<P> No Game No Life was conceived during the serialization of A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives . Kamiya's original idea was a fantasy setting with battles; since he disliked drawing battles, he replaced it with games . He had intended to turn the idea into a manga series, but an unspecified illness made him unfit to handle the workload . While hospitalized for treatment, the author imagined how his idea would work as a light novel, and settled for that medium instead . Kamiya began writing the first volume and was advised to break it into three parts due to its length . In the middle of writing the second volume, Kamiya moved to his home country, Brazil, for further treatment for his ailment; in order to meet the volume's deadline, his wife drew some of the illustrations in the novel . </P> <P> After the third volume, a new editor was assigned to the series . Kamiya noted the third volume contained a lot of plot progression, and was going to balance it out in the fourth volume with more lighthearted and carefree events. . Volumes four and five were written as a single volume; since volume four lacked a climactic ending, Kamiya had to restructure the story . This, along with communication problems with his new editor, and other problems in Kamiya's life caused a month delay in volume four's release . After completing volume five, Kamiya was asked to submit volume six's manuscript before 2014 for the anime adaptation, and to complete the volume before the anime's premiere . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Translated title </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Japanese </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> English </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Release </Th> <Th> ISBN </Th> <Th> Release </Th> <Th> ISBN </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> In This Fantasy World, Everything's a Game--and These Gamer Siblings Play to Win! </Td> <Td> April 25, 2012 </Td> <Td> 978 - 4 - 04 - 066432 - 3 </Td> <Td> April 21, 2015 </Td> <Td> 978 - 0 - 316 - 38311 - 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Sora and Shiro are two siblings who are known in online games as Blank, an undefeated group of gamers . In real life, they are ostracized by the world and are hikikomoris . One day, they receive a challenge from Tet to a game of chess and are victorious . In response he offers to send them to a world which revolves around games and they accept, believing it to be a joke . They are then summoned to a reality known as Disboard where a spell, called the Ten Pledges, prevents violence and enforces the rules and outcomes of games . They travel to Elkia, the nation of humans, and befriend Stephanie Dola who is the granddaughter of the deceased king . Learning the nation is in steady decline, Sora and Shiro enter the contest to be the next king where they win against Kurami Zell in a war simulator . After they are inaugurated to the throne, Sora publicly declares his intentions to conquer the other nations and help Elkia flourish . Tet meets and congratulates them, declaring he will be waiting for them to unite the sixteen species . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> The Gamer Siblings Have Their Eyes on a New Target--the Land of the Animal Girls...</Td> <Td> September 25, 2012 </Td> <Td> 978 - 4 - 04 - 066433 - 0 </Td> <Td> July 21, 2015 </Td> <Td> 978 - 0 - 316 - 38517 - 6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Sora and Shiro begin researching the Eastern Federation, nation of the werebeasts . They challenge a flügel named Jibril for information and the two play a game of shiritori where their spoken objects will either materialize or disappear . The game concludes when Sora and Shiro induce a hypernova by removing coulomb's law, making Jibril unable to continue; by the Pledges, Jibril becomes their slave . However, the information from Jibril and her library prove to be useless . Stephanie discloses her grandfather's will to Sora, leading them to discover a hidden library in the castle containing her grandfather's research . Realizing the Eastern Federation are using video games, Sora and Shiro formalize their challenge by betting everything humanity owns . As they await the game's date, Sora tells Shiro the missing piece to their victory will soon arrive; the next day, Shiro discovers everyone has forgotten about Sora . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> It Seems Half of the Gamer Siblings Disappeared ...? </Td> <Td> January 25, 2013 </Td> <Td> 978 - 4 - 04 - 066434 - 7 </Td> <Td> October 27, 2015 </Td> <Td> 978 - 0 - 316 - 38519 - 0 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Shiro begins to doubt Sora's existence but learns she and her friends have a gap in their memory . Straining herself, Shiro recalls that Sora arranged a game of reversi with Kurami and her elven comrade Fil Nilvalen; the components making up Sora and Kurami's identity were used as the pieces . Sora's three remaining pieces were Shiro's memories of him, allowing her to resume and win the game . Having seen each other's memories, Sora convinces Kurami to ally herself with him . The game against the Eastern Federation begins and Sora, Shiro, Stephanie, and Jibril enter a virtual shooter against the werebeast, Izuna Hatsuse, where they are eventually victorious . As a result, Elkia gains a large mass of land and rights to the werebeasts occupying them . Sora and Shiro use political pressure to force the leader of the Eastern Federation, the nameless Miko, to challenge them; the game is a coin flip where Sora arranges to have it land on its edge . He convinces the Miko to declare they both win and as a result, Elkia can share resources with the Eastern Federation while the werebeasts maintain their self - rule; they name the unionized colony between Elkia and the Eastern Federation as the Elkia Federation . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> </Th> <Td> The Gamer Siblings Have Run Away From a Realistic Romance Game </Td> <Td> June 25, 2013 </Td> <Td> 978 - 4 - 04 - 066469 - 9 </Td> <Td> March 22, 2016 </Td> <Td> 978 - 0 - 316 - 38521 - 3 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> A dhampir named Plum visits Sora and Shiro, and asks them to save his species . He explains the siren's empress, Leila Lorelei, put herself to sleep using the Ten Pledges centuries ago and as a result, the once mutualistic relationship between dhampirs and sirens has caused all but one male dhampir to die . To awaken the empress, they must enter her dream and win her love . After consulting with the Miko, Sora and his companions travel to the dhampir and siren country, Oceando, and enter the empress' dream . Using Plum's magic, the empress falls in love with Izuna's grandfather, Ino Hatsuse, but fails to awaken . Having deduced this possibility, Sora uses a loophole in the rules allowing him and his companions to leave mid-game . Sora and Shiro reveal the sirens do not know the conditions to wake the empress, so they split up to investigate; Sora, Shiro, Jibril, and Plum travel to Avent Hiem, home of the flügels, while Stephanie and Izuna search the previous king's hidden library . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 5 </Th> <Td> It Seems the Gamer Siblings Hate New Game Plus </Td> <Td> November 25, 2013 </Td> <Td> 978 - 4 - 04 - 066080 - 6 </Td> <Td> December 20, 2016 </Td> <Td> 978 - 0 - 316 - 38523 - 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> The prologue covers Kurami and Fil's progress in their efforts to overthrow the elven nation . Meanwhile, Sora and co are overwhelmed by Avent Hiem's library . They decide to challenge all the flügels to a game to enlist their help; the goal of the game is for Sora and Shiro to avoid capture by using Plum's flight magic and various katakana characters to materialize whatever they desire . Eluding capture, Sora and Shiro use the game to convince the head flügel, Azrael, to have Avent Hiem join the Elkia Federation . After winning, Avent Hiem's library proves to be fruitless but Shiro deduces what the empress desires; at the same time, Stephanie and Izuna finds evidence to support her theory . Returning to the empress' dream, Sora's immunity to the empress' seduction fulfills her la douleur exquise desire and awakens her; their victory gives them rule over the siren and dhampir . That night, Plum reveals humanity also acquired the sirens' role as food for the dhampirs and attempts to feed on Sora and Shiro; however, the two had deduced Plum's intention from the beginning and returned the responsibility back to the sirens . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 6 </Th> <Td> It Seems the Gamer Pair Challenged The World </Td> <Td> April 25, 2014 </Td> <Td> 978 - 4 - 04 - 066382 - 1 </Td> <Td> July 25, 2017 </Td> <Td> 978 - 0 - 316 - 38526 - 8 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Tet explains how the war 6000 years ago ended to Izuna . Tet's story follows eighteen - year old Riku Dola and his stepsister Korone Dola, leaders of a colony of humans seeking refuge from the war . While on patrol, Riku befriends an Ex Machina, a sentient battle - capable android, who is searching for the meaning of a heart . Riku names her Shuvi and takes her back to the colony where they are disguised as lovers . During the year they are together, Riku overcomes his emotional trauma while Shuvi becomes more human . Following the destruction of their colony, Riku forms a group to end the war and marries Shuvi . The group performs several espionage missions, forcing the warring species into a stalemate . Riku plans to harvest the energy from the battle, following the broken stalemate, in order to materialize and claim an artifact called the Star Grail; whoever possess it will have the powers of god . Shuvi is killed by Jibril but is able to convince the Ex Machinae to join Riku's cause . Riku succeeds but is mortally wounded; in his place, Tet claims the Star Grail and brings peace to the world . Returning to the present, Sora and friends have Miko channel an old deus for a game . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 7 </Th> <Td> It Seems the Gamer Siblings Established the Joseki </Td> <Td> July 24, 2015 </Td> <Td> 978 - 4 - 04 - 067494 - 0 </Td> <Td> July 31, 2018 </Td> <Td> 978 - 0 - 316 - 31643 - 9 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> The old deus is the werebeast god; she creates a life sized board game and allows Sora and his friends to participate . With a time limit to reach the goal, the winner will be granted a wish but if no one reaches the end, they will be forced into the god's servitude . In addition, the werebeast god has planted a traitor within Sora's party . Towards the end, Jibril challenges Sora and Shiro to a game . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 8 </Th> <Td> It Seems the Gamers Progressed Past the Fuseki </Td> <Td> December 25, 2015 </Td> <Td> 978 - 4 - 04 - 067952 - 5 </Td> <Td> November 13, 2018 </Td> <Td> 978 - 0 - 316 - 50266 - 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> Jibril's challenge is a simulation of the war from volume six, and challenges Sora and Shiro to lead the humans to victory . After completing her challenge, Sora reveals that the Stephanie accompanying them was a fake created by the old deus; Stephanies empathy with the party allows her to betray her creator and leads Sora and Shiro to victory . Since the old deuses lack a leader to pledge their servitude, Sora plans to have the werebeast god take that role . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 9 </Th> <Td> It Seems the Gamer Siblings are Resting for One Turn </Td> <Td> August 25, 2016 </Td> <Td> 978 - 4 - 04 - 068457 - 4 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> The Ex Machina teleport into Elkia and challenge Sora to a game in order to save their species . Since Sora is compatible with their reproduction program, the Ex Machina intend on enslaving him in order to repopulate their species . Blank and the Ex Machina decide to wager Sora's freedom on a game: if Blank wins, the Ex Machina are freed from their chastity program and are free to reproduce with any being; if they lose, Sora is taken and used for reproduction . The game is a variant of chess played in rhythm to an ongoing concert . Blank wins though the Ex Machina Ymirein stays behind, intending on becoming Sora's wife . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> 10 </Th> <Td> It Seems the Gamer Siblings are Sold to the Past </Td> <Td> January 25, 2018 </Td> <Td> 978 - 4 - 04 - 069336 - 1 </Td> <Td>--</Td> <Td>--</Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="7"> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> No . </Th> <Th> Translated title </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> Japanese </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> English </Th> </Tr>

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