The Seven Deadly Sins, Vol. 22

七つの大罪 [Nanatsu no Taizai] #22

by Nakaba Suzuki

The epic journey of sorcery and swordplay that inspired the hit Netflix anime continues!
Praise for the Netflix anime
"Pure 30-minute doses of good ol' shonen fun... a joy to watch!" -IGN
"A great new action series... truly amazing." -Geek-E

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, Comics, Adventure, Shonen, Magic

192 pages, Paperback

First published August 17, 2016

About the author

Nakaba Suzuki (鈴木央 Suzuki Nakaba, born in Sukagawa, Fukushima) is a Japanese manga artist, known for his works in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump, Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday and Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine.

Reviews

[アリシア · Rating 5 out of 5]

4.5 I don’t know what to feel about this volume. It was full of action and stunning panels, but... I don’t know!

[Rebecca · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love how this series plays with Arthurian legend and Celtic myth.

[Arezia · Rating 5 out of 5]

😭😭😭😭😭

[Mert · Rating 5 out of 5]

5/5 Stars (%89/100)

Definitely one of my favorite volumes so far. Possibly number 2 after volume 20. The previous volume ended with Escanor surprising everyone when he destroyed Gloxinia and Drole. Meliodas shows his demonic powers and fights these two, and later all Commandments at once (he cannot be any more badass tbh). I'll leave at this because the following chapters are super important and good for the whole series. It would be unfair to spoil all of you. In general, as I mentioned before, I really liked this book and I can see that it is getting better regarding both plot and the characters.

[Alisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

So you guys may remember that Volume 21 left us hanging, it was cruel. It was mean. But we finally get to see what happens next! This volume has so much action and fighting throughout, and things get pretty dark, so fair warning.

After the end of last volume it seems that Meliodas has run out of patience and he's not f***ing around anymore. He even engages his whole dark mark thing but seems to be more aware than before either as a result of his power growth or because he's mastered it more. Not sure. Meliodas faces off against not just Drole and Gloxinia but all of the remaining Commandments. As you can imagine, the battle is pretty epic and there's a lot of twists and turns as the tide of power changes.

I'm not going to lie to you guys, my fave saved the day...or at least he tried. I love Ban and it was nice to see him get his hero moment, even if it didn't go quite as planned. Meliodas and Ban's friendship is one of my favourites in this series and last volume kind of spoiled me with it and then this volume and I was loving it. It's been nice to see the different facets of it and Ban's belief in his friend.

Things get pretty dark towards the end of this volume so the light hearted bonus story was definitely necessary. The story moves along with a one month time jump that's definitely changed things up just from the small glimpse we got! There's a nice big, shock plot twist too. I'm interested to see what's happened in the month we've missed and how the plot twist and time jump will have changed things. I'm hoping we'll get to see more of Arthur as we do get to know some interesting information about his cat friend, and I'm curious about how it's going to play out.

Arthur's fighting until the bitter end. The Holy Knights aren't safe anymore. The Commandments are running rampant. Our story has moved forward to a new place and we have to wait until next volume to see who's still alive, and what's going on with our group and how the dynamic of the story has changed.

I've said it before and I'll say it again...you can't just leave me hanging like that! What is it with manga and anime and these mean cliffhangers recently?! The wait between volumes is getting more and more painful as the story picks up and really starts to get serious.

[M. Ashraf · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nanatsu no Taizai
The Seven Deadly Sins
Volumes#22
Collected issues: #171 - #179

Chapter List:-
171. The Time Has Come「時は来たれり」
172. To You, Who Were Once My Friends「かつて友だった お前たちへ」
173. The Darkness Comes Down「闇は降り立つ」
174. Meliodas vs. The Ten Commandments「メリオダス ｖｓ．〈十戒〉」
175. To My Beloved Meliodas「愛するメリオダスへ」
176. The Darkness Speaks「闇は語る」
177. What I Can Do For You「僕が君にしてあげられること」
178. Britannia in Darkness「暗黒のブリタニア」
179. Have Hope「希望を求めて」

Two commandments confront the strongest sin
Meliodas Vs. Doloro & Gloxinia
The battle upgraded
Meliodas Vs the ten commandments
- Merascylla
- Estarossa
- Gloxinia
- Fraudrin
- Zeldoris
- Monspiet
- Dolor
- Derriere
- Graylord
- Garan (defeated by Escanor)
Cap. started the great war 3000 years ago :O
Ban enters the fight
Meliodas FALLLLLL :O

[Rereader · Rating 3 out of 5]

The scene where Ban was going to ask Elaine permission to take Melascula's life in order to save Meliodas, despite it killing Elaine, and Elaine telling him he didn't need to ask her permission, is hands down one of my favorite scenes in anime. Their relationship is one of the best and it makes me so happy.

Too bad the rest of the volume wasn't that great, even the fight scenes were lackluster compared to previous volumes. Hopefully this doesn't mark a decline in the series, I can't deal with that right now...

[Alessandra Ceravolo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Il potere di Meliodas è oscuro e strabiliante. La sfida tra Meliodas e i 10 comandamenti è spietato e travolgente. Mi affascina particolarmente la card di Meliodas presente all’interno del volume. Sono rimasta sconvolta dal fatto che Meliodas sia morto e incuriosita nello scoprire che i demoni hanno 7 cuori.

[Mariana · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 ⭐️

In this novel, we have a confrontation between Meliodas and the Ten Commandments and while Ban tries to save Meliodas, it isn't enough and he fails to prevent Estarossa, another Ten Commandments and one of Meliodas's brothers, from stabbing Meliodas hearts (high raking demons have seven hearts). I know from seeing the anime what will happen next, but this volume still broke my heart.

[Krystal Caloia · Rating 4 out of 5]

So......he was the Ten Commandants Commander......but betrayed them and led to their defeat.....what made him betray them?

he......died....? And Elizabeth is just......serving Ale? You would think she would be trying to help in the slaughter but.....I guess she kind of is. The Boars Hat seems to be a safe space. but.....really?

[Mikel Stinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely love the anime so figured I would give the manga a shot, and boy was I half I did. The manga is, in my opinion, far superior to the already outstanding anime. If you like the anime and story of The Seven Deadly Sins, give the manga a go, you won't be sorry.

[omar ☆ · Rating 5 out of 5]

5/5

I love this part of the story. I was never worried about Meliodas but it did shook me when I first saw the anime. I would'v liked the focus on the secondary characters to be x2000 better.
Totally unrelated but this might be my favorite cver so far. Meliodas looks so bad ass and and cool.

[Honeypie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okay, what just happened here?! 😵

Very action-packed. The anime episode would be awesome.

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"Have you no pride in your humanity?!"
"Pride won't save our families."

Nothing's changed.
Being selfless, thinking of others beyond one's family/circle is one of the hardest.

[Tanny · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Nicola Manuto · Rating 5 out of 5]

Finalmente (un paio di) risposte che aspettavamo con ansia!

[El Mehdi · Rating 5 out of 5]

that was a great volume , Meliodas fight against the ten commandments and his "death " waw that was amazing ..

[María Belén · Rating 5 out of 5]

Meliodas muere vaya escena de accion mas impactante, se gano sus 5 estrellas

[Ofori Canacoo · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Khari · Rating 5 out of 5]

メリオダス！悲しい過ぎ！エリザベス可哀そう。これから皆はどうしよう？

でも、何故メリオダスその行動をしたが分からない。彼が七つの大罪を作った理由は魔人族を戦えるためにでしょう？なぜ彼らお戦えをさせなかった？何で全部自分を背負って戦った？負けるために行った？

[Sanyukta Thakare · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Fights are incredible.. but everyone's ultimate power levels are still a mystery

[Alex · Rating 4 out of 5]

4.5

[Marker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Estarrosa y Ban son mis personajes masculinos favoritos!!!

[Amidori · Rating 5 out of 5]

La pelea contra los 10 mandamientos fue increíble (sobretodo el mejor de los pecados al rescate), sin duda tengo muchísimas ganas de seguir leyendo

[Soobie has fog in her brain · Rating 4 out of 5]

Oh, che caspita! Questa non me l'aspettavo proprio!

Adesso vediamo come va avanti da qui e che scusa usa l'autore per ricominciare.

[DonutKnow · Rating 4 out of 5]

Whoaaaa the Ten Commandments in all their evil glory!! 🤩🤩🤩

[Phantom_Redux · Rating 4 out of 5]

Meliodas trying to take on Ten Commandments and kind of being reckless

[Emma · Rating 5 out of 5]

There is no way he is gone. No way.

[Christina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nope...this volume didn't happen. (spoiler warning)
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Everybody got hurt. I still have my feelings intact but....I need to read more.

[Tesutamento · Rating 5 out of 5]

Serinin şüphesiz en iyi ve en heyecanlı dövüşlerinden biri bu ciltteydi. Meliodas ile On Emir sonunda karşı karşıya geliyor. Başta sadece Gloxinia ve Drole'a karşı dövüşürken geri kalan On Emir üyelerinin gelişiyle işler tersine dönüyor. Elaine ile vedalaştıktan sonra dostuna yardımcı olmak için savaş meydanına atlayan Ban yine gönülleri fethetti. Dövüşlerin sona ermesiyle Britanya karanlık bir döneme giriyor. Seri de en iyi hikayesini anlatmaya devam ediyor.

[The Book Dragon · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's Meliodas vs. two of the Ten Commandments! Insert lots of epic fight scenes and a small bit of story that only leads to a lot more questions.

But that ending though...WTF?! NO THIS ISN'T WHAT I WANTED! PLEASE TELL ME I'M READING THIS WRONG OR THAT I'M MISSING SOME REALLY TINY IMPORTANT DETAIL!

This series has 41 volumes.