Black Clover Season 2 Premiere Tops 2026 Crunchyroll Likes
A nearly five-year hiatus after the first season ended in March 2021 produced a return episode whose Crunchyroll likes now sit above the 2026 premieres of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 and Frieren Season 2.
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Black Clover Season 2 Episode 1, titled "The War Begins," passed 130,000 likes on Crunchyroll within a week of its Oct. 3 premiere. As of writing it sits near 134,000 likes, ahead of Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 Episode 1 at roughly 128,900 and Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 Episode 1 at about 68,900. The episode opened with a 9.4/10 IMDb rating.
The numbers rest on a gap rather than a schedule. Black Clover's first season ended in March 2021 after 170 episodes, and the adaptation stayed off the air for nearly five years before Episode 1 of Season 2 arrived on Oct. 3.
That return episode, "The War Begins," opened at a 9.4/10 on IMDb and passed 130,000 Crunchyroll likes inside a week, with the count near 134,000 at the time of writing. Jujutsu Kaisen Season 3 Episode 1, which premiered Jan. 8, 2026, sits around 128,900 likes. Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2 Episode 1, which debuted Jan. 16, 2026, is at roughly 68,900.
Season 2 opens on the Spade Kingdom Raid, with the Magic Knights joining Heart Kingdom allies to rescue Yami Sukehiro, William Vangeance and Lolopechka from the Dark Triad.
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