E129 - The Devil Megicula

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[00:05] Nar
    The Clover Kingdom.
[00:07] Nar
    In this kingdom where magic is everything,
[00:09] Nar
    there is one boy who can't use magic.
[00:13] Nar
    His name is Asta.
[00:16] Nar
    With guts and hard work,
    he made it into the Magic Knights,
[00:18] Nar
    and he never gave up,
    despite how much he got hurt.
[00:21] Nar
    He continues to diligently
    aim for the top!
[00:26] Nar
    Even if you are a peasant,
[00:27] Nar
    or even if you're poor...
[00:29] Nar
    Anyone in this world can still shine!
[00:32] Nar
    He's working hard to prove that,
[00:35] Nar
    and to become the Wizard King!
[00:40] Nar
    Asta and the others arrived
[00:42] Nar
    in the Heart Kingdom to learn
    more about the devil's curse,
[00:45] Nar
    but Asta was taken away, and Noelle, Mimosa,
[00:48] Nar
    and Finral were forced to fight
    the Spirit Guardian Gaja.
[00:52] Nar
    Meanwhile, Asta, after being taken away,
[00:55] Nar
    was forced into a fight with
    the Water Spirit, Undine.
[01:00] Undine
    I'm Undine. I'm one of the four
    Great Spirits, and I'm contracted
[01:04] Undine
    to the Queen of the Heart Kingdom.
[01:06] Nar
    Undine and Gaja...
[01:08] Nar
    Asta and the others were
    forced to face one of
[01:10] Nar
    the four Great Spirits as well
    as a Spirit Guardian, but...
[01:13] Nero
    Sealing Magic: Inverse Release!
[01:16] Noelle
    Sorry, but we can't just back down
    after you did all that showing off!
[01:21] Asta
    Pardon me! I'm coming in!
SIGN    The Devil Megicula
[03:04] Asta
    A doll?
[03:05] Asta
    But I could've sworn I felt
    a person's ki in here.
[03:13] Asta
    Uh...
[03:15] Asta
    Hey.
[03:17] Loropechika
    I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!
[03:19] Loropechika
    This thick-pelted beaver just
    felt so good on my skin!
[03:25] Asta
    What the heck was that fo—
[03:31] Loropechika
    Glasses... My glasses....
[03:35] Undine
    Goodness... What are you doing, Loropechika?
[03:39] Undine
    I told you to hurry up and
    change out of your pajamas.
[03:42] Loropechika
    I'm sorry, I'm sorry...
SIGN    Loropechika
[03:47] Asta
    So she's the queen of the Heart Kingdom?!
[03:56] Gaja
    I might've been in trouble if
    my technique hadn't defended me.
[04:00] Gaja
    It appears that she was holding back.
    What a magnificent talent.
[04:04] Gaja
    Now, as for them...
[04:14] Noelle
    He's way too fast!
[04:17] Gaja
    I do apologize.
[04:19] Gaja
    I forced you into a fight in order
    to assess your magic stages.
[04:24] Noelle
    Huh?
[04:26] Nero
    Magic stages?
[04:27] Nero
    The stage nine, eight, seven thing,
[04:30] Nero
    where the smaller the number is,
    the stronger you are?
[04:33] Loropechika
    Yes. Mages fight not with force of numbers,
    but with how powerful their magic is.
[04:38] Loropechika
    There are cases where dozens may attack,
[04:41] Loropechika
    and they would be no match for a single mage.
[04:45] Loropechika
    That's why, in wars between magical nations,
     power is measured by magic stages.
[04:51] Loropechika
    In other words, a kingdom's power
    is determined by how many mages
SIGN    Stage Zero Stage One Stage Two Stage Three Stage Four Stage Five Stage Six Stage Seven Stage Eight Stage Nine
[04:56] Loropechika
    it has that are near stage zero.
[04:58] Loropechika
    And if you're dealing with a devil,
[05:01] Loropechika
    no one lower than stage one will
    be able to keep up with it.
[05:04] Asta
    A devil... That's right!
[05:07] Asta
    We came here because we detected
    a huge curse signal here that may be
[05:11] Asta
    the work of a devil!
[05:13] Undine
    Why do they know something that
    only a Spirit Guardian should know?
[05:17] Asta
    Do you know anything about devil curses?
[05:20] Nero
    You don't hold back, do you?
[05:23] Undine
    It's too bad for you, but no one's
    going to talk about them.
[05:26] Loropechika
    Oh, that's me... I got cursed by a devil.
[05:30] Loropechika
    If nothing is done, I'll die in about a year.
[05:34] Asta
    Huh?
[05:35] Undine
    Huh?!
[05:36] Loropechika
    Huh?!
[05:38] Undine
    Huh? Why did you tell them?! What?
[05:39] loropechika
    Huh?
[05:40] Undine
    Huh?
[05:41] Loropechika
    Huh?
[05:44] Undine
    Honestly... What am I going to do with you?
[05:46] Undine
    That side of you is adorable, too.
[05:50] Undine
    That's right. The reason we brought
    you here and measured your magic stages
[05:56] Undine
    was so that we can defeat Megicula,
[05:59] Undine
    the devil that cursed Loropechika.
[06:03] Undine
    I'm sure this interests you, too.
[06:07] Loropechika
    Citizens of the Clover Kingdom,
     please join us in—
[06:12] Asta
    What's wrong?!
[06:13] Loropechika
    I forgot to water the poplatatta trees!
[06:17] Asta
    D'oh!
[06:18] Asta
    I'm pretty sure we were in the
    middle of talking about something
[06:22] Asta
    really important just now!
[06:24] Nero
    Is it okay for the queen of
    a kingdom to act like that?
[06:46] Asta
    Holy crap!
[06:48] Loropechika
    There you go. Have some water.
[06:56] Loropechika
    I see the zozo squirrels
    are as lively as ever today.
[06:59] Loropechika
    Hey now, Michely. Don't run too fast.
[07:02] Loropechika
    Old man Kakalasa's cough seems
    to be better. That's great.
[07:06] Loropechika
    Oh, the totohl fruits grew so splendidly!
[07:12] Asta
    She's watering whole forests at once!
[07:14] Nero
    She obtained information from all
    around the kingdom in an instant.
[07:16] Nero
    And she's controlling the water everywhere.
[07:20] Nero
    An all-encompassing benevolence
[07:22] Nero
    combined with delicacy that
    doesn't miss a single thing...
[07:27] Nero
    So this is the magic of
    the Heart Kingdom's queen.
[07:30] Undine
    Now, now, Loropechika...
[07:33] Undine
    Go and get changed into
    some proper clothes already.
[07:35] Undine
    The current queen has inherited the
    power of most of the previous queens.
[07:42] Undine
    The guardian deity of the beautiful
    and peaceful Heart Kingdom...
[07:45] Undine
    The all-knowing priestess...
[07:47] Undine
    Someone who cannot be lost to a devil's curse.
[07:52] Undine
    There is no one else like her!
[08:00] Undine
    See? You're beautiful when you
    actually clean yourself up.
[08:05] Loropechika
    But it's so hard to move in this...
[08:11] Asta
    Why, though?!
[08:13] Undine
    For crying out loud, Loropechika...
[08:15] Asta
    I get it! Her insane klutziness must
    be due to the devil's curse, too!
[08:19] Loropechika
    Oh, no. That's just me.
[08:21] Asta
    What?!
[08:23] Undine
    Curse... The loathsome devil that
    cursed my beloved Loropechika...
[08:28] Undine
    Megicula is in that kingdom.
SIGN    Diamond Kingdom
[08:37] Magna
    We came to scout the Diamond
    Kingdom just in case, but...
[08:41] vanessa
    This is...
[08:48] vanessa
    He managed to defeat all those
    Diamond soldiers on his own...
[08:52] magna
    Some of them were as strong as our captains,
[08:55] magna
    yet he defeated them so easily.
[09:01] Vanessa
    Don't you dare get any stupid ideas, Luck!
[09:03] Luck
    I hate to admit it, but I've
    never felt like this before.
[09:07] Luck
    I actually...
[09:09] Luck
    don't want to fight him.
SIGN    Heart Kingdom Royal Palace
SIGN    The Queen's Chamber
[09:26] Asta
    Hey, guys!
[09:27] Finral
    Asta!
[09:27] Asta
    Hey!
[09:28] Mimosa
    Thank goodness you're okay.
[09:30] Noelle
    You get kidnapped way too often.
[09:33] Noelle
    Give it a rest already.
[09:35] Gaja
    The queen has arrived.
[09:49] Mimosa
    She's so majestic and beautiful.
[09:51] Mimosa
    And she possesses vast, immeasurable magic!
[09:54] Noelle
    So this is the queen of the Heart Kingdom?
[09:57] Finral
    She's so beautiful!
[10:00] Finral
    You are truly a goddess who
    has descended upon this land!
[10:03] Finral
    Damn it! You know better than that, Finral!
[10:07] Finral
    You! Are! Going! To! Change!
[10:11] Asta
    What the heck's going on with Finral?
[10:13] Noelle
    Who knows?
[10:15] Loropechika
    Citizens of the Clover Kingdom,
[10:18] Loropechika
    please lend us your strength.
[10:25] Both
    Wait, why?!
[10:26] Undine
    Come on, Loropechika!
    You need to act like a queen!
[10:27] Loropechika
    Ow...
[10:30] Undine
    Oh, your nose is bleeding...
    But you're so cute!
[10:36] Noelle
    Wh-What was that?
[10:38] Loropechika
    I got some blood on my dress.
[10:40] Undine
    Okay, okay, just a second...
[10:43] Gaja
    This is why I said she shouldn't
    meet them in person.
[10:50] Asta
    Why do you need our help?
[10:54] Mimosa
    Doesn't the Heart Kingdom have many
    mages who are stage one or higher,
[11:00] Mimosa
    including the Spirit Guardians?
[11:01] Loropechika
    I mentioned earlier that everyone
    needs to be stage one or higher
[11:05] Loropechika
    to keep up in a fight with devils,
[11:07] Loropechika
    but even if one was stage zero,
[11:09] Loropechika
    they would not be able to finish off a devil.
[11:13] Loropechika
    The Spirit Guardians borrow some power
    from natural mana to use powerful magic,
[11:19] Loropechika
    but they still cannot defeat devils.
[11:22] Loropechika
    Unlike us, the Clover Kingdom has
    created types of magic that are not natural,
[11:27] Loropechika
    such as chain, steel,
    and the eccentric spatial magic,
[11:30] Loropechika
    in exchange for giving up the
    divine protection of natural mana.
[11:34] Loropechika
    Some of the irregulars who were born
[11:36] Loropechika
    in that environment have the
    power to defeat a devil.
[11:41] Loropechika
    For example, the Wizard King who
    uses time magic, Julius Novachrono,
[11:45] Loropechika
    or the Captain of the Black Bulls,
    Yami Sukehiro, who uses dark magic.
[11:51] Loropechika
    Though it appears that Julius
    has lost most of his power...
[11:57] Noelle
    She even knows about that?
[11:59] Noelle
    Just how much does she know?
[12:02] Loropechika
    And...
[12:04] Loropechika
    Asta and Nero.
[12:07] Loropechika
    In terms of combat magic alone,
    Nero is about a stage six,
[12:10] Loropechika
    but she has ancient sealing magic
    and has used forbidden magic.
[12:14] Loropechika
    And Asta doesn't have any magic,
[12:16] Loropechika
    but he was able to obtain
    anti-magic because of that.
[12:21] Loropechika
    People with inexplicable powers such
    as yours are known as arcane stages.
SIGN    Stage Zero
SIGN    Arcane Stage
[12:30] Nero
    Arcane stage...
[12:33] Loropechika
    I'd like you to lend us your arcane
    powers to help defeat that devil.
[12:37] Loropechika
    In exchange, I'll offer you any
    information that is available to me.
[12:42] Noelle
    We can't make decisions like that.
[12:45] Asta
    I'll use a transmission magic item
     to ask Captain Yami!
[12:49] Yami
    I'm taking a dump right now!
[12:52] Yami
    What? You've got something
    really important to tell me?
[12:55] Yami
    Well, what I'm doing right
    now is really important, too.
[12:58] Yami
    This might be the biggest dump in history.
[13:01] Yami
    Call back later!
[13:02] Asta
    What?!
[13:04] Loropechika
    Pooping is indeed very important.
[13:05] Asta
    She agreed with him?!
[13:07] Undine
    You mustn't use such vulgar words, Loropechika!
[13:11] Mimosa
    Um... I figured something
    like this may happen,
[13:14] Mimosa
    so I borrowed a magic item that lets us
    connect with Marx's transmission magic.
[13:19] Noelle
    Good job, Mimosa!
[13:20] Asta
    Way to go, Mimosa!
[13:21] Mimosa
    All right, I'll go ahead and connect.
[13:24] Marx
    Mimosa? Did something happen?
[13:27] Marx
    Wait, is that...
[13:30] Julius
    You must be the queen of the Heart Kingdom!
    What kind of magic do you use?!
[13:34] Marx
    Please don't just pop up
    like that, Lord Julius!
[13:37] Marx
    You're small right now, remember?
[13:39] Marx
    People will find out.
[13:41] Julius
    Well, yeah, you did just
    call me "Lord Julius."
[13:46] Asta
    Don't worry. The queen already knew.
[13:49] Marx
    Huh?!
[13:51] Asta
    And so, in order to defeat
    devils, we need to be...
[13:55] Asta
    at the arcane stage, or something.
[13:57] Julius
    Of course, that's fine.
[13:59] Julius
    You all might get something
    amazing out of this, too.
[14:02] Julius
    To tell you the truth,
    I'd prefer to be over there myself.
[14:05] Marx
    You absolutely may not!
[14:06] Loropechika
    It's settled, then. Thank goodness.
[14:10] Loropechika
    But in your present states,
    all of you will be killed so easily.
[14:15] Asta
    Wow, she's honest!
[14:18] Asta
    So the Spade devil is that strong?
[14:21] Loropechika
    Yes. Stronger than the devil
     you fought, I believe.
[14:26] Asta
    Stronger than that guy?!
[14:28] Asta
    During that fight,
[14:29] Asta
    we only managed to win because we had help
[14:32] Asta
    from incredible people like the first
    Wizard King and the leader of the elves.
[14:37] Loropechika
    The scar Gaja has is the
    work of that devil, too.
[14:41] Noelle
    Him? The guy we barely
    stood a chance against?
[14:46] Julius
    That Spirit Guardian fellow fought
    me in the past. He's quite skilled.
[14:52] Asta
    He fought you?!
[14:53] Noelle
    A devil that can't be beaten by
    someone the Wizard King praises...
[15:00] Asta
    We don't stand a chance right now...
[15:03] Asta
    We have to get stronger.
[15:05] Loropechika
    The devil Megicula is
    haunting the Spade Kingdom,
[15:09] Loropechika
    using its citizens to amass power...
[15:14] Loropechika
    in order to invade and
    conquer the Clover Kingdom,
[15:17] Loropechika
    the Heart Kingdom, and the Diamond Kingdom.
[15:23] Loropechika
    As things stand, I will
    also die from this curse.
[15:28] Loropechika
    I'd like to invade the Spade Kingdom
     before my power weakens.
[15:34] Loropechika
    We have half a year.
[15:37] Loropechika
    We'll need all the combat
    power we can get.
[15:40] Loropechika
    Please gather those who stand
    a chance in a fight with a devil.
[15:44] Loropechika
    I'd like you to get stronger and
    fight alongside us in six months.
[15:49] Asta
    Right! We'd also appreciate...
[15:51] All
    ...your help!
[16:00] Marx
    Lord Julius, are you sure
    you're all right with this?
[16:03] Marx
    The Magic Knights are still exhausted
    from the battle against the elves.
[16:08] Marx
    Though we have half a year,
[16:10] Marx
    if we fight alongside the Heart
    Kingdom to defeat a devil,
[16:14] Marx
    we may face even greater casualties.
[16:16] Julius
    I'm sure you heard what our scouts said.
[16:20] Julius
    With the Diamond Kingdom in its current state,
[16:23] Julius
    our only hope is to have the
    Magic Knights get stronger.
[16:27] Julius
    I'm sure the Queen of the Heart
    Kingdom understands that, too.
[16:31] Marx
    Lord Julius...
[16:32] Julius
    Marx, gather all of the
    Magic Knights Squad Captains.
[16:36] Marx
    Yes, sir.
[16:41] Charmy
    Munchy, munchy, munchy, munchy, munchy...
[16:44] Asta
    When's the captain gonna show up?
[16:47] Asta
    We have a super important announcement!
[16:49] Zora
    Shut up, you stupid shrimp.
[16:51] Zora
    If you don't quit yappin', the captain
    won't be able to finish his business.
[16:55] Asta
    He's taking a dump again?!
[16:58] Yami
    I won.
[17:00] Asta
    Wait, have you been in there ever since then?!
[17:03] Yami
    This isn't the end.
[17:04] Yami
    As much as I want to celebrate my victory,
[17:07] Yami
    the next battle is just around the corner.
[17:10] Noelle
    That's seriously enough about that.
[17:12] Yami
    Right. Let's hear what the group that
    went to the Heart Kingdom has to say.
[17:16] Finral
    Oh, right.
[17:17] Finral
    Actually, I'm not sure where to begin.
[17:20] Asta
    Me, me!
[17:21] Asta
    The one cursed by a devil there
    is the Heart Kingdom's queen!
[17:26] Noelle
    And because of that curse, the queen
    only has about a year to live.
[17:30] Finral
    The queen is the most powerful in the kingdom,
[17:33] Finral
    and a mage chosen by one
    of the Four Great Spirits.
[17:35] Finral
    If they lose someone like that,
    the Heart Kingdom will...
[17:41] Yami
    This goes without saying,
    but keep this on the down-low.
[17:44] Yami
    So, did you find anything out about this devil?
[17:49] Noelle
    The devil's name is Megicula.
[17:51] Asta
    And they're in the Spade Kingdom right now!
[17:54] Vanessa
    Spade?
[17:56] Magna
    Then maybe that explains what we saw.
[17:59] Asta
    Huh? What are you talking about?
[18:02] Yami
    Apparently, they saw a Spade mage near
    the border of the Diamond Kingdom.
[18:07] Asta
    A Spade?!
[18:09] Luck
    He was no ordinary mage.
[18:13] Magna
    He managed to
[18:15] Magna
    single-handedly finish off hundreds
    of Diamond soldiers in an instant.
[18:19] Vanessa
    And that cold, dark magic...
[18:23] Vanessa
    Everything would make sense
    if he's possessed by a devil.
[18:27] Luck
    It's very possible that the guy
    we saw was Megicula himself.
[18:32] Grey
    Th-Then the Diamond Kingdom...
[18:36] Yami
    They're pretty much done for.
    All because of that one guy.
[18:44] Asta
    Mars...
[18:47] Vanessa
    It was clear just from being near him
    for a little while... We stood no chance.
[18:53] Vanessa
    Even if we had acted, we would've faced
    the same fate as the Diamond soldiers.
[18:57] Yami
    Yeah, as you guys are right now.
[18:59] Yami
    If we can't defeat that devil,
[19:01] Yami
    both the Heart Kingdom and the
    Clover Kingdom are gonna be finished.
[19:04] Yami
    In order to stop that...
[19:07] Yami
    We're gonna have to get stronger.
[19:09] Noelle
    The queen gave us six months.
[19:12] Noelle
    In six months, the Heart Kingdom
    will attack the Spade Kingdom.
[19:16] Asta
    We Magic Knights of the Clover Kingdom
[19:18] Asta
    need to train as hard as we can for
    six months, get super strong,
[19:21] Asta
    and defeat Megicula along
    with the Heart Kingdom!
[19:25] Zora
    Question.
[19:26] Asta
    Sure thing, Zora!
[19:28] Zora
    So this devil's actually
    beatable if all we do is train?
[19:34] Nero
    We won't be able to keep up in a fight
[19:36] Nero
    against a devil unless we're
    all stage one or higher.
[19:39] Nero
    For perspective, that would
    mean we'd all have to be
[19:41] Nero
    as strong as 1st Class Senior Magic Knights...
[19:44] Nero
    no, we need to be above that,
    or we don't stand a chance.
[19:47] Magna
    So you're telling us to get to a
    vice captain's level in six months?!
[19:53] Vanessa
    You sure make it sound easy.
[19:55] Finral
    And currently, the only ones who
    stand a chance against the devil
[19:59] Finral
    are the Wizard King, Yami, Asta, and Nero,
[20:03] Finral
    who all belong to a group
    called the arcane stage.
[20:06] Noelle
    Though I don't plan on giving up even
    if I'm told I don't stand a chance.
[20:11] Noelle
    Because Megicula is the
    one who killed my mother.
[20:16] Magna
    Come on! Pull yourself together, Luck!
[20:19] Magna
    Lady Noe just said she wasn't gonna give up!
[20:21] Magna
    We're her seniors! We can't chicken out!
[20:26] Luck
    I wasn't being myself.
[20:28] Luck
    I don't have time to be scared
    when our friend's life is at stake.
[20:32] Asta
    Friend's life?
[20:34] Gordon
    Of course, I'll do everything
    I can to become a stage one.
[20:38] Gordon
    In order to protect my bestest friend, Asta!
[20:41] Asta
    That's right! I need to do
    something about Megicula,
[20:44] Asta
    or I'm gonna be sentenced to death!
[20:46] Noelle
    How could you forget that?
[20:48] Zora
    Guess we don't have a choice, then.
[20:50] Zora
    True Magic Knights can't just
    let devils do whatever they want.
[20:55] Grey
    I-I have no idea what I can do...
[20:59] Grey
    But I'll do my best!
[21:01] Finral
    I'm gonna use these six months
    to become even stronger
[21:04] Finral
    and defeat this loathsome curse!
[21:08] Finral
    So that I can become a man
    worthy of Miss Finnes, as well.
[21:11] Noelle
    After we defeat Megicula
    and our curse is broken,
[21:15] Noelle
    I want to talk to Nozel again...
[21:18] Noelle
    about Mother.
[21:20] Asta
    Anyway, we just need to kick Megicula's ass!
[21:23] Asta
    Then I might be able to find
    out more about my devil, too!
[21:27] Nero
    For the sake of their futures and this world...
[21:31] Nero
    I can't let another devil
    have its way any longer.
[21:35] Yami
    So that means for the next six months,
[21:38] Yami
    the Black Bulls are free
    to do whatever they want.
[21:40] Yami
    You can go wherever you want.
    You can team up with whoever you want.
[21:45] Yami
    You have one mission: to become stronger.
[21:48] Yami
    We're dealing with a devil
    and the Spade Kingdom.
[21:50] Yami
    You need to train like your life depends on it.
[21:52] Yami
    If you don't, I'll kill you.
[21:54] Yami
    I always tell you to do this in the moment,
[21:57] Yami
    so if you have six months,
    that should be plenty of time.
[22:00] Yami
    Surpass your limits!
[22:02] All
    Right!
[23:40] Julius
    It's not just the Clover Kingdom.
[23:42] Julius
    This is a life-or-death situation
    for the Heart Kingdom
[23:44] Julius
    and Diamond Kingdom, too.
[23:45] Some
    Next time on Black Clover, Page 130:
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    The New Magic Knights Captain Conference
[23:47] Some
    "The New Magic Knights Captain Conference."
[23:50] Julius
    We must become stronger in order to
    face that devil and the Spade Kingdom.