Chapter Summaries

Elizabello II recruited Tanktop Master and Superalloy Darkshine to help run a planned sports and fitness center, then offered Suiryu a Special-Class Coach position. Suiryu asked about the pay and heard he could earn substantial commissions on top of his base salary.

• Elizabello II offered Superalloy Darkshine the role of person in charge, but Darkshine refused because he lacked management skills.
• Elizabello II asked Tanktop Master to lead daily operations, and Tanktop Master accepted, citing his gym experience and Tanktop Gang coaches.
• Elizabello II offered Darkshine the position of Chief Instructor, and Darkshine eagerly agreed.
• Elizabello II invited Suiryu to become a Special-Class Coach at the fitness center.
• Suiryu asked about the salary, and Elizabello II offered a base of eighty thousand Beli per month plus commissions that could raise his earnings above one hundred thousand or even two hundred thousand Beli.

Suiryu accepted a special-class coach position at Elizabello II’s planned fitness center, while Bakuzan settled for a lower-ranked job. Darkshine proposed inviting Saitama and King, and Elizabello II eagerly agreed as the group settled on the center’s name.

• Suiryu accepted a special-class coach position for eighty thousand Beli per month and recommended Puri-Puri Prisoner, Metal Bat, and Raiden as potential coaches.
• Elizabello II offered Bakuzan a senior coach position for fifty thousand Beli per month, and Bakuzan reluctantly accepted.
• Darkshine suggested inviting Saitama to coach or serve as chief instructor, and Elizabello II asked him to extend an invitation.
• Darkshine also proposed inviting King, and Elizabello II enthusiastically approved.
• Bachai asked what the fitness center would be called, and Elizabello II named it King Punch Center.

The Top 16 tournament’s seventh matchup was about to be announced as spectators debated Sea Star’s strength and the World Government’s power. The draw stopped on an image of a Black Bulls member, but the chapter ended before revealing his opponent.

• A Sea Star spectator claimed the tournament did not reflect the world’s true strength because the World Government had recruited its strongest fighters.
• A scarred Mink Tribe member warned that Sea Star’s power would be seen if an affiliated world ever rebelled against the World Government.
• Stella and Gatz completed the opening proceedings, and Gatz announced the seventh Top 16 match.
• Asta anxiously prayed that Yuno, Noelle, and Captain Yami would avoid facing one another, while Zora pointed out that two of them would have to meet.
• The matchup draw stopped on the image of a rugged man wearing a Black Bulls cloak, but his opponent was not shown.

The tournament draw paired Yami Kaito with Yuno Grinberryall, upsetting Asta and worrying Charlotte Roselei as they considered the stakes for both fighters. Gatz introduced Yami’s history and abilities, building anticipation for the match.

• Yami Kaito learned he would face Yuno Grinberryall and lamented his bad luck.
• Asta agonized over his mentor Yami and his childhood rival Yuno fighting, then decided the pairing was better than Noelle facing Yuno.
• Charmy cheered for Yuno, while Masato Hiraga rooted for Yami to demonstrate Dark Magic against a stronger opponent.
• Charlotte Roselei worried that Yami would lose and be forced into the Loser's Bracket, urging him not to let his guard down.
• Gatz introduced Yami as a former Black Bulls captain who rejected the Mage Association, became an SS-rank mage, and wielded Dark Magic with swordsmanship.

Gatz introduced Yuno Grinberryall as the Mage Association’s seventeen-year-old Wizard King, and Yuno entered the arena with the Wind Spirit Sylph. Yami Kaito emerged as his opponent, prompting Shinpachi and Kagura to compare him to an older Gintoki.

• Gatz announced Yuno’s achievements, dual wind and star magic, Four-Leaf Clover Grimoire, and bond with the Wind Spirit.
• Yuno entered the arena in a gale, with Sylph flying beside him and scolding the crowd for being noisy.
• Yami Kaito walked out of the western gate with a cigarette, looking rough and listless beside Yuno’s dramatic entrance.
• Shinpachi and Kagura compared Yami Kaito to Gintoki twenty years later, and Gintoki protested that he was far more handsome.

Imu decided to send Igu to the Black Clover World to persuade its world will to grant Grimoires to visiting children, while Yuno and Yami Kaito prepared to fight in the seventh match of the Top 16. Their duel began as both Grimoires released their magic.

• Ciel Grinberryall urged the people of Spade Province to cheer for Yuno as he faced Yami Kaito.
• Imu decided that the Black Clover World could grant Grimoires through its Towers and ordered Igu to persuade its world will to cooperate.
• Igu gladly accepted the mission, notified Typhon that she was leaving temporarily, and departed for the Black Clover World.
• Gatz announced the start of the seventh Top 16 match between Yuno Grinberryall and Yami Kaito.
• Yuno's Four-Leaf Clover Grimoire shone cyan-green as Yami's Three-Leaf Clover Grimoire glowed dark purple.

Yami Kaito and Yuno began their duel, trading a swift sword assault and powerful wind magic. Yami’s Black Hole drew Yuno into a tug-of-war against the wind holding him back.

• Yami Kaito seized the initiative and launched a Dark Cloaked Blackout Slash at Yuno.
• Sylph blocked the slash with Sylph's Breath, giving Yuno time to evade Yami’s charge.
• Yuno counterattacked with Crescent Moon of the Kamaitachi and Wind Blade Downpour, forcing Yami to defend and dodge.
• Yami cast Black Hole, which swallowed Yuno’s incoming wind attacks and began pulling Yuno toward it.
• Yuno’s wind magic resisted the Black Hole’s pull, and the opposing forces locked them in a midair tug-of-war.

Yami Kaito and Yuno escalated their duel in the Multiverse Duel Arena, testing how Yami’s Black Hole and Dark Magic could counter Yuno’s powerful wind spells. Yami appeared to land a decisive Iai Slash, but the cut released white air instead of blood, leaving Yuno’s fate unclear.

• Yami’s Black Hole restrained Yuno and absorbed his wind arrows, but Yuno broke free and defended against Yami’s Dark Bind Black Blade with the Tower of Violent Storms.
• Yuno unleashed a barrage of wind spells, forcing Yami to block attacks that Black Hole could not devour quickly enough.
• After nearly half an hour of exchanges, Yami activated Mana Zone and attacked Yuno with more than a dozen Nameless Slashes.
• Yuno answered with Mana Zone: Crescent Moon of the Kamaitachi, meeting Yami’s slashes in a clash that filled the arena’s sky with magic.
• Yami used Dark Bind Iai Slash to cut Yuno, but white air poured from the wound instead of blood.

Yami Kaito and Yuno escalated their duel as Yuno used Spirit Assimilation and Yami countered with Mana Zone: Compression. The fight remained unresolved as the Black Bulls speculated about why Yami had not used Dimension Slash, and Nero noted that Noelle’s opponent was likely Fana.

• Yuno revealed that his earlier defeat was a Wind Clone, then merged with Sylph to enter an incomplete Spirit Assimilation.
• Yuno attacked with Wind Spirit Magic: Spirit Storm, and Yami used Mana Zone: Compression before splitting the blast with Dark Bind Iai Slash.
• Yuno summoned the Spirit of Zephyr and clashed with Yami in midair, but Yami’s swordsmanship and Armament Haki helped him suppress Yuno.
• Asta, Finral, Vanessa, and Magna discussed why Yami had not used Dimension Slash, concluding that he might be avoiding a potentially lethal attack on Yuno.
• Nero observed that Noelle’s opponent must be Fana.

Yuno overwhelmed Yami Kaito with Spirit Storms and knocked him into a crater, but Yami Kaito refused to give up and swallowed a Ghost Pill to gain power. Watching from the Land of the Sun, Yami Ichika recognized the dangerous drug and realized how far her brother was willing to go for her.

• Yuno unleashed Spirit Storms from multiple directions and gradually suppressed Yami Kaito with relentless attacks.
• A Spirit Storm struck Yami Kaito in the back, sending him crashing into the ground and leaving him badly injured.
• Yami Kaito rose from the crater and resolved to keep fighting so he could revive his mother and clansmen and ease his sister's burden.
• Yami Kaito swallowed a black pill, releasing a vast, berserk surge of magic that shook the arena's barrier.
• Yami Ichika recognized the pill as Ghost Pill and realized Yami Kaito had taken the risk for her.

Yami Kaito revealed a new transformation called Demon God Form, leaving the arena stunned as he faced Yuno. In Shogun Castle, Ryuya explained that Kaito had resisted the Ghost Pill’s effects because of his strong will and Haki.

• Yami Kaito emerged from the crater transformed, with demon horns, dark magic wings, and a blackened sword, then rose to face Yuno.
• Asta wondered if Yami had a devil and entered Devil Union, but Liebe said he sensed no devil power.
• Yuno asked what the transformation was, and Kaito named it Demon God Form.
• Gatz announced Kaito’s new form to the crowd as spectators cheered.
• Yami Ichika questioned why Kaito remained rational after taking the Ghost Pill, and Ryuya explained that strong will and mental strength could resist its effects.
• Ryuya said Kaito had mastered Haki at Swordmaster Hall on Sea Star, helping him withstand the Ghost Pill’s impact.

Yami Kaito and Yuno escalated their duel as Kaito realized his Ghost Pill-fueled Demon God Form would not last and launched a final, all-or-nothing attack. Yuno chose to face it head-on and unleashed an even greater power, leaving Shanks convinced the seventeen-year-old had not yet been fighting at full strength.

• Ryuto Ryuya explained that training Haki could help Yami Ichika resist Ghost Pill’s side effects and predicted the medicine would bring the Yami Clan an opportunity to negotiate profits with the World Government.
• Yami Kaito and Yuno resumed their duel at extreme speed, trading evenly matched attacks that shook the arena and devastated its ground.
• Yami Kaito sensed that Ghost Pill’s effects were draining his mana faster than Yuno’s reserves and decided to stake everything on one final strike.
• Yami Kaito compressed his Mana Zone and unleashed Absolute Heaven: Dark Magic: Death Thrust, concentrating his mana, ki, and Haki into an invisible shockwave.
• Yuno refused to dodge and erupted with greater green magic, while Shanks recognized that Yuno had not yet been fighting at full strength.

Yuno unleashed his complete Spirit Assimilation, overwhelming Yami Kaito and revealing his Wind God Form. After Yuno’s shield reflected Yami Kaito’s ultimate attack, Yuno deliberately spared him, leaving the match’s outcome unresolved.

• Edward watched Yuno’s immense magical power blaze across Duel City and reflected on the young mage’s rare talent.
• Crocodile admired Yuno, Tesoro considered recruiting him as an idol and business partner, and Biba Amatori envied his youth and natural gifts.
• Yuno’s completed Spirit Crown and pair of wings appeared as his magic shield blocked Yami Kaito’s Death Thrust.
• Yuno’s shield reflected the attack, but he altered its path so it only grazed Yami Kaito instead of killing or gravely wounding him.
• A voice announced Yuno’s form as Complete Spirit Assimilation, “Wind God Form”—South Wind Spirit.

Yuno defeated Yami Kaito in the Top 16 by blocking his Dimension Slash with Star Magic, then safely caught him as he fell. After being declared the winner, Yuno told Asta he would wait for him in the semifinals.

• Yuno entered Wind God Form and invited Yami Kaito to use Dimension Slash, saying he could handle it.
• Yami Kaito exhausted his remaining mana to unleash Dark Magic: Dark Bind Dimension Slash.
• Yuno summoned a second Grimoire and stopped the slash with Star Magic: Four Heavens' Shield.
• Yami Kaito's Demon God Form faded, and Yuno teleported beneath him and caught him with a gentle whirlwind.
• Host Gatz declared Yuno Grinberryall the winner of the seventh Top 16 match.
• Asta congratulated Yuno and vowed not to lose, and Yuno said he would wait for him in the semifinals.

After the arena matches ended, Imu left with the newly returned Magic Moon Goddess, Igu, to hear her report. The women in the box were left wondering who Igu was and what she had to tell him.

• Gatz announced that the eighth Top 16 elimination match would begin at ten o'clock the next day, and the spectators filed out of the arena.
• Lala suggested visiting the Underworld, but Imu said Esdeath, Historia, and Teresa would return with him instead.
• Lala asked to go with Imu, prompting Nana and Momo to drag her away and urge her to read the room.
• Igu appeared in the box, introduced herself as the Magic Moon Goddess, and surprised Stussy, who recognized her as a deity promoted by the World Government.
• Igu told Imu that her task was handled but that she had something else to report, and Imu left with her after telling Esdeath, Teresa, and Historia to return to the Holy Land.
• After Imu vanished, Lala asked about Igu's connection to him, and Stussy wondered whether Igu's name was coincidental since Imu's surname was Nerona.

Imu met Igu on the Magic Moon, where she reported that she had secured Black Clover World’s acceptance of other worlds’ children and learned how to create Grimoires. After Imu praised her and offered a reward, Igu asked to call him Father, leaving him surprised.

• Imu and Igu arrived on the Magic Moon, and Imu told Igu to bring suitable creatures there for company.
• Imu asked Igu to report on her mission to Black Clover World, and she explained that its world will would accept children from other worlds and grant them Grimoires.
• Igu revealed that she had learned the laws and methods for creating Grimoires and asked Imu for authority and World Government support to establish Grimoire Towers on Sea Star.
• Imu praised Igu’s achievement and offered her a reward.
• Igu asked Imu if she could privately call him Father, and Imu reacted with surprise.

Shisui and his companions were stopped outside the Multiverse Duel Arena by Iguro Obanai of CIPHER POL No.2, who had orders to take Shisui back. Shisui’s father confirmed the order and told him to go, leaving Shisui with unanswered questions.

• Nagato, Konan, Yahiko, Shisui, Nawaki, Sasuke, Naruto, and Toneri left the arena and headed toward the Young Eagle Training Camp.
• Iguro Obanai and two suited agents blocked the group and announced that CIPHER POL had come to take Shisui back.
• Nawaki and Sasuke challenged Iguro’s authority, but Iguro insisted CIPHER POL did not need the Uchiha clan’s consent.
• Shisui called his father, who confirmed he had been informed and told Shisui to go with the agents because the situation was complicated and sensitive.

Shisui Uchiha was taken to CIPHER-POL’s headquarters on Guanhao Island, where Melard revealed the World Government wanted to study his potential Mangekyou Sharingan. After reading manga depicting his future and tragic death, Shisui lamented that Itachi had suffered greatly.

• Shisui reassured Nawaki and the others before following Iguro Obanai and two agents through a portal to Guanhao Island.
• Iguro Obanai brought Shisui through CIPHER-POL’s training facilities, where Itachi Uchiha spotted him.
• Melard asked whether Shisui had awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan and explained that the World Government intended to help him awaken it and keep his power under its protection.
• Melard directed Shisui to manga and printed pages depicting his future, including his Mangekyou Sharingan, Danzo taking his right eye, and his death after entrusting his left eye to Itachi.
• Shisui finished reading the pages and sighed, saying, “Itachi, you had it hard.”

Noelle defeated Fana in the Top 16 and advanced to the quarterfinals. Meanwhile, Imu visited Wano’s annual event, where Mihawk and Gion’s young son greeted him as Jora Kur Durandal.

• Fana opened the duel with powerful Fire Magic and forced Noelle onto the defensive.
• Noelle unleashed her Sea Dragon God Form: Valkyrie Armor and overwhelmed Fana with her speed, strength, and vast mana reserves.
• After a seven-hour battle, Noelle defeated Fana with Sea Dragon’s Roar and advanced to the quarterfinals.
• Imu attended a banquet in Shogun Castle with Stussy, Esdeath, Historia, Teresa, and Lala, Momo, and Nana.
• Mihawk and Gion presented their young son to Imu, and the boy formally introduced himself as Jora Kur Durandal.

Imu attended a banquet in Wano ahead of the first Zhongyuan Soul Return, where approved spirits would return to the mortal world for a night. Meanwhile, the Flower Capital celebrated with a festival, and Gintoki, Kagura, and Shinpachi went out after their lockdown ended, only to learn they were broke.

• Durandal charmed Imu and the women at the banquet, and Mihawk asked why Imu had come to Wano.
• Imu explained that he had come to witness the Zhongyuan Soul Return, which would let approved spirits visit their living relatives and friends until midnight on August twenty-seventh.
• Historia thought of Mikasa and hoped the reunion with Eren and Armin would ease Mikasa's pain.
• The Flower Capital filled with lanterns, food stalls, games, and festival crowds.
• Gintoki and Kagura celebrated the end of the Kabukicho blockade and looked forward to eating at the festival.
• Shinpachi reminded Gintoki and Kagura that their bills and penalties had left them nearly penniless.