Fairies don't really have exceptional abilities. They have transformation and heart reading, which Lancelot displayed already. Disaster that King has is the ultimate Magic of the Fairies that only the Fairy King has. Elaine's Magic was some kind of wind manipulation.
Fairies can manipulate nature though, like how Helbram manipulated tree's to slap King around or to control his own weapon in a fashion similar to the spirit spear. I'm sure Nakaba could expand on it.
There was an absence in the archangel ranks whilst Mael was a child in training, so Nanashi was probably the fourth archangel and then left for some reason.
We were shown a few times that the lesser demons were under under the command of others - Zeldris was shown controlling the demons in Camelot when Merlin made her deal with him, and we were told that the demons being fought during the second Holy War were being controlled by Chandler and Cusack - this being the case was what made Eli's feat of making some of them lose the will to fight and leave impressive. The latter would explain why we where shown the demons leaving at the conclusion of the war, because both Chandler and Cusack had been killed by that point. And true, we were shown individual evil demons, but that was early on in the previous series. By the end, Nakaba had more or less retcon how villainous the majority of the demons were. So while it's possible that what we're told is all there is to it, that seems like it would go against the narrative being told. It's not that the second Holy War was over in a day, it's that it pretty much took place in a day, day and a half at most. It was the goddesses forming an alliance with them that made it a Holy War, as it was only referred to as such after that. I don't believe events before that would be considered a part of the war, considering there wasn't much fighting before that.
That assumes Donny knows what he's talking about, and considering Lancelot corrected him, I think he's the more trustworthy source. Especially since we know Donny's wrong about the survivors, as the Seven Sins rescued most of the people of Camelot, and even those who had been hidden underground apparently survived. And since the conflict was over, there would have been no reason Arthur would have needed to go into hiding with his people. But even assuming Donny knows what he's talking about, we have had a few characters refer to Meliodas as a demon, so fighting against Liones would still work as a reference, as we already have characters calling it evil. And the five clans would be involved merely by coming in conflict with the Seven Sins, since the group contains the leaders of the fairies and giants, along with Liones. It's not that people forgot the conflict, but they just don't know the full story. As for how Arthur and Merlin could lose, probably due to the same reason they're acting on the down low currently. We know that Arthur considers the Seven Sins a threat preventing him from completing his dream, and that so far they've been stalled due to the lack of future knowledge.
Complicated doesn't mean bad, and it's better then something just being a plothole. Because after rereading the first couple of chapters, it does not appear that the timeline of 16 years is an error as I fount four different mentions of it - Donny's comment, Neisen mentioned it after he joined them, when they were discussing the Coffin of Eternal Darkness, and Arthur himself mentioning it when punishing Ironside. So either the timeline was changed, or there was some event two years after the previous series ended. I don't know about that. It could be that his knights are behind his current state, but based on what we have been shown, they do serve and take orders from him. And so far his core desire appears the same as at the end of the previous series. So he doesn't appear to be a puppet ruler or anything.
We recently learned through the demon village that even the monstrous demons have free will and their own personalities. Some individuals are more evil than others, just like with humans and the other clans. That alone is enough to explain why some demons would continue fighting even after they were no longer being ordered to.
Lancelot barely looks older than Elizabeth at 16.
How you look at 16 doesn’t really depend on others at 16. Not to mention they’re of different races. It’s all a stylistic preference.
+ Uther and Merlin, but there's no Meliodas
It was just an unnamed father, no? Meliodas is just not mentioned by name, iirc.
Yeah totally, tearing the head off a regenerating reality warper will definitely be enough to defeat Arthur.
That is not obvious at all.
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Are we talking about the same character? Arthur, unlike the cat, is not an absorbent creature of Chaos. He couldn't even regenerate his arm.
You are using power levels not mentioned in any official source. In response to a post in which I point out the fact that many fans create their own manga by reading Suzuki Nakaba's manga. I see it as ironic.
The only thing Arthur can do at the end of the main manga is die with his head blown off. He does not have enough strength and speed in order to resist the character of the level of strong Sins (Ban, Meliodas, Escanor, King). This is literally what we were shown in the manga when a cat with a power level below the average Commandment ripped off Arthur's arm.
So if something doesn't meet your expectations, is it the mangaka's fault? The Seven Deadly Sins manga is full of mistakes, it's not the most thoughtful or logical manga in general, but the ratio of power levels of the main characters in it is written acceptable. Arthur received great strength, but this strength is not some ten times superior to the rest. This is clearly demonstrated by the fact that the Demon King and the Supreme Deity sealed the full Chaos in his true body. And also by the fact that throughout the plot we are shown that having some outstanding abilities and being able to use them are completely different things. The same Arthur, using the potential of the sword of the Kings, simply broke all his bones, and Escanor, who was unable to control the power of Sunshine, lost to Meliodas (although later, having learned control, he defeated him in the same state with one blow). No need to invent what you WANT to see, operate with the facts that were DEMONSTRATED in the work.
In the last actual chapter, his ability to transform into a fox is called unknown, but the golden flow of magic is directly stated by his OWN magic.
Sunshine has never been referred to as "gold-colored magic" in the manga. It's just your desire to see that it is so. The situation in which another person can manipulate this power completely devalues the uniqueness of Escanor as a character and kills the remnants of intrigue associated with his ability not to die from this power.
Based on what? What in the work makes you assume that this is not just a list of knights, but the order in which they appear?
I forgot about the protagonist's father, how silly of me lol.
True, Tristan only called him dad in the flashback, but the name Meliodas Liones is written on the man's gravestone.
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We've been informed recently by Sobreno and others that Nakaba himself has answered this question. Arthur doesn't want to regenerate his arm as a kind of punishment for himself.
It's also officially confirmed data. Nakaba's own claims about his own manga. Don't you believe Nakaba Suzuki himself doesn't not have any right to write his own stories based on his own fantasies/ideas, do you?
I praise your eyes for seeing the Golden color in the grayscale artstyle. You are a masterpiece bro.
Is there any evidence for what you're saying? The power levels of the heroes at the end of the manga were not named even in the latest fanbook. The same goes for the hand. I am tormented by vague doubts about your sincerity, so I will ask you for proof of these statements.
Did I talked about PLs? I believe you've answered the wrong guy
This answer was attached to a quote about power levels. The person above wrote that Arthur's power level is 10 million, while Meliodas has less than a million. To which I wrote that these are fan guesses, and not official information.
I am primarily interested in the original source of this information. I agree that Arthur's inability to grow a hand looks odd without further explanation. The problem is that at the moment, as far as I know, we have not received this explanation.
Obviously, I, like other readers, cannot reliably state the color of Lancelot's magic without additional explanation in the manga. Specifically, I just noted that the chapter emphasized that that particular shining attack is Lancelot's magic.