Challenger

Challenger (挑戦者) is the second episode of the No Game, No Life anime series. It first aired in Japan on April 16, 2014 on AT-X, and later on April 18, 2014 on other networks.

Plot summary
Sora and Shiro learn that the human kingdom of Elchea is in a terrible state, as the whole population is confined in the last remaining city, after the previous king lost almost all their territory to the neighboring countries. The duo joins forces with Stephanie Dola to defeat Chlammy Zell and save the Imanity from their damnation.

Characters
The following characters are listed by the order which they appear in.

Major characters

 * Stephanie Dola
 * Sora
 * Shiro
 * Chlammy Zell

Minor characters

 * Speaking roles
 * Stephanie Dola's maids
 * Elderly official
 * Non-speaking roles
 * Fiel Nirvalen (flashback)

Events
For games, the challenger is listed before the challenged party.
 * Rock-paper-scissors match between Stephanie Dola and Sora, where the latter can only play paper
 * Result: Tie
 * Steph is forced to fall in love with Sora due to the pledges
 * Steph explains the 16 races of Disboard
 * Sora aspires to become the King.

Key differences from light novel
In the light novel,
 * Two mobile phones and laptops' cameras were deployed in the bath by Sora to peep on Stephanie, instead of just one mobile phone which Shiro blocked with her elbow. Shiro did not block Sora's cameras in the light novel, but later discovered the video of the two girls in the bath on Sora's PC.
 * Stephanie's home is located at the third district of the western region in Elchea, whereas the anime depicts her home to be within King City.

Trivia

 * The natural lingua franca for the Imanity is literally named Imanity-go (Imanity language).
 * The menacing look the siblings gave is a reference to Jojo's Bizarre Adventures.
 * In episode 2, as Stephanie Dola pounds her head on the wall, she screeches: "WRYYYYY!!". This is Brando Dio's famous cry from the anime "Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken".
 * When Sora yells objection (異議あり!) this is a reference to Ace Attorney (逆転裁判) in which Pheonix Wright regularly yells out this.

Credits

 * Screenplay: Hanada Jukki (花田十輝)
 * Storyboard: Watanabe Kotono (渡邉こと乃)
 * Director: Ikehata Takashi (池端隆史)
 * Animation director: Ozeki Miyabi (小関雅)