History Manga / FourKnightsOfTheApocalypse

* WritersCannotDoMath: In Liones, it is stated by [[spoiler:Arthur]] that everyone there was affected by the Holy War that occurred 16 years earlier, and we see multiple characters reflecting on their losses including two young children crying about their parents...despite the fact that they wouldn't even have been born 16 years earlier. In the collected volume release, the panel is changed to a young man.

* {{Bizarrichitecture}}: King Arthur's castle looks like a sphere with spiky towers sticking out all over it and it's surrounded by floating, shattered walkways.

* AntiEscapismAesop: Because of [[RealityWarper Arthur]]'s magical limitations, everything in Camelot literally comes at the expense of something else in the real world. He is an excellent sculptor and illusionist, but the raw materials- and the souls necessary to create illusionary ''people''- must be stolen from Britannia. The animosity these thefts provoke in outsiders mean that a person has to side with either Camelot or Britannia- and that those who choose the former can ''never leave'' it.

* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: King Arthur's castle looks like a sphere with spiky towers sticking out all over it and it's surrounded by floating, shattered walkways.

* CerebusRollercoaster: Sometimes the story is about gory PoliceBrutality and how pedophilia can tear apart families. Mostly it's about barrels of pudding.

* GeodesicCast: There are four knights, and each knight has three attachés- Percival's friends, Tristan's platoon, etc- that complement their character arc and provide subplots unrelated to destiny.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[BigBad King Arthur]] has ordered his troops to kill any of TheChosenMany they find- which, because they don't ''know'' much about those many, boils down to "kill anyone who's young and unusually powerful". For this reason, Lancelot kills any Camelot knights who penetrate his [[VoluntaryShapeshifting disguise]], to prevent them from reporting back to their king. [[AssholeVictim (Which, conveniently, they always state their intention to do.)]] [[spoiler:Unfortunately, Guinevere's precognition does not rely on meeting him in person.]]

* SpinOffspring: Two of the titular knights, Tristan and Lancelot, are the sons of two of the main characters of the previous series, Meliodas and Ban respectively.
* SuddenDownerEnding: [[spoiler:Part 1 ends with Percival, shattered by Mortlach's revelations, choosing to leave behind his human body and join his fellow Life Spirits, which seemingly leaves the Knights of Apocalypse one member short, just as they were about to enter Camelot and defeat Arthur. What makes it worse is Arthur responds by immediately ordering an invasion of Britannia.]]

* VirginShaming: Played with. One of the ways Guinevere teases the sixteen-year-old Lancelot is by saying that she knows the kiss they had mere seconds ago was his first. Lancelot unsuccessfully denies this, which makes him even more embarrassed. (''Not'' that [[MadOracle Guinevere]] has any room to judge someone's maturity.) It's also that he doesn't want her to have the satisfaction of knowing she [[ForcefulKiss stole]] his SacredFirstKiss.

* VirginShaming: One of the ways Guinevere teases the sixteen-year-old Lancelot is by saying that she knows the kiss they had a few pages ago was his first. Lancelot unsuccessfully denies this, which makes him even more embarrassed. (''Not'' that [[MadOracle Guinevere]] has any room to judge someone's maturity.) It's also that he doesn't want her to have the satisfaction of knowing she [[ForcefulKiss stole]] his SacredFirstKiss.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Nasiens develops feelings for Percival who [[ChasteHero doesn't understand romantic love yet]] and seems to be getting quite close to Anne. There's also Isolde who has a big BodyguardCrush on Tristan who is ObliviousToLove. Ironically, Isolde herself is oblivious to her childhood friend Jade's hopeless crush on her. Meanwhile, Guinevere and Jericho are both in love with Lancelot, but he thinks Guinevere is too young for him (at first) and Jericho is [[LikeBrotherAndSister like a sister to him]]. Guinevere then gets kidnapped to become the [[AltarDiplomacy "bride"]] of Arthur who ''also'' has an apparent case of unrequited love for Merlin.

* BisexualLoveTriangle: PlayedWith. Percival and Anne have an obvious interest in each other, but Percival's other friend Nasiens has a clear attraction for him too. Everyone thinks Nasiens is a boy, but some omakes (especially the GenderBender one) [[AmbiguousGender bring Nasiens' gender into question]].

* MuggleAndMagicalLoveTriangle: The BadassNormal Anne and the [[PoisonousPerson poison mage]] Nasiens both develop feelings for Percival.

* SpinOffspring: Two of the titular knights, Tristan and Lancelot, are the sons of two of the main characters of the previous series, Meliodas and Ban respectively.

* TimeSkip: The sequel starts six years after the final chapter of ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins''.

The manga is by Nakaba Suzuki, the original author of ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'', and has been serialized in ''Magazine/ShonenMagazine'' since January 2021. It has been released in English by Kodansha Comics under the title ''[[{{Subtitle}} The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse]]''. A spinoff movie called ''[[Anime/TheSevenDeadlySinsGrudgeOfEdinburgh Grudge of Edinburgh]]'' was released on Creator/{{Netflix}} in 2022.

The manga is by Nakaba Suzuki, the original author of ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'', and has been serialized in ''Magazine/ShonenMagazine'' since January 2021. It has been released in English by Kodansha Comics under the title ''[[{{Subtitle}} The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse]]''. A spinoff movie called ''Grudge of Edinburgh'' was released on Creator/{{Netflix}} in 2022.

* AttackOfTheTownFestival: In the Wallnack arc, the Four Knights of the Apocalypse and co. are attacked by Camelot Holy Knights during the town's annual festival of the dead.

* ArchnemesisDad: Ironside, the father of Percival, who tries to kill Percival in their first encounter.

* MuggingTheMonster: In Chapter 2, Donny uses his levitation powers on Percival and tries to run away with all of Percival's stuff. Donny gives back what he stole after Percival almost immediately catches up with his troupe's horse-drawn carriage, ''on foot''.

** Tristan saving Isolde from Melagand by carrying her in his arms bears a strong resemblance to Meliodas saving Elizabeth from Hendrickson during the Kingdom Infiltration arc.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Nasiens develops feelings for Percival who [[ChasteHero doesn't understand romantic love yet]] and seems to be getting quite close to Anne. There's also Isolde who has a big BodyguardCrush on Tristan who is ObliviousToLove. Ironically, Isolde herself is oblivious to her childhood friend Jade's hopeless crush on her. Meanwhile, Guinevere is in love with Lancelot, even though he initially finds her too young for his taste, but she's kidnapped to become the [[AltarDiplomacy "bride"]] of Arthur who ''also'' has an apparent case of unrequited love for Merlin.

* InternalHomage: The series references some events from the previous series.
** The reveal of Gawain's mini form is quite similar to that of Merlin's [[spoiler:true age]], especially because they're both small dark-haired sorceresses.
** Tristan saving Isolde from Melagand by carrying her in his arms bears a strong resemblance to Meliodas saving Elizabeth from Hendrickson during the Kingdom Infiltration arc.

The manga is by Nakaba Suzuki, the original author of ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'', and has been serialized in ''Magazine/ShonenMagazine'' since January 2021. It has been released in English by Kodansha Comics under the title ''[[{{Subtitle}} The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse]]''.

* DawnOfAnEra: Since the DeathOfTheOldGods in the previous series, a lot has changed; settlements are more racially mixed (Liones in particular has many openly non-human citizens), lots of hybrids no-one thought were possible before have started popping up, and the war against Chaos has [[EnemyMine overshadowed]] or replaced several prior conflicts. Appropriately, the viewpoint character is [[NaiveNewcomer Percival]], whose lack of setting-related baggage means he fits easily into the plot.

!!This manga provides examples of:

* AsYouKnow: In Chapter 70, Chion gushes about the abilities of Guila (a character returning from the prequel) to a fellow subordinate of hers. The monologue has three purposes: preventing [[invoked]] ContinuityLockout, introducing some genuinely new information about the character, and further establishing Chion's arrogant personality.

* DawnOfAnEra: Since the DeathOfTheOldGods in the prequel, a lot has changed; settlements are more racially mixed (Liones in particular has many openly non-human citizens), lots of hybrids no-one thought were possible before have started popping up, and the war against Chaos has [[EnemyMine overshadowed]] or replaced several prior conflicts. Appropriately, the viewpoint character is [[NaiveNewcomer Percival]], whose lack of setting-related baggage means he fits easily into the plot.

* InternalHomage: The series references some events from the prequel.

* AllThereInTheManual: The backstory of Lancelot, a protagonist, is in [[Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins the prequel]] (where it served as a SequelHook). It was also a bonus chapter that hasn't been officially released in English yet.

* WritersCannotDoMath: In Leones, it is stated by [[spoiler:Arthur]] that everyone there was affected by the Holy War that occurred 16 years earlier, and we see multiple characters reflecting on their losses including two young children crying about their parents...despite the fact that they wouldn't even have been born 16 years earlier. In the collected volume release, the panel is changed to a young man.

!!''Four Knights of the Apocalypse'' provides examples of:

* DistantSequel: The sequel starts six years after the final chapter of ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'', which itself was a DistantFinale set 10 years after the rest of the story.

** Lancelot, a perceptive introvert, has telepathy.

** Tristan, a PapaWolf, has [[SuperToughness durability]] and healing magic suited to protecting his friends.

The manga is by Suzuki Nakaba, the original author of ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'', and has been serialized in ''Magazine/ShonenMagazine'' since January 2021. It has been released in English by Kodansha Comics under the title ''[[{{Subtitle}} The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse]]''.

!!''Four Knights of the Apocalypse'' contains examples of: