Black Clover Season 2: Official PV Drops Ahead of Its October Return

Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 821)

• The long-awaited season 2! Can't wait to see Asta's Union again.

  待ちに待った2ndシーズン！アスタのユナイトたのしみだぁ～

  — @パルさん044236 likes

• So glad I kept waiting past my limit!! Never giving up is our magic!!

  限界を超えて待ち続けてよかったぁぁぁ!! 諦めないのが俺達の魔法だぁぁぁ!!

  — @ぴっつぁ-p22a385 likes

• The animation is so good it honestly looks like a movie trailer.

  まじ映画の予告なんかってぐらい作画めちゃくちゃいいな

  — @tomato_5672535 likes

• The animation is incredible!!! It's powered up both the coolness and the creepiness from the manga.

  作画最高じゃないですか！！！ 原作の格好良さと不気味さがパワーアップしてる

  — @乃了-y9x163 likes

• The animation has gotten so much better.

  作画相当良くなってる

  — @ああ-k5o9l37 likes

• What happened to Studio Pierrot? Same with Bleach — did they level up somehow? The visuals are insane.

  スタジオぴえろどうした？BLEACHもそうだけどなんか覚醒してない？映像凄すぎ

  — @アヲン-h9c48 likes

• BLEACH and Black Clover airing in the same year is genuinely amazing.

  BLEACHとブラッククローバーが同じ年に放送されるのマジで神過ぎる

  — @くりぃむ-s7m129 likes

• So BLEACH in summer, Black Clover in fall.

  夏にBLEACH、秋にブラクロか

  — @随行悠希8 likes

• At 0:38, the way the spell fires right on the line 'because never giving up is our strength' is way too cool.

  0:38 「諦めないのが私たちの強さだから！」で技が放たれるのカッコ良すぎるだろ

  — @いっかく十文字117 likes

• So hyped for the Magna vs. the gravity-wielding guy fight.

  マグナ対重力使いのおっさんとの戦い楽しみすぎる

  — @社長-j7r127 likes

• Can't help but tear up for Dante, already half-forgotten lol. It's not his fight, but getting to see that flame-lightning explosion cannon spell in anime form again — can't wait.

  名前を忘れられたダンテに涙を禁じられない ダンテ戦じゃないけど再び炎雷爆尽砲をアニメで見れるんか 楽しみやな

  — @renkonchips10322 likes

• That one's personally my favorite bout.

  そこ個人的にベストバウト

  — @えびふらい-d4t3 likes

• Noel's voice sounds like it's gotten noticeably more mature somehow.

  心なしかノエルの声がめちゃくちゃ大人っぽくなった気がする

  — @kuroiyukkuri-main11 likes

• I've genuinely been waiting for years. So hyped for the twin devils fight...!

  マジで何年も待ってた😎双子悪魔戦楽しみすぎる…！

  — @ai-ni3ux62 likes

• Feels like Black Clover season 2 is going to be a late-night slot across the 6-station TV Tokyo network.

  テレ東系列6局ネットでブラッククローバー2ndseason深夜アニメになりそうだよね😄

  — @竈門炭治郎-y2m28 likes

• I'm so happy I can't even find the words. I want this run to last another year-plus.

  言葉選びができないぐらい 嬉しすぎる また1年以上してほしい

  — @ミリトレア4 likes

• Oh! That's such a good OP! Can't wait for the 2nd season starting in October.

  お！いいOP過ぎるね！ 10月からの2nd seazonが待ち遠しいな🥰

  — @もも-f3c1e11 likes

• It's finally here!!! So genuinely hyped!

  来たーー！！😆 マッジで楽しみ！

  — @aryuha16 likes

• This is too good — my favorite manga even now, and it's finally coming back!

  神すぎる今でも1番好きな漫画がやっと再放送や！

  — @隊長-n3h13 likes

• The best anime of my life, finally here!!! So hyped for Black Clover!

  人生最高のアニメ、ついに来た！! ! ブラッククローバーめっちゃ楽しみ！🖤🍀

  — @Hansen_Edelfelt65 likes

• This brings back memories of watching it seriously every week at my grandma's house as a kid. Really looking forward to season 2!

  幼いながら真剣におばあちゃんちで毎週見ていたのを思い出すなぁー。2ndシーズン楽しみに待ってます！

  — @ui_channel-z3f5 likes

• I used to watch it live every week and have been waiting for the sequel forever! Can't wait!

  毎週リアタイで見てて続編をずっと待ってた！楽しみ！

  — @桜月紫乃5 likes

• I've been waiting for this. Guess I'll go rewatch season 1 in the meantime.

  待ってたぜ 今から1期見直しとこうかな

  — @わんこそば-g5t11 likes

• Really looking forward to it. Thank you for this.

  今から楽しみです ありがとうございます

  — @カマキリ-o6x10 likes

• AAAAAAA!!!!!! I'm so, so glad I kept waiting!!!!

  ああああああ！！！！！！ほんっとに、ほんっっっとうに待ってて良かったー！！！！

  — @wakaba-p10085 likes

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