In the Kingdom of Leones, legend tells of the Seven
Deadly Sins, elite warriors amongst the Holy Knights who betrayed their
order. Now wanted criminals, these seven
souls have scattered across the land, never to be seen again…until now. A desperate Princess, Elizabeth, needs their
help save her Kingdom from a terrifying plot by the very Knights who are
supposed to protect the Kingdom. Her
search leads her to the tavern of a bartender named Meliodas…who just so happens
to be one of the famed Seven Deadly Sins himself. Moved by Elizabeth’s pleas (and her beautiful
figure), Meliodas and his talking pig companion, Hawk, embark on a quest to
find Meliodas’s former comrades…before the Holy Knights or their powerful leaders
find them first.
The Seven Deadly Sins is a title that’s been floating
around Netflix for a long time now, I think it was one of the first to be
released under their “Netflix Original” stamp.
I don’t know what I never checked it out sooner but I know this show has
a pretty decent fanbase by this point.
After checking out the first couple of episodes, I can see why it has
its fans. Im just not sure if ill ever
end up being one of them.
For one thing, I wasn’t grabbed by the story, the quest,
or the tease of how good the Seven Deadly Sins themselves are. It feels a lot like a case of “been there,
done that” to me, so I don’t know if im just not interested or burned out a
little (could be a bit of both really).
There’s also the characters that aren’t really catching my
interest. Meliodas does have his moments
of badassery. But I never found anything
else to like about him. He’s wise but
could care less about much. He’s a kind
heart but he’s also a serious pervert.
He’s just…boring. Same could kind
of be said of Elizabeth too and not even a cute figure can help her out
there. The only character introduced
thus far who made me smile was Hawk, the talking pig who gets the best lines
and even some of the best action in the first two episodes. Besides that, there’s nothing about Seven
Deadly Sins I haven’t glimpsed at before, or seen done better even across
multiple titles. I often kept thinking
of Fairy Tail and how roped in I was by the second or third episode thanks to
Natsu, Happy and a better paced storyline.
Granted Seven Deadly Sins isn’t as boring or guilty of stealing from
every single Shonen Anime like Black Clover (and im sure that even took a bit
from Seven Deadly Sins now that I think about it). Still, nothing was ensnaring my attention in
the first two episodes, honestly it was hard to see what all the fuss is about.
Like I said, I know Seven Deadly Sins has some very
committed fans and im sure this show has plenty of reason to be as beloved as
it is by the community. It’s colorful,
the cast is going to appeal to a lot of people (especially the cosplay
community with the outfits for Meliodas and Elizabeth), and there is some good
action. But there are a ton of other
Anime I need to either check out or get ready to review and im probably excited
for more of those than I am for more Seven Deadly Sins. Maybe I’ll come back to this one later…but Im
not holding my breath on it. Sorry, this
one just isn’t for me everyone.
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