Meliodas (7 Deadly Sins) vs Cloud (FF7)

Everytime he dies he loses emotions (they're trapped in Purgatory) and regresses a little bit back to his old self where he was almost the strongest being in existence, its not a power boost in the traditional sense but I guess you can think of it like his emotions hold him back from accessing his full demomic powers:

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Reddit topic on the subject

Chapter 224 explaining the origins of his curse

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