Black Clover

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūki Tabata. It was serialized in Shueisha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from February 2015 to August 2023, and will be moved to Jump Giga starting in its winter 2023 issue. Its chapters have been collected in 35 tankōbon volumes as of June 2023. The series left the magazine in August 2023 and will transfer to Jump Giga in December 2023 to finish its final arc. Set in a world where everyone is given the ability to use magic, the story follows Asta, a young boy born without any magic power who is given a rare grimoire that grants him anti-magic abilities. With his fellow mages from the Black Bulls, Asta plans to become the next Wizard King. The manga was first adapted into an original video animation produced by Xebec Zwei, released in 2017. A 170-episode anime television series adaptation produced by Pierrot aired on TV Tokyo from October 2017 to March 2021. An anime film, titled Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King, premiered simultaneously in Japanese theaters and internationally on Netflix in June 2023. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Viz Media, while the anime series is licensed by Crunchyroll. Plot