“ | Power... it draws its source from one's strong will, belief and experience. |
” |
— Dreyfus in Chapter 66. |

Holy Knights using their magical powers.
Magical Powers「魔力, Maryoku」 are mysterious and supernatural abilities that allow their wielder to perform various techniques. Generally, it is unique to individuals.
Description[]
Magical Powers are mysterious, supernatural abilities.[1] These abilities can be categorized into offensive, defensive and support skills in battle. The Holy Knights from different kingdoms across Britannia use their magical abilities to protect people from various threats.
A person's magical power can also be measured as a numerical value by Balor's Magical Eye, along with Physical Strength and Willpower. These three factors, when added together, determine one's overall Power Level. Magical abilities can also be sensed through the exertion of the individuals' auras and those who felt it have different reactions towards such levels of power.
Origin[]
The source of an individual's power is stated to be drawn from one's will, beliefs and experiences.[2] In turn most, it not all of the magical powers' effects closely resemble their users' traits and personalities:
- Ban's Snatch corresponds to his habit of stealing.
- Dreyfus' Break symbolizes his ambition and strength of will.
- Nasiens' Mix Venom reflects their passion for pharmacology.
The power resides within the body itself[3] even though the catalyst to awaken one's power is unknown.[4] Some people are born with Magical Power, and other can awaken their Magical Power later in life through several causes like traumatic events.
This ideology is supported by Holy Knights' beliefs that their bodies are imbued with "magic that transcends human knowledge."[5]
Magical Powers can also be gained and utilized from other sources of power by research and experimentation. There are also times when powers are inherited. In some cases, powers can even be taught to others, such as how Chandler taught Meliodas how to use Full Counter.
Weaknesses[]
While powers grant users various advantages and benefits when engaged in combat, there are drawbacks for using them :
- Meliodas' Full Counter cannot reflect indirect or physical attacks;
- Ruin's ability requires a unique staff's bell to make it work;
- Invasion's requirement of a long-range distance;
- Hazy Moon destroys Lancelot's weapon after usage.
A magical power weakens and grows unstable if the user loses control of their emotions,[6] though this may be remedied through training.[7]
Development[]

Magical powers grow and evolve with time and training.
According to Lancelot, magic families fall into two categories. Those that "power up" becoming more powerful and those that "transform" in stepwise fashion changing their own nature.[8]
Resemblances and Inheritances[]
Some races have Magical Powers that are shared across their races population, such as the Giant Clan's Creation or the Goddess Clan's Ark. Though individuals of such races could still have their own individual Magical Powers, such as Meliodas's Full Counter in addition to his Demon Clan's Hellblaze.
A Magical Power can bear resemblance within blood relatives, especially from parents to child :
- Zaratras's Great Thunder and Gilthunder's Thunderbolt are basically the same in attributes ;
- On the contrary, Dreyfus's Break and Griamore's Wall are antithesis in nature.
ower's traits can also be inherited, even if they are not necessarily "identical". Ludociel and Jelamet had already recognized the Mael's Sunshine in Escanor, while Melascula had recognized Tristan Liones as a Nephilim resulting from the union between Meliodas and Elizabeth and Lancelot as a Fary/Human hybrid resulting from the union between Ban and Elaine.
In very rare cases, Magical Power can re-manifest in blood relatives. After Gustaf died, his sister Jericho manifests her brother's power.
Types[]
As explained by Pellegarde, there are different Types「型, Kata」 of Magical Powers[9] by which abilities fall into one of nine categories.[10] There are very rare instances of a person possessing two or more types of magic.[11] Few cases among these people possesses four or more types of magic. Such people are called Hero-Types.
- Destruction-Type「破壊型, Hakai-gata」: Allows the user to exert magical power with destructive properties, with natural forces like thunder or flame, or a unnatural dark force.
- Shifting-Type「変性型, Hensei-gata」: Allows the user to modify the properties of matter. There are multiple varieties to it, like modifying an object's weight, the hardness or water into ice.
- Healing-Type「回復型, Kaifuku-gata」: Allows the user to heal injuries and ailments of themselves or others. Its effects and scope are diverse and is regarded to be mostly belonging to the Goddess Clan and the Druids who worship them.
- Search-Type「探索型, Tansaku-gata」: Different forces, like locating a particular object or finding out how genuine a person is, have been identified.[12]
- Mental-Type「精神型, Seishin-gata」: It is regarded to be able to manipulate a person's mind and their memories. Depending how it is used, it can be even more powerful than the Destruction-Type.[13]
- Deception-Type「幻惑型, Genwaku-gata」: A magic power that generates illusions or causes auditory hallucinations. It is thought to be found mostly in the Fairy Clan.[14]
- Stealth-Type「隠密型, Onmitsu-gata」: Allows the user to approach their opponent without being noticed or track the opponent's movements from faraway.[15]
- Enchantment-Type「符呪型, Fuju-gata」: Allows the user to imbue things with magic (e.g., their fists or weapons) to strengthen them and/or give them the properties of said magic.
- Oracle-Type「神託型, Shintaku-gata」: A force surpassing the human intellect, that predicts the weather or the future events. It is regarded to be the rarest of all magic.[16]
- Hero-Type「英雄型, Eiyū-gata」: An extremely rare type of power; those who possess four or more different types of magic fall into this category. So far, the only known person to possess this form of magic is two of the Four Knights of the Apocalypse, Lancelot and Percival.
List[]
Note: The magic power types categories indicated in the following list do not come from an official source. Those which are, will be marked with the corresponding reference.
Name | Possessor | Type | Description | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|
Acid「 |
Hendrickson | Destruction | Allows the user to generate and manipulate acid. | ![]() |
Adjustment「 |
Turret | Mental | Allows the user to call creatures to do their bidding. | ![]() |
Blaze「 |
Cain Barzad | Destruction | Allows the user to generate and manipulate fire. | ![]() |
Boost「 |
Dogedo | Enchantment | Allows the user to propel themselves at high speed. | ![]() |
Break「 |
Dreyfus | Destruction | Allows the user to manifest their willpower as great strength and destructive force. | ![]() |
Calamity「 |
Talisker | Destruction | Allows the user to control the weather. | ![]() |
Change「 |
Thetis | Unknown | ||
Combo Star「 |
Derieri | Enchantment | Allows the user to increase the force of each physical strike they make as long as they are uninterrupted. | ![]() |
Conjuration「 |
Gareth | Mental | Allows the user to summon and control the incorporeal ghost of a deceased. | ![]() |
Crisis「 |
Original Demon | Enchantment | Allows the user to increase their power in proportion to the amount of damage they have sustained. | ![]() |
Critical Over「 |
Galand | Enchantment | Allows the user to increase their physical abilities and power level for as long as their magic holds out. | ![]() |
Curse「 |
Grayroad | Enchantment | Allows the user to inflict their opponent with disadvantageous circumstances. | ![]() |
Dawn「 |
Gawain | Destruction
Enchantment |
Allows the user to harness the power of the sun. | ![]() |
Death「 |
Unknown Holy Knight | Destruction | Allows the user to kill foes by enveloping them with black fog. | ![]() |
Disaster「 |
King Dahlia Gloxinia |
Shifting | Allows the user to manipulate life, allowing the user to enhance or diminish the natural state of something, as well as deploy the properties of the Sacred Tree through the Spirit Spears. | ![]() ![]() |
Discriminate「 |
Unnamed Holy Knight | Search | Allows the user to get a description of other people's abilities and weaknesses. | ![]() |
Duelist「 |
Mortlach | Mental | Allows the user to force the opponent of its choice into a one-on-one combat, and relocating both the user and the opponent into an enclosed space of deathmatch. | |
Echo「 |
Alltabhainne | Enchantment | Allows the user to amplify the sounds produced by the opponent and then make it resonate directly into the eardrums. | ![]() |
Explosion「 |
Guila | Destruction | Allows the user to generate and control explosions. | ![]() |
Full Counter「 |
Chandler (Magical and Physical-types) Meliodas (Magical-type) Estarossa (Physical-type) Tristan Liones (Magical-type) |
Enchantment | Allows the user to reflect an enemy's attacks back at them, and multiply that attack's effects. | ![]() ![]() |
Full Size「 |
Fraudrin Dreyfus |
Shifting | Allows the user to grow to gargantuan proportions. | ![]() |
Gatekeeper「 |
Rothes | Search | Allows the user to open dimensional rifts leading to Purgatory, also gaining resistance to its extreme conditions. | ![]() |
Gift「 |
Theo | Unknown | ||
God「 |
Zeldris | Enchantment | Allows the user to nullify all magical attacks. | ![]() |
Great Thunder「 |
Zaratras | Destruction | Allows the user to generate and manipulate lightning. | ![]() |
Ground「 |
Drole | Shifting | Allows the user to control and shape the earth. | ![]() |
Guardian「 |
Gerheade | Unknown | ||
Haste「 |
Fiddich | Enchantment | Allows the user to increase their speed. | ![]() |
Hazy Moon「 |
Lancelot | Hero | A power apparently able to release powerful burst of magical energy. | ![]() |
Hell Gate「 |
Melascula | Search | Allows the user to open portals. | ![]() |
Hide Cloak「 |
Zhivago | Unknown | ||
Hollow Sound「 |
Gannon | Deception | Allows the user to create sounds, even over great distances. | ![]() |
Homing「 |
Tamdhu | Enchantment | Allows the user to infuse a weapon with magic in order to launch it against a target regardless of its distance. | ![]() |
Hope「 |
Percival | Hero | Allows the user to tap into the hope of their allies to generate a magical aura that can be used in several different ways: increased physical power, accelerated healing, creation of "magic golems", change of shape, etc. | ![]() |
Hussle「 |
Waillo | Unknown | ||
"Iai"「 |
Nanashi | Destruction | Allows the user to cut almost anything with a single swing of their sword. | ![]() |
Ice Fang「 Blizzard「 |
Gustaf Jericho |
Shifting
Enchantment |
Allows the user to generate and manipulate ice. | ![]() |
Illusion「 |
Elva | Deception | Allows the user to create optical illusions. | ![]() |
Imitation「 |
Edlin | Deception | Allows the user to create an illusory replica of a single target that looks and feels perfectly real. | ![]() |
Impact「 |
Doronach | Destruction | Allows the user to generate expanding shockwaves with a radius of fifty feet. | ![]() |
Infinity「 |
Merlin | Enchantment | Allows the user to keep their spells active indefinitely until the user chooses to dispel them, no matter how strong they are or how much power they would normally require to function continuously. | ![]() |
Interrogator「 |
Anghalhad | Search
Shifting |
Allows the user to tell whether someone is lying and see through illusions. After transforming itself, the power allows to inflict immobilizing pressure on those who lie. | ![]() ![]() |
Invasion「 |
Gowther (Demon) Gowther |
Mental Deception |
Allows the user to search through and manipulate a person's thoughts and memories. | ![]() |
Invincible「 |
Balin | Enchantment | Allows the user to be imprevious to any attack, being able to withstand devastating magical and physical attacks without a scratch. | ![]() |
Jamming「 |
Ioradio Velviger | Stealth | Allows the user to nullify all sorts of magical detection within a certain area. | ![]() |
Judgement「 |
Denzel Liones | Mental | Allows the user to manifest their opponent's guilt of killing people as a means to "judge" the opponent. | ![]() |
Kaleidoscope「 |
Guinevere | Oracle | Allows the user to see their own future in their dreams with perfect accuracy, being able to see and hear everything that will happen to them and those around them up until the end of their life. | ![]() |
Link「 |
Helbram | Enchantment | Allows the user to form a magical link with anyone who has allied themselves with the user and allows the user to access their powers and abilities. | ![]() |
Location「 |
Merlin Unnamed Holy Knight |
Search | Allows the user to track a person wherever they go, regardless if their appearance is known or not. | ![]() |
Love Bomb「 |
Isolde | Destruction | Allows the user to release magic constructs from their attacks that act like explosives. | ![]() |
Love Drive「 |
Deldry | Mental | Allows the user to make a person fall in love with them to the point of absolute loyalty. | ![]() |
Melody「 |
Deathpierce | Shifting | Allows the user to manipulate the activation time of other people's Magic. | ![]() |
Mimicry「 |
Rosebank | Stealth | Allows the user to camouflage with their surroundings. | ![]() |
Miracle Wind「 |
Elaine | Destruction | Allows the user to manipulate wind. | ![]() |
Mirage「 |
Burgie | Deception | Allows the user to create illusory clones of themselves. | ![]() |
Mix Venom「 |
Nasiens | Shifting[17] Enchantment[18] |
Allows the user to consume poison and create new poisons based on what was consumed. | ![]() |
Mute「 |
Dale[19] | Unknown | ||
Monochrome「 |
Jade | Stealth | Allows the user to increase or decrease the amount of light on a nearby space. | ![]() |
Ominous Nebula「 |
Zeldris | Destruction | Allows the user to create a powerful vortex that pulls others towards them with an immense power of attraction, as well as rendering all physical attacks useless. | ![]() |
Overpower「 |
Slader | Mental | Allows the user to exert a malicious aura to intimidate their enemies. | ![]() |
Perverseness「 |
Pelliot | Mental | Makes the target's body move in the opposite manner to their will. | ![]() |
Petrification「 |
Livet | Shifting | Allows the user to turn living beings to stone trought physical contact. | ![]() |
Predator「 |
Unnamed Holy Knight | Search Enchantment |
Allows the user to breathe temporary life into objects to transform them into "wild beasts" that hunt down the opponent. | ![]() |
Punishment「 |
Chandler | Unknown | ||
Pyre「 |
Pellegarde | Destruction | Allows the user to create and control fireballs. | ![]() |
Resonant「 |
Cusack | Mental | Allows the user to link themselves with and control someone through eye contact.[20] | ![]() |
Reverse「 |
Ardbeg | Shifting | Allows the user to send all living beings within five yards of them back to their infancy, with a year being reversed for every minute.[21] | ![]() |
Seal「 |
Jenna | Unknown | ||
Serenity「 |
Macduff | Stealth | Allows the user to completely eliminate all sound within a certain distance from themself. | ![]() |
Snatch「 |
Ban | Stealth
Enchantment |
Allows the user to steal away physical objects, raw strength and abilities from the opponents, and add them to the user's own. | ![]() |
Snipe「 |
Brackla | Enchantment | Allows the user's shots to always hit the target. | ![]() |
Spark「 |
Katz | Destruction | Allows the user to generate fire in small proportions. | ![]() |
Strength「 |
Varghese | Unknown | ||
Suck「 |
Vivian | Unknown | ||
Summon Creature「 |
Teaninich | Mental | Allows the user to take control of all small creatures witin range. | ![]() |
Summon Elemental「 |
Chion Ironside |
Mental | Allows the user to summon and control Spirits. | ![]() |
Summon Sin「 |
Tioreh | Shifting Search Mental |
Allows the user to summon and control beasts that represent the Seven Deadly Sins' tattoos. | ![]() |
Telekinesis「 |
Donny | Enchantment | Allows the user to move people and objects through thought, and without the slightest physical contact. | ![]() |
Tempest「 |
Howzer | Destruction | Allows the user to generate and manipulate wind cyclones. | ![]() |
The Ruler「 |
Demon King | Enchantment
Shifting |
Allows the user to invert the effects of all magical powers and techniques used against them. | ![]() |
Thunder Ray「 |
Zaneri | Destruction | Allows the user to manipulate lightning. | ![]() |
Thunderbolt「 |
Gilthunder | Destruction | Allows the user to generate and manipulate lightning. | ![]() |
Transparency「 |
Golgius | Stealth | Allows the user to become invisible, but still remains detectable through other means such as noise and odor. | ![]() |
Transpork「 |
Hawk | Shifting | Allows the user to take on the characteristics of any magical creature they consume, for as long as it's still in their system. | ![]() |
Trick Star「 |
Monspeet | Stealth | Allows the user to make two objects of similar size switch places with each other. | ![]() |
Vain「 |
Arden | Enchantment | Allows the user to increase the amount of Magic an opponent needs to utilize their abilities. | ![]() |
Venom Waltz「 |
Melagaland | Mental | Allows the user to generate a slow-acting neurotoxin which gradually reduce the opponent's sense of direction, accuracy and evasion. | ![]() |
Vision「 |
Bartra Liones | Oracle | Allows the user to see a vague glimpse of the future at random, with them having no control of these visions or when they will happen. | ![]() |
Wall「 |
Griamore | Shifting | Allows the user to erect extremely strong barriers. | ![]() |
Weakness「 |
Miltonduff | Enchantment | Allows the user to lower the opponent's Power Level. | |
Wither「 |
Elgin | Shifting | Allows the user to generate a magical substance that reduces the strength and durability of whatever it is applied to. | ![]() |
Unnamed Magical Powers[]
User | "Nickname" | Type | Description | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|
Elizabeth | "Empathy" | Mental | A mysterious ability that allows her to persuade others to retreat from violence by speaking to their hearts and souls. | ![]() |
Friesia | "Hive Mind" | Destruction Mental |
A power that manipulates insects and uses their poisons. | ![]() |
Gelda | "Burning Ashes" | Destruction | A power that produce heat and ash. | ![]() |
Jericho | "Godspeed" | Enchantment | During her time as a Reactor-class Holy Knight, Jericho possessed a slashing technique referred to as Godspeed. It was lost with the removal of her demon blood. | ![]() |
Jillian | "Bind" | Shifting Enchantment |
Jillian possesses the power to constrict her enemies with a wire-like trap ability, rendering them immobile for the time being. | ![]() |
Marmas | "Gravity" | Enchantment | A power that allows the user to increase gravity on their opponents at specific increments with maracas-like maces. | ![]() |
Ruin | "Hallucination" | Deception | A power that hypnotizes and deludes others into believing that their comrades and allies are the users, which results in them battling each other. | ![]() |
Twigo | "Strike" | Destruction | A power that allows Twigo to release powerful blasts by slashing.[22] | ![]() |
Weinheidt | "Sniper" | Destruction Deception |
Weinheidt possesses the power to create a realistic illusion of himself to deceive enemies, as well as the ability to charge his arrows to shoot with more power to deal maximum damage. | ![]() ![]() |
Named Techniques[]
Race Based[]
Name | Possessor | Type | Description | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ark「 |
Goddess Clan Celestial Clan Nephilim |
Destruction Healing Enchantment |
An ability of the Goddess Clan that allows them to manipulate holy light, usually as a means to destroy Demons and neutralize their darkness. | ![]() |
Creation「 |
Giant Clan | Shifting | An ability of the Giant Clan that allows them to manipulate the earth around them in any way they can. | ![]() |
Purgatory Fire「 |
Demon Clan | Destruction Enchantment |
An ability of the Demon Clan that allows them to generate an unholy flame more powerful than natural fire and can be utilized through Hellblaze. | ![]() |
Purge「 |
Goddess Clan Druids |
Healing Enchantment |
An ability of the Goddess Clan taught to the Driuds that allows the user to erase abominable souls, such as Demons and Vampires, by touching their foreheads.[23] | ![]() |
Graces[]
Name | Possessor | Type | Description | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|
Flash「 |
Ludociel | Stealth Enchantment |
Allows the user to move at amazing speeds, to the point where it seems like teleportation. | ![]() |
Ocean「 |
Tarmiel | Destruction Shifting |
Allows the user to make powerful currents of water, turn their body into water so attacks pass through them harmlessly, or even create an entire ocean in a different plane of existence. | ![]() |
Sunshine「 |
Mael Escanor |
Enchantment Destruction |
Allows the user to create and manipulate a minimized sun. Also makes the user become stronger as the sun rises and weaker as it sets, becoming invincible for one minute a day at noon. | ![]() ![]() |
Tornado「 |
Sariel | Destruction Shifting |
Allows the user to create powerful winds that can slice apart anything they touch and protect themselves in a wind sphere. | ![]() |
Commandments[]
Name | Possessor | Type | Description | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|
Faith「 |
Melascula Meliodas Zeldris |
Destruction | Anyone who shows faithlessness before the owner will have their eyes set ablaze. | ![]() |
Love「 |
Meliodas Estarossa Zeldris |
Enchantment | Anyone who bears any hatred before the owner will be unable to inflict harm on anyone. | ![]() |
Pacifism「 |
Grayroad Meliodas Zeldris |
Destruction Shifting |
Anyone who kills before the owner will have their remaining lifespan stolen away. | ![]() |
Patience「 |
Zeno Drole Meliodas Zeldris |
Enchantment | Anyone who shows intolerence for pain before the owner will be inflicted with great agony. | |
Piety「 |
Calmadios Zeldris Meliodas |
Mental | Anyone who shows their back to the owner will have their mind enslaved to them and by extension, the Demon King. | ![]() |
Purity「 |
Derieri Estarossa Meliodas Zeldris |
Enchantment | Anyone who commits impure acts before the owner will be inflicted by illness. | |
Repose「 |
Aranak Gloxinia Meliodas Zeldris |
Enchantment | Anyone who fights without rest before the owner will have their magic sealed. | |
Reticence「 |
Monspeet Estarossa Meliodas Zeldris |
Enchantment | Anyone who expresses hidden emotions before the owner will have their voice blocked. | |
Selflessness「 |
Gowther (Demon) Meliodas Zeldris |
Mental | Anyone who holds desire from another person before the owner will lose their emotions and sense of self. | |
Truth「 |
Galand Estarossa Meliodas Zeldris |
Shifting | Anyone who lies or goes against their word before the owner will be turned to stone. | ![]() |
Miscellaneous[]
Some abilities, unlike real Magical Powers, generally function as characteristics unique to certain types of individuals. Unlike Powers, they do not disappear when their user dies.
Name | Possessor | Type | Description | Image |
---|---|---|---|---|
Immortality | Ban (Formerly) | Healing | Grants the user immortality, bestowing them with unrivaled regenerative abilities. | ![]() |
Levitation | Fairy Clan Magicians |
Enchantment | An ability that grants objects and users to float at will. | ![]() |
Transformation | Demon Clan Fairy Clan Magicians Gowther |
Shifting | An ability that allows a user to alter their physical appearance and apparels. | ![]() |
Heart Reading | Fairy Clan | Search | A common ability among fairies that allows them to read people's thoughts and feelings from their hearts. | ![]() |
Rapid Movement | Goddess Clan Demon Clan Fairy Clan Holy Knights |
Enchantment | A common ability that allows users to move in great speed at a blink of an eye in battle as if by teleporting. | ![]() |
Magic Detection | Goddess Clan Demon Clan Fairy Clan Giant Clan Holy Knights Magicians |
Search | A common ability that allows users to perceive any source of magic whether in objects or people. | ![]() |
Possession | Goddess Clan Demon Clan Life Spirit |
Mental | Allows the users to transfer its soul into the body of another individual and take control of it for an indefinite period. | ![]() |
Power of Darkness | Demon Clan | Destruction Enchantment |
A characteristic ability of the Demon Clan that allows them to control mysterious black matter. | ![]() |
Trivia[]
- Magical powers are usually named by the user or their teacher.[24]
- Despite magical powers being largely unique, there are several cases where individuals related by blood have displayed similar abilities.
- Dreyfus's Break and Griamore's Wall have opposing properties but are dependent on the user's willpower.
- Gilthunder's Thunderbolt and Zaratras's Great Thunder are similar in every aspect but name.
- Gustaf's Ice Fang and Jericho's Blizzard revolves around the manipulation of ice.
- In The Seven Deadly Sins: Grand Cross beings from other worlds without Magical Powers gain one uppon being transported to be Britannia as per example when Lillia summoned Valenti she obtained an powerful Earth based unnamed magical power.
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References[]
- ↑ Chapter 83 , Page 9-10
- ↑ Chapter 66 , Page 28
- ↑ Chapter 83 , Page 9-10
- ↑ Chapter 69 , Page 6
- ↑ Chapter 14 , Page 9
- ↑ Chapter 46 , Page 9
- ↑ Chapter 90 , Page 5
- ↑ Chapter 109 (4KOA) , Page 12
- ↑ Chapter 4 (4KOA) , Page 6, 16, 18-19
- ↑ Volume 3, Extra Pages
- ↑ Volume 3, Extra Pages
- ↑ Volume 3, Extra Pages
- ↑ Volume 3, Extra Pages
- ↑ Volume 3, Extra Pages
- ↑ Volume 3, Extra Pages
- ↑ Volume 3, Extra Pages
- ↑ Chapter 160 (4KOA) , Page 11
- ↑ Chapter 160 (4KOA) , Page 11
- ↑ Nanatsu no Taizai Manga: Volume 15
- ↑ Chapter 256 , Page 18-19
- ↑ Chapter 38 (4KOA) , Page 3
- ↑ Chapter 1 , Page 50-51
- ↑ Chapter 123 , Page 16
- ↑ Side Story 4, Q&A Corner