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* NotSoDifferent: One of the main themes is that the victims of Sin can become just as rotten as their oppressors.
** Wrath: The dragon tortures Ethan's family to death, and Ethan is permanently consumed by rage.
** Gluttony: A miserly nobleman sends out human sacrifices while feasting on their hard work. [[spoiler:After he's lynched, the townsfolk turn on each other because they can't agree on how to split the rations. This includes the children. [[KarmaHoudini The only victors are the bandits]] [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere who run away when they know they've bitten too much to chew]].]]
** Envy: A noblewoman cheats on her fiancee because he's a wimp, though her efforts to sway Ethan from his dead family come to naught. [[spoiler:The fiancee snaps and kills her out of jealousy, then realizes what he's done and commits suicide]].
** Sloth: The town's leader is too addicted to drugs to leave his village-wide drug den. [[spoiler:In the end, his sister is too dependent on him to make her own choices]].
** Greed: A lich hoards piles of gold despite having no means of spending it. [[spoiler:By law, it would have to go straight to the king with no back pay. When Ethan recommends they keep the gold and split it among their army, one of the captains decides he wants it all, leading him and the other one to kill one another over it.]]
** Lust: A succubus serial kills men while slaking their lust. [[spoiler:Ethan murders her with his bare hands to slake his lust for blood.]]
** Pride: [[spoiler:The dragon reveals it WasOnceAMan, but also became consumed by vengeance and killed the previous dragon to achieve dominance. The only way to escape their curse is to pass it on to the next person to take revenge on the dragon - Ethan.]]
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* LipLock: An inversion, the series is animated to the English Dub actors instead of the Japanese ones.
* MediumBlending: The backgrounds are largely in 2D.
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An original net anime DarkFantasy series based on the 2012 video game of the same name by Creator/{{Capcom}}. Directed by Shinya Sugai, the series was released worldwide on September 17, 2020 on Creator/{{Netflix}}.

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An original net anime DarkFantasy series based on the 2012 video game of the same name by Creator/{{Capcom}}. Directed by Shinya Sugai, Sugai and animated by Sublimation, the series was released worldwide on September 17, 2020 on Creator/{{Netflix}}.
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* DeathBySex: Naturally, this is the fate of those that fall victim to the succubus. Ethan manages to reverse this on the creature when he sees through her illusion and kills her with his bare hands during the act.
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* BrokenAesop: As WebVideo/MothersBasement [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li8VzonDmdc points out]], the aesop in "Greed" is that... greed is bad. Kinda obvious, but good enough. In the episode, Ethan suggests that the knights take some coins from the pile of treasure they just liberated as payment, since the guy who hired them won't pay. The series implies that Ethan was being corrupted by the cursed treasure, and one of the knights call him out on his suggestion being dishonorable. Except that, [[HonorBeforeReason dishonorable though it may be]], Ethan's suggestion is perfectly reasonable. The knights had done a job and weren't being paid for it, they were in their full right to take some coins as payment for services rendered. Ethan is still shown to be in the wrong.
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* DarkFantasy: Way darker than the game it was based off of, with the tragic event of the first episode and its fantasy tones are more deconstucted.
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* BitterSweetEnding: Almost veering on a DownerEnding. [[spoiler: Ethan kills the dragon that murdered his family, but then becomes the next dragon in its place after Hannah refuses to perform a MercyKill on him to prevent his change. Ethan flies off into the unknown after making Hannah swears that she will protect humanity from him.]]

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* BitterSweetEnding: Almost veering on a DownerEnding. [[spoiler: Ethan kills the dragon that murdered his family, but then becomes the next dragon in its place after Hannah refuses to perform a MercyKill on him to prevent his change. Ethan flies off into the unknown after making Hannah swears swear that she will protect humanity from him.]]
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* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: [[spoiler: When an Arisen kills the dragon that took their heart, they become the next Arisen. This is what happens to Ethan at the end of the season.]]

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* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: [[spoiler: When an Arisen kills the dragon that took their heart, they become the next Arisen.dragon. This is what happens to Ethan at the end of the season.]]

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* SwallowedWhole: The fate of [[spoiler: Louis in the first episode at the hands of the dragon, and then Lennie in the fourth episode by the Hydra. Lennie manages to survive but ends up blinded by the experience. Louis not so much. ]]

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* SwallowedWhole: The fate of [[spoiler: Louis in the first episode at the hands of the dragon, and then Lennie in the fourth episode by the Hydra. Lennie manages to survive but ends up blinded by the experience. Louis not so much. ]]

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*BitterSweetEnding: Almost veering on a DownerEnding. [[spoiler: Ethan kills the dragon that murdered his family, but then becomes the next dragon in its place after Hannah refuses to perform a MercyKill on him to prevent his change. Ethan flies off into the unknown after making Hannah swears that she will protect humanity from him.]]



* TragicKeepsake: Ethan and Olivia had matching wrist bands he'd bought for the two of them at some point, Olivia's band being all he can find of her in the aftermath of the Dragon's attack. He wears it alongside his own for the rest of the series. [[spoiler:It's what helps him defeat the succubus in the penultimate episode, when she nearly dupes him by taking Olivia's form - just as they start getting into the act, Ethan realizes he's wearing both bands, and thus whoever's in front of him can't possibly be the real Olivia. By the end of the final episode, once Ethan has killed the Dragon and become the next one, Hannah is wearing them.]]

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*SwallowedWhole: The fate of [[spoiler: Louis in the first episode at the hands of the dragon, and then Lennie in the fourth episode by the Hydra. Lennie manages to survive but ends up blinded by the experience. Louis not so much. ]]
* TragicKeepsake: Ethan and Olivia had matching wrist bands he'd bought for the two of them at some point, Olivia's band being all he can find of her in the aftermath of the Dragon's attack. He wears it alongside his own for the rest of the series. [[spoiler:It's what helps him defeat the succubus in the penultimate episode, when she nearly dupes him by taking Olivia's form - just as they start getting into the act, Ethan realizes he's wearing both bands, and thus whoever's in front of him can't possibly be the real Olivia. By the end of the final episode, once Ethan has killed the Dragon and become the next one, Hannah is wearing them.]]
*YouKillItYouBoughtIt: [[spoiler: When an Arisen kills the dragon that took their heart, they become the next Arisen. This is what happens to Ethan at the end of the season.
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* AnyoneCanDie: If anything the episodes with survivors are actually the odd ones out.


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* LastRequest: After the final battle [[spoiler:Ethan's final request to Hannah is that she protect humanity. From himself.]]
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[[caption-width-right:450:''Remember this. When thou peers into the dark, the dark peers into thee.'']]


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* DeathOfAChild: Louis, Ethan and Olivia's adopted child, is SwallowedWhole by the Dragon right in front of the two.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The guards sent to by the Duke do little more than drink as they believe there's nothing for them to do in Cassardis and get angry at Louis when they overhear him mocking them. That being said, when Louis runs back and tells them that there's a pack of wolves near the village and is attacking Ethan, they gather their gear and get ready to go out. Unfortunately for them, that's when the Dragon shows up to attack Cassardis.
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** When Ethan takes Louis up in the mountains to hunt, one of the villagers wonders why he doesn't just fish since Cassardis is close to the ocean while another says it's natural he wouldn't, [[NoodleIncident given what happened to him the last time he went into the water]]. In the game, anyone unlucky enough to find themselves in deep water will find themselves facing down the Brine.
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* DreamingOfThingsToCome: The anime opens with Ethan walking through Cassardis, clearly in the midst of a disaster, and comes face to face with the Dragon. It seems like it's AllJustADream at first, but while Ethan's out hunting with Louis...

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* AdaptedOut: [[spoiler:The Seneschal]] isn't featured, much less shown or hinted at all in the anime, unlike in the game where they have a much more prominent role.

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* AdaptedOut: [[spoiler:The Seneschal]] isn't featured, much less shown or even hinted at all in the anime, unlike in the game where they have a much more prominent role.



* DeadGuyJunior: A variation, where Hannah gets her name from Ethan's dead mother; he says that if Olivia had lived to give birth, and they'd had a daughter, he would have named her that.



** Envy: A noblewoman cheats on her fiancee because he's a wimp, though her efforts to sway Ethan from his dead family come to naught. [[spoiler:The finacee snaps and kills her out of jealousy, then realizes what he's done and commits suicide]].

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** Envy: A noblewoman cheats on her fiancee because he's a wimp, though her efforts to sway Ethan from his dead family come to naught. [[spoiler:The finacee fiancee snaps and kills her out of jealousy, then realizes what he's done and commits suicide]].



* TragicKeepsake: Ethan and Olivia had matching wrist bands he'd bought for the two of them at some point, Olivia's band being all he can find of her in the aftermath of the Dragon's attack. He wears it alongside his own for the rest of the series. [[spoiler:It's what helps him defeat the succubus in the penultimate episode, when she nearly dupes him by taking Olivia's form - just as they start getting into the act, Ethan realizes he's wearing both bands, and thus whoever's in front of him can't possibly be the real Olivia.]]

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* TragicKeepsake: Ethan and Olivia had matching wrist bands he'd bought for the two of them at some point, Olivia's band being all he can find of her in the aftermath of the Dragon's attack. He wears it alongside his own for the rest of the series. [[spoiler:It's what helps him defeat the succubus in the penultimate episode, when she nearly dupes him by taking Olivia's form - just as they start getting into the act, Ethan realizes he's wearing both bands, and thus whoever's in front of him can't possibly be the real Olivia. By the end of the final episode, once Ethan has killed the Dragon and become the next one, Hannah is wearing them.]]

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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: How the Dragon comes to be. [[spoiler:Whereas in the game, Grigori was once an Arisen who failed to defeat the Seneschal, he's an Arisen who sought to kill the previous Dragon and ended up becoming one himself for reasons similar to Ethan's, albeit driven more out of dominance than any actual vengeance. Any Arisen who kills the Dragon will become the next Dragon]].

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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: How the Dragon comes to be. [[spoiler:Whereas in the game, Grigori was once an Arisen who failed to defeat the Seneschal, here he's an a previous Arisen who sought to kill the previous Dragon and ended up becoming one himself for reasons similar to Ethan's, albeit driven more out of dominance than any actual vengeance. Any Arisen who kills the Dragon will become the next Dragon]].



* HornyDevils: One of the monsters is a succubus. Fittingly, she's the main monster Ethan has to deal with in the Lust episode.

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* HornyDevils: One The focus of the monsters "Lust" episode is a succubus. Fittingly, she's the main monster Ethan has to deal with in the Lust episode.succubus who's been feeding off of men as they stay at an inn.



** Envy: A noblewoman cheats on her fiancee because he's a wimp, though her efforts to sway Ethan from his dead family come to naught. [[spoiler:He snaps and kills her out of jealousy, then realizes what he's done and commits suicide]].

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** Envy: A noblewoman cheats on her fiancee because he's a wimp, though her efforts to sway Ethan from his dead family come to naught. [[spoiler:He [[spoiler:The finacee snaps and kills her out of jealousy, then realizes what he's done and commits suicide]].



** Greed: A lich hoards piles of gold despite having no means of spending it. [[spoiler:By law, it would have to go straight to the king with no back pay. When Ethan recommends they keep the gold and split it among their army, one of the captains decides he wants it all.]]

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** Greed: A lich hoards piles of gold despite having no means of spending it. [[spoiler:By law, it would have to go straight to the king with no back pay. When Ethan recommends they keep the gold and split it among their army, one of the captains decides he wants it all.all, leading him and the other one to kill one another over it.]]



** Pride: [[spoiler:The dragon reveals it WasOnceAMan, but also became consumed by vengeance and killed the previous dragon to achieve dominance. The only way to escape their curse is to pass it on to the next person to take revenge on the dragon - Ethan.]]

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** Pride: [[spoiler:The dragon reveals it WasOnceAMan, but also became consumed by vengeance and killed the previous dragon to achieve dominance. The only way to escape their curse is to pass it on to the next person to take revenge on the dragon - Ethan.]]
* TragicKeepsake: Ethan and Olivia had matching wrist bands he'd bought for the two of them at some point, Olivia's band being all he can find of her in the aftermath of the Dragon's attack. He wears it alongside his own for the rest of the series. [[spoiler:It's what helps him defeat the succubus in the penultimate episode, when she nearly dupes him by taking Olivia's form - just as they start getting into the act, Ethan realizes he's wearing both bands, and thus whoever's in front of him can't possibly be the real Olivia.
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* HornyDevils: One of the monsters is a succubus.

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* HornyDevils: One of the monsters is a succubus. Fittingly, she's the main monster Ethan has to deal with in the Lust episode.

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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: How the Dragon comes to be. [[spoiler:Whereas in the game, Grigori was once an Arisen who failed to defeat the Senechal, he's an Arisen who sought to kill the previous Dragon and ended up becoming one himself for reasons similar to Ethan's, albeit driven more out of dominance than any actual vengeance. Any Arisen who kills the Dragon will become the next Dragon]].
* BroadStrokes: While ultimately set in the same world as the game, the anime's story differs significantly and makes little to no mention of the Duke [[spoiler:or the Senechal]]. Even the Dragon [[AdaptationalBackstoryChange has a different role in the story]].

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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: How the Dragon comes to be. [[spoiler:Whereas in the game, Grigori was once an Arisen who failed to defeat the Senechal, Seneschal, he's an Arisen who sought to kill the previous Dragon and ended up becoming one himself for reasons similar to Ethan's, albeit driven more out of dominance than any actual vengeance. Any Arisen who kills the Dragon will become the next Dragon]].
* AdaptedOut: [[spoiler:The Seneschal]] isn't featured, much less shown or hinted at all in the anime, unlike in the game where they have a much more prominent role.
* BroadStrokes: While ultimately set in the same world as the game, the anime's story differs significantly and makes little to no mention of the Duke [[spoiler:or the Senechal]].Seneschal]]. Even the Dragon [[AdaptationalBackstoryChange has a different role in the story]].
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** In the game the action that the player character did to be worthy of becoming the Arisen is they struck the dragon and embedded a sword in it's claw when the Dragon hit them. Ethan more or less does the same thing, but the Dragon chooses Ethan more out of the fact that he actually strike it than having a sword stuck in its claw.

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** In the game the action that the player character did to be worthy of becoming the Arisen is they struck the dragon and embedded a sword in it's its claw when the Dragon hit them. Ethan more or less does the same thing, but the Dragon chooses Ethan more out of the fact that he actually strike struck it than having a sword stuck in its claw.
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each episode of the anime is titled after one of the SevenDeadlySins, with the focus of the episode centering around its eponymous sin.

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The story follows the journey of an Arisen, a human whose heart has been consumed by a dragon, seeking revenge on the dragon for murdering his family and razing his home. Accompanying him is a Pawn, a being from another world whose only purpose is to serve their Arisen. The journey to the dragon is about the SevenDeadlySins and the people who embody them. And giant monsters.

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The story follows Ethan, one of the journey residents of an Arisen, the village of Cassardis, has his life suddenly upended from underneath him when a human whose Dragon attacks and destroys the village, killing his wife and unborn child in the process. When he awakens, he finds his heart has been consumed missing from his chest and a challenge issued to him by a dragon, seeking revenge on the dragon for murdering his family Dragon, telling him to seek it out and razing his home. claim vengeance. Accompanying him Ethan on his quest for vengeance is Hannah; a Pawn, a being from another world whose only purpose is Pawn summoned to his side and serve the newly minted Arisen.

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their Arisen. The journey to journey, Ethan and his companions encounter several individuals in need of help, as well as monsters that constantly plague the dragon is about land, each problem representing one of the SevenDeadlySins and the people who embody them. And giant monsters.
SevenDeadlySins.



* BroadStrokes: While ultimately set in the same world as the game, the anime's story differs significantly and makes little to no mention of the Duke [[spoiler:or the Senechal]]. Even the Dragon has undergone a AdaptationalBackstoryChange.

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* BroadStrokes: While ultimately set in the same world as the game, the anime's story differs significantly and makes little to no mention of the Duke [[spoiler:or the Senechal]]. Even the Dragon [[AdaptationalBackstoryChange has undergone a AdaptationalBackstoryChange.different role in the story]].

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* EmotionlessGirl: Ethan's Pawn is unemotional at first.

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* AdaptationalBackstoryChange: How the Dragon comes to be. [[spoiler:Whereas in the game, Grigori was once an Arisen who failed to defeat the Senechal, he's an Arisen who sought to kill the previous Dragon and ended up becoming one himself for reasons similar to Ethan's, albeit driven more out of dominance than any actual vengeance. Any Arisen who kills the Dragon will become the next Dragon]].
* BroadStrokes: While ultimately set in the same world as the game, the anime's story differs significantly and makes little to no mention of the Duke [[spoiler:or the Senechal]]. Even the Dragon has undergone a AdaptationalBackstoryChange.
* EmotionlessGirl: Ethan's Pawn Hannah is unemotional at first.



** In the game the action that the player character did to be worthy of becoming the Arisen is they struck the dragon and embedded a sword in it's claw when the Dragon hit them. Here Ethan does hit the Dragon but he doesn't mind the sword.
** Ethan wakes up in a bed after encountering the Dragon and awakening as the Arisen.

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** In the game the action that the player character did to be worthy of becoming the Arisen is they struck the dragon and embedded a sword in it's claw when the Dragon hit them. Here Ethan more or less does hit the same thing, but the Dragon but he doesn't mind chooses Ethan more out of the sword.
fact that he actually strike it than having a sword stuck in its claw.
** Ethan wakes up in a bed after encountering the Dragon and awakening as the Arisen.Arisen, much like the protagonist themselves after having their heart ripped out from their chest.
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** During Ethan's fight with the Dragon, he finds himself chased down a long hallway while the Dragon follows behind, destroying the structure as it gains on him, just like the early stages of the Dragon fight in the game.
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* EmotionlessGirl: Ethan's Pawn is unemotional at first.


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** In the game the action that the player character did to be worthy of becoming the Arisen is they struck the dragon and embedded a sword in it's claw when the Dragon hit them. Here Ethan does hit the Dragon but he doesn't mind the sword.
** Ethan wakes up in a bed after encountering the Dragon and awakening as the Arisen.

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The story follows a man’s journey seeking revenge on a dragon who stole his heart. On his way, the man is brought back to life as an "Arisen." An action adventure about a man challenged by demons who represent the SevenDeadlySins.

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The story follows a man’s the journey of an Arisen, a human whose heart has been consumed by a dragon, seeking revenge on a the dragon who stole for murdering his heart. On family and razing his way, home. Accompanying him is a Pawn, a being from another world whose only purpose is to serve their Arisen. The journey to the man dragon is brought back to life as an "Arisen." An action adventure about a man challenged by demons the SevenDeadlySins and the people who represent embody them. And giant monsters.

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* HornyDevils: One of
the SevenDeadlySins.monsters is a succubus.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Ethan's quest for revenge takes him to a dark place. In addition to his own rage, his companions also fall prey to their own sins, slowly breaking his spirit.
* NotSoDifferent: One of the main themes is that the victims of Sin can become just as rotten as their oppressors.
** Wrath: The dragon tortures Ethan's family to death, and Ethan is permanently consumed by rage.
** Gluttony: A miserly nobleman sends out human sacrifices while feasting on their hard work. [[spoiler:After he's lynched, the townsfolk turn on each other because they can't agree on how to split the rations. This includes the children. [[KarmaHoudini The only victors are the bandits]] [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere who run away when they know they've bitten too much to chew]].]]
** Envy: A noblewoman cheats on her fiancee because he's a wimp, though her efforts to sway Ethan from his dead family come to naught. [[spoiler:He snaps and kills her out of jealousy, then realizes what he's done and commits suicide]].
** Sloth: The town's leader is too addicted to drugs to leave his village-wide drug den. [[spoiler:In the end, his sister is too dependent on him to make her own choices]].
** Greed: A lich hoards piles of gold despite having no means of spending it. [[spoiler:By law, it would have to go straight to the king with no back pay. When Ethan recommends they keep the gold and split it among their army, one of the captains decides he wants it all.]]
** Lust: A succubus serial kills men while slaking their lust. [[spoiler:Ethan murders her with his bare hands to slake his lust for blood.]]
** Pride: [[spoiler:The dragon reveals it WasOnceAMan, but also became consumed by vengeance and killed the previous dragon to achieve dominance. The only way to escape their curse is to pass it on to the next person to take revenge on the dragon - Ethan.]]
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The story follows a man’s journey seeking revenge on a dragon who stole his heart. On his way, the man is brought back to life as an "Arisen." An action adventure about a man challenged by demons who represent the seven deadly sins of humans.SevenDeadlySins.

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An original net anime DarkFantasy series based on the 2012 video game of the same name by Creator/{{Capcom}}. Directed by Shinya Sugai, the series was released worldwide on September 17, 2020 on Creator/{{Netflix}}.

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An original net anime DarkFantasy series based on the 2012 video game of the same name by Creator/{{Capcom}}. Directed by Shinya Sugai, the series was released worldwide on September 17, 2020 on Creator/{{Netflix}}.

The story follows a man’s journey seeking revenge on a dragon who stole his heart. On his way, the man is brought back to life as an "Arisen." An action adventure about a man challenged by demons who represent the seven deadly sins of humans.
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An original net anime DarkFantasy series based on the 2012 video game of the same name by Creator/{{Capcom}}. Directed by Shinya Sugai, the series was released worldwide on September 17, 2020 on Creator/{{Netflix}}.

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