The Seven Deadly Sins is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nakaba Suzuki. It began its serialization in the manga anthology Weekly Shōnen Magazine on October 10, 2012. Its individual chapters have been collected into nineteen tankōbon volumes by Kodansha, the first released on February 15, 2013. The story begins with Elizabeth, the princess of Britannia, which has been overthrown by the brutal Holy Knights, finding Meliodas, the leader of the titular Seven Deadly Sins, a group of knights which was disbanded years ago after being blamed for plotting to overthrow Britannia. Convinced that the Sins are the only group of knights powerful enough to defeat the Holy Knights, Elizabeth joins Meliodas in his similar journey of finding the other members of his now-disbanded group.
Contents
- Chapters not yet in tankbon format
- Mayoe The Seven Deadly Sins Academy
- The Seven Deadly Sins Production
- The Seven Deadly Sins Kings Road to Manga
- References
The series is licensed for English language release in North America by Kodansha Comics USA, who published the first volume on March 11, 2014. As the series is published in Japan, it is also released simultaneously in English digitally by Crunchyroll in over 170 countries.
Chapters not yet in tankōbon format
These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume. They were originally serialized in Japanese in issues of Weekly Shōnen Magazine and in English in issues of Crunchyroll Manga from November 2016 to March 2017.
Mayoe! The Seven Deadly Sins Academy!
Mayoe! The Seven Deadly Sins Academy! (迷え！七つの大罪学園！, Mayoe! Nanatsu no Taizai Gakuen!) is a comedic spinoff of the series by Juichi Yamaki that re-imagines the titular Seven Deadly Sins as high school students. It was serialized in Bessatsu Shōnen Magazine from its September issue on August 9, 2014 to its November issue on October 8, 2016, and collected into four tankōbon volumes between February 17, 2015 and December 16, 2016.
The Seven Deadly Sins Production
The Seven Deadly Sins Production (七つの大罪プロダクション, Nanatsu no Taizai Purodakushon) is a comedic spin-off by Chiemi Sakamoto that imagines the series' characters as actors performing in a live-action television show. It began in the January 2016 issue of Aria on November 28, 2015, with two tankōbon volumes published as of December 16, 2016.
The Seven Deadly Sins: King's Road to Manga
The Seven Deadly Sins: King's Road to Manga (七つの大罪 キングの漫画道, Nanatsu no Taizai Kingu no Manga Michi) is a comedic yonkoma written by Masataka Ono, that depicts King as an aspiring manga artist. It began on February 20, 2016 in Magazine Special, before being transferred to the smartphone and tablet application Manga Box on February 1, 2017. The first tankōbon volume was published on August 17, 2016.