Seven Mortal Sins

Seven Mortal Sins

Key visual
sin 七つの大罪
(sin Nanatsu no Taizai)
Manga
Illustrated by Ururihi
Published by Hobby Japan
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Comic Fire
Original run August 29, 2016 – present
Manga
Published by Media Factory
Demographic Seinen
Magazine Monthly Comic Alive
Original run February, 2017 – present
Anime television series
Directed by Kinji Yoshimoto
Produced by Kazuaki Takahashi
Masaaki Yokota
Noritomo Isogai
Takuya Inoue
Takao Asaga
Written by Masashi Suzuki
Music by Hiroaki Tsutsumi
Masaru Yokoyama
Studio Artland
TNK
Licensed by
Original network AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS11
Original run April 14, 2017 – July 29, 2017
Episodes 12

Seven Mortal Sins, also known as Sin: The 7 Deadly Sins (sin 七つの大罪, Shin: Nanatsu no Taizai), is a Japanese anime television series produced by Artland and TNK that aired from April 14, 2017 to July 29, 2017. It is an adaptation of Hobby Japan's media franchise The 7 Deadly Sins (七つの大罪, Nanatsu no Taizai), which primarily consists of a series of fantasy figures.

Plot

Lucifer, one of God's archangels, is denounced for rebelling against the Almighty's will and cast out of Heaven. She is forced into a brief stopover by crashing into a highschool's church, where a young girl, Maria Totsuka, witnesses her arrival. After Lucifer has infused the girl with a part of her angel's blood, she continues her fall into the depths of Hell, where she is met by Leviathan, the aspiring minor Demon Lord of Envy.

Soon after, Lucifer is challenged by the Seven Sins, the ruling Demon Lords of Hell, led by Belial. Bundling their powers, the Seven Sins overcome Lucifer and seal away her angelic powers by fitting her with a cursed Garb of Punishment, thereby turning her into a Demon Lord. Swearing revenge on her defeaters, Lucifer returns with Leviathan to Earth, where she turns Maria into her immortal slave. With her two sidekicks in tow, Lucifer sets out to defeat the Seven Sins one at a time in order to sunder their powers imbuing her Garb.

Characters

Main characters

Lucifer (ルシファー, Rushifā) / Pride (傲慢, Gōman)
Voiced by: Eri Kitamura (Japanese); Nicole Endicott (English)[1]
Formerly the first of the Archangels of Heaven and the former leader of the Seven Lively Virtues, she was denounced and cast out of Heaven for her rebellion against the will of God, who seeks the destruction of both mankind and Hell for their inherent (but inevitable) corruption. After battling the Seven Mortal Sins for the first time, she is cursed by Belial with the Garb of Punishment, a barbed tattoo-like body-chain empowered by the Seven Sins which inhibits her angelic powers and torments her with constant pain and blood-letting. But while Lucifer's immense pride was the cause for her fall from Heaven, it also proves to be her strongest weapon against both the predations of the Seven Sins and the power God.
Maria Totsuka (十束 真莉亜, Totsuka Maria)
Voiced by: Megumi Toda (Japanese); Madeleine Morris (English)[1]
A shy, soft-spoken teenage human girl who has worshipped Lucifer all her life when she was still an angel. She initially encounters Lucifer during a brief stopover in the middle of her descent to Hell. Maria becomes Lucifer's servant when Lucifer rips out her heart, granting her immortality and eternal youth; and though initially unwilling, Maria becomes gradually quite taken with her new mistress. In the final episode, it is revealed that Lucifer has been aware of Maria's dedication to her, which is the primary reason why Lucifer rebelled against God's decision to destroy humanity and why they were destined to meet in the first place.
Leviathan (レヴィアタン, Revu~iatan) / Envy (嫉妬, Shitto)
Voiced by: Akane Fujita (Japanese); Brittany Lauda (English)[1]
The aspiring Demon Lord of Envy, she becomes instantly infatuated with Lucifer upon the latter's arrival in Hell and makes herself into the fallen angel's sidekick. She is therefore continuously jealous of Maria because she receives the better part of Lucifer's attention, though the two are quite capable of working together if it serves Lucifer's interests. Has the ability to control water and water creatures.

Supporting characters

Belial (ベリアル, Beriaru) / Vanity (虚飾, Kyoshoku)
Voiced by: Shizuka Itou (Japanese); Elizabeth Maxwell (English)[1]
The Demon Lord of Vanity, and the ruler of the Seven Mortal Sins until Lucifer's arrival. Her most distinguishing feature are her heterochromatic eyes, of which the left one is ruby red while the right one sports a golden iris. She was once part of the Byrndale family, a once prostigious clan, which Belial wished to return to its former glory, and also an angel herself under the name Satanael (ザタナエル, Zatanaeru) before she attempted to gather more followers for God by appearing before the humans and thereby proving God's existence to them. However, her presumptuous attempt backfired when the humans instead allowed themselves to fall to the Seven Sins, and for this blunder she was sentenced and banished to Hell. Ultimately, she attempts to betray Hell and her subordinate Sins in order to be reinstated as an angel.
Satan (サタン, Satan) Wrath (憤怒, Fundo)
Voiced by: Arisa Sakuraba (Japanese); Dawn M. Bennett (English)[1]
Representing Wrath, Satan is a fiery, red-headed Demon Lord whose main task is to judge the souls of the dead at the threshold of the Gates to Hell, and sentence the deserving to eternal damnation. While she has a hair-trigger temper, she also has a sense of honor and a love for cute and innocent things; for this reason she is especially fond of Beelzebub. She uses an ax in combat and has armies from all over the world serving as her followers.
Belphegor (ベルフェゴール, Berufegōru) / Sloth (怠惰, Taida)
Voiced by: Ai Kakuma (Japanese); Ella Davis (English)[1]
As the representation of Sloth, Belphegor is the laziest and most easy-going of the Mortal Sins, sporting cat-like features like white hair and a claw-equipped tail (which she often uses as a third hand since she's usually too lazy to move her arms), as well as two tiger-striped antelope-type horns. Her favorite hobbies are surfing, engaging in games inside the Internet and exchanging messages with Astaroth, with whom she is good friends because of their very similar moods. She gains followers by running a popular MMORPG, which is bankrolled by Mammon.
Mammon (マモン, Mamon) / Greed (強欲, Gōyoku)
Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa (Japanese); Annabel Thorne (English)[1]
The Demon Lord of Greed who attempts to employ every opportunity to make a winning, specializing in real estates and the sale of home-brewed magical potions. Her greed is partially founded by the actions of her unnamed husband, who saddled her with 500,000 children and a load of debts on her shoulders. Mammon's weapons of choice are bottles of dangerous chemicals. Her base of operations is in London.
Beelzebub (ベルゼバブ, Beruzebabu) / Gluttony (暴食, Bōshoku)
Voiced by: Yui Ogura (Japanese); Arielle O'Neal (English)[1]
Despite her slight figure, she is the most voracious of the Seven Sins, as well as perhaps the friendliest of them. She is physically distinguished by one single horn, similar to an alicorn, growing from the center of her forehead. Her motive for becoming a glutton was not out of pure self-indulgence, but to find a way of achieving happiness through eating and sharing that discovery with others. Her base of operations is in Paris.
Asmodeus (アスモデウス, Asumodeusu) / Lust (色欲, Shikiyoku)
Voiced by: Chiaki Takahashi (Japanese); Morgan Garrett (English)[1]
As the representative of Lust, she is the most lecherous of the Seven Sins. She takes up residence in Miami and works around the clock to attract followers, including displaying her physique at the beach during the day and performing erotic pole dances in her nightclub at night. Owing to her lascivious nature, she is equally attracted to both women and men.
Astaroth (アスタロト, Asutorato) / Melancholy (憂鬱, Yūutsu)
Voiced by: Azusa Tadokoro (Japanese); Jad Saxton (English)[2]
The Demon King of Melancholy, who spends most of her time as a very popular musician in Earth's virtual world. Though quite the braggart under this pretense, she is very sociophobic and tends to easily lose her nerve, and therefore uses her music to freely express her emotions.
Michael (ミカエル, Mikaeru)
Voiced by: Yumi Uchiyama (Japanese); Kristin Sutton (English)[1]
The Archangel responsible for denouncing Lucifer before God and then casting her to Hell, and therefore the new leader of the Seven Lively Virtues. She struck a deal with Belial, demanding the release of all souls tormented in Hell in exchange for delivering Lucifer for eternal torment, but betrays the Demon Lord of Vanity in the end because her unswerving loyalty belongs to God. Despite this, she retains feelings for Lucifer, but ends up becoming her mortal emeny.
Mina (美菜, Mina)
Voiced by: Miyu Tomita (Japanese); Caitlin Glass (English)[1]
Maria's playful, flirtatious schoolmate and best friend. She does not share Maria's talent and therefore does not believe in the existence of angels and demons.
Behemoth (ベヘモフ, Bememofu)
Leviathan's sidekick monster, who appears (and commonly disguises itself) as a stuffed toy with bat wings and a gas mask.

Media

Anime

An anime television adaption was announced in August 2016.[3] The anime was directed by Kinji Yoshimoto at studio Artland and TNK, with scripts being written by Masashi Suzuki and Hiroaki Tsutsumi. Masaru Yokoyama produced the series' music. The opening theme "My Sweet Maiden" and ending theme "Welcome to our diabolic paradise" were both sung by Mia REGINA. The anime premiered on April 14, 2017 on AT-X with further broadcasts on Tokyo MX & BS11 then ended on July 29, 2017. The series ran for 12 episodes.[4] Crunchyroll was streaming the series.[5] Funimation has licensed the series in North America.[6] Universal Pictures will release the series in the UK.[7]

No. Title[lower-alpha 1] Original air date
1 "The Proud Fallen Angel"
"Gōmantaru daten-shi" (傲慢たる堕天使) 		April 14, 2017
Freshly cast out of Heaven, the former archangel Lucifer makes a brief stop in a high school church on Earth, where she encounters a girl named Maria Totsuka before continuing her fall to Hell. Once there, she is met and fawned over by Leviathan, an aspiring minor Demon Lord, and challenged to combat by Satan and Belial, two Demon Lords of the Seven Mortal Sins and members of the ruling council of Hell who accuse her of intending an invasion of their territory. Despite gaining the upper hand initially, Lucifer is eventually subdued by Belial and stripped of her angel powers and wings; but with this last link to Heaven gone, Lucifer transforms into a demon lord herself. Along with Leviathan, she returns to Earth and meets Maria again, whom she promptly stabs through the heart. 
2 "Driven Wild by Envy"
"Shitto-yue no bōsō" (嫉妬ゆえの暴走) 		April 21, 2017
Instead of killing her, Lucifer removes Maria's heart from her body, turning the hapless girl into her immortal thrall. Lucifer and her entourage move into the presidential suite at the Royal Towers Hotel. As they partake in the luxuries of their new quarters, Leviathan tries her best to gain her new mistress' favor, but grows increasingly jealous when Lucifer pays more attention to Maria instead of her. As a result, when Lucifer makes a short trip to take her mind off her defeat against Belial for a while, Leviathan begins to sexually torment the forlorn girl; but when Maria eventually admits that she has herself sometimes felt envious of her friend Mina because she had not found anyone to love in her life, and states that envy born of love is not a sin, she manages to stir doubts in Leviathan and break the demon's hold on her. After Maria has regained consciousness, Lucifer, by licking her breast, stimulates Maria's special gift of seeing into discerning the current location of one of the Mortal Sins. Upon hearing that one of them is in Miami, Lucifer calls for their immediate departure. 
3 "Beach of Lust"
"Shikiyoku no Nagisa" (色欲の渚) 		April 28, 2017
Arriving in Miami, Lucifer, Maria and Leviathan catch Asmodeus, the Lord of Lust, openly seducing the local beach-goers in order to consign their souls to Hell and thereby increase her power base. With all the lust from the crowd bolstering her powers, the protagonists find themselves outmatched in open battle and are forced to retreat. A later attempt at a night club, where Asmodeus performs an pole dance, likewise fails when Leviathan, with her lust for Lucifer, easily falls prey to Asmodeus. However, since Maria has attracted Asmodeus' attention, Lucifer uses her as bait, and the girl's piety and innocence help her in withstanding Asmodeus' seductions long enough for Lucifer to track them down. Asmodeus ensnares Lucifer, but her own power is turned against her when Lucifer points out that lust is something completely natural, thus negating her status as a Mortal Sin and the link of the Garb of Punishment powered by Lust. Lucifer spares Asmodeus' life, who graciously accepts her defeat. 
4 "The Town of Fog Where Greed Brews"
"Gōyoku ugomeku kiri no machi" (強欲うごめく霧の街) 		May 5, 2017
Lucifer and her entourage track Mammon, Demon Lord of Greed, to London, where she runs a potion-selling business. Upon entering the shop, they are caught in a trap. Lucifer takes up Mammon's challenge to a personal duel, is beaten and subjected to sexual torture astride a wooden horse; but even after Leviathan manages to free herself from her cage and rushes to her aid, Lucifer decides to ride out the torment. Meanwhile, Mammon returns to her shop and attempts to seduce Maria, who was left behind by Leviathan, into selling her soul and acting as a nursemaid for her 500,000 children. But Maria resists by pointing out that the children need their mother, not a substitute; and with her pride finally overcoming her agony, Lucifer breaks free and defeats Mammon, destroying her shop and freeing all the prisoners she has ensnared, as well as breaking another link of her Garb of Punishment. 
4.5 "This Is Indeed the Work of Demons..."
"Masani Akuma no Shogyō" (まさに悪魔の所業・・・) 		May 12, 2017[8]
Recap of episodes 1-4. 
5 "The Languid Diva"
"Yūutsuna Utahime" (憂鬱なる歌姫) 		May 19, 2017
Lucifer next confronts and challenges Astaroth, the Demon Lord of Melancholy, who is making a living as an internet rock singer. Compelled by Maria's suggestion, Lucifer establishes herself as a singing idol in order to out-achieve Astaroth, which develops into a hard popularity contest once Astaroth receives Belial's and Belphegor's backing. Finally, Astaroth ascends into the professional music world, but as her popularity grows, so does her insecurity. At the final showdown during her first live performance, Astaroth ends up sharing the stage with Lucifer and losing, but although she remains loyal to Belial, the parting of the adversaries ends up quite amicably. And as a reward for her efforts and dedication, Lucifer grants Maria the boon of addressing her more informally. 
6 "Sloth Online"
"Taida Onrain" (怠惰オンライン) 		May 26, 2017
While she attempts to contemplate a strategy on how to confront her next adversary, Belphegor, Lucifer is drawn into a virtual world created by the Demon Lord of Sloth inside the Internet, where Belphegor challenges her in a multiplayer online game for world conquest. When Lucifer proves too tough for her and her followers to handle, Belphegor traps Maria inside her virtual game world as well and tricks her into becoming her lingerie-armored champion. After some laborious training and receiving a special set of armor, Maria - who has in the meantime realized the truth - manages to defeat Lucifer, but refuses to finish her off. This allows Lucifer to recover and use her magic to destroy the fabric of Belphegor's virtual world, and with her power diminished by the desertion of her followers as they unlink themselves from the game to pursue matters in the real world, Belphegor is plunged into defeat. 
7 "Guiltless Gluttony"
"Toga naki bōshoku" (咎なき暴食) 		June 2, 2017
During an erotic dinner party hosted by Beelzebub, Lucifer pops up and challenges the Demon Lord of Gluttony to an eating contest. In the midst of it, however, Lucifer ends up being hospitalized with a stomach flu, and sees herself confronted by the worry and care of her companions Maria and Leviathan (something she is not used to at all), and Belial posing as her treating physician. To her surprise, Lucifer eventually finds herself sharing a room with Beelzebub, who is a regular patient in the hospital for gastric dilation. As the two begin to become friends, Beelzebub admits that she likes to eat not because eating is supposed to be a sin, but because it is supposed to bring joy and happiness to the people. After being discharged, they share a friendly meal together, and Beelzebub willingly forgoes her status as a Mortal Sin. However, just then Maria is kidnapped by Belial, who has discovered the emotional bond Lucifer shares with the girl. 
8 "Unleashed Wrath"
"Tokihanatare ta fundo" (解き放たれた憤怒) 		June 9, 2017
Belial seeks out Satan and tells her that Lucifer has managed to subjugate Beelzebub (conveniently neglecting to mention that Beelzebub did so willingly), inciting Satan to seek out the fallen angel and punish her for this supposed transgression. Leviathan engages her in battle to defend Lucifer, but with the city currently gripped by wrath and thus fueling Satan's power, she is easily defeated. Encouraged by Beelzebub and her fondness of Maria, who is now imprisoned in the palace of the Seven Sins, Lucifer faces Satan and her fleet of conscripted Navy warships. When she is pushed to the verge of defeat, Beelzebub brings Leviathan back from unconsciousness, and the tide of battle is quickly turned. After relocating to the surface on the Moon, Satan confidentially unseals her portion of Lucifer's Garb of Punishment, returning a portion of her powers, and faces off against her opponent in single combat. Despite the Demon Lord's vast level in power, Lucifer manages to beat Satan, who admits defeat and willingly agrees to open the gates of Hell so that Lucifer can carry the final fight to Belial herself. 
9 "Ye Abandon All Hope"
"Nanji, issai no kibō o suteyo" (汝、一切の希望を捨てよ) 		June 16, 2017
For her failure to subdue Lucifer, Belial imprisons and torments Satan, forcing her to guard the gates to Hell against Lucifer's impending intrusion. But prior to her invasion, Lucifer has utilized her new abilities as a demon lord to draw power from the lingering pride in every human's soul, thus gaining entry. As Lucifer and Leviathan make their way down to the lower levels of Hell, Belial attempts to rally the other Mortal Sins, but except for Astaroth they all refuse to follow her any longer. After struggling with a lewd Charon, Lucifer and Leviathan reach the Palace of Minos, where they are met by the other Seven Sins. It is then that Lucifer reveals why she was cast from Heaven: God had issued an order to the Seven Lively Virtues to purge both Hell and Earth, even though the corruption of humanity - and thus the existence of Hell - is part of an inevitable course which cannot be broken even by God's power; and Lucifer was banished when she protested against the perpetual repetition of this measure throughout the millennia. It is also revealed that Belial knew about this, and has struck a deal with Michael to have Lucifer delivered to her for eternal damnation in exchange for the release of all souls trapped in Hell and getting exempted from the purge. Astaroth, refusing to believe that Belial would betray them all, attempts to attack but is held off by Leviathan, while Lucifer continues her journey down to Cocytus. 
10 "Love Your Enemies and Pray for Those Who Persecute You"
"Nanji no teki o aishi, nanjira o seme sha no tame ni inore" (汝の敵を愛し、汝らを責むる者のために祈れ) 		June 23, 2017
While Lucifer, accompanied by Behemoth, makes her way down the circles of Hell, Belial confronts the rogue Seven Sins and subjects them to punishments befitting their respective natures for defying her. When Lucifer encounters her allies and wishes to aid them, most of them agree that they must ride out their torment as a final purge of their former ties with Belial and as acceptance of their new allegiance with Lucifer. However, by the time Lucifer reaches the palace of the Seven Sins, she is nearly drained of power, leaving her helpless before Belial. 
10.5 "Kinkyū tokuban! Mongen yaburi no tsumi" (緊急特番！門限破りの罪) June 30, 2017[9]
A special clip episode highlighting some of the lewder scenes in the series. 
11 "Ask, and It Shall Be Given to You"
"Motomeyo, saraba atae raren" (求めよ、さらば与えられん) 		July 7, 2017[9]
When Lucifer regains consciousness, she finds herself restrained and tortured by Belial, who reveals that she found Lucifer's angel blood in Maria and plans to use it to return to Heaven, as she was once an angel herself but banished by Lucifer in God's name after she had inadvertendly caused the humans she meant to gather as God's followers to fall prey to sin. Now, with the deal she has made with Michael and Lucifer's blood in her possession, she intends to usher in a new age in which God's glory shall reach unforeknown heights and she will thus be reinstated as an angel. But with her renouncement of her role as the ruler of the Seven Sins, the tortures she has inflicted upon the others are cancelled out; the five rogue Sins free Lucifer but are imprisoned themselves when Belial wields Lucifer's power she has absorbed against them. Belial then torments Maria into stabbing Lucifer through the heart; but by willingly sacrificing herself, Lucifer manages to swap her heart with Maria's, restoring them both. In the subsequent duel, Belial is easily defeated, but then Michael arrives in Cocytus and enters the Palace of the Seven Sins. 
12 "God's in His Heaven, All's Right With the World"
"Kami wa ten ni imashi, subete yo wa koto mo nashi" (神は天にいまし、すべて世は事も無し) 		July 29, 2017[10]
As Belial begins to gather new hope, Michael coldly crushes her by stating that she never intended to honor their contract in the first place, and sets out to destroy Hell. Joined by the infuriated Belial, the Seven Sins take up the fight against the archangel and shatter the power God has granted Michael for the task, enabling Lucifer to engage her on equal grounds on Earth. Michael succeeds in fatally stabbing Lucifer with the Lance of Longinus, but with her love for Lucifer, Maria willingly sacrifices her life to bring her back from the verge of annihilation. Now uniting the powers of Heaven, Hell and Earth within herself in a new trinity, Lucifer defeats Michael but spares her, sending her back to Heaven, and manages to bring Maria back from death. While Belial and Astaroth begin a new life together on Earth, Lucifer and Leviathan take their place as the Lords of Mortal Sins in Hell, in preparation for Lucifer's final onslaught against Heaven to liberate humanity from God's arbitratiness. 

Note

  1. ↑ All English titles are taken from Crunchyroll.

References

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