Nanatsu no Taizai Movie 2: Hikari ni Norowareshi Mono-tachi

"Goodbye, Seven Deadly Sins"
(Spoilers ahead btw)

Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light is the final instalment into the NNT series. I was hesitant at first because it was completed during the production of the final season of SDS(I'm looking at you MHA and your mediocre Season 5), but after watching the film. I am proud to say it was pretty good. Though the final season did have to suffer for the second half. The story starts six months after the Demon King's battle. We get to see many things shown, like Diane, King, Meliodas and Elizabeth's Marriage. What happens to Arthur and Merlin(Not a lot though), ... Zeldris and Gelda's relationship, basically most of the cast from the previous seasons had some updates on their whereabouts(Mostly because this movie really "shocked" the world).

Let's begin with the story of the anime.
Story: 5/10
It had a pretty generic storyline if I were, to be honest, big baddies show up and heroes go serious. As a set-up for a sequel, it did do a pretty good job. This is just starting to the age of chaos after all(hehe sequel time). It had barely anything special but maybe simple is the best, after all this movie was a culmination of all the previous season's. I'm not defending it because it's a set-up, I'm defending it because I liked how simple it was. Although I gave it a pretty low rating, I still liked the story(Still barely anything as a story)

Art/Animation: 7/10
I loved the animation for the movie, it was a middle ground between Season 2 and Season 3. Some part's had very nice animation, while some parts were wonky(Looking at you CGI Supreme Deity). Overall nice animation, not too many wonky faces and some nice backgrounds. Though, I'm sure it could be better if it was handled by a better studio(No offence Deen)

Sound: 8/10
I loved the soundtrack for this movie(Series as a whole). Hiroyuki never disappoints with their soundtrack, it fits perfectly with each moment (I love this man no cap). The final rendition of perfect time made me pretty hyped, I love the soundtrack :D. "Sono Saki no Hikari e" by Akihito Okano was a bop, a fitting song for a final movie.

Character: 6/10
The development between Meliodas and Zeldris is the main focus here. Although I wished for some development between Supreme and Elizabeth, I'm happy that we got to see Meliodas and Zeldris's brotherly bond grow even more. I can't say for the rest sadly. King, Diane, Gowther and Ban already had theirs done long ago. I loved that they showed us Hawk and Mild's bond grow as well as they live in Purgatory. Meliodas and Elizabeth's only development was killing mommy goddess sadly. Seeing Gelda and Zeldris's relationship does put a smile on my face.(P.S The villains in the movie kinda sucks doe(what happened to them lmao), The Supreme Deity also had small screentime too sus)
Enjoyment: 9/10
Can't say I didn't enjoy the bonds between brothers grow. I enjoyed it full-heartfully has a fan of SDS. I'm not being biased just because I am a fan it's just that I did have fun watching this finale and riding to the end with the sins. I loved the comedy, the teasing and all of it till the end(I can't say the same for the animation for Season 3). I'm happy that the final movie was good.

Overall: 7/10
I can say many good things about SDS but I can't neglect that this movie still lacked many things. The overall pacing was haywire, the stiffness of the animation(Sometimes), that horrible CGI Supreme Deity. Still, the overall product was pretty good I wished I could have seen this type of animation for Season 3 and 4(No CGI Supreme doe).

Thank's for reading my review!

After finally getting to watch The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light on Netflix today I can at last put an end to the utter boredom which comes with seeing each new instalment of the Seven Deadly Sins. This film once again reaffirmed my stance that this series is complete and utter trash, with this specific films' entire existence being extremely unclear to me. Why, after the admittedly satisfying ending to the anime, did we need another film to continue the story? As far as I can tell, the only answer is that Studio Deen wanted to squeeze as much money out of this series ... as possible, as the entire film from beginning to end felt completely unnecessary plot-wise. Everything that happened during this film has been done to death throughout this series already, leaving me feeling a continuous sense of repetition and boredom during the duration of the film. Warning: there will be major spoilers to follow, though spoilers regarding a film like this really don't mean all that much to one's enjoyment of it. I would instead suggest that the majority of enjoyment that anyone could obtain from this film would come merely from the mindless battles at its center.

STORY: (2)
Starting from the beginning, the movie clearly feels the need to remind all the viewers of who the Sins are, giving two different recaps of the characters in the opening ten minutes despite the last season having only just finished. This repetition and filler content from the outset sets the film off on an already sour note, one which is only to be exacerbated later on. While it is nice that it follows this up with Diane and King's wedding, a fun bit of service for fans of the series, it quickly speeds it's way through to the core of the film's purpose - the action. How does it transition to this you may ask? Well it really doesn't matter, because the film seems to give barely a moments notice for you to care about why the fighting is taking place, choosing to instead race forward into the action. While it does technically explain that Dahlia, some other important fairy person is there to get revenge on the Sins for ending the holy war, this explanation is basically never elaborated on and merely serves as an instigator for the action to follow. This following fight proceeds to take up the majority of the runtime, leaving little room for the plot to take center stage again - that is until we have the extreme, dramatic, totally shocking twist near the end that the TRUE villain the whole time was actually Elizabeth's mother, the Supreme Goddess. Though it is somewhat poetic for both main characters to have an evil parent, this reveal is relatively anti-climactic and serves little purpose in furthering the lore of the world. She also fails to offer any further explanation as to why she decided to attack, giving the ridiculous response that the Holy War existed to create 'balance', a sentiment which Meliodas immediately dismisses as being a lie. He instead suggests that she had 'no reason' behind her motives, once again making me wonder further as to what her reason was for attacking other than just being evil. After the heroes obviously take her down, we cut forward to Meliodas and Elizabeth's wedding which, as with the wedding at the start of the film, is a nice and fun addition which any fan is sure to enjoy watching, though its necessity in existing is once again questionable given we already got the same experience from the ending to the last season. Finally, the film features one post credits scene hinting at what I assume is the currently serializing sequel manga, 'Four Knights of the Apocalypse'. Though I personally am not interested in this, I am sure that diehard fans of this series will be pleased at the hint as to what is to come. Overall, the plot of this film felt completely superfluous, barely existing with the simple goal of giving at least some excuse for just a few more fights with these characters.

ART/ANIMATION: (4)
As already mentioned so far, Cursed by Light is a film primarily focused on delivering nonstop, blood pumping action. This certainly isn't a bad thing, with many popular and fun movies also keeping their focus on the fights, however Studio Deen continues to fulfill their reputation in this movie with more slideshow level animation. On the positive side, it is still a large improvement over some of the low points of the TV series. There are moments of genuinely good animation scattered throughout the film, however these are vastly outweighed by the simple, barely moving pictures which they are notorious for using. For those that despise CGI being used in 2D anime, there are also some subpar appearances of the technique being used in this film. Both a handful of fairies early on, as well as the main villain of the film are made of a slightly off-putting CG which, while not being a total deal breaker, do somewhat take you out of the experience. To put it simply, this film is nowhere near the level of the Demon Slayer movie from last year (not that I was expecting it to be) and was far more in line with other similar films like the Fairy Tail ones. Though the animation isn't necessarily as dreadful as it could be, it still underperforms given the presumably greater budget of a theatrical release.

SOUND: (7)
The sound and music of the Seven Deadly Sins which I must admit is undeniably good. As with the series, this film has some seriously grand orchestral tunes which perfectly add to the intensity of the action. As always, the song Perfect Time makes a reappearance in the final battle and is a delight to listen to again. It somehow seems to always make me more excited about whatever it happening on screen, even if the animation itself disappoints. The ending theme during the credits is also a nice song which remains in line with the other themes of the series, offering an upbeat, poppy feel to the credits. With some of the most talented voice actors in the industry, I am also unable to critique the voice acting in the movie as well.

CHARACTER: (4)
The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light offers absolutely nothing new to the characters of the series, with there being zero development to any of the heroes during the film. While nothing about them is inherently wrong during the movie, it is unfortunate that we don't get to see any new side of these characters who we have already seen go through so much. In many ways it is perfectly understandable that there would be little to no development of the characters given that their arcs were completely concluded in the last season, it still would have been nice for something to have happened to have given meaning to the film. The new characters introduced in Cursed by Light are mainly relegated to the role of generic villains, with none of them having any real motivation to their actions or defining elements as a whole. They are essentially there to get beat up with nothing unique to them individually, making their characters extremely uninteresting and hard to care for. All up, the characters in this film are bland to the extreme, with the existing characters staying stagnant and the new ones offering, ironically, nothing new.

ENJOYMENT: (3)
As I have already mentioned, this film was utterly boring. Though I didn't hate every second of it, I did find myself getting frequently distracted and wishing for it to end. This is a sensation which I have felt numerous times while watching all of the Seven Deadly Sin and maybe its just a problem with me, but I do feel that this series needs more moments of interest to keep me from zoning out of the story. On the positive side, the film is only around an hour and ten minutes long excluding the opening recap and credits making it relatively fast to get through. If only it felt that way while watching...

OVERALL: (3)
The Seven Deadly Sins: Cursed by Light is a short yet completely boring cash grab of a film with little enjoyment to be derived from. There is not a single element present within this film which hasn't been done a million times before, making it feel entirely pointless to watch. It also adds almost nothing to the lore or story of the Seven Deadly Sins, leaving it an entirely worthless movie which should never have been made in the first place. Unless you are a die-hard fan of the series and feel that you absolutely must watch anything related to it, or simply a completionist like me, I would not recommend watching this movie whatsoever.

For me I found this movie far better than the first one but by the same token it had some problems in my mind

Story:
For the story I found it good for mainly explaining and exploring the supreme deiaty and the 2nd fairy king and the giant craftsman bc although they were mentioned in the main story they weren’t really told anything else about them but also for the story I find the speed alright it had some amazing fights and some sort of fan service in a way like melidus and Elizabeth king and dian ban and Elaine zeldris and Glenda and also showed ... meliodus and zeldris brother hood evolve and showed some character development for them and they story was alround good but could of been better such as more character development and a bit slower pace so a longer movie in my opinion

Art:
It was better way better than season 3 and 4 but still could of been a lot better some parts felt rushed and just not good while the fights were good the rest wasn’t really compared to other anime

Sound:
Let’s be honest if sds excells at one thing it’s the music and sound no matter what season it was Fantastic no matter what anyone says

Characters:
As I said in the story it was good but could of been better I think the movie needed to be longer to help with not only the story but the characters aswell and developing them mabey on hour longer it really depends

Enjoyment:
Yea I enjoyed it loved the fights and most of it kept me watching some parts tho were boring and had me lose interest but overall kept me watching

Overall:
I think a lot of people are still annoyed at season 3 and 4 with how they were handled and it’s rubbing off on the movie I’ve seen loads of people say it’s rubbish and that and that sds is rubbish now witch is just stupid yes the animation was shocking to say the least but the story is amazing and one of the best and that’s what people like to see the story side not just the animation tbh yes it annoyed me and I was frustrated but that still dosnt change that the story is good we go back to season 1 and 2 people weren’t just praising it for the animation bc there were many anime that had good or even better animation people liked the story and how it was told but when the animation dropped to seasons 3 and 4 all you could here was people complaining about it and nothing really about the story and the same is with this movie I find it’s a great way to explain the supream deiati and all in between people 23 and 24 of season 4 and helps wrap up some plot holes for the spin off series so overall it was good but it definitely could of been better