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 number 4 with 135,164 copies . The thirteenth volume had the manga 's best debut week to date , selling 442,492 for first place on the chart . The series was the ninth best-selling manga of 2014 , with over 4.6 million copies sold that year . For the first half of 2015 , '' The Seven Deadly Sins '' was the number one best-selling series . It finished the year in second place with over 10.3 million copies sold , behind only '' One Piece '' . It was the sixth best-selling of 2016 , with over 5 million copies sold , and the seventh of 2017 , with close to 3.6 million copies sold . The 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
Angoulême International Comics Festival
Angoulême International Comics Festival
The Seven Deadly Sins (manga)