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A review by skyclad
The Seven Deadly Sins, Vol. 2 by Nakaba Suzuki
4.0
The second volume of the manga that was made into an anime of the same name. The first volume covered episodes 1 and 2 and part of episode 3. This volume covered the rest of episode three and then went on to cover episodes 4, 5, and the beginning of 6.
This volume introduces my favorite character - Ban. Not gonna lie it's because he's drawn totally hot. Also, his story during the first season of the anime is so romantic (and really stays super touching, sweet, and romantic during the entire show).
One place where the books are falling down while the show is excelling is in the fight scenes. This manga is in black in white and sometimes it is very difficult to understand what is happening. If I had not already watched the fights happen on the show I might be very confused about what was going on.
So, it is supposedly a series listed as middle grade which I assume is like 10 to 14 or something. If we get past the violence, there is still an awful lot of sexual adjacent stuff between Meliodas and Elizabeth - groping and non-consensual space invasion like lifting her skirt. This was present in the first book but then I was thinking that things would not get much past that like they do in the show. But this volume of the manga brought up some hints at rape during the prison scenes where guards are considering doing that (implied) to the Doctor's daughter.
This manga differs from the show in that Ban is the one who frees Sennett (the doctor's daughter) but then when he does he also robs her which is in character as he is a bandit but in doing so he also makes it very creepy, looking like he saved her from one rapist only to take his place in the act.
Not cool Ban, not cool.
I love the show and the reason I am reading the manga now is because I know that there are things that were not covered in the show, especially in later episodes during the second season. I am still loving the books even with the slightly rapey volume. But hey I'm an adult that read portions of 50 shades of Grey, The Handmaid's tale, and Outlander. If you have a middle-grades kid who wants to read the series.... IDK it might not actually be for kids.
This volume introduces my favorite character - Ban. Not gonna lie it's because he's drawn totally hot. Also, his story during the first season of the anime is so romantic (and really stays super touching, sweet, and romantic during the entire show).
One place where the books are falling down while the show is excelling is in the fight scenes. This manga is in black in white and sometimes it is very difficult to understand what is happening. If I had not already watched the fights happen on the show I might be very confused about what was going on.
So, it is supposedly a series listed as middle grade which I assume is like 10 to 14 or something. If we get past the violence, there is still an awful lot of sexual adjacent stuff between Meliodas and Elizabeth - groping and non-consensual space invasion like lifting her skirt. This was present in the first book but then I was thinking that things would not get much past that like they do in the show. But this volume of the manga brought up some hints at rape during the prison scenes where guards are considering doing that (implied) to the Doctor's daughter.
This manga differs from the show in that Ban is the one who frees Sennett (the doctor's daughter) but then when he does he also robs her which is in character as he is a bandit but in doing so he also makes it very creepy, looking like he saved her from one rapist only to take his place in the act.
Not cool Ban, not cool.
I love the show and the reason I am reading the manga now is because I know that there are things that were not covered in the show, especially in later episodes during the second season. I am still loving the books even with the slightly rapey volume. But hey I'm an adult that read portions of 50 shades of Grey, The Handmaid's tale, and Outlander. If you have a middle-grades kid who wants to read the series.... IDK it might not actually be for kids.