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 as the father of all sins. Lust, or lechery (Latin, ""luxuria"" (carnal)), is intense longing. It is usually thought of as intense or unbridled sexual desire, which leads to fornication, adultery, rape, bestiality, un-natural sexual practices and other immoral sexual acts. However, lust could also mean simply desire in general; thus, lust for money, power, and other things are sinful. In accordance with the words of Henry Edward Manning, the impurity of lust transforms one into "a slave of the devil". Lust, if not managed properly, can subvert propriety. German philosopher Schopenhauer wrote as follows: Dante defined lust as the