Everything was scattered by those Ten Commandments
It all starts with Elizabeth, the princess, running around trying to find the Seven Deadly Sins to save her kingdom. The way she bumps into Meliodas, the captain, still cracks me up—he’s there acting all unserious, flirting, touching her breast anyhow (you know Meliodas and his pervy ways), but deep down you just feel like, "Okay, this small guy is hiding something big." And truly, when he starts fighting, omo! That calm face turns to pure demon mode. The first time he pulled out that Full Counter move, I literally sat back like, "Ah, no wonder people fear him.”
Then the rest of the Sins started showing up one by one, and that was where the gisting really got sweet. Ban, that immortal bad guy with vibes—chai, I loved him instantly. The way he’s always acting cocky, calling Meliodas "Captain" like they’re besties, but still picking fights with him whenever. The episode where they fight seriously in the dungeon, I was just there screaming because the two of them were going blow for blow like madmen, smiling through it all like they were enjoying pain. Then you meet King, Diane, and Gowther—each of them with backstories that will break your heart a little. King and Diane’s love story? That one was slow-burning, but I was rooting for them from day one.
Let me not lie, the curves began to beat me with their force when the demon of Meliodas appeared. Similarly, when he lost control the first time, I experienced shivers. His eyes turned black, his halo simply swallowed it all and it struck me, this man is not just a captain of the Sins, he is dragging something that he himself cannot even carry. Then later when you hear about the spell between him and Elizabeth--oh! I hurt inside at that love story. Suppose you love her for 3,000 years, and she keeps on dying and reincarnating, and each time she thinks of it, she dies. How does Meliodas manage to bear all that agony without saying a word and yet smiling on his cheek? It broke me small. I could not even feign that I was not hearing his frustration.
Then the commandments come into the story. Everything was scattered by those Ten Commandments. The battles were on a different plane--those that you imagine the heroes may not survive. Escanor! My guy! I screamed when Escanor came onto the scene. That is pride in a man, and at noon, omo, he is another kind. The battle of Escanor and Estarossa? That was legendary. How Escanor rose on his heels with the sun and told them, Who decreed that? as Estarossa attempted to frighten him--I had a goosebump or two. I will always have that scene in my head. Well, I wanted to stand and applaud, really.
But it was not the hype fights that kept me, it was the emotions. Meliodas killed, Ban entering Purgatory to resurrect him, Elizabeth being on his side despite her curse--that was enough to quiet me. I will not tell a lie that after viewing, some nights I sat down with the thought going through my head, how love is always a blessing and a curse. The story reminded me of how in some cases, the biggest individuals are those with the greatest pains.
The last exhibition with the Demon King? That was wild. The manner, in which all the Sins united and did everything within their means, even when all did not look right--that is what made me fall in love with the anime. As Meliodas finally escaped and you look and see him and Elizabeth finally having a chance to be happy after all these centuries of misery, I just grinned like a dumb man. As though I bore a share of that blight with them, and at length I was able to breathe.
The Seven Deadly Sins, frankly, was not about glitzy fights and humour. It was loyalty, friendship, sacrifice, and love so deep that it could not die even when fate attempted to kill it so many times. That is why, despite all the wacky plotlines and excessive powers, I found myself relating to it. It left me in stitches, it left me in tears, and it left me thinking about how much people are in pain, hiding it behind their smiles.
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