English Dub Review: Black Clover “Nero Reminiscences… Part Two”

Overview (Spoilers Below)

Secre continues reminiscing of the horned-bird creature Nero, we see how far Asta and Yuno grow and progress while at the same time Patry was reincarnated into William Vangeance, not knowing this was The Black Devil (who’s name is now revealed to be “Zagred)’s plan all along. Secre watched as Asta was given the 5 leaf Grimoire and was surprised to learn that the devil residing within it was different from the one 500 years ago and that it chose to help Asta. Much of this recap leads up to the current events now as, In the end, Secre was able to find closure and say goodbye to her longtime master Lumiere and begin a new life, only this time she would not be alone, as she now has her new friend’s, The Black Bulls.



Our Take

Part two of this obligatory filler/recap episode concludes here. Though this retelling of the Elf Arc was slightly interesting with its approach to expanding on the show’s lore by finally giving the Black Devil which caused this trouble an actual name. If you haven’t already followed the show up to this point, there’s Nothing new here except for seeing the events of the elf arc from Secre’s perspective. It really makes you feel for her, and the extreme hardship she had to endure. I’ll still give it some points mainly because it added parts where Nero herself spoke, which was decently enjoyable. Rewatching old scenes such as seeing Yuno & Asta as kids also reminded fans of how far the characters have progressed.

It was nice to see the full story again to some capacity after a bunch of time off and this comeback episode makes you think about how long it took to get there. Secre went through so much within a 500-year long wait and that itself sounds like an eternity. adding more emotional weight to the current proceedings up to this point