50 Fun Facts About Black Clover

Which mangaka wrote and illustrated Black Clover?

He was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, spent seven years as an assistant, and had a first series, Hungry Joker, cancelled after 24 chapters.

Black Clover began serialisation in Weekly Shōnen Jump in which year?

It ran in the magazine until August 2023, then moved to Jump Giga and finished in May 2026 after 38 volumes.

Asta is born without any magic. What kind of spellbook does he receive?

It contains elf swords and a bodiless devil, and grants him rare anti-magic. Four-leaf grimoires go to the most powerful mages; Yuno gets one.

What is the name of the anti-magic devil living in Asta's grimoire?

His adoptive mother Licita sealed him in the grimoire to stop Lucifero manifesting through his body. Asta and Liebe later master Devil Union together.

Asta and Yuno grow up as orphans in a church in which village?

Both dream of becoming Wizard King, the authority second only to the king of the Clover Kingdom.

Which type of magic does Yuno wield?

His four-leaf grimoire once belonged to the first Wizard King, and he is the vessel for the reincarnated unborn son of the elf Licht.

Which Magic Knight squad does Yuno join?

The elite squad is captained by William Vangeance, who wields World Tree Magic. Asta lands in the ragtag Black Bulls instead.

Who is the captain of the Black Bulls?

A foreigner from the Land of the Sun, nicknamed the Lord of Destruction, he wields Dark Magic and a katana. His vice-captain, Nacht, uses Shadow Magic.

Noelle Silva struggles at first to control which kind of magic, despite huge mana?

The trauma of her mother Acier's death is the cause. She later contracts with the sea dragon Leviathan and gains Valkyrie Armor: Dragon Form.

Which Black Bull creates sheep out of Cotton Magic and cooks food that restores mana?

Tabata admitted in volume four that she is his favourite character to draw. Her childlike look hides enormous power.

Which Black Bull is nicknamed 'the Cheery Berserker' for smiling constantly in combat?

His best friend Magna's bond with him is what breaks his elf possession during the reincarnation arc.

Gauche Adlai's Mirror Magic is channelled through what?

His obsessive devotion to his little sister Marie is a running gag and, eventually, a plot point.

Which Black Bull's Spatial Magic is the squad's main means of transport?

Gordon uses Poison Magic, Henry reshapes the hideout with Recombination Magic, and Zora sets Ash Magic traps.

The timid Black Bull Grey initially hides her true form by appearing as what?

What looks like Transformation Magic is later revealed to be far more versatile.

Black Clover's Nero, really Secre Swallowtail, was a servant to which figure 500 years earlier?

Lumiere Silvamillion Clover pioneered magic tool development. Secre spent five centuries as a bird.

What rare power does Julius, the 28th Wizard King, wield?

After Lucius is defeated, Julius briefly regains his body and uses that magic to restore the kingdom to before the battle.

Nozel Silva, captain of the Silver Eagles, controls what?

He is Noelle's eldest brother and heir to House Silva. Their brother Solid uses Water Magic.

Which squad does Fuegoleon Vermillion captain?

His fearsome elder sister Mereoleona takes over the squad while he is in a coma, and later contracts with the fire spirit Salamander.

What does Charlotte Roselei, captain of the Blue Rose Knights, control with her spells?

Her thorns come with a curse and a hopeless, hidden crush on Yami.

What does Rill Boismortier, the 19-year-old captain of the Aqua Deer, bring to life with his spells?

He brings paintings to life. Dorothy Unsworth of the Coral Peacocks is the one with Dream Magic.

Green Mantis captain Jack the Ripper wields mana blades that adapt to foes. What is his power called?

His mana blades adapt to whatever magic they meet. He fought at Nean Village, in the elf war and in the Spade Kingdom invasion.

Why is Purple Orcas captain Kaiser Granvorka called the Clover Kingdom's 'ultimate shield'?

He replaced the disgraced Gueldre Poizot. His vice-captain, Xerx Lugner, is the ice mage called the Saint of Pure Ice.

The extremist group Asta battles in the early arcs is called what?

Its leadership is manipulated by a devil seeking revenge for the Clover Kingdom's genocide of the elves at its founding.

The Dark Triad, hosts of powerful devils, rule which realm?

The siblings Dante, Zenon and Vanica plan to fully manifest devils in the human world; their elder brother Lucius Zogratis becomes the final villain.

Dante Zogratis, leader of the Dark Triad, is the host of which devil?

Lucifero is the King of Devils with Gravity Magic. Zenon hosts Beelzebub and Vanica hosts Megicula.

Lucius Zogratis, the final antagonist, shares his body with whose soul?

The reveal that the Wizard King and the eldest Zogratis are one body was one of the manga's biggest twists.

Which devil orchestrated the massacre of the elves 500 years before the story?

The elves' reincarnation into Magic Knights' bodies drives the middle of the series.

Which studio produced the 170-episode Black Clover anime that aired from 2017 to 2021?

It aired on TV Tokyo from October 2017 to March 2021; a second season was scheduled for October 2026. An earlier OVA came from Xebec Zwei.

The 2023 Black Clover film premiered on which service, the same day as Japanese theaters?

It premiered on June 16, 2023, directed by Ayataka Tanemura, and its villain is a former Wizard King, Conrad Leto.

The villain of the 2023 film, Conrad Leto, is what?

He wields the 'Imperial Sword' and wants to level the kingdom and revive only those he deems worthy.

Which dark seinen manga did the author say he wanted to make a shōnen equivalent of?

He also drew on Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and Guillermo del Toro's films.

The Black Clover author's first serialised manga, cancelled after 24 chapters in 2013, was called what?

He blamed its quiet, dark hero; friends told him to write an energetic lead more like himself, and Asta was born.

Early in the series, how many hours of sleep a night did the author say he averaged because of stress?

Once the anime began airing he managed to get that up to six.

By June 2026, roughly how many copies of the Black Clover manga were in circulation worldwide?

It had passed 12 million by March 2021 and sold more than 2 million in France alone by December 2023.

How many tankōbon volumes make up the complete Black Clover manga?

Shueisha released them from June 2015 to August 2026.

The 2018 video game Black Clover: Quartet Knights was published by which company?

Developed by Ilinx for PS4 and PC, it also spawned a spin-off manga on the Shōnen Jump+ app.

The gag spin-off manga by Setta Kobayashi that ran in Saikyō Jump from 2018 to 2021 was called what?

Its Japanese title, Asta-kun Mahōtei e no Michi, was collected in three volumes.

Nacht Faust, vice-captain of the Black Bulls, has Devil Union contracts with how many devils?

He wields Shadow Magic and trains Asta in Devil Union before the Spade Kingdom raid.

Where does Asta go to train after the Dark Triad arc, before returning to defend the Clover Kingdom?

The Japan-inspired homeland of Yami, ruled by the shogun Ryuya, where he trains with Ichika.

Which company publishes Black Clover in English and first ran its opening chapters as a "Jump Start" in 2015?

Shueisha's own Manga Plus service began simulpublishing it in English in February 2019.

Yuno receives a rare grimoire with how many clover leaves on its cover?

The four-leaf book marks him as the vessel for the reincarnated unborn son of the elf Licht. Ordinary mages carry three-leaf grimoires.

In which year did the Black Clover manga publish its final chapters?

The last three chapters ran together on May 1 of that year, more than eleven years after the series began in Weekly Shōnen Jump.

A ComicsAlliance review called the premise 'what if ____ was a knight and also kinda dumb?' Who?

Reviewer Tom Speelman recommended the series to fans of Naruto and Fairy Tail while praising Tabata's knack for invigorating stock characters.

Mereoleona Vermillion, elder sister of Fuegoleon, is nicknamed the 'Uncrowned, Undefeated' what?

She commands the Royal Knights, mentors Asta, and judges people purely by strength. She later holds off the resurrected Acier Silva so Noelle's family can escape.

Yuno is the chosen partner of which elemental spirit?

Sylph is the wind spirit. Noelle later trains with the water spirit Undine, and Fuegoleon is bonded to the fire spirit Salamander.

Mimosa Vermillion of the Golden Dawn wields a healing-focused form of which magic?

Mimosa judges people by merit rather than birth and admires her cousin Noelle. She trains in the Heart Kingdom to master Ultimate Plant Magic.

After leaving its original weekly magazine in August 2023, Black Clover finished its run where?

The move followed a three-month hiatus announced in 2022 to prepare the final arc. All 38 collected volumes were published by Shueisha.

Vanessa Enoteca's Red Thread of Fate takes the form of a magical cat named what?

The cat alters unfavourable outcomes, a power that proved decisive against Vetto and Dante. Vanessa fled her mother's rule in the Forest of Witches to join the Black Bulls.

Before the Pierrot TV series, which studio made the 2017 Black Clover OVA?

The OVA came out months before the 170-episode TV run began on TV Tokyo in October 2017; a second TV season was scheduled for October 2026.

Yami gains Light Magic late in the story by becoming the host of which Supreme Devil?

Cornered alongside his sister Ichika and Nacht, Yami accepts the devil's pact and uses the new power to defeat the resurrected Morgen Faust.