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No Game No Life (ノーゲーム・ノーライフ) is a Japanese light novel series written and illustrated by Yuu Kamiya. It has been published by MF Bunko J (KADOKAWA Media Factory) since April 2012. There are various abbreviations such as "Noge," "Nogera," and "Nogenora."

Overview
No Game No Life is a game fantasy comedy novel about a genius gamer brother and sister who are summoned to a different world where "everything is decided by games."

This is the light novel debut of Kamiya, a manga artist and illustrator, and is a rare work in which both the text and illustrations are done by the same person. Since he was always the one who drew the illustrations, he wanted to write the author's postcards one day, which led to the realization of this work.[1]

Originally, the story was created for a manga and was to be drawn by a different person. At the person's request, the idea of a battle manga was scrapped, and the concept of a "fantasy world where you can't battle" was born, and by combining games, to which Kamiya himself devotes everything but his work, fighting is forbidden by God, and "everything is decided by games," a story of another world was created.[1]

It was ranked as one of the best light novels of all time by Takarajimasha (Japanese publishing company stationed in Chiyoda, Tokyo) in their "This Light Novel is Amazing! 2013 edition" publication it ranked 16th in the works category and 2nd in the new work category. In the 2014 edition, it was ranked 10th in the work category, 3rd in the 2015 edition, and 6th in the 2016 edition. As of February 2018, the series has sold over 4.5 million copies worldwide[2].

As a media mix, the manga version has been serialized in Monthly Comic Alive since the February 2013 issue. In addition, an anime adatpation was announce in July 2013[3] and has been airing since April 2014. Outside of Japan, the novel has been published by Dongli Publishing (Taiwan)[4] and the manga has been translated by Sentan Publishing (Taiwan)[5]. Since December 2014, the manga and novel have been simultaneously published in Brazil by NewPOP Editora[6]. An anime film for the series was announced at MF Bunko J Summer School Festival 2016 and was released in July 2017.

Story
『　』(Blank)―that was the name of a genius gamer who had a winning streak in every game and was said to be unbeatable no matter what means they used, including cheats and assist tools. They have an undefeated record in every game they play, and is considered an urban legend by some.

One day, Sora and Shiro, the true identity of 『　』, receive an e-mail that read, "Have you two ever felt like you were born into the wrong world?" The sender of the e-mail, Tet, summons 『　』 to his own world after hearing 『　』's answer that their world is a "shitty game." This is the world that 『　』 had dreamed of, a world where everything in the world is decided by simple games, under the absolute laws of the world, the Ten Covenants, and the proclaimed intelligent Ixseed (sixteen races)―a world called Disboard.

『　』(Blank)
They are the strongest gamer in the world, undefeated in all kinds of games, and has become an urban legend that even with the use of tool assists and cheats, they will win.

Their true identities are Sora and Shiro, a pair of brother and sister-in-law.

They were summoned to another world after winning a game (net chess) against the One True God, Tet.

They are so communicative that it is almost impossible for them to communicate with others alone, so they are always within the (physical) range of each other's recognition.

They have reached the pinnacle in over 280 games, but have never played "The Game of Life" and "The Game of Love" properly because they don't understand the rules. They have also been deeply traumatized by Drag-On Dragoon (an action RPG for the PlayStation 2 released by Square Enix on September 11, 2003). Once, they had to move out of their house in a hurry after their opponent, who they had defeated in the game, identified their address. In the early days, they went to the arcade to play crane games, so it's not like they never went out. They were also neglected by their parents who had already left them behind. They are currently the King and Queen of Elkia, and the plenipotentiary of Immanity.

According to Jibril, they are "structurally human", but Jibril defines them as "unknown" because she cannot detect any of the spirits that all creatures of Disboard must have in their bodies.

In the battle against the Old Deus, when Jibril set up a "strategy simulation game" that recreated the "Great War", the rules were set so that the loser would die, and they chose a method to prevent anyone from dying, and suffered their first defeat [Note 1].

In order to play the game with Tet, the One True God, for the title of "world's best gamer," they are forming the "Commonwealth of Elkia," an alliance of multi-species nations.

Sora
Voice - Yoshitsugu Matsuoka

The main character of this work. 18 years old. He is unemployed, a virgin, unattractive, has communication pproblems, is a video game addict, and is Shiro's stepbrother (stepchild of his father who remarried).

His role in the game is in the humanities. He is good at fields related to history, society, economy, politics, law (rules), and other fields related to people (intervening entities of will) [Note 2]. For this reason,he uses game theory, rhetoric, and rhetoric to his advantage, and defeats his opponents by "deceiving" them. However, he never lies to himself. Since he has no talent (strength) of his own, he has acquired these skills as a result of refining his strategy of dragging his opponents down to the bottom of his own field.

He is extremely skilled at detecting "uncertain elements" such as bargaining, reading each other, and swaying each other, and his outstanding foresight has already become almost like predicting the future. In addition, he has the insight to see through all kinds of tricks by his opponents, and is good at cold reading. However, he tends to dislike incomplete victories and games that his opponent does not enjoy.

While he is very good at reading other people's thoughts, he is very insensitive when it comes to love, as he has been a virgin for 18 years.

He believes that the human race is incompetent, including himself, but after meeting Shiro, he has come to believe in the possibility of a "genius" within the human race.

Unable to leave Shiro, he is searching for the borderline between all ages and 18 for both hobby and practical use. He is also a virgin, but has a daughter that the queen of the Siren created on her own, based on hair from Sora.

Chitose Kaname
A short squirrelly girl who is both capable and beautiful.

She has been headhunted by Ino and may become Ino's personal assistant.

♛Ten Covenants
The absolute law of this world, created by the god Tet upon winning the throne of the One Trye God. Covenants that have forbidden all war among the intelligent Ixseeds―namely.


 * 1) In this world, all bodily injury, war, and plunder is forbidden.
 * 2) All conflicts shall be settled by victory or defeat in games.
 * 3) Games shall be played for wagers that each agrees are of equal value.
 * 4) Insofar as it does not conflict with "3," any game or wager is permitted.
 * 5) The party challenged shall have the right to determine the game.
 * 6) Wagers sworn by the Covenants are absolutely binding.
 * 7) For conflicts between groups, an agent plenipotentiary shall be established.
 * 8) If cheating is discovered in a game, it shall be counted as a loss.
 * 9) The above shall be absolute and immutable rules, in the name of the God.
 * 10) Let's all have fun together.

Ixseed (Sixteen Races)
A creature that is considered to be intelligent in the other world of Disboard. The ranking are based on the level of magical aptitude = rank order.

There are no cross-species hybrids [Note 44].

The sixth and higher ranks are considered "life," and the seventh and lower ranks are considered "living things," and are separated there.

Species other than the human species are "mono-genetic" in origin.


 * 1) Old Deus
 * 2) Phantasma
 * 3) Elemental
 * 4) Dragonia
 * 5) Gigant
 * 6) Flügel   Name of State: Avant Heim (now part of the Commonwealth of Elkia)
 * 7) Elf   Name of State: Elven Gard
 * 8) Dwarf   Name of State: Hardenfell
 * 9) Fairy
 * 10) Ex-Machina
 * 11) Demonia
 * 12) Dhampir   Name of State: Oceand (now part of the Commonwealth of Elkia)
 * 13) Lunamana
 * 14) Werebeast   Name of State: Eastern Union (now part of the Commonwealth of Elkia)
 * 15) Siren   Name of State: Oceand (now part of the Commonwealth of Elkia)
 * 16) Immanity   Name of State: Elkia (now part of the Commonwealth of Elkia)

Suniaster
A conceptual device of absolute dominion as the sole seat of God. It's shaped as a great dodecahedron with a star-shaped molding in the center.

This conceptual device was set up in order to limit the number of Old Deus capable of wielding a level of magic that would allow for the creation of a species [Note 45], and the "Great War" occurred in order to make it manifest.

The Old Deus were trying to manifest this by destroying the "divine essence" of other Old Deus and amplifying their own power by taking in the other's, but Riku manifested it by destroying the star itself. [Note 46].

At the end of the Great War, Riku attempted to manifest himself with the energy spewed by the "Star Killer," but Artosh had already taken in most of the source current of the Spirit Corridor (estimated to be about 52%). If he killed the star in this state, there was a high possibility that the amount of energy pulled by Artosh himself would outweigh the amount of energy spewed out by Riku. For this reason, Riku had no choice but to defeat Artosh.

The fact that he was born at the request of the gods, and that he is the energy of all the Old Deus, means that he is "a kind of Old Deus without an ego" in setting.

The current holder of the Sunaister is Tet.