No Game, No Life Vol. 5 Quotes

“Our precious lives, when you step back and look at them, are a kind of game. Try imagining the game described by the exciting copy above. A literal once-in-a-lifetime adventure—the grand game of life.
You start playing. First, there’s a random character creation process that proceeds automatically as a collaboration between your parents. There’s the heartwarming opening with your mom and your dad and a thousand blessings and all that, and then finally, you get to dive in. You get a rough grasp on the controls, and then you’re tossed into “school,” a microcosmic tutorial for the heavy seas of society—
The game’s setting—Earth. Awaiting us as we’re tossed into a corner of that oversized map is a massive sandbox game. There we have a vast array of choices, a spectacular degree of freedom, and countless minigames. Inspired by the hype, we advance just as advertised, but it’s not long before we realize something.
—We’ve been had.”
― Yuu Kamiya, No Game, No Life Vol. 5

“Namely- player- and prayer. One who followed their own will, marching forward--opening the unknown, confronting the future. Or one who deferred to another's will, closing their eyes--turning from the unknown, entrusting the future.”
― Yuu Kamiya, No Game, No Life Vol. 5

“Understanding was never a matter of just memorizing facts to increase one’s knowledge. It was something that came from doing, from bashing oneself, until it finally soaked into the bones.”
― Yuu Kamiya, No Game, No Life Vol. 5

“Imperfection. What it meant—was the quest to be perfect. Because one was imperfect, one reached for the unknown, for the future, for hope—reached to grasp them.”
― Yuu Kamiya, No Game, No Life Vol. 5

“By now, there is none with power superior to mine. [...] Therefore, there are things beyond my ken. [...] By that which is beyond my ken, by that which the weak alone understand, by that which is unknown to me for my strength, I may be defeated.”
― Yuu Kamiya, No Game, No Life Vol. 5