Meliodas

"I've resolved to find the Seven Deadly Sins with Elizabeth and stop the Holy Knights. Even if you were to die, I would fulfill the promise made with you."

- Meliodas to Elizabeth in Even If You Were To Die

Meliodas (メリオダス) is the leader of the Seven Deadly Sins and the Sin of Wrath with the symbol of the Dragon. He is the main protagonist of Nanatsu no Taizai and also the owner of Boar Hat.

Appearance
Despite having the appearance of a child, Meliodas is actually much older, being in his thirties. His most distinctive trait is his Dragon symbol carved at the top of his left arm, just below his shoulders. He wears an ordinary white button-front shirt and a black sleeveless vest with a loosely worn tie. His broken sword's scabbard is kept on his back, held on by a green belt with yellow buckles.

He has messy blond hair and a pair of green eyes. He does not have any facial hair and his height is relatively short compared to other male characters.

The image on Meliodas' wanted poster, which does not resemble him at all, displays a much older man.

Personality
Meliodas's dominant traits are his frankness and his utter fearlessness, shown when he remains fearless after seeing the Rust Knight. Although his cooking seems and appears to be delicious, it is actually very disgusting. Due to its taste, when his customers vomit onto the Boar Hat's floor, he instructs Hawk to clean up the scraps, and scares Hawk by saying phrases such as "roast pig" if he complains, hinting he may roast the talking pig.

He is also shown to be very bawdy and loves to frequently tell jokes. Occasionally, he takes advantage of Elizabeth's naivety and gropes her breasts, he is not even ashamed of doing so in public. He also has a strong sense of justice and is willing to help persons in distress. Even when he is severely injured, he tries not to show his weaknesses, and stays strong in front of his companions.

Despite his title as the Sin of Wrath, he appears to be a very calm person. However, if his companions or friends are harmed in any way, he is greatly angered. He is also shown to fall into a state of extreme rage when someone tries to take his sword, with this rage being capable of scaring even a Holy Knight and leaving a permanent scar on Ban's neck, despite his regeneration abilities.

History
Nothing is known about Meliodas' past and the reason he became known as the Sin of Wrath, except that he knew a now dead woman named Liz. According to Veronica, his true identity is that of a "raging monster that leaves a path of destruction wherever he goes", with his childlike appearance only being a facade. It is also known that many years ago, Meliodas, having lost himself in his wrath, completely and utterly annihilated a kingdom called Danafor which was equal in strength to Lyonesse. Cain has said that Meliodas betrayed "everything he stood for", including "the kingdom that [he] swore to protect", most probably referring to Danafor.

16 years ago
Sometime afterward, when the Deadly Sins were not yet formed, Meliodas, intending to recruit Ban, arrives at the convict's cell, where he is warned by the guards of Ban's immortality. As Meliodas enters the cell, Ban, thinking that another execution was to be performed, tells him that he will merely sit as he is executed, only to find that the individual who had entered was a child. When Meliodas then asks Ban to join him, the latter refuses and states that nothing existed for him outside. To Meliodas' declaration that he will then take him out by force, Ban replies that he will not restrain his strength even against a child. Their battle is soon revealed to have resulted in Ban being punched out of his cell. Ban, having become extremely excited by the fight, then requests that they continue their battle. Meliodas responds that in order to do so, Ban would have to join him, with Ban merely continuing to grin widely.

10 years ago
When the Seven Deadly Sins were still highly commended knights of the kingdom, they were framed for the murder of the Great Holy Knight, Zaratras. On the National Foundation Festival, they were supposedly summoned to an old castle on the outskirts of the town, where they discovered the aforementioned Great Holy Knight completely skewered to death. Soon, they were framed for the murder, and then, surrounded by over three hundreds knights of the kingdom. However, Meliodas claims to not remember anything that happened afterwards, except that one of the Seven Deadly Sins apologized to him, which leads him to suspect the existence of a traitor.

Introduction Arc
Meliodas is first seen in the Boar Hat, serving his disgusting meals, and thenordering Hawk, a talking pig, to clean up the vomit of his customers. As Hawk complains about the food's quality, Meliodas jokes about roasting him, with the pig, comically frightened, eating the scraps. Moments later, the infamous Rust Knight enters the bar, scaring all the customers who believed him to be one of the "Seven Deadly Sins", and collapses moments later, the collapsing revealing him to be female. She soon wakes, and after he informs her about her location, reveals to her that the sheathed sword he has had on his back is broken when she questions him about it. He then offers her food and questions her as to what she was doing in an armor.

As she begins explaining that she was searching for the "Seven Deadly Sins", a few knights, having been informed by the villagers of the Rust Knight, demand that Meliodas come out, bringing the Rust Knight. To the knights' surprise, Meliodas does so quickly, and is followed by Hawk, who is pretending to be the Rust Knight. Just as he does so, one of the knights notices the woman fleeing towards the woods. Another one then leads the knights in her chase, correctly believing her to be the Rust Knight. She is, however, quickly rescued thanks to Hawk and Meliodas, who ask for her to continue her answer. She continues, explaining that she was searching for the "Seven Deadly Sins" in order to stop the Holy Knights, who, few days ago, had orchestrated a coup d'etat, had captured the king, and had taken control of the kingdom. She proceeds to reveal who the Seven Deadly Sins are, and states that these Deadly Sins are the sole persons capable of matching the Holy Knights. Abruptly, the cliff Meliodas, her, and Hawk are standing on, is cut off by Twigo, which results in them falling down. The young man, however, jumps back, carrying and thus rescuing everyone. After he does so, Twigo notices the woman's earring, and then realizes her true identity as Elizabeth, the third princess kingdom. When the knight attacks them, Meliodas rescues her; he does so again when she gives up her life in an attempt to not involve Meliodas in her matters, whom, she believes, is an ordinary civilian. Smiling upon hearing that, Meliodas reveals his name, and that he is, in fact, one of the Seven Deadly Sins. As Twigo attacks them again, Meliodas repels the attack back at the knight, then declaring his title as the "Sin of Wrath". Twigo, though understanding Meliodas' identity, attacks him again, which results his attack being repelled again by the young man's broken sword, thus defeating him. Meliodas, explaining that he is also searching for the other Deadly Sins, offers Elizabeth to accompany him in his journey, an offer she tearfully accepts. Hired as a waitress of the Boar Hat, Elizabeth is given a new set of attire by Meliodas, which he calls the uniform. She then questions him as to the crime had had committed, and adds that him being labelled as a villain must have been a misunderstanding, since he doesn't seem like a villain and even rescued her few times. He initially jokes about the reason, but, in the end, he doesn't answer the questions, and leaves it ambiguous.

They soon reach Bernia, a village famous for its ale and the grout that grows along the village's famous river; they, however, they find the river to be completely dried. Meliodas, Elizabeth and Hawk walk inside the village, soon finding a large crowd of men trying to pull out a sword. They then discover that the previous day, a Holy Knight had sealed the river's underground water supply, preventing the creation of Bernia ale, the the town's primary sources of income. While the men unsuccessfully try to pull out the sword, something that can only be done by an individual with the power of a Holy Knight, a boy named Mead appears and starts boasting about his friend from the Seven Deadly Sins, his comments only serving to further enrage the villagers, who begin blaming Mead for their crisis.

Stopping the stones, Meliodas takes Mead to Boar Hat and feeds him in return for information on his "friend" from the Seven Deadly Sins. Elizabeth, having learned that Mead was the one who angered the Holy Knight and trying to have him tell her the reason he did so, narrates him an episode during her childhood. Since she was adopted, she had once climbed a tree to get her father, King Lyonesse's attention. Worried about her safety, he had tried to rescue Elizabeth, only to fall down himself and be injured. After hearing that, Mead answers Elizabeth's earlier question, saying that he was angered by the Holy Knight's insulting of the Bernia ale, and then dropped a bug into the his next drink. The four, including Hawk and Meliodas, then watch from the window as two knights inform the villagers that if the sword is not removed by that day, taxes will be multiplied by ten times.

As all the men, now including Mead, try their best to remove the sword, and the two knights drink the ale while being entertained by scene, Meliodas walks towards them and snatches the cups from them. After drinking it, and just as all the villagers collapse due to exhaustion, he says that since he can't pay for his drink, he will repay it by removing the Holy Knight's sword, and then easily does so, which causes the dammed water to gush up like a fountain. Later that evening, as the villagers celebrate in Boar Hat, he instructs Elizabeth to take it easy, since it was her first time being a waitress. As the celebration continues, Meliodas senses Gilthunder's, the Holy Knight who dammed the water source, spear heading for the village, and goes out. Outside, he finds Elizabeth, who, having made many mistakes while waitressing, had run outside while crying. Then encouraging Elizabeth, Meliodas stops the spear, thrown by Gilthunder, that is heading toward the village, but only after being pushed back a large distance, with several houses being destroyed due to the spear's power. He then sends it right back at Gilthunder, which leads to the destruction of Fort Solgales which the Holy Knight was governing, and the Holy Knight's realization that the Seven Deadly Sins are still alive. The next morning, Meliodas suggests that they should leave the village immediately and continue their journey, since it would be more dangerous for the villagers if they stay there.

Forest of White Dreams Arc
Having learned of even Holy Knights avoiding the Forest of White Dreams, in Bernia, Meliodas, Elizabeth and Hawk travel to the forest, speculating of a Deadly Sin residing there. They soon lose their sense of direction due to the forest's fog, and do not find even one creature after walking for more than three hours. As they walk, multiple copies of Hawk mysteriously appear and claim to be the real one. Meliodas, however, mercilessly defeats all the copies, including the real one, but then discovers similar and identical copies of Elizabeth to have now appeared. As each of them declares to do anything to prove that they is real, Meliodas, initially taking advantage of the declaration, then instructs them to jump as high as they could. All of them, except the real one, do so, since Elizabeth's panties had been stolen by Meliodas before, and she was embarrassed to jump.

Tricked, and then defeated, all of the copies show themselves to be Prankster Imps that inhabit the Forest of White Dreams, and retreat. As the three follow the Imps, they find them to be going towards a sleeping, giant ,girl, revealed to be Diane, the Serpent's Sin of Envy, and apologizing to her for allowing a Holy Knight to come through, them having believed Meliodas to be one. Immediately after being awoken by the imps apologizing, Diane lifts Meliodas with her hand, only to start cuddling him and crying tears of joy as soon as she realizes his identity. When Elizabeth introduces herself to Diane as traveling with Meliodas, Diane jumps to the conclusion that she and Meliodas are a couple, and throws a temper tantrum. Meliodas, after calming her down, explains to her the reason he and Elizabeth were traveling together. He then proceeds to begin a discussion about the day ten years ago, informing her that he has almost no memories of the day, much to Diane surprise. Meliodas then narrates the only memories he has, which end with one of the Deadly Sins apologizing to him. The narration leads Elizabeth to speculate the existence of a traitor, and Diane, to declare that she will help Meliodas. Suddenly, they notice a gigantic thundercloud in the sky; a lightning bolt then binds all of them and the assailant is revealed to be Gilthunder, the Holy Knight who had sealed Bernia's river's water source previously.

As Gilthunder walks towards them, Elizabeth recognizes him, and explains that he was a Holy Knight very close to her father, but soon realizes his intentions. Gilthunder, then ordering to leave, releases Elizabeth; She, however, does not do so, refusing to let him harm Meliodas and Diane, and runs after Hawk after Gilthunder kicks the talking pig out of the way. Gilthunder, pointing his sword at Meliodas' neck, expresses his desire to avenge his father, and also to prove he has surpassed him. He offers to unbind Meliodas and Diane in order to fight then, but before he could do so, both easily break his spell themselves, with Meliodas instructing Diane not to interfere. Gilthunder attacks first, having a powerful lighting bolt strike at Meliodas. The Sin of Wrath repels the spell back at Gilthunder, but the latter dodges the attack and moves behind the former, slashing him from behind and causing him to fall to the ground. Gilthunder questions Meliodas for last words, and Meliodas, seemingly in his last moments, asks for the whereabouts of the other Deadly Sins. Gilthunder answers to him the locations of the Fox's Sin of Greed, and the Grizzly's Sin of Sloth, the former being imprisoned, and the latter having perished in the Capital of the Dead. Hearing that, Meliodas quickly jumps back up, revealing that he had tricked Gilthunder into revealing the information.{{ref|name=6-17/20|ch=6|p=17-20} The Holy Knight refuses stop their battle, repeatedly attacks Meliodas very quickly. He manages to move behind and point his sword at Meliodas' neck, but is suddenly lifted by Diane with a hand. Gilthunder's attempts of escaping her grasp unsuccessful, Meliodas watches as Diane flings him out of the forest. As Meliodas decides to head toward the Baste Dungeon, where Ban is imprisoned, Elizabeth objects his decision, stating that his grave wound should first be treated, and that fighting a Holy Knight in his condition would be dangerous. Though initially assuring her that the wound was nothing, Meliodas collapses due to it.

Baste Dungeon Arc
Meliodas is taken to Dalmary, a town near the Baste Dungeon, where he is treated by Dana. Later, while Diane is fighting Friesia, Dana has Meliodas drink a medicine he prepared himself. This medicine is later revealed to have been a deadly poison, with Dana being revealed to have made a deal with Golgius. When the Holy Knight appears, and then tries to grab Meliodas broken sword, Meliodas is shown to still be alive, but with his eyes being mysteriously colored black, and with a strange black colored symbol on his forehead. As Golgius tries to pull the sword, Meliodas declares that he would not let go of it even if he dies, and that it was the only way he could atone for his sins, while releasing an aura which then frightens the Holy Knight into fleeing.

He, however, seems to have returned to normalcy soon after this, and is explained to about their current location. Stopping Hawk from immediately going in the Holy Knight's chase, Elizabeth then questions Meliodas as to his wound, to which he removes the bandage, revealing that his wound has already healed, something that puzzles even him. The three then set out to find Golgius, and do so soon after due to Hawk's superior sense of smell. Much to their surprise, Golgius immediately surrenders and raises his hand, saying that he was of a cowardly nature and disliked fighting, especially someone of Meliodas' caliber. The young man, however, having noticed the blades that Golgius secretly threw at Elizabeth the moment he raised his hands, blocks them with his sword. Just then, Dana also finds Golgius, and demands that the latter return his daughter, since though the poison didn't kill Meliodas, Dana had had him drink it.

After Golgius kills Dana in order to censor their deal, Elizabeth, worried, runs towards the doctor, and Golgius, attacks her from behind, only to be blocked by Meliodas. He, however, disappears again before Meliodas can retaliate, and confirms Hawk's theory that his ability is teleportation. As Golgius continues his attacks, Meliodas, Elizabeth and Hawk escape; he also seems to be alarmed when Hawk mentions that he is able to trace Golgius' smell. While running, Meliodas leads them to an abandoned building, and then slashes his sword in the air toward the door of the room they are in, comically claiming that it was a magic spell that would prevent Golgius from coming in. Meliodas explains to Hawk that Golgius attacked Elizabeth relentlessly since he knew the young man would protect her no matter what, and was forcing him to protect her while waiting for an opening. The three wait inside the room, when Golgius suddenly appears behind Meliodas, but falls for the Sin's trap - a cut on the floor of the entrance that he had set up while pretending to merely slash his sword - and falls down to the bottom of the building. There, the Deadly Sin reveals that Golgius' ability is actually transparency, an ability akin to invisibility. Since Golgius was only becoming invisible, the only way for him to enter the room was through the door, and Meliodas thus set a trap on the floor of the entrance. Also stating that he doesn't have to worry about Elizabeth's safety there, Meliodas attacks Golgius at point blank range.

As Golgius is pushed outside, into the street, by the attack, Meliodas walks towards him, and questions him about the person who had ordered him to bring the broken sword and Elizabeth. Golgius, however, takes advantage of a small distraction, and manages to escape. Meliodas and Hawk then decide to head for the Baste Dungeon, but Elizabeth goes towards the dying Dana. When she cries for him, he apologizes for trying to kill Meliodas, explaining that he had only wanted to rescue his daughter, Cenette, who had been previously kidnapped, and laments his inability to do so, with his hand then falling. Elizabeth, in sorrow, blames herself for his death, since if she hadn't found Meliodas, he would have been nearly killed by Gilthunder and Golgius, and Dana wouldn't have died. Meliodas replies that he understands her, but questions whether her resolve to protect the kingdom's citizens from the Holy Knights was so weak, declaring that since he has resolved to do so, he would fulfill his promise with her even if she were to die. He proceeds to also state that all people eventually die, but even so, if someone protects what a person stood by, their principles will never die, and once someone has resolved to take on the principles, they must follow through with them, no matter how much blood and tears are shed. His concludes his speech with saying that this is what a knight is. Not long after, Meliodas and Hawk start for the Baste Dungeon, leaving Elizabeth in Dalmary due to the dangers posed by the Holy Knights. She, however, joins the two herself and, having been encouraged by Meliodas' speech earlier, responds that even though she isn't a Holy Knight, she will continue to fight for the people of the kingdom even if he were to die. As they walk, they encounter Diane, who seems to have no memories of defeating Friesia's insects and leaving for Baste Dungeon. Diane tries to remember the events that occurred, and Meliodas then decides that rescuing Cenette was their main priority. Suddenly, he finds Diane to be attacking him while believing him to be Ruin; immediately realizing that Diane was under an illusion, he flees along with Elizabeth and Hawk, and upon finding two civilians, walking nearby, takes them along, since they will be dragged into the battle. As they three, and the two frightened civilians, who are revealed to be shepherds from Dalmary Town, hide, Meliodas also falls under Ruin's hypnosis when he tries to look at Diane, which makes him see Ruin in her place the same way she sees Ruin in his. Thinking he is attacking Ruin, he jumps up, rolls and slashes from above, with Diane blocking it with her fist and responding by raising sharp pillars from the earth toward him, with he deflects. Diane and Meliodas' battle continues, and is only stopped when Elizabeth manages to remove the origin of Ruin's illusion - the bell on his staff. Ruin, enraged by this, charges towards the heavily injured Elizabeth, but is stopped by Meliodas, the illusion now having stopped.

Ruin quickly readies himself to battle Meliodas, and as the Deadly Sin tells the unconscious Elizabeth that he accepts her resolution, attacks him. Ruin comments that the Deadly Sin has lost his edge since he had shown his back to his foe during a battle, and then plants his face into the ground. Lifting Meliodas with his head, he expresses his disbelief at the kingdom being frightened of a "small child", but is then punched, and then again, sending him crashing into the Baste Dungeon. Ruin, explaining that the Holy Knights are called so due to them having magic that transcends human knowledge imbued into their bodies, suggests that he draw his sword, claiming that a "child's soft fist" wouldn't even scratch his armor. When the young man does not draw it, the Holy Knight punches him repeatedly, his punches shaking Baste Dungeon, greatly shocking the knights surrounding it. Meliodas appears to be unscathed, and punches Ruin again, which breaks his armor. However, Ruin claims that his armor is nothing more than shallow skin, with his stronger-than-steel skin being his true armor. Despite him hardening his abdominal muscles, Meliodas easily defeats Ruin a punch that has enough force to plunge his arm into the Holy Knight's stomach, while stating that his defeat was unavoidable, since Ruin had harmed a person close to him, and that doing so was his sin.

Later, as Diane, Meliodas, Hawk and Elizabeth, who is sleeping inside Diane's bag, enter the dungeon, they encounter Cenette fleeing from Ban, with him appearing soon behind her. Initially appearing very tense despite having just reunited after 10 years, Ban and Meliodas are shown to get along very well, and as greetings, high-five multiple times at great speed. They then energetically start arm wrestling, their mere force immediately starting to destroy the entire Baste Dungeon, much to Cenette and Hawk's great shock and surprise. Ban questions his captain about their score, which was 361 wins out of 720; each claims to be the one with the higher score, as the dungeon continues collapses. After the whole dungeon is destroyed, Ban states that he is glad to meet Meliodas again.

The group, Ban, and the people who were imprisoned for opposing the Holy Knights, including Cenette, return to Dalmary. Outside of Dana's house, Diane and Meliodas question Elizabeth as to how she is feeling. The princess then requests that Meliodas go with Cenette, as Meliodas enters the house, only to find Dana to be mysteriously alive, much to their surprise. The doctor reveals that he knows nothing about this strange phenomenon, his young assistant explaining that the townspeople had found him and carried him here, and that she thought he was definitely dead due to being stabbed through the chest. The doctor, showing the deep wound to have neatly and completely healed and to have left a huge scar, points out that it was similar to Meliodas' sword wound, which had also healed and left a scar in a similar way. Cenette then interrupts, questioning the reason her father was nearly killed and she, imprisoned, with him answering her. Immediately, telling him that poisoning Meliodas was not his fault, but the Deadly Sins' own fault, Cenette adds the group were known widely as criminals. Dana, however, argues in their favor, explaining that even though he had tried to kill Meliodas, the young man had never blamed him and had even rescued her, and then offers a token of his gratitude by a meal. At night, during the party, Ban is formally introduced to Elizabeth, who is still bed-ridden. Not long after, Cenette notices crossing shooting starts in the sky and brings them to everyone's attention, with Dana recognizing it to be similar to one of Britannia's ancient poems, which states that when such an event occurs, Britannia will be visited by an "immense menace", the event being an omen of the beginning of a trial of ancient origins, a "Holy War" between the "Guiding Hand of Light" and the "Bloodline of Darkness".

Capital of the Dead Arc
The characters begin their journey towards the Capital of the Dead from Dalmary Town. Meliodas decides to not head towards the Kingdom's capital yet, but instead, they move further away. On the road, they are confronted by two Holy Knight apprentices, with one know as Andre. Meliodas initially deceives them by advertising their Boar Hat bar with Diane and Elizabeth being the two attractive waitresses. However, after Diane released her appreciations of being praised by hugging him, the knights realize that they are the Seven Deadly Sins. Suddenly, a Black Hound appears and quickly defeats the two knights. When Ban attempts to scare the creature, it grew bigger as a result of feeling threatened. In the end, Meliodas intimidates the Black Hound with his Broken Blade's powers.

Gradually, the characters arrive at a lonely village that is said to be closet to the Capital of the Dead. Meliodas decides to open the Boar Hat bar in order to earn some money for food, and begin giving everyone roles. When Ban begins complaining about working, he reveals that he return Cenette her dagger, so they could not sell it for money. When everyone was about to begin working, they discover that Ban had escaped. At the Boar Hat, Meliodas tells a past story about Ban and King and states that they're a unlikely dynamic duo.

Meliodas and the rest begin searching for Ban, and discovers his fighting against King. He suddenly appears and interrupts the battle by knocking Ban on the head with a cup. Meliodas and Diane then easily notices King, although he quickly runs away. Back at the Boar Hat, Ban cooks a delicious meal and requests for the location of the Capital of the Dead from Ellen and her brother, who reveals that King has also requested the same thing.

The discussion about the Capital of the Dead continues and the characters are told that the village is actually the entrance. However, you cannot go there just because you desire to. Out of the blue, Ellen recites a riddle she always heard from her neighbor, a priceless memory shared with the deceased will open the path to the capital. The characters then begin searching for a method to enter the Capital of the Dead. Realizing that there are flowers on the ground, Hawk begins sniffing them when a sudden breeze wafted all of the petals. When the characters opens their eyes, they discover that they arrived at the Capital of the Dead.

Ban suddenly runs away, leading Meliodas and the rest to follow after him. Whilst attempting to follow, they is blown away by an explosive strike from and Geera, but easily recovers. He then suddenly encounter the Holy Knight Geera who killed herself to enter the Capital of the Dead. She begins attacking when Meliodas immediately tells Hawk to run away with Elizabeth after realizing how dangerous she was. Meliodas catches Diane who was also blown away the same way. The two then begins attacking the Holy Knight together, before Geera provokes Meliodas to use his sword. In response, Meliodas draws his broken blade and utilizes Full Counter against Geera, who reveals that she knows the ability.

Meliodas and Diane were still fighting Geera but she was too strong and Geera was about to use her power she called Explosion but she was stopped by Ban using his power Snatch but Geera used her Explosion to broke Ban ability. As the battle continues, the Sins were losing but then King arrive and offers to help them. Geera used her power again to kill the Sins but King block that attack and decided to fight her alone which the other Sins agree to and sit down and watch the fight.

Meliodas and the other watch as King defeated Geera with ease but then she came out of the rubble and was about to attack King but Meliodas block the attack and sent her back to the living world. The Sins bodies were starting to disappearing and are about to go back to the living world. When they are back they saw that Geera was there but still in a near death state and hadn't returned. Ban said that they should kill her but Meliodas had an idea to do something to her. The Sins later left the village to continued they journey. King ask Meliodas who Elizabeth is but as always he tease her but then told him she is the princess which suprised King and decided to go to his fat form to show respect to Elizabeth but Meliodas doesn't notice the differences but the clothes. When King asks what happen to his Sacred Treasure, which Meliodas says that he sold it.

Ongoing Arc
King was shock to find out that Meliodas sold his weapon but Hawk ask him what's the big deal since they are just as strong now but when King explain to Hawk about the sins power with or without the sacred treasure, Hawk shook Meliodas angry for losing it. The rest decided to find the other sins and their weapons too. Later Meliodas found Elizabeth sad in her room after being told by King he doesn't know what happen to them, Meliodas sit down on her bed to make her feel better and talk about her family and telling her that they are fine which made her happy. Meliodas then offer to sleep together with Elizabeth which she sweat drop.The next day Meliodas and King were talking about the next town Biron which is famous for it's ceramics where they are going to get informations.

Meliodas ask King what kind of change the Holy Knight went throught and to his shock he found out that Geera was a lower rank Holy Knight Apprentice with barely any powers and that she's not the only one and Gilthunder called them "The New Generations." While walking in Biron with King, Hawk and Elizabeth, they found the sins wanted poster but to they shock they found Elizabeth wanted poster. The town found this out and want to capture her but Meliodas saved her and ran away with her. Later when they are in the a old tower, Meliodas told Elizabeth to still put while they find informations. Later Hawk ran toward them and told them what happen to Elizabeth, King decided to go back to Boar Hat to get help but then he saw Meliodas face which is seirous and said that they are doing it now.

When they went to Ceramic Tear Inn, they made a plan to save Elizabeth, King levitates a cup on the table, tilting it so that it gradually falls off. Noticing the falling object, Griamor reaches for it to prevent it from breaking. As Griamor stretched his hand, Meliodas suddenly approaches right in front of him and stops him from trying to draw out sword out with one hand. Swiftly, Meliodas jumps up and lands a Knifehand strike on the neck. Struggling to agint he upper hand, Griamor releases a series of random punches in an attempt to stike back. However, Meliodas easily dodges all of them and finally lands a fist on his chest, knocking the man out. Meliodas look at Elizabeth and told her he is here to save her. Later Elizabeth thanks Meliodas for saving her andapologizes for not remain hidden, but Meliodas is only glad and happy that she is okay.

Abruptly, fireworks appear above the next town they are going to, and together, they held each other's hand tightly. The Sins travel to Byzel after hearing rumors of a "weapon no one can use", suspecting it to be a sacred treasure. Before they are about to leave, Diane was upset because she couldn't go due to her being a Giant but Elizabeth agree to stay behind. While walking inside the village, there they met a drunk elderly old man named Cain who directs them to the annual fighting tournament, whose reward is the aforementioned weapon, which is considered a giant's normal war hammer, but is actually Diane's sacred treasure, Gideon.

Meliodas and Ban, both being very eager to enter the tournament and fight each other, immediately enter, with the former dragging King along with the two despite him not wanting to join the "savage" tournament. While walking to the line, a three-time champion, and a mountain bandit turned merchant, Taizoo, stops Meliodas, believing him to be an ordinary child and to be lessening the quality of the fight festival. However, the Holy Knight, Hauser, who is also revealed to have joined the festival, stops Taizoo, stating that age shouldn't matter in a festival. While the preliminaries begin, Meliodas instructs Ban not to use his full power and kill opponents, and manages to make King willing to fight by telling him that Diane would be happy if her sacred treasure is gotten back. After the preliminaries round, Meliodas and Ban congratulating King to his win by being cheap.

In the drawing lot room, Meliodas next match will be Ban who under they name are Meliodaz and Baan. Hauser walk toward them and ask them some question but decided is not them due to different names and why would they be here. During the start of Griamor and Matrona fight, Matrona reveal that she is wearing Elizabeth clothes. King told Meliodas thinking it could be Elizabeth but Meliodas told him is not because her breast is slingly smaller and her butt is a little bigger to King confusions. When Matrona won and her face is reveal to be Diane, Matrona walk toward them and said see was busted but Meliodas didn't recognized her which made her mad and punch him in the stomach and walk away.

When Diane explain that she and Elizabeth were shrunk down and Elizabeth is in her bosom, Meliodas ask her why she didn't say anything which Diane said that she wanted to surprised Meliodas of her new body and jump on him happily. Diane then said he can grope all over like he does with Elizabeth but Meliodas doesn't want to which made Diane upset. Diane ask what he see in herself and started to think because she was big, Meliodas doesn't care about her but Meliodas rub Diane head and told her he doesn't do that to someone important to him which made Diane happy. Diane then remember something important which Meliodas ask what is it which Diane reveal that they can have kids now to which Diane didn't learn anything.

During King fight, Diane ask Meliodas if King is strong without his weapon to which reveal that King is very weak and lost the fight. After the battle between Cain and King, Meliodas got ready for his fight against Ban. As their battle battle begins, Ban states that had the ring been bigger, their fight would have been better, Meliodas replying that "it" had been the same size at that time. Ban questions Meliodas as to his reply, and questions him whether he is that much excited for the battle, to which Meliodas states that the tournament's rules of a fighter being disqualified if he is thrown out the ring reminded him of "something" long ago. Meliodas tell Ban that he will remember soon, Meliodas punches him with great strength in his face, this punch reminding him of an episode that occurred when he was still imprisoned for having supposedly burned the Fairy King's Forest and killed its guardian and later fought him to get him free, after seeing his strength, Ban join Meliodas.

Their battle is revealed to have ended with Ban being punched out of his cell, Ban being extremely injured by the fight; he then requests that they continue their battle. To Meliodas' statement that he would have to join him for continuing, Ban merely continues to smile, implying that he later joined his captain for merely continuing their fight. Back in the present, Ban seems to have been pushed out of the wrong, but regains his balance and tries to slam Meliodas on the ground, face first; his opponent, however, stops this attack, and using his legs to grab Ban's face, slams the Sin of Greed in the ground. Immediately getting up, Ban kicks Meliodas above, and attacks him with a huge barrage of punches, with Meliodas blocking them, and then punching him back, the force of this one punch sending Ban to crash onto the ring, and even break the the Great Byzel Rock. Ban, much to the audience's surprise, is revealed to be unscathed from the attack, and continues to fight. As their battle continues, Meliodas punches Ban in the stomach, and sends him flying; however, the former then falls down himself, Ban having seemingly used his ability, "Snatch".

Ban got up after using his Snatch on and walk towards a fallen Meliodas was about to kick him, Meliodas hit first but Ban dodged it and hit Meliodas on the back which push him away. Ban feel happy that he is so light right now but Meliodas punch him in the face which made one of his teeth fall out but he regain a new one fast. Meliodas continued to try to hit Ban but he keep dogging his attack with ease and punch him in the face but the Meliodas grape his arm and swing him around and smash him around. Ban let out and hit Meliodas, Ban feel so much power right now to due using his Snatch on him. When Ban and Meliodas fist clash, Meliodas push thought foward and knock Ban out. When Ban is sent flying, Ban stopped himself and decided to steal all of Meliodas strength to win this fight. When Ban start using Snatch, Meliodas start attacking him repeatedly but Meliodas collapses when Ban manages to take more of his strength.

After Ban completely steals all of Meliodas' abilities, he tests them out by swinging his hand, the mere resulting air pressure creating a crater on the ground, Ban's strength greatly shocking Hauser. Ban questions Meliodas if he will give up, or be utterly defeated; Diane, from the audience, yells at him that if he further harms Meliodas, she will not forgive him and will cut their ties. The Sin of Wrath refuses to give up, and states that he will win. Ban readies the final blow. Despite Elizabeth's pleading, Ban punches Meliodas; the latter is seen coughing blood due to the attack. When the dust and debris from the attack settles, Meliodas is then shown to be the only one inside the ring, with him then informing the audience and Love Helm about their exchange having resulted in Ban crashing in a building far away, and essentially, being pushed out of the ring.

Diane reveals that after Ban had delivered his final punch, in a fleeting moment, Meliodas crushed his hand and a strange symbol appeared on his forehead. Ban is struck several times and sent flying. After Meliodas is declared the victor, both Diane and King question his well-being. Diane is soon called to fight and hands over Elizabeth and her jewelry. Upon seeing Elizabeth in her current state of undress, Meliodas smirks.

When Diane prepares engage in the semi-final fight against Hauser, Meliodas continues to tease the shrunken Elizabeth, leading to the former giant to grow jealous. Meliodas then questions Elizabeth as to what was wrong, to which she states the reason why she felt dejected - she believed that the reason Meliodas behaves this way towards her is that he does not consider her to be important to him. The Deadly Sin, however, does not hear her response within crowded atmosphere, leading her to add that she was just talking to herself, and mentally state that she has resolved to believe in him no matter what happens. She proceeds to then tell him that she was very worried about him during his fight against Ban, to which Meliodas promises her that he will not battle like that again, but only when she is nearby.

After Diane won her battle, Cain and Meliodas head inside the ring, their battle having been announced. While both of them are being cheered on, Meliodas states that his having to fight the elderly man who gave him directions before is a coincidence, and also adds that Cain's having defeated "Old Fart" did not seem like a coincidence. Cain questions his opponent, after stating that he became certain when he heard the name "Meliodaz", whether he is Meliodas' son. Cain was greatly bewildered and shocked when Meliodas answers that he is the man himself. Cain initially refuses to believe so, adding that if Meliodas were alive, he would be in his thirties. Meliodas, stating that he didn't know who his opponent was, questions him as to what if he was the Meliodas whom Cain knew.

As Love Helm begins their battle, Cain states that he found Meliodas' identity hard to believe, but that if he were Meliodas himself; before finishing his statement, he attacks his opponent repeatedly, all of which are blocked, and then jumps back. Removing his cloak and revealing a shirt with a symbol inside, Cain declares that he will not forgive someone like Meliodas, who betrayed the "kingdom he swore to protect", "the people", "the person most important to [him]", and "everything he stood for. Meliodas then recognizes the symbol on Cain's shirt, as Danafor's symbol.

Abilities/Equipment
As the leader of the Seven Deadly Sins, Meliodas is immensely powerful, and has demonstrated his superhuman strength through his ability to easily crush steel, with only his bare hands. He is also immensely agile, being able to easily avoid attacks of even Holy Knights. He was easily able to break free from Gilthunder's lightning bindings and also dodge his very quickly attacks, again, very easily.

Weapons

 * Broken Sword: Meliodas uses his broken sword in conjunction with Full Counter. The sword also appears to have abilities of its own.
 * Unnamed Sacred Treasure: As a member of the Seven Deadly Sins, Meliodas possesses a sacred treasure, which is likely a dagger. He, however, sold it for money for the Boar Hat. It is currently unknown what type of weapon it is, but it can be assumed to be compatible with his ability.

Abilities
Meliodas has, twice, displayed a "form" in which his eyes are colored black, and a strange black colored symbol appears on his forehead; this seems to grant him increased abilities. The first time this was displayed, was when he was poisoned, and believed to be dead, yet was then revealed to still be alive; his grave wound also mysteriously healed. The aura he released was enough to frighten Golgius, a Holy Knight, into fleeing. In the second instance, he was able to defeat Ban, despite the latter having robbed all of his physical abilities.
 * Full Counter: This ability allows Meliodas to reflect attacks aimed at him, back at the enemy, but with much greater power; therefore, the stronger the opponent's powers are, the stronger Meliodas' power becomes. A prime drawback is that Meliodas cannot initiate attacks himself.

Elizabeth
Him and Elizabeth have a friendly relationship, with Meliodas enjoying to joke and tease her a lot. He frequently "checks" her panties, and once took her panties. However, it is shown that he does care about her, and considers her as someone important to him. So far, Elizabeth (along with his broken sword) are the only things that will unleash Meliodas' rage if either are taken or hurt.

Hawk
He and Hawk have a good and bad relationships. Though they tend to argue frequently, they seem to care about each other.

Hawk's Mother
Nothing is known about the two interacting but they Meliodas appears to respect and rely on her.

Diane
Meliodas and Diane are both members of the Seven Deadly Sins. Although Diane is a giant and is humongous, Meliodas still treats her like an ordinary girl and trusts her very much as a subordinate. Like how he treats Elizabeth, he always enjoys teasing her and joking around with her. He states that the reason he doesn't grope Diane is because he wouldn't do that to someone so important to him.

Ban
Meliodas and Ban are both members of the Seven Deadly Sins. Meliodas is extremely friendly with Ban and they have friendly fights frequently. They are very competitive and enjoy challenging each other at arm wrestling. Despite being great companions, Meliodas easily became angered when Ban tried to steal his sword.

King
Meliodas and King are both members of the Seven Deadly Sins. When King was reported as dead and buried, Meliodas does not appear to be shocked, hence indicating that he is confident in King's powers and the fact that he is not dead. When King join up with the group, Meliodas is shown to enjoy bullying him into doing things that he does not prefer to do. For example, Meliodas forced him to join the Byzel Fight Festival. Overall, King appears to have deep trust in him as a friend and captain.

Merlin
Meliodas and Merlin are both members of the Seven Deadly Sins. Nothing is known about the two interacting but since Merlin is a women, Meliodas may flirt with her frequently.

Introduction Arc

 * Meliodas vs. Twigo: Win

Forest of White Dreams Arc

 * Meliodas vs. Gilthunder: Indecisive

Baste Dungeon Arc

 * Meliodas vs. Golgius: Win
 * Meliodas vs. Diane: Indecisive
 * Meliodas vs. Ruin: Win

Capital of the Dead Arc

 * Meliodas vs. Oslo: Win
 * Meliodas, Diane & Ban vs. Geera: Indecisive

Ongoing Arc

 * Meliodas vs. Griamor: Win
 * Meliodaz vs. Baan: Win
 * Cain vs. Meliodaz:

Trivia

 * Meliodas, in Arthurian legend, was famous as the father of Tristan and as one of the Knights of the Round Table.
 * Meliodas has a good collection of alcohol, having traveled through a large number of locations.
 * Ban has arm wrestled Meliodas 720 times, which resulted in one of the getting 361 wins. Both of them argue as to who it is that has won the greater number of times

Quotes

 * "Don't make light of my eyes that can spot exposed panties from a mile away"
 * (To Elizabeth Lyonesse) "Even if you were to die... I would fulfill the promise I made with you."
 * (To Elizabeth Lyonesse) "All people eventually die. But... as long as someone protects what that person stood for, their principles will never die."

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