<Tr> <Th> 12 </Th> <Td> "Rule Number 10" "Rūru Nanbā Jū" (収束 法 (ルール ・ ナンバー ・ 10)) </Td> <Td> Kōji Ōdate Kunihiko Hamada </Td> <Td> Jukki Hanada </Td> <Td> June 25, 2014 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="6"> Sora and Shiro are defeated; as Izuna drops her guard, she is shot by Stephanie riding a NPC . Sora reveals he bound Stephanie to the Pledges to hide her intent while Shiro calculated the NPC's movements, allowing Stephanie to hide her location . While Izuna laments the werebeasts' fate, Sora assures her of his goodwill . Sora forces political pressure on the Eastern Federation leader, the nameless miko, to challenge him to a game . They have a coin flip where Sora has 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; the allied nation is named the Elkia Federation . In the aftermath, Sora and friends have the miko channel an old deus for a game . </Td> </Tr> <P> It was reported in April 2014, that 1.1 million copies of the light novel were in circulation . That same year, No Game No Life was the top ten selling light novel series with several of its books appearing in the top thirty selling volumes list . Starting in its 2014 pool, the yearly magazine Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi!, listed the light novel and the protagonists of No Game No Life beginning in its polls; in addition, the series ranked fourth in Sugoi Japan 2015 polls . Seven Seas Entertainment's localization of the manga was able to reach The New York Times Manga Best Sellers and ICv2's charts . The anime series saw similar success and its home media made appearances on Oricon's weekly selling charts . In April 2014, No Game No Life was one of the top recorded anime series on Sony's Torne; a poll by AT - X ranked the series as one of 2014's top anime series . </P> <P> Anime News Network had four editors review the first episode of the anime: Carl Kimlinger expressed doubts about the premise of the show, but liked the over-saturated visuals and the concept of the protagonists cheating against cheaters; Rebecca Silverman called the characters unlikeable and criticized the expositions for lacking in action, but noted her issues may be resolved in further episodes; and Theron Martin described the plot as wish - fulfilment, noted Sora has too much character for a hikikomori, called Sora's relationship with Shiro creepy, and concluded the series may turn out well if Sora is not an indomitable character . The fourth reviewer, Hope Chapman, expressed absolute disdain towards the series . She expressed hatred towards Sora's character, noting the misunderstood nerd turned respected genius aspect is lazy wish - fulfillment and how he thrives in a world for "misanthropic Shut - ins". Chapman likened the over-saturated colors to vomit, called the character designs hideous, and concluded her review with "nothing has made me roll my eyes, gag, or feel more irrationally angry this season than this insulting self - insert pandering trash heap". </P>

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