 No Game No Life is a surreal comedy that follows Sora and Shiro, shut-in NEET siblings and the online gamer duo behind the legendary username "Blank." They view the real world as just another lousy game; however, a strange e-mail challenging them to a chess match changes everything—the brother and sister are plunged into an otherworldly realm where they meet Tet, the God of Games. The mysterious god welcomes Sora and Shiro to Disboard, a world where all forms of conflict—from petty squabbles to the fate of whole countries—are settled not through war, but by way of high-stake games. This system works thanks to a fundamental rule wherein each party must wager something they deem to be of equal value to the other party's wager. In this strange land where the very idea of humanity is reduced to child's play, the indifferent genius gamer duo of Sora and Shiro have finally found a real reason to keep playing games: to unite the sixteen races of Disboard, defeat Tet, and become the gods of this new, gaming-is-everything world. Welcome to the very first discussion thread to be posted to the Nyanime Club! Spoilers for the entire series of No Game No Life will be in this thread. Here you can talk about whatever aspect of the show you want to. You are free to go into as much detail as you want or you can keep it short and sweet. All the rules that are posted on the front of the club page apply to this thread. We will be sharing our opinions in this thread. Sometimes people won't have the same opinions as you. We all have different preferences and backgrounds in anime and any and all opinions are valid. Please be respectful of each other. <3 |
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| I haven't watch this so... I'm going in blind... Time to see why people call this anime good! |
| It seems like...as an anime watcher... I've still got a ways to go! |
| This show's pretty polarizing, actually. I personally love it but I can see why it's not for everybody. It has been dubbed the "Justin Beiber of Anime" before, after all. >_> I'll be posting the easter eggs/ references in the show as we go along here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1c03A1OaEu6TTs_hJ7mR5pSKfAjv0-uMaN7Q68yIaoBY/edit# |
RedVelvetAllureNov 18, 2017 10:23 AM
| So I have seen stills and gifs of this anime. The aesthetic seems really interesting, maybe a little too "sugary-sweet" for me, but maybe my thoughts will change. I'm still not sure what the actual premise is and I'm okay with walking in blind. We'll see how this goes. I really hope they don't lewd the loli. |
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| 3 Episodes In. Good fun so far. Beautiful aesthetic and animation. Good shot composition as well. The world and characters don't feel as fleshed out as I would want them to be but I'll see what I think by the end. |
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| I've already seen this show and I loved it the first time, and watching it again is reminding me of how much I really liked it. I don't normally rewatch anime unless its short and really good. Like I would not watch Naruto all over again, but I did like it. Anyways, I don't want to mention too many spoilers for those who check this board before the stream is over. I will say that Jibril is my favorite character, though I like a lot of them. I will also concede to InducedPhobia that the anime doesn't go into as much detail with some characters as it could. I feel that it does develop the characters, just really fast and to the point. Though I feel this is alright for a 12 episode anime with a lot of characters to introduce. The main cast receives some development throughout so thats good. I like the art style in this anime and the opening is AMAZING! I think my favorite game in the show was Materialization Shiritori. When you guys finish the anime, you will know the one I am talking about. I'm excited to see what other's think of this show and I am happy that this club was started so that we can all share in our love of anime together. |
| Captain's Log: Episode 5 The show's art, animation, music, and characters have been amazing so far. Things somehow keep escalating. And the show hasn't had a moment that has bored me yet. About to head deeper into this wild ride, and I'll talk more about things later. |
| It seems like...as an anime watcher... I've still got a ways to go! |
| I love this show glad Tom is enjoying it but my waifu is coming next |
| Final thoughts. I didn't really get the show until episode 4. When Sora says "Thanks for bringing us to this world, this is where we belong" I think I was able to understand, vibe with, and ultimately have fun with the show. The writing and characterization isn't very appealing to me but I cannot deny the amount of fun I had with the scenarios, humor, and visuals. It was definitely a fun romp. |
InducedPhobiaNov 18, 2017 5:42 PM
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| 4th time to watch this series again and, per usual, it was a fun ride! I had fun listing down all the references, though I'm pretty sure I still missed one or two there. Steph is still best girl, Chlammy/Fi is still OTP and Konomi Suzuki's iconic OP is still hype af. Rewatching this show with the NyanCave community that is finally not something DR related (though the DR references still popped up in chat XD) was a fun thing to do and I can't wait to do it again tomorrow. :D |
| Yeah, I was kind of trying to make that point while I was watching the stream. To me, the enjoyment factor from this show comes from the "wacky" situations the characters get into, the amazing animation, and the jokes/references. I feel its a very self-aware anime and that it doesn't take itself too seriously, it just wants to take us on a wild ride, and I think it delivers. PS I am still wearing my Jibril shirt. |
ClarificationPlzNov 18, 2017 5:54 PM
| Time for my "a-bit-too-late-because-I-didn't-feel-like-writing-at-3am-but-who-cares" final thoughts... I really enjoyed this... The animation was great and I really liked the artstyle... not to mention that the OST was also great. The characters were good... and while I would have loved to get to know them a bit better, there is not a lot that you can do in 12 episodes... Also the Sora and Shiro never felt too OP... the situations they were put in were so ridiculous that they needed to use every bit of their brain, as Kurami said: "Every single one of your victories have been a close call". Talking of the situations they were put into... I enjoyed all of the games... and even though this is the type of show were you should expect the protags to win, I found myself at the edge of my seat at moments, not because I thought they were going to lose... but because of how they were going to win. I feel like in these types of shows the most important thing is not "where we are going" but "how we are going to get there". And even though I say this... I have to admit that the end of Episode 9 threw me off balance... those ending credits scared the shit out of me... So yeah... that's about it... I enjoyed the animation, characters, humour, music and the story to some degree... So yeah! ... ...I... I really don't know how to end this post... so uh... Steph-is-still-best-girl-okay?-Bye! |
| It seems like...as an anime watcher... I've still got a ways to go! |
With upcoming Overlord S2, I highly doubt this statement. People keep saying this when Madhouse has done plenty of sequels. Hunter x Hunter, Chihayafuru, Black Lagoon, and Kaiji had sequels, just to name a few. |
| Clearly, there are so many anime that we want sequels of but do not necessarily need. The blame shouldn't be put to Madhouse, to the production committees however. |
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