User blog comment:DarkLordZeta/Chapter 427 review/@comment-112.198.83.116-20150407052902/@comment-7418318-20150407064541

God I wish people would stop throwing "ripp-off" around like crazy all the time...

Hiro Mashima has used similar things (though in far more moderation) in Rave Master more than a decade ago before Nanatsu no Taizai even existed! If he's ripping off anyone it's himself.