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Why does episode 4 of _Nanatsu no Taizai: Seisen no Shirusi_ state this as the
end of the series?

In the opening song, there's a scene where Meliodas is fighting the devil, but
it's never shown in the story line. Also at the end of each episode, there's a
scene, which I think, is the main story for this season.

Is there's any explanation why _Nanatsu no Taizai: Seisen no Shirushi_ is only
4 episodes?


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Why is Nanatsu no Taizai : Seisen no Shirushi only 4 episodes?


**TL;DR** This was never intended to be a full season. This is just an
intermediary series to keep the audience's interest while the real season 2
can be finished once the Manga is sufficiently ahead.

[MyAnimeList: New 'Nanatsu no Taizai' TV Series Announced for
2016](https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1432652).The page clearly states,

> The announcement does not specify whether the new series is a sequel.

This has been done before for example with Magi. Post season 2, several
episodes relating to Sinbad's history were released so that the Season 3 had
enough source material.

This is a original mini arc written by the author himself. According to the
[discussion on MAL.](https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1495671)

> This is basically a movie, but instead of releasing on theaters, it’s been
> released on TV in 4 episodes....  
>  Anyhow, I’m cool with that as long as it is written by the mangaka (which
> it is). Hopefully we will get an announcement later this year (or maybe
> next) about a possible sequel in 2017.... I doubt there won’t be one given
> the great success of this franchise.  
>  Also, this was never announced as a second season to begin with, so I’m not
> sure why some of you’re surprised by this... It was announced as Nanatsu no
> Taizai (2016), not Nanatsu no Taizai Second Season (2016) from the very
> beginning. If this was indeed a second season, they would have added that to
> the title the day it was announced, simple as that.  
>  Anyway, looking forward this original mini arc story written by Nakaba
> Suzuki himself.


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