Line #35 TearJerker/TheSevenDeadlySins


1	! Manga
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3	[[caption-width-right:350:Goodbye Escanor.]]
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5	* In Chapter 8, Diane then told Elizabeth that she always wanted to be small, and can't even get close to someone she loves due to her height and always envy regular size girls.
6	* In Chapter 11, Elizabeth end up blaming herself for all the trouble that has been happening to Meliodas and the doctor, but Meliodas then cheer her up by telling her that he will continued to try and stop the Holy Knights even if she were to die.
7	** In the same chapter, it reveals in a flashback that Meliodas knew some unknown female named Liz who died unknowing which made even Meliodas shed tears, it was then reveal that woman is someone Meliodas consider the most important person in his life.
8	* In Chapter 23, King keep on questioning why he can't see his dead sister Eliane which then he found out that the reason is because she is still mad at him for leaving his kingdom and his sister behind which made King shed tears.
9	* In Chapter 39, in the battle between Meliodas and Cain, while Cain was tossing fire balls at Meliodas he kept on asking him, in tears, why he betrayed everyone he loves in Danafor, which the latter kept on letting Cain attacking him, possibly still feeling guilty over the fate of Danafor for many years.
10	* In the Side Story, everyone believed that Ban is the one who killed the guardian saint Elaine just to gain immortality, but then it was revealed that Ban became great friends with Elaine who the latter end up having feelings for him, Ban even goes so far to promise her to bring her brother back to set her free, but ends up going bad when a demon shows up and kills them both and Eliane ends up giving the Fountain of Youth to Ban in order for him to live.
11	** The reason Ban even wanted the immortality was to see if anything good will happen to him in his life, because in his childhood, he was having a rough life.
12	** Made even worse when you consider the only reason that Elaine was even in the position she was was because King, for some currently unknown reason, had abandoned his post as guardian. This combined with the revelation mentioned above leaves King understandably broken.
13	* After finding out who Armando (Gowther) really is, Pelio broken down in tears, thinking his friendship with him was a lie.
14	* Seeing Diane defeated and treated badly by the town folks of Liones was heart breaking as she still continued to move just to save Elizabeth who is now her friend and kept on saying that she was always alone.
15	* In a Side Story, we learn King's backstory, and it is as bad as Ban's. We learn King left his post to find Helbram who had been attacked. In the attack, a bunch of humans that attacked fairies for their wings. In the attack King lost his memory, and he found a young Diane. They spent years together, King eventually regained his memory. One day, King heard an attack and left Diane to check it out. He found out that Helbram survived and had been spending centuries murdering humans for the humans once attacking Fairies and brutally ripping off their wings. King was forced to kill him. He then erased Diane's memory, as he felt he had sinned too much. And he was taken to jail.
16	** Even better, we learn about how King and Diane's relationship really started. She found him in the river and gave him a place to recuperate. In return, he was a constant companion to the loner and the source of the look she has now. They become so close that she sweetly asks King to always love her. She knows that King needs to go find Helbram so she tells him to leave. He promises to come back once he is done. However, everything goes wrong and he couldn't be there for his kingdom, his sister, his best friend or his love interest. Can you blame him for feeling a bit under the weather?
17	-->'''Diane''': 'Harlequin'. That name sounds really nostalgic, but...I can't remember who that is.
18	-->'''King''': ''(with the most heartbreaking smile ever)'' It was probably just a dream.
19	* [[spoiler:The normally cowardly comic relief Hawk]] sacrifices himself to save Elizabeth and Meliodas. Made worse with a HopeSpot after [[spoiler:Elizabeth unleashes a wave of white magic that heals everyone on the battlefield...except Hawk and others who are already dead.]]
20	** [[spoiler: The totally white page except for a small black silhouette of Hawk getting hit by Hendricksen's attack, depicting his exact moment of death was terribly heartbreaking in its simplicity.]]
21	* King is overjoyed to find that his old home has been restored and his fairy friends are still alive. [[spoiler:Then he finds out that they despise him for abandoning them and blame him for the deaths of Elaine and their old home (not knowing that it was due to memory loss). They consider ''Ban'' to be their King since he planted the seed that restored their forest.]]
22	* Chapter 108, a defeated Hendricksen actually starts crying after watching Dreyfus, seemingly recognizing at least how far the both of them have fell.
23	* In Chapter 110, Diane reveals to Elizabeth that she is no longer infatuated with Meliodas, because the earlier battle caused her to regain her memories of her childhood with King. This is why she asked King to go out with her, but because she didn't properly express her feelings, King believed that his feelings still weren't reciprocated and left with Ban for the Fairy King's Forest instead without telling her where they were going.
24	* In Chapter 114, Gowther apologizing for brainwashing Guila into thinking she was in love with him. He says he meant no harm, and really just wants to understand what love is and why it seems to be such a powerful motivating force for people. The fact that Gowther admits he has no heart nor understanding of human love or emotions in general on any level is... pretty sad.
25	* In chapter 119, seeing Hendricksen of all people desperately trying to warn everyone about the Demons he was manipulated into releasing while vowing to free Dreyfus of demonic possession is pretty heart-wrenching.
26	* In Chapter 124, we get to see the reason [[MysteriousPast WHY]] Meliodas destroyed Danafor. It was because [[spoiler: Fraudrin killed Liz, the one person Meliodas loved more than anything]].
27	* In chapter 125, [[spoiler:Diane has forgotten who King is.]] King just cannot catch a break.
28	** Worse, [[spoiler:Gowther actively ''erased'' them to the point where just before she met the Sins, just because she called him out on what he did to Guila and he wanted to prove if she was right. He literally felt nothing when he did it.]]
29	* Chapter 138-140 had Ban run into an old werefox thief, with grudging FantasticRacism towards humans. We also get to see and compare Ban's past with the werefox's, cast out of society and having to eke out an existence by stealing. The werefox said that he had 2 sons, one of whom he chose abandon to the authorities in order to rescue his other one, but when he arrived it was too late, and he lost both. [[spoiler: Or so he thought. The son he abandoned to the authorities was adopted, and turned out to be Ban.]]
30	* And then later on, in Ban's fight against Galan and Merascylla, [[spoiler: Zhivago, Ban's adoptive werefox father, sacrifices his soul so Ban can live.]] Dem feels.
31	* A villainous example in chapter 189; [[spoiler: as Meliodas uses full-counter to obliterate Monspiet and Derrierie, they hug for one last time.]]
32	** Made even worse in recent chapters; [[spoiler: They both survived the attack and decided to live together in peace with the human girl who saved them, without getting involved in the holy war. Unfortunately, Estarossa kills them.]]
33	*** Derrierie's reaction to [[spoiler: Monspiet's death is heartwrenching; she wanders the battlefield with a lost expression, and begs Elizabeth to tell her what Monspiet wanted to tell her.]]
34	* Despite being TheHeavy that caused so much damage, [[spoiler: Fraudrin's death is this, being unable to go through with self-destructing when Giamore begs him. He stops his attack and muses he understands why Melodias betrayed them now, and he is the one in a whimsical dream. He then asks Meliodas to kill him, which he goes with such sadism that everyone around them is horrified, and even Merlin admits he didn't deserve to go out like that.]]
35	* Chapter 196: [[spoiler:After the battle is over, we have a funeral for the Holy Knights that fell. Among them are the king and Jericho's brother, the latter of whom is heartbroken. And while they won because Meliodas came back to life, losing his emotions made him cruel to the point that even Ban couldn't smile upon having his best friend back. Meliodas himself is left crying after the funeral at the thought of turning back to being evil.]]
36	* Chapter 204: [[spoiler: Ludociel killing all the demon hostages just when the demon forces arrive. All the demons were truly disgusted at such act, but Derriere was clearly the most distraught since one of the said hostages was her own sister. This truly explains why [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds nowadays all they want is to wipe out Britannia]].]]
37	* Chapter 220: Merlin confides to Meliodas while weakened and in bed that [[spoiler:she sees King Arthur Pendragon as her hope]]. Escanor is quietly observing them through the creaked door outside. He interprets this [[spoiler:[[LoveTriangle as a love declaration for Arthur]]]] and looks absolutely ''crushed.''
38	* Chapters 223-224: An absolutely massive moment of sadness comes into light. [[spoiler:The truth about Meliodas and Elizabeth is revealed. They were both cursed by their respective parents and rulers of their races for betraying each other's side and falling in love. Meliodas has the curse of Eternal Life, which halted his aging and makes him revive when he suffers fatal wounds, while Elizabeth has the curse of Perpetual Reincarnation, which causes her to die and reincarnate with no memories of her former self, but keep her original name and face. They will always met and Elizabeth will inevitably fall in love with Meliodas which will eventually lead to the Goddess symbol appearing in her right eye and her regaining some of her Goddess powers. If she is told about her and Meliodas' past, this causes the Goddess symbol to appear in her left eye as well making her regain her lost PastLifeMemories. Once this happens, she will die unquestionably after three days pass, because something ''will'' happen to take her life, if she doesn't lose it before then. And Meliodas and Elizabeth are doomed to repeat these events for eternity as long as they are under the effects of these two curses. So far, Meliodas has born witness to '''''106''''' dead Elizabeths, including the original (#1), a barbarian (#2), and Liz (#106) and the current one is #107. And she's just started to regain her lost memories...]]
39	** [[spoiler:Meliodas's and Elizabeth's goal is to break their curses, but once they do, their lives will come to a permanent end. This means that their ultimate goal is to die and stay dead. By the end of Meliodas's story, Diane is crying buckets and Hawk is gushing waterfalls of tears.]]
40	** FridgeHorror sets in when you realize that [[spoiler:Liz was the previous incarnation of Elizabeth, as least as far as Meliodas has cared to let on and the story has insinuated. After watching her die, too and being especially close to this version of her, Meliodas had seen his beloved die so many times that he finally snapped and wiped out Danafor.]]
41	*** FridgeHorror sets in once more if you [[spoiler: divide 3000 by 107, they have an average lifespan of less than 30 years old. And do note this is ''on average'' and not constant. Meaning, while some Elizabeth grow old (and probably never recovered her memories), others die as a child.]]
42	* the cover to 235: [[spoiler: Zeldolis and Gelda embracing each other clearly in love. This may have been the last time they will ever do so.]]
43	* Chapters 230 to 247: [[spoiler: Elizabeth, with all her memories back, is constantly worrying about Meliodas. Even when he was becoming a danger to everyone around him, she picks him up in her arms and takes him outside, exclaiming that nothing is wrong with him. The saddest part is that she's putting his life before her own, despite knowing that when she dies he will go through the same suffering he has endured for three millennia. It's no wonder why Meliodas is currently obsessed with breaking the curse.]]
44	* Chapter 241: [[spoiler: Dolor and Gloxinia, kings of old, hold the line against the immensely monstrous and powerful Chandler, Meliodas's old master. Knowing it'll be their deaths, they selflessly force the Sins to retreat and engage Chandler in a last battle, passing true rulership of the giants and fairies to Diane and King. The two are seen torn apart, but smiling in death after, remembering their time with Meliodas and Elizabeth and happy they could do one last thing right after losing their way so long ago.]]
45	* Chapter 243: [[spoiler: the Seven Deadly Sins are disbanded per Meliodas' orders.]]
46	* Chapter 248: Meliodas and Elizabeth's fierce argument about Meliodas wanting to become [[spoiler:Demon King]]. As the [[spoiler:Demon King]] is far too powerful to remain in Britannia, it essentially means that [[spoiler:breaking the curse as Demon King would eternally separate them with no hope of reconciliation]]. She's clearly heartbroken at the idea, [[spoiler:begging Meliodas to not leave her forever]], but that pales in comparison to when [[spoiler:Meliodas tells her that he believes her feelings were ingrained in her soul by the Supreme Deity, so when he breaks it, she'll be able to move on from him]], which leads to...
47	** [[spoiler:Elizabeth tearfully asking why then did Meliodas still seek her out for all those years. The fact that Meliodas has gotten so cynical and dark as to believe such a thing and tell her about it in her face has broken her heart to where for the first time, she actually seems close to giving up. Even Meliodas, with what little emotion remains left in him, clearly sees he's gone too far, but cannot offer any comfort due to how reduced his emotions were besides admitting he could only ever love her and expressing it felt real to him... Until the harsh reality returns and Meliodas makes it clear he won't be persuaded]].
48	* Chapter 252 has Elizabeth telling her father about her [[spoiler: curse.]] The old king is moved to tears, unable to accept it. Elizabeth's next words while embracing him just makes it hurt all the more.
49	** [[spoiler:''"I'm sorry I was never much model daughter... But please... for just two more days... let me be your daughter a little longer."'']]
50	* chapter 271 [[spoiler: Meliodas recounting his biggest failure as an elder brother. Zeldris looked up to him the same way that Estarossa (although he's revealed to never actually be their brother) looked up to Meliodas until his betrayal and was ordered by his father to execute the vampire clan for the act of rebellion, his lover: Gelda, included. Seeing what had been presented as naught but powerful merciless villain break down in tears, reminiscent to the first time Meliodas lost Elizabeth is truly heartbreaking. [[NotQuiteDead Though there is a light at the end of the tunnel]].]]
51	** Made worse for the very reasoning of why Zeldris fought so hard and became as cold as he is. [[spoiler: He did so in order to protect Gelda in the first place, only to then in a cruel twist of fate have to kill her. He also admired his brother deeply, had learned combat skills from him, and despite Meliodas's aloofness, it was evident they still had a pretty solid relationship. Not only did Zeldris lose his lover, but the reason why Gelda died was ultimately due to the brother he so deeply admired. Small wonder why Zeldris's so unpleasant and carries an air of TranquilFury when he meets Meliodas.]]
52	* Chapter 295: [[spoiler: Having Purged Ludociel out of Margaret's body as he planned all along, Hendrickson offers up his body as the archangel's vessel in her steed. His final thoughts?]]
53	** [[spoiler:''"Farewell, Dreyfus."'']]
54	*** [[spoiler: Made even worse when one considers that the last time Hendrickson and Dreyfus saw each other, the latter was working under the assumption that Hendrickson was ignoring Margaret and Gil's suffering and refused to acknowledge him. Hendrickson would have died thinking his best friend despised him.]]
55	* Chapter 333 has one of the biggest {{Tear Jerker}}s in this series: [[spoiler: the death of Escanor. As his body is burning into ashes, Escanor tells his fellow Sins and Elizabeth that he has no regrets in life. He’s happy for everyone and wishes them luck in their future. And most importantly, Escanor finally confesses his love to Merlin. Even though she doesn’t reciprocate, she’s grateful to Escanor, and gives him a kiss. It leaves her with a severe burn on her face, but for Merlin its proof that Escanor existed. With happy tears, Escanor recites one last poem for Merlin before he fades away into ash.]]
56	! Anime
57	* The first episode has a knight marching into the armor, in clunky heavy armor. The knight then collapses. Meliodas removes the knight's helmet to reveal an unconscious woman. This is Princess Elizabeth, who fled her kingdom to seek help in saving her father from the Holy Knights. The armor made her pass out because of the heat outside. This is Elizabeth's EstablishingCharacterMoment as a PluckyGirl who is forced to grow up quickly and is out of her league.
58	* Elizabeth's last meeting with her bedridden father. He can't leave, due to being ill, but he tells her to run for the SecretPassage and get help. She barely makes it out with her life.
59	* Elizabeth finds out that her childhood friend and sister's bodyguard is working with the Holy Knights and tries to take down the Seven Deadly Sins. EtTuBrute doesn't begin to cover her reaction.
60	** Later on we learn that [[spoiler:Gilthunder was put under a {{Geas}} to serve the Holy Knights and Hendrickson; his love Princess Margaret was also put under the same {{Geas}} because she knew that his uncle murdered Gilthunder's father. His saying "I am stronger than the Seven Deadly Sins" was a TrustPassword that Meliodas taught him to say as a distress signal. Meliodas didn't tell Elizabeth because there was no way to warn her without compromising Gil's position.]]
61	* Princess Veronica's [[spoiler:DisneyDeath]] because of how senseless it was and how it could have been avoided. [[spoiler:It gets alleviated when we learn that Elizabeth unknowingly healed her, and Veronica is alive if still needing crutches]].
62	** She starts by giving a [[ItMakesSenseInContext naked Elizabeth]] her coat, believes her to be brainwashed by Meliodas, and tries to drag her by the hand back to the kingdom. When Elizabeth naturally protests, Veronica's bodyguard puts her in a magical orb to levitate her back. Veronica doesn't even stop to listen to Elizabeth, who refuses to believe that Meliodas is evil.
63	** Meliodas even gets up after he got knocked unconscious, proclaiming that he must protect Elizabeth. Veronica in response traps him in Amber that Hendrickson gave him. After this, Elizabeth runs away with the Amber and proclaims that she hates her sister.
64	** Veronica then imprisons Guila and Jericho who try to attack her sister. They then reveal they've set landmines near where Elizabeth is running, which triggers Veronica's BigSisterInstinct. [[spoiler:Veronica ends up taking the blast, and it appears that she dies in Elizabeth's lap after the latter apologizes for saying she hates her. Elizabeth doesn't even bother to move when Guila and Jericho approach and demand that she come quietly, sobbing over Veronica and Meliodas.]]
65	* Princess Margaret's situation: [[spoiler:locked in a dungeon, used to force Gilthunder to work for Hendrickson, and only getting information on Elizabeth and the Seven Deadly Sins from her bodyguard lover. She keeps telling Gilthunder she hates him for feeding her BlatantLies and has probably killed her sisters, but still loves him. TheReveal that they are both under a curse to obey Hendrickson and his apprentice is more sobering.]]
66	* To break the {{Geas}} on [[spoiler:Margaret and Gilthunder, Meliodas has to see Margaret take what would have been a fatal plummet. He manages to break the spell, but it was a close call.]]
67	* Guila seeing her younger brother nearly killed, after having learned that [[spoiler:her father was turned into a monster by the Holy Knights, hence why he never returned]]. When an injured Diane saves the boy, [[spoiler:Guila refuses to attack Diane, and joins Howser in defending her.]]
68	* Once the battle is over, [[spoiler:Gilthunder decides that after the celebratory festival he will ride out to make amends for all the harm he did under the {{Geas}}. He's not wrong to say that even if it wasn't willingly, he hurt so many innocent people.]]
69	* When [[spoiler:it seems the Captain has died, despite Ban's best efforts to save him from Estarossa and Melascula]]. Estarossa then temporarily kills Ban who is desperately pounding at him.
70	* Fraudrin's death, mainly with when we learn ''why'' Meliodas wanted him dead. He's about to do a suicidal spell that would wipe out everyone, only for Griamore in child-form to attempt to shield his fellow comrades from the blast. Fraudrin recalled raising Griamore while possessing Dreyfus, and couldn't do it. He orders Griamore to go back to his father, then faces Meliodas with a HeelRealization, asking for death. Meliodas complies, finally avenging Liz after all these years.
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72	* Gowther's backstory all of it
73	** Everyone knew that he said he wasn't human but rather a doll. It turns out that his maker was the actual Gowther, a NobleDemon who was the Commandment of selflessness. He asked his doll to help in a scheme that would seal away the demons and end the Holy War. Our Gowther begged him PleaseDontLeaveMe, knowing that his maker would die in the process. His maker reassured him by giving him a metallic heart, that he wouldn't be alone.
74	** Several thousand years later, Bartra's sister Nadja was exploring the caverns under the castle. She finds a sleeping Gowther who awakens semi-naked. He's confused because he last remembered the great battle. Gowther has a little breakdown on realizing he's been asleep for millennia, and more so when he finds his maker's wheelchair.
75	** Bartra brings Gowther to the castle in disguise, asking him to wear a maid outfit, after the latter rescues an unconscious Nadja. He comes to respect the doll and appreciates how he makes his little sister happy. When Gowther is accused of raping and murdering Nadja, Bartra is the only one who speaks in his defense but is helpless to stop the execution. It explains why he's happy to see him many years later.
76	** Nadja's death. In the anime, she and Gowther don't have TheirFirstTime; instead, she kisses him and her heart gives out. She collapses, as Gowther goes PleaseWakeUp. He screams in agony, alerting the guards, and doing all he can to make her heart beat. When he fails, he removes his own heart and tries to insert it into her body. It doesn't work, and he says with agony why he can't save anyone he loves.
77	* Gowther, after remembering all this, tries to erase his own memories again. Diane tackles him and tells him YouAreNotAlone. She says that if you erase the painful memories, you also take away the good ones. Gowther is shaken to realize she's right.
78	* Ban coolly tells Meliodas he wants to sit out of any fighting with Melascula. The minute she dies, then Elaine is gone for good. Meliodas tells him of course and reassures him as Ban cries angry tears asking him if he knows what it's like to see the woman he loves die twice. Ban finds out in the next episode that yes, Meliodas knows exactly what that's like.
79	* The two-part episode where Meliodas reveals that [[spoiler:he and Elizabeth are cursed to fall in love and be separated, with her death]]. He sounds particularly broken and unlike himself, especially when Elizabeth's eyes both have the goddess symbol and she speaks of remembering Merlin as a child. Some highlights:
80	** Zeldris actually has the gall to blame Elizabeth for causing his brother's suffering. She doesn't understand, explaining how Meliodas is precious to her. He decides he may as well speed up the reincarnation, and blasts her with the memories, so as to rip the Bandaid off. Zeldris isn't even being cruel about it; he's angry on Meliodas's behalf.
81	** Merlin is at her most serious in this episode. When Diane happily says that it means Elizabeth and the Captain are reunited after three thousand years, Merlin snaps at her and explains that Elizabeth regaining her memories is actually terrible.
82	** The first time both Elizabeth and Meliodas died, Meliodas woke up happy, having a HopeSpot that if he's alive then maybe she could be. Her body was still, however, and Meliodas could only hold her close while giving a SkywardScream.
83	** At one point, Elizabeth regained her memories, when she was a child. Meliodas went OhCrap, for a good reason. Three days later, she was trapped in a burning house and Meliodas tried to save her but her father grabbed him, saying he shouldn't die either. Elizabeth died alone, and in pain.
84	** In another reincarnation, Elizabeth grew to old age. Her memories never awoke, and it's implied she became a grandmother. On her deathbed, she asks a crying Meliodas obliviously to forget about her and move on.
85	** Liz's death is painful when you get OnceMoreWithClarity and we actually see the full circumstances. Merlin had been working with Meliodas to find a way to break the curse; she's determined that only Zeldris could do so, and that would mean freeing the Ten Commandments. Meliodas in one of his SugarWiki/AwesomeMoments ''defied'' AlwaysSaveTheGirl and said it would not only endanger Brittania but also Zeldris would never end their curse. He had no idea that a demon-worshipping wizard had freed Fraudrin, who used the Danafall citizens as a HumanSacrifice to break the seal. Liz came across the sight while looking for Meliodas, and spent her last moments losing in a CurbStompBattle to Fraudrin, who tried to take her blood. Fortunately or unfortunately, Meliodas appeared and knocked Fraudrin away before he could use Liz's blood to take the seal. Then he just ''snapped'' with the weight of it all, knowing that this had happened 106 times before, causing Danafall to fall and Fraudrin's physical body to be destroyed. It suddenly makes sense why he coolly curbstomped Fraudrin the second time they met and showed no mercy.
86	** EverybodyCries when they hear the full story; even Gowther with his heart restored is sober. Merlin explains somberly that she's been looking for a cure for Meliodas for years. Their only choice may be to reason with Zeldris, if that's even possible.
87	* In Purgatory, Ban spends centuries looking for Meliodas. He screams for the Captain, and soon becomes immune to the various hazards, from fire to poison airs. When a demon affectionately cuddles him after a fight, he confides that he's looking to go back and see his "lady friend" again. A familiar voice says "Me too". Next thing you know, you see a semi-naked Meliodas reuniting with Ban and sobbing, revealing he was the demon the whole time. Meliodas has never sobbed like a baby, let alone given into despair.
88	* A giant boar demon approaches the duo, threatening them with his tusks. They at first question if it's Hawk, but they learn he is Wild, Hawk's older brother. He seems to threaten them, only to devolve into InelegantBlubbering when they reveal that they are seeking a way out of Purgatory, and they know his little brother, whom he calls "Mild". The name is different, but the physical resemblance is very much there. Ban says he's definitely Hawk's brother because they cry the same way. Meliodas says that they'll all take on the Demon King, and reunite the two boar demons.
89	** The flashback when Wild saw the Demon King take "Mild". He says he fought the Demon King thousands of times to get his little brother back.  The Demon King never considered him worth killing or eating.
90	* Meliodas reveals why Zeldris hates him: Zeldris had a ForbiddenLove with Gelda, a member of the vampire clan. When Meliodas defected, the Demon King ordered Zeldris to wipe out the Vampire Clan because their leader had tried to stage a rebellion. For the first time ever, Zeldris begged to only execute their leader, albeit by logically pointing out that the vampires were formidable warriors. He went with another option: seal away Gelda. Zeldris believed that Gelda had been killed by the Sins according to a local farmer that was at the site, but an emotionless Meliodas whispered to him that he resealed her because Gelda was on the verge of suicide, realizing Zeldris wasn't in this world. Meliodas promised to free Gelda, if Zeldris helped him.
91	* Estarossa's breakdown when he learns that he is Mael. Gowther reveals that his master, the original Gowther, rewrote everyone's memories because he believed that Mael disappearing would end the Holy War. There may be a reason why-- Mael caught Elizabeth and Meliodas meeting, and there's no telling what he would have done to them for the mutual treason, and he asks if that was why. Gowther reveals that wasn't it; it was that Meliodas defected and joined the Goddess Clan, disrupted the balance, and starting the Holy War. The original Gowther believed that to make sure that the Holy War ended, he needed to give the demons an equivalent champion, since Mael was more powerful than his Archangel brothers. It ended up being AllForNothing because the tide turned in the demons' favor, forcing the angels to seal away the demons, including a brainwashed Mael.
92	* Gowther says that he will die to satisfy Mael's understandable anger. Mael then attacks him, smashing the heart locket and his arm...and realizes this creature is just a doll, a facsimile for the original Goowther. He says it's not satisfying if Gowther isn't real and can't feel pain. Cue King attempting a BigDamnHeroes moment, and Gowther shouting at him to run and not get involved. Mael then hits King with a painful arrow, saying it will kill him slowly.
93	* Tauriel and Sauriel try to reason with Mael. They tell him that if he maintains the commandment, it will corrupt him from the inside out and he will never regain his Grace of Sunshine. Mael looks at them and says that he loses either way, so he may as well lose on his term. The two never try to fight him, only restrain him so that Gowther can remove the Commandment. Tauriel despite himself can't hold Mael for long and loses his form, crying. He ends up burning them alive, without a shred of remorse at the time.
94	* Wild's death. He pulls a HeroicSacrifice so that Ban can return to the mortal realm, and Meliodas can return to his body. They protest about this as he charges the Demon King, but he says that Hawk never knew him but he knew them.
95	*  Zeldris looks like a kicked puppy when the Demon King emerged, shedding his tough side when he thinks that Meliodas is going to fulfill his promise. The possessed Meliodas speaks about how LoveIsAWeakness and doesn't address Gelda by name, which makes Zeldris and Elizabeth realize that it's not his brother. Meliodas would ''never'' demean a man in love.
96	** Also, his reaction when the Demon King says that his heir would serve as a vessel for him. Zeldris has done terrible things, but he would never possess a family member as the means of extending his life and being able to cause destruction.
97	* Hawk calls out the Demon King for being a terrible parent and cursing his son's girlfriend. He demands that the Demon King lift the curse on Elizabeth and be a father for once. The Demon King agrees...and then he says as mercy he'll kill Elizabeth after he removes the curse, so Meliodas will wake up never seeing the woman he loves again in any reincarnation. Immediately, the Sins say GoThroughMe.

Context TearJerker / TheSevenDeadlySins