Asta and Yuno 「アスタとユノ Asuta to Yuno」 is the 1st Page of Yūki Tabata's Black Clover.
Summary
In Hage, a priest finds two babies abandoned outside his church. He takes them inside and discovers their names from the embroidery on their clothes: the quiet and docile boy is Yuno, while the lively and energy boy is Asta.
Fifteen years later, Asta proposes to Sister Lily, only be turned down repeatedly and eventually be forcefully silenced with a spell, something that happens regularly. When he persists, Yuno stops him and he the other orphans living at the church criticize Asta while pointing out his lack of magic, something that is completely unheard of. Asta tries to show off his skills through physical efforts, but Yuno, who possesses an extraordinary amount of magic power and talent, outshines him. Both Asta and Yuno aim to become part of the Magic Knights to become the Wizard King, the strongest mage in the country and leader of the Magic Knights, once they are able to obtain a grimoire, magic books that greatly enhance their owner's magical abilities. Despite many having doubts about him, Asta leaves to train his body every day to compensate for his lack of magical talent, until he can get his grimoire, which he thinks will finally allow him to use magic.
Next March, the Grimoire Acceptance Ceremony, a rite of passage where those who reach the age of fifteen receive their grimoires. Before pair of nobles mock the commoners there, thinking that only those of nobility and royalty have enough innate magic to pass the Magic Knights exam, particularly scorning Asta. When the ceremony starts, the grimoires begin choosing their owners, but Asta doesn't receive one while Yuno attains a grimoire with four-leaf clover, a sign of good luck and tremendous power; the very same type of grimoire the Wizard King had. Despite not getting a grimoire, Asta remains resolute and challenges Yuno to the title of Wizard King, but Yuno ignores him.
After the ceremony, Asta processes his failure to get a grimoire, but remains determined to get one no matter how long it takes. He vows that he will become the Wizard King so he can prove that anyone can achieve greatness, even an orphaned commoner. Meanwhile the two nobles ambush Yuno outside the tower to get revenge for upstaging them, but Yuno overpowers them. Suddenly, all three are ambushed by Revchi Salik, a former Magic Knight turned bandit, who captures them with his magic sealing chains and steals Yuno's grimoire. Yuno points out that a grimoire can only be used by their chosen owners, but Revchi reveals he plans to sell it, and he considers taking Yuno's pendant as well. Asta tries to come to Yuno's rescue and charges Revchi, only to outmatched against his Chain Magic and pinned against a wall.
When Asta refuses to give up, Revchi reveals his chains can measure a person's magic power and that Asta doesn't and never will have any magic. Revchi scorns and mocks Asta and pushes him to the verge of despair, but Yuno tells off Revchi and declares that he is his rival. Motivated by this acknowledgment, Asta regains the will to fight, which summons a tattered grimoire with five leaves from the tower. The grimoire releases a large black sword and Revchi is stunned by its arrival. It is then revealed that the first three leaves of grimoire's clover represent integrity, hope, and love, the four leaf represents good luck, and in the fifth lives a devil. Asta grabs the sword while the shadow of a devil appears behind him.
Fights
Events
Magic and Spells used
| Magic | Spells |
Trivia
- To celebrate the anime's fifth anniversary, episodes chosen by the series' staff and cast were rebroadcast weekly. Yuno's voice actor, Nobunaga Shimazaki chose Episode 1, and it was re-aired on October 9, 2022.[1]
References
| One-shot | Magic Knights Entrance Arc | Arc 2 |
| ← | Chapters | → |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 Volumes: 1 | 2 | ||
| ← | Episodes | → |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 Chapters: I | II | ||