Four Knights of the Apocalypse
First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Percival (right) and Sin the Fox (left)
黙示録の四騎士
(Mokushiroku no Yonkishi)
Genre
Manga
Written byNakaba Suzuki
Published byKodansha
English publisher
ImprintShōnen Magazine Comics
MagazineWeekly Shōnen Magazine
DemographicShōnen
Original runJanuary 27, 2021 – present
Volumes14
Anime television series
Directed byMaki Odaira
Written byShigeru Murakoshi
Music byKohta Yamamoto
Studio
Licensed byNetflix (streaming)
Original networkJNN (TBS)
Original run October 8, 2023 – present
Episodes13

Four Knights of the Apocalypse (Japanese: 黙示録の四騎士, Hepburn: Mokushiroku no Yonkishi), also known as The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse,[4] is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Nakaba Suzuki. It is a sequel to Suzuki's previous series, The Seven Deadly Sins. The manga has been serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine since January 2021, with its chapters collected into fourteen tankōbon volumes as of October 2023. The manga is licensed in North America by Kodansha USA. An anime television series adaptation, produced by TMS Entertainment and animated by Telecom Animation Film, premiered in October 2023.

Premise

Set years after the disbanding of the Seven Deadly Sins, Britannia's most infamous Holy Knights, the series focuses on the young boy Percival, who discovers that he is destined to be part of a group of four knights prophesied to destroy the world. Targeted by the forces of Camelot as a result, Percival travels to find the other three members of the Four Knights alongside Lancelot, a Liones knight who is the son of the Seven Sins member Ban.[5]

Production

Development

Following the conclusion of The Seven Deadly Sins manga with the release of its 346th chapter, the final chapter of the series, in the 17th issue of Weekly Shōnen Magazine on March 25, 2020, it was announced by the manga's author, Nakaba Suzuki, that his next series would serve as a sequel to The Seven Deadly Sins.[6][7] The manga artist also revealed that the new series was tentatively titled The Four Knights of the Apocalypse, which he later changed by removing the word The at the beginning, giving the manga its current title.[8]

Characters

While planning the storyline for the manga, Suzuki originally desired to use the character of Tristan—who was introduced at the end of The Seven Deadly Sins as the son of Meliodas and Elizabeth Liones—to be the protagonist of Four Knights of the Apocalypse.[9][10] However, Suzuki eventually changed his mind, not wanting to have a main character so closely related to the cast of his previous series.[11] Instead, he decided to have Percival, a character created specifically for the sequel, as the protagonist.[12][13] During an interview in April 2021, Suzuki commented that, in regards to Percival's design, he particularly focuses on the cuteness of the character when drawing him, adding elements that are able to highlight this in Percival, such as his helmet and cloak.[14]

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Nakaba Suzuki, the manga was announced in November 2020.[15][16] The series began its serialization in Kodansha's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Magazine on January 27, 2021.[17] Kodansha has collected its chapters into individual tankōbon volumes. The first volume was released on April 16, 2021.[18] As of October 17, 2023, fourteen volumes have been released.[19]

North American publisher Kodansha USA has licensed the series for simulpublication in North America as it is released in Japan.[20] With the first five chapters of the series already available when it started to be published on February 23, 2021, on multiple digital platforms, including Crunchyroll Manga, BookWalker, ComiXology and Amazon Kindle, with a chapter of the manga translated into English being released weekly.[21][22][23] The series is available in English worldwide (except Japan) on the digital manga service Azuki, which was launched on June 28, 2021.[24] Additionally, Kodansha Comics started releasing the volumes in print on January 25, 2022.[25][26]

Volumes

No. Original release date Original ISBN English release date English ISBN
1 April 16, 2021[18]978-4-06-522982-8January 25, 2022[27]978-1-64651-452-6
  1. "The Boy's Departure" (少年は旅立つ, Shōnen wa Tabidatsu)
  2. "Chance Encounters" (邂逅, Kaikō)
  3. "On Father's Trail" (父の手掛かり, Chichi no Tegakari)
  1. "The Unknown Force" (未知なる力, Michinaru Chikara)
  2. "The Four Knights of the Apocalypse" (〈黙示録の四騎士〉, Mokushiroku no Yonkishi)
A youth named Percival lives with his grandfather Varghese atop an island above the clouds known as God's Finger. On Percival's 16th birthday, Varghese is fatally wounded by a knight in red armor who seeks to prevent the coming of four prophesied individuals known as the Four Knights of the Apocalypse. Before dying, Varghese reveals his killer to be Percival's father, Ironside, a Holy Knight from Camelot. Climbing down God's Finger for answers, Percival acquires traveling companions in the mysterious fox Sin and a street performer named Donny.
2 June 17, 2021[28]978-4-06-523579-9March 15, 2022[29]978-1-64651-454-0
  1. "The Next Destination" (目指すべき場所, Mezasubeki Basho)
  2. "The Demon of Echo Gorge" (木霊の谷の悪魔, Kodama no Tani no Akuma)
  3. "Percival the Guinea Pig" (パーシバル､実験台（モルモット）になる, Pāshibaru, Morumotto ni naru)
  4. "Venom-Mixing Boy" (調毒少年, Chōdoku Shōnen)
  5. "Trampling Upon Their Hearts" (心踏みにじりし者, Kokoro Fuminijirishi Mono)
  1. "Percival's Rage" (パーシバルの怒り, Pāshibaru no Ikari)
  2. "It's Showtime!!"
  3. "A Resolve Further Honed" (さらなる決意, Saranaru Ketsui)
  4. "The Lonely Young Lady" (孤独の令嬢, Kodoku no Reijō)
3 September 17, 2021[30]978-4-06-524838-6May 24, 2022[31]978-1-64651-455-7
  1. "Anghalhad and Her Dream" (夢見るアングハルハッド, Yumemiru Anguharuhaddo)
  2. "Sistana Shaken" (戦慄のシスタナ, Senritsu no Shisutana)
  3. "Confrontation with Evil" (悪との対峙, Aku to no Taiji)
  4. "Resolve for the Battle" (戦いへの覚悟, Tatakai e no Kakugo)
  5. "An Act of Evil" (悪の所業, Aku no Shogyō)
  1. "The Name of the Magic" (その魔力の名は, Sono Maryoku no Na wa)
  2. "Hope" (希望（ホープ）, Hōpu)
  3. "Young Heroes" (幼き勇者たち, Osanaki Yūsha-tachi)
  4. "Arthur Pendragon" (アーサー・ペンドラゴン, Āsā Pendoragon)
4 November 17, 2021[32]978-4-06-525999-3July 12, 2022[33]978-1-64651-604-9
  1. "Who's the Leader?" (リーダーは誰だ!?, Rīdā wa Dare da!?)
  2. "A Thrilling Day in Cant" (わくわくカント探訪, Wakuwaku Kanto Tanbō)
  3. "Uncle and Nephew" (叔父と甥, Oji to Oi)
  4. "Master and Pupil" (師と弟子, Shi to Deshi)
  5. "Roar of Destruction" (破滅の咆哮, Hametsu no Hōkō)
  1. "A Boy's Resolve" (少年の決意, Shōnen no Ketsui)
  2. "Raging Storms" (吹き荒ぶ嵐, Fukisusabu Arashi)
  3. "A Real Holy Knight" (本物の聖騎士, Honmono no Seikishi)
  4. "The Peaks of Fear" (おそろしの山, Osoroshi no Yama)
5 January 17, 2022[34]978-4-06-526601-4October 11, 2022[35]978-1-64651-605-6
  1. "The Evil Feast" (魔宴, Maen)
  2. "True Natures Exposed" (さらけ出された本性, Sarakedasareta Honshō)
  3. "A Sinister Endeavor" (邪悪なる試み, Jaaku naru Kokoromi)
  4. "Cernunnos, the Mystic Beast" (幻獣ケルヌンノス, Genjū Kerununnosu)
  5. "The Cornered" (追いつめられる者, Oitsumerareru-mono)
  1. "The Rescue" (救済, Kyūsai)
  2. "The Goat Sin" (ゴート・シン, Gōto Shin)
  3. "Fearsome Attackers" (恐るべき襲撃者たち, Osorubeki Shūgekisha-tachi)
  4. "Fissures" (亀裂, Kiretsu)
6 March 17, 2022[36]978-4-06-527286-2November 15, 2022[37]978-1-64651-606-3
  1. "The Dark Talismans" (闇のタリスマン, Yami no Tarisuman)
  2. "The Intense Battle Unfolds" (激闘のはじまり, Gekitō no Hajimari)
  3. "The Lost Children" (追い詰められた子羊たち, Oitsumerareta Kohitsuji-tachi)
  4. "The Chivalric Code" (助言, Jogen)
  5. "The Realization" (気づき, Kizuki)
  1. "Final Blow of Desperation" (追い討ちする絶望, Oiuchi-suru Zetsubō)
  2. "Departing from Sin" (シンとの別れ, Shin to no Wakare)
  3. "Lancelot" (ランスロット, Ransurotto)
  4. "Bewilderment" (とまどい, Tomadoi)
7 May 17, 2022[38]978-4-06-527911-3February 28, 2023[39]978-1-64651-728-2
  1. "The King of Liones" (リオネス王, Rionesu-ō)
  2. "Meliodas and Percival" (メリオダスとパーシバル, Meriodasu to Pāshibaru)
  3. "Triple Trouble" (トリプルトラブル, Toripuru Toraburu)
  4. "Trickery" (奸計, Kankei)
  5. "Tristan" (トリスタン, Torisutan)
  1. "Knights of Prophecy Meet" (予言の騎士の邂逅, Yogen no Kishi no Kaikō)
  2. "Liones in Panic" (リオネス・パニック, Rionesu Panikku)
  3. "Creeping Omens" (忍び寄る不吉, Shinobi yoru Fukitsu)
  4. "Led by the Nose" (手玉に取られる男, Tedama ni Torareru Otoko)
8 August 17, 2022[40]978-4-06-528656-2May 16, 2023[41]978-1-64651-729-9
  1. "Liones in Flames" (灼熱のリオネス, Shakunetsu no Rionesu)
  2. "The Fourth Arrives" (四人目現る, Yonninme Arawaru)
  3. "The Start of a New Legend" (新たなる伝説の始まり, Aratanaru Densetsu no Hajimari)
  4. "Taming a Wild Horse" (じゃじゃ馬ならし, Jaja Uma Narashi)
  5. "Those Seeking Revenge" (復讐者たち, Fukushūsha-tachi)
  1. "The Nightmare Anew" (悪夢は再び, Akumu wa Futatabi)
  2. "The Assessment" (品定め, Shinasadame)
  3. "The Four Knights vs. the Servants of Chaos" (〈黙示録の四騎士〉 vs. 混沌の使徒, Mokushiroku no Yonkishi vs. Konton no Shito)
  4. "The Nephilim" (ネフィリム, Nefirimu)
9 November 17, 2022[42]978-4-06-529487-1August 15, 2023[43]978-1-64651-910-1
  1. "Secret Maneuvers" (暗躍する者, Anyakusuru Mono)
  2. "The Blade of Treason" (裏切りの刃, Uragiri no Yaiba)
  3. "A Friend's Transformation" (友の変貌, Tomo no Henbō)
  4. "Freezing, Burning Hearts" (凍てつき燃ゆる心, Itetsuki Moyuru Kokoro)
  5. "The Demon Mela-Galland" (悪魔のメラガラン, Akuma no Meragaran)
  1. "Frantic Resistance" (必死の抵抗, Hisshi no Teikō)
  2. "Royal Holy Knights vs. Mela-Galland" (王国聖騎士 vs. メラガラン, Ōkoku Seikishi vs. Meragaran)
  3. "Advent" (降臨, Kōrin)
  4. "The Power of the King" (王の威光, Ō no Ikō)
10 January 17, 2023[44]978-4-06-529938-8November 7, 2023[45]978-1-64651-911-8
  1. "A King's Pride" (王の矜持（プライド）, Ō no Puraido)
  2. "Hyperion" (ハイペリオン, Haiperion)
  3. "King Arthur vs. Lancelot" (アーサー王 vs. ランスロット, Āsā-ō vs. Ransurotto)
  4. "After the Brawl..." (激闘終わって…, Gekitō Owatte...)
  5. "Their Respective Conflicts" (それぞれの葛藤, Sorezore no Kattō)
  1. "Prepared to Part Ways" (別れの決意, Wakare no Ketsui)
  2. "Transition of an Era" (パーシバル隊結成!!, Pāshibaru-tai Kessei!!)
  3. "The Gloom" (暗鬱, An'utsu)
  4. "Buddings" (芽生え, Mebae)
11 March 16, 2023[46]978-4-06-530933-9February 6, 2024979-8-88877-072-6
  1. "Guinevere" (ギネヴィア, Ginevia)
  2. "Departure"
  3. "The Four Knights Set Off!" (四騎士始動!!, Yonkishi Shidō!!)
  4. "The Bride's Greeting" (花嫁の出迎え, Hanayome no Demukae)
  5. "Confrontation" (対峙, Taiji)
  1. "The Great Wolnack Search" (どきどきウォルナック探訪, Dokidoki Worunakku Tanbō)
  2. "Madrigal of Youth" (青春マドリガル, Seishun Madorigaru)
  3. "Occurrence on the Night of Prayer" (祈りの夜の出来事, Inori no Yoru no Dekigoto)
  4. "Assassin in the Dark Night" (闇夜の刺客, Yamiyo no Shikaku)
12 June 15, 2023[47]978-4-06-531567-5May 7, 2024979-8-88877-073-3
  1. "City of Battle" (壁の街の戦い, Kabe no Machi no Tatakai)
  2. "The Never-Ending Requiem" (反撃, Hangeki)
  3. "Death Pays a Visit" (静寂の鎮魂歌（レクイエム）, Seijaku no Rekuiemu)
  4. "Unable to Be Said" (言えなかった言葉, Ienakatta Kotoba)
  5. "Flames of Reminiscence" (追想の炎, Tsuisō no Honō)
  1. "Shredded Hearts" (軋むココロ, Kishimu Kokoro)
  2. "The Crazed King" (狂王, Kyō-ō)
  3. "To the Demon Realm" (いざ魔界へ, Iza Makai e)
  4. "Intrusion into Demonity" (魔界への侵入, Makai e no Shinnyū)
13 August 17, 2023[48]978-4-06-532614-5August 6, 2024979-8-88877-206-5
  1. "A Demonic Welcome" (魔界の歓迎, Makai no Kangei)
  2. "Savior" (救い主様, Sukuinushi-sama)
  3. "The Wild Child's Solitude" (じゃじゃ馬の孤独, Jaja Uma no Kodoku)
  4. "Calamity Behemoth" (災いのベヒモス, Wazawai no Behimosu)
  5. "A Trying Week" (試される一週間, Tamasareru Isshūkan)
  1. "In Pursuit of Strength" (強さを求めて, Tsuyosa o Motomete)
  2. "Me Today Over Me Yesterday" (昨日の自分より 今日の自分より, Kinō no Jibun yori, Kyō no Jibun yori)
  3. "Wavering Hearts" (揺れるココロ, Yureru Kokoro)
  4. "Zarura N'Du" (ツァルラ・ンドゥ, Tsarura Ndu)
14 October 17, 2023[19]978-4-06-533154-5——
  1. "The Mission Begins" (任務開始, Ninmu Kaishi)
  2. "The Battle of the Albion" (アルビオン攻防戦, Arubion Kōbōsen)
  3. "The Boy of Destiny" (宿命の少年, Shukumei no Shōnen)
  4. "Vaz Zigra" (ヴァズ・ジグラ, Vazu Jigura)
  5. "The Battle Trigger" (開戦の火蓋, Kaisen no Hibuta)
  1. "Clash! Clash! Clash!" (激突!! 激突!! 激突!!, Gekitotsu!! Gekitotsu!! Gekitotsu!!)
  2. "Banquet for Braves" (強者たちの宴, Tsuwamono-tachi no Utage)
  3. "If Not You, Then Who?" (キミがやらずに誰がやる, Kimi ga Yarazu ni Dare ga Yaru)
  4. "The Washouts" (できそこない, Dekisokonai)
15 January 17, 2024[49]978-4-06-534182-7——

Chapters not yet in tankōbon format

These chapters have yet to be published in a tankōbon volume.

  1. "Resolve" (不退転, Futaiten)
  2. "Realm of a Master" (達人領域, Tatsujin Ryōiki)
  3. "Knights of 'War'" (〈戦争〉の騎士, Sensō no Kishi)
  4. "Prayer" (祈り, Inori)
  5. "The Day You Were Born" (キミが生まれた日, Kimi ga Umareta Hi)
  6. "The Day You Went Away" (君が消えた日, Kimi ga Kieta Hi)
  7. "Invasion" (侵攻, Shinkō)
  8. "The Fox Sin of Greed" (〈強欲の扉（フォックス・シン）〉, Fokkusu Shin)
  9. "In Search of Hope" (希望を探して, Kibō o Sagashite)
  10. "The Resisters" (抗う者たち, Aragau Mono-tachi)
  11. "Hewn in Two" (両断, Ryōdan)

Anime

In May 2022, it was announced that the manga would receive an anime television series adaptation, titled The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse.[50] Produced and planned by TMS Entertainment,[lower-alpha 1] and animated by Telecom Animation Film, it is directed by Maki Odaira, with scripts written by Shigeru Murakoshi, character designs handled by Youichi Takada, and music composed by Kohta Yamamoto. The main theme is composed by Yamamoto and Hiroyuki Sawano.[3] The series premiered on October 8, 2023, on TBS and its affiliates.[51][52]

Netflix acquired streaming rights to the series in October 2023,[53] which is set to start streaming on January 31, 2024.[54]

Episodes

No.Title [55]Directed by [55]Written by [55]Storyboarded by [55]Original air date [56]
1"The Boy's Departure"
Transcription: "Shōnen wa Tabidatsu" (Japanese: 少年は旅立つ)		Maki OdairaShigeru MurakoshiMaki OdairaOctober 8, 2023 (2023-10-08)
Percival is a boy who lives alone with his grandfather, Varghese, above the clouds on a mountaintop called God's Finger. On Percival's sixteenth birthday, a Holy Knight named Ironside arrives on a flying boat in hunt of Varghese, his former comrade whom he suspects is one of the Four Knights of the Apocalypse, a group of warriors prophesied to bring ruin to Ironside's liege, Arthur Pendragon. Ironside magically inflicts large gashes on the pair and leaves them for dead, but only Varghese is fatally wounded, while Percival mysteriously survives and heals from his injuries. Before dying, Varghese reveals Ironside to be Percival's father and urges Percival to find him, though Percival hesitates to leave until days later after finding a set of travel garments Varghese made for him. Donning Varghese's cloak and helmet, Percival climbs down God's Finger to the land of Britannia, where he encounters a red fox.
2"The Unknown Force"
Transcription: "Michinaru Chikara" (Japanese: 未知なる力)		Keiko OyamadaShigeru MurakoshiMaki OdairaOctober 15, 2023 (2023-10-15)
Percival follows the fox out of the woods and encounters a traveling circus troupe of failed Holy Knight initiates. The troupe allows Percival to accompany them to the nearest village, which is under attack by a giant wolf. With the help of troupe member Donny, Percival easily defeats the wolf to rescue an old man and his grandson, not knowing that the wolf is a familiar of Pellegarde, a Holy Knight and comrade of Ironside. Taking an interest in training Percival, Pellegarde arrives at the village and challenges him to a duel. Percival is nearly defeated, but after he is cheered by the grandson, a magic power emanates from his hands and allows him to fight back.
3"The Four Knights of the Apocalypse"
Transcription: "Mokushiroku no Yonkishi" (Japanese: 黙示録の四騎士)		Maki OdairaShigeru MurakoshiMaki OdairaOctober 22, 2023 (2023-10-22)
Pellegarde uses his fire magic against Percival's newly awakened power, which creates a swarm of "Mini-Percivals" that protect him and heal his injuries. Recognizing Percival's power as a form of rare Hero-type magic, Pellegarde identifies him as one of the Four Knights of the Apocalypse. Percival and Donny are rescued by the red fox, who safely teleports them several miles away from Pellegarde. The fox, Sin, explains he is tasked with escorting Percival to the kingdom of Liones, revealing that Percival is destined to destroy the world as one of the Four Knights, and that the Holy Knights pursuing them are from Camelot, a kingdom within a realm of chaos ruled by King Arthur. While hunting for food at Echo Gorge, Percival saves a fairy-like creature from a sinister young herbalist named Nasiens, who drugs Percival to use as a test subject. The local fairies warn Donny and Sin about Nasiens, whom they blame for turning the gorge's plants and wildlife into monsters.
4"The Demon of Echo Gorge"
Transcription: "Kodama no Tani no Akuma" (Japanese: 木霊の谷の悪魔)		Kim Min-SunShigeru MurakoshiMaki OdairaOctober 29, 2023 (2023-10-29)
Under Nasiens' captivity, Percival learns that Nasiens is developing an antidote for the poisonous miasma plaguing Echo Gorge, with the animals' mutations being an unintended side effect of his experiments. Deciding to trust Nasiens, Percival willingly drinks the untested drug despite its potentially lethal effects, proving it to be a success. After Percival convinces the fairies of Nasiens' innocence, Nasiens spreads the drug across the gorge and restores it to its original state through his magic ability, Mix Venom. However, the gorge is poisoned again by Ordo, Nasiens' long-lost mentor and adoptive grandfather, who has been transformed into a monster under the control of the fairy creature whom Nasiens imprisoned earlier. Realizing Ordo is the true source of the miasma, Percival promises to return Ordo to normal.
5"A Resolve Further Honed"
Transcription: "Sara naru Ketsui" (Japanese: さらなる決意)		Yūichirō YanoShigeru MurakoshiYūichirō YanoNovember 5, 2023 (2023-11-05)
The fairy creature controlling Ordo is shot by an unseen archer, revealing the creature to be a puppet of Talisker, a Holy Knight of Camelot. Percival is initially unable to use his magic, leading Nasiens to attack Talisker by himself, but regains his power after protecting Nasiens from Talisker's weather manipulation magic and gaining Nasiens' complete trust. While battling Percival, Talisker reveals he transformed Ordo on Arthur's behalf for helping the non-human races of Echo Gorge. Under Sin's guidance, Percival defeats Talisker by focusing his magic power into a sword-like form, which causes Talisker to drop the mystical Chaos Staff he used to manipulate Ordo, allowing Sin to destroy it and restore Ordo to human form. Percival resolves to stop Arthur and all of Camelot, angered by their disregard for non-humans, while Nasiens joins Percival's group to explore the world at Ordo's request. The group travels to the nearby town of Sistana, unaware that Ironside is there.
6"Sistana Shaken"
Transcription: "Senritsu no Shisutana" (Japanese: 戦慄のシスタナ)		Hideki Tokonatsu,
Yūsuke Nakagama		Shigeru MurakoshiHiroyuki FukushimaNovember 19, 2023 (2023-11-19)
At Sistana, the Mini-Percivals lead Percival's group to uncover a buried piece of the Coffin of Eternal Darkness, a mystical relief once used to seal the Demon Clan away. The group is confronted by Anghalhad (Anne), the local lord's daughter and an aspiring Holy Knight, who had buried the piece to hide it from Ironside. Suspicious of them due to her magic ability to detect lies, Anne is surprised by Percival's sincerity when he returns the piece, which she instead entrusts to him for safekeeping. That evening, Ironside reveals the rest of the Coffin to the townsfolk, promising their protection from the Four Knights of the Apocalypse in exchange for its completion. Witnessing this, Sin realizes he intends to activate the Coffin by sacrificing the townsfolk. While the others rush to protect the piece, having left it at their inn room, Percival brings Anne along when she endangers herself trying to expose Ironside's deceit. However, the piece is stolen by a demonic servant of Ironside disguised as Anne's maid, allowing Ironside to complete the Coffin. Sin sends Percival's group to destroy the Coffin as Ironside begins the sacrificial ritual.
7"The Name of the Magic"
Transcription: "Sono Maryoku no Na wa" (Japanese: その魔力の名は)		Nobuo TomizawaShigeru MurakoshiNobuo TomizawaNovember 26, 2023 (2023-11-26)
Ironside's ritual summons a horde of spirits that transform Sistana's architecture into monsters. Percival attempts to break the Coffin of Eternal Darkness, but Ironside's overwhelming magic power and skill prevent him from coming close. Donny is intimidated into abandoning his friends, while Nasiens remains to help Anne defend Percival, enchanting her rapier to poison Ironside and hinder his movements. Nevertheless, Ironside strikes the group down and kills Percival, causing the Mini-Percivals to vanish and leaving his friends unable to revive him. Unaware of this, a returning Donny expresses confidence in Percival, which makes one of the Mini-Percivals reappear, renewing Nasiens and Anne's belief in Percival's survival. As his friends continue to affirm their faith in Percival, the Mini-Percivals multiply and bring him back to life. Percival credits his friends for fueling his magic, which he names "Hope".
8"Young Heroes"
Transcription: "Osanaki Yūsha-tachi" (Japanese: 幼き勇者たち)		Akira YamatoShigeru MurakoshiHisao YokoboriDecember 3, 2023 (2023-12-03)
Ironside's summoned monsters are slain by a young man seemingly called by Sin to protect the townspeople. Ironside admits defeat and asks for Percival's forgiveness, but Anne exposes his surrender as another attempt on Percival's life, sending Ironside into a rage. With Nasiens' poison continuing to hinder Ironside's attacks, Percival succeeds in splitting the Coffin of Eternal Darkness, while Donny uses his power of levitation to retrieve the relic's centerpiece, the Dragon Handle; Percival's attack also destroys Ironside's helmet and reveals his face, unnerving Percival with his father's resemblance to Varghese. Ironside's comrade Mortlach convinces him to return to Camelot, likening the monsters' unidentified attacker to one of the Seven Deadly Sins, the most formidable warriors in Britannia. Sin returns following the Holy Knights' retreat, lying that the attacker was a group of forest animals. Percival's group leaves Sistana afterwards, joined by Anne with her father's approval.
9"Master and Pupil"
Transcription: "Shi to Deshi" (Japanese: 師と弟子)		Yasurō TsuchiyaShigeru MurakoshiHiroyuki FukushimaDecember 10, 2023 (2023-12-10)
Percival's group travels to the fort town of Cant to prepare for a journey across Dalflare Range. At the town tavern, Donny encounters his maternal uncle and former mentor, Captain Howzer of Liones' Holy Knights, who is ashamed of Donny for deserting his knight training out of cowardice. In a drunken state, Howzer confiscates the Dragon Handle from Donny and berates him into running away, mistakenly accusing him and his friends of stealing the relic. Disgusted by Howzer's behavior, Nasiens challenges him to a drinking match, which Nasiens easily handles due to his immunity to alcohol. While Howzer is distracted, Nasiens deduces from the town's unusual wares and prices that the townspeople are selling stolen goods. His suspicions are proven when the townspeople intoxicate Percival and Anne into a stupor, revealing themselves to be a gang of bandits led by Edlin, another former apprentice of Howzer.
10"Roar of Destruction"
Transcription: "Hametsu no Hōkō" (Japanese: 破滅の咆哮)		Yasurō TsuchiyaShigeru MurakoshiYūichirō YanoDecember 17, 2023 (2023-12-17)
Howzer passes out from his drinking match, allowing Edlin to imprison him and Percival's group. The group is released by Taizoo, the town bartender, who reveals that Edlin has blackmailed an ancient dragon into following his commands by stealing its egg and creating an illusory copy of it, with the real egg having already hatched. Meanwhile, Edlin attempts to recruit Donny, summoning the dragon to coerce him when he declines. However, some of Edlin's minions expose his deception to the dragon when they accidentally destroy the fake egg during a mutiny, provoking the dragon into attacking Cant. Howzer refuses to take action, still intoxicated and bitter towards Donny and Edlin, leaving Percival and Anne to search for Donny while Nasiens tends to the dragon hatchling hidden in their cell. After Donny rescues Edlin and declares his intent to resume his training, Percival saves them both and battles the dragon, but finds his magic ineffective against it.
11"A Real Holy Knight"
Transcription: "Honmono no Seikishi" (Japanese: 本物の聖騎士)		Haruki KasugamoriShigeru MurakoshiNobuo TomizawaDecember 24, 2023 (2023-12-24)
Sin rebukes Howzer for his poor treatment of Donny, revealing Donny's role in saving the Dragon Handle from Ironside, as well as Percival's identity as one of the Four Knights of the Apocalypse, which makes Howzer regret his earlier harshness. Howzer quickly defeats the dragon after being magically soberized by Nasiens, who reunites the dragon with its child, calming the dragon. Apologizing to his pupils, Howzer promises to train the repentant Edlin again and reconciles with Donny, who explains his past cowardice as a misguided attempt to live for his deceased mother's sake. Howzer offers the handle back to Donny, but Donny is too nervous to take the responsibility of carrying it. Percival accepts the handle instead, with Howzer forging it into a sword for him. Before Percival's group leaves Cant, Sin privately transforms into the young man from Sistana and fires an enchanted arrow over Liones in the distance, signalling his retrieval of Percival to Liones's king, Meliodas.
12"A Sinister Endeavor"
Transcription: "Jaaku naru Kokoromi" (Japanese: 邪悪なる試み)		Nobuo TomizawaShigeru MurakoshiHiroyuki FukushimaJanuary 7, 2024 (2024-01-07)
Percival's group travels through Dalflare Range, where he and Donny find a village inhabited by people with black eyes and frozen, smiling faces. The two carelessly cross a magic barrier into the village, where they are treated hospitably; following after them, Sin is put to sleep by the village elder. A local hunter, Ardd, stops Nasiens and Anne from entering the village, warning that the villagers are monsters in human disguise. Unable to cross the barrier himself, Ardd offers to help Nasiens and Anne rescue their friends. Anne determines Ardd to be trustworthy after he says his daughter, Connie, was taken by monsters as an infant. As instructed by Ardd, Anne enters the village with Nasiens and destroys its idol, which lifts the barrier and exposes the villagers' true forms as members of the Demon Clan. However, the demons remain docile and friendly, with the seemingly human elder explaining he has been protecting them from Ardd, who reveals himself as a Holy Knight of Camelot named Ardbeg.
13"The Cornered"
Transcription: "Oitsumerareru Mono" (Japanese: 追いつめられる者)		Nobuo TomizawaShigeru MurakoshiChika Nenbe,
Kamadon		January 14, 2024 (2024-01-14)
14"The Goat Sin"
Transcription: "Gōto Shin" (Japanese: ゴート・シン)		TBATBATBAJanuary 21, 2024 (2024-01-21)

Reception

Popularity

In June 2021, Four Knights of the Apocalypse was nominated for the seventh Next Manga Award in the Best Printed Manga category.[57]

Critical response

Ever since it began its serialization, the series has received a generally positive reception from fans and critics alike.[58] Junko Kuroda said the manga is "definitely an adventure fantasy that can be enjoyed smoothly", even for fans unfamiliar with The Seven Deadly Sins.[59]

Notes

  1. 1 2 Under "Unlimited Produce by TMS" brand.[3]

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