The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement

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The Seven Deadly Sins
Season 4
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Key visual
Country of originJapan
No. of episodes24
Release
Original networkTV Tokyo, BS TV Tokyo
Original releaseJanuary 13 (2021-01-13) –
June 23, 2021 (2021-06-23)
Season chronology
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The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement (七つの大罪 憤怒の審判, Nanatsu no Taizai: Fundo no Shinpan) is an anime television series sequel to Wrath of the Gods. The Japanese subtitle is originally translated as Anger's Judgement, but the official English title is Dragon's Judgement.[1] It was slated to premiere in October 2020 on TV Tokyo and BS TV Tokyo, with the main staff and cast members reprising their roles from the previous season.[2][3] However, it was delayed to January 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] The series aired from January 13 to June 23, 2021.[5] Netflix released globally the first twelve episodes on June 28, 2021.[6] From episodes 77 to 88, the first opening theme is "Hikari Are" (光あれ, lit. "Let There Be Light") performed by Akihito Okano, while the ending theme is "time" performed by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:ReoNa.[7] From episodes 89 to 100, the second opening theme is "Eien no Aria" (永遠のAria, lit. "Eternal Aria") performed by Sora Amamiya, while the ending theme is "NAMELY" performed by UVERworld.[8]

Episodes[]

StoryEpisodeTitle [9]Directed by [9]Written by [9]Original air date [10]
76.50"Great Charming Emission Special"
Transcription: "Miryoku Dai Hōshutsu Supesharu" (Japanese: 魅力大放出スペシャル)
N/AN/AJanuary 6, 2021 (2021-01-06)
771"From Purgatory"
Transcription: "Rengoku Yori" (Japanese: 煉獄より)
Yukio NishimotoRintarō IkedaJanuary 13, 2021 (2021-01-13)
As King, Gowther, Hawk, Tarmiel, Sariel, and Derrerie make their way to Heaven's Theater to save Elizabeth from an unstable Estarossa, Merlin, Escanor, Ludociel, Gilthunder and Hendrickson find their way to Meliodias blocked by Zeldris as Cusack and Chandler assume their demon forms in recognition of their strong opponents. During the fight, Hendrickson protects Ludociel from an attack due to the archangel still residing in Margaret’s body. Meanwhile in Purgatory, Ban strives to keep himself from fully turning into a lost soul and ends up in years long struggle with a dragon spirit that he eventually realizes is Meliodas' emotions.
782"A Meeting with the Unknown"
Transcription: "Michi to no Sōgū" (Japanese: 未知との遭遇)
Akira ManoRintarō IkedaJanuary 20, 2021 (2021-01-20)
Ban is reunited with the emotion embodiment of Meliodas, who explains that he lost hope of finding a way out of Purgatory ages ago. While annoyed that Ban has no escape path planned out, Meliodas is glad to see Ban as the two proceed to make clothing from one of the native creatures that adopted to Purgatory's extreme conditions of the dimension. The duo soon realize the Demon King is likely where the exit and decide to search for him, gaining an ally in a boar named Wild who was observing them. Wild gives the two shelter when a hot sandstorm rolls in, revealing himself as the older brother of Hawk whom the Demon King stole when he was newly born. Meliodas sees the reason as the Demon King needed a animal companion that would not die easily, with him and Ban telling Wild about Hawk. At Camelot, the Assault Force commence their battle with demons before Zeldris decides to release his original power while remembering Meliodas's promise to him of releasing his beloved Gelda.
793"A Single-Minded Love"
Transcription: "Ichizu Naru Omoi" (Japanese: 一途なる想い)
Hideki TonokatsuRintarō IkedaJanuary 27, 2021 (2021-01-27)
In Purgatory, Meliodas brings Zeldris' tragic past to light as he, Ban, and Wild make their way towards the Demon King. He explains that Vampire Race, vassals of the Demons, attempted a coup when the Holy War started and the Demon King order Zeldris to execute them along with his beloved Gelda. In Camelot, having learned that Gelda is still alive after the freed vampires where killed by the Seven Deadly Sins and resolving to give the Commandments to his brother, Zeldris reveals his true power: Ominous Nebula. The Assault Force are overwhelmed as Merlin deduces the nature of Ominous Nebula, also known as Full React, and how it and the Demon King's magic make Zeldris a difficult opponent. Even after Zeldris increased the attack's pull with Gilthunder wounded in protecting Margaret's body from the demon's attack, Escanor is unaffected as he assumes The One state to turn the tide in his group's favor.
804"The Victims of the Holy War"
Transcription: "Seisen no Giseisha" (Japanese: 聖戦の犠牲者)
Hidehiko KadotaRintarō IkedaFebruary 3, 2021 (2021-02-03)
Though Escanor manages to overpower Zeldris, Chandler recognizes Escanor's power that of Archangel Mael and uses Darkness to abruptly force Escanor to his usual form. Chandler and Cusack were about to attack when the effects of the Double Impact that Merlin used on them take effect to hinder them indefinitely. Though a wounded Zeldris breaks Merlin's enchantments, Ludociel defeats him and declare victory and joy of finally avenging Mael. In Purgatory, Meliodas realizes that he cannot remember anything about Estarossa when asked about him as the Demon King reveals himself. The trio battle the Demon King and are immediately overwhelmed, Meliodas revealing the Demon King's magical power Ruler renders their attacks useless against him. The Demon King reveals he also can't remember anything about Estarossa and deduce it as a fabrication that only the Commandant Gowther could do. At Heaven's Theater, King, Tarmiel, Sariel, and Derrerie battle Estarossa while Gowther observes. Within Estarossa's black mass, Elizabeth has a realization that breaks the Commandant Gowther's spell and affecting everyone under it as Estarossa is revealed to be Mael.
815"The Tragic Strike"
Transcription: "Kanashiki Ichigeki" (Japanese: 悲しき一撃)
Yoshinari Suzuki
Yoshito Hata
Rintarō IkedaFebruary 10, 2021 (2021-02-10)
Gowther reveals to a confused Mael that his creator used a forbidden spell to end the Holy War 3,000 years ago by altering the memories of Mael and those who knew him. While Gowther offered his life as penitence for his role in the spell, Mael decides to kill his friends instead. As King struggles against Mael, Sariel convinces Tarmiel that they need to fight against Mael as the Commandments he possess are corrupting him. Derieri, explaining to Elizabeth that her desire to live for Monspeet spurred her role in the Holy War, risks her life in her plan to extract the commandments from Mael. But Tarmiel stops his attack and Mael exploit this to crush Derieri's remaining heart and take her Commandment after fatally wounding Sariel. Mael that enters into a cocoon of light to fuse the Commandments, emitting beams of dark light that vaporizes Sariel and Tarmiel. Gowther then decides that he will fight Mael so he would not lose anymore friends.
826"Confront Despair!!"
Transcription: "Zetsubō ni Tachimukae" (Japanese: 絶望に立ち向かえ)
Akira ManoYoshiki ŌkusaFebruary 17, 2021 (2021-02-17)
Gowther takes on Mael to protect his friends while Elizabeth heals King's injuries, joined by Diane as Mael emerges in a new form as he uses the Commandments to overwhelm the group with Oslo sacrificing himself to protect the others and Diana forced to use Gideon's special ability Lightning Rod, which causes Heaven's Theater to break apart. The tables are turned when King rejoins the fight in his fully powered form as Fairy King, allowing him to hear the chaotic thoughts in Mael's heart while overwhelming the Archangel with by using multiple True Spirit Spear configurations.
837"Hope, Conflict, and Despair"
Transcription: "Kibō to Kattō to Zetsubō" (Japanese: 希望と葛藤と絶望)
Dali ChenYurika MiyaoFebruary 24, 2021 (2021-02-24)
After the fight, King spares Mael's live as he has no intent to continue the cycle of revenge. The Commandments then destroy destroying Mael's body as Gowther uses Invasion to enter his mind and save him, revealing that his creator picked Mael because he murdered his lover Glariza whom Gowther's appearance is based on. The revelation spurs to purge the Commandments from his body and saving Gowther. Meanwhile, in Camelot, Ludociel is agony from the lingering effects of the memory spell's cancelation while Zeldris is unaffected as he never considered Estarossa as a brother. Chandler and Cusack then tell Zeldris to stand back as they reveal their true nature as two halves of the Demon King's right hand who was sundered for an attempted rebellion, the two each giving sincere thoughts to their wards before merging back into their original self.
848"The Doorway to Hope"
Transcription: "Kibō e no Tobira" (Japanese: 希望への扉)
Hidehiko KadotaRintarō IkedaMarch 3, 2021 (2021-03-03)
Sixty years have passed in Purgatory as Meliodas, Ban, and Wild have made failed attempts to defeat the Demon King. But during these decades of fighting losing battles against the Demon King, Ban learned a new healing technique from reversing the effects of his Snatch ability. This inspires Meliodas to have Ban use his Give technique on the Demon King to weaken him, revealing his The Ruler ability inverts the effect of any ability used on him. The Demon King, having grew bored of them prior, commends them for figuring out his secret yet refuses to let them escape through the portal to the living world as he deactivates The Ruler use Ban's new technique to heal himself. Meliodas rescue Ban and holds his father off, the Demon King explaining that Meliodas's body has become a worthy heir without his emotions hindering him. As the Demon King is about to finish Meliodas off, Wild intervenes by his life-exhausting Wild Full Throttle, knocking Meliodas and Ban through the portal while lamenting not being able to see Hawk. Parting ways with Ban while fending off his father, Meliodas awakens a new power while returning to his body. Upon returning to the living world, Ban tells Elizabeth and the others to reach Camelot while he travels to where Elaine is helping the Holy Knights as she has reached her limit. Ban arrives in time and saves her, using Gift to fully resurrect Elaine at the cost of immortality.
859"That Which Gathers"
Transcription: "Shūketsu Suru Mono-tachi" (Japanese: 集結するものたち)
Yukio NishimotoYoshiki ŌkusaMarch 10, 2021 (2021-03-10)
Chandler and Cusack merge back into the all-powerful Original Demon, whose restoration dispels Meliodas's barrier. The Original Demon overpowers Escanor despite Merlin's aid while barely dodging Chastiefol, which King can now control from afar as he has it battle Zeldris. Inside the castle, a desperate Ludociel asks Hendrickson to take him with Mael, with Hendrickson taking advantage to use Purge to expel Ludociel from Margaret's body. Hendrickson tells Margaret to take Gilthunder to safety whole remaining behind, offering a furious Ludociel his body to redeem his past actions. The other Sins are near Camelot when they sense the four Commandments Mael have expelled reaching the city ahead of them, calling Melascula's Commandment to them as they all fuse into Meliodas' cocoon. Merlin realizes their only chance of saving Meliodas at this point by casting Chrono Coffin on the cocoon, Ludociel seeing it futile the Original Demon sends Escanor flying off the distance becoming aiding Zeldris in overpowering Chastiefol. Hendrickson manages to snap Ludociel out of his depression to join the fight, the Archangel healing him rather than possess his body before intercepting the Original Demon.
8610"The Salvation of the Sun"
Transcription: "Taiyō no Kyūsai" (Japanese: 太陽の救済)
Kazuya FujishiroYoshiki ŌkusaMarch 17, 2021 (2021-03-17)
Escanor is knocked off into the distance by the Original Demon's Death Drive, saved by Mael mid-air as he, Elizabeth and other Sins approach Camelot at full speed. Escanor realizes his body is no longer able to withstand Sunshine's power and offers it back to Mael in order to protect the ones he cares about. Mael gradually accepts and reaches Camelot where he reunite with Ludociel, offering Zeldris a chance to retreat and not interfere in the Sins saving Meliodas while defeating the Original Demon. Zeldris refuses to back down as the other Sins arrive to Merlin's side, aiding Mael in holding Zeldris off for five minutes for Merlin to complete Chrono Coffin. While the spell is successfully cast, Hawk notices a hole in a cocoon as everyone feels a massive dark power with Elizabeth sensing the source behind her: An adult version of Meliodas.
8711"The One Who Stands Against a God"
Transcription: "Kami to Taiji Suru Hito" (Japanese: 神と対峙する人)
Akihiro NagaoYurika MiyaoMarch 24, 2021 (2021-03-24)
Elizabeth realizes the figure from the cocoon and standing before them is not Meliodas as he reveals himself to be the Demon King possessing Meliodas's body, revealing the "succession" with the Commandants is actually a means to acquire a younger body for his soul to inhabit. The Sins confront the Demon King as he offers to break Elizabeth's curse, only so he can brutally kill her and see how Meliodas would react. King, Diane, and Mael engage the Demon King while Merlin places everyone else in Perfect Cubes, only by overpowered as the Demon King attacks Hawk for provoking him. But Ban arrives in time to save Hawk, intending to force the Demon King out of Meliodas's body. Despite losing his immortality, Ban's time in Purgatory have made him stronger and more resilient. He proceeds to overpower the Demon King as Meliodas confronts his father in the spiritual world, with the Demon King fighting the two on both fronts before managing to regain control by tricking his son by believing he killed Elizabeth. Ban begins losing with the others unable to reach Meliodas before Gowther tells everyone that he has a plan, the group entering the spirit realm to aid Meliodas.
8812"We'll All Be Your Strength"
Transcription: "Minna ga Kimi no Chikara ni Naru" (Japanese: みんながキミの力になる)
Mayu NumayamaYurika MiyaoMarch 31, 2021 (2021-03-31)
Elizabeth and the others make their way into the spirit world as Meliodas is losing consciousness. The Demon King attempts to destroy them when Meliodas repel his attacks and inflicts damage small dark spheres. Meliodas states that since his friends' existence and emotions have given him strength, the Demon King has lost any chance of defeating him. Mael and Ludociel aid Ban in keeping the Demon King from attacking Elizabeth and the others in physical world as they are joined by Zeldris, who wants the Demon King to not interfere in his deal with Meliodas. The Demon King admits that he knew of Zeldris's feelings for Gelda before sending him to dispatch the vampires and kept him around because of his loyalty, revoking the power he lent his son to inflict a mortal injury. Back in the spirit world as King recognizing his captain's Trillion Dark attack as the product of their training in Istar, Meliodas sees his friends off before defeating his father while the others combine attacks to exorcise the Demon King from Meliodas's body.
8913"The End of a Long Journey"
Transcription: "Nagaki Tabi no Shūchaku" (Japanese: 永き旅の終着)
Yoshito HataYoshiki ŌkusaApril 7, 2021 (2021-04-07)
Despite the Seven Deadly Sins' victory against the Demon King, with the lesser demons retreating, Ludociel is unable to maintain his physical form and fades away while Elizabeth thanks him and wishes him to find peace. Furthermore, the Sins dread that there no way to end Elizabeth's curse with the Commandment no more before Meliodas reveals he have acquired the power to finally end their curses. The group then return to Liones where they celebrate, but Meliodas and Ban with the former aware that Ban sees through head onto the balcony and enjoy the stars after being stuck in Purgatory for a 1,000 years and Meliodas realizes that Ban has seen through his act and asks him when he must go. Following Meliodas honoring his promise to release Gelda, he reveals to the others that he must leave Britannia.
9014"Farewell, Seven Deadly Sins"
Transcription: "Sayonara〈Nanatsu no Taizai〉" (Japanese: さよなら〈七つの大罪〉)
Hidehiko KadotaYurika MiyaoApril 14, 2021 (2021-04-14)
9115"Fated Brothers"
Transcription: "Shukumei no Kyōdai" (Japanese: 宿命の兄弟)
Dali ChenRintarō IkedaApril 21, 2021 (2021-04-21)
Merlin saves Elizabeth as Meliodas finds himself unware to dispel her curse, realizing that the Demon King is still alive and both he and Elizabeth realize how it is possible since the Commandments are unable to possess any other being without destroying them. After the Original Demon was separated by Mael's attack, Cusack killed Chandler before spiriting off Zeldris and the Commandments and runs away unnoticed. Cusack proceeds to fuse the Commandments inside Zeldris's body to make him the new Demon King, killed days later when the Demon King acquired his new body and summons an Indura that Gowther, Ban, King and Diane battles. Meliodas and Elizabeth head off to save Zeldris while Escanor and Hawk warn everyone in Liones of the Indura. They arrive as the Demon King manages to subdue Zeldris's soul by tricking him into thinking that the Sins killed Gelda. As Meliodas and Elizabeth fight the Demon King, the other Sins fight the Indura as Merlin Merlin gives Ban his Sacred Treasure Courechouse.
9216"The Final Battle"
Transcription: "Saishū Sensō" (Japanese: 最終戦争)
Hideki TonokatsuRintarō IkedaApril 28, 2021 (2021-04-28)
9317"The Voice Calling Your Name"
Transcription: "Kimi no Na o Yobu Koe" (Japanese: キミの名を呼ぶ声)
Sumito SasakiRintarō IkedaMay 5, 2021 (2021-05-05)
9418"The King Sings Alone"
Transcription: "Ō wa Kodoku ni Utau" (Japanese: 王は孤独に歌う)
Akira ManoYurika MiyaoMay 12, 2021 (2021-05-12)
9519"The Struggle"
Transcription: "Agaki" (Japanese: あがき)
Masahiro TakadaYoshiki ŌkusaMay 19, 2021 (2021-05-19)
Escanor uses The One: Ultimate to continue fighting the Demon King as he gradually accepts the other Sins' help as they commence a joint attack on the Demon King. At the same time, Zeldris begins to see through the Demon King's illusions as he proceeds to regain control of his body. But the purged Commandments infuse themselves into surrounding area to create a vessel for the Demon King from Britannia itself. But the Sins are undeterred and prepare to take down the Demon King once and for all.
9620"Mortal Enemies"
Transcription: "Tomo ni Ten o Itadakazu" (Japanese: 倶に天を戴かず)
Hideki TonokatsuRintarō IkedaMay 26, 2021 (2021-05-26)
The Seven Deadly Sins charge at the Demon King, briefly immobilized before Merlin removes their limits as Gowther negates the Demon King's The Ruler. The Sins launch a group attack with Meliodas amplifying it with Full Counter to directly kill the Demon King without damaging Britannia. In his final moments, the Demon King appears within Meliodas's mind to warn him that he will regret killing him as he must be aware of what he incited by ending the cycle of light and darkness. After explaining to Zeldris that he used the water of Lake Salisbury to absorb the attack's excess power, Meliodas is alerted by Diane that the Commandments are still there. Merlin that Demon King can be revived within decades or centuries, Meliodas intending to destroy the Commandments by sacrificing his demon king powers to Zeldris's amazement. Turning down Meliodas's offer to join the Sins for a celebratory drink despite their brotherly bond restored, Zeldris takes his leave with Gelda. But the group's victory becomes bittersweet when Escanor's body begins to burn away. Having no regrets, Escanor giving parting words to each of the Sins and Mael before finally confessing his love to Merlin and would have remained by her side regardless of her intentions. After Merlin receives burns from kissing him, Escanor recites his last words in the form of a poem before passing on.
9721"What the Witch Had Always Wanted"
Transcription: "Majo ga Motome Tsuzuketa Mono" (Japanese: 魔女が求め続けたもの)
Hidehiko KadotaRintarō IkedaJune 2, 2021 (2021-06-02)
While toasting in Escanor's memory while wondering what world would become with the gods no more, Gilthunder, Howzer and Griamore receive a surprise visit from Vivian who announces the end of the balance of light and darkness marks the beginning of the Age of Chaos. Gilthunder revealing that she fell in love with Dreyus when he has Henrickson save her life when Ludociel wounded her, Vivian explains she heard Merlin speaking of Chaos. As Merlin expresses her intent of keeping her burns from kissing Escanor in his memory, she brings the Sins back to Lake Salisbury where she submerges Arthur's body in its waters, resurrecting him as the King of Chaos before he attacks Meliodas under the impression that he is still in league with the demons. Merlin calms Arthur down when his powers effect the area, explaining of the events that followed occurred after his death. When Meliodas asks for answers, the Lady of the Lake reveals that Merlin has been hiding her agenda from the others. Raised as a weapon against the Demon and Goddess races, Merlin sought to fill the void her heart over Meliodas's inability of returning her feelings for him. She eventually learned of Chaos and how it created the Demon King and Supreme Deity along with the other races with Humanity its greatest creation, with the two gods sealing Chaos away to rule the world in an shaky alliance.
9822"A Taste of Chaos"
Transcription: "Konton no Ittan" (Japanese: 混沌の一端)
Yoshito HataYurika MiyaoJune 9, 2021 (2021-06-09)
The Lady of the Lake reveals that Merlin manipulated the events of the Holy War to remove the Supreme Deity by commission the Giant craftsman Dabuzu and later the Sins to destroy the Demon King to unseal Chaos. Diane refuses to accept this before the Lady reveals that Merlin purposely delayed her Chrono Coffin spell on Meliodas' cocoon and then briefly reactivated Elizabeth's curse to force the events leading to the Demon King's death. Furious over the revelation, Meliodas reproaches Merlin for using them to revive a mythological being before the Lady reveals that Chaos does exist and had resided within the moss construct they know as Hawk's Mother. The Chaos had left its vessel and now resides within Arthur. Cath emerges from the Boar Hat and suddenly attacks Arthur, eating her severed arm before transforming into a monster. The Lady reveals Cath's true identity as Cath Palug, an eternal embodiment of Chaos's destructive nature who only protected Arthur so he would eat him the moment the human became the Chaos King and take the power for his own.
9923"An Everlasting Kingdom"
Transcription: "Eien no Ōkoku" (Japanese: 永遠の王国)
Fumio MaezonoYoshiki ŌkusaJune 16, 2021 (2021-06-16)
10024"Heirs"
Transcription: "Tsugare Yuku Mono" (Japanese: 継がれゆくもの)
Kanji WakabayashiRintarō IkedaJune 23, 2021 (2021-06-23)

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