Clash of Titans!!
WHAT. A. CHAPTER. Escanor vs Estarossa promised to be an epic battle when they first saw each other and hell it is.But first we have a scene with fleeing people who are suddenly worshipping Zeldris (I bet @lostvayne wanted to join them right away) as he is the commandment of “piety”. Which also means that the two commandments the demon king (apparently his name is Proxy) said had some kind of effect on Meliodas last chapter are from Estarossa and Zeldris. It’s a nice commandment, creating new subjects by scaring them and making them turn their backs to him would be a piece of cake. With an effect like that it’s no wonder he thinks overthrowing a kingdom should be easy. Well, Fraudrin had his circumstances too… He was alone, he doesn’t have a convenient power like Zeldris, he’d have to deal with Meliodas AND all the other sins. I bet he was about to defend his honor by saying even between the humans there’s still Escanor, but before he could Escanor presented himself already. Escanor and Estarossa facing off looks as epic as in the last chapter and FINALLY after some more talking (I LOVED that little conversation when Escanor warned him to not get angry and Estarossa is surprised at first, then smiles (goddamn, that’s so Mel’s smile, shit, I love it…) and Escanor smiles and then they start beating the shit out of each other) the fight begins - “light” attacks at first and it looks as if Escanor is losing after all but that didn’t impress him at all. But of course Escanor wouldn’t get beaten that easily, it’s Escanor we’re talking about after all! They seem pretty much evenly matched which makes it all the more interesting. Estarossa underestimated him and at the same time Escanor with his pride is underestimating Estarossa too and ARGH, it’s so good! Estarossa is starting to get serious then and pulls a short sword out of… himself? “Saha, the corporeal world”, I feel as if that world will play a bigger role now that it was mentioned… as everything that’s mentioned is--- So it’s something like… a parallel universe he can store stuff in? Is it his own unique ability or do others have access to that world too?The scene that follows has exactly the same feel to it as the scene in the fight against Twigo in the first chapter. You didn’t see it coming. The enemy attacked and it seemed as if it hit but then AFTER the hit they swing their sword down and the attack strikes the attacker instead. When Estarossa pulled out that sword it had a small resemblance to Meliodas’ sword since they’re both rather short and I thought “No, it can’t be”… But it happened… Estarossa actually has the same ability as Meliodas, “Full Counter”, with a small difference. Meliodas can redirect only purely magical attacks directed at him, while he can’t do anything against physical attacks… Estarossa can redirect physical attacks and while we don’t have the confirmation that he can’t redirect magical attacks that’s very likely. He also said himself that he can repel physical attacks and I’m just gonna assume he meant ONLY those. But with them both having the same ability… Are they really just brothers? Are they twins and that’s why they’re so similar? Or is there some deeper connection? I mean it’s almost like… if Estarossa and Meliodas somehow fused they would be able to repel ANY attack, magical OR physical… Is that a coincidence? That really somehow feels as if they were at least supposed to be the same person. Though twins would have that feel to them too... I don’t know…Escanor’s reaction though, GODLY XD I laughed so hard, he’s hilarious! He’s not fazed at all, just like “Well, of course it hurts, it was my attack after all”. Even Estarossa can’t hold himself. They make an awesome battle duo. It kinda makes me want to see how a fight where both of them are fighting together not against each other would play out… They’d make an awesome combo. AND THE BATTLE CONTINUES. This really looks like the battle of the century, both of them know no bounds. I want to see how it ends but I don’t want it to end. THIS is how you write epic battles.And I’m falling in love with Estarossa more and more… Please don’t let it end too fast...
