No Game No Life - Episode 9 Discussion / Poll

[dragonroots]

Originally Posted by FlareKnight

I think it was ok that Steph realized it first. Seemed like the kind of thing you have to trust your gut on more than logic. Jibril does have great knowledge and skills, but does seem to stumble a bit on applying it.

Jibril has knowledge but not much wisdom, as she's so powerful she's rarely needed any. It's the reason she lost to Blank, had she used wisdom over knowledge she possibly would have won (as having the triad of knowledge, power, and wisdom makes for a dangerous enemy, but wisdom on it's own can trump both knowledge and power).

[chadrew]

It probably has to do with Steph falling for Sora. She might have kept some of those feelings despite losing her memories of him.

[Newprimus]

Also in the LN this might just be me but I felt a little incredulous when Kurami made that reaction about Sora's memories. Exactly what about his past was so horrifying. The LN lost me a little at that part.

[ChampDream]

That game was really creepy and was a huge gamble, good thing Sora have Shiro.

[HandofFate]

What horrified reaction to Sora's memories?
Didn't see any of that in the episode.

Seems like a part that I really need to look at the LNs for. The type of story/chapter setup that really relies on character reactions and monologues to get the full fill of the distress.

How sure how Shiro won by playing 3 stones in a row...aren't you only allowed to play one stone at a time for othello?

[TrueDevil]

I was kinda confused half the episode because I really had no clue was the heck was going on.
But just like Shiro got it I started to understand it too. Sora is a damn genius.
Still makes no sense how she could set the pieces so accurate.

[Breimoon]

she calculated the moves Sora would do to have her win with 3 pieces. You should think of her as a supercomputer.

[Marina2]

This ep begins with sadness and ends with smile

I love it.

[Lhklan]

Originally Posted by HandofFate

How sure how Shiro won by playing 3 stones in a row...aren't you only allowed to play one stone at a time for othello?

If I remembered correctly, if the other side can't make a valid move - in this case, Kurami's side - then the play passes to this side - Sora and Shirou.

I think that the 3 pieces left on Sora and Shirou side are supposed to be placed in the border - between black pieces - and/or at the corner. That way, black side can't "win" those three, but white side can connect and regain a lot of the table.

[Shadow5YA]

Originally Posted by Commandersnoopy

Ya i thought of the episode as the same thing. It just felt too plot devicey, with the game win. I didnt even know what game they were playing.. (was it Go? not sure) Also, im not sure if it was the subs i was watching, but they also didnt really explain how the rules became...

They outright said those were Othello pieces.

Originally Posted by Commandersnoopy

[Slight Spoilers below..]
betting total existence to just having some of the memories. Im not even sure how Kurami was able to look into his memories and trust him.

Some? Those were all of his memories. That's why the two collapsed when they lost them - they were essentially vegetables.

[Random Wanderer]

Hmm... I was expecting a bit more to be made of the part where Feel begged for mercy on Clammy/Kurami's behalf. I think it would have been more touching to have let her beg a bit more. Not because I want to see her suffer, but because it would have helped really show the depth of her feelings for her human companion.

...Don't mind me. Good episode. Good job on Shiro's part. I have to question Sora's gambler's mentality: surely he could have found a way to share his memories with Clammy/Kurami and/or bring her over to their side without running such an insane risk? He always plays for such high stakes.

[EroKing]

Stakes would be much higher next week though with Steph's pantsu on the line

[Domonkazu]

is it possible that Sora gambled their race piece to force Kurami to have a match with him, because he need an Elf??

from the previous episode seems like he was expecting them. He said "they're finally here".

[c933103]

Originally Posted by Commandersnoopy

Ya i thought of the episode as the same thing. It just felt too plot devicey, with the game win. I didnt even know what game they were playing.. (was it Go? not sure) Also, im not sure if it was the subs i was watching, but they also didnt really explain how the rules became...

[Slight Spoilers below..]
betting total existence to just having some of the memories. Im not even sure how Kurami was able to look into his memories and trust him.

I think anyone seeing two black piece and two white piece interlancongly placing in the middle should instantly know that it is a reversi. Go is something you'd play on 9*9 or 19*19 board would surronded pieces being removed from board and pieces are put on cross, and it's not that there will be piece of both side appear on board before game start for go.

[c933103]

Originally Posted by Domonkazu

is it possible that Sora gambled their race piece to force Kurami to have a match with him, because he need an Elf??

from the previous episode seems like he was expecting them. He said "they're finally here".

Had you watch the episode 9? if you hadn't, then you'd probably watch it first.

[HayashiTakara]

Originally Posted by Domonkazu

is it possible that Sora gambled their race piece to force Kurami to have a match with him, because he need an Elf??

from the previous episode seems like he was expecting them. He said "they're finally here".

Nah, because the Imaniti literally have nothing left to gamble with. And with rumors going about of Sora defeating an elf in a game, the other races are leery of the situation. Sora needs to gamble big to win big. Winning this match will earn him all of the warbeasts territory. It also acts as a tool to make sure that they can't back out without losing face.

[moridin84]

Originally Posted by Kanon

That was great. I didn't expect a game with Kurami to be the cause of all this. I assume Kurami and Fi are going to be added to Sora's harem now. I'm looking forward to their interactions. Kurami keeping most of Sora's memories might backfire on him... she knows all of his most embarrassing moments, now. She could hit where it hurts.

I hope there aren't joining the harem . Kurami and Fi are basically the couple themselves already.

I hope the two of them just stay in a friendly kind of way they are acting now.

[Kaengel]

Well, it's not like there's a harem or a place within it.
After this episode, Kurami and Sora know everything about each other. Sora can now even tell from where Kurami begins washing herself and Kurami knows what kind of stuff can please Sora.
The shared memory thing almost made them the same person from their first 18 years of life, from an experience point of view.

Kurami and Fii aren't either in some kind of yuri relationship.

[MK-95-]

Decent episode, I've got no qualms with the omitted material because it wasn't exactly necessary to the plot. In terms of faithfulness, this one was rather faithful, but like I said above, there was omitted material.

Spoiler for Omitted material:

They left out the part where Jibril confirmed Sora's existence. In the Ln, she confirmed with the Eastern Federation that there is indeed a person named Sora. That's because Imanity & anyone subordinated by him are affected by the game's effects. ie. Another race can vouch for his existence.

They did everything solely from Shiro's PoV. There were parts in the Ln where some things happened from Sora's perspective, to show the readers the overall status of the game. Because the anime did it this way, it also left out Sora's status throughout the game. During the game, he lost his sight, arms, legs, etc...

They also left out Sora's & Clammy's conversations that took place during the game. Such as when she asked him why he wasn't insane after getting a glimpse into his memories.

Episode gets a 9 from me. I'm a pessimistic person, so the cut material, while it isn't important, still irks me.

[Kaengel]

About the cut material.

Spoiler for Cut material:

I don't really care about Jibril confirming Sora's existence with Nekomimi land, but the discussion between Kurami and Sora during the game, and Kurami shocked at Sora's memories and asking him how he didn't go insane were the things I looked for the most for this episode.
Seems like they're going the way "Sora can't be outwitted, can't be shaken. His opponent can't do shit in front of him."

That's the disappointing part for me.