October 30, 2014

Nanatsu no Taizai -- through ep 4

This is really good! Another gem that I missed because I was repelled by the art. And then I saw a picture from the show that strongly suggested there was a giantess in it. And there is:

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Even better, she's a tsundere the size of a house, and she has twintails, and she uses boku. If she was wearing glasses she'd be perfect, but I guess we can't have everything.

Her name is Diane and she's one of the "Seven Deadly Sins", the name given to a group of super-powered fighters who stand accused of all kinds of crimes which they probably didn't actually commit.

The leader of the group is that small blonde guy, Meliodas, and he's ridiculously laid back. He doesn't seem to get excited about anything. He's also a really deadly fighter when he wants to be. The group got separated 10 years ago, and he's been searching for them all. He has a tavern on the back of a giant green pig, and he travels from town to town looking for clues to his comrades.

Diane is the first one he finds. And she's just as formidable as she looks. She's in love with Meliodas, even though she knows there's no future between them. Still, she gets jealous of Elizabeth, the pretty princess who sought out Meliodas looking for his help.

That's not really a good explanation of what's going on; it's more complicated. But it's really well handled, and I really like Meliodas. He is as cool as cool can be.

I'm definitely going to keep watching. It comes out on Sundays.

UPDATE: "She has a balcony you could do Shakespeare from!"

Anyone here old enough to remember that? What's it from?

UPDATE: And I seem to have stumped everyone. Talk about an obscure reference; I apologize for it.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in General Anime at 01:00 PM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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1 Ahh! I came in too late.

All I can say to that is "Don't panic! Don't take off your shoes! Jobs is on the way!"

-Principal Pooper

Don't apologize. If I was in earlier, I would have finally felt superior.

Posted by: topmaker at October 30, 2014 08:10 PM (2yZsg)

2 I guess I need to be more patient...

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at October 30, 2014 09:09 PM (+rSRq)

3 Never apologize for an obscure reference.  I intentionally pepper my writeups with things that'll amuse me solely because they're obscure.  If anybody gets them, it's a bonus.

Posted by: Wonderduck at October 30, 2014 10:57 PM (jGQR+)

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