The Seven Deadly Sins (manga) fan book were both released on February 17, 2015, while a guidebook for the anime called was released on April 17, 2015. As of August 2014, the collected volumes of "The Seven Deadly Sins" had 5 million copies in circulation. By January 2015, this number had grown to 10 million sold. As of 2018, the series has 28 million copies in circulation. The first collected volume of the series sold 38,581 copies in its first week, ranking number 13 on the Oricon manga chart. Its second volume ranked 5 selling 106,829 in its first week, while its third debuted at
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