History Literature / SevenCrimesAndPunishments

* IdenticalStranger: With all the identical strangers put together in the Hellish Yard the theme is turned UpToEleven, especially when [[spoiler:Allen meets ''three other boys'' that look like him: Hansel, Irregular, and the boy of Punishment.]]

''Seven Crimes and Punishments'' is a short story (though really stretching the definition at multiple chapters long) in the Seven Deadly Sins of Evil/Clockwork Lullaby series of the Franchise/EvilliousChronicles franchise. It was released in 2015 to buyers of the Seven Crimes and Punishments album’s limited edition, written by the Japanese producer Akuno-P (Music/{{mothy}}) and illustrated by Ichika.

* PrecisionFStrike: Allen says that everyone's "a son of a bitch" in the Wrath chapter after meeting Nemesis; downplayed because the phrase was a direct quote from the Master of the Hellish Yard song, but it's still rather strong language for Allen of all people to use.

Seven Crimes and Punishments is a short story (though really stretching the definition at multiple chapters long) in the Seven Deadly Sins of Evil/Clockwork Lullaby series of the Franchise/EvilliousChronicles franchise. It was released in 2015 to buyers of the Seven Crimes and Punishments album’s limited edition, written by the Japanese producer Akuno-P (Music/{{mothy}}) and illustrated by Ichika.

* YankTheDogsChain: Allen, who has spent the majority of his afterlife wanting to see his sister again, doesn't quite get to reunite with her in the Pride chapter—she’s always preoccupied, running away from something, or Allen just has to leave quickly to continue his journey. [[spoiler:He ends the story still hoping to see her again before he tries to fix everything.]]

* HazyFaceTurn: Hansel. While he's still working for Banica, he's Allen's main ally for the better part of the book, saves his life twice and shows signs of developing a friendship with him. While he states mostly doing this to kill his free time, there might be more to it.

* PrecisionFStrike: After everything he'd been through in the novel, Allen ends up cursing pretty violently in the Wrath chapter after meeting Nemesis.

* AesopAmnesia: Riliane, famously considered the only one of the demon contractors to repent for what she did, is back to her spoiled princess ways in the Hellish Yard. She’s the most jarring example, but all the sin characters act as though still possessed despite being free of their demons. A later novel expands on their behavior and shows that they have in fact learned to be better than in their previous lives, but it didn't exactly show in the small window Allen saw them in.
* ApocalypseHow: Before the events of the book have even started, no less.

* AxeCrazy: Margarita isn’t hiding her true nature as Eve Moonlit anymore, and is easily the most deranged sin character Allen meets with—this is even next to [[{{Yandere}} Kayo]]. [[spoiler: Although it becomes a bit sad when you find out it's Michelle, who had contracted with Eve and took on the appearance of Margarita.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: A couple times in the story Hansel, of all people, comes to Allen’s rescue at key moments with some of the more dangerous sin characters.

* EasilyForgiven: Venomania; not by everyone, at least, but the main four of his harem don’t seem to hold too strong a grudge against him for what he did (save for Maylis, who clarifies that she does, in fact, hate him even as she’s willingly remaining in his harem.)

* WalkingTheEarth: Before the end of the world, the contractors of the Demons of Sin were the only souls barred from entry into the Heavenly Yard, and were so fated to either go to the Hellish Yard or wander the Third Period. [[spoiler: Riliane is an exception: being an Irregular, she reincarnated before she could go to Hell. Twice.]]

* MindScrew: What the hell is going on much of the time is never made quite clear much of the time and there are some rather bizarre scenarios encountered. All this culminates in an ending twist that is in no way explained and leaves Allen and no doubt the reader more than a little confused by the end.

* AxeCrazy: Margarita isn’t hiding her true nature as Eve Moonlit anymore, and is easily the most deranged sin character Allen meets with—this is even next to [[{{Yandere}} Kayo]].

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The twins Hansel and Gretel are able to change their shape to appear like their multiple incarnations. The Demon of Envy is also capable of this.
* WalkingTheEarth: Before the end of the world, the contractors of the Demons of Sin were the only souls barred from entry into the Heavenly Yard, and were so fated to either go to the Hellish Yard or wander the Third Period.

* EvilIsNotAToy: In the end Nemesis was killed by [[spoiler:the boy inside Punishment after she tried to use him to destroy the “hell” called Evillious.]]

* AesopAmnesia: Riliane, famously considered the only one of the demon contractors to repent for what she did, is back to her spoiled princess ways in the Hellish Yard. She’s the most jarring example, but all the sin characters act as though still possessed despite being free of their demons.

The story concerns Allen Avadonia of the Story of Evil, having spent the last five hundred years of his afterlife studying in the Heavenly Yard under the sun god of the world (called Sickle.) Now that the world has been destroyed because of the events in the Wrath arc, the Hellish Yard and Bolganio are merging and all the souls of the Heavenly Yard are quite literally dragged down to hell. It's now up to Allen to help Sickle fix things. To do that, he'll need to understand the history of Bolganio first.

* YankTheDogsChain: Allen, who has spent the majority of his afterlife wanting to see his sister again, doesn't quite get to reunite with her in the Pride chapter—she’s always preoccupied, running away from something, or Allen just has to leave quickly to continue his journey. [[spoiler:He ends the story still hoping to see her again before he tries to fix everything.]]

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* HazyFaceTurn: Hansel. While he's still working for Banica, he's Allen's main ally for the better part of the book, saves his life twice and shows signs of developing a friendship with him. While he states mostly doing this to kill his free time, Allen speculates that there might be more to it and Hansel might actually be searching for a new purpose in life.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: Inverted. The book came out less than a month before ''LightNovel/FifthPierrot'', the narration is careful to not give away any events that happen chronologically later, but the novels haven't gotten to yet. As a result, the Sloth chapter is focused entirely on Margarita, Kayo gets only two lines, the Greed chapter is focused more on [[spoiler: Allen having a psychological breakdown]] and Nemesis spends the majority of the Wrath chapter running away from Allen and Hansel. Likewise, the fates of important characters such as Elluka, Irina, Gumilia and almost the entire casts of Original Sin Story and Clockwork Lullaby go unaddressed beyond a few vague statements.

** The Greed chapter for a similar reason. [[spoiler:The Master of the Hellish Yard is ''not'' Nemesis. She's Gumillia. She also reveals that no matter how many times in the afterlife a sin contractor repents, they will never see Heaven, and she condemns Gallerian (again) before taking a barely responsive Kayo away, presumably sending her to Hell.]]

** The Greed chapter for a similar reason. [[spoiler:The Master of the Hellish Yard is ''not'' Nemesis. She's Gumillia. She also reveals that no matter how many times in the afterlife a sin contractor repents, they will never see Heaven, and she condemns Gallerian (again) before taking a barely repsonsive Kayo away, presumably sending her to Hell.]]

* EmptyShell: Allen observes that Kayo doesn't seem entirely responsive. She shows no emotion when she's taken to the guillotine and aside from moving when told to do so, does not react to any external stimuli.

* {{Cliffhanger}}: The story ends with [[spoiler:Allen, having stolen the Golden Key from Nemesis, planning to go down to the earth one more time to meet Riliane and then try to give everything "a new beginning".]]

* BookEnds: The prologue and epilogue both feature excerpts from the Levin Bible that are relevant to the story as a whole.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The twins Hansel and Gretel are able to change their shape to appear like their multiple incarnations.

* WhamLine: When speaking to the Master of the Hellish Yard (a different one from Nemesis), she says [[{{Catchphrase}} a certain phrase.]]

* MultipleEndings: A non-videogame example; the Levin Bible, at least, asserts that there will be four endings to the world, each corresponding to the four Masters—essentially two bad ends, one arguably good ending, and one GoldenEnding.