欲とゴードン千年の孤独) | Naoki Horiuchi | Masanao Akahoshi Kunihiko Okada | August 4, 2020 (2020-08-04) | February 14, 2021 | |
| Charmy tries to create food that can enhance mana and asks Jamo, head chef of magic knight headquarters, to be his student. Charmy undergoes a quest to find rare ingredients, a Mentanpin Mandoradora, a Coelacanth and hair from the buttocks of a Surprisesquatch. Charmy cooks the ingredients but the meal mutates into a beast born from Charmy’s drive to create mana enhancing meals. The beast begins stealing everyone’s mana so Asta decides to eat the beast alongside the Bulls who devour the beast to get their mana back. Asta correctly guesses Charmy was too focused on mana enhancement but forgot to create food that is delicious. Gordon tries to train with Asta, but his poison magic is unsuitable for a direct fight. Gordon quits the Bulls to rediscover the power of having no friends. He travels to the forest to battle wild animals, only to lose his food to monkeys. After several days of isolation he picks a fight with giant wolves immune to poison, causing him to realize friends make him stronger than loneliness. After apologizing to the wolf mother for bothering her she leads him back home. Gordon finds the base empty and rushes to find his friends, thinking they must have gotten lost searching for him, when in reality the Bulls hadn’t even noticed he was missing and went out for a meal. | |||||||
| 138 | 36 | "In Zara's Footsteps" Transliteration: "Zara o Tsugu Mono" (Japanese: ザラを継ぐ者) | Toshiaki Kanbara | Masanao Akahoshi | August 11, 2020 (2020-08-11) | February 21, 2021 | |
| While visiting his father’s grave Zora sees a young man, Ina, being bullied by a noble boy, Kaito. Ina swears to prove peasants are equal to nobles, like his hero Zara. Kaito attacks Ina with fire magic so Zora scares him away. Ina’s father arrives and Zora recognizes him as a flower seller from his village who also admired Zara. Ina becomes angry at his father for them being peasants. Angered at his attitude Zora reminds him Zara was a peasant but always believed he could become a magic knight because he could do something nobles couldn’t. Zora advises Ina to figure out what that was. Kaito returns to get revenge on Ina with a magic bracelet, but he loses control of the bracelet and Zora saves Ina while Kaito flees. Later, Kaito’s father accuses Ina of stealing the bracelet and plans to have him arrested but is surprised Ina’s father possesses water magic equal to his fire magic. Zora intervenes, exposes Kaito as a liar and the terrified noble flees. Ina’s father reveals he also has hopes of becoming a magic knight and still trains every day, despite his crippled leg. Ina realizes, unlike most nobles, peasants are capable of achieving through sheer hard work. He apologises to his father and promises they will both be magic knights. Zora returns to the Bulls, deciding to get serious about becoming as strong as Asta. | |||||||
| 139 | 37 | "A Witch's Homecoming" Transliteration: "Majo no Kikyō" (Japanese: 魔女の帰郷) | Yasumi Mikamoto | Kunihiko Okada | August 18, 2020 (2020-08-18) | February 28, 2021 | |
| Vanessa returns to the Witches Forest to ask her mother for help in the coming battle, admitting Rouge can be defeated if Vanessa runs out of magic. The Queen refuses, but does promise a way to increase her power, on condition Vanessa helps the security golems guard the forest against dangerous magical beasts. She sends two novice witches to help, Samantha Kravitz and Elvira Aguirre whose Sound and Illusion magic’s are ill-suited to battle. Samantha is prone to panicking like Grey while Elvira is too proud to admit her weaknesses like Noelle and Vanessa realizes her mother gave her an impossible task to make her quit. Vanessa finds Dominante Code trading magic tools to the witches to support Fanzell, who cannot get a job due to being a wanted criminal. Vanessa is inspired and decides to show Samantha and Elvira how their magic can be useful too depending on how they use it. Together they create prey illusions to lure the beasts away then a giant monster illusion to scare them back to their own territory. The rest of the Witches congratulate Vanessa, the Queen having broadcast their fight to the whole forest. Vanessa decides she doesn’t need the Queen’s help and returns home to inform Yami she is quitting drinking to focus on serious training. | |||||||
| 140 | 38 | "A Favor for Julius" Transliteration: "Yuriusu no Tanomi Koto" (Japanese: ユリウスの頼み事) | Ayataka Tanemura | Kan'ichi Katō | August 25, 2020 (2020-08-25) | March 7, 2021 | |
| The Wizard King has Sally temporarily released from prison to help Magic Item Researcher Makusa North create a new magic item for the Bulls. Asta volunteers as her test subject but Sally insists she needs subjects with magic so she starts chasing the other Bulls. After a series of bizarre, explosive experiments, Sally takes their data and a sample of Asta’s hair, deciding that making tools to help people might actually be fun. The Wizard King, worried about Arandom Village in the Forsaken Lands, sends Fuegoleon, Nozel and Marx to investigate reports of bandits. They find the villagers wary of them. Fuegoleon claims to be friends with Chronovala, the old woman disguise the Wizard King uses, and the villagers immediately invite them to stay the night. That night the bandits try to rob them, and when Fuegoleon and Nozel defend themselves the bandits are revealed to be the villagers. Mayer, their leader, admits that since the Midnight Sun destroyed their village they had to become bandits to avoid complete poverty. Realizing the Kingdom had failed to support such remote villages after the elves invasion; Nozel and Fuegoleon punish the villagers by ordering them to help rebuild other villages while themselves providing the funds and other magic knights to help them. The Wizard King congratulates Nozel and Fuegoleon for making the right decision and also for learning a valuable lesson about the kingdom’s citizens. | |||||||
| 141 | 39 | "The Golden Family" Transliteration: "Konjiki no Kazoku" (Japanese: 金色の家族) | Akira Shimizu | Mio Inoue | September 1, 2020 (2020-09-01) | March 14, 2021 | |
| Klaus and Mimosa worry Yuno's personality unintentionally prevents him making friends. Vangeance sends a team to Saussy to deal with wild magical boars. Alecdora Sandler, jealous of Yuno’s fame and abilities, decides to outdo Yuno by any means necessary. Yuno learns Asta is famous in Saussy for defeating the previous boar attack and stopping Heath Grice. Alecdora orders the boars be killed but Yuno insists on discovering why the boars are abnormally violent and finds them eating fruit infected with dark mana. With the trees removed the boars return to normal, infuriating Alecdora. Next, Vangeance sends them to a new dungeon. Langris privately suggests Yuno might make a better team leader than Alecdora and while Vangeance is pleased Langris’ attitude has changed, he insists Alecdora also has lessons to learn. The team invades the dungeon, defeating bandits and confronting their leader, a former magic knight using a magic vase that can absorb any spell regardless of its power. He overwhelms Alecdora and defeats him while using the vase to absorb everyone else’s spells. Working together the team strip him of his magic items, allowing Yuno to defeat him. While reporting to Vangeance Alecdora admits the mission would have failed without Yuno and apologises for his jealous, judgmental attitude. As the team go for a meal together Yuno realizes he has begun to make friends. | |||||||
| 142 | 40 | "Those Remaining" Transliteration: "Nokosareta Hitobito" (Japanese: 残された人々) | Rokō Ogiwara | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | September 8, 2020 (2020-09-08) | March 21, 2021 | |
| Before the Midnight Sun attacked the capital a young woman named Dazu Tayaku lived with her husband and mother-in-law. Dazu is a user of Catalyst Magic, meaning she can only borrow magic from others but has no magic of her own. During the elves invasion her husband and mother-in-law were both killed and her husband died cursing her uselessness without magic. Dazu later heard the false rumour of Asta being a devil’s servant and causing the invasion. At the same time one of Damnatio’s subordinates, Kabwe Karyon, is furious Damnatio gave Asta and Secre 6 months to prove their innocence instead of executing them instantly. Dazu, and her friend, Bou Nokude, approach Kabwe about joining the Devil Banishers, their vigilante group dedicated to revenge against the devil’s servants, meaning Asta, Secre and anyone formerly possessed by an elf soul. First, they kidnap Gauche’s sister Marie from the church, injuring Neige when he tries to stop them. Next, they attack the Bulls hideout, knocking Asta and Secre unconscious with gas, but when Noelle arrives the Banishers only manage to escape with Secre. Noelle tends to Asta while Gauche goes to visit Marie and is furious when he learns she is missing. | |||||||
| 143 | 41 | "The Tilted Scale" Transliteration: "Katamuita Tenbin" (Japanese: 傾いた天秤) | Fumio Maezono | Masanao Akahoshi | September 15, 2020 (2020-09-15) | March 28, 2021 | |
| Before being kidnapped Secre frees Asta from the tracking spell bracelet placed on him by Nozel. The Banishers take Secre to their hideout in Dazu’s destroyed village. Once Yami is reassured Asta will eventually wake up on his own he has Marx examine Asta’s memories. Meanwhile Gauche interrogates Neige about Marie’s kidnap and deduces the kidnappers are linked to Damnatio and forces his way into his office. Damnatio denies all knowledge of Marie’s kidnapping and tries to pass judgement on them for destroying his office. Yami, having sensed the commotion, arrives to save them and learns about Marie being kidnapped as well as Secre. Damnatio willingly lets Marx examine his memories to prove his innocence. The Wizard King sends Nozel who reveals the bracelet he placed on Asta is still working, meaning when Secre removed it from Asta she must have put it on herself. The Bulls decide to travel to the location with Gauche only being allowed to go when the Wizard King insists Damnatio let him. Nozel also decides to go, almost getting in a fight when Yami teases him about being worried about Noelle’s safety. Arriving at the village Noelle is surprised the village is still in ruins so long after the invasion and Nozel regrets there are only so many magic knights to help and many such villages are still suffering. Yami and Finral come across Dazu at her husband and mother's graves. | |||||||
| 144 | 42 | "Those Who Wish for the Devil's Demise" Transliteration: "Akuma no Horobi o Negau Mono" (Japanese: 悪魔の滅びを願う者) | Shigeru Fukase | Kunihiko Okada | September 22, 2020 (2020-09-22) | April 4, 2021 | |
| Dazu angrily blames the Magic Knights for not protecting her village before storming off to the Banishers headquarters, the basement of Bou’s medical clinic, with news the Bulls have arrived, causing Secre’s tracking bracelet to be discovered and disposed of. The Banishers decide to kill Marie and Secre as a political message to the corrupt Magic Knights, but Dazu wants to capture Asta first, since his execution will gain more public attention. Unable to question the hostile villagers the Bulls reluctantly return to the city where Asta has just awoken. Yami attends a Captains meeting with the Wizard King. Damnatio, having realised several of his subordinates are Banishers who aided in the kidnapping, offers information about Kabwe that leads the Captains to assume he will execute Secre and Marie as publicly as possible to gain the approval of the common people, possibly leading to revolution against the government, nobles and the Magic Knights, which must be avoided at all costs if they are to stand a chance against Megicula and the Spade Kingdom. In the nearby city of Lehart a message appears announcing the imminent public execution of two devil’s servants. | |||||||
| 145 | 43 | "Rescue" Transliteration: "Dakkan" (Japanese: 奪還) | Naoki Matsuura | Kan'ichi Katō | September 29, 2020 (2020-09-29) | April 11, 2021 | |
| The Bulls infiltrate Lehart alongside the other Magic Knights and find a large crowd of angry commoners gathered. Vanessa is approached by two Banishers who demand she leaves with them quietly or Secre and Marie will be killed instantly. The Banishers arrive and Kabwe announces he is willing to spare Secre and Marie if Asta surrenders himself. Asta reveals himself but then reveals he is Grey in disguise while the real Asta attacks from above. As the battle rages several Banishers turn invisible and escape with Secre and Marie while Asta follows their ki. Sensing the battle Vanessa decides to escape, only for the two Banishers to reveal their job was to remove her fate altering magic from the battle. The two then commit suicide in front of a shocked Vanessa. Asta catches the Banishers but is forced to surrender his Grimoire. Asta instead surprises them by saving Marie using only physical strength. Yuno arrives with Mimosa and Klaus, forcing the outnumbered Banishers to flee with Secre and Asta’s Grimoire. Yuno reminds a devastated Asta he still possesses his original power, never giving up. The Wizard king worries Asta’s Grimoire was the real target all along, and this is confirmed when an injured Kabwe contacts him and the Captains with the message his Banishers are all dead and Asta’s Grimoire stolen by the Devil Believers, a devil worshipping group aiming to steal the devil’s power from the Grimoire. | |||||||
| 146 | 44 | "Those Who Worship the Devil" Transliteration: "Akuma o Agameru Monotachi" (Japanese: 悪魔をあがめる者たち) | Matsuo Asami | Masanao Akahoshi | October 6, 2020 (2020-10-06) | April 18, 2021 | |
| Shortly before Kabwe contacted the Wizard King it is shown he and the Banishers were betrayed by Dazu and the Believers who infiltrated the Banishers to take control of Asta’s 5 leaf Grimoire. They believe that if they gain Devil powers they can become like Asta who became a Magic Knight despite possessing no magic. With Kabwe and the Banishers dead and the Believers exposed the Wizard King orders Yami to destroy them and retrieve Secre and the Grimoire. Following Kabwe’s signal they find the Banishers hideout and learn from a villager it was the home of Bow, an apothecary with weak magic. Following her directions they find Dazu’s home where her husband and mother-in-law died. The Wizard King deduces the Believers want to get to the Spade Kingdom to offer Secre and the Grimoire as gifts to Megicula in exchange for his power. During several days of pursuit Yami notices wherever the Believers go people disappear from villages, people with weak magic tempted into joining the Believers to gain Devil powers. Following them over the border into the Spade kingdom Asta, Noelle and Magna finally catch up to the Believers who have managed to recruit hundreds of members. | |||||||
| 147 | 45 | "Prepared to Die" Transliteration: "Kesshi" (Japanese: 決死) | Fumio Maezono | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | October 13, 2020 (2020-10-13) | April 25, 2021 | |
| Secre warns the Believers an area of strong natural magic stands between them and the Spade Kingdom but the Believers decide to continue. Magna leaves to try and contact Yami. Asta lands in front of the Believers and is shocked when they begin worshipping him. Asta demands the return of Secre and his Grimoire but Dazu and Bow are determined to go as the risk of death is preferable to returning to their previous lives at the bottom of society. They also reveal that once Megicula gives them devil powers they plan to return to the Clover Kingdom and destroy it as revenge. Asta furiously criticises them, despite having suffered like the Believers he only ever wanted to help others. Unable to reason with them Asta offers himself as a replacement for Secre, only for the Believers to restrain himself and Noelle as well as Secre. Bow explains that with Dazu’s Catalyst Magic they plan to combine all the Believers weak magic into one spell strong enough to protect them from the natural magic, reasoning that even if only one Believer survives and gains devil powers, the deaths of everyone else will be worth it. Magna finally arrives with Yami. | |||||||
| 148 | 46 | "Becoming the Light That Shines Through the Darkness" Transliteration: "Yami o Terasu Hikari ni Naru" (Japanese: 闇を照らす光になる) | Naoki Kotani | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | October 20, 2020 (2020-10-20) | May 2, 2021 | |
| Asta manages to escape with Noelle and Secre. Nozel and Fuegoleon arrive, causing the Believers to try attacking them; unfortunately this summons a dragon from the strong magic region. Dazu and Bow are shocked when the Bulls save them and defeat the dragon. Vangeance arrives with Damnatio. The Believers fear Vangeance means to execute them, until Vangeance points out most of them have committed no crimes. The Believers struggle to believe royal captains would bother to negotiate with commoners until Yami points out he became a Captain despite being a commoner and a foreigner. Nozel and Fuegoleon apologise for the discrimination the Believers have faced and swear to improve Clover society. Vangeance even reveals his scarred face to show how committed he is. Convinced, most of the Believers return home. For their crimes Damnatio exiles Dazu, Bow and three other Believers who were once members of the Magic Parliament. He offers them a portal to a safe destination outside the kingdom but they instead opt to enter the magic region on foot to reach the Spade kingdom, still hoping to gain devil powers. Dazu returns Asta’s Grimoire so Asta swears to make the Clover kingdom a better place, even if the Believers are too far away to see it. As they leave the Believers warn Asta unless society changes, someone else will finish what they started. With his Grimoire returned Asta returns home. | |||||||
| 149 | 47 | "Two Things We Need to Find" Transliteration: "Futatsu no Sagashi Mono" (Japanese: ふたつのさがしもの) | Akira Shimizu | Masanao Akahoshi | October 27, 2020 (2020-10-27) | May 9, 2021 | |
| Secre recalls that Lumiere designed a magic tool that could increase magic specifically to help those born with low magic, intending to end the discrimination that created the Believers. Queen Loropechika contacts the Wizard King to discuss the Arcane Magic training, only to suddenly collapse. Finral teleports himself, Yami, Asta and Noelle to her palace, but at the Wizard King’s request, Secre stays behind. The Bulls discover Loropechika is safe, having collapsed from indigestion, so Yami returns home. Loropechika reveals she is ready to begin their training, but Mugi, one of her pet beavers, has stolen her glasses. After Finral and Noelle both fail to catch Mugi Asta catches him with his ki detection, impressing Loropechika. Asta returns her glasses, but Loropechika is so clumsy she immediately breaks them. Gaja arrives with multiple spare glasses so Noelle punishes Asta for having wasted their time volunteering to catch Mugi. Loropechika apologises the preparations took so long but the Spirit Guardians needed to prepare as much as possible to train Asta and Secre together. The Wizard King reveals to Secre he possesses Lumiere’s designs for the magic tool and has taken steps to begin building it in order to end magical discrimination. Secre is happy Lumiere’s dreams have managed to survive through the Wizard King. | |||||||
| 150 | 48 | "The Maidens' Challenge" Transliteration: "Otometachi no Chōsen" (Japanese: 乙女たちの挑戦) | Tazumi Mukaiyama | Kunihiko Okada | November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03) | May 16, 2021 | |
| Grey decides to overcome her chronic shyness and asks Noelle for help. As Grey is not shy when she transforms into other people Noelle suggests she transform her state of mind instead. Grey approaches Gauche who summons mirrors forcing her to see herself from multiple directions, but she becomes so nervous she can’t transform her mind. A butterfly passes by and somehow hypnotises her, allowing Gauche to order her to not be shy. Grey becomes more confident but returns to her old self when Gauche asks her to turn into Marie and tries to hug her. Gauche points out it doesn’t matter who she transforms into, she’ll always be Grey, making her feel better. Elsewhere Captain Charlotte realises most of the Blue Roses have boyfriends, yet she hasn’t spoken to Yami in weeks. The Roses advise that since they might die fighting the Spade Kingdom she should confess to Yami soon. When Charlotte instead focuses on training the Roses suggest a joint training session with the Bulls might be beneficial. Charlotte tries to ask Yami about the training but becomes embarrassed again and flees. The Wizard King seizes upon the idea of joint training and, to raise the morale of the citizens, decides to hold public training sessions where the Captains duel each other. | |||||||
| 151 | 49 | "Clash! The Battle of the Magic Knights Squad Captains" Transliteration: "Gekitotsu! Mahō Kishidan Danchōsen!" (Japanese: 激突!魔法騎士団団長戦!) | Isuta | Mio Inoue | November 10, 2020 (2020-11-10) | May 23, 2021 | |
| The Captains are split into two teams; Yami, Jack, Nozel and Kaiser against Charlotte, Fuegoleon, Dorothy and Vangeance, aiming to destroy the other teams crystals, though Rill is absent for personal reasons. Jack and Yami chase after Charlotte, Vangeance and their crystal while Nozel and Kaiser defend their crystal against Fuegoleon. Nozel captures Fuegoleon inside a mercury cage while Vangeance summons a tree larger than the forest, allowing Dorothy to trap Yami inside her dream dimension, where she forces him to fight a clone of himself. Fuegoleon escapes the cage, damages the crystal, and renders Kaiser unconscious. Jack is trapped inside Vangeance’s tree, leaving Nozel alone against Charlotte, Vangeance and Fuegoleon. Dorothy creates a dozen more clones just as Yami starts succumbing to the urge to fall asleep. Kaiser awakens in time to save Nozel, who in turn helps Jack escape the tree. Both teams combine their magic for two overpowered attacks, destroying the entire forest. Yami uses his new Equinox attack and splits the dream world in half to escape. Unfortunately, the attack also splits both crystals, so the Wizard King declares it a draw, to the Captains disappointment. Jack and Yami get in another fight blaming each other for not winning while Charlotte becomes jealous over Dorothy being alone with a dozen Yami’s. With the citizens reassured of the Captains power the Wizard King declares the match a success. | |||||||
| 152 | 50 | "To Tomorrow!" Transliteration: "Ashita e!" (Japanese: 明日へ!) | Fumio Maezono | Kazuyuki Fudeyasu | November 17, 2020 (2020-11-17) | May 30, 2021 | |
| The Magic Knight Entrance Exam comes again, marking one year since Asta and Noelle joined the Bulls. Asta is once again swarmed by the Anti-birds for having zero magic. Noelle meets Nozel who is proud she has improved so much, just like their mother. She thanks him for placing her with the Bulls where she made so many friends. Noelle and Asta reminisce about Asta managing to join the Bulls despite his terrible exam performance. Yuno watches the exam with Sylph and briefly talks to Asta, reminding each other they both aim to become Wizard King. Yami is intrigued by only one examinee but loses them to another squad, so instead gleefully informs Asta and Noelle they will remain the Bulls most junior members for another year. The Wizard King, watching the exam in disguise, is relieved so many people still want to become Magic Knights despite knowing they would have to join the war against the Spade Kingdom. Vangeance returns Yuno’s magic stone necklace, informing him Revchi had found it among the other treasure he took from the elves Shadow Palace. Yami announces a party to celebrate Asta and Noelle’s membership anniversary, while Asta and Yuno both decide to grow even stronger. | |||||||
| 153 | 51 | "The Chosen Ones" Transliteration: "Erabareshi Monotachi" (Japanese: 選ばれし者たち) | Yoshihisa Iida | Momoko Murakami | November 24, 2020 (2020-11-24) | June 6, 2021 | |
| The Captains decide to send Asta, Nero, Noelle, Finral, Luck, Mimosa and Leopold for Heart Kingdom training. Vangeance reveals Yuno declined the training while Charlotte decides to go herself. Rill also decides to go, being still in love with Charmy’s human form and determined to become a man worthy of her. Afterwards they attend a special award ceremony to honour knights who performed great deeds against the elves. For protecting the Wizard King after his defeat by Patry Sol is promoted to 5th Class Senior Magic Knight. Mimosa is promoted to 2nd Class Intermediate for all the lives she saved at the Shadow Palace. Leopold is promoted to 4th Class Senior for rallying the Lions to defeat their elf possessed vice-captain. Yuno is promoted to 1st Class Senior for defeating the devil behind the elves invasion, though the Clover King is visibly outraged at Yuno’s promotion, and promotes Sekke to the same rank as Yuno for saving him from assassination by the elves, despite it being a complete accident. After the King leaves the Wizard King secretly honours Yami as a sign of support for the Bulls who can’t be promoted due to the Parliamentary Trial. At the Bulls base when Magna learns Luck will receive the training he manages to convince Yami to send him as well. Elsewhere, Langris watches Yuno, aware they are now the same rank. | |||||||
| 154 | 52 | "Vice Captain Langris Vaude" Transliteration: "Fuku-danchō Rangirusu Vōdo" (Japanese: 副団長ランギルス・ヴォード) | Rokō Ogiwara | Masanao Akahoshi | December 1, 2020 (2020-12-01) | June 13, 2021 | |
| Rumours spread that Yuno will soon replace Langris as Vice-Captain of the Golden Dawn. Langris speaks with Finnes and learns Finral is still training to make her happy. Langris requests a duel with Yuno, now they are of equal rank, and wagers the loser must quit the Golden Dawn. During the duel Yuno senses that Langris is holding back and deliberately provokes him into using lethal spells, but in the end Yuno outmaneuvers him and Langris admits defeat. Yuno accuses Langris of losing on purpose, which Langris admits was his original plan, but also admits he did try to win after Yuno provoked him but lost anyway. Langris quits the Golden Dawn but not before Yuno demands they duel one day without holding back. Vangeance allows Langris to quit, knowing he has much to learn elsewhere, but reminds him he can always return. Finral, who happened to be visiting Finnes, is warned by Langris he considers him a rival for Finnes love and he won’t let him win easily. Yami gets permission from the Wizard King to let Magna undergo Heart Kingdom training. Gordon leaves to begin training his poison magic with his father, but no one notices him leave as they are preparing to travel to the Heart Kingdom in the morning. | |||||||
Home media release
Japanese
In Japan, Avex Pictures released the season on DVD and Blu-ray in five "chapter" volumes, with the eleventh volume released on April 24, 2020, and the fifteenth volume released on February 26, 2021.
| Chapter | Episodes | Release date | Ref. | |
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| XI | 103–112 | April 24, 2020 | ||
| XII | 113–120 | July 31, 2020 | ||
| XIII | 121–129 | September 25, 2020 | ||
| XIV | 130–141 | November 27, 2020 | ||
| XV | 142–154 | February 26, 2021 | ||
English
In North America, Crunchyroll and Funimation released the season on DVD and Blu-ray combination sets, which was labelled as the third of the series. The first volume was released on October 27, 2020. The now-combined company also distributes the series in the United Kingdom and Ireland via Crunchyroll UK and Ireland, and in Australia and New Zealand via Madman Entertainment.
| Part | Episodes | Release date | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | British Isles | Australasia | ||||
| Season 3 | 1 | 103–112 | October 27, 2020 | July 12, 2021 | January 13, 2021 | |
| 2 | 113–120 | February 2, 2021 | August 16, 2021 | April 10, 2021 | ||
| 3 | 121–129 | March 30, 2021 | September 20, 2021 | June 2, 2021 | ||
| 4 | 130–141 | June 1, 2021 | October 25, 2021 | August 8, 2021 | ||
| 5 | 142–154 | September 14, 2021 | November 22, 2021 | November 4, 2021 | ||
Notes
- Adult Swim uses Funimation's English title.
- If there's one title; it is taken from Funimation and Crunchyroll. As the second title is taken from Crunchyroll.
- Adult Swim showed a Dragon Ball Z Kai marathon on April 11–12, 2020.
- Adult Swim showed a Dragon Ball Super marathon on July 4–5, 2020.
- Due to special scheduling coinciding with Adult Swim's virtual convention, Black Clover was moved back 20 minutes from its usual 1:30 a.m. EDT/PDT timeslot (1:50 a.m. EDT/PDT) on the night of July 25–26, 2020. It returned to the timeslot the following week.
- Adult Swim showed four animated Batman films in partnership with DC FanDome on August 15–16 and August 22–23, 2020.
- Adult Swim preempted Black Clover on the night of October 17–18, 2020.
- Adult Swim placed Black Clover on hiatus after the night of October 24–25, 2020, due to production delays for the English dub caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The anime resumed its broadcast on the night of February 13–14, 2021.
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External links
Black Clover at IMDb
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