If you haven’t seen the anime or read the Manga please be advised that ***SPOILERS***will be below. I haven’t read much of the Manga so if I’m wrong about anything I apologize.

Characters I loved

Meliodas

My favourite character from this anime!! I think he is absolutely adorable. I love how he is short and innocent looking but is a complete badass!! I mean Full counter and Revenge counter are frickin awesome!! And when he caught that spear with one hand and through it back at Gilthunder was crazy. It’s interesting when his Demon Clan marks show up how out of it but powerful he can be, quite scary that he can’t always differentiate between friend and foe. I can’t wait to see more about his ties to the Demon Clan in the second season!

He owns the Boar hat bar, where apparently the alcohol is top notch but his cooking could kill an army its sooo bad lol. He can be really perverted, but only towards Elizabeth, which is really the only part I don’t love about his character, it just happens way too often for comedic relief.

He is usually quite calm and collected or at least I believe he puts on that front, like he’s holding back his emotions to protect everyone else and himself from what he can become. But he cares about his comrades and friends extremely, especially Elizabeth. Whenever Elizabeth is in danger he’s usually the first there to protect her. He loves her more then you’d think someone could love another person. To love one woman his whole life for as long as he has is quite touching, beautiful and amazingly dedicated! Where can I find a man like that!

His whole journey and what it’s about for him is really beautiful, a promise made thousands of years prior to break the curse placed on him and Elizabeth. Knowing full well if he breaks that curse he will die. Chills!!

Elizabeth

Elizabeth is a cute character. I’m hoping to see her character develop more during the second season. The two things I don’t like about her are how she calls Meliodas, Lord Meliodas it drives me crazy and I cringe every time she says it. And how when he gropes her and is being perverted she does nothing, I mean come on girl have some self respect. I understand it’s a comedic thing but it doesn’t need to happen every episode.

She’s very shy and timid but deep down she’s strong and has a power she only just realized, but not to its full potential. She truly loves Meliodas you can see it within the first couple episodes, but that is also partly I believe because of her past and who she is. I think it’s going to be hard on her when she learns the truth, to know you’ve been cursed with never ending reincarnation just for falling in love with a member of the Demon Clan! (Romeo and Juliet kind of deal)

King

My second favourite character of the series. He is just too cute!! I love his power I think it’s so cool. People really underestimate him, but when he gets serious he can do a whole lot of damage, just with the snap of his fingers. Without his power he’s a complete wimp (sorry King). But this makes him very relatable.

His unwavering love for Diane is so admirable. I know King is the one who made Diane forget about him but the fact that he loves her unconditionally none the less even though she “loves Captain” was super sweet. His past is heartbreaking, while trying to save his best friend from humans he ends up abandoning his post and losing his beloved sister.

It’s interesting that he’s the fairy king yet he doesn’t have any wings. Maybe that will be something they have further in the series, I also would love to know how he became king, whether he was next in line or just voted the best man for the job.

Diane

She is one tough cookie. Being so tall and having no one her size I feel at times she must feel quite lonely even when surrounded by her comrades. She’s super companionate to people even though she claimed not to care about humans, it seemed to change when she met Elizabeth and they become close friends. I really want to see more into her past, maybe some flashbacks with her family and friends and how she became a member of the Seven Deadly Sins.

I love in the last few episodes she starts to remember her past and King and the relationship they shared and how much she loved him before he disappeared. I think it’s sweet that she doesn’t seem to hold what happened against him and is just happy to have him around.

Ban

When we first meet Ban he’s impaled with pieces of metal through his body I was somewhat confused how he wasn’t dead yet, then a light bulb went off in my head saying “aha he must be immortal”. Sometimes I catch on so slowly!

His relationship with Meliodas is the best. When they first see each other after the 10 years and they act like little kids giving each other a secret handshake one minute, to the next throwing and punching each other through brick walls all while smiling, that’s some best friend bromance right there!!

As all the sins have a sad past his is no exception, deep down I see Ban as very sensitive and emotional and losing the love of his life Elaine was sooo traumatic for him. I mean he literally watched her die in his arms after only knowing her a week. When the Goddess Clan Horn told him he had to kill Meliodas and they would revive Elaine and he listened I was pissed off, I mean I know why he was doing it and it was admirable but he’s your best friend for goodness sake and Meliodas is my man and you can’t kill him I won’t allow it.

Hawk

What a little porker. When he said he’s the master of leftovers I laughed so hard. Lol like seriously what kind of job is that.

When we first meet him I thought he was going to be this scared little character that ran away at any sight of danger, but for a pig he is quite brave and knowledgeable. When he sacrificed himself to save everyone I cried, I didn’t truly believe they would kill him off but I did really cry.

Howzer

At first I didn’t like his character, but as the series goes on you see that he doesn’t agree with what the Holy Knights are fighting for. When he turns his back on the Holy Knights to protect Diane and Zeal is when I started to love his character. Lol I adore his little crush he so obviously has on Diane. But sorry Howzer that’s a ship that’s not going to sail in my opinion.

Guila
I hated her at the beginning; I guess I hate all characters that try to kill the hero’s of the show but hated her more than the rest. When they showed her sad home life and the love she had for her little brother, I started to come around to liking her. When her brother was picked on and she went after the 3 bullies, I thought for sure she was just going to beat them up, but when she killed them I was a bit shocked, like damn don’t get her bad side.

When Diane protected Zeal she was truly grateful and realized that what she was fighting for, and against was all a complete lie and she had been deceived this whole time. She realized they no longer needed to fight the Sins because they were not to blame for the death of Zaratras, I don’t know about anyone else but I’m Happy to have her now on our side!!
 

SHIPS I LOVE

Meliodas and Elizabeth

This is my favourite ship of the series I frickin love these two and their relationship I literally squeal anytime a sweet moment between them comes on screen.

When Meliodas is really injured after using his Reverse Counter to defeat Hendrickson I love how she hugs him intimately and it heals him and she says “ Meliodas you do absurd things too” she looks so truly grateful he’s alive and well.

And finally when Elizabeth asks Meliodas if he’ll be leaving her to go on another adventure and he says yes and she can’t go, she looks so depressed. But he admits it’s because she’s his reason to live OMG sooooo romantic. That right there in my opinion is a love confession. I started crying and squealing right at this part and I think rewatched it over a dozen times.

Another moment I love between these two is I believe in episode 5 during a seemingly hopeless moment Meliodas leans in and says “even if you were to die I will fulfill the promise I made you” awww my precious boy.””
I’m completely excited and scared to dive into their past, it looks heartbreaking but also so full of love and mystery. Bring on season 2!!

King and Diane

Their relationship is so sweet. I always felt so bad for king, seeing him pine and watch out for Diane at a distance while she was fawning all over Meliodas.

During the episode where Diane and King go on a “date” and are playing tag, King asks Diane if she has recovered her past memories. She responds with a kiss on his cheek. This was my favourite moment so far between them, and then of course that DAMN rock had to fall on his head. Poor king just can’t catch a break can he? Why Diane! Why did you have to keep what happened a secret from him, after everything he’s been through I think he deserves to know.

Ban and Elaine

Such a simple romance. Boy meets girl, falls in love and loses love after just one week. I really do like this couple; there isn’t a whole lot to go off of because they were separated so quickly in such a tragic way. But I could clearly see the love they had for each other was true. I want to believe somewhere down the line they can be together. It was nice that the seven days Elaine had spent with Ban were the best days she ever had, he saved her from her loneliness.

Final Thoughts

All in all I give this anime 10/10 so far which may seem too high to some but I loved everything about it. It held my attention every episode and it didn’t feel like there were any fillers. It had plenty of romance, which was my favourite part. There was action, great fight scenes and plenty of blood and hilarious moments. The characters are extremely lovable and relatable. And the soundtrack is one of the best I’ve ever heard. How can you go wrong with any of this? I definitely recommend this anime.

 

*Season 2 thoughts to come when season ends.*

 

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