Oct 7, 2019
Never have I watched such an underwhelming show. No Game No Life was an overly hyped and poorly written show. I don't understand why this show even has an 8.36 rating, it's god awful and people don't even see it for themselves.
---Story--- (1/10)
The anime hardly has munch of a story to it, although it is a rather unique story. It started out with potential but as the episodes progressed it got worse and completely wasted its potential. The story didn't seem to go anywhere or it was all over the place which made the show somewhat hard to follow as to what was going on.
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The episodes we also seemingly stretched out to where Sora and Shiro playing one game that lasted about 2 whole episodes and the game didn't even make sense in the end which was frustrating! (Those that have watched the anime probably know exactly what game I'm referring to in particular). Also a lot of the anime seemed is purely for fan service (this is probably the main reason that this anime has such a high rating), which keeps the story from properly progressing.
---Art--- (9/10)
The art is rather lovely with it's bright, various colors which adds depth to the scenery but sometimes the art is overdone and puts a bit of strain on the eye but otherwise it's great.
---Sound--- (7/10)
The openings and ending songs of No Game No Life is really good but other than that there isn't much else to say due to their not really being a lot of music paying during the anime itself; therefore, giving a pretty low score. It could have had music during some of the games.
---Characters--- (1/10)
The characters in No Game No Life are very underdeveloped and have no depth to them and are used mostly for fan sevice. Stephanie doesn't even really serve a purpose within the anime despite her being a main character she is there just to be made fun of by everyone calling her a moron and she is basically used for fan service and nothing more. Jibril is, like Stephanie, a remotely useless character that is also yet again used mostly for fan service and is also underdeveloped character. Shiro is somewhat more developed but still doesn't show any significant character change which is a HUGE part of character development but she was, like almost all of the female characters, was used for fan service and remind you she is only 11! Shiro also seems to have a disturbing and perverse relationship with her brother, Sora. Zell had yet again a somewhat useless role, although she did serve a bigger role and more character development than Stephanie and Jibril, but she did serve the role of competing against Sora and Shiro in one of the games. She did have her thoughts and feelings expressed which was an improvement from Stephanie and Jibril. Sora on the other hand had a bit more character development than all of the characters and is an at least decent character.
---Enjoyment--- (2/10)
Despite the problems with the anime the show was somewhat enjoyable. The show was somewhat entertaining and funny which was a somewhat redeeming quality. However, it did no fully compensate for the problems within the anime. Due to the fact that the episodes seemed long, stretched out, and sometimes pointless along with it being hard to follow at times as to what was going on, I wasn't able to properly enjoy this anime to its full extent.
---Overall Score--- (3/10)
This show was rather disappointing and quite appalling as to how flawed it was. There seems to be more fan service than actual story which is saddening to say the least, along with underdeveloped and pointless characters. This anime was a waste of time to watch and one I wouldn't recommend to watch. I hope this helps other people see for themselves how bad this anime actually is and that this gets rated lower.
Reviewer’s Rating: 3
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