His body ablaze, his eyes ferocious, his power unparalleled, Escanor single-handedly turns the tide in a desperate fight to save the world. Escanor pushes himself past his regular boundaries, to the extent that he is eventually just on fire. What’s more important, however, is that noon is approaching - Escanor is about to use Sunshine at its most powerful for the final time. Escanor, at this point, is pretty much on par with the Demon King. Escanor’s introduction to the battle comes at a dire stage in the fight - just as the Demon King is about to gain the upper hand, the Lion Sin of Pride catches a would-be fatal blow and exerts his dominance. In a war of attrition spanning several consecutive episodes, Escanor and the rest of the Sins take on the Demon King, who has possessed Zeldris in order to manifest his power outside of the Demon Realm. Mael reluctantly obliges, paving the way for The Seven Deadly Sins’ greatest ever sequence. Escanor, knowing all too well that reclaiming Sunshine will be the death of him, asks Mael a single favour: Lend him Sunshine so that he can martyr himself in order to save the friends who once saved him. It’s not particularly unexpected, but Mael arrives and protects Escanor before he is brutally killed.
It is an exhibition of courage, loyalty, and a stupidity so brazen it is uniquely befitting of the Lion Sin of Pride.
Time after time, he gets back on his feet and charges again. Time after time, he rushes at the demon and is beaten bloody and bruised. In arguably the most affecting scene of the series’ last season, Escanor protects Gil, Howzer, and Griamore from one of Indura’s offspring with nothing but a short sword and a wooden shield. Not much to marvel at next to Meliodas, Ban, Merlin, King, Diane, and Gowther. It was originally Mael’s ability, so being the literal Sin of Pride, how could Escanor allow himself to keep it? Without Sunshine, though, Escanor is back to just being a scrawny poet. The problem is that once it was revealed that Estarossa, supposed brother of Meliodas and Zeldris, was actually a corrupted manifestation of Archangel Mael, Escanor’s Sunshine was taken away from him. These are his mates, remember - even around his best buds in the world, he’s a jittery little twig of a man who is afraid of his own shadow.īut he’s still the Lion Sin of Pride, right? This is exactly what makes him the star of the series’ final season - the fact that both sides of Escanor play equal parts in his identity as The Seven Deadly Sins’ strongest Sin. Earlier in the series, when Meliodas tracked him down to a bar hidden in an isolated ravine, he shat a brick within seconds of being discovered. He’s exceptionally smart but is far too shy to really do anything about it. Before learning to refine his power, Escanor used to vent by levelling literal mountains - something Merlin slags him about in the most recent batch of episodes.Īt night time, or when the sun isn’t out, Escanor is a scrawny poet who likes washing wine glasses. Even Meliodas, Dragon Sin of Wrath and firstborn son of the Demon King, struggles to keep up with him.
He has the most unique ability of the Sins - during the day, when the sun is shining, Escanor’s Sunshine allows him to become the embodiment of power itself. Related: Matt Braly On Amphibia Season Three, Animation During The Pandemic, And The Family Of Anne BoonchuyĮscanor has always been my second-favourite Sin after Ban. Major spoilers for The Seven Deadly Sins season five follow. While The Seven Deadly Sins’ final season teems with all kinds of brilliant moments, it’s best and quite literally brightest bit is focused solely on Escanor, the Lion Sin of Pride. I watched them with my brother and, no word of a lie, one of us would involuntarily shout “What the fuck” at least once every ten seconds. While the initial 12 episodes were excellent due to how cohesive they felt, the latter 12 succeed for the exact opposite reason - they are, put plainly, absurd to the point of near nonsense. Well, it’s probably more accurate to say its final half a season given that its conclusive outing was divvied up into two individual parts. The Seven Deadly Sins recently came to a close with its final, completely berserk season.