(L) Nanatsu no Taizai (The Seven Deadly Sins) [Manga]

[Kuroageha]

I was clearly talking about the 4 main characters.

[Hakai]

Or maybe this title is actually based on the name of antagonists, unlike the original one.

Hopefully the last chapter will give us some idea.

Also depending on the time skip Tristan might end up looking older than his father and uncle

Bump!
Final chapter Korean is out

Spoiler:

Tristan

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Basically Mel with white hair. Not much happening it seems. Gotta wait for the sequel for some actually spicy stuff.

He's absolutely adorable though.

[Homura7]

Shoot.

Spoiler for spoiler:

For just a second I thought Tristan was a girl

[Hakai]

Spoiler:

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He's mostly a Mel clone. Goddess genes are weak
He's gonna look like DK possessed Mel when he grows up
Also just noticed, he has different colors in each eyes. Also doesn't have the goddess symbol

Rough summary

Spoiler for 346: Like the blue of this sky:

Some time has passed, and we see a silver-haired boy running through the streets of the Kingdom of Liones. Behind that child is a guard who says, "Prince Tristan... Please wait!"


Tristan stops in the middle of the street, raises his hands and says, "Everybody...!! We have a big problem!!"

Some children are leaving their homes, and one of them says: "What's the problem, Ambassador Tristan?"

So Tristan tells them that he is being pursued by an evil being, although in reality he is not, as he is only being sought by a castle guard.


"Tonight... The legendary warriors, 'The Seven Deadly Sins', will gather at the castle!" said Tristan, "... Or so I heard from a beautiful maiden.

However, the rest of the children don't seem to be interested in what Tristan said, so they leave. And, seeing that, Tristan decides to go alone to the castle to look for the Seven Deadly Sins, for he thinks they are evil beings, and when he arrives, he sneaks in, but is caught by someone.

"Where did you go to play?" said Elizabeth as she hugged Tristan.


Suddenly someone says, "Tristan, you've been looking for us!"

'I ... It's the Seven Deadly Sins !!! "Tristan exclaimed."

Diane begins to caress Tristan, saying that he is a very beautiful boy, then Gowther approaches Tristan and mentions that for just a boy he has great power, although he is not entirely surprised, since he is the son of Meliodas and Elizabeth.

Tristan quickly walks away from Gowther and, seeing that, Ban mentions that he is a very happy child. Then Meliodas asks his son, "Where did you go on such an important day?"


"I know the whole truth!! I know that you are a capital sin that is persecuted by the kingdom!!" said Tristan as he pointed his finger at Meliodas. "And that tonight they are gathering for a coup d'état!!"

Hearing that, King, Ban, Gowther, and Meliodas put on a confused face, though more than that they seem to want to laugh. So Meliodas, with a cold look, tells Tristan that everything he said is true.

"After all... it was true..." said Tristan as he made a melodramatic scene. "My father really is a villain!!!"


The rest of the Deadly Sins laugh at that. But Tristan gets up and attacks Meliodas. And while he was fighting, Tristan mentions that he wants to be a paladin.

"Wait a minute... You want to be a paladin?" said Meliodas.

"Yes!! Because I want to kill all the bad people!!"

Then Meliodas mentions that it's time to go, to which Ban says yes. And when he sees that, Tristan is confused. Then Bartra shows up and mentions that he's going with Tristan.


After a moment, the fireworks begin. That night was special, as all the citizens gathered to celebrate Prince Tristan's tenth birthday.

Then Tristan realizes that Meliodas had gathered the Seven Deadly Sins and the citizens to celebrate his tenth birthday.

Gowther approaches Tristan and says, "I will give you a special gift."

"Huh?"

Gowther uses one of his techniques on Tristan and shows him the true story of the "Seven Deadly Sins". In this way, Tristan was able to learn about the friendship in the Seven Deadly Sins group, the love of Meliodas and Elizabeth, and all the pain the group had to go through in general. Seeing all that, Tristan sheds a tear.

After that, Tristan is training with his father, while Elizabeth is near a tree preparing lunch. And, once Meliodas finishes training with his son, he says, "By the way, I don't know what kind of adult you'll be. No one knows the future." Meliodas looks up to the sky and continues. "In other words... Your future is infinite, like this blue sky."

"... But I still have to be king, right?" said Tristan.

"You can choose something different."


"Really?"

"Of course, don't you want to be a paladin?"

"In that case, I've decided!!!" Tristan walks hand in hand with his dad and finishes. "Seven Deadly Sins!!!"
The story isn't over yet, as there will be a sequel entitled: "The Four Knights of the Apocalypse".

[Kuroageha]

Gowther killed the Boruto inside Tristan .

[Kanon]

Spoiler for Final chapter:

Nothing about King and Diane's child? Well, I guess it's better to keep some mystery since there's going to be a sequel.

And Meliodas is right, Tristan doesn't need to become King... since Meliodas can pretty much remain King forever if he wants to

[alex_drian]

Originally Posted by Kuroageha

Gowther killed the Boruto to inside Tristan .

I hope so. Boruto, Hana, Mantaro, I have had enough of that shit.

[Hakai]

Seeing how much focus Tristan had in the last chapter, he'll probably be the main character of the sequel like his father, with the others being like rest of the sins.

[SilverGlavenus]

"Four knights of the Apocalypse", so .... Darksiders manga adaptation ?

[Diluc]

I wonder Guinevere will appear as well
Also will she same age with Arthur or same age like Tristan.

[marvelB]

Spoiler for final chapter:

Well, it's not exactly the most eventful of finales, but I suppose it does a decent enough job of setting us up for the sequel. Find it rather curious that Tristan is the ONLY child shown (figured we'd at least see Lancelot, but it looks like that will have to wait for the sequel). And geez, Japanese media sure loves their heterochromia, don't they?

Anyway, too bad the complete 7DS gang aren't there for Tristan's birthday. I mean, Escanor's absence is obvious, him being deceased and all (which still saddens me ), but I'd at least have figured Merlin would show up to pay her captain's kid a visit. I mean, I get guiding Arthur is important and all, but is a little break really out of the question? Oh, well....

Originally Posted by Kanon

Spoiler for Final chapter:

Nothing about King and Diane's child? Well, I guess it's better to keep some mystery since there's going to be a sequel.

Spoiler for final chapter:

It's not much, but apparently, King and Diane DO make a brief mention of their child in the chapter:

Diane: ''He's cute! He looks like the two of you!'' (referencing Tristan to Meliodas and Elizabeth).

King: ''He sure is, but compared to our child...''

^Probably best to take those lines with a grain of salt until the full English translation is out, but at least it's something if it's legit!

Originally Posted by Kuroageha

I was clearly talking about the 4 main characters.

*Shrug* Even if she's not one of the titular four knights, I still expect her to be part of the main cast, or something close to that role. She's such a prominent figure in Arthurian legend that Suzuki would be crazy NOT to include her in the NNT-verse. In fact, I had an interesting thought concerning le Fay's inclusion: She's known to be an apprentice of Merlin's, right? Well, considering Suzuki gender-bent Merlin for this series, I wonder if he would do the same for the second best-known sorcerer of Arthurian lore....?

Originally Posted by Oberstein

I wonder Guinevere will appear as well
Also will she same age with Arthur or same age like Tristan.

She's Arthur's wife, why wouldn't she appear? Personally, I think a more interesting question is whether or not Suzuki will address the affair between her and Lancelot.....?

[Lex79]

I feel like the story should have ended with the demon king fight. The Chaos Plot and Cathwere a bit disappointing, but I guess they are necessary for setting up the sequel. In the end, it was a very satisfying manga to read.

[Homura7]

Compared to "Seven Deadly Sins", " Four Knights of the Apocalypse " has a more ominous ring and, together with the climax setup, it sets the stakes really high.

[DragonOsman]

It's funny that Tristan thought his father is a bad person. Exact opposite of his mother, who despite them being called "The Seven Deadly Sins" was sure they weren't bad people (at the start of the series).

@Marvel: I know Guinevere is Arthur's wife in the legend, but isn't it possible for Nakaba not follow that in his story?

[cyberdemon]

Originally Posted by Kuroageha

...But who'll be the token female then?

You've clearly never played FGO. Mordred is female there lol

[Hakai]

LMAOOOO
I've seen some other shonen that showed kids in the last chapter, but this had the most satisfying father-son moments.
Good to see Meliodas trains Tristan.

I wonder how Tristan's relationship is with Zeldris.
Speaking of Zel I hope he and Gelda got a kid as well.

Can't wait for the sequel. Hope it's weekly.

[Akira Theia]

I have been following this manga fir the past few years, although I didn't really read it every week.

Overall, it was a very good shonen. The characters were very different from the norm in shonen, mainly Meliodas who is a protagonist with a more intriguing personality and backstory than many shonen MC out there. The main cast was very colorful and varied with different kinds of fantastical species and backgrounds, which made it stand out a lot. It also offered very good, unexpected twists such as the curse of Meliodas and Elizabeth, the two Gowthers and so on.

I saw a lot of criticism for the later parts of the manga and yeah, I agree the first half of the manga was way better when the Sins were still gathering and we got to gradually meet these engaging characters. Also, that the Sins were OP played for mainly comedy was very funny. Early Nanatsu and One Punch Man prove that OP manga characters work best when they're just being ridiculous for the sake of it.

The final bosses like the Demon King and Cath Palug were frankly pretty boring both in character and motivation, so it was hard to be really invested in those final battles and I just skipped through them.

I did really like that this was one of the few shonen that gave proper attention to its romances instead of leaving them at teases that at most get development at the very end if the author doesn't decide to skip it and just show the babies.

My favorite couple was KingxDiane because their moments were cute. It was nice to see the author subverting that bad cliche where a female character is pointlessly pining after the MC who already has another love interest. The backstory King and Diane share was a surprise I enjoyed, although the amnesia thing was a bit contrived. Anyhow, the author did let them hook up in the middle of the manga for us to appreciate that progress instead of shoehorning it at the end, which is great. I did want to see their kid at the end, but guess I'll have to wait for the sequel.

ZeldrisxGelda had some of the best interactions too, but they just had way too little screentime and only when the manga was ending. Well, maybe they'll get a few more scenes in the sequel.

Personally, what I liked the most is that this whole manga was basically a prequel for the Arthurian legend. I love mythology of all kind so I always love seeing it incorporated in manga, the media I adore the most. I think one tie in I liked most was the revelation that Mama Hawk was Henwen because I didn't see that one coming.

My rating of this manga would be 9/10 for the first half and 7/10 for the second half. It did lose some of its quality, but that's almost inevitable for weekly manga. Compared to other shonen out there, this one never went off the rails that badly and overall did give a proper conclusion yet left enough open to make a decent sequel.

[Kanon]

I agree with most of what you said. I think the focus on romance really set it apart from most battle shounen. Definitely going to read the sequel.

The last chapter was pretty fun. Pranking his son on his birthday is a very Meliodas thing to do. Nice to know King and Diane have a kid as well.

[marvelB]

Yep, I also loved the series overall, even if the final two villains were on the weak side (in fact, my favorite villain was Helbram back in the holy knights arc, when he was using that old man disguise). I still consider Kongou Banchou to be Suzuki's magnum opus, otherwise. But with that being said, I'm definitely still looking forward to the sequel! And on that note....

Looks like we've got some preview sketches of the sequel which already reveal some interesting stuff! A possible mention of the Supreme Goddess, a girl who may or may not be the child of King and Diane, and Mael meeting the next inheritor of Sunshine (so the next "Escanor" is pretty much confirmed ). Some pretty hype info already, if you ask me!

[LevelSeven]

Wow....this was...

well, im honest, this series was a trainwreck waaaaaaay before the chaos-bs began.

I cant really name all the stuff that went wrong in last 100-150 chapters that made this series absolutely uninteresting for me, it would be a 30k essay.

Just happy its over, and just like with Boruto, i will only read the sequel after it gets quite some chapters and i see people talking positively about it.