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What are the Black Clover English editions?

Viz had Black Clover in English before Japan printed chapter two. It was a Jump Start title.

On February 9, 2015, a week before the series opened in Japan, Viz announced Black Clover's first three chapters for the digital English Weekly Shonen Jump under its Jump Start program. The series joined the magazine's regular weekly lineup from chapter 4 on April 6, running at an accelerated pace until the English edition was current with Japan. Print followed: announced at New York Comic Con on October 9, 2015, the first Viz volume reached shelves on June 7, 2016, and Shueisha's Manga Plus has simulpublished the chapters since February 2019.

The table below is the complete Viz print run, volume by volume. The American audience grew into a real market: BookScan counted 223,163 Black Clover books sold in the United States in 2022. Volume 1 in both languages is pictured side by side in the manga gallery.

Black Clover volume 1 English cover, Viz Media
IN ENGLISHViz Media's first volume, the standard English edition.

THE VIZ VOLUMES

Print editions, 2016 to 2026
Volume 1
Viz Media · June 7, 2016 · ISBN 978-1-4215-8718-9.
Volume 2
Viz Media · August 2, 2016 · ISBN 978-1-4215-8719-6.
Volume 3
Viz Media · October 4, 2016 · ISBN 978-1-4215-8720-2.
Volume 4
Viz Media · December 6, 2016 · ISBN 978-1-4215-9023-3.
Volume 5
Viz Media · February 7, 2017 · ISBN 978-1-4215-9125-4.
Volume 6
Viz Media · April 4, 2017 · ISBN 978-1-4215-9158-2.
Volume 7
Viz Media · June 6, 2017 · ISBN 978-1-4215-9432-3.
Volume 8
Viz Media · August 1, 2017 · ISBN 978-1-4215-9517-7.
Volume 9
Viz Media · November 7, 2017 · ISBN 978-1-4215-9646-4.
Volume 10
Viz Media · February 6, 2018 · ISBN 978-1-4215-9763-8.
Volume 11
Viz Media · May 1, 2018 · ISBN 978-1-4215-9818-5.
Volume 12
Viz Media · August 7, 2018 · ISBN 978-1-9747-0040-0.
Volume 13
Viz Media · November 6, 2018 · ISBN 978-1-9747-0104-9.
Volume 14
Viz Media · February 5, 2019 · ISBN 978-1-9747-0221-3.
Volume 15
Viz Media · May 7, 2019 · ISBN 978-1-9747-0454-5.
Volume 16
Viz Media · July 2, 2019 · ISBN 978-1-9747-0513-9.
Volume 17
Viz Media · September 3, 2019 · ISBN 978-1-9747-0616-7.
Volume 18
Viz Media · November 5, 2019 · ISBN 978-1-9747-0741-6.
Volume 19
Viz Media · January 7, 2020 · ISBN 978-1-9747-0878-9.
Volume 20
Viz Media · March 3, 2020 · ISBN 978-1-9747-1017-1.
Volume 21
Viz Media · June 2, 2020 · ISBN 978-1-9747-1476-6.
Volume 22
Viz Media · August 4, 2020 · ISBN 978-1-9747-1501-5.
Volume 23
Viz Media · November 3, 2020 · ISBN 978-1-9747-1810-8.
Volume 24
Viz Media · January 5, 2021 · ISBN 978-1-9747-2000-2.
Volume 25
Viz Media · May 4, 2021 · ISBN 978-1-9747-2181-8.
Volume 26
Viz Media · August 3, 2021 · ISBN 978-1-9747-2337-9.
Volume 27
Viz Media · November 2, 2021 · ISBN 978-1-9747-2514-4.
Volume 28
Viz Media · February 1, 2022 · ISBN 978-1-9747-2718-6.
Volume 29
Viz Media · June 7, 2022 · ISBN 978-1-9747-3002-5.
Volume 30
Viz Media · September 6, 2022 · ISBN 978-1-9747-3231-9.
Volume 31
Viz Media · December 6, 2022 · ISBN 978-1-9747-3436-8.
Volume 32
Viz Media · March 7, 2023 · ISBN 978-1-9747-3625-6.
Volume 33
Viz Media · November 7, 2023 · ISBN 978-1-9747-4071-0.
Volume 34
Viz Media · March 5, 2024 · ISBN 978-1-9747-4335-3.
Volume 35
Viz Media · May 7, 2024 · ISBN 978-1-9747-4594-4.
Volume 36
Viz Media · January 7, 2025 · ISBN 978-1-9747-5268-3.
Volume 37
Viz Media · August 4, 2026.
Volume 38
Not yet released in English when this page was built.

HOW THE ENGLISH EDITION WORKS

Jump Start to simulpub
Jump Start, 2015
Viz's program for testing new Jump series in English: three chapters up front, reader response decides the rest. Black Clover passed.
Current with Japan
The English magazine ran the chapters at an accelerated rate until it caught up, then week to week with Japan.
Manga Plus, 2019
From February 2019, Shueisha's own Manga Plus carried the simulpublished chapters alongside Viz.
One gap left
Volume 38, the final book, had no English edition yet when this page was built.
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