Manga: Seven Deadly Sins 27

Seven Deadly Sins Vol 27
Rating: 4/5
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Source: Copy courtesy of the publisher! 

When they were accused of trying to overthrow the monarchy, the feared warriors the Seven Deadly Sins were sent into exile. Princess Elizabeth discovers the truth - the Sins were framed by the king's guard, the Holy Knights - too late to prevent them from assassinating her father and seizing the throne! Now the princess is on the run, seeking the Sins to help her reclaim the kingdom. But the first Sin she meets, Meliodas, is a little innkeeper with a talking pig. He doesn't even have a real sword! Have the legends of the Sins' strength been exaggerated...? 

Volume 27 picks up right when we left off, and we see that....situation, shall we say, come to a close before we're finally snapped back to the present. We've spent quite a few chapters back in the past, and I've been itching to get back to the present and see what's going on! 

King...well he's kind of like a Pokemon this volume. Our little King, evolves...or starts to at least. He's like a Bulbasaur that's levelled up to an Ivysaur. The bulb on his back has started to bloom and it's not long before he'll become a fully flowered Venusaur. Diane gets a power upgrade to, so all the Sins are united together, they're all powered up and ready to throw down. Which is the first indicator that s*** is about to get real. 

But first we have to deal with the Gowther Problem. He really is...such a creep. But I do feel for him after the revelations of last volume, and I've been intrigued to see how this is all going to be resolved. It was certainly...an interesting resolution and mini revelation! And alongside that the Boar Hat gets an upgrade too! 

Not to mention Margaret. She really surprised me this volume, she's all suited up and ready to square up and go get her man and I actually was fully cheering for her....even though I'd kind of forgotten about Gil going missing....oops. 

As we reach a certain point in this volume, everyone's ready to finally face off with the Commandments. I think that's actually the whole goal of this volume.....finish getting everyone ready, powered up and developing them more. Get them all in one place, and then everything's sorted before we start the next phase of the story. 

We end the volume with the Sins fully armoured up and heading off to Camelot because Camelot isn't in the best place and Merlin has made a rather interesting statement about Arthur, and I'm choosing to interpret that differently than a perhaps...romantically. It's made me think there's something going on with Arthur, or some vital connection she and Arthur have...which wouldn't be surprising as they're you know...Merlin and Arthur. Legends. Unfortunately, I'm kind of gutted that things are looking kind of bleak for Ban and his happiness. 

While this isn't an action heavy volume, we do get the answer to perhaps one of the biggest questions of the series...what's the deal with Elizabeth and her lookalikes!?