Black Clover is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yūki Tabata, and its story follows Asta, a young boy born without any magic power. This is unknown to the world he lives in because seemingly everyone has some sort of magic power and with the help of his fellow mages from the Black Bulls, Asta plans to become the next Wizard King. It has been serialized in Shueisha’s shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump since February 2015, with its chapters collected in 32 tankōbon volumes as of April 2022. A Black Clover anime television series adaptation produced by Pierrot aired in Japan on TV Tokyo from October 2017 to March 2021. As you may know, an anime film called Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King was all set to premiere in 2023 and is now out and that is exactly what this article is about. Beware that major spoilers for the same follow below.
Black Clover: Sword of the Wizard King Full Plot Summary
10 years ago, disgraced Wizard King Conrad Leto was stopped from destroying the Clover Kingdom with the Imperial Sword by his successor, Julius Novachrono, and the most potent magic knights. Now on the anniversary of the Triumph, Conrad returns along with three other Wizard Kings who were cast aside for their radical ideals. Edward Avalaché, Princia Funnybunny, and Jester Garandaros join forces with Conrad to build a new kingdom from scratch.
Asta, Yuno, and the other knights and captains fight back but are no match for the former Wizard Kings’ power. Asta, Noelle, and Finral head to Branch Zero where they are developing a sheath to nullify the power of the Imperial Sword. However, Conrad gets there first and destroys what they were working on. He then steals Noelle’s magic before Asta fights against him using anti-magic. Conrad is fascinated by this and asks Asta to join him but Asta refuses.
Asta learns that Conrad’s plan is to absorb a large amount of power with the Imperial Sword and then plunge into one of the many mana veins in the kingdom. Yuno arrives to help and they retreat after realizing that they cannot fight Conrad on their own. Julius and some of the other captains are trapped and have their power drained in Conrad’s floating stadium as Jester locates the perfect mana vein as their target.
Asta and the others camp out at a Black Bulls base that was still being constructed along with survivors from the other squads. They are soon joined by some of the other captains including Big Sister Mereleona. Asta gives a rousing speech about how they must stand against Conrad for the survival of their kingdom and not give in so easily no matter how difficult things may seem. After taking back control of the main Black Bulls base, the remaining knights head toward the fortress to take on Conrad and the other kings.
When they close in on the stadium, they succeed in splitting up the Wizard Kings to buy time for Asta to deactivate the magic of Imperial Sword with his anti-magic. Yuno takes on Jester with the help of Yami, Fuegoleon, and Nozel who are freed thanks to Yuno’s cleverness. Mereleona takes on Princia so that she can test the limits of her power. The Black Bulls squad takes on Edward with Noelle leading the charge. After breaking through the barrier, Asta goes straight for Conrad who tells him that he’s too late and then plunges the sword into the vein to begin the destruction of the country.
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