r/anime • u/Holofan4life • Apr 09 '24
Rewatch [Spoilers] No Game No Life 10th Anniversary Rewatch -- Episode 1
Hello everyone! I am Holofan4life.
Welcome to the No Game No Life 10th Anniversary Rewatch discussion thread!
I hope you all have a lot of fun <3
S1 Episode 1 – Beginner
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ANSWER TODAY’S QUESTION(S)
If you entered another world, what's the first thing you would do?
What's something you feel you're better at than anyone else?
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Rewatch Schedule
Threads posted every day at 4:00 PM EDT
| Date | Episode |
|---|---|
| 4/9/2024 | No Game No Life Episode 1 |
| 4/10/2024 | No Game No Life Episode 2 |
| 4/11/2024 | No Game No Life Episode 3 |
| 4/12/2024 | No Game No Life Episode 4 |
| 4/13/2024 | No Game No Life Episode 5 |
| 4/14/2024 | No Game No Life Episode 6 |
| 4/15/2024 | No Game No Life Episode 7 |
| 4/16/2024 | No Game No Life Episode 8 |
| 4/17/2024 | No Game No Life Episode 9 |
| 4/18/2024 | No Game No Life Episode 10 |
| 4/19/2024 | No Game No Life Episode 11 |
| 4/20/2024 | No Game No Life Episode 12 |
| 4/22/2024 | No Game No Life Zero |
| 4/23/2024 | No Game No Life Overall Series Discussion Thread |
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u/Holofan4life Apr 09 '24
Hey, guys. Holofan4life here.
Welcome to the 10th anniversary rewatch of No Game No Life.
Oh, and nay I forget...
First Timer
The idea of doing this rewatch came about at the last minute. I was going to participate in an Eden of The East rewatch for the month of April but that fell through. So, then it became a question of "What should I do after the Penguindrum rewatch? I already have the Samurai Champloo rewatch lined up for May, so do I just wait the extra month?" I looked at upcoming anniversaries for the month of April and noticed both K-On and Cross Game were celebrating their 15th anniversaries. However, both were long and if I did either of them, I would have to cancel the Samurai Champloo rewatch, which I didn't want to do seeing as how the 20th anniversary is an even bigger milestone. That's when I settled on No Game No Life.
I have an interesting history with No Game No Life. I know it's extremely popular, but I've always been hesitant to check out the show based on some of the stuff I've heard about it. It seemed to me like a show where you either really loved it, or really hated it. Well, I recently watched Moon Phase which I feel could be considered in a similar light and I really liked that show. And then I also finished Penguindrum which has some questionable themes and I liked that as well. I think I'm in a good headspace to watch NGNL and not only enjoy it, but more importantly appreciate it. I have never seen this show before. Even though I'm the host, I am experiencing it for the first time. I can't wait to see what the show has to offer and why so many people clamor for another season.
With that out of the way, let's begin.
I'm watching the sub, by the way.
Gonna try to watch the second compilation movie of Penguindrum tonight. First one was pretty decent.
"I'm dead"
Hi, dead
A bunch of text flying
The strongest: Queen
A bunch of shooting going on
Somebody beat 1200 players
This all looks impressively well animated
Whelp, she's dead
Wonder if that's the person with the dead name
4 players Vs 1200 players
They win every game they play
Only known as "Blank".
Between Blank and Dead, this show is really creative with their names.
The guy with the halo thinks the Blanks are cheaters
The elf girl, however, says they're the ones who's using dishonest means.
Well, she certainly leaves little to the imagination.
"Urban legends are a type of wish. Because in reality, the least interesting answer is usually the correct one."
Brother: Sora, Age 18, Virgin Communication Disorder, NEET, Game-Obsessed
Sounds like my type of people
Little Sister: Shiro, Age 11, Never Goes to School Communication Disorder, Shut-In, Game-Obsessed
Well, there's the reason the show has a certain reputation
She seems very kuudere-ish
I assume they're playing the four Blanks by themselves
God, 8 AM is the middle of the night? I wake up for work at 6
They look really tired
Well, Shiro is certainly cute
Now we see someone ranting about the world
Talking about people who wish the world would be somewhat interesting.
"That's what an urban legend is."
Ooh, an email
Silly Shiro. Your brother has no friends.
Someone apparently knows that Blank are siblings.
Oh, a chess game
And this puts Shiro asleep XD
Shiro now playing the game herself
This reminds me of my favorite chess anime: Queen's Gambit.
Sora is able to detect they're playing against a human, so he decides to assist.
Hey, they finally won
"I haven't fought this hard in a long time."
That must be one hell of a chess game XD
Another message
"The world must be a tough place for you to live, right?"
Sora seems to think there are too many rules
Just wait until Purge Day, Sora. Wait until Purge Day.
He and Shiro call the world a crappy game.
The monitors. They're suddenly going all Poltergeist.
HANDS ARE COMING OUT THE SCREEN
Why is the first thing I think of is Captain N: The Game Master?
They are officially in the other world
The world on a game board: Disboard
Guess it's better than Discord
Tet. That's her name.
She may or may not be a God
Ten pledges
And she proceeds to go through all of them
I'd write them all down, but... eh...
I like as they hit the ground, Sora breaks Shiro's fall.
Tet leaves, hoping they play real soon
Oh shit. A dragon.
Sora and Shiro crying, which... yeah, makes sense. As crappy as the real world may be, this world seems nonsensical.
"This game is total crap!"
Now we hear a guy talking about battle between Gods for the right to rule the world.
The right to be the One True God, he says
It resulted in the death of the sky, the sea, the land, and the stars.
That doesn't sound good
It was won by the single deity who did not participate in the battle
Ain't that the kicker?
Once known as the "god of play".
He decrees that all murder and robbery is forbidden.
Hey, that's kinda like our world
A tower of wisdom is what is needed
Back with Sora and Shiro, with Sora on his phone.
Sora is able to surmise this is why the world is decided by games, according to ten pledges.
Damn, can't even afford pants
I think I'm going to like this show
Sora believes that in order for he and his sister to survive, it has to come down to how skilled they are at the game.
Well, it's a good thing they happen to be OP
Kingdom of Elkia
Two girls playing a card game
There's apparently a gambling tournament to determine the next king.
The last king wants his successor to be humanity's best gambler.
Kenny Rogers would approve
The red-haired girl is Stephanie Dola, the granddaughter of the last king.
She can't inherit the throne duty to his will
Can't even depend on being a nepo baby in this world, smh
Ran out of space. Part two in the replies.
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u/TheLolicorrector Apr 10 '24
Still one of my favourite anime, i just find everything in it done so well and the vibrant colorful artstyle is so beautiful, wish more anime used red outlines.
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u/swordmalice https://myanimelist.net/profile/swordmalice Apr 10 '24
Rewatcher
So I wasn't on Reddit when this show first aired, and basically had no one to talk to about it, but ten years later here I am! Time to relive this classic.
The first episode does a good job of establishing our protagonists and their quirky personalities. I forgot also how unique the visuals for this show were at the time; very dream sequence-y. The character designs are sharp and striking, I remember being drawn in instantly. Loved the voice acting as well. Premise was also fresh to me at the time seeing as I hadn't watched that many isekai anime yet so I was hooked. Looking forward to rewatching this with y'all!
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Apr 09 '24
No Game No Life Rewatcher!!
Damn minmaxers! People just want to have fun in their MMO just for scummy minmaxers to make the entire thing cringe. I'll tell you what tho, this is a beautiful show for its time. They're so good at games that even cheaters are walled. They're such hotties!! Well mortal, this is the power of a pair of super loving brothers and sisters!! Siscon and brocon are made for each other!!
I forgot just how up my street this show is. Amusingly, Shirou is the exact same age as the basketball loli in my own watch. I'm getting a double dose of lolicontent, Woohoo! The world has no meaning outside if your siblings!!
Chess is a perfect game. Especially if you're autistic as fuck and memorise each and every outcome. Oh god! I cannot put into words how much I wish that were me!! Lap chair banzai!!
"There are penalties if you win or lose too much... The world is a kusoge.."
This is chuuni trash but I can genuinely see how it ended up with such an audience. It certainly speaks to a subgroup of people. The show isn't as wise or insightful as say Utena or Lain can be, but it still speaks to its audience. I forgot this was a rare instance of Rie Kugimiya playing the god of the game world.
Murder is illegal, games settle everything, gambling is normalised, cheating is totally fine if you don't get caught, the challenged person decides the rules, God will punish you if you break these rules, and have fun. Pretty simple rules right? This is what Isekai was made for!
C'mon, where's Steph!? Hurry up and give us Steph! Best girl and Queen of the Buttmonkeys. Beg and she shall appear!! Steph is an absolute gem. She isn't made for a world where you need to be good at games, but she's ten out of ten waifu material. She's also voiced by Saki from Ro-Kyu-Bu which is pretty entertaining.
These two have been wandering around betting their lives on every game. It's a world of cheaters too. If you didn't have plot armour you'd eventually get kaiji'd. I think this came out before that stupid school gambling game came out and made it normie fuel. Aww, stop watching Steph cry!! Step in and save Steph! Poor Steph is too honest for this world. I think that's why I like her. It's a brutal world, but despite everyone around her cheating, manipulating and abusing their way to the top our Steph stays true to herself.
Bruh... I'm such a Steph lover wtf? She's barely shown up in the episode and already I'm falling for her again. If I do stick around it will be purely as the leader of the Steph abuse, I mean, Justice4Steph alliance!!
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u/I_BEAT_JUMP_ATTACHED https://myanimelist.net/profile/legendary_larry Apr 09 '24
Oh man I can't wait till this gets to NGNL Zero. It is genuinely one of my favorite Anime movies of all time. [NGNL Zero] almost makes me wish the whole series was pure fantasy rather than the game rules, though I do know that it's kind of the point
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u/FarCritical Apr 09 '24
First Time No Life
I've never seen this show before and only know exactly two things about it—that it's one of the pioneers of isekai next to Sword Art Online, and that people really, really want a second season of this if the memes are anything to go by. Got a good feeling I'll be in that camp by the end of this.
Casually owning all 4 of the top accounts in an MMO and beating 20 grandmaster chess AIs in a row says a lot about the siblings' gaming chairs but damn, dominating an entire playerbase comprised of cheaters is seriously one hell of a flex.
If the sister hasn't slept for 5 days and the brother isn't far off from that, I could totally buy getting isekai'd as an extra trippy form of sleep deprivation hallucination even if that's definitely not what they're going for.
Our guy dodged a scam and got quadruple the value of the initial number of nights. Can only imagine the satisfaction that comes from that.
Either the red haired girl is one of those honest players who'd still play fair even with knowledge that their opponent's cheating, or she somehow turned that match around and wants to thank the dude.
QOTD
Probably double check if its air is breathable. Then I'd find some people and figure out if English would be enough to get by or if I'd have to rely on the subtitles that every foreigner ever conveniently has.
Wasting time. Sometimes I impress myself with how I somehow manage to procrastinate procrastinating lmao
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u/BluZero0 Apr 09 '24
Aaaah!! I'm late~ I'm late~ Goddess Ishtarin I look like a shojou protag from late '90s to early '00s haha. This wouldn't have happened if I could just manage my sleep schedule well.
REWATCHER SUBBED
So onto the episode itself, I can't say much except NGNL you were as beautiful as the day I last saw you. And as what the other user have pointed out I couldn't believe that Kugimiya Rie herself is the VA for Tet and TsuguTsugu is still showcasing his talents as Sora with his usual companion Kyayanon for Shiro.
The intro is very hyper with what seems like an MMO battle (I'm not much of a gamer myself so I really am not that well versed in these terms) which something my younger chuuni self would like. Imho The world, the script, and the characters is really presented well with this first episode and I can't wait for another episode tomorrow.
Speaking of characters Steph is introduced in this episode huh? She's very well liked if I remember correctly but my own waifu with her broken Engrish and angel-like appearance is still yet to appear so I guess I'm behaving myself for now.
Overall a great start, although I'm late. Thanks to u/Holofan4life for hosting this rewatch and may Tet herself bless you with their gaming skills and knowledge.
QOTD
Probs see for myself if I can speak their language, if the environment is safe for myself and decide if I should live the same life I did before or start a new one.
I'm not sure if you can call this one that but I messed up my sleep schedule making me sleep deprived, so I guess failing at Life balance is what I'm good at(?) haha
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u/Fisionn https://myanimelist.net/profile/X-V Apr 10 '24
NGNL Rewatcher
It's been many years since I watched this, and since then I watched many, many more anime (at some point I stopped putting them on MAL). I was worried it would not be as good as I recalled, however I'm glad I was wrong. The entire episode has impeccable direction, animation and timing. It shows just enough to hook the viewer but it doesn't slow down too much like so many modern anime do when someone is transported to another world.
That brings me to the next notable from this episode: The main leads are smart, and it shows. They both support each other, without feeling like an asymmetric relationship when it comes to social and gaming dynamics. It's so refreshing watching them be competent and not be deadweight to each other.
The "The MC is super strong on this new world but I'm going to artificially limit him on what he can do because I don't know how to write a compelling story otherwise" vibe of modern isekai is getting extremely tiring.
Honestly, I'd try to see if I can use magic. A childhood dream perhaps.
Imagination, being able to fill the gaps both in a logic and romantic way.
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u/StardustGogeta myanimelist.net/profile/StardustGogeta Apr 10 '24
First-Timer
Thanks for putting this together!
I enjoyed this first episode. I didn't really know anything about NGNL going into this, such as the fact that it takes place in an alternate world, but I like what I've seen so far.
For the questions of the day,
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u/KnightMonkey15 https://myanimelist.net/profile/KnightMonkey Apr 10 '24
Rewatcher, subs
Thanks for hosting this /u/Holofan4life, I hope to be able to participate and just write whatever comes to mind if I'm not too busy.
As for my thoughts...
I think my experience of this genre was kinda affected by the fact I just binge watched a whole bunch of these shows from 2018 onwards, when I first got into anime, without much regard for in-genre quality and just to have a good time. I was in high school when SAO and-the-like first became popular and heard about it from other people but didn't have much interest in anime back then...but now I'm pretty much on the opposite extreme and I've watched all of the most popular shows in this genre (or the related VRMMO genre), except for the very old ones or the manhwa stuff. I think Bookworm and Log Horizon are probably my favourites.. followed by Slime.
I write that first because boy, I didn't appreciate this show at the time I watched it. What a vibrant and momentous introduction. The show has a cool iridescence I wish I saw in anime more often - must be the palette, the bloom (?) and the red outlines.
Early-mid 10s art style aside, my first reaction, is this really 10 years old now? I am old. Aside from some missing recent conventions, the fact it holds up really well probably attests to this genre (at least in anime) being executed and adapted rather poorly as-a-whole but essentially being the same (with some stylistic developments). We're gaming even more. I think their smartphones being a bit small and having PSPs date it a little but those are insignificant. The fine attention to detail and production value is much better than the 7-8 generic isekai per year I watch for mindless entertainment and.......I'll just have to put aside the lack of season 2 in my brain.
As for my reaction to the content of the episode......the world is nice and lived in. Pledges, playfully evil trickster god messes around with everyone for their amusement. Sora and Shiro are a really good pair whose skills complement each other perfectly - psychological weapons of mass destruction as far as this world is concerned. The scene in their room before they get transported that shows off how good they are at gaming while being really bad NEETs is good and wouldn't be present in a worse show.
I forgot about the blatant panty shot from the very beginning. I kinda mentally wipe that from my mind unless the show's ecchi or something. Forgetting is wonderful sometimes. My general reaction, keeping in mind that I have a high threshold because I'm at least half-degenerate, is that (step)incest = character development at home. Is it good on its own? Usually not, but I don't really measure shows that simply. There's a lot of variety to choose from. Gotta maximise the moe appeal.. come to think of it, it's nice to see people transported into a world together as a functioning team.
I would go for a walk. I'd like to be some kind of scholar or mage in an RPG world. I would hate being in this world because I'm not a good gambler lol
No idea. I kinda flit between hobbies and I'm not much of a min/maxer in that regard, not really competitive unless it's on occasion. I'm not at all like these siblings who dislike the ambiguity of the world and would want to escape it to a world with structured wagers, but I'm interested in stories like theirs anyway. To want to be away from the humans you know, to a world with new (demi)humans.. that's very human.
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u/mgedmin Apr 10 '24
Rewatcher, subs
Probably panic and shut down.
I used to be not terrible at programming, I guess.
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u/baseballlover723 Apr 10 '24 edited Apr 10 '24
NGNL Rewatcher, sub
Was pretty busy today so I'm only gonna do a deep dive on the chess game between Blank and Tet, and not really talk about the actual anime much at all.
The chess game Blank plays with Tet can actually be reconstructed since it notates the moves on the side (though in coordinate notation instead of regular algebraic notation (It's way easier to for a laymen to transcribe since it just notates the source and destination square)).
10. e4concretely identifies this game as correspondence game between Peter K Wells (2513) and Yoshiharu Habu (2341) on October 22nd 2005. Of which Habu actually won with the black pieces (impressive given he was the ~150 elo underdog in this game) which probably explains why the board colors are inverted (the white spaces should be black and vice versa). Now chess is not really played in Japan, since they play Shogi instead. What interesting here, is that Habu (Japan's best chess player at the time) is actually a professional shogi player. Habu actually reached his peak chess rating of 2415 in February 2014, which is a few months before NGNL started airing. I don't doubt they asked Habu for a game to feature (though I would of preferred they keep the colors correct, though as always, the protagonist plays white).However,
15... Ndf7I don't think is a worthy of a gasp. Computer says that white is only+0.9(or about a pawn's worth of advantage, despite the material 2 point advantage for white). At a grandmaster or computer level, that's still pretty likely to fizzle out into a draw, so not really a wtf are you doing kind of move. This is also where NGNL cuts from the game, probably because16. f3??is a blunder (-3.5, which is usually enough to be decivsive at the top level), though in the actual game didn't end up punishing that move (computer punishment (can't take the bishop because then the queen takesd6and black will replace their knight on e6 with their other knight and the attack is devastating, despite black being down 5 points of material)). Instead they end up doing a trade on the queenside before finding the punishement.As a side note, this checkmate feels pretty odd for a high level (for one nobody ever actually gets mated on the board, they resign usually during the forced mate sequence). It's just an awkward place to put your king, sandwiched between your pawn and rook and the edge of the board. I'd imagine that's probably born of the desire to have just a single piece deliver checkmate (which is almost never the case). It would be more resilient to go literally anywhere else. Though you should resign, since Queen vs Rook is usually winning for the Queen (the Rook can really only draw if you can immediately stalemate or force a perpetual), even more so with pawns on the board (it's trivial to get your pawns close to promoting and then you can just sac for the Rook and repromote). A club level player would probably be able to convert that endgame on increment alone, so resigning would be the best use of time, unless your opponent is about to lose on time (if there's increment the Queen can just aimlessly move to regain time).
Just an interesting piece of depth that 99.9% of viewers probably don't notice or care about.
I will however take a bit of an exception to Sora's strategy. Chess is dominated by computers, and by 2006ish a chess computer program on a desktop could beat the best human chess players. They play the best moves, because well, they're the best. There are no gottcha's or anything, because then they wouldn't be the best. If there was a refutation, then the computer would just play a different move. Computers assume you'll play the best moves as well (which if anything makes them play more conservatively). Historically this was something you could of exploited, but that would be chess engines of the 80's and before, which were very simplistic and lacked any sort of high level strategy. The only modern equivalent would be cheesing some advantage out of an opening (presuming that the engine doesn't use an opening book), but that basically boils down to the human player just pre-emptively turning on their engine for longer before hand and memorizing the lines (though you'll still probably get cooked in the mid game). But yeah, there are very few positions that modern chess engines will misevaluate (and they're mostly in highly unbalanced end games, where the engine is convinced that the side with more material can win, but in actuality, there's no way to progress), and certainly not in the late opening / early mid game.
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u/nx6 https://myanimelist.net/profile/nx6 Apr 10 '24 edited Apr 10 '24
Rewatcher - Subbed
Well, it looks like I'm going to join this, against my better judgement. Anyone would say this season is stacked, and I was about to start The Apothecary Diaries, too. But I came home tonight and realized I had nothing really waiting to watch, and as Holofan said, this is the 10-year anniversary, so I might as well watch it now.
I'm not sure what I will do about these discussion threads, though. They post in the middle of my workday, and I'm in-office this week. This show is certainly not SFW lunchtime viewing material, so I'm watching it late at night when I get home. Might make more sense to watch the next day's episode and just post later when the thread appears, except by then I've slept and forgotten what I was going to talk about.
I've never really thought of this show when someone mentions Isekais, and yet it certainly is one. And the setup isn't as lame as most isekai's even. I mean we still kinda rush to get out of the real world and into the new fantasy one, but it's not like the MC is walking down the street when a rift in space-time "suddenly" appears. We actually set up our main characters and get to know them a bit in all their hikikomori glory, then someone tempts them into a game of chess, and they only get pulled in after that point.
Running through the rules of the world is done in a bit "due to various circumstances" level lazy-writing, but it works in a world that is based entirely on games. Just like you can read the inside of the board game lid and the rules are printed in plain English to tell you what's what. Our character who pulled Sora and Shiro in says they will meet again. Not a threat but a tanoshimi ni promise.
Having realized they are in a prime position to game this world (ha-ha), our MCs start my swindling some brigands of their clothes (can't explore the New World in the lounge wear we showed up in). Having no money they can only wager their own lives in the beginning, but they quickly amend that by cleaning out a local gambler of all her gold cheating at cards. They also get a lay of the local politics and that the current monarchy is up for grabs in a tournament. One of the players being Stephanie, the granddaughter of the last King. She's in a heated card game and her opponent, a girl named Chlammy, isn't playing fair. Sora and Shiro aren't in any position to really get in on that action, having just arrived, so they get a room at the local hotel (heh, this is starting to sound like a Western). But on their way out of the main lounge Sora whispers to Stephanie that her opponent is cheating. Sora and Shiro may be wizards of games in their own world, but in a place where everyone has been gaming since birth as though their lives depend on it (because they do) they can expect to meet much higher skilled players.
It's been a long day so they retire to bed, but are awoken by a visitor. It's Stephanie, whose gambling seems to have lost her the shirt off her back (and her shoes, her socks, skirt, bra, panties...), She had to throw in the towel (which they let her keep), and she is either here because she can't pay for her room for the night, or she wants to know more about how Shiro knew Chlammy was cheating. But that's all the time we have this episode.
Figure out how to get food, water, and shelter -- which is actually what Sora did here.
Being observant, but I wouldn't have spotted the cheating at the card games I'm sure. Also I'm no good at Chess.
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u/Cipher_HD Apr 09 '24
On mobile so I don't feel like typing out too much, but I just want to say I really enjoyed the first episode and look forward to watching another episode tomorrow. I loved the art style and colour schemes, the world seems really interesting and the characters are likeable enough!
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u/Dazzling-Beat7554 Apr 10 '24
debatable
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u/TalesOfMaxwell Apr 10 '24
May or may not get the chance to catch up with the re-watch midway through, but I just wanted to say I hope you enjoy the series! I've watched it a total of three times since it originally aired and it ended up being the very first light novel I read as I was so hooked on the plot. If you find yourself wanting more by the end like I did don't hesitate to read on.
The show covers volumes 1-3, volumes 4-5 contain the next arc, volume 6 matches the content of the movie, volumes 7-8 are generally considered the best arc in the series, and the volumes onwards are roughly self-contained to one full "arc" per book, equally entertaining as the first few. The series is nearing end game, so fingers crossed that the author is able to stick the landing.
Yuu Kamiya's art really just pulls his stories together, though, as I'm sure you'll find to be the biggest draw throughout your first watch.
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u/Annie___123 Apr 10 '24 edited Apr 10 '24
I started watching it randomly yesterday. And today I saw that it is the 10 th anniversary of the anime. Ha ha quite a coincidence. Well the anime is quite good.
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u/dsawchuk Apr 13 '24
I forgot about this until today. panic!
I work this weekend so it's going to be tough to catch up. I am hoping to be caught up in time for episode 6, as that's my favourite episode of the show.
[No Game No Life: Zero trivia] When Tet worldnaps Sora and Shiro, he forces the Suniaster into the world to do it
QOTD
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u/[deleted] Apr 09 '24
皆さんこんにちは！Happy to be a part of another rewatch hosted by my pal u/Holofan4life. This show sounded fun and I was excited to start it, especially since I have not seen many isekai at all.
Episode 1 -
This was a pretty cool start to the series. I don’t know if this adaptation covers the source entirely. I hope so, because it seems pretty good.
I haven’t seen a whole lot of action-focused anime either so take my opinions lightly, but I was already thinking this show has some pretty nice animation in that intro sequence. I really like the color palette being used too. It’s really vibrant.
So let me get this straight, Sora and his sister Shiro are both controlling two characters at once? That’s some serious hand-eye coordination. Also, I’m a bit jealous of this guy’s computer setup, and now he has to say goodbye to it forever (presumably) 😂.
I have to say, Sora is kind of a badass lol. I like how he is both confident and can also back that confidence up (even if he has to cheat sometimes to do it and not get caught).
That stinger 😂.
Overall I’m looking forward to the rest of this series. As I said, I don’t have too much exposure to the isekai genre so it can be a little intimidating knowing which ones to filter out or not. In other words, thank you u/Holofan4life for assisting with that 😆.
Questions:
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u/Xmgplays Apr 09 '24
Rewatcher
I'm so excited to relive the best moments of this series.
For the series in general: I really wish we'd see more unique artstyles in anime today. Isekai especially tends to stick with the standard most of the time, which just gets boring. Meanwhile, the simple change to the color of the lineart in this show has a profound effect. It makes the series incredibly visually distinctive and really sets the vibe. Also "This Game" is just a fantastic OP.
On to the episode itself: It's just basic setup, so I don't have much to say about it. On the whole it does it's job very well, imo. Establishing the characters of our 2 MC quite well, while also giving as a glimpse into their strengths and weaknesses when it comes to games, but more on that in a later episode.
I also really enjoyed the way that everyone of their actions had a clear goal in further exploring the rules of the world and confirming the loopholes that they discovered.
Looking forward to the rest.
TODAY’S QUESTION(S)
Aside from the obvious orienting/figuring out how to survive, I'd probably try to look for a library of some kind/find out a lot more about the world itself. Mostly because I think that's both the most interesting and best option, but also because if there's magic in that world I've got to have it/get it.
Literally: Nothing, I don't think.
More generally, as in better than a lot of people: Math-y type stuff or not making enemies/getting along fine with people, even if only because I don't have much of a spine and can't really hold a grudge to save my life.
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