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Jun 17, 2019
Mixed Feelings
Spoilers
Plot
Two super-intelligent neet are transported to another world where everything comes down to games. You can't kill, assault, etc. The only thing that's allowed in that world is to play for what you want. There are 16 races that exist in the same world and compete to further govern the world.

Not that I hate the series, but if I have my problems against this one. Even if Here I'll just talk about the plot. First, it's the rhythm of the series. I mean, he's a couple of protagonists and his way of advancing the world. It's okay for them to arrive and prove that they're capable of kicking some, but it feels like in this world it's settled for them. And this affects from the characters, their rhythm or their own games. For example, the same rule of The Whites (Never Lose) can ruin the experience. It's the same as with One Punch Man, you know they're going to win, so you stop asking the question when and you start to wonder how.

This can get tiring, because the series feels like it's smart and that it always fools us. Like he's teasing us like his characters. But if you consider that they always win, you start to wonder how, you look for clues and pay attention to what happens, ending the magic of discovering the mystery. Something else in this regard. There are some moments that feel very forced, especially in the games, make the protagonists have everything done effortlessly. And this does not series bad, if only this told us something, once again as One Punch Man, that tells us about his world and how the purest heroism unfolds, but No game No life it just tells us that the protagonists are very bad and that they will always win, nothing more or nothing less.

Art
I can't say that art is bad, but if at first you use it as an expressive medium, don't abandon it. The series separates the "boring" world is gray and dry, while the gaming world is full of light and colors. It also happens with Shiro or Sora, who almost lose their color when their being or motivation is lost. But from now on, it all comes down to lights and colors that are sometimes saturated.

Sound
Sound plays an important role, but I can't say it's outstanding. Obviously in games and in important moments the music rises and gives power to the scenes. But when we talk about music in general, I can't say that it's much that gives the series.

Characters
Characters are what hurt me the most and I liked. The series has the potential to bring its characters to life, but is crushed by the series and its way of drawing our attention. Sora suffers the same disease as Kirito de SAO, is an emptycharacter,emptyenough to identify you with him,and set aside this super OP. You feel that you can be him, whocando what he does and that because he has something that you don't, in this case, his intelligence and ability, want to be like them. Without a doubt, it's a character that doesn't convince me and I know that it's built just to trick me and that it points to the series.
Another example, Shiro, who wants to give him an importance in the series as the special girl, but only gives him an echii companion role of the protagonist, taking away everything special that supposedly has. The amazing character that surprised me the most at first was Steph, who, although he is a clichédcharacter,but is the one who stays true the most to his own construction, there is as a spectator and companion of the protas.

Like I said, a lot of potential but few applied.

Enjoy
It's true that I've enjoyed the series and some games, but I still keep my point that the series uses a Deux ex machine in excess.By not showing me real watering, it does not give me much interest, let alone if they do not justify the Deux.
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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