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Jan 21, 2015
Story: Oh, how I came across this anime was pretty...well, like how I came across any other anime actually. Before my high school career ended, I met a boy who turns out to be my college best friend, Luis, who was watching it and recommended it to me. He said that the anime was about two kids going into a world where it was all about games. Okay, something new, fine. Little did I know what I was getting myself into. The story is very interesting because the main mission is for Sora and Shiro to become the greatest gamers in the gaming world. That's it. Nothing distracts the purpose in all twelve episodes. Though the gaming setting is not that original, it was the first time since Sword Art Online I've seen something that's not having to beat all of the levels to escape. In fact, Sora and Shiro (brother-sister duo) don't even want to escape. They hate their own world more than anything. However, most of the scenes are fan service for men. Sometimes, the only way to defeat a person in the games has to deal with fan service. Because of what I can explain, I would rate this section a 7 out of 10.

Art: Fan service and pedophilia is most I can say about art. My closest friends know that fan service is the one thing that destroys good anime. Most of the scenes in this anime are of Stephanie Dora's chest, almost vagina (Luis told me that the manga was full fledged nudity and to save my sanity by not reading it), and naked little girls. Why I chose to watch it? Well, I wasn't informed it was going to be that bad! Still, I like how some of the characters look with their clothes on, but it didn't strike me to be so impress. I rated this section 5 out of 10.

Sound: The theme song to this anime is one of my favorite theme songs of all fucking time. Luis exactly performed the song on guitar for me once, and I was very impressed. Like Ouran's ending theme, this ending song didn't impress me much either. However, I did find the little clips of young Sora and Shiro to be cute. The music for the battle scenes did bring some suspense and excitement to when it was the most important. Because of those reasons, I rated this section 9 out of 10.

Characters: If you want me to be honest with you, I didn't find every single character in this anime to be...likable. I mean Shiro's okay because I felt bad for her after watching her backstory. When Sora disappears, I felt even more bad for her because that was when I realized she had more personality than the tired, Wonder Bread one I saw a lot of times before. Stephanie knew what was up some of the time, but she acted like a damsel in distress for the rest of it. I almost hated Sora at first, but I came to realize that he was my favorite character in the whole series. Though he has perverted tendencies, he's really smart and he has a protective personality towards Stephanie and Shiro when they are in danger. The thing that pissed me though that I never got Sora's backstory on why he hates society back in the real world. I see him have panic attacks, but I never got the reasons why for them. I rate this section 8 out of 10.

Enjoyment: As far as enjoyment goes, I wouldn't get too excited about this show. I guess it's all about preference, but I wouldn't rewatch this if I was forced to. There were some occasions when I just wanted to get rid of this show off of my watching list, but there was something that made me watch all twelve episodes just to see what happened. Would I want a second season of this show since it left on such a cliffhanger? Probably not, but I don't know just yet. I rate this portion a 6 out of 10.

Overall: Again, it's all about preference. If you guys want to see No Game No Life for yourselves, I won't stop you. After putting numbers together (God, I hate Math.), the overall rating for this show to me is 7 out of 10. I do have to say that if you're really against fan service, especially if it's girls having to show their privates to get viewers, don't watch this. You'll be pissed off all of the time.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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