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Aug 4, 2014
Mixed Feelings
No Game No Life Review:

Mindset:
Made by the studio Mad House and watched with no expectations except that it is definite that the original manga was made in Brazil.

Synopsis:
Two fabled NEET sibling gamers get conveyed in a fantasy realm when all what you do is play games then soon purchasing the bed for Your Harem and triumph everything as a crazy empowerment fantasy never to be taken a tad seriously with convuleted strategies that is potentially metalogic by the intelect of the human psyche but proviedes a smirk- consequently making you hallucinate fluffy rainbows- consequently making you feel like its the epic journey of life.

REVIEW:
Indeed it is a necessity to notify that you do not watch this show for the story, it tries to convince you to think deeply but the reality is that the show is mostly dependant on woeful moments. And I might as well state that is the best show that made itself as a pure empowerment fantasy pandering over the Otaku audience because it got a majority of corrections. It was much more self-aware, the characters (as how much I want to bash them) served there purpose for there entertainment value. The story however; is to be described bluntly, was to move along everything and it is the entertainment variable which has transformed as the driving factor, not the plot! Which is not disappointing, on the other hand it really gives you the feeling that the world DisBoard is actually magical, majestic, golden and it makes you think that you just ate the burnt tobacco leaves mixed with purple shrooms and whisky, the Animation is the best I've seen from mad house (personally I find it better than wolf children) being definitly above average, oh how much You and I will love the extra effort by giving it a large range of colours making you love magical LSD. The fanservice is rahter extreme and some scenes are sitting next to the border line, You have clothes completely oblidarted, plot devices for female cosplay or even taking advantage by the laws of Disboard to show feisty fetishes. If You are not into that, then be prepared to be lashed out.

The characters were fairly well done overall as how much as I want to bash the archetypes, it seemed fittting for Sora's conquest to also increase the population density of he's Harem and in the critical eye it seemed to be a tad more tolerable, but archetypes, are still archetypes.

And this is how we should split the cake, everything to the sound, animation, (okay maybe not the sound) but the overall narrative and presence of the show reflects towards the fact that this show is not for everyone! Its pandering purely over the Otaku demographic as the whole thing seemed like an Otaku's fantasy realm and it was there to be a destination when one seeks out the deviating and guilty pleasure piece of fiction. For those who are not too much into anime and would rather hunt down for plot and characterization then it all boils down into a bad show. Either You call this “The best thing next to Shrek” Or “A piece of nude rubbish”

Replicated towards the reflection of the characters, they can become rather likeable at a short time span because of there silliness despite being archetypes and are not at all deep and four dimensional and are idealized by the Otaku mind thus making them undefeated. They are goofy at almost everything else but when playing a game there on Godmode, they do not develop and change through out the duration while simultaneously staying virgin. Nothing is “Ever” to be taken seriously at any specs of the imagination. In the world of Disboard, everything thrives by Idealism and Imagination, doing the impossible without difficulty and not being able to wash the dishes in our mundane reality.

LEGACY:
It's dum entertainment, erotic, overall very idealistic and delusional. Only stated and viewed as “Magical” by again; your local Otaku and intentionally not targeting the minds of those who watch too much Disney and Pixar. And I suppose you could like it if your eyes on fan service has reduced into saying that this is the new rule of cool.

CRITICAL SCORE:
6/10 – Epic-ish story of Otaku fantasy
6/10 – Archetypes used well to further emphasise the escapism
7.5/10 – LSD visual animation, further immerses You into another world.
7/10 – Orchestras FTW.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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