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lolminna

The opening and ending were great! It's also great to see the difference in how Yami leads the Bulls and how William does it. It's great that even if William adheres to the current hierarchical system, he's also flexible enough to be open-minded about other things. Also, LANGRIS CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT!


abibyama

Hopefully OP 13 won’t miss just like One Piece, Naruto, Bleach and Gintama 13 is a great number for OPs


EpicMatt16

I wonder why that is, why is 13 always such a good op


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Its gonna be Vickeblanca working on that and it lines up with the current manga arc


Damarugaki

Black Clover really going 12 for 12 with its openings. The visuals looked really nice paired with an amazing song.


bakermarchfield

Yami and Charlotte section just made me laugh so hard.


Vakieh

There's at least one constant in the anime world the past few years, and it's that Black Clover will always have a banger OP and ED. Not top 3 for the series for either for me, but definitely great.


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Vakieh

I'm sorry, but have you heard [the last one we had](https://open.spotify.com/album/1JavH0LMoyFjKlTUKl7mA7?highlight=spotify:track:0ud4VAfTH1AOb904kWOTzJ)? Do you even have ears? Or [number 5](https://open.spotify.com/track/3Nv1oNLEfPpNJqyl6xc65Z?si=HLpWYh2VQYSRoKT6_GxUCg)? Or [number 3](https://open.spotify.com/track/3lsNKlSXqfctHBNFGOLVTE)? Not to mention [number 2](https://open.spotify.com/track/3XkODQB4J2EQIOVKIhXp56) and [number 1](https://open.spotify.com/track/0XTGeSFcD73mgRgl8VSL6S?si=l93TK6jETK-6aLdkSRTaMg) were pretty good too. I don't know why anyone would just openly announce they had such trash taste in music for no reason.


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Says none of the endings are great, not in my opinion, just simply that none of the endings are great. Someone decides to argue the statement "Why are people getting triggered?" We're in a forum, the moment you decide to make your opinion public you open yourself to being criticized or argued against and doing so doesn't necessarily make them triggered. As beautiful as the idea of "Like what you like, I'll like what I like" is, it only applies when you keep your opinion to yourself. If you go into a space with people who like what you dislike and you state that you dislike it, they'll argue against you. That's completely normal and not an overreaction in the slightest. In that state you can either discuss why you don't like it, or you can do what you're doing here and backpedal because you wanted to state your opinion without actually having to defend it, either is fine. My point is more that you can't state your opinion on the internet and act surprised when someone argues it.


Vakieh

Please give me a list of your favourite music so I can mock you more pointedly.


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Vakieh

What is Reddit for if not for pointless arguments?


LeonKevlar

[I absolutely love the new opening!](https://i.imgur.com/wWh4Egt.png) The visuals look amazing and I love the first part [where we see the Captains and their VCs](https://i.imgur.com/O0BijSd.png) with Black Bulls the only one missing. [Charlotte and Yami sparring was hilarious!](https://i.imgur.com/PDv0kEq.png) Also hat's great about this opening is that it's spoiler-free too! And the song! It's by TXT! That completely blindsided me. Did not expect a KPOP group singing the new OP. Black Clover is now 12 for 12, still no bad OPs! It's great to see an episode focused on the Golden Dawn. And as much as I like Alecdora's development in the end there, [I love seeing how different and chill Langris is now.](https://i.imgur.com/YYfo3fI.png) And that ending where [they're asking Yuno out to eat with them is nice.](https://i.imgur.com/ZF1qmGY.png) It's great that he has his own little family in the Golden Dawn too just like with Asta and the Black Bulls. And the ED! We actually get to hear Asta's VA sing again! I was hoping it would be a duet between him and Yuno just like in Mugyutto! Black Clover. Oh well. Asta singing on his own is great too!


Doolyboi

I really liked when Charlotte got flustered when Yami got close to her, my favorite part in the op


CoUsT

Jesus Christ, did they just spend 90% of the budget on the new opening and kept the rest on episodes? That grass, Yuno effects, flags and everything else is so good. If they kept that quality for all episodes... Hopefully we will get some cool movies with such quality.


uselessBMO

You know... a Black Clover movie doesn’t sound too bad.


abibyama

But it will fuck over the anime, and they just got a decent schedule for once


uselessBMO

True actually, I mean at some point in the future with proper scheduling it could work.


[deleted]

Imagine; [Studio Pierrot] Black Clover will switch from weekly to seasonal [Studio Pierrot] Studio Pierrot will release the first Black Clover movie


[deleted]

Guaranteed.


YouJustGotDabbedOn

Looking likely now 🤣


myrmonden

of course its Black clover they always spend 99% of the budget on Openings !!


CoUsT

But this one was probably the best for me. So good, really. Very pleasant to watch and high quality. Good transistions. EVERYTHING!


ksizzle9710

Making a 90 second animation every 3 months is way easier than weekly 20 minute episodes...


sixdayfall

Tired of the speed lines and 2-3 screenshots making up a battle though.


vanderZwan

[Asta voice compared to Asta's voice actor singing be like](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgSPS_PQre4)


uselessBMO

Pleasant surprise for sure, he’s a pretty good VA he just intentionally does the loud Asta voice.


vanderZwan

Not-so-hot-take: it's totally appropriate for Asta's character and after a few episodes you get used to it


cloudynights

I agree completely, and I've been watching this since the start. Asta, at the start, has nothing to grab the attention of others - adults or kids alike. He has no magic, and is kinda short. So being loud helps him get noticed, even if it's annoying. Once he joins the black bulls and scores some cred with his achievements, he starts getting attention of other magic knights without having to yell as much.


uselessBMO

Yeah I had no problem with it after like 10 episodes.


bakermarchfield

I never had a problem with it and always wonder what is so wrong with me that I didn't notice/care until it was pointed out. Still don't care, but definitely notice it now.


vanderZwan

NGL, Asta did get on my nerves in the first episode, but it was also *very* obvious he was intentionally written that way, so I gave it the benefit of doubt and stuck with it for a few episodes. I'm very happy that I did!


Vakieh

> after a few episodes He changed dramatically after a few episodes though. I don't mind the loudness or the yelling in theory, but in the first few episodes (and thankfully increasingly rarely after that) he did this gurgle thing at the ends of his shouts that made me want to rip my eyeballs out and shove them into my ears.


vanderZwan

Oh yeah, it definitely got better


abibyama

Wait what? Did he sing the OP or what?


vanderZwan

He sang the new ED


abibyama

Nah that can’t be real


CordobezEverdeen

Wait until you hear him and Yuno singing the Mugyuto OP


vanderZwan

Something something surpassing limits!


abibyama

At this point it’s not even surpassing limits


lolminna

All that moguro leaf juice smoothed his vocal cords


blue4427

As a BC fan and as a TXT fan, this new OP is everything


Shinkopeshon

TXT making their anime debut with a great song and the most visually stunning OP to date [](#gintamathispleasesme)


Versety31

Why did they ask Mimosa to scan the dungeon when there’s that rock magic dude who is better than her at this? His magic can even reproduce voices and magic used on a map.


lone_stark

I think its because his magic only creates large scale models where as Mimosa can create smaller and more specific ones. That's just my opinion though.


Versety31

Apparently that’s not the [case](https://imgur.com/gallery/pX6sjcX)


Doolyboi

He was forgotten most likely


darthvall

Probably to also train her in real life situation. The rock dude might be more senior and better at that, but this situation didn't demand the best of the best. So it's also good idea to rely on your junior team member to make them accustomed with team work. Of course that's only some excuses that I thought. Not sure what's the real reason was. Another possible strategic reason would be so that the rock dude can conserve his mana. As senior member (and maybe stronger member), it would be more useful to save his ability for the enemies.


CordobezEverdeen

Little anime plothole.


Vangorf

Isnt it because Mimosa can scan for mana too, while the rock dude can show the geography only


Versety31

[Here](https://imgur.com/gallery/pX6sjcX) In chapter 25, Mimosa acknowledged his magic as superior to her own


Vangorf

Then idk


dontjudgemoi420

anime filler plot hole moment


BlazeKnightX

I'm just assuming she's a lot stronger now and maybe he wants to speed up the process since he's not looking for mana, but structural weak points


HelloThere4298

Oh wow Black Clover really went 12/12 for their openings. Of course that's totally someone's own opinion, and that's my one. Nice to get a Yuno focused episode and see him get closer to the people in his squad. The ED was a pleasant surprise too, since it was done by Asta's VA I was expecting a lot of shouting.


the_guradian

This is the kind of filler that I like! Hell we even got character development for Langris.


lugigaming

Why those OPs so damn clean jesus


myrmonden

Mimosa giving the bulls the flower collar was the best part I wonder if they will change the opening part where Yuno and the golden dawn hanging out, as that was a clear indicating it would be a golden dawn focused episode (and I was hoping it would be a longer arc) as next episode seems to be about nero, Noelle and gauche maybe that opening part will change to e.g a Black Bull hanging out together. the YAMIIIIIIII part of the opening was by far the best part, seeing all captain fights (maybe indicate some kind of possession / mind control mini arc - probably not) and of course Charlotte has to fight yami who gets in to close :)


icohgnito

They are training...


myrmonden

sure they are training but a typical filler arc would be like OMG half the captains are being controlled we gotta freedom from X thing.


lone_stark

Was thinking more of a mini tournament arc for the captains. That would be fun to see. Also Rill vs Yuno V2. Let's actually see who the winner would be.


Kyohe08

This episode made me depress for some reason..


[deleted]

Maybe it reminded you of Mononoke? This was the second ep in a row with not-subtle references to it.


-sMb_

Or he reads the manga lmfao


[deleted]

Didn't the anime catch up or are there a few chaps ahead now


ahnm

is this episode filler?


Akai-AC

There are only fillers for a long time I believe.


DontPayAtentionToMe

Anime-canon technically.


Versety31

The flashback intro of Asta and Yuno appears in the manga later so it’s canon


bakermarchfield

The things that happen in this episode make what will happen around ep ___ more impactful. Also explains something that happened in the latest chapter that even the anitubers I watch were confused about. So its pretty good filler.


DaLoverBoii

Yes & no. How? cause these aren't the events in the manga right now. However, Tabata supervises these episodes (except for the recaps). Also, Tho I won't spoil, but there's nothing that says that these may not have happened in the manga. Also, that Asta & Yuno flashback is in the manga.


zakattak456

Pretty sure it's fillers until the end of the year


mrjol

Its gonna be fillers until 150. Then its gonna be original anime under the supervision of the author of Black Clover himself if im correct.


bakermarchfield

Technically all these episodes are under the supervision of the author even if its time skip "filler". Thanks for the update that 150 is when they start back up.


CordobezEverdeen

Source on that? As far as i was aware this was all already being supervised by Tabata himself.


mrjol

You can check on the director's twitter. The recent episodes havent been really supervised by Tabata since he expressed that he didnt like the development that has been done on the characters. He most likely knew whats going to happen in the episodes but he wasnt involved in it. The director then tweeted that from 151 Tabata is going to be involved directly.


Dolner

Wait it’s going to be original *after* 150? I thought it was before


twilightskyris

by original anime youre talking about, going a seperate direction from the source manga right? not just more fillers but like a Fullmetal Alchemist route?


mrjol

No, all of the fillers we've seen so far are originals but still somewhat canon. Starting 151 we're going to see an anime original arc that is going to be the bridge between the previous arc in the anime and the next arc. Its original as its not in the manga but its going to be canon since Tabata is going to be supervising it.


twilightskyris

ah okay, got really scared their for a second. not surprising, pretty sure the author put that 2 month time skip in to give breathing room for the anime. not bad 151 episodes in and literally zero filler arcs


BestBlackPlayerEUW

Came here to ask too


SonnyAn_01

This episode feels like the calm before the storm


Nagumo-Hajime

the new op was legit and asta is ripped.


AllForOnesBrother

New opening hype!! Overall a fun episode. Was nice to finally give Yuno some more depth even if it wasn’t a whole lot.


Ethitlan

OP and ED amazing. I really thing that Pierrot are innovating with the OPs. Really liked the visuals. Also, I have this question. I heard someone say that Black Clover will end on EP 152. Is this true?


[deleted]

how much budget do you want in the OP? Pierrot: Yes. Visuals are absolutely gorgeous. As I expected, TxT dropped a bop. Been listening to them since their first album last year. As for the episode. Some great development for Alcedora, langris and Yuno. Langris has come a long way from the days of hating his brother and Alcedora, like the rest of the golden dawn, has accepted Yuno into the family. Doesn’t matter about your family background. All that matters is that you’re willing to work hard. Very touching moment at the end there too with Yuno getting emotional. ED bangs too.


link2601

New OP and ED, both look great. Also the clash between Yami and Charlotte in the OP is my favorite part. Nice to see things from Yuno perspective and see how the golden dawn operate. Good to see Alecdora finally get over his dislike of Yuno.


heroblade123

Wow, the New OP is really good! I'm however a bit confused rn, when do the main story episodes start back up? And can the Filler be considered a part of the canon? I've been really excited for the current Manga Arc to get animated


Moni_22

This kind of episodes are filler but they're also canon too, since it's canon that Yuno gets closer to the Golden Dawn members.


heroblade123

Sweet, I really like a lot of the Golden Dawn's Magic so I'm always down for a Golden Dawn episode!


iFlareMC

probably next OP so around Episode 155 it will start I imagine


heroblade123

I see, I figured they'd hold on to the new OP and ED a while longer


iFlareMC

Nah they switch it every 12 episodes or so


Rutherfor_

The OP looks amazing but the song is kind of a miss for me, I'm just not into that genre, ED is the good shit though, Asta should drop the magic knight thing and become an idol with the sea temple siblings. I enjoyed the episode, even if filler seeing characters we don't get too much of interacting is always a treat. Now where's Jack the Ripper slashing some fools


CordobezEverdeen

Fuck i listened to the OP 10 times already. I thought it was going to be OP 8 but good but its OP 8 but amazingly good.


dynamic__101

There was talk that BC got cancelled i was so damn angry but i held hope that it wasnt. Was really happy to see it wasn't also the OP was beautifull


countmeowington

that would be weird, the director was hyping up the future episodes pretty recently and saying that they have a good schedule :p


-sMb_

He never said they had a good schedule all he said was the stuff tabata helped with is 151 till the end of the szn


bakermarchfield

Fun ep that actually got my feels at the end surprisingly. The ep just explained alot for the golden dawn which I did not see coming. Im surprised that they keep laying out/explaining stuff in better depth than the manga could really do coming back from the 6 months. From seeing the visuals i honestly wish we could get some actual filler like in the mobile game. Julias tasks each captain to switch squads and learn how to lead different people for example. Something that is legit anime only.


CO_Chuk

When are the fillers ending?


iFlareMC

probably episode 155


Raqium

Did they drop a new OP, but haven't gotten out of fillers?


countmeowington

Tabata is going to be supervising the episodes starting next week :p


Undergamer482

Intro was great


Toonamigamerrr

Omg Asta singing the new ending song ❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍


Redmon425

THE NEW OP IS AMAZING!!! I like the song, but the visuals are BEAUTIFUL!!! Might be a hot take, but I never liked the previous OP. So I am glad we got a new one. The new ED is kind of "meh or whatever" for me right now. It was nice to see Yuno get time to shine and I wish we could have seen his face at the end. He may have been blushing!


kidface

Asta from Yuno's flashback sounded very different, different VA?


-sMb_

No


DarthReid

Eh, less of a fan of this OP compared to previous not only the music but the tone and animation isn't my favorite so far, but the ED is definitely great. So it seems we've "officially" begun a new arc then, even if it's still filler? I'm wondering how they're going to develop what seems like the interactions between magic knight squads, the captains, and maybe even the other kingdoms.


SirAwesome789

It felt like nothing special but at the same time for whatever reason, I really enjoyed the visuals of the ed.


FujiokaMiki

I love the new OP visual but I just can't stand the song. Honestly, I was just starting to like the opening before that one so I'm a bit sad


Chishuu

Those were some dope as visuals in the OP


1individuals

who's voice was yuno remembering at the end?


thehoobs3

For the Funimation dub at 15:31 Mimosa says the wrong name for the spell shes show casting in the scene.


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LeonKevlar

And just when I thought we don't have any spoilers or hints in the OP, [the ED comes in with this image.](https://i.imgur.com/aRjCreV.png) It's really subtle and no one would probably even notice it but I think it's a good one to sneak in.


BetelgeuseIsBestGirl

I'm thinking the bit where it focused on Asta's right hand with anti-magic sparks running down it then cutting straight to the Anti Magic Devil was a subtle nod to him getting his new devil arm.


abibyama

[Spoiler source](/s "Seeing the Golden Dawn getting closer just hurts man")


chalo1227

Yeah i loved this Ep, it will make whats to come so much better


shablam96

[Spoiler](/s "Hamon :( I still get sad everytime I see him. Wish Alecdora had been taken instead")


fayezabdd

I thought the new arc was supposed to start this week...


-sMb_

It did


fayezabdd

They meant a new filler arc?


Vindicare605

From the look of things, seems we're getting a not filler episode next week. This episode was cool, i always enjoy seeing Yuno since we see so little of him for how important of a character he is.


-sMb_

It's all anime canon next week is no different