Special Nanatsu no Taizai Specials - Side Story: Fight!! The Great Captain of Leftover Disposal

[kkck]

He really should've portrayed Mel as he was during those Danafor flashbacks when it was clear he was losing control of the PoD within him or made it look like he was about to enter Assault Mode. Here it just looks like regular angry Mel and it looks like Merlin jumped the gun on knocking him out.

I don't think even the danafor bit is THAT relevant in that regard. We saw bits and bits of it... Meliodas apparently blew up the place after people were already dead. So even that extreme scenario doesn't evidence meliodas being so lost in his rage that he is a risk to others. Now, merlin did not know that of course and it might even be reasonable for merlin to do this from her perspective but that also has several negative implications:

The first would be the that meliodas and merlin simply never talked about what happened at danafor. The sin's lack of communication is a shit pile which keeps getting bigger and more toxic which is something which this series simply did not need.

The second is that if we assume meliodas and merlin did communicate, this ends up looking like a huge and contrived blunder which she based on basically nothing. And this is considering that merlin is basically the person that knows meliodas the best AND for the longest. Because she was a surrogate daughter for meliodas back in the day and unlike elizabeth has had a single uninterrupted life since then.

The third is that mel's reaction here is straight up uncharacteristic of him. At least we know him.

Now, meliodas using his more advanced demon mark at that point IS worrisome. We are talking about a dark power that awakened by sheer anger. Meliodas blowing up liones probably was not going to be a thing but mel's heart being corrupted and hurting others was plausible. But the issue here is... meliodas does not seem to be the type to be angered over so little. We saw him back during the war where he even used his advanced demon mark and he didn't seem particularly murderous. So his reaction here seemed like an exaggeration on his part. It was just an unintentional scratch that elizabeth got. AND there was no reason for him to think someone was trying to separate them.

 

[Napstablook]

The side story that come with volume 33:

PART 01

Spoiler

PART 02

Spoiler

I like how fraudrin was freaking out when he saw Mel rage.

 

[Meliodaf]

I don't think even the danafor bit is THAT relevant in that regard. We saw bits and bits of it... Meliodas apparently blew up the place after people were already dead. So even that extreme scenario doesn't evidence meliodas being so lost in his rage that he is a risk to others. Now, merlin did not know that of course and it might even be reasonable for merlin to do this from her perspective but that also has several negative implications:

The first would be the that meliodas and merlin simply never talked about what happened at danafor. The sin's lack of communication is a shit pile which keeps getting bigger and more toxic which is something which this series simply did not need.

The second is that if we assume meliodas and merlin did communicate, this ends up looking like a huge and contrived blunder which she based on basically nothing. And this is considering that merlin is basically the person that knows meliodas the best AND for the longest. Because she was a surrogate daughter for meliodas back in the day and unlike elizabeth has had a single uninterrupted life since then.

The third is that mel's reaction here is straight up uncharacteristic of him. At least we know him.

Now, meliodas using his more advanced demon mark at that point IS worrisome. We are talking about a dark power that awakened by sheer anger. Meliodas blowing up liones probably was not going to be a thing but mel's heart being corrupted and hurting others was plausible. But the issue here is... meliodas does not seem to be the type to be angered over so little. We saw him back during the war where he even used his advanced demon mark and he didn't seem particularly murderous. So his reaction here seemed like an exaggeration on his part. It was just an unintentional scratch that elizabeth got. AND there was no reason for him to think someone was trying to separate them.

Meliodas’s reaction to a shallow a cut is excessive but Elizabeth is 6 at that time and Meliodas is Demon that has lived three times the life span of a regular Demon. It probably felt like Liz died a few days ago. I don’t think he was mentally ready to deal with anything close to Elizabeth in harms way yet.

 

[LYEL]

The Latest OVA from November 16. (not so good quality)

Spoiler

--- Double Post Merged, Nov 17, 2018, Original Post Date: Nov 17, 2018 ---

 

[Demonspeed]

Even though they became a couple, King still seems not very different from a stalker .

I like seeing that practicing the dance is in Diane's schedule.

 

[LYEL]

These books have very little good info.

 

[FKS]

Front page of the Volume:

Spoiler

TL:

Spoiler

Monspiet…
I've been at a loss all this time as to what to do with you gone.

 

[Demonspeed]

These books have very little good info.

There are more pages that haven't been scanned yet.

 

[FKS]

I see Lyel only posted the schedule. The PairSin guidebook had also the Q/A section and Redworld posted these pages along with the translation:

 

[Gut's is the man]

I see Lyel only posted the schedule. The PairSin guidebook had also the Q/A section and Redworld posted these pages along with the translation:

Thank you for your hardwork.

--- Double Post Merged, Nov 17, 2018, Original Post Date: Nov 17, 2018 ---

Anyone else think Diane has gotten even more childish?

 

[HereNThere]

I see Lyel only posted the schedule. The PairSin guidebook had also the Q/A section and Redworld posted these pages along with the translation:

I like that King and Diane's answers sound more like an actual couple took an interview.

Anyone else think Diane has gotten even more childish?

Yes. I love that someone actually came out and asked straight up why Diane acted more assertive with Mel than with King. Answer's a cop out, but at least someone was wondering the same thing I was.

 

[Gut's is the man]

I like that King and Diane's answers sound more like an actual couple took an interview.



Yes. I love that someone actually came out and asked straight up why Diane acted more assertive with Mel than with King. Answer's a cop out, but at least someone was wondering the same thing I was.

My explanation is that Nakaba ran out of crap to do with her and so turned her into a moronic teen ager for comedy and romance BS even though it makes no sense.

 

[FKS]

Just saw the three's power levels.

King:
Total PL: 41,600 (as of Volume 33)
Magic: 38,800
Strength: 0
Spirit: 2,800

Diane:
Total PL: 8,800 (her strength can go from 5,200 up to about 50,000 with Droll's dance)
Magic: 2,000
Strength: 5,200
Spirit: 1,600

Howzer:
Total PL: 2,770
Magic: 1,100
Strength: 770
Spirit: 900

 

[HereNThere]

Total PL: 41,600 (by Volume 33)

Nakaba you rat fink son of a biscuit eater give me King's new power level!

 

[Bittersweettea]

Seems like Nakaba is intent to keep the fandom frustrated regarding King's new PL.

 

[Gut's is the man]

Nakaba you rat fink son of a biscuit eater give me King's new power level!

Watch it turn out to only be 80k and any of the masters or Zeldris can one shot him.

 

[shipleyy]

So if Diane can dance her strength from 5200 up to 50,000 that means even in mid range, she is low tier commandment level. I think she’ll get another power up before EoS.

 

[Undina]

How did Meliodas get there?

Elizabeth showed him a secret passage way, as always, this girl always knows secret tunnels and stuff

Did you guys see this?



It's from a special booklet I think.

Kyaaa, now I know it for sure Ellie is supposed to be able to control the elements, just like her mother!

The escanor thing is very interesting. It would explain his poster as well. If he had planned the graces even that far back it would meant he intended to have the power of the sunshine split between two people. Or perhaps the grace split one person into two....

The freezing thing is a tad weird considering goddess powers have not been linked to ice. I guess goddesses have developed substantially differently from what he envisioned that early. It would also have made the goddesses even more opposite to demons considering demons have purgatory flame.

Actually, freezing water relates to the manipulation of natural phenomenons and elements, The SD clearly controls the elements given her only visual appearance so far and the nature of the Graces, we had another clue with the OoJ looking like a mixture of Ark(Light) and Water and it seems that she is being set up, after all, as the inheritor of her mother's abilities/power, if Nakaba cancelled that skill showing up in Bernia/Vanya, because "it was too early for such a reveal"...

 

[LYEL]

The book need a DLC to bring more informations
Nothing new for now, not even the power levels are updated
Maybe they should have waited a little bit before making the books because there's a lot of things happening at the moment in the manga and the Pl are in a completely different level now. Kinda frustrating imo
hope for some good extra chapters and not some futile stories.

 

[Undina]

The book need a DLC to bring more informations
Nothing new for now, not even the power levels are updated
Maybe they should have waited a little bit before making the books because there's a lot of things happening at the moment in the manga and the Pl are in a completely different level now. Kinda frustrating imo
hope for some good extra chapters and not some futile stories.

I thought that booklet was from the "Pair Sin" series, dedicated to King and Diane. And the other info is a bonus, or from an interview with the mangaka. Did I miss the release of the 3rd official Fanbook?