History Manga / NanatsunoTaizai

* BatmanGrabsAGun: Meliodas is a pacifist that prefers to not kill and even not use actual weapons. However upon facing the Armored Giant, he is forced to break these particular personal vows as they conflict with other vows he made to protect others.

* OlderThanTheyLook / Really700YearsOld: King and Elaine are fairies with child-like bodies but are actually really old. Because of this, King opted for an older, fatter illusion of himself before the Sins split up in the past. Meliodas is also actually older than he looks. For him, it's hinted to be some sort of illusion [[spoiler: as a disguise for probably being a demon of some sort]].

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Elaine's over 700 years old, yet she looks like a little girl. Due to the child-like form Elaine has, [[{{Lolicon}} a creepy trope]] comes to mind when her relationship with Ban is seen out of context.

* LegalJailbait: Elaine's over 700 years old, yet she looks like a little girl. Due to the child-like form Elaine has, [[{{Lolicon}} a creepy trope]] comes to mind when her relationship with Ban is seen out of context.

* Foreshadowing: On the cover of chapter 26, the two kids that the Sins met before entering the Capital of the Dead are seen on a crystal. The only other person on a crystal is the deceased Elaine. These foreshadows that the kids were DeadAllAlong.

* CreativitySterility: Fairies lack certain imaginative things that humans normally have. These range from mundane yet otherwise unique looking helmets and clothes, to concepts such as "culture" and "philosophy".

* HighSchoolAU: A special side spinoff which advertises Uno Fog Bar hairspray features the various characters in a highschool setting. Of note, Diane is depicted as a normal sized human, a number of the characters just simply wear school uniforms over [[TwentyFourHourArmor their full body armor]], and Gilthunder is a StudentCouncilPresident who has a bit of an OutOfCharacterMoment when Ban steals his hairspray.

* HighSchoolAU: A special side spinoff which advertises Uno Fog Bar features the various characters in a highschool setting. Of note, Diane is depicted as a normal sized human, a number of the characters just simply wear school uniforms over [[TwentyFourHourArmor their full body armor]], and Gilthunder is a StudentCouncilPresident.

* HighSchoolAU: A special side comic which advertises Uno hair spray features the various characters in a highschool setting. Of note, Diane is depicted as a normal sized human, a number of the characters just simply wear school uniforms over [[TwentyFourHourArmor their full body armor]], and Gilthunder is a StudentCouncilPresident.

* HighSchoolAU: A special side comic which advertises Uno hair gel features the various characters in a highschool setting. Of note, Diane is depicted as a normal sized human, a number of the characters just simply wear school uniforms over [[TwentyFourHourArmor their full body armor]], and Gilthunder is a StudentCouncilPresident.

* MedievalEuropeanFantasy: The general setting of the series is medieval fantasy.

* AnimalMotifs: In relation to their supposed crimes, each of the Sins has a tattoo and a moniker of an animal that is either usually associated or stereotyped with their respective sin.
** Meliodas: Dragon's Sin of Wrath which is based on dragons being very wrathful.

** Gowther: Goat's Sin of Lust which is based on goats being seen as a symbol of lust, such as the case with satyrs and such.
** Merlin: Boar's Sin of Gluttony which is based on GluttonousPigs.

* {{Betty and Veronica}}: Elizabeth and Diane to Meliodas. Elizabeth's a royal Betty due to being a generally calm regular human while Diane's a common Veronica due to being a clingy easily jealous exotic giantess.

* MushroomMan: There are a variety of sentient mushroom-like creatures. One of which is capable of shrinking people with spores if frightened.

** There is Hauser and Diane.

The manga is by Suzuki Nakaba who also created ''Manga/KongohBancho''. It has been released in English by Kodansha Comics under the title ''The Seven Deadly Sins.'' It was later confirmed that the manga series will become a anime series, sometime soon.

* AnimalMotifs: Each of the Sins has a tattoo and moniker of an animal that is usually associated with their representative sin.
** Meliodas: Dragon's Sin of Wrath
** Diane: Serpent's Sin of Envy
** Ban: Fox's Sin of Greed
** King: Bear's Sin of Sloth
** Gowther: Goat's Sin of Lust
** Merlin: Boar's Sin of Gluttony
** Escanor: Lion's Sin of Pride

* HappyEnding, WordOfGod said that he planned a ending that leave us "satisfied."

** Wrath: Instead of a stereotypical warmongering [[BloodKnight blood knight]], Meliodas is a trickster-like character who is often seen fondling Elizabeth one way or another. By all accounts, he seems more like [[LovableSexManiac the sin of lust]]. In reality however, [[BewareTheNiceOnes he is the type you don't want to see wrathful.]]
** Envy: Diane is generally envious of regular sized girls as she can't interact normally with Meliodas.
** Greed: Ban is a thief that would steal anything that isn't nailed down. His backstory however is a subversion as he decided not to steal the elixir of immortality upon learning the truth behind it and even unselfishly tried to save Elaine and it from a demon. He unfortunately was blamed for the destruction for the forest on accusation of greed.
** Sloth: King carries around a pillow and generally floats around. His so called human form also looks like a slothful fat guy. In addition, he is so pathetically weak by himself that his strength heavily relies on his Sacred Treasure and [[SquishyWizard magic]]. A major relation to the sin of Sloth, though, is that his greatest failures involved him being [[YouAreTooLate too late]] to do the right thing. These failures include what happened 700 years ago prior to the story, him being too late to save his sister who took up his duties to guard the elixir of life as a result of what happened in the past, and being too late to [[spoiler: protect Diane.]]

* WeAreAsMayflies: Once, a kind hunter gave King and his companion soup after the companion helped him with his work. A few pages later in the story, the same hunter comes across them when King's friend is sick and gives her medicine, after which King finally thanks him for giving him that soup 'recently.' The hunter stops, baffled, before realizing he meant the soup he gave them ''years'' ago. The next time we see the hunter, it's actually his grandson. The entire chapter takes place over the course of hundreds of years, but seems to fill no more time than a few days.

The manga is by Suzuki Nakaba who also created ''Manga/KongohBancho''. It has been released in English by Kodansha Comics under the title ''The Seven Deadly Sins.''

* SkinnyDipping: Ban request Elaine in the past to skinny dip with him which the latter flush away.
** In the extra of Volume 6, Meliodas teach King to be more bold which Meliodas went to a pound where Elizabeth and Diane were bathing which of course, the two were okay with Meliodas being there. King try to join in, but Diane kick him out, out of angry.

* TragicKeepsake: Meliodas uses a seemingly worthless broken sword as his primary weapon and never goes anywhere without it. It was never revealed how he got the item but [[spoiler: is one of the keys to unseal the Demon Clan]]. Meliodas says carrying around this sword is the only thing he can do to atone his sins, [[BerserkButton so you better don't touch it]].

* FacialCompositeFailure: It's a RunningGag that none of the Sins resemble their wanted posters.

The manga is by Suzuki Nakaba who also created ''Manga/KongohBancho''.

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