The BEST episodes of The Seven Deadly Sins season 1

Every episode of The Seven Deadly Sins season 1, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Seven Deadly Sins season 1!

When a kingdom falls into the hands of tyrants, the deposed princess sets out on a quest to find a group of ancient evil knights to help her take back the kingdom.

Last Updated: 11/5/2024Network: MBSStatus: Ended
The Heroes
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8.31
407 votes

#1 - The Heroes

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/29/2015

The group combines forces to defeat Hendriksen while Meliodas uses his ultimate technique. Following Hendriksen’s defeat, the citizens of Liones saw a strange bird-like creature flying north. The sins and Elizabeth leave for their next adventure!

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Despair Descends
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8.31
389 votes

#2 - Despair Descends

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/22/2015

Hendriksen turns into an incredibly powerful monster. As Hendriksen overpowers both the sins and the holy knights only Meliodas is still standing...

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The Courage Charm
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8.25
379 votes

#3 - The Courage Charm

Season 1 - Episode 20 - Aired 3/1/2015

Gilthunder arrives to support Hendriksen against Meliodas, Arthur tries to keep Hendriksen busy while Meliodas fights Gilthunder, but has to withdraw leading to a three way fight...

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What I Can Do For You
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8.11
374 votes

#4 - What I Can Do For You

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/15/2015

Ban attempts to kill Meliodas, but is stopped by Hawk. Meliodas and the sins corner Hendriksen and prepare to take him down.

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The Fearsome Pursuer
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8.09
402 votes

#5 - The Fearsome Pursuer

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/23/2014

King has a final confrontation with Ban, finishing him off with Ban being frozen, with Elaine making an appearance, never showing herself to King. A holy knight Guila battles it out against Meliodas, Diane and Elizabeth. Ban continues his flashbacks with Elaine and the Fairy forest, at the foutain of youth.

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The Fairy King Waits in Vain
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8.07
371 votes

#6 - The Fairy King Waits in Vain

Season 1 - Episode 19 - Aired 2/22/2015

The King reminisces over some old memories of a time Diane and King spent together when Diane was still a giant child. Back to the present, King fights Hellbram, while in a different location Hendriksen fights Arthur.

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Even If It Costs Me My Life
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8.06
371 votes

#7 - Even If It Costs Me My Life

Season 1 - Episode 18 - Aired 2/15/2015

After a fight starts, Howzer and Guila combine their powers to protect Diane and Guila's little brother from the combined forces of Githunder, Helbram, Dreyfus, and Jericho.

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The Angel of Destruction
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8.04
386 votes

#8 - The Angel of Destruction

Season 1 - Episode 13 - Aired 12/28/2014

Meliodas is freed and the power of the Captain sin makes its debut. Possessed by a strange darkness, Meliodas assaults both enemies and allies until he clashes against Hellbram, the two of them fight mercilessly.

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Pent-up Feelings
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8.03
396 votes

#9 - Pent-up Feelings

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/14/2014

It's Meriodas vs. Ban in a a fight that shakes the ground beneath their feet. The semifinal rounds end up with the sins gaining one new friend and remembering an old one. Everything is ready for the final match while a storm starts brewing in the horizon.

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Bloodcurdling Canon
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8.03
397 votes

#10 - Bloodcurdling Canon

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 12/21/2014

The final round draws to a close. The Holy Knights descend upon the sins giving them some new powers and improved equipment. The Deadly Sins are pushed against the ropes.

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The Looming Threat
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8.01
386 votes

#11 - The Looming Threat

Season 1 - Episode 21 - Aired 3/8/2015

Ban explores the catacombs under the city. Merlin and the other sins go to the chamber where the king Baltra and Elizabeth are being held captive. Dreyfus has a confession.

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The First Sacrifice
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7.95
377 votes

#12 - The First Sacrifice

Season 1 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/8/2015

Hendriksen and some of his guards welcome Arthur and his companion, a short person covered with a cloak. Meanwhile King finds a way to transport Diane and him to the city of Liones.

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The Legends, Provoked
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7.90
379 votes

#13 - The Legends, Provoked

Season 1 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/1/2015

Hendriksen and Hellbram make their first attempt to bring back the demon clan using the handle of Meliodas's sword, but the experiment fails and they appear to be missing one ingredient. Far away from there, Meliodas's group is taking a break from all the fighting…

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A Little Girl's Dream
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7.89
446 votes

#14 - A Little Girl's Dream

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/26/2014

Having discovered the whereabouts of Ban and King, Diane throws Gilthunder out of the forest, and Meliodas, Hawk and Elizabeth, now joined by Diane, head toward the Baste Dungeon, where Ban is imprisoned. They later arrive at Dalmary Town where Meliodas is treated by Dana. Diane and Elizabeth begin to argue and discuss about the aspects in which they envy each other. They are suddenly attacked by the Holy Knight Friesia, who tries to destroy the entire town along with the Deadly Sins, but Diane quickly destroys all of her insects. Concurrently, Ban escapes from his cell in the Baste Dungeon, and is stopped by Jericho, who tries to subdue him. Dana unexpectedly reveals that the medicine Meliodas drank was a deadly poison as Golgius appears out of the blue.

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Unholy Knight
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7.82
375 votes

#15 - Unholy Knight

Season 1 - Episode 15 - Aired 1/25/2015

The sins confront a strange demonic being. Meliodas is about to deal the final blow when he loses heart and stops attacking. In the meantime, Elisabeth discovers some facts about Meliodas's past. In the end, Elizabeth rushes to the battleground and her words give Meliodas the courage to fight to his full potential. When the sins inspect the dead body of the monster they find out it was some kind of hybrid between human and demon.

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A Reader of Books
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7.81
380 votes

#16 - A Reader of Books

Season 1 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/18/2015

News of an armored giant walking around the mountains reach the holy knights and they quickly send an assassination squad to deal with it. In the meantime, Meliodas's group also finds out about the mysterious giant. The holy knight team, the sins, and the giant clash in three-way battle with a very interesting outcome…

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The Seven Deadly Sins
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7.81
549 votes

#17 - The Seven Deadly Sins

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/5/2014

The third princess of the Kingdom of Liones, Elizabeth, finds Meliodas, who is the owner of the Boar Hat bar and is also one of the Seven Deadly Sins. With her identity exposed, she is pursued by Twigo whom Meliodas quickly defeats. The princess joins him on his journey to find the other Deadly Sins in order to defeat the Holy Knights, who have orchestrated a coup d'état and have overthrown the king.

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Dark Pulse
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7.81
400 votes

#18 - Dark Pulse

Season 1 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/30/2014

The battle with the King comes to a close as he overpowers Guila with Chastiefol. Their time in the Capital of the Dead now over, Ban and Elaine have one more close moment, before being bid a farewell by Ellen and Luigi, who are revealed to have been ghosts this entire time...

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Even If You Should Die
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7.79
433 votes

#19 - Even If You Should Die

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/2/2014

Golgius appears and attempts to take Elizabeth and Meliodas' sword back to Liones. Whilst attempting to take the sword, Meliodas awakens, with no effect of the poison showing, proceeding to blast an aura that causes Golgius to make a hasty retreat. Meliodas and Elizabeth set off to Baste Dungeon afterwards, however, they are stopped by a confused Diane, who after hearing the sound of a bell, attacks the group. They try to run away from the berserk Diane, involving a pair of shepherds along the way, however Meliodas soon succumbs to the same bell, and begins to fight Diane. Meanwhile in Baste Dungeon, Ban is shown wandering around after having dealt with Jericho. It is not long before he is found by Jude of the Weird Fangs, who promptly stabs Ban in the chest.

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The Poem of Beginnings
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7.79
410 votes

#20 - The Poem of Beginnings

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 11/9/2014

Meliodas and Diane are still fighting each other; Elizabeth shouts for them to snap out of it, and for a few moments they do, until the sound of the bell once again spurs them to fight each other again. The Holy Knight Friesia comes in, threatening the life of the shepherds, however Elizabeth steps in to protect one of them, heavily injuring herself in the process. It is then revealed that one of the young shepherds is actually Ruin, and that he has been fooling them all this time. As Elizabeth gets beaten up by Ruin, she manages to knock off the bell that is causing the hallucinations; Ruin goes to punish Elizabeth further for doing so, but Meliodas quickly comes to her aid, thus beginning Meliodas' battle with Ruin, whilst Diane faces off against Friesia.

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The Vaizel Fighting Festival
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7.79
385 votes

#21 - The Vaizel Fighting Festival

Season 1 - Episode 10 - Aired 12/7/2014

The Byzel fighting festival commences! After the initial brawl only leaves 8 people standing. The three first rounds unravel with some interesting displays of power and a few surprises.

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Sin of the Sleeping Forest
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7.76
465 votes

#22 - Sin of the Sleeping Forest

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/19/2014

Meliodas, Hawk and Elizabeth travel to the Forest of White Dreams that even Holy Knights avoid. There, the Prankster Imps that inhabit the Forest of White Dreams attempt to confuse them by impersonating Hawk and Elizabeth in order to lead them away. After defeating them, they follow them and find the Serpent's Sin of Envy, Diane sleeping in the forest. Gilthunder suddenly arrives and binds all of them with his lightning magic. Meliodas battles Gilthunder, purposely allows the Holy Knight to slash him, and under the pretense of dying due to the grave wound, acquires information about the whereabouts of two members of the Seven Deadly Sins, King and Ban, as his apparent last wish.

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A Touching Reunion
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7.73
408 votes

#23 - A Touching Reunion

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/16/2014

Meliodas picks the ggroup's next destination to be the rumored location of the King, the Capital of the Dead.

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The Sword of the Holy Knight
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7.72
472 votes

#24 - The Sword of the Holy Knight

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/12/2014

Gilthunder, thus preventing the village from making the Bernia ale, which was their prime source of income. After innumerable unsuccessful attempts of the villagers to remove the sword with which the source was blocked, Meliodas easily removes the object. A celebration is held at the Boar Hat, and Meliodas was hailed as a savior by Bernia's villagers. Gilthunder, wanting to confirm whether the removal of his sword was an accident, threw a spear imbued with his power toward the town. Meliodas, however, easily stops and throws the spear back, destroying Fort Solgales.

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