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Black Cloveris finally returning. After years of waiting,Crunchyrollhas announced that theBlack Cloveranime will be coming back soon. Naturally, fans are more hyped than ever. Many had feared the anime might be canceled, but thankfully, that’s not the case.
Meanwhile, the manga is nearing its climax, and fans await the highly anticipated ending of the manga, which is expected in the next few months. The anime will begin covering the final arc soon, and fans are hyped for what’s next.
Where Did the Black Clover Leave Off?
TheBlack CloverTV anime aired from 2017 to 2021, with a total of 170 episodes. As is common with long-running anime, it included a fair amount of filler content. The anime likely went on hiatus due to Pierrot restructuring its internal organization, focusing on the production of bothBlack Clover: Sword of the Wizard KingandBleach: Thousand-Year Blood War, and being too close to the source material.
It’s been known for years thatBlack Cloveris heading towards its end. So Pierrot likely decided it would be best to wait for the manga to advance and then adapt everything that was left. The last episode adapted up to Chapter 269, so they will likely start with Chapter 270.
When the anime entered the hiatus,Black Cloverhad released about 284 chapters, so the anime was really close to the manga and would be forced into making more filler content. Since then, over 100 chapters have been published, and themanga will soon release Chapters 381 and 382.
Is It Season 2 Or Season 5?
Crunchyroll is calling the next season “Season 2,” referring to the fact that all 170 previous episodes were produced continuously. That’s because a “season” usually refers to a batch of episodes produced all at once. For anime that don’t take any breaks, all episodes could be considered part of the same batch.
Therefore, from a production perspective, there are no official seasons. However, once the episodes are released in DVD/Blu-ray formats, the distributors usually divide each box as seasons. This division is usually taken by fans as the official seasons of the anime. Crunchyroll (formerly Funimation) released 4 “seasons” of Black Clover in home video format. Thus, many fans are referring to the new season as “Season 5,” while Crunchyroll refers to it as “Season 2.”
When Will Black Clover Season 5 Be Released?
Crunchyroll initially announced thatBlack Clover Season 5would be released in 2026. However, this information has been removed from the trailer and its description. It could either mean that the season was postponed or that this information wasn’t supposed to be revealed.
The second option is typically what happens in this kind of case. Therefore, there is still a huge chance that the anime will be out in 2026. However, it could have been postponed. For now, fans just have to wait for more updates.
Will the Next Season Adapt the Ending?
Although Pierrot waited years for the manga to advance,it seems unlikely that the next season will cover the ending of the manga. Even thoughBlack Clovershould end within a few chapters, and thus it would be possible for the next season to cover everything, Pierrot is changing the way it approaches anime adaptations.
Therefore, it’s unlikely that the next season will run straight for years like the previous ones.Black Clover Season 5will probably runfor one or two cours (12–26 episodes) and then return after a few months withSeason 6, and it will follow this pattern until the full manga is adapted. There is more than enough content to produce one or two cours and there will still be a lot left for the next seasons.
Black Cloverisavailable to read on MANGA Plus, in English and many other languages.
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Based on Yuki Tabata’s shonen manga, Black Clover is Pierrot’s fantasy anime that lasted for 170 episodes, ending in 2021. In a society driven by mages, the story follows Asta, a strong-headed teenager who wants to become the Wizard King, despite not having an affinity for magic. After trying out for the Magic Knights, Asta joins the Black Bulls.
