The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch Season 2 Release

Anime fans have a new Sunday obsession, and it's called The Classroom of a Black Cat and a Witch (Kuroneko to Majo no Kyoushitsu). This weird, funny, oddly heartfelt series has been climbing up watchlists all spring and summer, and now that the first season is inching toward its finale, the question on everyone's mind is simple. When is Season 2 happening, and what's it going to be about. Let's get into everything that's known so far, plus a bit of educated guessing about where the story goes next.

Catching Up on Season 1

If you're new here, the setup goes like this. Spica Virgo wants nothing more than to get into a top tier magic academy, except there's one small problem, she can't actually do magic. Not really the ideal starting point for a magical girl. Things take a turn when a scruffy talking black cat shows up in her life, and it turns out this cat used to be Claude Sirius, once considered one of the most powerful mages around before some kind of curse turned him feline. He strikes a deal with Spica, he'll teach her magic if she helps break the curse, and from there the two of them are basically stuck together.

What made the show click for a lot of people wasn't just the gag of Spica having to kiss a cat's rear end to temporarily turn him human (yes, that really happens, and yes, people have not stopped talking about it). It was watching Spica actually get better over time. She loses constantly early on, she's a mess in a lot of ways, but the show lets her grind and improve instead of handing her some overpowered ability out of nowhere. Kaede Hondo, who voices Spica, described the heart of it perfectly, saying that what she loves most about the show is how Spica and Claude build,

"a very unique buddy relationship, like teacher and student, master and apprentice….the buddy feeling between them is a very special relationship." - Kaede Hondo, VA of Spica

That payoff hit hardest during the Turtle Island exam arc, when she finally beat her longtime rival Aria in a fight that had been building since episode one.

Episode 24 Wraps Up the Season

The final episode of this run drops September 20, 2026 on Crunchyroll, same time slot as always, 7:30 a.m. PT for anyone keeping track. It's the last piece of a 24 episode stretch that started back in April, so there's a decent chance this episode carries some emotional weight.

Going off the preview stills released after episode 23, it looks like the finale is finally going to slow down and focus on Spica and Claude's relationship instead of another magic showdown. There's a shot of what appears to be a date, and Spica looking noticeably more grown up in one of the images, which has people speculating all kinds of things. After weeks of duels and rivalries and dolphin cameos, ending things on a quieter, more personal note feels like the right call.

What Might Be Coming in Season 2

Nothing official has been confirmed about a second season yet, but honestly, the way this show has performed week to week, it would be surprising if Studio didn't at least consider it. Looking at how other two cour adaptations have typically rolled out follow up seasons, a realistic guess would put an announcement sometime around early 2027, with an actual premiere trailing behind that if production lines up. While waiting, it's worth watching the official trailer for cour 2 down below, it actually holds up pretty well now that the season's basically over. And if the energy from the production side is any indication of what's ahead, Claude's voice actor Nobunaga Shimazaki set the tone beautifully when he said,

"I never expected to be entrusted with a role that combines both the teacher and the mascot positions. I want to face Claude properly, build things up together, and make a fun classroom with everyone." - Nobunaga Shimazaki, VA of Claude

As for what a second season would tackle, there's still a lot sitting on the table from the manga. Here's what seems likely to show up.

1. The Arc storyline, which got teased but never really explained
2. More screen time for characters like Hana and Chiron, who only had small moments this season
3. A shift in the Spica and Aria dynamic now that they're rivals on more even footing
4. Bigger academy conflicts, possibly tied to whatever's going on behind the scenes with the coven
5. Something resembling a training camp arc, which a few viewers have already compared to other big shonen shows

Why Fans Want More

People have genuinely warmed up to this show in a way that surprised even longtime viewers. A lot of the praise centers on how earned Spica's growth feels, she doesn't win because of luck or a hidden power, she wins because she actually put in the work across dozens of episodes. The backstory explaining why Aria acts the way she does also landed well, adding some nuance without letting her off the hook for how she treated Spica early on.

Smaller touches got love too, especially the Voodie companions saying goodbye in episode 23. Plenty of people are hoping they show up again down the line instead of being gone for good. There's also a noticeable wave of "I'm not ready for this to end" sentiment floating around, with some viewers already planning to jump into the manga just to keep the story going in the meantime.

If shows like this are your thing, there's more speculation worth checking out, including pieces on Killed Again, Mr. Detective Season 2 and An Observation Log of My Fiancée Season 2, both covering similar release date guesswork for currently airing series. For now, one episode remains, and based on how this season has gone, it's probably not going to be a quiet one.