Talk:Ban/@comment-1731233-20150224113154

I changed Ban's race to Immortal again because the databook says 元・人間. 元 means origin, so his origin is a human. In that case, I just made it into 'Originally Human‘ instead of ’Origin: Human'. This is because 元 is also used with their knight ranks. It seems weird to say ‘Origin: Diamond’ for their knight rank. Knight ranks can't be an origin, so it is better understood as 'originally' as they are not Holy Knights anymore.

Also look at this: http://vk.com/topic?act=browse_images&id=-53220389_5724

Arthur's race is just plain 人間 which means Human - ‘ningen’. However, you can see that Ban's race at the very bottom is 元・人間 as opposed to simply human. The author is purposely making sure that none of the Deadly Sin's race are the same. Given that Escanor is a human, there cannot be another human in the Deadly Sins. That is why Ban is originally human and not human - he is an immortal.