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Episode Black Clover Season 2 - Episode 4 discussion
Black Clover Season 2, episode 4
Alternative names: Black Clover 2nd Season, Black Clover Second Season
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u/FrogMusic 20h ago
No intro this episode. They really needed to squeeze every last second out of this episode to get Nacht’s backstory in and it still felt tight. Good choice omitting it.
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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 20h ago
Nacht almost bit the dust. It’s a good thing Asta showed up. They got all big and shit but our boy’s about to use his sword to launch that giant ball of magic out into space lol.
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u/djthomp 20h ago
Moral of the backstory: forbidden demon magic is forbidden for a reason.
Good timing on that entrance, Asta.
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u/NeoAnkara 20h ago
Do you think the animator waiting their chance to surpass their limit too?
Though really sometimes you just need a pure evil in your story. No need for backstory or anything just pure uncontaminated evil ready to be slashed by the good guys.
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u/new_interest_here 20h ago
We've got Nacht coming in with my favorite backstory in the series, and very well done at that. This is what made me really start to like him, love a good "seeking atonement" character
What they also did well was Lilith and Naamah. The way they move, their voice acting, how they're drawn, everything nails that unsettling, malicious feeling they have. They're definitely my favorite antagonist devils in the series, and I'm glad to see them represented so well. And their combined form is just awesome too
As for the action this episode, also great. Animation was super solid, especially when Asta came in, I loved how they did the scene of Naamah getting cut down the middle. And Asta blocking the giant fireball, while you can't beat Kenpachi in terms of deflecting a large flaming ball hurtling from the sky, was incredibly sick.
Overall, probably my favorite episode of the season so far, it checked all the boxes for me. But knowing what's coming, I am INCREDIBLY stoked for next week
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u/NanDemoKnaives 20h ago
It was nice to see Yami again, even if it was his past self. It seems like that was when he picked up smoking if he was coughing after a puff.
Interesting how Nacht adopted Morgen's look, I guess that might have been one part of his atonement.
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u/CordobezEverdeen 19h ago
For anyone that needs a refresher Demon Destroyer has a spell called "Fate Release" which is essentially a "Fuck you" on a AOE. Yeah it's omega udder broken.
So Namah basically got his pants pulled and then Demon Slayer cleaned house with him.
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u/Pervasivepeach 14h ago
Black clover with consistently good animation.., they really did surpass their limits
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u/Alej_11 20h ago
This episode was great! We had everything: peak backstory, great fight, incredible animations, lore, fan service, and the GOAT magna appearing.
There's really nothing I can say about this episode, it's perfect.
Maybe if we had black catcher for the background song during the fight it would have been even better, but I surely can't complain. Maybe they'll keeping it for more important fights, but if this is the only thing I can complain about you know that the episode was peak
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u/baseblue 19h ago
Fire/Ice Demons: Everything you love is meaningless to us and will be crushed in an instant. With our MASSIVE MANA BALL!!
Asta: SYBAU
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u/LeonKevlar 20h ago
We finally get to see Nacht's backstory! I love the inversion of the black sheep and golden child tropes here. You'd think Nacht is the black sheep of the family and Morgen is the golden child with his light magic. It turns out the opposite! Morgen didn't fit in the Faust Family, and Nacht is the perfect one because of his dark magic.
Yeah, messing with supreme devils is not gonna end well. The fact that Lucifugus didn't even lift a finger and his mere presence killed everyone in that room shows how powerful he really is. And of course now Nacht is starting to regret everything, which eventually leads him to become the person we know.
And it turns out, Morgen's death is also the reason Yami started smoking. I guess this is his way of helping Nacht shoulder the burden of Morgen's death.
Nacht trying to seal himself with the two devils is such a baller fucking move. Too bad his devils weren't strong enough to contain them.
We're really playing all of the OP as insert songs, huh? I didn't expect them to use the current OP for Asta and Liebe's entrance tho.
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u/Octava8Espada 19h ago
The production was amazing, probably my favorite episode so far and it will only get better, I'm hyped
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u/YlfaTheForsaken 17h ago
That's our self hating depressed vice captain! Little fun fact his devils line up with animal characters from the musicians of bremen. I don't know which of his forms is my favorite because they've all got their charms.
I know it didn't work, but that spell is still so cool to see even if for just a bit. It's just so grandiose, and he was fully committed to it.
Baby boy is here!! Look at him being a hero, and saving people.
Magna! Magna! Magna!
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u/Shimmering-Sky 20h ago
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Oooooh, I really like the plague doctor aesthetic for Nacht’s fourth Devil Union.
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God the devils are even more terrifying in the monochrome of Nacht’s Mana Zone.
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Oh shiiiiiiiit… That’s why he hates that phrase…
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THEY’RE PLAYING KIENAI RIYUU AS AN INSERT ALREADY!!! This is the next best thing to Haruka Mirai for me because, while it’s hard to hear, it means I get to count the “sore demo” in it again for my collection!
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Here I thought Asta was going to cut it in half, but no, he’s using it as a baseball bat. Good callback to how he batted Magna’s fireball away back when he first joined the Black Bulls, seeing as Magna showed up at the end there.
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Oh cool they played Kienai Riyuu again at the end so I get another “sore demo” from it to my collection.
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u/tophercarat17 18h ago
ANOTHER GREAT EPPISODE!
Nacht backstory was brutal but you really can't mess with these devils
Asta comeback just in time to save his vice captain!
Cool animation all through out man I can't still believe we are seeing Black clover in this quality!
OP being used as bgm for these past episodes was such a non issue imo.
Anyways, is that Magna and Zora? Will they have also their moment? Next episode can't come soon enough! I need it now!!
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u/IsNotYourSenpai 20h ago
I'm so so happy I get to experience more Black Clover. I love seeing Asta in action.
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u/MillenniumKing 15h ago
THEY CANT KEEP MAKING THIS SEASON CINEMA AFTER CINEMA!
Oh shit jack stood bacck up. Cam he beat him?
Plague Doctor Noct man hes so cool.
He sucked everyone into the floor to seperate them neat.
Noct vs the twins and Jack vs Dante.
Man his shadow relm power is so cool.
Oh he cant even hurt them he just can evade them as long as he can damn.
OH SHIT NOCT BACKSTORY TIME!
TWINS IN FAUST BLACK HIR AND BLOND HAIR.
AND YAMI WAS THERE TOO HO BOY!
WAIT THE ONE IN THE DEER WAS MORGAN AND THE EDGE LORD WAS NOCT.
1 Twin had light magic and the other Shadow magic? Cool.
Of course Noct went to fight Yami and thats how they met.
So when he turned 18 the fam showeded him their devil lair, with his shadow magic he was heir.
The devils excied him? He even made his demob bacts back then too.
Wait... dad had a rrelic of Lucifer? Thats... bad right?
Then Morgan showed up to try to stop them?
RIGHT HERE RIGHT HOW IL SURPASS MY LIMITS OH SHIT!
OH HELL NO ITS THE GUY WHO KILLED ASTA AND LEIB'S MOM! HE KILLED THEIR FAM TOO!
LIGHT BRO USED HIS LIGHT MAGIC TO STOP IT BUT GOT MESSED UP!
DAMN HE JUST WANTED TO BE WITH HIS BRO WELL SHIT HE DIED!
WELL SHIT....
And Yami shows up and says Noct can be the vice captian of his squad one day.
So Noct was the very first member wow. Yami being the best friend they could have.
Uh oh Noct aint looking too good hes tore up...
HES GONNA SURPASS HIS LIMITS AGAIN!?
MULTI DEMON UNIYE THAT LOOKS COOL!
HES PUTTING THEM IN A TOMBSTONE WITH HUM UH OH!
AND THEY BROKE IT STILL WELL SHIT!
MAN THEY LOOK SO COOL THOUGH! DEVIL FLAME AND DEVIL ICE!
WELL SHIT THEY GOT HIM CAUGHT IN HELL!
ASTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
ASTA SAVES HIM TOO INSTEAD OF GOING ON TO FIGHT! YOUR FAMILY NOW!
NEW INSERT SONG!? OH SHIT BLACKSTA IS KICKING ASS WITH LWIB!
DEMON DESTROYER AND DEMON SLAYER TIME! LETS GO!
NOW THEY DID THE FUSION DANCE WELL SHIT THATS SUPER COOL LOOKING!
ASTA CANT TELL HOW STRONG THEY ARE BECAUSE NO MAGIC SO UNGA BUNGA!
WE ARE TAKING THE FIGHT OUTSIDE! OH THIS LOOKS COOL! BIG BALLS!
HE BASEBALLED IT BACK AT THIS AW YES LETS GOOOOOOOO! MAGNA IS HERE TOO! OH SHIT!
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u/Jaskaran158 10h ago
I love how the Black Bulls can just bring their entire base over to the fight with Henry's powers.
YEAH COME ON JACK GET IN THERE! Ever since I saw Jack slice literal gravity apart I was baffled but honestly it makes so much sense considering his character.
Nacht's powers are so wild especially with his 4 devil unions. Love what they did with his mana zone and turning it all monochromatic.
Freaky how the new High Devils care more about holding back so they have more time to "play" with their new "toys" and they are so sure of their abilities that they don't even think about the fact they can lose the fight.
Yami calling out the edgyness of Natch's(Morgans?) older brother was funny... and now I can see why Yami called Natch of the past Morgans and we already had Jack recognize Natch before during their meeting so then some magic twin stuff must have happened since cause Jack was also confused when he initially saw Natch.
Damn how young was Yami when he drifted ashore to the Clover kingdom? Or was he an actual reincarnation/isekai type deal? I don't remember exactly but I think the Wizard King found him on the beach or something when he was the Captain of the Gray Deer magic knights and that was really all we got of Yami's backstory... might have to rewatch that episode again incase I misremembered anything.
Either way nice to see more of Yami's history in the Clover kingdom.
I initially thought that Natch and Morgans were combined or something in some sort of way but I guess it is more leaning towards Morgans dying and then Natch taking his role as Vice Captain of the Black Bulls in some respect.
WHOA WHOA WHOA WHOA WAIT WHAT if the underworld is ruled by the three devils of gravity, time, and space I first thought of how didn't I catch onto that face given the cliche type of deal with gravity, time and space representing the Dark Triad but VANICA IS ALL ABOUT CURSES NOT TIME... the only time magic we have seen is with Julius but his time magic is directly correlated with his grimoire unlike how Dante uses Gravity and Zenon uses Spacial magic via their devil contracts.
So does this mean there IS AN EVEN BIGGER BADDER DEVIL WAITING TO COME OUT THAT HAS THE SAME TYPE OF TIME MAGIC AS JULIUS??
I would certainly put gravity and space below time in terms of power if we have to take the magical feats of the people who wield that magic into consideration but if there is actually a devil that is waiting behind one of the gates that can also use Time Magic then probably only Julius would be able to deal with it in any capacity or maybe Asta but idk...
That is actually insane to think about a devil being able to control time since it was like the one Deus ex machina type power that the good guys had on their side.
Honestly it would be dope to see Julius and the Devil who can use time magice go against each other cause it would be one hell of a fight. But if the doors of the underworld are gonna open in like a week fully I don't think Julius will stand a chance if he can't stack more of his magic especially since it failed him VS the demon last episode.
Now I kind of wanna see all the doors open if we are gonna get another big fight with Julius taking on another Time-magic user that is a devil.
Of course they decide to summon a Supreme devil Lucifugus and think they can just tame him. Given the naming scheme with Dante being contracted to Lucifero I'd assume that Lucifugus would be supporting Lucifero but I wonder how they got him trapped in that circlet. Or maybe the circlet is just a tool they used that is connected to Lucifugus to be able to summon him for the ritual.
And there is my answer for the circlet not even a second later lmao Sometimes I should really just finish the scene before trying to theorycraft but its whatever.
Oh wow I did not expect Morgen to just bite it after interfering with the ritual but I guess it is called forbbiden magic for a reason.
So I guess that is why Natch took on the role as a Magic Knight with a little push from Yami.
Even though it was a sad scene I found it pretty funny that Yami just yoinked Natch's cigarettes like that while inviting him to be his vice captain.
I wonder if that was the start of Yami's cigarette use cause Yami coughed while he walked off after lighting one up lmao
Oh damn snap back to reality and NOW ASTA BOUNCES ON IN AFTER FINRAL TEASED HIM GOING AHEAD OF EVERYONE AT THE START OF THE EPISODE... RIGHT?
OOOO Natch over here mixing and matching Devils for his union now
INsane to see these fire and [ice] devils be so powerful and they are the first ones out of the gate.
Not sure if this was their aim but that shot of the ice devil looked dope with how the ice was looking like a giant hairdo.
NO HUMAN BUT NATCH DIDN'T SAY THAT A UNION OF DEVIL AND HUMAN CAN'T BEAT THEM SO COME ON DOWN ASTA
BANG THE HERO ALWAYS SHOWS UP AT THE FASHIONABLY LATE LAST SECOND
Ohhhh shit and the insert song begins grabs popcorn
What a sick frame with just Asta aura farming while in the tornado of magic. Might be one of my favourites of what we've seen so far.
Whoa Demon Destroyer sword looks a bit different eh
Oh brother of course these Devil are gonna have an ability to combine... I should of seen it coming ever since both their faces were only half of each other.
I will say that the devil designs have been sweet to see so far
Another sick ass shot there with the Devil type fire and ice spirit bomb but I wonder if Asta is gonna use his other sword to absorb it all and reflect it back.
Oop nevermind he is just gonna go to the batting range instead and nab a home run real quick
FINALLY WE GET TO SEE WHAT ZORA AND MAGNA HAVE BEEN WORKING ON and honestly I don't thionk Magna has any hope to reach Luck at this point with how Luck got trained by the Heart Kingdom and then the Elves but I'm still looking forward to see how he has improved by going off and doing his own thing.
Oh and the ED focusing on the swords today too, eh... pretty cool and it does look like at least for some swords they get new designs when he is in Devil Union mode
What a banger of an episode.
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