The Seven Deadly Sins (manga) 2014 edition of "Kono Manga ga Sugoi!", which surveys people in the manga and publishing industry, named "The Seven Deadly Sins" the fifth best manga series for male readers. The title was named Best Shōnen Manga at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards alongside "Yowamushi Pedal". It was also nominated for the 2014 Manga Taishō award and as Best Youth Comic at the 42nd Angoulême International Comics Festival in France. The North American releases of volumes two and four charted on "The New York Times Manga Best Seller" list at number seven and nine respectively. Rebecca Silverman of Anime News Network
Seven deadly sins citizens. When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle." Unlike the other capital sins, which are sins of committing immorality, sloth is a sin of omitting responsibilities. It may arise from any of the other capital vices; for example, a son may omit his duty to his father through anger. While the state and habit of sloth is a mortal sin, the habit of the soul tending towards the last mortal state of sloth is not mortal in and of itself except under certain circumstances. Emotionally