Sunshine

is a unique power possessed by the Lion's Sin of Pride, Escanor.

Description
Escanor's power is said to be unlike any other. He is at his weakest at midnight and his power peaks at noon. Starting from sunrise, his power begins to increase and he begins to grow larger and his personality changes from his submissive night-self to his arrogant daytime-self, with this process presumably reversing with the setting of the sun. In the daytime, his physical strength increases dramatically and he is able to radiate intense waves of light and heat capable of easily melting metal and vaporizing stone. Merlin hearkens his power to that of the actual Sun, the source of all life. Escanor is able to imbue Rhitta with his magic power, which causes the slashes from his axe to also burn his foes.

In his fight against Galand, Escanor's power level was shown rising by 5 points every second. Merlin mentions there is one problem with his power but does not specify what it is. It likely has to do with his peak, as once his fight with Galand and Melascula was over, he retreated far away from Ban's group because it was approaching noon and only returned at night. During noon Escanor's size grows to monstrous proportions, becoming many times his own size. His magic power also vastly increases.

When utilizing his true magic power he can create a miniature sun of pure magic power, its heat is such that it can melt the armor of a holy knight several meters away just by being in its vicinity. It can also be controlled and directed for attacks causing immense damage. When his power peaks at noon, the size of the ball increases immensely, as does his strength.

At high noon, Escanor reaches the peak of his power and he becomes The One, "the invincible incarnation of power", according to Merlin. While in this form, Escanor's strength increases to the point where with a single strike of his hand, he could easily heavily damage Meliodas in his Assault Mode. His durability also grew to the point where he could easily shrug off Meliodas' Divine 1,000 Slices without sustaining any damage.

Techniques
Daytime:
 * Escanor creates a miniature Sun, which radiates so much heat that it melts nearby armor. He can control it with hand gestures and strike his opponents with it, and it will increase in size as his power grows.
 * Escanor causes his Cruel Sun to flare with heat so intense it is capable of vaporizing a sizeable lake in an instant.
 * Escanor performs a simple, but swift swing with his axe,generating enough power and force to encompass not only his opponent, but the entire area in which they are fighting in a instant.

High Noon:
 * The One : During noon when his power is at its peak, for one minute, he becomes a manifestation of power itself and his body casually towers over normal people and even giants and is shown to be as large as the titanically large demon king and supreme deity. For the duration of that one minute, in this form he is said to be invincible. In this form, he became so monstrously strong that he could easily heavily damage and defeat Meliodas with a single attack, all while Meliodas was in Assault Mode. His durability also grew to the point where he could easily shrug off Meliodas' attacks in Assault Mode without sustaining any damage at all.this level of power vastly dwarfs that of any level shown by escanor in daytime,due to it being the strongest and highest level of power his sunshine power could give him.evidence of his absolutely overwhelming power while the one was the fact that when earlier in the fight he could hardly keep up with Meliodas assault form; even with his power level rapidly increasing at every minute before it reached noon.:but upon becoming the one he effortlessly defeated him.


 * After transforming into The One, Escanor performs an simple downward strike with his hand in the direction of his opponent, effectively damaging his opponent as if they had been sliced by an actual blade. The power of this attack alone was immesurable enough to be able to defeat Meliodas in a single strike, while he was in his Assault Mode, a form which was said to have brought fear to the other members of the Ten Commandments before he betrayed the Demon Clan.

Nighttime:

As of yet, Escanor has shown little to no ability to use any techniques at all while in his nighttime form.

Trivia

 * The kanji used for "The One" (天上天下唯我独尊, Tenjō Tenge Yuiga Dokuson) are traditionally translated as "On heaven and earth, I alone am honored". These were the Buddha's first words when he was born. As a modern idiom these words are sometimes used to satirize self-aggrandizing conceit.

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