Nanatsu no Taizai

Description

From Kodansha:
When they were accused of trying to overthrow the monarchy, the feared warriors the Seven Deadly Sins were sent into exile. Princess Elizabeth discovers the truth - the Sins were framed by the king's guard, the Holy Knights - too late to prevent them from assassinating her father and seizing the throne! Now the princess is on the run, seeking the Sins to help her reclaim the kingdom. But the first Sin she meets, Meliodas, is a little innkeeper with a talking pig. He doesn't even have a real sword. Have the legends of the Sins' strength been exaggerated?

Official English: INKR

Note: Nominated for the 7th annual Manga Taishou Award. Won the Kodansha Manga Award for Shounen in 2015 (tied with Yowamushi Pedal).

Type

Manga

Nanatsu no Taizai Production (Spin-Off)

Nanatsu no Taizai: Seven Days - Touzoku to Seishoujo (Spin-Off)

Nanatsu no Taizai - King no Manga Michi (Spin-Off)

Nanatsu no Taizai (Novel) (Spin-Off)

Mokushiroku no Yonkishi (Sequel)

Associated Names

Los siete pecados capitales

Os sete pecados capitais

Sept péchés capitaux

The Seven Deadly Sins

Yedi Ölümcül Günah

Семь смертных грехов

الخطايا السبع المميتة

هفت گناه کبیره

七つの大罪

七原罪

일곱개의 대죄

Groups Scanlating

N/A

Latest Release(s)

N/A

Status in Country of Origin

41 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 1 (S1) / Vol 13, Chap 104 (S2) / Vol 25, Chap 198 (S3) / Vol 33, Chap 268 (S4)

Ends at Vol 13, Chap 103 (S1) / Vol 24, Chap 197 (S2) / Vol 32, Chap 267 (S3) / Vol 41, Chap 346 (S4)

User Reviews

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Forum

6 topics, 11 posts

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User Rating

Average: 7.7 / 10.0 (953 votes)

Bayesian Average: 7.66 / 10.0

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Last Updated

July 22nd, 2025 5:03pm PDT - 3 months ago

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Genre

Action Adventure Comedy Drama Fantasy Shounen Supernatural
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Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Kodansha

Serialized In (magazine)

Shuukan Shounen Magazine (Kodansha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

INKR Comics

Kodansha USA (41 Vols - Complete; print & digital)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #786 (No change)

Monthly Pos #1519

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3 Month Pos #2460

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6 Month Pos #2922

(+1001)

Year Pos #1919

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List Stats

On 5154 reading lists

On 1027 wish lists

On 836 completed lists

On 270 unfinished lists

On 667 custom lists

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Announced Sequel

6 years ago

Name of that's Manga Korean

7 years ago

Mislabeled chapter

10 years ago

The Seven Deadly Sins 1st of 3 Planned Arcs Ends

11 years ago

The Seven Deadly Sins Fantasy Manga Gets TV Anime

12 years ago

User Comments [ Order by time added ]

Pretty Good

by Unrequited
12 years ago

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Lol @ the guy comparing this to Ubel Blatt. Ubel Blatt dark, mature, and not ecchi like this manga? Haha what series are you reading. Ubel Blatt easily has just as much if not more fanservice and its recent arcs have been pretty boring. If Seven Deadly Sins is a watered down version of Ubel Blatt, then what the hell is Ubel Blatt compared to Berserk or Bastard?

Drinking champagne and complaining it's not Guinness essentially. Seven Deadly Sins is loads of fun, hitting on all the tropes of these types of series but also adding its own whacky and over-the-top spin. There's tons of promise for this comic and Suzuki Nakaba proves he can contend with all the other up and coming series.

... Last updated 12 years ago

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Awesome characters

by Strigoi-rex
11 years ago

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The mangaka has figured out that people care more about what happens to characters when you take time to develop them. In no other Shounen have I seen an entire chapter where two characters just talk about how they feel about their loved ones, making their romantic relationships more developed and the friendship between each other more real.

Reading through the comments
Seems like people are complaining preemptively about the villain. They obviously aren't caught up. 😉
Comparisons to Übel Blatt are unfair. For Übel Blatt (poor thing)
Comparisons to Fullmetal are suprisingly ignorant. Compare Naruto to fullmetal and you'll find that lacking as well. Be realistic.
No one forgot The protagonist had that power, but seeing the cost of it, it's pretty obvious why he hasn't used it before.
If you think the protagonist and his love interest haven't developed we obviously aren't reading the same manga. They haven't developed as much as other characters but it's still there.

I'd realistically give it 9/10 but since it's getting more hate then it deserves I'll keep it at 10/10.

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Refreshing

by Akatsubaki
10 years ago

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I miss the feeling of reading through pages without starting to criticize here and there, just reading in pure enjoyment. And Nanatsu no Taizai has done a good job to keep that enjoyment. It has perfect balance of arts and story, plus it was supported with excellence works from the group who scanlated this manga since the very beginning. I really love the drawing style. The characters reminds me of Akira Toriyama's works and the detailed background, hand drawn, reminds me of european comics' style. Just freaking love it. The story has maintain light atmosphere, but still able to draw bittersweet and sadness, like losing someone. I like how the characters aren't bratty or spend pages talking about moral when they should be fighting. It's not the greatest out there on creativity and plot buildings, however this manga has its own standing and uniqueness. I don't mind clichés if it's done well. Very refreshing read. It's kind of changed after the end of the war with holy knights. Was it because publisher's demand? Who knows. Personally, i don't like overuse revivals, like characters that were shown to be dead were alive somehow. Not just one character, but many. It's killing the story. And gauging power level with numbers, yeah it's getting too similar to dragon ball... as well as many of mmorpg based manga these days. But it's still refreshing to see a new generation of mainstream shounen manga that i can see continue running for a long time.

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Lovely art to start you off

by AuraBlaze
13 years ago

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I'm personally a fan of the art style, captures your eyes, has a nice feel, and really gives you an urge to explore the surroundings(even if that's impossible). Has a decent start but we won't know how it fares till more chapters comes out.

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Started enjoyable, became forgettable and ended unpalatable.

by D-52
6 years ago

Rating: 3.0 / 10.0

I genuinely liked nanatsu no taizai for a long time, the first 100 chapters were worthy of praise, but from then on it started to decline.

Even with the arrival of Escanor, a character that worked very well for being the essence of what the manga should always have been, the author was unable to maintain the level of the first arcs, leaving aside everything he had done right, opting for a narrative more and more convoluted and uninteresting, trying to be something bigger and more epic than it should.

What started as a fun reading ended as a huge bad experience and a lesson on how not to write a battle shounen.

... Last updated 5 years ago

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love it

by raquelita416
11 years ago

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Ohh I love this mange, it may have some boring parts but it funny with pinch of romance. It has 102 chapters so far, so I can't wait to see what's coming up. And I love the settings in which the manga takes place. The art it cool too. Although the knight's armors are kinda weird sometimes, I really recommend this manga

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Amazing

by SOSAnimeBoy
12 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

My favorite shounen right now. All shounen manga should learn from this one. Every character is interesting and complex and the fights make me want to see an anime version so much.

October 2014 update:
Something strange has happened to the story. Plot devices are being used that don't seem ideal and the main villain's motives are unclear at best. No idea what happened here.

... Last updated 11 years ago

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surprisingly good

by mokaboy
12 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

If you're into shounen this is a "must read" manga, definitely went over my initial expectations.

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The modern Dragon Ball Z.

by Meirus
12 years ago

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This is genuinely one of the craziest, action filled shounen manga I've read in recent times. The artwork is top-notch, the character designs are great, and the story is pretty intriguing so far. The battles are on the level of DBZ, with all the characters containing explosive power way beyond the standard manga hero, and for people into that this is definitely a manga I recommend picking up. I expect this to go places.

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O_Ó

by Daisukereds
13 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Like all Suzuki Nakaba's works, there are grand characters that overflow with "power". It's WAY to early to tell if the plot will become complex, as it is in an introduction step...but if you like his previous works, then you will definitely enjoy looking at cool characters that are able to do what we all would like to.

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