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Black Clover filler list.

21 of 170 episodes are filler or recaps according to MyAnimeList. Skip them with the filler-free list below and tick episodes off as you go.

  • 170 episodes
  • 12.4% filler & recap
  • 8 h 3 min saved by skipping
Episodes
170
Filler
17
Recap
4
Filler %
12.4%
  • Filler · 17
  • Recap · 4
  • Canon (not flagged) · 149

Based on MyAnimeList’s per-episode filler and recap flags. MAL doesn’t separate manga canon from anime-original canon or mark mixed episodes, so unflagged episodes are shown as “Canon (not flagged)”.

Episode ranges

Filler3, 13, 55-56, 68, 82, 125, 131, 134-135, 142-148
Recap29, 66, 123-124
Canon (not flagged)1-2, 4-12, 14-28, 30-54, 57-65, 67, 69-81, 83-122, 126-130, 132-133, 136-141, 149-170

Filler-free watch order

149 episodes, about 2 d 9 h 7 min. Episodes of unknown type are kept so you don’t miss anything.

1-2, 4-12, 14-28, 30-54, 57-65, 67, 69-81, 83-122, 126-130, 132-133, 136-141, 149-170

Every episode

0 of 170 watched

  1. 1Asta and Yuno2017-10-03Canon
  2. 2The Boys' Promise2017-10-10Canon
  3. 3To the Royal Capital of the Clover Kingdom!2017-10-17Filler
  4. 4The Magic Knights Entrance Exam2017-10-24Canon
  5. 5The Path to the Wizard King2017-10-31Canon
  6. 6The Black Bulls2017-11-07Canon
  7. 7The Other New Recruit2017-11-14Canon
  8. 8Go! Go! First Mission2017-11-21Canon
  9. 9Beasts2017-11-28Canon
  10. 10Those Who Protect2017-12-05Canon
  11. 11What Happened on a Certain Day in the Castle Town2017-12-12Canon
  12. 12The Wizard King Saw2017-12-19Canon
  13. 13The Wizard King Saw, Continued2017-12-26Filler
  14. 14Dungeon2018-01-09Canon
  15. 15The Diamond Mage2018-01-16Canon
  16. 16Friends2018-01-23Canon
  17. 17Destroyer2018-01-30Canon
  18. 18Memories of You2018-02-06Canon
  19. 19Destruction and Salvation2018-02-13Canon
  20. 20Assembly at the Royal Capital2018-02-20Canon
  21. 21Capital Riot2018-02-27Canon
  22. 22Wild Magic Dance2018-03-06Canon
  23. 23The Crimson Lion King2018-03-13Canon
  24. 24Blackout2018-03-20Canon
  25. 25Adversity2018-03-27Canon
  26. 26Wounded Beasts2018-04-03Canon
  27. 27Light2018-04-10Canon
  28. 28The One I've Set My Heart On2018-04-17Canon
  29. 29Path2018-04-24Recap
  30. 30The Mirror Mage2018-05-01Canon
  31. 31Pursuit Over the Snow2018-05-08Canon
  32. 32Three-Leaf Sprouts2018-05-15Canon
  33. 33To Help Somebody Someday2018-05-22Canon
  34. 34Light Magic vs. Dark Magic2018-05-29Canon
  35. 35The Light of Judgment2018-06-05Canon
  36. 36Three Eyes2018-06-12Canon
  37. 37The One With No Magic2018-06-19Canon
  38. 38The Magic Knights Captain Conference2018-06-26Canon
  39. 39Three-Leaf Salute2018-07-03Canon
  40. 40A Black Beach Story2018-07-10Canon
  41. 41The Water Girl Grows Up2018-07-17Canon
  42. 42The Underwater Temple2018-07-24Canon
  43. 43Temple Battle Royale2018-07-31Canon
  44. 44The Pointlessly Direct Fireball and the Wild Lightning2018-08-07Canon
  45. 45The Guy Who Doesn't Know When to Quit2018-08-14Canon
  46. 46Awakening2018-08-21Canon
  47. 47The Only Weapon2018-08-28Canon
  48. 48Despair vs. Hope2018-09-04Canon
  49. 49Beyond Limits2018-09-11Canon
  50. 50End of the Battle, End of Despair2018-09-18Canon
  51. 51Proof of Rightness2018-09-25Canon
  52. 52Whoever's Strongest Wins2018-10-02Canon
  53. 53Behind the Mask2018-10-09Canon
  54. 54Never Again2018-10-16Canon
  55. 55The Man Named Fanzell2018-10-23Filler
  56. 56The Man Named Fanzell Continued2018-10-30Filler
  57. 57Infiltration2018-11-06Canon
  58. 58Battlefield Decision2018-11-13Canon
  59. 59Flames of Hatred2018-11-20Canon
  60. 60Defectors' Atonement2018-11-27Canon
  61. 61The Promised World2018-12-04Canon
  62. 62Those Who Boost Each Other Up2018-12-11Canon
  63. 63Not in the Slightest2018-12-18Canon
  64. 64The Red Thread of Fate2018-12-25Canon
  65. 65I'm Home2019-01-08Canon
  66. 66The Eye of the Midnight Sun's Secret2019-01-15Recap
  67. 67A Fun Festival Double Date2019-01-22Canon
  68. 68Battle to the Death?! Yami VS Jack2019-01-29Filler
  69. 69The Briar Maiden’s Melancholy2019-02-05Canon
  70. 70Two New Stars2019-02-12Canon
  71. 71The Uncrowned, Undefeated Lioness2019-02-19Canon
  72. 72Saint Elmo's Fire2019-02-26Canon
  73. 73The Royal Knights Selection Test2019-03-05Canon
  74. 74Flower of Resolution2019-03-12Canon
  75. 75Fierce Battle2019-03-19Canon
  76. 76Mage X2019-03-26Canon
  77. 77Bad Blood2019-04-02Canon
  78. 78Peasant Trap2019-04-09Canon
  79. 79Mister Delinquent vs. Muscle Brains2019-04-16Canon
  80. 80Special Little Brother vs. Failed Big Brother2019-04-23Canon
  81. 81The Life of a Certain Man2019-04-30Canon
  82. 82Petit Clover! The Nightmarish Charmy SP!2019-05-07Filler
  83. 83Burn It Into You2019-05-14Canon
  84. 84The Victors2019-05-21Canon
  85. 85Together in the Bath2019-05-28Canon
  86. 86Yami and Vangeance2019-06-04Canon
  87. 87Formation of the Royal Knights2019-06-11Canon
  88. 88Storming the Eye of the Midnight Sun's Hideout!!!2019-06-18Canon
  89. 89The Black Bulls' Hideout2019-06-25Canon
  90. 90Crazy Magic Battle2019-07-02Canon
  91. 91Mereoleona vs. Raia the Disloyal2019-07-09Canon
  92. 92The Wizard King vs. The Leader of the Eye of the Midnight Sun2019-07-16Canon
  93. 93Julius Novachrono2019-07-23Canon
  94. 94New Future2019-07-30Canon
  95. 95Reincarnation2019-08-06Canon
  96. 96The Black Bulls Captain vs the Crimson Wild Rose2019-08-13Canon
  97. 97Overwhelming Disadvantage2019-08-20Canon
  98. 98The Sleeping Lion2019-08-27Canon
  99. 99The Desperate Path Toward Survival2019-09-03Canon
  100. 100We Won't Lose to You2019-09-10Canon
  101. 101The Lives of the Village in the Sticks2019-09-17Canon
  102. 102Two Miracles2019-09-24Canon
  103. 103Release from Misfortune2019-10-01Canon
  104. 104Lightning of Rage vs. Friends2019-10-08Canon
  105. 105Smiles, Tears2019-10-15Canon
  106. 106Path of Revenge, Path of Atonement2019-10-22Canon
  107. 107The Battle for Clover Castle2019-10-29Canon
  108. 108Battlefield Dancer2019-11-05Canon
  109. 109Spatial Mage Brothers2019-11-12Canon
  110. 110The Raging Bull Joins the Showdown!!2019-11-19Canon
  111. 111The Eyes in the Mirror2019-11-26Canon
  112. 112Humans Who Can Be Trusted2019-12-03Canon
  113. 113Storming the Shadow Palace2019-12-10Canon
  114. 114The Final Invaders2019-12-17Canon
  115. 115Mastermind2019-12-24Canon
  116. 116The Ultimate Natural Enemy2020-01-07Canon
  117. 117Breaking the Seal2020-01-14Canon
  118. 118A Reunion Across Time and Space2020-01-21Canon
  119. 119The Final Attack2020-01-28Canon
  120. 120Dawn2020-02-04Canon
  121. 121Three Problems2020-02-11Canon
  122. 122As Pitch Black as It Gets2020-02-18Canon
  123. 123Nero Reminisces... Part One2020-02-25Recap
  124. 124Nero Reminisces... Part Two2020-03-03Recap
  125. 125Return2020-03-10Filler
  126. 126The Blue Rose's Confession2020-03-17Canon
  127. 127Clues2020-03-24Canon
  128. 128To the Heart Kingdom!2020-03-31Canon
  129. 129The Devil Megicula2020-04-07Canon
  130. 130The New Magic Knight Squad Captains' Meeting2020-04-14Canon
  131. 131A New Resolve2020-04-21Filler
  132. 132The Lion Awakens2020-04-28Canon
  133. 133The Lion Awakens, Continued2020-07-07Canon
  134. 134Those Who Have Been Gathered2020-07-14Filler
  135. 135The One Who Has My Heart, My Mind, And Soul2020-07-21Filler
  136. 136A Black Deep-Sea Story2020-07-28Canon
  137. 137Charmy's Century of Hunger, Gordon's Millennium of Loneliness2020-08-04Canon
  138. 138In Zara's Footsteps2020-08-11Canon
  139. 139A Witch's Homecoming2020-08-18Canon
  140. 140A Favor For Julius2020-08-25Canon
  141. 141The Golden Family2020-09-01Canon
  142. 142Those Remaining2020-09-08Filler
  143. 143The Tilted Scale2020-09-15Filler
  144. 144Those Who Wish to Destroy Devils2020-09-22Filler
  145. 145Rescue2020-09-29Filler
  146. 146Those Who Worship The Devil2020-10-06Filler
  147. 147Prepared to Die2020-10-13Filler
  148. 148Becoming the Light That Shines Through the Darkness2020-10-20Filler
  149. 149Two Things We Need to Find2020-10-27Canon
  150. 150The Maidens' Challenge2020-11-03Canon
  151. 151Clash! The Battle of the Magic Knights Squad Captains2020-11-10Canon
  152. 152To Tomorrow!2020-11-17Canon
  153. 153The Chosen Ones2020-11-24Canon
  154. 154Vice Captain Langris Vaude2020-12-01Canon
  155. 155The 5 Spirit Guardians2020-12-08Canon
  156. 156Awakening Powers2020-12-15Canon
  157. 157Five-Leaf Clover2020-12-22Canon
  158. 158The Beginning of Hope and Despair2021-01-05Canon
  159. 159Quiet Lakes and Forest Shadows2021-01-12Canon
  160. 160The Messenger from the Spade Kingdom2021-01-19Canon
  161. 161Zenon's Power2021-01-26Canon
  162. 162The Great War Breaks Out2021-02-02Canon
  163. 163Dante VS The Captain of the Black Bulls2021-02-09Canon
  164. 164Battlefield: Heart Kingdom2021-02-16Canon
  165. 165Water Crusade2021-02-23Canon
  166. 166Captain: Yami Sukehiro2021-03-02Canon
  167. 167Black Oath2021-03-09Canon
  168. 168Stirrings of the Strongest2021-03-16Canon
  169. 169The Devil-Binding Ritual2021-03-23Canon
  170. 170Faraway Future2021-03-30Canon

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About this filler list

TV · 2017 · complete. Filler and recap flags come from MyAnimeList’s episode list, which AnimeSparks refreshes regularly.

Filler episodes tell stories that aren’t in the source material, usually because the anime caught up with the manga. Recaps summarise earlier episodes. Skipping both is the fastest way through the main story.

Frequently asked questions

How many filler episodes does Black Clover have?

MyAnimeList marks 17 of 170 episodes as filler and 4 as recaps, 12.4% in total.

Which Black Clover episodes can I skip?

The filler and recap episodes: 3, 13, 29, 55-56, 66, 68, 82, 123-125, 131, 134-135, 142-148.

Should I skip filler?

Skipping filler saves time and keeps the main story moving. Some filler arcs are fan favourites, though, so skim the episode titles before you decide.

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