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Black Clover (ブラッククローバー) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūki Tabata. It has been serialized in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine since February 16, 2015, and has been collected into 23 tankōbon volumes. The story centers around Asta, a young boy seemingly born without any magical powers, something that is unknown to the world he lives in. Nevertheless, Asta persists on becoming the next Wizard King.

The manga has been adapted into an original video animation, which was released in 2017 and produced by Xebec Zwei. It was also adapted into an anime television series, which premiered in Japan in 2017 and produced by Pierrot.

The manga series has been licensed for an English language release in North America by Viz Media, while the anime series is licensed by Crunchyroll and Funimation.

Plot
The series focuses on Asta, a young orphan who was raised from birth after being abandoned at an orphanage along with his fellow orphan, Yuno. While everyone is born with the ability to utilize Mana in the form of, Asta is the only exception. Conversely, Yuno was born as a prodigy with immense magical powers and the talent to control wind magic. Motivated by a desire to become the next Wizard King, an authority figure second to the king of the Clover Kingdom, the two youths develop a friendly rivalry.

In the Grimoire Acceptance Ceremony, Yuno obtains a special four-leaf grimoire known to be held by the first Wizard King. Asta, despite his lack of magic, subsequently obtains a mysterious five-leaf grimoire (which can't be clearly identified by others due to its worn-out condition), which contains mysterious elf swords that wield rare anti-magic.

A regular grimoire's cover contains a three-leaf clover. These three leaves symbolize faith, hope, and love. Yuno's fourth leaf resembles good luck, and Asta's fifth leaf is said to represent a devil.

After the Grimoire Acceptance Ceremony, Asta and Yuno journey to the capital in order to attend the Magic Knights Entrance Exam in hopes of being recruited into a Magic Knight's squad. After numerous combat exams, Yuno is chosen by all nine squad captains. He then decides to join the Golden Dawn squad, which is known to have some of the most powerful Magic Knights.

Although Asta demonstrates impressive physical strength during the examination process, due to his lack of magic, none of the squad captains are interested in recruiting him. However, the Black Bull's captain, Yami, gains interest in Asta and is impressed with his determination, which leads him to later recruit Asta into his squad. Opposite to Yuno's squad, the Black Bull squad is known for its rebellious actions and is considered as the worst out magic knight squad.

Nonetheless, Asta is happy to have been recruited as one of the Magic Knights since it brings him one step closer to achieving his dream of becoming the Wizard King. Throughout the series, Asta and Yuno continue their friendly rivalry by exceeding their limits on missions that their squads are assigned.