Grandmaster

Grandmaster (国王) is the fourth episode of the No Game, No Life anime series. It first aired in Japan on April 30, 2014 on AT-X, and later on May 2, 2014 on other networks.

Plot summary
After several struggles, Sora and Shiro manage to defeat Chlammy Zell. They, however cannot agree upon who of them is to become "King" and start a strain of endless games to decide who it is that should be crowned. After more than a day, Sora realizes that there was never a need to just have 1 king. This discovery brings an end to their competition. They are crowned the king and queen of the Elchea Kingdom. Later on, they are approached by Tet, who confirms that they may play against him for the title of "One True God", should they be able to conquer all the other Exceed in the world and thus obtain all the chesspieces needed for the challenging game. They accept his challenge with a smile.

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

Major characters

 * Chlammy Zell
 * Sora
 * Stephanie Dola
 * Shiro
 * Tet

Minor characters

 * Speaking roles
 * Former king of Imanity (flashback)
 * Elderly official
 * Minister of Agriculture
 * Minister of Economy
 * Hatsuse Ino


 * Non-speaking roles
 * Fiel Nirvalen
 * Hatsuse Izuna
 * Miko
 * Jibril
 * Inn-keeper
 * Three unnamed thieves

Events
For games, the challenger is listed before the challenged party.
 * Conclusion of the match of chess between the siblings and Chlammy Zell
 * Result: The siblings win
 * Coronation of the siblings (interrupted several times by Sora and Shiro due to the misunderstanding that there could only be one king/queen)
 * 3-day-long match of normal 'Old maid' between the siblings
 * Result: Tie
 * Compulsory rock-paper-scissors match between Sora and the Imanity ministers, where Sora plays scissors and all ministers are forced to play paper
 * Coronation speech by the siblings to the Imanity, in which Sora declares war against all other races

Key differences from light novel
In the light novel,
 * The Race Piece did not magically appear in the sky during the siblings' coronation speech.
 * Tet did not appear out of no where to speak to the siblings, nor did he teleport them to the roof. Instead, Stephanie unknowingly brought Tet into the king's meeting room while she was still wearing the maid outfit.

Trivia

 * This is the first episode in which the title's katakana has a different meaning from its kanji. The katakana (グランド・マスター) reads 'grandmaster', while the kanji (国王) means 'king of the country'.

Credits

 * Screenplay: Hanada Jukki (花田十輝)
 * Storyboard: Hosokawa Hideki (細川ヒデキ) and Watanabe Kotono (渡邉こと乃)
 * Director: Nakamura Kinsei (中村近世)
 * Animation director: Abe Chiaki (阿部千秋) and Yamamoto Michiko (山本径子)

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