So with part one of this two part movie we got a lot of set up to show Tristan the son of Meliodas and Elizabeth making his way to Edinburgh to defeat the person casting a curse on his mother. Along the way he meets a mysterious fairy who turns out to be the childhood friend he accidently injured when he lost control in a sparring match years earlier. As the two have an awkward reunion after so many years they work together to stop the forces working against all the nonhumans of the world.

So where part one was all of the set up part two was the combat so the story elements are not as prevalent here. With that being said the core of the story focuses mainly on Tristan gaining some level of control or at least an understanding of the demon powers he inherited from his father. These types of story can be rather interesting except we don’t really have a lot of time to work with in this movie so there’s very little set up to this plot element here. We see instances where his control wavers and he’s motivated to just lose it anyways since he’s fighting the enemy but I felt like this struggle isn’t as fleshed out as it could be. Tristan’s fear of loosing control is a huge motivation for how he acts and fights but even as we explore this a bit his attitude towards his power and his character as a whole change very little and it just feels like this area ultimately falls flat as the conclusion isn’t a huge leap from where we started.

Now the story between the awkwardness between Tristan and Lancelot is both a good and a bad thing here. It’s good in the fact that it created a way for a very decent heart to heart between the two characters. Without giving too much a way the core issue between the two is that Tristan is scare of hurting someone he cares about with his power but Lancelot feels underestimated and coddled by this fear and would rather see Tristan go all out no matter what. This dynamic had all of the makings for great character development and great character interaction but there is one problem. Tristan and Lancelot just don’t have great chemistry together. Sure there’s tension but even then the two mainly just rehash the same argument over and over again with little variance that it becomes mundane. A lot of their arguments come down to just simply Lancelot pushing Tristan to let go while he is determined to not let his demon side out and it gets repetitive till the very end. It also doesn’t help that the Seven Deadly Sins themselves have amazing chemistry with one another so the lack of it here is glaring in comparison.

Since this part of the story is all about fighting the big bad I do love how the enemy’s motivation is directly tied to what happened to him in the Seven Deadly Sins but beyond that he just wasn’t interesting as all he did was fight and flee here so it all came down to how well the fights were done and they were not great. The animation, while of great quality, felt stiff as we see a lot of very brief moments of movement or just the same move used too frequently. One example I have is at one point Tristan is fighting a wizard and they are both shooting energy blasts at each other. This was something I expected to last for a couple of seconds but it actually felt like minutes as it just dragged on and on. Overall none of the battles were amazing.

So where part one was a story set up that felt like it offered little substance I hoped part two would have what was missing. It technically did but it was just ok. While nothing was inherently horrible the problems are evident here. The characters lacked chemistry, the fights lacked excitement and the story lacked that hook that captivated me. If it wasn’t for the fact it was a sequel to the Seven Deadly Sins I don’t even know if I would have bothered to finish it.