History YMMV / TheSevenDeadlySins

** When it comes to the romantic relationships especially for the main leads, the series runs a gamut of romances that could be considered unconventional. These include InterspeciesRomance, MayflyDecemberRomance, EternalLove, and ReincarnationRomance. Some of the more unconventional relationships in the series of note involve those wherein one character is [[TheAgeless ageless]] and [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld chronologically very old yet looks practically prepubescent child-like]], while their love interest is chronologically younger but looks physically older than them. While the tropes involved in these relationships justify them or at the very least make the matter complicated, their bare appearance can be attributed to the age of consent that Japan has.

** Using the ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'' often quoted phrase ''"Praise the Sin!"'' in regards to Escanor who has [[PowerOfTheSun sun based powers]]. It's especially used when he's in his terrifyingly overpowering muscular day form and about to pretty much completely rekt those foolish enough to face him.

* MemeticLoser: Griamore (the Holy Knight that makes barriers) just can not catch a break when it comes to who he is up against. The fact that he continues to fail at protecting the Liones princesses, and that his father, Dreyfus, turns out to be EvilAllAlong through what appears to be demon possession, doesn't help.
* MemeticMolester: Melodias, [[SarcasmMode though it's anyone's guess as to why.]]

* ArcFatigue: The final battle. [[spoiler: By the time the Demon King has possessed Zeldris and faces off against Meliodas, the Seven Deadly Sins had already beaten him in a form that was much stronger than his current form. The fight is still painfully drawn out, as the characters get more power ups to fight an antagonist that was pretty much equally matched when he was just against Meliodas. This is somewhat justified, as the goal isn't to kill him, but to free Zeldris (*then* kill him) it's understandable that they can't just immediately finish the fight. Still, the lack of tension and length of the fight make it a bore, despite being the climax of the series. Things only get more exasperated when the finale also brings in Arthur reigning in Chaos ''and'' Cath Pulug to fight, but that's the end of it afterwards.]]

* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: While not nearly as much as the mangaka's previous ''Manga/KongohBancho'' as of yet. The world is filled with warriors capable of causing the ground to shatter beneath them, even a {{Mook}} can easily cut down an entire forest with ease. Ban and Melidolas for example destroy Baste Prison because of their [[BashBrothers over-enthusiastic greeting]].
** When the [[BadassCrew Ten]] [[KnightOfCerebus Commandments]] show up this gets turned up to eleven.

** Whenever King is around Diane, except him to act all shy and easily flustered.

* ArcFatigue: The final battle. [[spoiler: by the time the Demon King has possessed Zeldris and faces off against Meliodas, the Seven Deadly Sins have already beaten him in a form that was much stronger than his current form. The fight is still painfully drawn out, as the characters get more power ups to fight an antagonist that was pretty much equally matched when he was just against Meliodas. This is somewhat justified, as the goal isn't to kill him, but to free Zeldris (*then* kill him) it's understandable that they can't just immediately finish the fight. Still, the lack of tension and length of the fight make it a bore, despite being the climax of the series. Things only get more exasperated when the finale also brings in Arthur reigning in Chaos ''and'' Cath Pulug to fight, but that's the end of it afterwards.]]

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSXrZWtBjcw Perfect Time]], the show's premier ThemeMusicPowerUp. Whenever you hear the Celtic-inspired opening riff, you can tell that ass-kicking is going to ensue once the music explodes into its powerful chorus.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMDWoqCzkCg Escanor's Theme]]. Pure AwesomeEgo in musical form. Whenever it starts up, you know somebody's about to get stomped ''hard''.

** The anime adaptation has gotten some divided opinions. People were already split the moment Creator/A1Pictures was revealed to be the studio behind it (considering their track record regarding a number of their [[Manga/BlueExorcist previous]] [[Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic anime]] [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline adaptations]]), but said BrokenBase has only gotten more heated due to [[AdaptationDistillation certain changes made that don't follow the manga]]. Some feel that [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks these changes do a disservice to the source material]], while others enjoy the anime for its visuals and argue that some of the changes border on PragmaticAdaptation. The change to Creator/StudioDeen, in the third season however, is more unanimously negative.

** The Ten Commandment are basically an entire crew of these.

-->'''Ban''': What're ya doin'?
-->'''Gowther''': [while groping Ban's pecs] This is the greeting the Captain showed me yesterday.

** Elizabeth & Diane have been getting a fairly good Womance vibe after Diane has befriended Elizabeth and let go of her previous jealousy regarding Elizabeth's relationship with Meliodas. One of the stronger cases was when Elizabeth & Diane accidentally found a plant that shrank them to Tiny & Human size respectively (both applied to be nude). In which later on in the episode when we see Diane in the tournament human-sized it was revealed that she had a tiny nude Elizabeth in her cleavage and Diane was seemingly GoingCommando.
*** To a milder extent in Episode 2 of Season 3 in the anime, there was a scene where Diane & Elizabeth where having a little chat about their feelings for King & Meliodas respectively. But if you see the scene without any lines it practically looks like they are on a date with each-other with their body language and massive amounts of LuminescentBlush.

* MemeticBadass: After [[WhamEpisode Chapter]] [[SugarWiki/MomentofAwesome 124]], several people are saying that DREFYUS IS A BRO!

** LORD TWIGO. Due to how [[DeathIsCheap Death Is Cheap]] in the show, some people jokingly believe that Lord Twigo, a character that was killed off in episode one, is [[HesJustHiding still alive]], and is using his status as presumed dead to [[TheDogWasTheMastermind manipulate the events of all of anime ever]].

** Using the VideoGame/DarkSouls often quoted phrase ''"Praise the Sin!"'' in regards to Escanor who has [[PowerOfTheSun sun based powers]]. It's especially used when he's in his terrifyingly overpowering muscular day form and about to pretty much completely rekt those foolish enough to face him.

* SugarWiki/MomentofAwesome: While not nearly as much as the mangaka's previous ''Manga/KongohBancho'' as of yet. The world is filled with warriors capable of causing the ground to shatter beneath them, even a {{Mook}} can easily cut down an entire forest with ease. Ban and Melidolas for example destroy Baste Prison because of their [[BashBrothers over-enthusiastic greeting]].

* NarmCharm: Hendrickson's Gray Demon form. He's got clawed fingers, evil eyes, and [[ShirtlessScene his chest is bared]], but....he also has purple skin, has cute little giraffe-looking horns on his head, and has adorable little purple wings on his back that don't look near big enough to support him. It's hard to know whether the be awe-inspired or laugh.

* RootingForTheEmpire: During a particular flashback of the Holy war 3,000 ago, some fans are beginning to start rooting for the Demon Clan. [[spoiler: The Ten Commandments are not only a BadassCrew but [[EvilIsCool are clearly awesome]]. Plus they have every reason to seek Britannia's destruction: one of their brethren betrays them, killing two of his comrades, and the Goddess Clan takes this opportunity to incite the other races to attack the demons, which ended with the demons being sealed for three thousand years, while [[KarmaHoudini the ones truly responsible for the war enjoyed the spoils]]. It doesn't help the fact the Goddess Clan are clearly not in any way better than the demons as they captured thousands of demon civilians, children included, just for bait and killed them all.]]
** This is helped by some unanswered questions. [[spoiler:For example, how bad were the demons before the holy war and how munch of the Ten Commandments current actions are because of the atrocities they witnessed in the great war, which for them was little more than a month ago. They find it impossible to forgive the other race's for the crimes committed against the demons simply because, from their perspective, it just happened.]]
** There a contingent who while believing they should be stopped in the end. [[spoiler: Should be allowed to get their vengeance on Meliodas for betraying and working with the Goddess who wanted to exterminate them for just existing.]]
* SeasonalRot: Anime-only example: The third season was met with backlash from fans of the Manga. Not only the 3rd season change studios from Creator/A1Pictures (which animated the first 2 seasons) to Creator/StudioDeen whose reputation suffered badly besides their recent hits ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'' and the cult hit ''Manga/ShouwaGenrokuRakugoShinjuu'' which received positive reception but suffered from censorships like {{Censor Shadow}}s and changing the blood from red to white or pink (for now, unless Creator/{{Netflix}} will release the uncensored version), bland coloring, and lackluster animation reminiscent of WebComic/OnePunchMan's second season.

** Some find Meliodas constant fondling of and general LovableSexManiac antics towards Elizabeth to be rather squicky especially considering that he receives little to no reprimand for his actions from her and instead has Elizabeth slowly fall in love with him. Meliodas being Really700YearsOld but having the body of a kid is sometimes added to the squicked out factor for some. There's also the fact that he's known her since she was very little which some interpret as WifeHusbandry even though technically he didn't actually raised her personally himself.
*** While the general thing with Meliodas and Elizabeth has been squick for some in one way or another, it reached new heights in Chapter 183. The chapter shows the exact moment that Zaratras and Baltra meet Meliodas immediately after Danafor was destroyed. [[spoiler: Coming out from the destruction was Meliodas holding baby Elizabeth who at this time has been revealed to be the reincarnation of Liz, Meliodas' former lover. Meliodas still clearly protective of his lover who just moments ago died and reincarnated, lashed out at Zaratras and Baltra, who tried to take her from him and get him medical attention, saying "DON'T YOU DARE LAY YOUR HANDS ON MY WOMAN!!!"]] With or without the prior context of Elizabeth, Meliodas' exact line in this moment referring [[spoiler: baby Elizabeth as his woman]] really came off as highly squicky for a lot.

*** What adds another layer to the uncomfortable nature of their relationship is the power dynamic. Meliodas is the ''highly'' respected leader of The Seven Deadly Sins so no one really questions him to begin with. On top of that, he's so ludicrously powerful that there's no option to forcibly stop him. Elizabeth's options are either meekly take it, ask him to stop only to get ignored or just leave the group, which is out of the question due to her needs.
** Some find Ban and Elaine's relationship to be rather squicky as he is a grown man and she has a body of a child. This disregards the fact that Elaine is actually a fairy and Really700YearsOld, making Ban, a human, the younger of the two. Ban looking and acting like what could be interpreted as a lustful pedophile around Elaine in some scenes however doesn't help much.

** The reaction to certain changes made for the anime adaptation which involve cutting out a number of things from the source manga such as characters, foreshadowing, and even whole entire events. To name two notable ones which are a ChekhovsGunman and ChekhovsGun respectively, Oslo and the pendant that Veronica gives to Elizabeth before the Byzel Fighting Festival. The two do later appear in the anime during the parts wherein they actually become relevant in the story however due to the cutting out of their initial introduction, they come off as looking a bit more like sudden convenient plot device than anything else. This is somewhat more in the case of Oslo whose sudden appearance in the anime comes as looking like an AssPull.

** For Season 3, many weren't happy for Creator/StudioDeen animating the series since it suffered from its lackluster animation, {{Censor Shadow}}s, and changing the Blood from Red to White or Pink. Having enemies bleed White Blood becomes [[{{Narm}} unintentionally funny]] when the blood looks more like Semen than actual Blood.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Meliodas when he kills Fraudrin. The story goes out of its way to paint what he did as a despicably cruel act, and while he was [[spoiler:{{Slowly Slipping Into Evil}}]] at that point, Fraudrin was an brutal demon who slaughtered the entire Kingdom of Danafor, including Liz, Elizabeth's reincarnation at the time, and that's not getting into what he [[DemonicPossession did]] to Hendrickson and Dreyfus. Fraudrin also happily went along with the Demon Clan's terrorizing of human citizens in Britannia after Meliodas's death, even blackmailing villages into selling the souls of Holy Knights to the Demon Clan in exchange for their safety. Though it was a cold-blooded kill, it's also a well-deserved {{Kick the Son of a Bitch}} moment.

* UnpopularPopularCharacter: In the series, King is an extremely unlucky ButtMonkey who isn't even liked by his former fairy subjects. According to the first character popularity poll however, he's the most popular character overshadowing even the main character Meliodas. In postcard votes submitted by fans alone, he's in fourth place but combined with online votes, he's the most popular character by landslide with nearly four times the votes Ban in second place has. To really put this into perspective, Meliodas is 5th place with 6668 votes, Ban is 2nd with 32086 and King is 1st with 121945 votes, that's more than the other members of the top 10 combined.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The English Dub translates Derriere's CatchPhrase to Bottom Line, which works as a pun and an actual phrase that makes sense for her to say.

** Meliodas saw his girlfriend die and supposedly [[MyGreatestFailure destroyed his own kingdom.]] The background behind that is ''much'' sadder. [[spoiler: He, a member of Demon Clan, and Elizabeth, member of Goddess Clan, were cursed as a punishment for falling in love with each other. Meliodas was cursed with immortality, while Elizabeth was cursed to continuously reincarnate into members of different clans. They would meet and fall in love with each other again but when Elizabeth remembered her past life, she would die after three days and the cycle would continue. Meliodas destroying Danafor is partly because he has to see Elizabeth die in front of him 106 times over the past 3000 years.]]

** Due to incidents beyond his control, King has suffered and lost a great deal. These include among things, King's best friend going mad to a point that King had no other choice but to MercyKill him [[spoiler: THREE times]], and the lost of the original Fairy King's forest along with the life of his sister. Worse yet, he is constantly reminded and blamed for all of these tragedies even when he was otherwise indisposed to prevent them.

** Many theorize Gowther to be in the Autism spectrum due to his lack of understanding on human emotions, his monotonous speech, and his lack of social skills.

** There a contingent who while believing they should be stopped in the end. [[spoiler: Should be allowed to get their vengence on Meliodas for betraying and working with the Goddess who wanted to exterminate them for just existing.]]
* SeasonalRot: Anime-only example: The third season was met with backlash from fans of the Manga. Not only the 3rd season change studios from Creator/A1Pictures (which animated the first 2 seasons) to Creator/StudioDeen whose reputation suffered badly besides their recent hits ''LightNovel/KonoSuba'' and the cult hit ''Manga/ShouwaGenrokuRakugoShinjuu'' which received positive reception but suffered from censorships like {{Censor Shadow}}s and changing the blood from Red to White or Pink (for now, unless Creator/{{Netflix}} will release the uncensored version), bland coloring, and lackluster animation reminiscent of WebComic/OnePunchMan's second season.

*** While the general thing with Meliodas and Elizabeth has been squick for some in one way or another, it reached new heights in Chapter 183. The chapter shows the exact moment that Zaratras and Baltra meet Meliodas immediately after Danafor was destroyed. [[spoiler: Coming out from the destruction was Meliodas holding baby Elizabeth who at this time has been revealed to be the reincarnation of Liz, Meliodas' former lover. Meliodas still clearly protective of his lover who just moments ago died and reincarnated, lashed out at Zaratras and Baltra, who tried to take her from him and get him medical attention, saying "DON'T YOU DARE LAY YOUR HANDS ON MY WOMAN!!!"]] With or without the prior context of Elizabeth, Meliodas' exact line in this moment referring [[spoiler: baby Elizabeth as his woman]] really came off as highly squicky for alot.

** Almost overnight, when it came to light that Meliodas's mentor is named Chandler, people immediately started making jokes that Meliodas learned everything he knows from [[NamesTheSame Chandler]] Bing from ''Series/{{Friends}}''.

** When Merlin finally revealed herself in the present, there has been some confusion over what gender she is. Most of it comes from her first full body reveal which despite presenting Merlin with her rather {{Stripperiffic}} MsFanservice outfit, her breasts aren't that pronouncedly drawn big. Fortunately Chapter 84 did a better job in, ah, ''detailing'' her (complete with some {{Gainaxing}}), making her being a woman much more clearer.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Meliodas when he kills Fraudrin. The story goes out of its way to paint what he did as a despicably cruel act. While he is [[spoiler:{{Slowly Slipping Into Evil}}]], Fraudrin was an evil demon who slaughtered the entire Kingdom of Danafor, including Liz, Elizabeth's reincarnation at the time, and that's not getting into what he [[DemonicPossession did]] to Hendrickson and Dreyfus. Fraudrin also happily went along with the Demon Clan's terrorizing of human citizens in Britannia after Meliodas's death, even blackmailing villages into selling the souls of Holy Knights to the Demon Clan in exchange for their safety. Though it was a brutal kill, it's a well-deserved {{Kick the Son of a Bitch}} moment.

* FanPreferredCouple: Some argue that Jericho deserves a break for all the trouble that she goes through for Ban and have her love rewarded by the guy, despite Ban and practically every other character having already said that he will ''only'' have eyes for Elaine. The number of times that Jericho has fumed with frustration every time she hears from Ban's mouth that he will do anything for Elaine counts as a few [[KickTheDog blows to her self-esteem]] since she would like it if Ban spoke that way about her too. Some fans want her to "win" even more after she successfully kept both Ban AND Elaine alive while running away from ''two'' of the Ten Commandments, even unknowingly leading them to their demise by having them run into Escanor. After the danger has passed, she even accepts Elaine as a friend despite the revived fairy trying to kill her before; providing her the speech necessary to snap Elaine out of her temporary madness.

** LORD TWIGO. Due to how [[DeathIsCheap Death Is Cheap]] in the show, some people jokingly believe that Lord Twigo, a character that was killed off in episode one, is [[HesJustHiding still alive]], and is using his status as presumed dead to [[TheDogWasTheMastermind manipulate the events of]] [[UpToEleven all of anime ever]]

** When the [[BadassCrew Ten]] [[KnightOfCerebus Commandments]] show up this gets turned UpToEleven.

* WhatAnIdiot: Unlike most instances where a character appears to be written poorly, [[DeconstructedTrope the author orchestrates this on purpose to actually prove a point.]] Dolor gets one moment in particular, and it's totally his own fault. [[spoiler:His {{Pride}} as a giant is the reason why he became one of the Ten Commandments. Zeldoris, powered up with the Demon King's abilities as his representative, appeared before him and forced him to either fight a losing battle to the death or join their cause against his will. Had he just ran away from a fight with Zeldoris, he would not have been forced into the bind that he faced. Nope, couldn't do that, cause we don't wanna be a DirtyCoward. [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch Diane did not make that mistake- she ran like hell from the get-go.]] Though to be fair there is no reason to believe Zeldris would have let Dolor escape.]]
* Chandler gets a big one after its revealed he and Cuzack survived their merging. After seeing the remains of the battle with the Demon Kingified Meliodas, both he and his other half find an unconcious Zeldris, along with the still existing 10 Commandments, they quickly pierce together that something went wrong.

You would expect: For Chandler to heal Zeldris and question him about what happened to at least find out if Meliodas is ok or not. Or even take him with them along with the Commandments. At least that way they could find out what happened and think up the appropriate course of action.

Instead: Chandler, in his single minded devotion to Mel, tells his other half to leave him for dead(Somehow forgetting Cuzack's OWN single minded devotion to the younger prince) and states they should immediately work on returning the Commandments to Meliodas.

As a Result: Cuzack betrays and kills Chandler by cutting him in half, gives the Commandments to Zeldris(Unaware that it would lead to him being possesed by the Demon King) and gets killed for his troubles. Leaving both halfs dead, Zeldris possesed, and the Demon King alive once more.
** Meliodas [[spoiler: takes a big jump in this when he goes to face DK Zeldris without any of the Sins and only Elizabeth. Considering that the SDS beat the DK before and saved Meliodas from possession and that Gowther's mind abilities are a key factor in saving Zeldris, you'd think that Meliodas would do well enough to use people who are more than willing, and capable, of helping him to his advantage. He instead decides, after all this time, that it's only his problem and that the rest of the Sin's can't get involved in his business anymore, and thus, [[DidntThinkThisThrough undermines the Sin's and Zeldris's position]] in the war [[NiceJobBreakingItHero which starts to cost him dearly.]]]]

** When the past relationship of King and Diane is revealed in King's backstory, some found it to be rather squicky and looking like WifeHusbandry, as he's older than her and she is a very young child (albeit a lot older than a human child). This is a bit of [[DoubleStandard a contrast]] compared to the case with King's sister Elaine as the fact that King is being also presented as a child due to his fairy form is disregarded. Furthering the contrast a bit is that King's present relationship with Diane is found by some to be okay, even though King still looks like a child due to [[TheAgeless his agelessness]] and Diane is a teen, a thing that's kind of the gender reversal of Elaine and Ban's case.
*** It's not really a DoubleStandard - generally, infantilization of women goes hand in hand with making them sexy and attractive, while with men it generally makes them less sexy (we're not talking about elder to adult here, but adult/teen to teen/child). Both Elaine and Diane were the least experienced and innocent (and thus child-like) half of the couple, which is why Ban and King are thought of as a little creepy (instead of the centuries old Elaine and King). Besides that, in the past King is clearly the mentally older and wiser of the two and Diane was in multiple ways dependent on him (and he looked like a pre-teen and Diane looked like and was a toddler), while Ban and Elaine from the start needed and helped each other and had a more equal relationship. Diane's current relationship with King is less squicky because they're more dependent on each other and are more each other's equals. King hasn't matured that much in the centuries that went by, while Diane clearly has.

* TheScrappy: The Demon King, due to what was already said on ArcFatigue on top of [[spoiler: the horrible life he cursed Meliodas with and for his FinalBattle being such a huge AntiClimax that he has been said to be an even worse BigBad than [[{{Manga/Naruto}} Kaguya]] by a large portion of the fanbase]].

** In the NNT Chinese forum on Tieba, Elizabeth is sometimes referred to as "Silly White". This is because her name is 伊麗莎白 in Chinese and the characters 莎白 sound similar to 傻白 (silly white). It's also a play on words on how [[DamselInDistress they had issue's]] with her character portrayal in the beginning.

* FoeYay:
** Ban and Jericho. In their first meeting he strips her (yes, he wanted the clothes but it was obvious they wouldn't fit him) and, in the second, she stabs him saying "I'll carve my name on your heart" and paints her lips with his blood.
** [[HoYay Slader seems to be a bit obsessed with Gowther.]] He is really enthusiastic about fighting him and he even asks Gowther if he believes in fate.
** King has a brief moment with Ban in the Capital of the Dead Arc when he stabs Ban with Chastiefol while he was leaning on the spear with a flirtatious demeanor.

* CriticalDissonance: The manga won the [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-05-12/yowamushi-pedal-the-seven-deadly-sins-win-39th-kodansha-manga-awards/.88088 Best Shōnen Manga at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards]] and was [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-20/10-titles-nominated-for-7th-manga-taisho-awards nominated for the 2014 Manga Taishō award]] and [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-29/akira-katsuhiro-otomo-wins-angouleme-top-prize/.83854 Best Youth Comic at the 42nd Angoulême International Comics Festival in France]]. Amongst the manga community, ''The Seven Deadly Sins'' is one of the ''most hated'' shōnen series and experienced widespread derision since it ended.[[note]]Much of this has to with how most of the plot ended up being tied to romance, the uncomfortableness of Meliodas and Ban's relationships with Elizabeth and Elaine, the ridiculousness of the power-scaling, the anti-climactic final villain in the Demon King, and the finality's ArcFatigue.[[/note]] Not helping is the ''very shoddy'' anime adaptation of Season 3 and onwards by Creator/StudioDeen which became ridiculed by many for its poor, stiff animation and off-model art.

* CriticalDissonance: The manga won the [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-05-12/yowamushi-pedal-the-seven-deadly-sins-win-39th-kodansha-manga-awards/.88088 Best Shōnen Manga at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards]] and was [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-01-20/10-titles-nominated-for-7th-manga-taisho-awards nominated for the 2014 Manga Taishō award]] and [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-01-29/akira-katsuhiro-otomo-wins-angouleme-top-prize/.83854 Best Youth Comic at the 42nd Angoulême International Comics Festival in France]]. Amongst the manga community, ''The Seven Deadly Sins'' is one of the ''most hated'' shōnen series and experienced widespread derision since it ended.[[note]]Much of this has to with how most of the plot ended up being tied to romance, the uncomfortableness of Meliodas and Ban's relationships with Elizabeth and Elaine, the ridiculousness of the power-scaling, the anti-climactic final villain in the Demon King, and the finality's ArcFatigue.[[/note]]

* ArcFatigue: The final battle. [[spoiler: by the time the Demon King has possessed Zeldris and faces off against Meliodas, the Seven Deadly Sins have already beaten him in a form that was much stronger than his current form. The fight is still painfully drawn out, as the characters get more power ups to fight an antagonist that was pretty much equally matched when he was just against Meliodas. This is somewhat justified, as the goal isn't to kill him, but to free Zeldris (*then* kill him) it's understandable that they can't just immediately finish the fight. Still, the lack of tension and length of the fight make it a bore, despite being the climax of the series. Things only get more exasperated when the finale also brings in Arthur reigning in Chaos ''and'' Cath Pulug to fight, but that's the end of it afterwards.]]

** In the anime, Guila and Jericho have their moments, particularly in the first-season finale where Guila cheerfully announces that ThePowerOfLove saved her [[spoiler:from being turned into a monster]] like the other New Generation knights. Jericho thinks Guila is referring to her... and then looks incredibly jealous when Guila gestures to [[spoiler:Gowther]] as the object of her affections.

** [[DemiurgeArchetype The Supreme Deity]] is the ruler of the [[Characters/TheSevenDeadlySinsGoddessClan Goddess Clan]] who helped orchestrate the Holy War while planning to make the conflict last forever. When the Supreme Deity learns that her daughter Elizabeth is trying to establish peace with the Demon Clan along with being in a romance with the demon Meliodas, the Supreme Deity curses her lover with immortality while having the Demon King curse her daughter with resurrection, causing the two eternal suffering, while also having her archangels slaughter innocent members of the Demon Clan to prevent peace. In ''Cursed by Light'', when the Holy War ended 3,000 years later, the Supreme Deity brainwashes the second Fairy King, the giant craftsman, their people, and even members of their own clan, forcing them to attack and kill countless innocents. She herself then tries to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy all life]] in Britannia before creating a new Holy War, uncaring if she kills off her own thralls and daughter. Despite trying to justify herself, Meliodas [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist exposes her]] as nothing more than a petty ControlFreak who merely views the Holy War as a game.

* CompleteMonster: Both instigators of the Holy War:

** [[LightIsNotGood The Supreme Deity]] is the ruler of the [[Characters/TheSevenDeadlySinsGoddessClan Goddess Clan]] who helped orchestrate the Holy War while planning to make the conflict last forever. When the Supreme Deity learns that her daughter Elizabeth is trying to establish peace with the Demon Clan along with being in a romance with the demon Meliodas, the Supreme Deity curses her lover with immortality while having the Demon King curse her daughter with resurrection, causing the two eternal suffering, while also having her archangels slaughter innocent members of the Demon Clan to prevent peace. In ''Cursed by Light'', when the Holy War ended 3,000 years later, the Supreme Deity brainwashes the second Fairy King, the giant craftsman, their people, and even members of their own clan, forcing them to attack and kill countless innocents. She herself then tries to [[OmnicidalManiac destroy all life]] in Britannia before creating a new Holy War, uncaring if she kills off her own thralls and daughter. Despite trying to justify herself, Meliodas [[NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist exposes her]] as nothing more than a petty ControlFreak who merely views the Holy War as a game.

* MagnificentBastard: [[NobleDemon Fraudrin of the Ten Commandments]] is a brilliant manipulator in the [[Characters/TheSevenDeadlySinsDemonClan Demon Clan]]. Possessing the Holy Knight Dreyfus, Fraudrin masterminds the framing of the Seven Deadly Sins to oust them from Britannia before working to revive his brethren. Succeeding, Fraudrin and the other Commandments set forth to conquer Britannia, nearly triumphing and even when bested in combat Fraudrin prepares a suicide attack to take the kingdom with him, relenting only [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes out of love for Dreyfus' son]].

You would expect: For Chandler to heal Zeldris and question him about what happened to at least find out if Meliodas is ok or not. Or even take him with them along with the Commandments.
Instead: Chandler, in his single minded devotion, tells his other half to leave him for dead(Somehow forgetting Cuzack's OWN single minded devotion to the younger prince) and states they should immediately work on returning the Commandments to Meliodas.
As a Result: Cuzack kills Chandler by cutting him in half and gives the Commandments to Zeldris(Unaware that it would lead to him being possesed by the Demon King) and gets killed for his troubles. Leaving both halfs dead, Zeldris possesed, and the Demon King alive once more.