Без игры жизни нет. Том 6

ノーゲーム・ノーライフ / No Game No Life (Light Novel) #6

by Yuu Kamiya

Пришло время вступить в игру!

За несколько тысяч лет до того, как Сора и Сиро попали в Дисборд и началась легенда, известная всем, имела иместо другая легенда — всеми забытая.

Это история о великой войне, которая длилась испокон веков, о том, как выжженную землю удобряла кровь, а с багровых небес, не прекращая, падал пепел. О том, как слабы и беспомощны были люди, которые даже не надеялись на счастье и пытались просто выжить, чтобы хотя бы их потомки когда-нибудь увидели что-то кроме этой войны. И о мужчине и девушке, которые решили положить ей конец и бросили вызов всему миру, решив считать происходящее просто игрой.

Правдива эта история или нет? А так ли это важно?

Genres: Light Novel, Fantasy, Manga, Magic, Comedy, Fiction, Humor

306 pages, Paperback

First published April 24, 2014

About the author

KAMIYA Yuu
Name (in native language): 榎宮 祐
Associated Names:
KAMIYA Yu
Pix*SUKU
Pixel Phantom
Thiago Furukawa Lucas

Zodiac: Scorpio

Married to HIIRAGI Mashiro.

Thiago Furukawa Lucas, who is better known under his pseudonym, Yuu Kamiya, was born in Brazil and moved to Japan at the age of seven..

He is one of the first foreign manga artists to make it big in Japan from Brazil.

Reviews

[Kristalia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Final rating: 4.75/5 stars

“Our enemy is the gods, those forces that scorch heaven and earth, those manifestations of despair. Our odds are infinitesimal. Since doing everything in secret is one of the conditions for victory, even if we win, there won’t be any memories or records, and there won’t be any songs about our exploits. We’re ghosts, and ghosts don’t sing. Still, if by some stroke of luck—If somehow we do manage to succeed in this game…if we win—
Don’t you think we’ll be able to brag to ourselves that we led the most awesome lives before we die?”

Is it weird to say i started reading 6th volume of this only because i watched the movie adaptation? I guess not. Anyway, even for those who never heard of this series - you should give a try to this volume i guess? Or at least watch the movie because that was damn awesome adaptation (american studios, please note that this was a very successful and faithful adaptation that wrecked me)

Anyway it's a prequel of the main series that shows how the current Disboard world rules came to be:
rules that all wars and arguments and everything has to be settled through game.

Before the rules, 6000 years ago - or in other words: this novel's timeline - we are shown how the state of afairs was for all 16 races, including humans.

Well, considered they are all overpowered races, they don't even pay attention to humans except seeing them as 1) pests, 2) animals, 3) food, 4) nonexistent.

So what happens when a human finds an Ex-Machina (android) who wants to know what is a "heart" - because she wants to discover if Ex-machinas have the same ability. Because of her investigation she has been deemed as failure and detached from the hive.

Of course, Riku (human) and Schwi (Ex-Machina) are close counterparts of their future successors - Sora and Shiro - and we do see some familiar faces like Jibril and ancestor of Fiel (the Elf) from the main series.

“I don’t know what damn god created humans! But if we’re gonna live in this world just to lose and lose and lose some more and get the shit kicked out of us and lose everything and do it again—then why do we have hearts?! Answer me!!”

And this is all about how humans, the weakest of them all - managed to screw up and manipulate every single race in order to save their own. And it was epic tale.

Also prepare tissues, this is gonna hurt.

[Irina Villacis · Rating 5 out of 5]

reto literario

grupo whatsapp

libro convertido en pelicula ( recién estrenada NO GAME NO LIFE : ZERO)

si pensaba que habia llorado un montón con la pelicula , el libro me hizo llorar mas. ¿porque eres tan cruel , mundo??

como me vi la pelicula con dos dias de diferencia ,según yo la entendi perfectamente pero me lei de todas formas y gracias por eso ya que las cosas que no me quedaron claro aqui me lo explicaron con lujos de detalles.

y Lloré mucho mas.

[Joshua M · Rating 4 out of 5]

No Game No Life, Vol.6, is a very captivating, and interesting fiction book, genres include action, fantasy, romance, and more. This book is especially eye catching because of the stunning cover art of Tet, a character in the book, drawn by Yuu Kamiya. One reasons this book is a good read, is because people who haven’t read the No Game No Life series, can still read this book, because it is a backstory of the main setting of No Game No Life, originally intended to be a volume 0. After reading this story, the audience will be itching for more, wanting to read volume 1-5 after reading volume 6. The author is japanese, and so these books were originally japanese, but volume 1-6 have been translated to english. While I would certainly recommend people to finish this series and while this book is effective at keeping you from putting the book down, it has some weaknesses. The most major, is the story has a lack of explanation. This book is about humans who are trying to survive a great war with combatants who are far, far more powerful than humans, who consider them nothing but pests; combatants include deus slaying angels, gods, dragons, beasts, elves, etc. The humans then decide to manipulate the war from the shadows, the human rebellion, who call themselves ghosts, led by our main characters, Riku, and Schwi. Later in the book, after forming the rebellion and making their first two moves, there is a year interval. “The ghosts scattered throughout the world, had been quietly orchestrating the war from behind the scenes for close to a year.” (Kamiya, 143) This to me, seems like lazy writing, because even though a lot can happen in a year, Kamiya could have at least put some more moves the ghosts had made which I would’ve loved to read. But because of that, when we get to chapter 4, we’re left to wonder, “I wonder what they did?”, “Must’ve been impressive.” However, this book is still an amazing book, and fans would definitely appreciate how Kamiya moved away from the main story and managed to create such an interesting, complex, and pleasing back story. I would give this book a 4 out of 5.

[Kiores · Rating 5 out of 5]

I've now read ALL the 6 novels that are in English *^* it was an amazing experience and I'm longing to read the 7th and "Possibly" the 8th novel(if they make the 8th one <-<) and in my opinion the anime is fine, I like the artstyle but the Novel is MANY times better and also longer "Storywise".
if I had to choose one favourite part of all the Novels I'd say the part where Tet appears in front of them in the "THRONE ROOM" (Note, it's on the Roof in anime... I don't understand why, I love the kind of reaction they get when a God appears in the room) and that's all I can say about "these Novels" since it's a kinda mixed review from me

[Emir Girgin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Possibly the best book I've ever read.
Takes place 6000 years ago, during the age of ancient war.

[Jeffrey · Rating 4 out of 5]

A radical departure from previous novels, filling in the dark and extremely violent history of Disworld. Absolutely could not put it down.

[Brandon · Rating 5 out of 5]

As if I didn't already enjoy the No Game No Life novels as they were, Yuu Kamiya had to go and completely surpass everything he'd previously written, with this, likely his greatest opus. With the release of Madhouse's anime film, No Game No Life Zero, based on this novel, and with its associated hype and good reviews, I had some reservations coming to this novel. First off, I'd made it four or five volumes into the prose series before ever watching the TV anime. From a distance, I assumed the anime would be pretty good, adapting a good story with animation from a well-renowned studio. I was, however, mildly afraid to watch the show, reluctant to check it out, out of my own insecurities that the animators could not possibly match the great quality of Yuu Kamiya's own illustrations, by far my favorite art within the light novel medium - and second in the "Japanese 2D entertainment" world, under only Hajime Ueda, whose work resonates with me mostly from the nostalgia of his FLCL manga, not that that's really relevant here. Anyway, I know Madhouse have made great effort to preserve the art-styles of original works they've adapted, but they still have a fatal flaw, in choosing to adapt works of such high quality art. Death Note and One Punch Man suffer slightly for reaching so close toward the heights of their original manga, but losing a certain charm, somewhat ironically with use of color and motion, two potential "pluses" anime has over manga. Hunter x Hunter was absolutely ruined, to a degree that I almost refuse to watch their anime version, I love Togashi's rough art in the Chimera Ant Arc so much. But I was able to deal with my reservations and blaze through the NGNL anime, largely in anticipation of the American release of the NGNL Zero blu-ray.

Of course, an obvious issue I also needed to face was that I had to finish reading through this novel, Volume 6 of the series, before watching the film adaptation, as I'd read much of the preceding work before watching the anime adaptation of volumes 1 through 3. Unfortunately, it took me nearly a month to read this, a new "low" for my speed at reading "mere" light novels. One reason was because the first chapter was so unexpectedly bleak and depressive for the series, that I could not expect the novel to really keep up with the "height" of that depth. I knew from accidentally spoiling myself that ill fates awaited the main characters, but I did not expect the novel to be so harsh from the get-go. But, then, knowing NGNL, I had no choice but to expect more comedy and stuff later on, so I felt torn between an enjoyment of this near-edgy display of the series's universe and a disconnection from the classic "fun" of the preceding five books. After too long a break, I got around to the second chapter, which again threw me off for how much lighter it was in comparison to Chapter 1. But I was closer to the retroactive introduction of my waifu, Jibril, and I was perhaps not yet ready to see her as a villain. Or, really, I just got distracted in buying a lot of physical manga, as well as reading through some "real" novels. Finally, on August 16, I powered through the last 80 or so pages, aided by the tunes of Burzum's two "biggest" atmo-black albums, whether or not they really fit well with the prose.

To reiterate an above comment, this novel is fantastic, not just as an addition to the overall series, and not really just as a work in the light novel medium, but also as a story in general. As many light novels as I read, I still have difficulty with the medium as a whole, failing to acknowledge it as a genuine capital-A "Artform," due to the obvious lack of True Aesthetic Value, in favor of Mass Appeal. As a result, I mostly enjoy the Monogatari Series as the high point of the medium, relying so much on banter than on Narrative that, while not entirely surpassing the "light" and into a manner of "heavy" novel, still defies the "common" nature of the medium, by being focused more on raw Language than on "mere" Storytelling. Coming in second and third places for me are a tie between Haruhi Suzumiya and NGNL, neither of which really deal too deeply with Prose/Language, but which both have interesting enough Narratives, Haruhi mostly for its out-of-sequence publication order, and NGNL mostly for its constant tooting of the horn of Humanity. What I mean is that I enjoy NGNL mostly because Humanity is set up to be the greatest shit of all time. Through Sora and Shiro's schemes, other Races are proven inferior to the intellect and cleverness of Humanity. This is taken far further with the exploits of Riku in this novel, braving the brutality of the "Great War" through willpower and racial pride, a wonderfully fascist drive to even the playing field between Humanity and all other "superior" races.

I teased this idea earlier, but there are slight flaws with the structure of this novel. According to the "afterword," Yuu Kamiya had plans for a "Volume 0" to come at some point, covering the events of the Great War. His editor seemingly forced him to shit out a Volume 6 to tie in with the release of the anime, not long after the release of Volume 5. In his planning of the overall series scenario, Yuu Kamiya wanted to move Sora and Shiro into Old Deus territory after their acquisition of allegiances with Dhampir, Siren, and Flugel. Not yet prepared to rush through the formal introduction of Old Dei, and also interested in setting up the strength of Old Dei before having Sora and Shiro challenge them, it seems Yuu Kamiya took the opportunity to publish the planned "Volume 0" as "Volume 6," serving not just as a general prequel to the series, but also setting up the confrontation with Old Dei, to be moved to Volume 7. Curiously, despite many health issues, Yuu Kamiya was able to not only write this story, but also inject it with sufficient lore/world-building to further justify its existence. But with all the information loaded into this volume, he may have had to rush the overall plot-thread of Riku's story, putting him through the wringer in the first chapter only to skip ahead to the lighter tones of his interactions with Schwi, only to then skip ahead a couple years to get to the end of Riku's grand scheme, likely in order to fit the generally-accepted page-count of a common light novel. Never mind the fact that the epilogue is about twenty pages, half of which function as a proper continuation to Volume 5.

I have strange requirements for light novels and manga. Overall, I view anime films as the highest level of "Japanese 2D entertainment," with the best works in the medium doubly functioning simply as "good films" rather than "films that are pretty good... for anime." Anime television series have the misfortune of being lumped with Television as a whole, decidedly non-artistic by nature, and thus only the absolutely highest-quality of creative works can stand to retain some sense of Artistic Merit, being things like Serial Experiments Lain and The Tatami Galaxy, and other sorts of things you'd find in the generic 3x3 chart in a like thread on /a/. Light novels hold a weird place, being fundamentally "low prose," tantamount to Western genre fiction - not Art. Manga is just the equivalent of Western comics - not Art. I can probably never allow myself to consider any light novel or manga to be Actual Art, but at least I can see some things as near-perfect within their medium. The requirement for a 10/10 in my perspective is whether or not a given work elicits a strong emotional reaction in my Soul.

I was already gripped by the first chapter of the novel, but the lighter tones of later pages kinda evened the novel out to "just pretty good" - at least for a while. I faced some pretty high-level hype when Jibril showed up, though I already knew from spoilers for the film adaptation that she'd kill Schwi. As it happened, I was somewhat reluctant to "feel" for the death of Schwi a little in advance, as she basically brought on her own death by leaving Riku despite his urging not to leave his side. I kinda felt bad for myself knowing I didn't feel too "moved" when Schwi did indeed die, though I was quite excited throughout her fight, especially when she was able to reconnect with the other Ex Machina, who then acknowledged her "heart" and the name "Schwi" - but I was unfortunately not too "moved" when Jibril killed her. Actually, I was pleased, in a way, for a different reason, because of the somewhat ill-considered placement of the illustration of the extremely cute loli!Jibril. I was "moved" a little from Riku's reaction to Schwi's death, but still not to the degree I "required." But then Riku and the remaining Ex Machina were able to carry out a variation on Riku's original plan, Riku reached the MacGuffin required to end the War, and - here's where it got me - Tet finally manifested himself. And the icing on the cake was Couron's reaction to the reconfiguration of the world (with, I suppose, the reveal of the obvious "Dola" surname as sprinkles). The cherry on top was when the novel caught back up to the "present," with Izuna noticing the stone on Steph's brooch, seeing the names of Riku and Schwi, and culminating in Steph's claim that she's a direct descendant of Couronne Dola, first queen of Elkia, who has allegedly never cried in her life.

I guess I have mixed feelings with how the actual ending of the novel was included in the TV anime, as if any potential Season Two would just skip Volumes 4 and 5 of the novels. But that doesn't have anything to do with the quality of this book.

[Marcelo Ishikame · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sob...Sob...

https://goo.gl/images/nCGFLw


Words can't describe this volume

[Jeremy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Somehow the best book in the series so far despite using new characters o.o; I need to rewatch the movie.

[Iskander Bezos · Rating 5 out of 5]

Riku keeps locking away his real feelings and I find that very based and relatable

[Magus · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wish authors would stop deciding to devote a book in the series order to an entire prequel thing. I would rather the current story progress than the history of the world take up an entire book. I would have skipped it and waited for the next if I knew it.

[Nicol · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bueno, bueno xD

Aquí Yuu Kamiya se sacó la atorada que traía de crear una relación SoraxShiro xD Como cuando dejas que los pensamientos intrusivos ganen xD

Bueno, en este volumen, el Dios Tet, nos narra una historia olvidada: Como finalizó la gran Guerra.

Aunque es una historia inédita, con personajes e información novedosa ... No lo sentí como original (también está que: ¿quien no vio la película?)

Riku es simplemente Sora con otro nombre, aunque Schwi si tiene cierta identidad que la diferencia de Shiro...



Reciclaje o coincidencia?

A pesar de que son dos épocas completamente distintas:

No había más opciones… ‘No existimos, no podemos existir, no podemos ser percibidos’…
La resistencia humana no estaba permitida, o de lo contrario ellos serían la presa cazada.
En ese caso…… Ivan supuso el resultado. Girando lentamente su cabeza, miró a Riku, quien dijo las siguientes palabras.
—“Ivan, te lo ordeno.”—Riku dijo como si nada.—“Muere aquí”.
—“Acheté. Déjamelo a mí.”—Sonriendo retorcidamente, Ivan no dudó en contestar.

*Riku vive en la era de la Gran Guerra donde se debe sacrificar a las personas como individuos para garantizar la supervivencia de la raza humana como colectivo.
*Sora y Shiro disfrutan la era de paz donde sus "juegos" casi no tienen consecuencias (obvio, ya que siempre ganan) y se pueden permitir crear una nación enorme, a través de la evangelización de los enemigos y el poder de la amistad.

Riku (18 años) es idéntico a Sora en lo Lolicon, virgen, estratégico, pantallero (proyecta una apariencia y por dentro es otra cosa), además de tooooda la apariencia física. Donde a Riku le pesa la responsabilidad de mantener viva a parte de la raza humana, Sora se lo toma a juego y está seguro de poder conseguir que progresen.

La voz interna de Riku y Sora es completamente idéntica.

Schwi si es más original. Aunque Schwi y Shiro son Lolis, calladas, tienen cierto aire de inocencia, una gran inteligencia estratégica y una nula inteligencia emocional, con ojos rojos y bajitas... Al menos Schwi tiene el cabello negro y es una ex-machina con posibilidades de trama inesperadas.



Schwi, nuestro primer vistazo a los Ex-machina

Uc207Pr4f57t9 o Shuwaruvi se vería como una chica humana de unos diez años, cabello negro, piel blanca, ojos de color de rubí. Parecería solo una chica hermosa, si no fuera por los dos cables que se asemejaban a colas que salían de su cuerpo.

—“Nii, no puedo resistirlo más. Hazme mujer.”
Pero si su memoria era realmente fiable, esa frase había sido pronunciada con un tono monótono y sin emociones, tras lo cual, de repente... Su inocencia... sus labios fueron robados.
—“Error… Comprensión fallida.”
El Ex Machina, aún sobre Riku, murmuró esta declaración sin emoción, con una expresión mecánica. ¡Soy yo el que no lo entiende, pedazo de mierda!

Schwi vio a un niño entre los restos calcinados de lo que había sido su hogar y, a pesar de tener su mundo destrozado, lo que vio en sus ojos fue determinación y fuego. “…Ganaré la próxima vez… Para lograrlo, tengo que sobrevivir…” ; lo que la abrió a preguntarse "¿Como es que una raza tan débil como los humanos, siguen existiendo en esta guerra? Incluso, este mundo inhóspito es biológicamente incompatible con ellos".

La única ex-machina... En realidad, el único ser que volteó a verlos. A dedicarles si quiera un pensamiento... Un pensamiento que cambió el curso de la guerra.

La Décima posición de los Exceed: Ex-machina. Una raza cuyo cuerpo está hecho de máquinas, creados por un Old Deus en el pasado. Así que su coordinación y movimientos, no podían ser replicados por los demás seres.

Además, mantienen un "pensamiento de colmena". Lo que piensa uno, lo piensa todos, y tienen una "nube central". Así que... Atacar a un solo Ex-machina, significaba enemistarte contra toda su raza. Lo que aprende uno, lo aprenden todos. La propia Schwi, podría vivir 892 años más antes de expirar.

En la Gran Guerra... Los asesinos de Dioses eran solo los Flügel y los ExMachinas. Se podría decir que es una de las razas más violentas, pero no habría problemas si no eran provocados.

Después de recibir un ataque, podían descifrar y replicar el tipo de ataque en menos de un segundo, antes de dispararlo de vuelta rápidamente. Independiente de si era magia de Elfo, el ataque del arma de un Enano, o incluso el aliento de un Dragonia, podía ser replicado y disparado de vuelta. Así que, una vez golpeados, la misma estrategia no funcionaría por segunda vez.


De lejos, es un romance sacado por los pelos

Yuu Kamiya tiene la debilidad de no saber construir lentamente y creíble, el desarrollo de los hechos.

Prefiere sacar soluciones deux ex machina y completamente milagrosas producto de las habilidades inhumanas de sus protagonistas (aún en estandares de un mundo tan diverso y fantástico como el de Dashboard)

Por ejemplo:
- Solo Riku se dió cuenta de la brecha en la lógica de la batalla de los dioses para conseguir el Suniaster: la guerra nunca acabaría porque los dioses son infinitos.
-Solo Riku dio con la solución exacta: eliminar a todos los dioses para que el Suniaster se materializará... En un proceso que no entendí.
-Solo Riku podía engañar a una elfo octomaga xD que a la vez, es el elfo más listo. (Aunque quizás ya exagero, antes la elfa y la chica engañaron a un burgués con una finta)

Exagerando que Riku es el más listo de todos los listos y el único inigualable


Así que en vez de crear una alianza fruto de un entendimiento interracial (que es un escenario más creíble), crea un romance entre Riku y Schwi que NO vemos de donde salió para explicar la ayuda de esta para acabar la guerra

¿En qué momento la robótica personalidad de Schwi enamoró a Riku? La única explicación racional es que en su refugio, habían nulas oportunidades para Riku de conseguir romance con otras personas, y su desequilibrada mente se dio vuelo con alguien como Schwi .

—Schwi. ¿Juras caminar junto a Riku, apoyarlo, amarlo y sobrevi...?
—...Lo juro... —Una respuesta más rápida que inmediata—. Riku me dio un significado, una razón para haber nacido... un corazón. Lo juro por él: nunca lo dejaré morir... Sobreviviré y me quedaré con él... hasta el final... Aschent...

Peeero, si entiendo que Schwi adaptará su "ser" para seguir aprendiendo del objeto de su interés (del corazon humano y de Riku), transformando el interés y la admiracion estratégica (propia de un robot), en "amor".



En el presente....
La Federación del Este (el país de los Hombres Bestia con incontables islas), Oceande (el país submarino habitado por las Seirens y los Dhampirs), Avant Heim (la nación del cielo
en la cual residían los Flügel) y Elchea (como capital de un país que había añadido tres países y cuatro razas)... Sigue adelante :)


cosas que aprendemos


Los demonia
En lo poquito que se nos habla de los Demonia: Nos mencionan que son phantasmas mutantes, creados por el Rey Demonio, y se clasifican por su nivel de inteligencia y fuerza.

La clase más baja, carece de casi cualquier inteligencia, limitándose a ser una bestia que se guia por sus instintos, pero teniendo una fuerza brutal que jamas podría ser vencido por -incluso- cientos de seres humanos.

Hay clases altas de ellos que si tienen inteligencia y pueden llegar a crear estrategias.


los Old Dei
Teóricamente, son infinitos... proporcionales al número de conceptos... Mientras existiera el concepto de los juegos, el dios de los juegos definitivamente existía, pero también es necesario que se cumplan ciertas condiciones de activación o Éter, que determinaba si el dios era real o no...

Artosh, dios de la guerra, es el creador de los Flügel...
El segundo es Kainas... Dios de los bosques, creo a los Elfos"

No creí que existiera: un motivo para odiar a Jibril
Aunque Jibril, con su "imperfección", diferenciando la de las demás Frügel, es la que mejor podia entender a Schwi.... Fue quien la destruyó.

Así que... Me desagrada un poco ahora.

Ah, y parece que cuando las Frügel agotan todo su poder, consiguen cuerpos infantiles.


Algo que no había entendido: porque debian ser fantasmas

Los humanos eran tan débiles que al segundo que consiguieran llamar la atención, de cualquier raza, está hubiera podido destruirlos fácilmente.

¿Pero, después de la Guerra, porque borrar todo registro de Riku y Schwi? Por lo mismo: si veían que los humanos tenían mucho para dar, las demás razas, aunque hubiera acabado la guerra, los seguirían presionando y no los dejarían prosperar. Y... Bueno, los humanos tampoco podrían resistir mucho, siendo los más débiles después de todo.


Azril was terribly fond of the Irregular Number—currently the youngest of her sisters, Jibril. The unpredictable, uncontrollable, freewheeling Jibril would go out alone and come back having slain a Dragonia. The purpose and reasoning behind the Irregular Number’s wild eccentricity were beyond all comprehension, but as both were part of the “imperfection” granted the youngest by their lord, it made her seem all the more adorable. Meanwhile, Jibril was peeved from the bottom of her heart. All the vast power of the Flügel collected and discharged in a single strike—her Heavenly Smite—had reduced her to the body of a child, and Azril had been rubbing her cheek for a week straight


The Old Deus Kainas…creator of the Elves, god of the forest—the concept of nature. Old Deus: a concept that, through the activation conditions of prayers and wishes, accumulated ether—assumed identity. A concept made sentient…? Is that really a god ? Just what is— Ether —her mind would have kept racing, but—

[Brian Wilkerson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an intense volume. That is because its story is the final days of The Great War. Yes, that terrible and seemingly endless conflict in Dishboard's ancient history, which gave rise to Tet's ascension as the One True God, is the subject of this volume.

It is just as bad as everyone in the present says it was. I have to give the author credit for that. Yuu Kamiya really conveys how shitty the situation was for humanity back then, when the Ten Commandments of Tet didn't exist to prevent war. As an example, an entire human settlement has to pack up and move when a battle between higher ranked species starts near them, because the entire settlement could be wiped out in an instant by a single, stray shot. All of them could be killed by accident without either warring party even noticing them. The emotional toll this takes is excellently conveyed. The first chapters convey the sort of survival mindset needed to exist in this world of endless war.

That is not to say that the story is endless doom and gloom. There is levity spread throughout this story. Some of it is between the two leads, Riku and Schwi. Some of it is in the interludes, which move back to the present day, where Tet is telling this story to Izuna. Yes, the God of Games is taking a turn as a storyteller. And, by his own admission, he is not a reliable narrator. He may have some hidden purpose for doing this, as Izuna suspects, or it may just be to amuse himself while he waits for Blank to challenge him again.

Now, in comparing this volume to its film adaptation, No Game No Life Zero. I want to discuss, in vague terms, the resolution of The Great War. No spoilers, so don't worry about that. I'll just say that the movie does an excellent job of showing the plan in action, but not explaining how the plan works. The dual concepts of how The Great War started and how to bring it to a definitive conclusion take a bit of explaining. A novel is simply better as a medium for that exposition. It is a satisfying explanation.

Trickster Eric Novels gives "No Game No Life volume 6" an A+

[寿理 宮本 · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'll be honest. I liked how this series started, as it seemed clever and nonviolent, which was a nice change from standard shonen fare. But this really lost me. It's what I believe formed the basis for the "movie" that I absolutely didn't like. This and, I believe, book 7 were just too... FLAT compared to the start of the series, and I couldn't make myself interested in parsing the absolutely atrocious grammar and formatting used for these books. I'm actually not sure how I managed to get through this many books of "internet speak" without getting incredibly frustrated, particularly given the high amount of fan service (that the main pervert himself denies himself, however it is they think that's funny as a running gag).

I mean, the author even admitted in the afterword that this was kind of filler to push back plot development on the "main" storyline. It doesn't really add anything I can figure out, or what it adds is so far over my head as to be 23rd-dimensional chess when I don't even like the regular version chess.

Not recommended unless you play 23-dimension chess.

[Ray Flores · Rating 5 out of 5]

OK, first of all: KAMIYA-SENSEI, YOU FUCKING BROKE MY HEART. WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO ME?!

This volume speaks for itself. It's one of the best in the book series and god damn, so many fucking feels, I just can't. I fall in love with Riku and Schwi and I was so damn happy they got married, until I thought to myself: you can never be happy with this stories. And I was right.
The last chapters I couldn't stop crying. I wanted to know what happened in the War but everything was just too painful to read. Tho, everything has a meaning now. And, yeah, I'm not mad at Jibril 'cause she's different now but... at that moment I was really pissed.

I love the fact that Couron (the ancester of Steph) was a sister-like to Riku and Schwi, and she shipped them together from the very beginning. Those two were absolutely precious to me and deserved to be happily ever after.

I want to see more of Tet, the Old Deus, and my favorite pair: " " (blank), Sora and Shiro.
I cannot wait for the 7th one.
It only took me two days to finish! Nor fucking fair!

[Alan Zhang · Rating 2 out of 5]

No game no life 6 was a let down to me. The contents in the book were interesting but I didn't like how the story shifted into another. In No game no life 5, the main characters were Sora and Shiro but suddenly, it the two main characters changes. This was really upsetting because it reminded be of those filler episodes in any long anime that were really annoying.
Even though I didn't like how the book shifted stories, it still had a lot of interesting parts where the previous books were tied in. one of these being when Schwi meets Jibril and how Jibril kills her. You really can tell how much Jibril changed after the great war. Especially seeing how loyal she is to Sora.

[Rinke · Rating 5 out of 5]

It may seem weird to have a sixth installment of a series and not even mention the main characters and instead focus on a new pair trying to stop the big great war that ended 600 years ago.

But I didn't mind at all! While the story being told is a lot darker and involves a lot more death. It truly captured my attention and I couldn't put it down. To read about disboard before Ted come into power is like reading about a totally different universe, and it gives quite a lot of insight in the behavior of the other races.
Some people may say it is just a filler but it is so well written that calling it a filler is undeserving. So if you get the chance to give it a shot take it. don't skip this part because the story of shiro and sora is not being told in this one. you wont regret it.

[Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

wow
That was quite the book. So much feels it brought be to tears at times and I'm not event certain if it was sadness or joy

i don't normally write but this is a good one don't the fact that our Heroes of "black" not being it the book stop you from reading it. but also relies this is a much darker story then what we are used too

but yeah great book 5 stars read it read it read it

read it all in one go started at 11pm (after finishing the previous volume) its now 4am very sleepy but glad i got to read this

[Jorawar Singh · Rating 5 out of 5]

By far the best volume of the series.
While more of a side-story, the book gives a (not really needed, but much appreciated) explanation of the events that transpired during the Great War.
The story, though slow to take, is beautiful, well written, and captivating. I couldn't keep the book down without finishing it (costing me 3 hours of my sleep :P).
It did feel like the characters were being reused, with the Riku - Sora, and Schwi - Shiro comparison. But that misgiving was resolved by Tet - "Of course I dramatized it a little."

[Miguel Guerrero · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just won my first Goodreads giveaway so I decided to do my first review. I don't read this series is but watched the anime. This wasn't much of a problem since the book is standalone and was easy enough to get into without too much prior knowledge. Overall it wasn't too astounding but it was a solid book and I look forward to watching the upcoming movie. It covers volume 6 so it should be fun to watch after having read the source material. If you like No Game No Life, go ahead and check this book out!

[Betty · Rating 5 out of 5]

I think like many people I can declare this book my favorite of the bunch.
For context this book explains the story of 6000 year ago in the heart of the war, and it shows how humans were able to outsmart everyone and end the war.

I love this book so much the prose in it was absolutely beautiful, I've highlighted so many passages. And I even went to watch the movie after as well. There is a romantic undertone that alone I absolutely loved I just didn't like how it alluded to the re-incarnation of Sora and Shiro but despite that their love is so precious to me.

I just can't get past them. 5 stars

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Started reading the light novels because I enjoyed the anime. Book 6 is perhaps the best installment in the series so far. A prequel story that details the events of the great race wars, "No Game, No Life 6" is a fun, fast paced story about defying the gods themselves and the power of human spirit and ingenuity.

[Santiago Castaño Acevedo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una verdadera obra maestra, es fascinante como este nuevo mundo está tan bien pensado que tiene su propio pasado sólido, que tiene grandes bases para el futuro, y me encanta como en este sexto volumen se es explorado este pasado y sus pequeñas semejanzas con este par de hermanos, espero que podamos ver cómo esto va evolucionando para alcanzar los anhelados deseos del pasado.

[Alec Rebert · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic! Easily one the the best volumes in this series so far! Everything from the despair the humans feel during the "Great War", to Riku and Shuvi coming up with a plan to end it all was awesome. Very much so looking forward to the next volumes upcoming.

5.2

[AftershockWolf · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sobbing, sobbing, and more sobbing. It’s like I watched the movie all over again but like worse this time. How did someone manage to fit an entire war in one volume while also managing to make me care about all the characters enough to cry over them?

And god damnit, I still adore Jibril.

[Silver · Rating 4 out of 5]

At first I was skeptical of the decision to break away from the current storyline but it turned out great. Manages to introduce physical battle and do it justice without losing the importance of games and mind games.

[Niquie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vol 6 aka vol 0 tells the tale of how the Great War ended and Tet becoming the one true god.

I cried.

[Antonio Herrera · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ready to watch the movie!

[Liz Licata · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book was ok, but the whole plot was separate from the main story

[Acacia Weber · Rating 4 out of 5]

This series is really fun, just be aware that this novel is a giant flashback (I guess this one is the movie?). I would like this series more if it weren't for sexualized lolis.