Chapter 1

The Seven Deadly Sins (七つの大罪 Nanatsu no Taizai) is first chapter of the manga, Nanatsu no Taizai.

Character(s) in order of appearance

 * Meliodas
 * Hawk
 * Elizabeth
 * Alioni and the knights of the Beard of the Mountain Cat
 * Twigo
 * Hawk's Mother

Fights and Events

 * Meliodas vs. Twigo

Short Summary
The third princess of Britannia, Elizabeth, finds Meliodas, who is the owner of the Boar Hat bar and is also one of the Seven Deadly Sins, being the Dragon's Sin of Wrath. The princess then joins him in his journey to find the other Deadly Sins in order to defeat the Holy Knights, who have orchastrated a coup d'état and have overthrown the king.

Long Synopsis
The chapter starts with Meliodas serving his nasty food to customers in his establishment, the Boar Hat, and his talking pig, Hawk cleaning up the scraps that the customers vomit. Just then, the enigmatic and infamous Rust Knight appears, scaring all of the civilians and causing them to report the Rust Knight being in Boar Hat to the knights of Beard of the Mountain Cat. her falling unconscious. Not long after, the Rust Knight, who is revealed to be female and had had fallen unconscious after coming to the establishment, awakes and is presented with some of Meliodas' terrible dishes which brings her to the point of tears.

As the woman begins to explain that she was wearing armor while trying to searching for the Seven Deadly Sins, the knights of Beard of the Mountain Cat, led by Alioni, demand that Meliodas and her come out, having received the civilians' report. While Meliodas and Hawk try to stall them, the yet unnamed woman escapes from the back door and into the woods, being pursued by the knights. They are all defeated, however, thanks to Hawk, and she continues, saying that she was searching for the Seven Deadly Sins to defeat the Holy Knights, who, a few days ago, had orchastrated a coup d'etat and had forced the kingdom's citizens, including but not limited to children and the elderly, to participate in military activities.

Suddenly, the portion of the cliff they were standing on is cut off by the knight, Twigo, who, after Hawk and the woman are rescued by Meliodas, discovers her true identity as Elizabeth, the kingdom's third princess. Meliodas rescues Elizabeth from Twigo's next attack, and saves her for the second time, as she is about to give up, unable to see Meliodas, whom she thought was an ordinary civilian, lost his life. Twigo goes nearer, and deals the finishing blow, but is surprised to discover that it was instead him who had taken damage. Meliodas then reveals his identity as one of the Seven Deadly Sins, the Dragon's Sin, and quickly defeats Twigo. He then offers for Elizabeth to join him, which begins their journey.