No Game No Life, Please!, Vol. 1

ノーゲーム・ノーライフ、です! [No Game No Life Desu!] #1

by Yuu Kamiya, Kazuya Yuizaki (Visual Art)

In a world where everything is decided by games, adorable (but foulmouthed) Izuna Hatsuse is a young Werebeast girl who wants to learn more. As she follows Sora, Shiro, and the others, what answers will she find for herself? LET THE GAMES BEGIN!

Genres: Manga, Fantasy, Slice Of Life

160 pages, Paperback

Published June 20, 2017

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

[Jill · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was a strange one and I'm still not 100% sure what happened?? It was confusing and the story and world were not introduced well so it was hard to understand what was going on most of the time.

[Rafaela Cardoso]

The anime left me baffled at how beautiful it was so it was a must read

[Edvard · Rating 3 out of 5]

This manga is no masterpiece, but it is pretty cute. Seeing the world of Disboard through Izuna's eyes is refreshing after the intensity that is the light novels.

I love the drawing style and I also like how, even though there is a fair amount of nudity, at least the nudity is decently realistic and not idealised without the laws of physics, which is refreshing after nonsensical anime females becoming a norm.

I love how it presents Sora and Shiro's philosophies through the eyes of someone who doesn't get it right away, because then the reader doesn't constantly feel like an idiot because it's hard to follow.

I also like how Steph's character is focused more on, since we don't get to see how smart she actually is in the light novels (I know, it's a miracle, but Steph is actually pretty damned smart). I think Azriel's pursuing of Jibril's love is pretty cute as well, because it shows that not all flugel are completely loveless.

[AJ · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is only suppose to be a pure fun spin off, with lots of fanservice. It can be skipped if you are worried about missing some important story elements.

If you didn't like NGNL to begin with, this is like a one star. If you are a huge fan of the series, then this is probably a five star. For me personally, it is a 2 star, because it faces stiff competition from things like "Ayakashi Triangle." It does everything "NGNL Please" is trying to do, but only better.

[Zian B. · Rating 1 out of 5]

I had no clue of the story line of one chapter, let alone the entire volume. There was unnecessary fan service at some points, and at others, there was extremely uncalled fan-service of little girls. This just could’ve been done much much better than it how it is and I won’t be continuing this spin-off series.

[Liz Licata · Rating 1 out of 5]

wow. that was incomprehensible and very stupid

[A'ledyn · Rating 1 out of 5]

Story is derivative and disappointing and disjointed

[Adam Gutschenritter · Rating 2 out of 5]

Cute, but not as good as the original.

[Madison]

This book follows the path of Izuna Hastune a female werebeast. In the book, she follows Sora and Shiro on their journey. It is a hilarious manga, but it does have some explicit content in the manga itself.