Nanatsu no Taizai: Funnu no Shinpan

// SPOILERS // i just finished tsds FINALLY. i stopped watching after s2 and didn’t bother to finish because of the bad reviews for the last two seasons. it wasn’t actually too bad and i still enjoyed the story. But it got a little boring having a battle after battle, after battle. it felt rushed too. i was also kinda disappointed about Zeldris. he had so much potential but it felt like he was just a bad imitation of Meliodas; actually his whole character is just being his little brother. everything that he does ties back to Meliodas. and the whole chaos thing WAS chaos. ... it was made out to be a big deal but then was resolved so quickly and i had a hard time understanding it. i’m just disappointed since i really liked the first season.

I love seven deadly sins and would reccommend it to anyone because the story and characters are brilliant. That said, it is a huge let down as an anime with lots of fight scenes. Comparing it to season 1 and 2 it was painful to watch. It was like watching a slide show, there were no good transitions and the animation is reminiscent of anime that came out in the early 2000s. I understand that studios changed and there was a time constraint but fans deserved better. They probably knew they could get away with it to because those that love the show would power ... through to the end because the story is great. I would reccommend it for the story but the animation is hugely lackluster and took away the excitement.

Nanatsu no Taizai: Funnu no Shinpan

And this is where the plane finally crashes. After hearing years ago that the third season was going to be a disaster, I at least hoped that the fourth season would fix it. I thought to myself, this must be an exception, time pressure? Stress? But no, here with the fourth season the low point in quality is set. It should be forbidden to even charge money for this because no quality standards are being met here.

Despite the massive disappointment, I got through the third season relatively well, at least there was still plenty of story, structure, and character background. ... But I can no longer say that here. This season is a pure disaster. Not only was the worst arc in the manga adapted here. It had an immensely stupid, broken power system, but also a massively rushed plot. No, this arc is 90% just fights with no end in sight. And on top of that, the pacing is insultingly bad and the animations have practically hit rock bottom. If I ever watch an anime that is worse animated than this one, I'll be really surprised.

And this has little to do with disappointment, it's more a matter of how they dare release something like this in the first place.


[Story 2]

Just like in the manga, I liked the Story up to the point before the final arc began. Until then it was decent, you had some interesting backgrounds, acceptable world-building, and pleasant character relationships. It was embellished with 2-3 decent plot twists on a shounen level and that was it, a pleasant average series to watch in the evening or read during lunch break.

At least until the author started making every possible character into an end boss, flushed the power system down the toilet and everything just runs along the lines of "random bullshit go".

Not to mention that the whole final battle with the Demon King was such a boring tragedy. Everything felt rushed like the author was trying to finish the plot quickly in a panic. Which resulted in a fight like one a 14-year-old would have imagined playing with his bionicles.

[Characters 4]

Here, unfortunately, you don't see much of the characters, as this is just another eternal cycle of dialogue and repetitive events. There were some scenes that I found interesting and that added spice to the character relationships. Especially Mael's performances. But that was it, up to this point everything was done that needed to be done, this whole season was supposed to just show all the fights.

[Animations 2 / Music 5]

The last 2 intros have been very average, but what surprised me was the fact that they were animated better than the anime itself.

Nothing more needs to be said about the animations, no detail at all, unavailable pacing, disastrous actions, and so on. It's a tragedy in the literal sense of the word.


[Conclusion 2]


Even with the manga, I was very averse to this conclusion and found that the author practically ruined everything he had previously built up with it. But I was still willing to watch it a second time. And honestly, this production quality didn't exactly help smooth out its flaws. I believe that was all we could focus on.

A waste of a relatively enjoyable series on both sides. And kudos to everyone who made it this far without giving up.

[Enjoyment 2]