Nanatsu no Taizai, Chapter 146: Farewell, My Beloved Thief
Well, cutting straight to the chase -- Ban survives. Which is a good thing. And he still proves his OP status by actually crushing the hearts of both Galan and Merascylla, which actually hurt them really bad. Granted it's combined with the effects of the power-stealing ability from last week, but I think Ban is the only person short of DemonPower!Meliodas and the Knights of the Azure Whoever that were able to actually touch the Ten Commandments.
But the way that Ban survives -- Zhivago's spirit coming in off-screen last chapter and being the one that Galan eats... felt really half-assed and came out of nowhere. I mean, it's not entirely an ass-pull since Zhivago really needs to have some kind of narrative purpose other than just being this one father figure that shows up just to die, and I guess there's some poetic redemption for Zhivago for abandoning Ban so long ago, but I still dislike it. Felt really came out of nowhere.
Other than that, though, the execution was wonderful. Ban's farewell with Zhivago was well done, the tension as Elaine and Jericho looks at Ban's lifeless body, and the full page art as Ban moves into action again... and Ban is still nowhere close to taking down even one of the Ten Commandments, since they are really tough cookies. He fell down after running away with Elaine and Jericho, whereas Galan, even with his heart crushed and his power sapped, still had enough strength to Zanbarazan an entire town to nothing. RIP random town.
And the two of them, y'know, got straight back up, and we're counting on chronic loser Jericho to get Ban and Elaine out of there. So, uh, yeah, Oslo and King, you two better get here quickly. Just Oslo will do, actually, he can just portal the three of them away.
Overall it's not, well... horrible. I just don't like how the explanation for Ban's survival was handled since it really felt asspully. Nothing much to say beyond that, honestly.
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