Black Clover Filler List
Black Clover has 35 filler episodes out of 174 (20.1%). Another 2 episodes are mixed. Skip the filler and you save about 13 hours.
Filler episodes: 13, 29, 66, 82, 123-125, 130-157
Black Clover includes recap episodes, novel adaptations and an anime-original training stretch. Episodes still needing a second check stay in the watch order.
Last checked Oct 29, 2026 · Still airing (2017 to 2021, back in October 2026) · Report an error
- 174Total episodes
- 136Manga canon
- 35Filler (20.1%)
- 2Mixed
- 1Anime canon
- 13 hSaved by skipping filler
Black Clover arcs: watch, optional or skip
Our verdict for each arc or section. Watch = keep it, including episodes still needing review. Optional = side stories we recommend. Skip = episodes labelled filler. Some arcs are split to keep manga material in the watch order.
| Arc | Episodes | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| Magic Knights Entrance Asta and Yuno begin their journeys. Episode 13 is anime-only. Filler inside: 13 | 1-13 | Watch |
| Dungeon Exploration Asta's first big mission with the Black Bulls. | 14-19 | Watch |
| Royal Capital The Eye of the Midnight Sun attacks the capital. | 20-27 | Watch |
| Eye of the Midnight Sun The Black Bulls keep fighting the Eye. Episode 29 is a recap. Filler inside: 29 | 28-39 | Watch |
| Seabed Temple Training and a fight under the sea. | 40-51 | Watch |
| Witches' Forest Asta goes to the Witches' Forest to heal his arms. | 52-65 | Watch |
| Royal Knights The Royal Knights exam. Episodes 66 and 82 are anime-only. Filler inside: 66, 82 | 66-96 | Watch |
| Elf Reincarnation The elves take over the kingdom. Episodes 123 to 125 are anime-only. Filler inside: 123-125 | 97-129 | Watch |
| Six-Month Training and the Devil Banishers Long anime-only arc. Fun moments, but you can jump to 158. | 130-157 | Skip |
| Heart Kingdom Joint Struggle The story resumes after the training interval, with attacks by the Dark Triad. | 158-167 | Watch |
| Spade Kingdom Raid The Spade Kingdom raid. Season 2 continues this story from episode 171. | 168-174 | Watch |
Black Clover filler worth watching
Not all anime-only episodes are bad. These are the ones we would keep.
Charmy's chibi dream
Episodes 82
A short gag episode of chibi sketches. Good for a laugh between big fights.
Training arc highlights
Episodes 130 to 135
If you want more Black Bulls hangout time, the start of the training arc is the lightest part.
Black Clover watch order without filler
Watch these episodes in order and skip everything else. It keeps manga canon, mixed, anime canon and episodes still needing review (139 episodes, about 53 hours).
1-12, 14-28, 30-65, 67-81, 83-122, 126-129, 158-174
All 174 Black Clover episodes
- Manga canonAdapts the manga.
- MixedCombines manga material with anime-original scenes or a novel adaptation. Keep it in the watch order.
- Anime canonNot from the manga, but based on an official novel or spin-off and fits the story.
- FillerAnime-original material outside the manga story.
| # | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asta and Yuno | Canon |
| 2 | A Young Man's Vow | Canon |
| 3 | To the Royal Capital! | Canon |
| 4 | The Magic Knights Entrance Exam | Canon |
| 5 | The Road to the Wizard King | Canon |
| 6 | The Black Bulls | Canon |
| 7 | Another New Member | Canon |
| 8 | Go! Go! My First Mission | Canon |
| 9 | Beasts | Canon |
| 10 | Guardians | Canon |
| 11 | What Happened on a Certain Day in the Castle Town | Canon |
| 12 | The Wizard King Saw | Mixed |
| 13 | The Wizard King Saw, Continued! | Filler |
| 14 | Dungeon | Canon |
| 15 | The Diamond Mage | Canon |
| 16 | Friends | Canon |
| 17 | Destroyer | Canon |
| 18 | Memories of You | Canon |
| 19 | Destruction and Salvation | Canon |
| 20 | Assembly at the Royal Capital | Canon |
| 21 | Capital Riot | Canon |
| 22 | Wild Magic Dance | Canon |
| 23 | The King of the Crimson Lions | Canon |
| 24 | Blackout | Canon |
| 25 | Adversity | Canon |
| 26 | Wounded Beasts | Canon |
| 27 | Light | Canon |
| 28 | The One I've Set My Heart On | Canon |
| 29 | Path | Filler |
| 30 | The Mirror Mage | Canon |
| 31 | Pursuit Over the Snow | Canon |
| 32 | Three-Leaf Sprouts | Canon |
| 33 | To Help Somebody Someday | Canon |
| 34 | Light Magic vs. Dark Magic | Canon |
| 35 | The Light of Judgment | Canon |
| 36 | Three Eyes | Canon |
| 37 | The One With No Magic | Canon |
| 38 | The Magic Knights Captain Conference | Canon |
| 39 | Three-Leaf Salute | Canon |
| 40 | A Black Beach Story | Canon |
| 41 | The Water Girl Grows Up | Canon |
| 42 | The Underwater Temple | Canon |
| 43 | Temple Battle Royale | Canon |
| 44 | The Pointlessly Direct Fireball and the Wild Lightning | Canon |
| 45 | The Guy Who Doesn't Know When to Quit | Canon |
| 46 | Awakening | Canon |
| 47 | The Only Weapon | Canon |
| 48 | Despair vs. Hope | Canon |
| 49 | Beyond Limits | Canon |
| 50 | End of the Battle, End of Despair | Canon |
| 51 | Proof of Rightness | Canon |
| 52 | Whoever's Strongest Wins | Canon |
| 53 | Behind the Mask | Canon |
| 54 | Never Again | Canon |
| 55 | The Man Named Fanzell | Anime canon |
| 56 | The Man Named Fanzell, Continued | Mixed |
| 57 | Infiltration | Canon |
| 58 | The Battlefield Decision | Canon |
| 59 | Flames of Hatred | Canon |
| 60 | Defectors' Atonement | Canon |
| 61 | The Promised World | Canon |
| 62 | Bettering One Another | Canon |
| 63 | Not in the Slightest | Canon |
| 64 | The Red Thread of Fate | Canon |
| 65 | I'm Home | Canon |
| 66 | The Secret of the Eye of the Midnight Sun | Filler |
| 67 | A Fun Festival Double Date | Canon |
| 68 | Battle to the Death?! Yami vs. Jack | Canon |
| 69 | The Briar Maiden's Melancholy | Canon |
| 70 | Two New Stars | Canon |
| 71 | The Uncrowned, Undefeated Lioness | Canon |
| 72 | St. Elmo's Fire | Canon |
| 73 | The Royal Knights Selection Test | Canon |
| 74 | Flower of Resolution | Canon |
| 75 | Fierce Battle | Canon |
| 76 | Mage X | Canon |
| 77 | Bad Blood | Canon |
| 78 | Peasant Trap | Canon |
| 79 | Mister Delinquent vs. Muscle Brains | Canon |
| 80 | Special Little Brother vs. Failed Big Brother | Canon |
| 81 | The Life of a Certain Man | Canon |
| 82 | Clover Clips: The Nightmarish Charmy Special! | Filler |
| 83 | Burn It into You | Canon |
| 84 | The Victors | Canon |
| 85 | Together in the Bath | Canon |
| 86 | Yami and Vangeance | Canon |
| 87 | Formation of the Royal Knights | Canon |
| 88 | Storming the Eye of the Midnight Sun's Hideout!!! | Canon |
| 89 | The Black Bulls' Hideout | Canon |
| 90 | Crazy Magic Battle | Canon |
| 91 | Mereoleona vs. Raia the Disloyal | Canon |
| 92 | The Wizard King vs. The Leader of the Eye of the Midnight Sun | Canon |
| 93 | Julius Novachrono | Canon |
| 94 | New Future | Canon |
| 95 | Reincarnation | Canon |
| 96 | The Black Bulls Captain vs. the Crimson Wild Rose | Canon |
| 97 | Overwhelming Disadvantage | Canon |
| 98 | The Sleeping Lion | Canon |
| 99 | The Desperate Path Toward Survival | Canon |
| 100 | We Won't Lose to You | Canon |
| 101 | The Lives of the Village in the Sticks | Canon |
| 102 | Two Miracles | Canon |
| 103 | Release from Misfortune | Canon |
| 104 | Lightning of Rage vs. Friends | Canon |
| 105 | Smiles, Tears | Canon |
| 106 | Path of Revenge, Path of Atonement | Canon |
| 107 | The Battle for Clover Castle | Canon |
| 108 | Battlefield Dancer | Canon |
| 109 | Spatial Mage Brothers | Canon |
| 110 | The Raging Bull Joins the Showdown!! | Canon |
| 111 | The Eyes in the Mirror | Canon |
| 112 | Humans Who Can Be Trusted | Canon |
| 113 | Storming the Shadow Palace | Canon |
| 114 | The Final Invaders | Canon |
| 115 | Mastermind | Canon |
| 116 | The Ultimate Natural Enemy | Canon |
| 117 | Breaking the Seal | Canon |
| 118 | A Reunion Across Time and Space | Canon |
| 119 | The Final Attack | Canon |
| 120 | Dawn | Canon |
| 121 | Three Problems | Canon |
| 122 | As Pitch Black as It Gets | Canon |
| 123 | Nero Reminiscences Part 1 | Filler |
| 124 | Nero Reminiscences Part 2 | Filler |
| 125 | Return | Filler |
| 126 | The Blue Rose's Confession | Canon |
| 127 | Clues | Canon |
| 128 | To the Heart Kingdom! | Canon |
| 129 | Devil Megicula | Canon |
| 130 | The New Magic Knight Squad Captains' Meeting | Filler |
| 131 | A New Resolve | Filler |
| 132 | The Lion Awakens | Filler |
| 133 | The Lion Awakens, Continued | Filler |
| 134 | Those Who Have Been Gathered | Filler |
| 135 | The One Who Has My Heart, My Mind, and Soul | Filler |
| 136 | A Black Deep-Sea Story | Filler |
| 137 | Charmy's Century of Hunger, Gordon's Millennium of Loneliness | Filler |
| 138 | In Zara's Footsteps | Filler |
| 139 | A Witch's Homecoming | Filler |
| 140 | A Favor for Julius | Filler |
| 141 | The Golden Family | Filler |
| 142 | Those Remaining | Filler |
| 143 | The Tilted Scale | Filler |
| 144 | Those Who Wish to Destroy Devils | Filler |
| 145 | Rescue | Filler |
| 146 | Those Who Worship the Devil | Filler |
| 147 | Prepared to Die | Filler |
| 148 | Becoming the Light That Shines Through the Darkness | Filler |
| 149 | Two Things We Need to Find | Filler |
| 150 | The Maidens' Challenge | Filler |
| 151 | Clash! The Battle of the Magic Knights Squad Captains! | Filler |
| 152 | To Tomorrow! | Filler |
| 153 | The Chosen Ones | Filler |
| 154 | Vice Captain Langris Vaude | Filler |
| 155 | The 5 Spirit Guardians | Filler |
| 156 | Awakening Power | Filler |
| 157 | Five-Leaf Clover | Filler |
| 158 | The Beginning of Hope and Despair | Canon |
| 159 | Quiet Lakes and Forest Shadows | Canon |
| 160 | The Messenger from the Spade Kingdom | Canon |
| 161 | Zenon's Power | Canon |
| 162 | The Great War Breaks Out | Canon |
| 163 | Dante vs. The Captain of the Black Bulls Squad | Canon |
| 164 | Battlefield: Heart Kingdom | Canon |
| 165 | Water Crusade | Canon |
| 166 | Captain Yami Sukehiro | Canon |
| 167 | Black Oath | Canon |
| 168 | Stirrings of the Strongest | Canon |
| 169 | The Devil Binding Ritual | Canon |
| 170 | The Faraway Future | Canon |
| 171 | The Battle Begins | Canon |
| 172 | The Door to Hell | Canon |
| 173 | Black Guardian | Canon |
| 174 | Day of Atonement | Canon |
Crunchyroll and Netflix episode numbers
- This guide uses continuous episode numbers from 1 to 174. Streaming services may group seasons differently by region; match the episode title and Japanese air date when numbers differ.
- Our numbers continue across both seasons: season 1 is 1 to 170 and season 2 starts at 171.
- We add new season 2 episodes after they air and we have checked them.
Black Clover filler FAQ
How many filler episodes are in Black Clover?
Black Clover has 35 filler episodes out of 174 (20.1%). Another 2 episodes are mixed (manga plus other adapted or original material). Skipping the filler saves about 13 hours.
Which Black Clover episodes are filler?
The filler episodes are 13, 29, 66, 82, 123-125, 130-157.
How long does it take to watch Black Clover without filler?
About 53 hours, compared with about 67 hours for all 174 episodes (at 23 minutes per episode).
Does Black Clover season 2 have filler?
Not so far. Episodes 171 to 174 adapt manga chapters 270 to 289. We check new episodes after they air.
How we label episodes, and our sources
Our working labels combine Fandom chapter mappings, Wikipedia episode information and cited reviews. Two anime-original checks support a filler label unless a review identifies adapted material. Mixed means a reviewed combination of manga and other material, not simply a disagreement between sources. Official novel adaptations are anime canon. Missing or conflicting evidence is marked Needs review and stays in the watch order. These labels can change as evidence improves. Arc verdicts and picks are our opinions.
- TVmaze episode data (CC BY-SA).
- Black Clover Wiki episode list (CC BY-SA).
- English Wikipedia season 1 (CC BY-SA).
- Japanese Wikipedia series article (CC BY-SA).
We combine episode facts, normalize numbering and add our own classifications. Adapted episode data and tables are shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. See credits and modifications.
The automated checks have only one source for episodes 171-174. Unless a cited review below resolves the label, these remain in the watch order as needing review.
Reviewed episode labels
- Episode 12: Adapts chapter 10, and also starts the anime-only escort mission for Salim. Source 1Source 2Source 3
- Episode 13: No chapter listed; ends the anime-only escort mission for Salim. Chapter 10 is adapted only in episodes 11 and 12. Source 1Source 2Source 3Source 4
- Episode 55: Adapts the Stubborn Bull Book novel, not a manga chapter. Source 1
- Episode 56: Combines the Stubborn Bull Book novel with manga chapters 81-82. Source 1
- Episode 171: Season 2 episode adapting chapters 270 to 275 (Spade Kingdom Raid). Source 1Source 2
- Episode 172: Adapts chapters 275 to 279. Source 1Source 2
- Episode 173: Adapts chapters 280 to 284. Source 1Source 2
- Episode 174: Adapts chapters 285 to 289. Source 1Source 2
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