Kami wa Game ni Ueteiru.

When Leoleshea, a dragon god, is accidentally awoken from her sleep within a glacier, she demands this era's very best game player be brought before her. After a year of waiting, she meets Fay Theo Philus, an apostle—a human granted a supernatural ability called an Arise and thus given permission to challenge the gods in games. Fay and Leoleshea realize they share a passion for games, whether it be with cards or a battle of wits with a god. Declaring that she likes this human, Leoleshea allows Fay to call her "Leshea" and team up with her to play in the gods' games.

Ever since the gods gave humans the ability to challenge them, they have promised to grant any wish after ten victories. Leshea desires to become an official god again, as she previously descended to the human world and lost her status as a divine being. Fay has only one goal: to find the woman who long ago taught him how to play games.

Though Leshea and Fay quickly prove themselves to be a capable team, the gods will not allow them ten victories so easily: every game has its own unique conditions and hidden rules. Together, the duo will have to act as a perfect team to finally achieve their goals.

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Leoleshea Main

Kitou, Akari Japanese

Philus, Fay Theo Main

Shimazaki, Nobunaga Japanese

Ouroboros Supporting

Tomita, Miyu Japanese

Diamond, Pearl Supporting

Tachibana, Hina Japanese

Dark Gia Scimitar Supporting

Itou, Kent Japanese

Blue Miipu Supporting

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Sea, Kerlich Supporting

Itou, Miku Japanese

Grimoire Supporting

Saitou, Chiwa Japanese

Cat Miipu Supporting

Yamaguchi, Kappei Japanese

Merchant Supporting

Iizuka, Aya Producer

Sawahata, Kouji Producer

Nakamichi, Keigo Producer

Kuwayama, Yukari Producer

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Jun 17, 2024

LunaBearReader

Recommended

Funny

Preliminary (13/13 eps)

100% would recommend!
It's funny, charismatic and a noteworthy place of nostalgia. You have a mixture of games from all who want to play to the message it brings, that no matter the losses you encounter, it's always fun as long as you have someone to play with. Anyone who states this is mid, has never felt alone. I love this anime because of the people you can be engaged with. This anime is far from boring and in my opinion better then some of the anime people find interesting. If you want a play by play of games, a hint of memories forgotten, and ... a sense of no matter what you choose your own fate. This is the anime for you! This is how I truly feel about it. I don't understand why it's rated so low when so much effort and time has been shown in this anime. I'm so happy that the Manga is still going and I can't wait for season 2 . Please make it come soon! 🙏

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Jun 24, 2024

Flacion

Mixed Feelings

In a world where the gods have decided to entertain themselves, by making humans play in their games. Where humans only hope to win ten times to make a wish come true.

In Gods’ Game We Play, do we follow the human Fay and the former god Leoleshea. We see them go through different gods games, in hopes of both getting their ten wins. On the way we see them meet other characters and together try and win the games of the gods.

The plot throughout the show is very much built around playing the god games and finding people to join their team. It is very ... much linear and is mostly just about these games, where the outcome is very predictable, but the road to it is not. So the plot is not that special in itself, but if you like seeing characters working through puzzles it can be entertaining.

The characters are not that interesting and seem very flat. In the beginning it looked like some very interesting plot for the characters could be built up,but it was sadly not followed through. Generally the characters do not really evolve either, they just get introduced and then that's basically it.

The only interesting thing in the show is the games, since they can be fairly entertaining to think about. The show introduces them quite well and makes it possible for the viewer to try and make their own strategy. But this hardly makes up for the lack of plot and character in the show.

Overall is it very mediocre show, where characters and plot are not that interesting, and it is only the games that give some flavor to the show. So I would recommend this if you like strategy games and how to work through them, but otherwise I would recommend finding something else.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Jun 24, 2024

KANLen09

Not Recommended

Funny

Gods' Games We Play - Man, imitation shows that try to go all No Game, No Life-ish, just fail so badly that it isn't funny at all.

We already all know what a great series of novelist Yuu Kamiya's No Game, No Life is like, there's just no need to explain that further. However, what needs to be mentioned is the multitude of imitation works like it...case in point, last Summer's Liar Liar, which was a half-ass effort in said series. If that doesn't scrape the bottom of the barrel any further, boy, do I have the perfect show for you: novelist Kei Sazane's Kami wa ... Game ni Ueteiru. a.k.a. Gods' Game We Play, which, believe me, is the totality of all things wrong. And you'd have to think about suffering yet another season watching the same author's works in anime form again.

In the first of 3 anime works from the "BS of an imitation" author for this year: this show, plus the upcoming Summer season with Season 2 of Fall 2020's Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjou, Aruiwa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen a.k.a Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World, and Naze Boku no Sekai wo Daremo Oboeteinai no ka? a.k.a Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World?, Kami wa Game ni Ueteiru. is the sum of all things wrong when compared to both the famed series and Liar, Liar (which was bearable thanks to the characters), and it doesn't help that this is Kei Sazane's latest work, having been serialized since 2021. I can't help but wonder what the executives at Kadokawa were thinking of letting this guy take famous works as inspiration and think that he can produce a suitable imitation that, while may not reach the fame of said works, is enough to produce a profit for everyone involved. This is just scum.

Anyways, this show is just Liar, Liar in retrospect, but an even worse blatant copy-paste effort where the story, characters, and over-explained and convoluted game rules are one and the same, with absolutely no originality at all. It's almost as if Kei Sazane found a working formula for his works by taking existing ideas and making them his wholly own, and like any dumb YouTuber, still proceeds to monetize as much of his garbage flare like it was nothing, being scot-free of any copyright strike. And to think that both works are affiliated by being serialized under the Media Factory's MF Bunko J publishing label, this "coincidence" is just uncanny, at least. It sucks the bland out of me so much that I don't even want to explain what the show is about, just go watch NGNL if you want a better experience.

The only good thing is that this show has Alia's rock-on OP, because it is such a waste to be used in a show like this. Also, Liden Films's production on this show is ass, it almost feels as if the staff team has people who read this source beforehand and know that it's bad, but they have no choice and are forced to work long hours animating this shitshow because they know their talents can be actually used for the better, say the studio's other show this season: Tonari no Yokai-san (which is actually good).

Oscar Wilde's quote, “Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness.” is so apt for this show, because if any imitation is going to happen, let the mediocre imitate you. Sorry, no thanks, I'll flush myself out of mediocrity and suffer some more for the upcoming season with the remaining 2 shows, then I'll be legit done.

Reviewer’s Rating: 1

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