Nanatsu no Taizai

This is as simple and basic of a review as it gets. If you like shounen, this is a must read. A lot of hate goes around this manga and anime, for no good reason. Do not trust what you read, the highest rated review is literally rating this a 1. Any kind of medium has flaws, you can nitpick on any and everything if you really want to so that kind of stuff is pointless, especially because this manga is actually very well done. The story is nice, it isn't anything grand but it has suspense, keeps you invested and feeds you more and more information when it comes to the mysteries to be solved. The characters can go from okay, to extremely good in this manga. The seven deadly sins have really cool character dynamics and powers so you get a cool feel for all of them. This manga is best described as a really enjoyable and well done shounen. You literally can not go wrong with this unless the category is not for you. Overall it is very good and has really emotional and hype moments which wraps it up as a good shounen pretty much. 8/10 overall, very worth the time.

The main story line is pretty bad... until the chapter ~100. So you have to survive this because what comes next is just so epic! I'm looking forward to learn about reincarnation, Meliodas's past and Escanor. Yes, yes, the main feature of Nanatsu is that friendship/love surpasses death through reincarnation - watch this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qd4pMykGn9g).

As I said before, the main story line is retarded in the beginning. But Ban's Side Story and King's Side Story are just super awesome. The worst things about Nanatsu are fan service and ecchi elements. Ecchi looks completely unsuitable.

Many people complain that the main characters are overpowered. Yes, they are... till chapter 100.

Also, the anime skips a lot. That' why manga >> anime.

My scores:

Story: 5/10 (but it will be 10/10 later, I promise)
Art: 8/10
Humor: 8/10
Characters: 8/10 (Ban, King and Escanor are super awesome)

Overall: 8/10 (but it will be 10/10!!!)

Nanatsu no Taizai


Started reading the manga after the first season of the anime was over. At least at the time, I was still curious how everything would develop. Meanwhile, the manga has taught me that curiosity is apparently punished.

The story of Nanatsu no Taizai was built on a solid foundation, also with mediocre world-building and character background. There's nothing wrong with that, I found some backgrounds a bit interesting. Especially from Meliodas, Elizabeth, Estarossa. At least they were interesting, and one of them was even a bit surprising. The backgrounds of the remaining characters were also okay and at least matched their personality and the structure of the character.

The actual main story consisted of the typical "good versus bad" cliché which did not bring any twists about the process and was extremely flat. The only twists had something to do with the characters, their motivations, and backgrounds. In other words, the actual plot is bad. Everything built on the obvious war from start to finish, which ended up being quite disappointing as well.

It doesn't surprise me that the Shounen make these mistakes all the time. But Nanatsu no Taizai is again a nice example of a bad power system. In the final arcs, it was hardly possible to estimate who was stronger because someone was constantly being given a new form of "true" form, had new techniques, or suddenly had power-ups. The final fight against the main antagonist was also extremely sluggish and not worth mentioning. Definitely, the best fight in the manga was the one that turned out to be the worst in the anime, kind of ironic.

The setting and the system of the world, as well as the skills, were also nothing worth mentioning. It wasn't uncreative, but there was a lot more potential available here.

The drawings and representations developed normally from start to finish. The manga was not rich in detail, but you could at least see that he already had most of the scenes in his head.


In the end, Nanatsu no Taizai was just an average manga, although it had potential in terms of characters and story and could have been a much better shounen.
The rumors are circulating that the manga is getting a new sequel. How it will be and whether it will have essential content that can lift the first manga is of course unclear.


Story - 5
Art - 6
Character - 5
Enjoyment - 5
Overall - 5

(Ultra compressed version at the end of the review).

Nanatsu no Taizai's greatest strength is, I think, in the way it sincerely expresses emotion. It doesn't matter how messed up a character arc, the power levels or the greater narrative are - a look, a few words, a short backstory are all it really needs to make you resonate with the character at a deeper level than before.

Actually, for all its structural and narrative weaknesses, to me this manga makes more sense than most mainstream shounen. It's just that the author himself held it back by insisting on making everything seem like the biggest deal ever and you only realize it wasn't nonsensical shounen crap by the later arcs, thus everything looks way dumber and more inconsistent than it would have been if the author had taken any writing classes.

Had it possessed a more proper structure on top of its natural ability at creating hype and sentiment it might have been able to stand among some of the better battle manga - and even like this there's plenty of things in which it puts other mainstream series to shame.

Surprisingly enough, what makes Nanatsu no Taizai shine the most in comparison to its peers is the notorious "power of friendship" which is usually seen as a plague.
Most of it has to do with how natural the character interactions are. The Sins feel similar to groups such as the Straw Hats from One Piece, but with the advantage of their friendship being on the forefront: being a character-centric story, the progression of its protagonist is central rather than being diluted due to the overwhelming presence of a major all-important plot, which in 7ds is the one forced to take a backseat.

As someone who cares much more about characters and feelings and much less about the greater plot, and as someone who would've still been a huge fan of the series if it was just them journeying mindlessly, 7ds works wonderfully when it comes to sheer enjoyment - and the bonds between the main group feel especially heartwarming. Each of their character arcs puts an huge emphasis on emotion, but it rarely felt fabricated precisely because of how honest each of them was and because the author made it look like he cared about them instead of throwing them away in the later arcs to give more space to new, bigger things; even the final saga, the great big total war, was nothing more than a succession of character arcs, even if tainted by the derailing of the power levels.

One battle shounen which I feel tried to do something similar was, obviously, Fairy Tail. A lot of it has its heroes mostly looking like a bunch of shitposters, bringing chaos and adventuring and giving so much space to their "family" narrative, and I even felt like it worked for quite some time. I also feel like they ended up mostly targeting the same fanbase (and the same haters).
One thing that made FT fail for me, however, was how much they just beat you over the head with it. After hundreds of chapter with the same rycicled scenes and big friendship speeches it starts feeling fake, especially because of how absurdly possessive and unreasonable they were and because, even with all that, the cast was simply way too big and it was inevitable to throw away so many of them.
While Nanatsu had its fair share of "shounen moments", they rarely passed the line and managed to stay hype as fuck until the very end - with Escanor's big moment especially shining.

It's also worth noting how they usually don't gain random protection from evil or further boosts in strength because they want it so much, or because their friends believe in them even more than how they were believing in them before.
The only such case is King, who is a non factor because of how much thought went into him: first, it's established very early on that his strength is dependant on his emotions, and growing from immature forms to more mature forms in desperate situations is a characteristic of his whole species; second, there are only two cases in the whole manga where he solves an hopeless situation with such a power-up, making them way more meaningful; and finally, it complements incredibly well what his Sin is and how it affects his character arc. As the Sin of Sloth, King's whole deal is that he needs to become more proactive and stop holding back both himself and the others with his attitude; it goes without saying that he can only unleash his true potential when he puts all of himself into accomplishing something, and in his case the only trigger which can make him surpass his limits is not wanting to lose any more people because of his weakness.
This ties in with the overall point I wanted to make: the friendship and comradery between the Seven Sins isn't so powerful because it gives them the strength to fight tremendous enemies, but because it gives them the strength to face themselves and overcome their own weaknesses - which is why they're then able to stand against such enemies with renewed pride and courage. They're all "sinners", broken people who managed to find comfort in each other, and it didn't happen in a cheesy way nor did it require lengthy flashbacks to justify their friendship. They just met each other and started hanging out, like in some kind of safe space, having fun while never judging the others for their past, slowly forming their bonds. The "friends" in Seven Deadly Sins act as some kind of anchor, a comfort zone which gives them the support they need to overcome themselves.

The only reason this worked so well is because of how much the author himself seemed to care about their relationship. It's an old story in this genre: "friends" are the most important, the protagonists care so much about friends they would sacrifice everything for them, they're the most precious thing in the world... and yet it's rare to have all that much space dedicated to them just being themselves and acting as actual friends. This is mostly because battle shounen tend to favour advancing the plot of the arc, or reaching the fights as fast as possible; the slice-of-life scenes are easily forgotten and left behind as soon as the author really gets into telling his story, and all those so precious friends really only matter for dramatic moments or for their usual gags, at times not even seeming to care about each other by saying things like "it's him, I'm sure he's all right" or "let him do whatever the fuck he wants I don't care about him", no matter if they're facing God itself.

This approach is definitely what I prefer too see in such shounens, and combined with the sheer hype of the fights made me enjoy this manga way more than I should have.


TL;DR: Nanatsu no Taizai is a mess, but its strengths such as the natural way it shows emotion and friendship make it stand out compared to other battle manga which are more dedicated to the narrative.

Nanatsu no taizai is not your typical generic shounen anime, first arc may seem like it would be a very straightforward shounen plot but the story just gets more complicated from there on, it will be a bit hard to review this manga without any spoilers but I will try my best.

As mentioned earlier, The first arc had a fairly simple plot, a princess named elizabeth goes on an adventure gathering 7 legendary criminals, named as 'the seven deadly sins' who she thought was the only way to save her kingdom. First arc was all about introduction half of the seven deadly sins and their mission saving the kingdom from the true criminals, the demon clan.

What is different in this manga compared to most other shounen, it does not focus too much on the main characters to develop powers as they are super strong to begin with, although they do develop new powers along the plot of the story. there's a lot going on in the background stories of the characters which the author reveals bit by bit and when more and more backstory unfolds, you then realize the first arc does not reflect the direction of where the story of this manga was going. there is undeniably a LOT of plot twist, to the point where sometimes I felt it was unnecessary and just confused the readers a bit too much. Currently at the latest arc, it is quite hard to distinguish who is the real bad guy is since everyone has a purpose to fight.

The characters are my favourite part of this manga, since most of them has their own secrets which even to the current chapter has not been fully revealed and for me, that is the driving point to continue reading this manga. The seven deadly sins themselves are a unique bunch, each of them from a different race but they are somewhat connected, in the past and also distant past. I say distant past because some of them have known each other since 3000 years into the past but some of the others only a decade back into the present time in the manga, yes it is quite confusing.

There's also quite a bit of romance going on compared to your standard shounen manga. I mean most of the characters are paired up.The highlight is definitely the love story between meliodas and elizabeth, honestly, their tragic love story is the main reason why this story of holy war is happening in the first place. But due to this specific reason, The current arc would probably be the final arc where most of the characters have already been told and unless a super ridiculous plot twist happens, this manga would not go beyond 400 chapters.

Overall, this is an enjoyable manga but I think some parts could've been made more enjoyable.
however, I would recommend watching the anime first before reading the manga because the fight scenes are so much more well illustrated in the anime. hopefully the ending would be good because I could already smell the end at chapter 265.

Not only did Nanatzu No Taizai deliver amazing characters and art, it all returned with a god-awful, boring story with a disappointing ending. The story starts with a welcome to it's amazing world and system, introducing the Seven Deadly Sins with amazing scenes and moments, delivering a good start for a shonen.

Nanatzu No Taizai's strong points were definitely it's characters and the world surrounding them, delivering strong, interesting, A-tier character interactions while also giving the readers what they want. Good fights between them! The chemistry between the characters make this manga worth reading. Until it gets worse.

The start promised a good shonen on it's way for the excited readers, yet it devolved to become worse and worse by the moment. Nanatzu No Taizai started to quickly suffer from twists that felt like they were written halfway through, losing it's track from what the manga seemed to evolve from the start. Quickly enough, as you keep reading nearer to the end, you start to see the disappointment come through more than the excitement you first got when you started reading Nanatzu No Taizai. The story twists and turns and keeps making wrong decisions that you really don't want to see as a reader. I strongly liked seeing Hendrickson's arc and the buildup to it, which delivered the best Nanatzu No Taizai could in terms of story.

While the story had it's up's and (mostly) downs, the characters never betrayed your interest. The characters were top-tier, and I loved each ones personality and their backstory. Most of the characters delivered strong, unforgettable moments that made me love originally love Nanatzu No Taizai in the first place.

Top tier characters, badly written story. Read it, but don't be scared to drop it when it gets boring.

"The Seven Deadly Sins" is a shounen action/fantasy manga that seems like it would be about as generic of a story as you could imagine something in this genre being. But only at first. It certainly clears that up quickly by introducing a world and a complex cast of characters that are anything but generic.

Beginning with a meeting between a princess and a man with a childlike stature acting as a barkeeper, the manga begins with the duo deciding to find a powerful group of warriors known as "The Seven Deadly Sins" in order to defeat the evil that has overcome the kingdom's monarchy. What is soon revealed is that the barkeeper is no ordinary person, but actually the leader of the Seven Deadly Sins, Meliodas, the Sin of Wrath. He is a legendary (and might I add, incredibly overpowered) warrior who the Holy Knights of the kingdom of Britannia (yes, it's not a creative name) has claimed was responsible for the death of the Great Holy Knight. Holy Knights are basically the strongest protectors of a nation, and the Great Holy Knight is the strongest out of all of them. The Seven Deadly Sins were originally allied with the Holy Knights, but ten years ago, everything changed and the members split up as they fled from the Holy Knights. Now Meliodas and the princess named Elizabeth begin their search for the other Seven Deadly Sins.

Still sounds like a fairly generic setup, but trust me, that doesn't last long. So what makes it unique? Aside from the characters, the complexity of the world is slowly showed to the reader in a way that will keep you focused and wanting to know more. This story hides an incredible amount of detail from reader, dangling it just out of reach, but not too much to the point of being annoying. It makes you wonder many things:

(1) What are the sins that each of the Seven Deadly Sins have committed? This is a huge part of the story and one of the most interesting features of the main characters. Even the other main characters do not know what sin each of them has committed, and they don't ask. So far (as of 82 chapters into the story) only two have been revealed so far, which is done in lengthy side chapters. The reason I'm mentioning this in so much detail is because the first one to be shown in chapter 25.5 is one of my absolute favorite backstories ever (and I'm a huge sucker for a good, emotional backstory). It also creates one of my favorite couples in a long time.
(2) Who are the real villains in this story? Most of the people of Britannia and the Holy Knights initially believe that the Seven Deadly Sins are the villains and that the Holy Knights are the heroes because of what happened ten years ago. However, that's not how the Seven Deadly Sins and Princess Elizabeth see it. But just because they are the protagonists does not necessarily mean they are really good. If you think the main characters are going to be similar to something like how the Straw Hat Pirates in One Piece really are good and are just seen as being bad because they're pirates, keep reading and you'll see how conflicts in that belief will arise.
(3) What the hell is up with Meliodas' power? It's obvious he's incredibly strong, but... Well you'll know what I mean when you get to the end of the Byzel arc.

And those are just a few of the questions that I wonder the most. Given that each of the Seven Deadly Sins is incredibly strong beyond belief, and most of the Holy Knights are as well, it creates some of the most intense battles I've ever seen in a shounen battle story. Every fight in this manga is exciting and the outcome is unpredictable. Despite being very overpowered, the main characters do lose and do underestimate their opponents because of their power.

While the Seven Deadly Sins as well as many of the Holy Knights are very interesting and unique characters, Elizabeth is about as boring of a female protagonist as you can get in a shounen manga. She's your typical damsel-in-distress and only has a couple useful moments. There are mysteries surrounding her, but aside from being the catalyst to start the story and a motivation for Meliodas and the others to spring into action, she hasn't done very much so far and has less fighting skill than the talking mascot pig character, Hawk.

As for the art, it starts off a little rough but eventually settles into an excellent groove. This manga has some of the most detailed battles I've ever seen in a shounen manga. The character designs are also interesting and good. Despite being ecchi, it never pushes it too far and only has it as a backdrop occasionally with Meliodas' perverted side and the occasional ripped clothes in a battle. The scenery of the fantasy world of Britannia is also beautiful. The world has a Middle Ages' European style as many fantasy stories do.Each town is unique and shown from a distance before the characters enter it (and sometimes destroy it).

What I originally thought would just be another typical "find some allies and beat the bad guys" story turned out to be a much more complex tale then I could have imagined from the cover. The characters, the world, the art, the mysteries. It's all excellently executed. Despite the beginning being a little slow, Elizabeth's uselessness, and some other issues here and there, this is one of the best shounen action stories I've seen in a while. Plus it's still got a long ways to go. With an anime announced sometime in the future, hopefully this manga will continue on for a long time and be able to fully show what the world of "The Seven Deadly Sins" really has to offer.

Before I start, I need to give a few disclaimers. First, there will be major spoilers in this review, because it isn't much of a review, it's an analysis going in depth, so read at your own discretion. Secondly, I'll only be analyzing a few of the central characters, no other aspects, because the characters are what interests me the the most in this manga. With that being said, let's get to it.

Shonen Jump is the most popular manga magazine in the world, and has been for decades. However, for the sake of this video let’s leave Shonen Jump alone. Instead lets visit the territory of Weekly Shonen Magazine. Yes, they are different. Nanatsu no Taizai, also known as The Seven Deadly Sins, is one such manga from this magazine, and it’s THAT Shonen, the one that is really good, and has obtained moderate popularity, but deserves so much more, with the main reason for my claim being the characters, which are interesting and complex, but also manage to balance being the most FUN in all of Shonen battle manga. This video will be a character analysis, of sorts, in which I’ll be discussing seven characters which include six of the seven deadly sins, Elizabeth, and the comic relief of the series Hawk. I’m skipping out on the Sin of Pride Esconor because we don’t know much about him to the point I’ve read in the manga, which I haven’t picked up in a few years. I should also mention that season 2 of the anime has recently started, and it’s just as good as before. I would tell you to go watch it, but there’s currently no place to stream it legally for free because Netflix are assholes. Look, I have Netflix, I would have no problem watching on their site if they provided it, but they aren’t, so fuck’em, watch it wherever you want. With that being said, let’s get to it.

I wanna start with Meliodas, the main character, the Dragon’s Sin of Wrath. On the surface Meliodas has a lot of personality traits of an unlikable character, but mangaka Nabaka Suzuki has managed to craft him into someone that I love. Meliodas’ dominant traits are his frankness and his utter fearlessness. This is shown in several ways, most notably in battle, regardless of who his opponent is, but also in humorous scenes whenever he’s seen groping Elizabeth. That’s part of his personality that I said before would normally be unlikable, because it’s a trope in lots of anime and characters who submit to it are typically obnoxious perverts that I can’t stand watching, I think what makes it work is the blank expression he gives whenever he does.

Normally when a character has this trait they’re so obviously doing it on purpose that it’s just painful, I just wanna hit them myself. With Meliodas, it’s almost tongue’n’cheek, like he isn’t doing it for perverted reasons necessarily, although there may be elements of that as well, but it’s like he’s doing it as a joke. He’s a troll basically, and I love it. I know some people might still hate it, but if you have a sense of humor then it shouldn’t bother you. He’s also a complete badass. In most cases I don’t care about badass characters, I care more about deep, complex characters, but recently we have been getting more about Meliodas’ past, which allows me to take a step back and indulge in how cool he is. He’s incredibly fearless, calm, collected, funny, and powerful.

An interesting detail is that he almost never looses a fight, at least early on, similar to Luffy from One Piece. Most people would consider this to be extremely boring, but recently he has been struggling with more battles, and in the meantime his personality made it tolerable, plus, like I said before, it’s just fun. Up tot his point his fights have been less about the struggle of tough combat, and more about watching him blow through his enemies with a snarkiness that you wouldn’t be able to find hardly anywhere else. There’s also several other traits which ads to the fun. Aside from his perversion, he’s also a horrible cook, and whenever the customers at the Boar Hat, the restaurant that he owns, throws up on the floor, he has his pet, the talking pig Hawk, eat it up. He also seems to be extremely dense when it comes to others and the world around him, but we learn slowly that he has more awareness than he initially lets on, and watching that all unfold is really entertaining. Another thing that makes him likable is his strong sense of justice.

A little cliche, but still a welcome addition; he’s willing to help anyone in distress. Even when he’s severely injured he tries not to show weakness and stays strong in front of his friends. Meliodas holds resentment upon himself for being a failure as an older brother, and has even clashed swords with his own brother, Zeldris, in the past. Despite his time as the Sin of Wrath, he appears to be a very calm person. However, if his companions or friends are harmed in any way, he is greatly angered. He is also shown to fall into a state of extreme rage when someone tries to take his sword, with this rage being capable of scaring even a HOly Knight and leaving a permanent scar on Ban’s neck despite his regeneration abilities. It has been hinted that Meliodas is guilt-ridden over the fate of Danafor, saying that his sin was being unable to save the Kingdom.

Ban and Cain point out that Meliodas tends to be soft and naive, due to him never killing anyone, even someone like Guila, who was a serious threat to the group. Meliodas dislikes killing, preferring to be merciful; however, Elizabeth points out that Meliodas is not naive or a simpleton, but just really kind. Meliodas appears to have a darker side to his personality, as shown when he used the Black Mark that appears on his forehead when in trouble. When he uses the Mark, he becomes cold, quiet, ruthless, and murderous as he kills the attacks anyone near him without mercy. However, he does not kill Elizabeth, possibly due to her resemblance to Liz who was his lover. Despite being known as a womanizer to most people, Meliodas seems to be truly serious when Elizabeth or Liz are involved, but still cracks dirty jokes and tells of a woman’s three sizes.

It turns out that Meliodas has always tried to keep his emotions under control due to his immense power. In the past, he destroyed Danafor in his rage after seeing the death of Liz. Also, after seeing a little girl getting injured trying to help the Seven Deadly Sins, he almost lost himself. At that moment, Merlin sealed Meliodas’ immense power. The Seven Deadly Sins also revealed that Meliodas never acted like a pervert ten years ago, as he showed to interest towards others females before. This seemed to change with Elizabeth appeared in his life and he started acting like one, which also hints at his single interesting toward Liz and Elizabeth. His perversion is meant to be a joking act, not true insight to his personality. After his time in Purgatory, Meliodas’ personality changes drastically whenever he uses the Black Mark, becoming far more ruthless in his battles and wasting no time in his attempts to kill his former demon allies, even stating that his outlook has changed and smiled as he attempted to destroy them.

During his fight with Fraudrin, he used a clone of half his power to give Fraudrin hope of defeating him, only to erase that hope and put him in despair at the hopelessness of eliminating his true power, and realizing the position he placed his historic enemy in. This is contradictory to his previous self. This personality is Meliodas’ old demonic self, who was once revered as the vilest demon in existence. Every time he dies, Meliodas’ emotions are eaten, slowly reverting him back to that self. Meliodas is genuinely terrified of becoming that person again. Due to the immortality curse inflicted on him by the demon king and the perpetual reincarnation curse the supreme deity put on Elizabeth causing them to forever be separated, Meliodas has developed a strong desire to break his and Elizabeth’s curse despite knowing he would die in the process.

Due to all that he had suffered, Meliodas’ true purpose in his journey is to end his suffering and to die with his true love fully content with the fact that both of htem would be at peace and forever together in death. He shows no fear of death due to even smiling as he told Diane of his goals as if he had a death wish. Also, it’s my theory that his constant perversion is more than just a joke, and is his way of coping with the fact that he’s forever alone, but I have no proof of this. Unfortunately, ina desparate attempt to protect Elizbeth and escape the dark cocoon he was trapped in by Melascula, Meliodas unleashed his demonic powers, reverting back to his old self. With his old personality in control, Meliodas has been seen to be easily annoyed and angered, being far more brutal, sarcastic, sadistic, and cruel than ever, evidently enjoying himself when he’s beating his enemies. However, he is not above complimenting his foes if they are truly powerful, as when he openly praised Escanor for putting up a fight.

Next, let’s talk about Diane, the Serpent’s Sin of Envy, and Diane is actually my favorite female character. She is a very friendly woman, and is also very confident regarding her abilities, appearing to generally consider Holy Knights as weak. She cares very much about her captain and holds very strong feelings for Meliodas, often cuddling him, and becoming delighted from compliments from him. Her feelings are strong enough for her to overcome her fears for his sake. However, she is quick to throw temper tantrums, and often does so upon becoming upset. Diane also gets angry and jealous when Meliodas does perverted things to other girls. Due to her size, she cannot help Meliodas in any way other than fight for him. She has expressed her strong desire to be smaller, contrary to Elizabeth’s desire to be strong.

Despite Diane stating that she has no interest in humans, she still seflessly saves people who are in danger, like when the elderly man in Vaizel and Zeal were in danger, Diane risked her life to protect them. Despite her brave and strong appearance, Diane is a somewhat emotionally fragile person, as shown by her hatred of loneliness. This was portrayed when she was a child and insisted that King stay by her side when she was sick instead of getting herbs to heal her, and when she waited in tears for him to return to her. Diane showed the same kind of feelings towards Elizabeth after she was kidnapped by Vivian. Whenever nervous or embarrassed, she covers her mouth with one of her pigtails and blushes, which is so adorable and humorous that it should be illegal.

Next, let’s discuss Ban, the Fox’s Sin of Greed, and my second favorite male character. Ban is shown to be a passionate man. He takes actions based on whatever catches his interest, such as escaping from prison after hearing his Captain was alive, and trying to steal Meliodas’ sword Dragon Handle to discover why it was so important to him. He has shown some aspects of greed, as well as selfish desire, however, he will stay his stand if he is given a good reason to stop. He has a strange habit of making singing tones while talking, which he developed as a young age after he was adopted by Zhivago. Despite his selfish and greedy personality, he is also shown to be caring, which is shown when he rushed toward Elaine to save her despite being a “bad person.”

Ban is easily surprised and excited, as shown w hen he discovers Hawk’s ability to talk and that the child he was fighting is actually King. Furthermore, when King transformed back into his previous, larger form, Ban, was the only one who appeared to be astonished. Ban carries a deep hatred towards the Demon Clan, holding a grudge against them for killing Elaine, and he despises the very thought of resurrecting the clan. Occasionally, Ban seems to act out of character. When Ban was planning to get the Horn of Cernunnos located under the Kingdom of Liones Castle to revive Elaine, he was planning to save the kingdom, and be given the horn as a reward rather than stealing it for unknown reasons. Additionally, Ban has told the other Deadly Sins to not get into Melliodas’ past as it was against their rules, Ban even told Meliodas that killing Dale as he is, was the best thing for him and that he shouldn’t be naive.

Next I want to discuss King, the Grizzly’s Sin of Sloth, and my third favorite male character in the series. In his first appearance, he is shown to be an ally to the Holy Knights and is willing to wine out anyone who gets in this way along with the person he is after. Since he is the Sin of Sloth, he is shown as somewhat lazy, preferring to levitate in most occasions. In the past he was to be a compassionate character who returned stuffed animals stolen by Ban to children. Furthermore, it appears that he is an emotional person who cries easily. King has trouble admitting his affection for Diane. Although he enjoys being with Meliodas and Diane, he could not bring himself to express it. He cares deeply for his sister, Elaine, as shown when he was willing to take revenge for her death by “killing” Ban.

King is also shown to have a caring side. He helps the Seven Deadly Sins in their battle against the Holy Knights, although he claims it is merely for Diane. Despite being the Sin of Sloth, he is hard working and serious at times. When King joins the group, he starts to act like the only rational one in the group, and questions his teammates erratic and slightly insane actions, such as their nonchalance about losing their sacred treasures. When forced to do something he dislikes, King can easily be motivated if it will make Diane happy. Despite King’s kind personality, he is not against killing someone, if pushed to his limits. King was willing to kill Guila and Jericho if they continued to attack him, but was unable to after Helbram saved the two. In terms of being fun, King probably has the least enjoyable scenes, but the emotional moments with him and the fairy race more than makes up for it.

Next I want to talk about Gowther, the Goat’s Sin of Lust During the battle between a deformed Dale and DawnRoar, Gowther first shows himself speaking in his distinctive, emotionless manner. His expression never changes, being completely blank, and his speech bubbles are uniquely square, compared to the round bubbles of everyone else. Yet despite his emotionless nature, Gowther does care about others. This is shown when he protects Pelliot from the Armored Giant’s attack. He is shown to be completely unaware of others’ feelings has shown an inability to understand the meaning of friendship. He often states things factually without realizing that what he says can upset people. He decides to assist Elizabeth on her journey, not because of a desire for justice, but because he felt obligated as a member of the Seven Deadly Sins.

Since Gowther doesn’t understand emotions he goes to great lengths to understand them better, which can lead to some of the most hilarious, but simultaneously interesting, moments int he entire series. For example, he often observes Meliodas and Ban’s friendship and he is not beyond using his powers to experiment on others, as seen when he brainwashes Guila. Despite his title, he has been shown to not normally be lustful, even when he brainwashed Guila into loving him, it was not out of lust, it was only out of curiosity of human emotions and his lack of understanding that it wasn’t okay to do, rather than a predatory desire for her. As such, it is likely that his title may now refer to a lust for knowledge, rather than in his Nightmare Teller technique on another person, remarking on how fragile humans are when confronted with their deepest fears.

Despite Gowther’s emotionless nature, he appears to enjoy posing whenever he introduces himself or when on a mission. In the past Gowther was shown to be quite emotional and rather playful, often seen arguing and playing games. Even when he was fighting, there was no ill will or malice in his actions. However, he would also get very distraught easily, tearing up whenever the prospect of being alone was evident. After much time, the idea of being alone again proved to be too overwhelming for him, leading to who Gowther is in the present. Since regaining both his memories and his emotions, Gowther’s personality has amalgamated aspect of his younger self and present self. While retaining his factual manner of speaking, Gowther has expressed more affection and excitability in his mannerisms.

He has also picked up on his social situations, suchas King inviting him to a round of drinks to ease the tension between them, though Gowther still retains a certain aloofness about him. Along with his newly rediscovered emotions, Gowther strives to be a kinder person. When Gowther disguised himself as Armando, he displayed an easily flustered attitude and frequently played with Pelliot and his group the Fake Seven Deadly Sins. He demonstrated apparent gratitude towards Pelliot for saving his life many years ago and has shown himself to be willing to endanger himself to protect the young boy.

Next up is Merlin, the Boar’s Sin of Gluttony, very briefly. Prior to the Seven Deadly Sins supposed betrayal, Merlin demonstrates a playful nature telling her teammates that their meeting with the Great Holy Knight might turn out to be a scolding from their superior for destroying the Great Druid Alter. Merlin is also apologetic in asking for her Captain’s forgiveness for knocking him out. S he enjoys mocking and challenging others, teasing her apprentice Vivian for losing herself in rage again. Merlin tends to use anyone as a magical guinea pig to test out new techniques she learned so long as the results are good.

After that we have Elizabeth Liones, the Princess of the Kingdom of Liones. Elizabeth is very polite, grateful, and caring, and though initially she appearas to be fragile and frail, she is in fact very brave and courageous. Her selfless attitude and bravery are demonstrated when she willingly tries to rescue a child from friesia’s attack, which earned her some form of respect from the Seven Deadly Sins due to her courage. On the other hand she is also a fairly gullible person, always being tricked by Meliodas’ antics. Elizabeth has relatively low self-esteem, always saying that she is just a burden to the Seven Deadly Sins since she is unable to fight back. Elizabeth is always being seen being harassed by meliodas, but she appears to not mind it after listening to and believing Meliodas’ excuses.

She begins growing more casual with Meliodas’ perverted antics, blushing less. Despite being a princess, Elizabeth shows a lot of respect and trust towards the Seven Deadly Sins even though there are several bad rumors about them. She even addressed them with the titles Lord and Lady. Elizabeth is very strong-willed, as shown w hen Veronica died, she remains determined to continue stopping the Holy Knights. She oly cries when she is alone, not letting others see tears. When Gowther stated that she likes Meliodas, she immediately blushed and became bashful. After Liones was set free and Meliodas didn’t want Elizabeth to continue to travel with him, Elizabeth grew more determined to become stronger and unlock her hidden powers so she could help everyone and no longer be a burden to Meliodas anymore.

After spending much time with him, Elizabeth grew a little casual to Meliodas’ groping, but at times shows embarrassment, as she feels nostalgic whenever he does so, possibly feeling a hidden key to her past life as Meliodas’ deceased lover, Liz. Another sign of Elizabeth’s strong will is during Meliodas’ death; despite being devastated over it, shedding many tears, she continmued to show a bravea nd kind smile and run the Boar’s Hat with the same energy as Melioidas, attempting to give people the best as she could. However, deep down, she is still hurt by Meliodas’ death and hoped one day he would come back. When meliodas does finally return, Elizabeth allows him to grope her as much as he wants, showing how much she missed him.

When Meliodas stated that he was afraid of becoming evil again, Elizabeth confronts him and gives him hope. Eventually Elizabeth grew curious about the mentions of other Elizabeth’s that were linked to Meliodas at different points in time and confronts him. After being lied to she was left upset and began to cry. Once she meets Zeldris and he reveals that he also recognized her she insisted on how he does. After she eventually finds out the truth Elizabeth was happy and relieved but eagerly wanted to remember her past lives. After fully regaining her memories, Elizabeth becomes much more confident in herself and she is now more than willing to directly participate in battle. She retains strong attachments to her current life’s friends and family but her feelings towards Meliodas dwarfs said attachment.

The last character I want to go into is the primary comedy relief of The Seven Deadly Sins, Meliodas’ pet pig Hawk. Hawk is shown to be an easily annoyed pig as seen when Meliodas lies in jest and does perverted things to elizabeth, and when Elizabeth is being air headed about it. He also appears to care a lot for his friends and seems to be a mama’s boy, occasioanlly crying for help from his mom, Mama Hawk, the gigantic green pig that carries the Boar’s Hat on her back. Hawk tends to have a big ego and is prideful, claiming that he is stronger than the Seven Deadly Sins. As I explained earlier in this video, he’s also the one who cleans up not only the vomit of Meliodas’ customers due to Meliodas’ poor cooking, but also their leftover table scraps, and Meliodas’ leftover food.

Aside form the characters themselves, their relationships with each other also helps to make this series entertaining; in fact, I’d argue that Nanatsu no Taizai wouldn’t be half as good if it wasn’t for the clever ways in which these characters interact. From Diane’s hilarious infatuation with Meliodas, to King’s hilarious, and at times touching, infatuation with Diane, to Meliodas’ and Ban’s amazing friendship which can get violet, but never with venom, we always have the impression that they’re still the best of friends, to how much both Merlin an Gowther seems to enjoy teasing the rest of the Seven Deadly Sins just in different ways, to the progression of Meliodas’ and Elizabeth’s romantic relationship, to the great ways that they’re all able to work together during battle. It’s clearly the driving force of the story. However, in my opinion the best one is the relationship between Meliodas and Elizabeth. I so want those two to end up together in the end, and learn more about Liz, Elizabeth’s previous life. I’d also like to see King and Diane end up together in the end, but that ones secondary for me. Hell, I wouldn’t even mind if Guilla ends up with Ban which they’ve also been hinting towards, even though she isn’t one of the main cast.

The seven deadly sins starts with the princess of the lioness kingdom trying to gather the seven deadly sins a group of knights who were legendary to stop the corrupt holy knights who were abusing their power.At first this would seem like your average shounen full of the standard cliches and while it does have a lot of cliches the execution makes it enjoyable.The series is heavily influenced by Arthurian legend and Celtic mythology so if you like those you will be a fan of this.The whole race dynamic is also interesting.There are fairies,giants,humans,demons and goddesses.The characters are also really likable.There are tragic backstories and situations which you don't normally see in shounen and the execution is almost perfect.You can also theory craft for hours on this as this series has many mysteries.The art is also very unique and the fights are epic.And unlike other shounen the characters in the story don't need the main character to save them everytime.I highly recommend trying this series you will not be disappointed you will be hooked to this very quickly.

My first impression after watching the first season was that the anime was amazing but I couldn't wait for the second season so I decided to read the manga and at the time the new arc was barely just brewing and it was amazing, I was reading this, One Piece, and Bleach (which was barely finishing) and in the past it was the manga I was the most hyped up about once a new chapter came out.... After a few years a bunch of chapters came out and that hype died away by a lot and it's just sad because this series started out so great but it just turned into another pathetic shonen manga.

Like seriously... the second arc was and still is a great arc even with all its flaws and it was even preparing the ingredients to concoct the next arc to be great also... Then the supposed Holy War Arc started and all it did was ruin everything, unneeded swerves, unneeded power ups, unneeded characters, unneeded revivals, unneeded moments, useless plot points, two not one but two useless end villains, plots points that never got explained, story became so complicated, the same fucking Shonen Friendship Trope, and the list just keeps going on and on. You know it's sad when I didn't even know that this manga had just ended and that's pathetic and I swear to God that someone else had authorship and created the Holy War Arc because it had so so so so much hype behind it but all it did was become another sad manga.

When this manga was still on its second arc, the community score for this was an eight and my score was a high nine for it but now it's around the seven range and my score is also a 7 and I would've given it a 6 or 5 but the beginning is still some of the best reading anyone can get into... will not everybody but still!

I keep this short

Story (7): I already gave my point on this and up to this point I still scratching my head on how it became so convoluted...

Art (10): Sorry for my cursing but I fucking love the art here, with unique looking characters and some of the scenery it's just downright gorgeous. Sometimes the art looks kinda wonky, especially til the end but that doesn't deter my score at all!

Character (6): Out of the Seven Deadly Sins, I love Meliodas, Escanor, and Ban, I meh King and Dianne, I just don't care for Gowther and Merlin. Everyone else I really don't care about them other than Elizabeth who is just fine as a good character and I absolutely fucking hate Hawk. One more thing before I move on, I really did like Arthur Pendragon at first but as the story progress he basically became a useless plot point up til the final few chapters! I never been so disappointed in anything ever and hope the sequel does him some justice but I highly doubt that.

Enjoyment (5): It would've been a 10 at first but again I stopped caring about when a new chapter came out and didn't even know that ended a few weeks ago. Plus I went on to read better manga

Overall (7): You can skip out on this if you want to because you'll end up like me and many others, disappointed... Then again you'll be missing out on some of the greatest fights that involved Escanor, Ban, and Meliodas.... so again, it's up to you!

The Seven Deadly Sins is the worst battle-shounen of all time.

In fact, the shounen community usually has several types of mangoes that can be good and bad, the quality goes from taste to taste, this becomes more common when it is a popular series, and someone can see clear problems, and with that a discussion is generated within a work. I am the type of person who, after all, likes to enjoy a shounen as a hobby, being sincere with the reader, even if it is bad, I probably had fun seeing some fights and flashy characters that I probably would not find anytime soon in another manga type, I believe that some can develop unique designs.

But what happens when you follow a series since 2014, and it is propagated to be more shit than before? I will tell you that this is the reason why I did this review, I will be straight with you, Nanatsu no Taizai is an objectively bad shounen. I will not deny in this review that I had fun with the series in the past, when it still had its first arcs, you can say that X or Y is the worst shounen you have ever read, but I want to tell you that this is the worst battle shounen that has ever existed.

The world of this manga was something I liked, I've read a lot of bad shounens but they had incredible universes, and I hoped that this series could explore it a little more, it's a mixture of fantasy medievalism, like those children's stories what you read when child, I was ready to love and defend the universe... Until the end of Hendrickson's arc, where the Nanatsu universe decides not to explore anything, not to show traces of mythology, some exotic creature, new places and prefers to building a lot of nothing, worthy of one of those empty open world games. I ask everyone, what kind of memorable place has this series given us? What was the most striking place that when we look at it, we feel that comfortable feeling? None, the nanatsu scenarios are an empty nature. The types of creatures are few, the story tries to buy you that is a fantasy medievalist story, but then they insert more demons than dragons and orcs that originally should be treated here, I can't believe that this guy read all the fantasy stories and managed to make mistakes in all of them transporting a boring universe to the reader, it's funny how the author repeats the same demon design all the time, nothing of variation, it's always the same shit, and they all don't give a sense of danger, the Nanatsu no Taizai universe tries to demonstrate danger but fails completely.

Meliodas is the worst protagonist of a battle shounen I have ever seen, he has no characteristics that define him well, he is more like a self insert of the pervert mangaka that has super strength, just that, his charisma is practically nonexistent when he only has one type of reaction for any occasion, he has no development around 300 FUCKING CHAPTERS, he doesn’t learn anything new, no matter how much someone tells him, this type of information doesn’t make the character mature or prove to be a more interesting person. The author tries to play me that he is interesting because he has a sad backstory, but it is just an act of lazy cowardice because he don't know how to define the character well in the current stage, you cannot convince someone with just a backstory, unless this backstory define why the character continues to have those attitudes, but here it is not the case, and both these backstorys are completely forgotten, you should not carry them all the time, because it is only the author trying to push an idea that he didn't know how to build.

The characters are garbage, all of them except Escanor, I praise Escanor because at least he is a character who bought the public for his charisma and his characteristics as a character, who at the end of the journey (dying in vain because just because the author wanted to) demonstrated a coherent story as a farewell to your character. Ban was an interesting character but he sold himself as a sad person in flashback influenced by secondary characters who only appear coveniently, I had become interested in his bow, but then I realize that he was useless, the character has no obstacle of his own and being a support equal to everyone. Merlin is just a character that the author decided to build only in the last seconds of a basketball championship, his construction is totally forced as his conflict with Meliodas, if he wanted to develop it why didn't he do it before? It was only necessary to create new arcs before leaving for the great final arch. Diane is just a character that exists, and like Ban, her entire backstory is forgotten and she becomes a forgettable character. Gowther was an interesting character, he had subplots that became consequences, in addition to a backstory that matches the character, maybe he is the only one that I forgave for the backstory, because the author gave him a vestige of mystery that was convincing, the King it's just a garbage support character that desenvelop overnight.

Now let's look at the secondary characters, all of them suck, one worse than the other, the dumb author besides not knowing how to make a backbone for storytelling, he doesn't even know how to create secondary ones. Do you remember Gilthunder? Jericho? Howzer? Guila? Helbram? Even Hendrikson? I'm sorry to say but they are empty crap, which after the first big arc ends, has no function in the story or even for the main characters, they are character types that only fill a scenario, and have no development, imagine that you read this series by the characters, in addition to being captivated by the main characters, want to see a secondary, what option do you have? None, the author doesn't respect his characters, is not surprising that all discussions of the manga are focused only on the 7 protagonists, all are uninteresting.

Art is perhaps the positive point that this manga has, the mangaka has the potential to make very well planned and dynamic action scenes, in addition to its detail in more open panels, which can be a merit since he does everything himself, his sequels panels is also great, facilitating a dynamic battle and without so many dialogues and shit monologues like a Shounen Jump series. The scenario, despite being empty, are well designed, maybe you can remember a little of Akira Toryama at the beginning, since the author has total influence over him.

The story of The Seven Deadly Sins is a huge waste of time, as well as unsatisfactory, we can say that we have about 4 short arcs, a medium arc and then we have a giant final arc lasting approximately 200 chapters, and after that final arc we have an epilogue false to later turn into a second final arc, and then we go directly to another epilogue, for the author to show us ANOTHER FINAL ARC, dude fuck this shit, this is no way to structure a story, holy shit even Fairy Tail which is a bad manga, has a better structure in arches and how to tell a story. Now how about I talk a little about this story? It starts as an adventure of reunion between the protagonists, to fight an oppressive kingdom, and then it becomes a fight of demons that lasts for 500 hours, since there is no time interval in the universe, and as always, the author is blatantly abusing unnecessary flashbacks during conflicts, I cannot understand this anxiety that Nakaba Suzuki has, it seems that he thinks of himself than of the reader, but as if that were not enough he creates fake endings to DECEIVE all readers, in some cases of mangas it's even fun, but it has become completely offensive and unnecessary, you who are a reader of Nanatsu no Taizai, i'm telling to you that Nakaba is calling you an idiot and stealing all your time while you could do something better.

Still talking about the story, it's the same kind of fight story you expect to see, the only interesting part was when Meliodas and Ban fought side by side against the demon king, that was fun, The Seven Deadly Sins is a lot of support and protagonists ready to fight in any background, it is that manga you can only think of throwing up after so much repetitive situation. You will see the protagonists facing Zeldris, then they will face an Evil Meliodas, after that they will face Zeldris again, then they will face the demon king, and now they are facing a stupid dog... It impresses me how they are not fighting against a talking cake and a chair with a life of its own, I summarize that everything is a boss rush, anything can be a final boss here, so there is no way you can take anything seriously that the author conveys.

The ending is completely generic and awful, the kind of story that needs to end in a SHIT happy ending, with the characters being couples and having children, endings worthy of a fanfic of someone arrested at 13 years of age, just to give that a possible story can continue to follow, like a new cycle, is stupid and cowardly. The only times I forgave the same happy ending manga was when the job showed no signs of continuing, as it conveyed a happy ending, but a closed loop forever and acceptable. Their children's design looks like something that came entirely from Deviantart, not even the hair collides with the character, it's the kind of ending that buys emotional people, but I'm sorry, I won't accept this attempt by the mangaka.

This manga should have ended long ago.

In the end, nanatsu is a totally bad and empty story, uninteresting, without a captivating world, empty characters and meaningless behind the concepts themselves, a trash protagonist who has developed nothing over 40 volumes, besides being a story who does not know where to going and prefers to be dishonest with the reader, tricked all its readers into stupid fake endings, just to lengthen the story where it shouldn't, if you think about reading this manga because it is a fantasy medievalism, I ask you not to read it, the author does not know anything about the time he is bringing to the manga, and neither cares about it, a waste of concept that could be original, as well as a disservice to battle shounen, many may name several bad or worse shounens, but I can tell you that they should all have some possible backbone for the story , which is something that this manga doesn’t have, I don’t recommend this manga even to the person I hate the most, I heard that the author plans a sequence, but please, I telling to you, don’t read, it may seem extremist but it’s not worth reading the sequel, don’t give visibility to this guy, you’re a person just like all of us, have love for yourself, don’t finance something for this guy, he has proved that he is extremely selfish and will not change.

If you want a series that shows you the '7 deadly sins' in a coherent way, read Fullmetal Alchemist, if you want a series that can introduce you to a fantasy universe combined with children's tales, read Magi, if you want to see fun characters fighting at all exaggeratedly, read Baki or Kengan Ashura, that's all I can tell you, don't waste your time here.

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ok, so i didn't dropped this because i already had advanced a lot on the history but I wish i hadn't picked up this Manga, when I first saw the anime it didn't looked that bad but the animation was horrible we already know that so i read the manga, my first problems with this was:
1. With the power of love I realize you!!! : this was so cringe, it was awful how every villian was later like uwu I'm good demon actually, and all of the sudden everyone has a beloved one and that love is what saves everyone, man that's was just so cringe for me.
2. Sizes: I noticed that the more power you have, the more adult you look, but why is it that almost everyone have to look like a kid in here, i wasn't that annoyed on how Meliodas looked but after seeing his "more adult form" i couldn't help to think that i would have enjoyed this love and romantic story if everyone looked more adult, even Merlin who real form was a kid, i couldn't take this seriously, it's even laughable!!
3. The art: at first it was like "oh how cute the art is", but seriously, it's not like it was sooo bad, but there was always an arm more big than the other lmao, it was so ugly to look at
4. The ending: it was so f***** boring, the author just added more and more fights and for what?? even Meliodas brother was "uwu i luv my brother and I have someone I love" and his more powerful form of course is an adult too, the author just started to add more characters but they didn't make me feel anything, nor sad or excited, it was really bad, the only villian design i really enjoyed was the demon king, if the story had ended with Elizabeth dead that could have been a more a good impact imo.

Final: tbh another reason i just kept reading was for gowther how i really liked, Jericho who imo was better than that Elaine, and for Derieri and Monspeet, because this two story was more interesting and likeable than all the 3000 years story of Meliodas and Elizabeth.

I gave it a 6 because sometimes I did enjoy the story but I just couldn't enjoy it ALL of it, i really wish I didn't read this, but at least I enjoyed the few characters that I liked

I genuinely liked nanatsu no taizai for a long time, first 100 chapters were a silly and fun battle shounen worthy of praise (even with the problematic way that Meliodas treated Elizabeth), but from then on it started to get lost.

Even with the arrival of Escanor, a character that worked very well for being the essence of what the manga should always have been, the author was unable to maintain the level of the first arcs, leaving aside everything he had done right, opting for a narrative more and more convoluted and uninteresting, trying to be something bigger and more epic than it should.

What started as a fun reading ended as a pretty bad experience and a lesson on how not to write a battle shounen.

Nanatsu no Taizai is an ongoing battle Shonen that the masses hype up as a work of true greatness and like most that can be described in a similar way, is an overrated mess.

Note: May contain spoilers regarding plot and characters.

To start off, the story is painfully typical of a Shonen. The first few arcs consist of gathering a group of main characters, battling minor villains before a showdown with the evil usurpers of a kingdom, plot threads that have been done far better in Saint Seiya's Sanctuary Arc or One Piece's Baroque Works Arc. After this, a new set of villains are revealed to be the true masterminds with far greater power, as it becomes yet another series ruined by bloated, rapid power escalation/power creep with the main characters suddenly getting dozens of times stronger to face the new threat. All this could be excusable as being average Shonen if not for how contrived and pointless the series' "plot twists" are, such as one character first appearing to be a scrawny midget in a helmet to being a huge knight to being a Bishonen fairy, going far beyond the realm of a decent twist and becoming pointless overall. We also have the Sins having been forced to retreat against the knights of the kingdom in the past when they still had their weapons and were stronger than at the start of the story, yet from the start up until the end of the first major arc, they're able to easily handle the elite of the kingdom's forces even after they've powered up tremendously through being infused with demon blood.
Then there's elements such as characters being affected by things such as amnesia all for the sake of the plot.

Speaking of characters, this is what the series is mainly praised for, despite not having much to differentiate it from most other Shonen. Whilst all the main cast members have colourful personalities and fleshed out backgrounds, none of them gain too much development for the first 100+ chapters and even when a select few do, characterisation in the series is ultimately bogged down by many acting in ways to be shaped by the plot rather than them shaping the plot. For instance, the amnesia I alluded to before causes all investment in one of the characters to be lost when it acts as a character rewrite. It's not as though their colourful personalities are unique to this series as each one feels more akin to a Shonen stereotype. Meliodas is the perverted hero seen in many Shonen of the 80s/90s, Elizabeth is the useless fangirl who accepts anything the protagonist does, Ban is your typical bloodlusted, battle hungry member of the main cast seen with characters such as Vegeta in Dragon Ball or Kenpachi in Bleach, etc.
Moreover, the villains are even worse. In the first half of the story, most of them seem to only be evil for the sake of evil. In the second half, they're instead shown to have all their actions be irrelevant due to being mind controlled by a bigger threat, making any attempt at good characterisation amongst it's villains to become a joke.

Art is decent enough. It's distinctive enough from the typical manga/anime conventions with unique aspects such as the way Suzuki draws noses and eyes for his characters, plus he's become far better at making his female characters look more appealing for male readers since his previous work Kongou Banchou, but beyond that nothing stands out in the art as being great.

As a piece of entertainment, the series works well if looking at it as dumb fun and is perhaps the best depiction of Arthurian Legend gimmicks within manga, though that's also quite a dismay when my interest in such is great enough that this seems like a disservice to such Legends. It at the very least never falls quite as low in quality as most other Shonen of the 21st Century such as Bleach, but never elevates itself above the standard either and gets considerably worse after the first major arc ends, meaning only the first 100 chapters are worth reading.

Overall, Nanatsu no Taizai isn't a series I found worth investing any more of my time in and one being completely overrated by those who like to ride on the bandwagon of modern battle Shonen mediocrities. If you want to view Nakaba Suzuki's better work, read Kongou Banchou or if looking for a similar but better action-adventure, read the first half of Dragon Ball.

Plot - 3/10
Art - 5/10
Character - 2/10
Enjoyment - 3/10
Overall ranking - 3/10

The manga was such a dissapointment. Efter watching the anime i fell in love with the story and wanted to try out and read the manga. It started of really good actually and i looked forward for every new chapter coming out but everything changed for me during the "demon king ark".

The writing became very predictable, lazy and inmature. It just became "with the power of friendship we can defeat this unstoppable evil" which honestly ruined it for me. I know the manga is targeted towards kids but still its something you've seen in so many other shows and honestly is just used as a way to do lazy writing in my opinion.

Sate, sate, sate...

Story (10): Nanatsu no Taizai is to me the most complex shounen battle manga out there, every character has an in-depth past that is fleshed out and most of the main casts stories are disguised as something else from the start giving a constant sense of unease with each major reveal. Every arc flows seamlessly into the next, every twist seems well thought out and planned since the introduction of the characters involved. The world of Nanatsu no Taizai has a really basic but extremely cool power system i.e. magic, darkness, light etc... but if you're a "powerscaling" buff like me and you love seeing how different characters stack up to others using feats etc... then it gets really unclear later on but it's still amazing to read and the battles are easy to follow and every battle panel could be a special move the art is so appealing. The Knights of the Round Table set up and the very vibrant nature of the world and interactions make for a really good read. All the antagonists have clear motivations and circumstances and aren't just thrown away like a used toy after they are beat, they all get definitive resolutions to their stories and conflicts. I as a long time fan of the manga can say that I am 100% happy with the story I got and hope it gets a continuation in whatever form that takes.

Art (10): The art is amazing. The character designs are so unique and visually appealing. The character's faces are drawn incredibly well for all major emotional scenes. The setting of Britannia is very, very, very English and with the Arthur of Camelot ties and references its clear why the author chose that setting. The weapons designs are as about unique as a shounen can get and the way the body movement is shown is very smooth and loose which is refreshing. I'm also a HUGE fan of how little the author uses angular designs, very aesthetically pleasing.

Characters (10): There is rarely a dull moment in this manga thanks to the all star character cast and their many interactions and unmatched chemistry. The best character moments in the series aren't given to you by beating you over the head with exaggerated character expressions, they are given through micro expressions, character's reactions contrasting with the atmosphere or other reactions and the most telling of all the lack of reactions or characters holding back what they want to say (Meliodas' lack of inner monologue throughout the series, deadpan expressions, distant smiles and not being able to even sense what he is feeling at any given moment should be evidence enough of this). The characters are very unique in all aspects from powers (and their uses in combat) to design, to motivations, to history, to their relationships and it's hard to pick a favourite (Meliodas is mine personally but my boys Ban and Escanor are up there too), the side characters each have engaging stories and personalities in their own right which leads to great comedic and emotional moments throughout. I dare say that every character worth their salt in this manga gets love from the author and that each individual member of the Seven Deadly Sins have more dimensions given to them and history revealed than most solo long-running shounen protagonists ever have. If you don't read the series for anything else, the character arcs alone will give this a special place in your heart.

Enjoyment (10): I thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of this series be it lore, characters, comedy, heartbreak, battles or art. It's nothing if not enjoyable to read every week or all at once.

Overall (10): I gave it 10s across the board as it stands for "Outstanding" and this is exactly what Nanatsu no Taizai did in all aspects, it wasn't the best at everything (EXCEPT characters, fight me.) but it did stand out amongst all other shounen as it has by far the most unique feel to it's story.

Cheers for taking the time reading this, PRAISE THE SUN ESCANORUUUUUU.

Nanatsu no Taizai, or 7 Deadly Sins - as I prefer to refer to it, Is a classic example of taking something you know (angels and demons) and something else you know (old fantasy Britain) and asking the audience:

"So whadya think would happen if I made these two kiss?"

To which the audience responds with confused glares and a strong desire that this all pays off and doesn't end up being the cringiest thing they ever paid
$9.99 for. Fortunately for the audience, our magician has a trick up his sleeve and that tricks name is BAMFery (or BMF).

For those who are unaware, BMF stands for Bad(ass) motherf*cker, and if any of you have ever watched Pulp Fiction then you know exactly what I'm on about. I've referred to it in other reviews, which I can guarantee you don't care about, but just to make it all the easier, I will simply say that Badass motherf*ckery is an esteemed term only for the absolute badasses which give you chills when their moment comes.

So yeah... 7DS is pretty bad ass.


Story -

Some shows try to be at least a little bit conspicuous when they refer to either Britain or at least the exploits of the British Empire (Hi there Code Geass) but 7DS isn't even coy when it tells you its set in a land called Britania and the whole landmass is shaped exactly like Britain (excluding Ireland because apparently the Japanese hate the Irish or something like that). Besides this one point that really doesn't add to my score in any way, here's a tldr of the context.

"Angels, Demons, war, peace, humans are idiots, maybe demons, maybe angels, 7 people who are very powerful get framed and are evil, oh wait they're not evil, smashy smashy, save the kingdom, become heroes, demons, angels and lots of convoluted religious shit"

So now you're all caught up, you can imagine how the story might come across as somewhat... well... standard. In all honesty, it's really nothing special. You've got a very bog standard rivalry set up in a very bog standard fantasy world. What surprised me is when, at some point, the story of Camelot and Excalibur got thrust in around the end of the first major arc and didn't really do anything besides throw in a few more characters that didn't come into full effect towards very very far down the line.

I feel as if I'm obligated to mention the pacing as well. It's not bad, just weird. As far as I can say when writing this (chapter 260), there have only really been two major stories/enemy groups. The first one being about Humans and Demons and the second one is about... well... just Demons. It's also worth mentioning how 7DS has the fairytail effect on its villains, where nobody really dies and instead they just become backdrop pieces whose only purposes are to show the reader how far our main cast has come since the beginning, although it doesn't really do that either since half of the cast from the first 100 chapters have either gone completely missing or are so irrelevant that not even our dear author knows what to do with them.



Art -
It looks nice. It also can look a bit messy and require a good long stare to realise what exactly is going on but that's not really a problem because I like to take my time with these things. There have genuinely been frames that I've just had to give up on though because It simply had me lost.
Otherwise though, top notch, well done. Have a sticker.


Character -
I feel like I touched on this in the Story section but I'll do my best to reiterate and add something new.

The main characters in this story are absolute badasses who, in their own right, are interesting characters... eventually. To begin with, 7DS falls into the trap of making every bit of character development about a love triangle which, let's face it, is pretty shallow. These actually get resolved pretty quickly though and aren't just baited hooks for Reddit discussions and fanfictions (and it turns out that some of them are pretty important to the story).

The characters really start to hit their peak once Escanor turns up, who, without spoiling anything, is so fucking awesome that he's the only character I can justify having an attitude like that. The only thing that's better than a powerful person is a powerful person who knows it. Unfortunately, the author made him WAAAY to OP so he's out of commision for most of the time.

Speaking of out of commision characters. Let's talk about the other 99% of the cast, who are essentially worthless because they aren't the main character. I know its common for this to be the case but the majority of these characters are so well built and so intent on being relevant that I actually held out hope for them. But alas, they are merely supporting cast and have been tossed so far to the wayside that they're on the other side of the globe.

On to the other mains though. They're pretty alright, they have good development, good humour, good characterisation and most importantly they actually blend with each other to a believable degree. The relationship that these people have is portrayed in more than just "person x means a lot to me" statements and their relationships and positions actually change as opposed to everyone blindly tagging along the whole time. I can, however, say that this is probably the only redeeming factor of my otherwise highly critical perspective on this shows characters.


Enjoyment and Conclusion -
This is pure mindless fun. It won't change your life or make you think, there's no confusing aspects or degree level science. It's pure fantasy. Good and simple. stick on some music and give it a gander and enjoy every last BAMF in this sweet little adventure.

That statement implies that It has ended, it hasn't - for clarity this was written after reading chapter 260 (#wheresBan)

[NOT spoilers here]

For starters: if you haven't readed it yet, get the eff out of here and get yourself confortable to read it. NOW.
Just go. Don't waste any more time. You'll have plenty of time to thanking me later. Go ahead.

To begin with, I must confess I'm not a frecuent manga-reader, I only read them either when the anime is discontinued or when I don't feel to waiting an eternity for new seasons, just like this case. So let's put this as simplest: I've readed a few mangas including NNT and that's it, so maybe if you're searching for an experimented manga-reader's review, this one won't do it. BUT on my defense, I can provide the sight of a skeptical that doesn't usually enjoy reading them and it turned out to be amazed and amused like a child on x-mas night and has hungrily devoured it.

Now let's just jump into it, shall we?

I met Nanatsu no Taizai recently from my little brother who continuesly had recommended me to watch it on Netflix and I had it on my "plan to watch" list for quite a long time. Finally I gave it a chance and OMG. I felt so stupid for not watching it before. But we're not here to talk about the anime. Once I watched the whole thing in two days, I realized two things:
1. I have a serious problem with addiction to this sh*t, and
2. I'm absolutely not waiting for the next season that isn't even anounced yet.
That's how I started with the manga. And if I already loved it before, now I'm devoted to it. I'm not willing to make any spoilers, but let's just say that things are getting seriously dark and deep on the middle arc and gradually worst on the last one. There's so much sh*t going on all over the place and the twists constantly punch you on the face. If you, like me, are so into character developtment and backstory, you would be loving this. But let's cut it so we can rate it properly.


STORY [9]:

What could I say that it haven't said before? The story settles on the middle age kind of scenario mixed with holy knights carriers of outstanding powers which defend the realm and seven fugitive criminals known as "the seven deadly sins" who appear to be invensible.
Not hooked yet? Add a fugitive gorgeous princess that escaped from her castle and is looking for the seven deadly sins because they're the only hope for the people as it seems that the holy knights are the bad guys. I think you should give it a try, seriously.

This story has been constructed so well with so much details that it's pretty impressive. As I said, I don't want to spoil anything and I know the first arc is huge and kind of boring, but I swear of god, it pays off. Once everything is stated, the characters are known and the basic info has been given, the plot pushs up rapidly and nonstop. And yes, it has some cliche situation, but they managed to fit it very natually and it works great. Why did I give it a 9 instead of 10? Because of the beginning. It really takes its time to break flight even if it's so worth it, it could push you away.

It's epic, fantastic, action-packed, dark, deep, emotional, romantic, funny and very entertaining. Yes, it has everything. My mom hates anime/manga but she loved NNT. That should be enough for you.


ART [10]:

As said, I'm not especially used to read mangas, but all I can say about the art is that is stunningly beautiful and awesome. Every single character is very distinguishable from each other and has its own unique style, which is refreshing since there're lots of characters on this story. The emotions and facial expresions are so well achieved and drawn very accurate. The fights are clear, epic and detailed; you're not going to get lost within the squares and going to be able to follow it perfectly. I gave it a 10 and, again, I'm not an expert on this topic, but to me it's a 10.


CHARACTER [10]:

I've already talked about how much I love them, but let's explain it a little further. Of course we can't have a shonen without cliche situations and stereotypes, but again, they feel so natural and well served to the story that it doesn't bother at all. Every word spoken, every decision made, every step taken has its purpose. There's so much backstory with every character and the much you know, the more you understand their desires and love them. And there're one for any taste, but all of them are likeable, even the evil ones.

Something I'd like to point is the love. Shonen has love sides in its plots usually, but there's a few that do it so well like this one. Again, not spoiler, but love is a recurrent topic that encourage the characters to fulfill their fates. Relationships are geniously articulated and feel real.

Last thing: Meliodas, the main character, is probably one of the better crafted characters had ever made for a shonen. He's so complete and complex that could easily be a real person.


ENJOYMENT [10]:

Not much to say on this one. It's very entertaining, you can easily get lost in its pages and everytime you finish a chapter, you just want more and more. Besides of the beginning that it could be a little bit tedious, I've never got bored, not a single time through the whole 304 chapters of this manga.


OVERALL [10]:

Probably I sound like a fangirl, and I honestly don't give a eff about it, but this is my opinion. It's not a master piece, but I can't give it a 9 or less otherwise because I don't have an argument for that. It fulfill its commitment: entertain, and it doesn't pretend to be anything else than that. So for me, it worked. In my opinion, is so worth the try. Especially now that we don't know if the anime will continue (go watch it if you didn't ffs).

Nanatsu no Taizai is one of the more recent manga I’ve read, and i must say, when i first saw the trailer for the anime (which i saw before reading the manga) i was skeptical, it didn’t look too good, something about the faces i think... but after giving the anime a shot i liked it, and then i started reading the manga and i loved it.

The story:
let’s skip the mandatory plot synopsis, and jump right in. the first thing i liked about the plot was the main characters’ situation, how they are considered traitors and are constantly moving forward, it helps keep the pacing up and the story progress since they are always chased by somebody else, but also at the same time they have their own agenda and goals, so it’s not like they’re just being pulled along through the plot but are actively moving it forward. Another thing i like is the setting, its set in a fictional kingdom (though based on a real one) in a medieval period and it has couple of pretty imaginative locations. But the plot isn't perfect, obviously. it suffers from something i don’t think I’ve seen in a while and that’s 'deus machina because i said so' syndrome, sometimes i had no clue why certain things happened and while it does feel a bit contrived it was never a too bad as to make me want to stop and I’ll now explain why: in a different review i mentioned something i called short burst effect - in which you start a new series and you binge read it, and when you can’t binge anymore cause you reached the last chapter and have to wait now, if a series is still good after you've had time to calm down and read something else, is the true mark of a good running manga - and Nanatsu no Taizai is just that. No matter how many plot holes there were i never got mad at it, cause Nanatsu no Taizai doesn’t try to sell itself as anything other than fun, and fun it is. i became immersed is what I’m trying to say, i liked the characters, the fight scenes, the general plot and how it progressed. that’s the main reason i gave it such a high score because despite its fuck ups, if a series can immerse and make you care about it, you can forgive it, it’s like a good friend - they may not be perfect and have their flaws but if you like hanging out with them you forget about that stuff, so to conclude this drawn out section - Nanatsu no Taizai, despite its flaws, became like a good friend for me because it’s fun.

The characters:
The thing i like most about the characters is, and i don’t think I’ve seen this very often, i found something i like about every one of the main cast - the sins and even the plot princess Elizabeth. while the sins are in their own right...how to put this?...ridiculously OP (over-powered if your dense) but despite this they don’t come off as invincible and while each one individually could beat almost any other character one on one, the sins are traitors (duh!) and are bombarded by strong enemies in large numbers and that gives a sense of threat, making the characters a bit more vulnerable and real (as real as they can be for OP badasses). Another thing i really like is the sins...well, sins. Each member of the seven deadly isn’t a representation of their sin, they are merely given a sin based on the nature of their crime. For example, while a character may be the sin of wrath he isn’t some hot-headed spiky haired dipshit, it’s just that the crime he committed he committed out of wrath and may he himself usually be very calm, as one would be if they were as powerful as him. while we haven’t seen all of them yet the series shows the characters history, showing us what their sin is and how it connects to the plot, which i really like, we haven’t seen many of the sins backstory yet, but i found myself caring much more for the characters that did have their backstory told, which is a pretty amazing feat considering how unrealistic this characters are in terms of ability, and sometimes personality. The characters all have great chemistry and just seeing the relationship and dynamics between two characters can be hilarious and also very interesting.

The art:
there’s not much i have to say about the art itself, its pretty good. as i said, when i first saw the characters in the anime pv i didn’t like it too much, but it grew me and then i was able to appreciate it, since although some characters designs aren’t really to my tastes, generally everything is well drawn and professional. the thing i find most likable about the art is just how much fun its feels the artist had drawing it, especially during the fight scenes, which are way over the top, but since they still have a sense of scale and the characters still struggle against strong opponents a lot of the crazy moves or attacks still have impact.

Some more stuff:
this didn’t really fit into any category but i still wanted to say it, the thing that i think i love most about Nanatsu no Taizai is although it’s not trying to be anything more than just fun, that doesn’t mean it doesn’t try at all, i get a sense that the author really cares about his work and that’s what make it really great for me.

So to conclude:
Nanatsu no Taizai is fun, and by not trying to be more than that and making itself really fun it ends up being more than that, and so i wholeheartedly recommend Nanatsu no Taizai.

As a guy who mostly reads/watches shounen its's a 7 but for those who dont like the generic shounen stuff would probably not like it. So if u like shounen and u dont know what to read/watch i would recommend it. If u want something new (in terms of story) then this aint for you. I forgot to mention that it has very good characters so if u are a character driven person this is for u.
This is also my first review so pls like it so i can be a liitle happier.
I actually dont care i just want to write a review but My anime list says that it needs to be longer so i am filling this with random stuff.