The Seven Deadly Sins (manga) and enlist their help in taking back the kingdom from the Holy Knights. Written and illustrated by Nakaba Suzuki, "The Seven Deadly Sins" began as a one-shot pilot chapter published on November 22, 2011 in "Weekly Shōnen Magazine"'s 52 issue of the year. The manga started serialization in the magazine's 45 issue of 2012, released on October 10, 2012. The chapters have been collected into 31 "tankōbon" volumes as of April 17, 2018. The first of three planned story arcs was completed with chapter 100 and Suzuki has projected that the series will run for 20 to 30 volumes. The
Seven deadly sins of all sins, it has been deemed the devil's most prominent trait. C.S. Lewis writes, in "Mere Christianity", that pride is the "anti-God" state, the position in which the ego and the self are directly opposed to God: "Unchastity, anger, greed, drunkenness, and all that, are mere fleabites in comparison: it was through Pride that the devil became the devil: Pride leads to every other vice: it is the complete anti-God state of mind." Pride is understood to sever the spirit from God, as well as His life-and-grace-giving Presence. One can be prideful for different reasons. Author Ichabod Spencer states