History Manga / TheSevenDeadlySins

* MobileMaze: For the first round of the Vaizel Fighting Festival that the Ten Commandments host, a gigantic canyon-like maze is erected to thin out those who've dared take up their challenge. The maze's at least 300 foot tall walls which dwarf regular-sized giants move to prevent anyone from simply bypassing through the maze. This includes restoring broken parts to prevent anyone simply breaking straight through the maze, and shooting out ledges to block anyone simply jumping to the top of it. Furthermore, once someone enters the maze through one of its many openings, the maze immediately blocks off the way used thus preventing escape.

* FacialCompositeFailure: It's a RunningGag that none of the Sins resemble their wanted posters. Meliodas even has them posted on the wall of his own bar.

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 [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-11/the-seven-deadly-sins-fantasy-manga-gets-tv-anime confirmed]] that the series would have an anime adaptation by Creator/A1Pictures. It began airing on October 5, 2014 and ran for two cours (24 episodes). The anime was licensed and dubbed by Netflix as one of their "original" shows, premiering on November 1, 2015.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice / HumanPincushion: The Great Holy Knight Zaratras was found propped up dead this way with several spears sticking through him. Ban is sometimes the victim of this but survives it due to being immortal.

* LaserGuidedKarma: In her past, Diane didn't go for the kill and spared the lives of some giants who were hired to fight her and Matrona. When [[spoiler:the Knights of Liones betrayed Diane and Matrona, capturing Diane and leaving Matrona for dead, one of the giants Diane sparred arrives, and saves Matrona's life]].

** The town where fighting festivals are held, Vaizel, was originally spelled by fan scanlations as Byzel.

* KnightTemplar: Apart from being actual knights, the Holy Knights are willing to overthrow their king, subjugate and kill innocent civilians, and other atrocities in order to prepare for a Holy War that was prophesied to come. They're also willing to use a Demon to enhance their powers.

** The initial encounter with Veronica and Griamore is cut out in the anime as the Sins immediately head to the Byzel Fighting Festival after reuniting with King. The pendant that Elizabeth originally received from her sister in that encounter however still pops up in the festival, though it's changed from a ChekhovsGun to a plot device that Veronica just whips out almost all of a sudden.

** Due to the anime skipping Veronica's initial introduction and other pieces of dialogue, some things don't exactly add up in the Byzel Fighting Festival. Why exactly is Veronica helping out the Holy Knights who usurped her father's rule in the first place isn't explained as the dialogue detailing her reasons was skipped. She merely acts antagonistic to the Sins and the contradiction of her allegiance is not addressed in the anime. There's also what happens after Meliodas is injured by Guila and taken somewhere else to recuperate. What happened originally in the manga was that Elizabeth gave him the pendant she received earlier from Veronica on the pretense that it's a charm given by their father to ward off evil, and then started praying in a sense. Basically, she was praying for this specific thing to help out an injured Meliodas. However as Elizabeth didn't receive the pendant for to give to Meliodas in the anime, her sudden praying for his protection in this particular scene kinda gives off a completely different context.

** Gowther apparently appears during the Byzel Fighting Festival in the anime before his proper introduction as [[http://media.tumblr.com/0a4c5267b4152ab4d06dfc12e8f21de7/tumblr_inline_nfv2by7bPY1r8ofrf.png one of the forms]] he can change to as detailed in [[http://40.media.tumblr.com/0bf0654a8e4c43999acc7300c4a0c0e5/tumblr_nfdqnblS3N1sfs938o1_1280.jpg a page]] of volume 11 of the manga.

* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: During the Byzel Fighting Festival, Guila and the Holy Knights with her arrived at there riding upon flying manta ray-like creatures.

* IdiotCrows: Not with a crow per say but with a bird with a similar call that nonetheless fulfills the trope. After the incident with the Byzel Fight Festival, Hawk proudly claims to himself aloud that he almost defeated Guila in their last battle. Cue a nearby bird making a call that sounds like "Idiot" in Japanese in light of his statement. For good measure, the bird even poops on Hawk.

* NotJustATournament: In the Byzel Fighting Festival in which the Sins enter to regain Diane's holy weapon, some Holy Knights infiltrate the tournament in order to capture the Sins.

** Starting with an EarlyBirdCameo during the Byzel Fighting Festival, Gowther's introduction to the story and reunion with the rest of the Sins is changed significantly from what actually happened in the manga. It paints his relationship with the Armored Giant in a more sympathetic light though at the expense of his relationship with Pelliot as the latter and his friends are AdaptedOut.
** Like Ban's backstory, Guila's visit with her brother on her day off is integrated into the main story rather than as separate sidestory. The only difference from that of the manga is that it takes place after the Byzel Fighting Festival rather than before it based on certain dialogue. Said dialogue though was excluded and the event's placement after the tournament better ties in with future events related to it.

* SueDonym: Ban enters his and Meliodas' names in the Byzel Fight Festival as Baan and Meliodaz respectively. While the aliases didn't really hide who they were, they were enough of a PaperThinDisguise to fool one of their dumber opponents, Howzer.

* TournamentArc: Meliodas, Ban, and King participate in the Byzel Fighting Festival to regain Diane's holy weapon.

* AlienLunch: In one scene Meliodas is eating a bowl of live, squealing miniature pigs the size of chestnuts. Strangely, they don't even seem to flinch in terror.

* TournamentArc: Meliodas, Ban, and King participate in a tournament to regain Diane's weapon.
** NotJustATournament: Some Holy Knights joined in also in order to capture the Sins.

** Most folk know King by his title rather than his real name of Harlequin. Of worth noting, Harlequin himself is the one who choose calling himself King as a nickname in reference to his title.

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

* DishingOutDirt / ExtraOreDinary: Diane's power, Creation, is an ability to bend iron like toffee, raise the ground like towers, and turn minerals into sand. It is an ability exclusive to her and other Giants due to their deep connection to nature.

* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Him King]] / [[OnlyKnownbyTheirNickname Only Known by Their Nickname]]: King's name is just a title used by others as a reference to him being the Fairy King. His real name is Harlequin.

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 [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-04-11/the-seven-deadly-sins-fantasy-manga-gets-tv-anime confirmed]] that the series would have an anime adaptation by Creator/A1Pictures. It began airing on October 5, 2014 and ran for two cours (24 episodes).

Not to be confused with the [[SimilarlyNamedWorks similarly named]] anime about scantily clad female demons themed after the SevenDeadlySins.

Has a [[Characters/TheSevenDeadlySins characters page]].

A second season of the anime was [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-09-27/the-seven-deadly-sins-manga-gets-new-tv-anime-in-2016/.93443 announced]].

* CompressedAdaptation: The Creator/A1Pictures anime adaptation manages to squeeze the entire first major story arc of the manga into its 24 episode season. Said story arc had over 100 chapters worth of content.

* GeckoEnding: The anime ends with the Sins being stated to be heading over to Camelot in order to help Arthur. However before that happens, Meliodas along with the rest comes to Elizabeth in the midst of a meal with her family in order to invite her to continue their adventures together as they haven't yet reunited with Escanor. She accepts and is whisked away. As they're leaving, Ban decides to go somewhere but promises to return. He leaves with King deciding to follow him, a decision by both of them that no one really seems to mind. It basically all ends with an AndTheAdventureContinues scenario for the main characters. After the credits, a scene shows Gil, Howzer, and Griamore investigating some books that Dreyfus had setting up a season SequelHook.

* AnimalMotifs: In relation to their overall theme, each of the Sins has a tattoo and a moniker of an animal that is either usually associated or [[AnimalStereotypes stereotyped]] with their respective sin.
** Meliodas: Dragon's Sin of Wrath, the title of which is based on dragons being very wrathful and destructive.
** Diane: Serpent's Sin of Envy. The title of which is based on snakes being seen as symbols of envy.
** Ban: Fox's Sin of Greed, the title of which is based on the idea that foxes are seen as very sneaky and greedy.
** King: Bear's Sin of Sloth, the title of which is based on bears being rather slothful such as during long periods of hibernation.
** Gowther: Goat's Sin of Lust, the title of which is based on goats being seen as a symbol of lust, such as the case with satyrs and other such similar creatures.
** Merlin: Boar's Sin of Gluttony, the title of which is based on {{Gluttonous Pig}}s.
** Escanor: Lion's Sin of Pride, the title of which is based on lions being seen as symbols of pride.

* RPGMechanicsVerse: The story has a number elements that makes it feel like a [=RPG=]. A medieval fantasy setting wherein almost everyone has a special magical skill which range from Status buffs to Healing spells. The power ranking used in the story in fact resembles something out of a [=RPG=] as PowerLevels are determined by three different stats. A lot of this makes sense as [[WordOfGod the author has stated]] that he has been influenced by Hironobu Sakaguchi, creator of Franchise/FinalFantasy, in creating characters.