Nanatsu no Taizai, Chapter 125: Ten Commandments Takedown
Finally we cut back to the Seven Sins (well, four of them, anyway) after their big defeat at the hands of Galan. That little distraction with the Three Misfits and Hendricksen was a fun little thing, and while we know that obviously the main characters are not going to die, I do like how they immediately showed Gowther in that chapter that Galan beats up everyone so we know something is up and it isn't a giant cliffhanger. And the break does help to soften the blow that it's a fake death and whatnot.
Also after thinking about it for a bit, I've come to kind of become iffy regarding Hendricksen's change of allegiance. He didn't change because he realizes he's in over his head or because of actual character development, but because he's been under a spell all this time. That kind of ruined Hendricksen's previous scenes where he's just confused about everything going on, and I would've preferred they actually explore him going from evil to good. Shame.
Anyway, this chapter opens with a brief continuation of the Meliodas-finds-dead-Liz flashback, though it cuts away to Meliodas in the present day waking up from his coma. We see Threader's arm getting repaired by a bunch of healers. It's patchwork, but it's functional, at least. Merlin, however, is still stone and Arthur is crying over her. Meliodas shows up in front of everybody, gropes Elizabeth before noting how weird it was that Galan left without finishing them off.
Gowther then shows up, dressed in naught but a towel because, y'know, Gowther. He reveals that he altered Galan's memories so basically the last two or three pages where Galan kills everyone didn't happen. Good job, Gowther. Granted that was what everyone guessed would happen, so it isn't a big reveal thing. Gowther also confirms that he's male, flashing Elizabeth and Meliodas. Threader also confirms that he's a homosexual (we did get hints before), zooming into panel with a glint in his eye when Gowther strips.
Gowther also reveals that he's gotten this Amulet of Tranquility from Merlin (Artifact #174 because Merlin) that will hopefully stop him from going on any rampages. Apparently Merlin put it on Gowther before they engaged Galan as a contigency plan. And, well, Merlin is apparently talking from her crystal ball, who Meliodas names as her sacred treasure, the Morning Star Ardan.
The moment before Merlin's body was turned into stone, she transferred her consciousness into the sacred treasure, which is all well and good. But Merlin doesn't have her body, which kind of limits her abilities a bit, so in addition to completely fucking Camelot and everyone else up, Galan at least dealt that one blow to the Sins' fighting forces.
Merlin then goes off on a little talk about how the Commandments' decrees are straight from the Demon King and they need the goddesses' power to combat them. And, y'know, the whole fact that Galan is just fighting without magic. And there are ten of them.
So Meliodas just goes 'let's cook up a plan! Get stronger!' Merlin counters with a little story, about how Britannia of 3000 years ago was a Britannia filled with war and fighting which was why everyone was stronger. And Meliodas just goes 'just because you added an interesting backstory doesn't make your plan any different than mine'. Which is true.
Merlin then goes on a length about power levels, and while we've seen some of them before, Merlin goes through all six of the known Sins: Meliodas 3370, Diane 3250, Gowther 3100, Merlin 4710, King 4190 and Ban 3220. Though obviously having special powers like Ban's immortality and Gowther's memory altering abilities does mean that these numbers aren't entirely set on stone as to the amount of damage they can do in battle. Merlin also estimates that Threader, Gilthunder, Hauser, Griamor and the rest of the holy knights all add up to around 130,000, giving their forces a grand total of around 150,000.
Galan, on the other hand, without any magic, is already 26,000. Assuming the other nine are the same level as him we get a total of 260,000. And that is without magic, and assuming that they're all equal to Galan. Which I wager wouldn't -- the big three: Estarossa, Zeldoris and Fraudrin, I bet, will be a lot stronger than Galan. And as Merlin pointed out, that's not counting any other lesser golems and demons they can summon.
They reiterate that they need to get stronger (stop saying that and actually get on to doing it) and Merlin notes that Arthur and Elizabeth need to awaken their latent magical powers, because what use is a Mary Sue plot device if they can't do anything against the bad guys? Meliodas chooses to hunt down Escanor now, at last, and as they go to check on Diane, King shows up all patched up after he activates Chastiefol's Bankai.
And, of course, Diane has no idea who King is. Because Gowther. And needless drama. I'm not a big fan of shoving in this little romantic plot tumour to complicate King's sob story even further, let's just end it there. I'm a fan of romance actually working in a story, especially when it improves a character and whatnot, but using it to needlessly complicate stuff like a tumour? Nah. And using amnesia, which is Overused Plot Device #34? Nope.
Though overall, it's an enjoyable chapter even if all we got was just talking and whatnot.
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