No Game No Life Episode 2 Review "Challenger"

View of Steph's "Steph-a-Scope". Heehee Sora, you've got yourself an admirer right now! (By the way, don't mind Shiro in the background, that's sibling complex she's showing, and don't worry, that's normal for siblings who don't separate from each other.)

Yeah, so right now, let's move on to Episode 2! In this episode, we finally see how the Ten Rules work out and we finally get to be introduced to Stephanie Dora! Stephanie is the daughter of the former king of Imanity. And, well, after her grandfather's death, she gambled to become the next queen of Imanity, but lost (and she lost her clothes too. But she wore a towel after that, so there's no adult content). Yeah, so in my opinion, this episode is so far the only episode right now that has like so many pervertic stuff (but there's no adult content based on what I said above). You also get to see Sora and Shiro's weakness here in this episode. Anyways, in this episode, Sora taunts Steph for her foolishness and also insults her grandfather, the former king of Imanity. As a result, Steph gets mad and is about to hit him. But then Sora challenges her to a game of Rock-Paper-Scissors under the pledges. Even though she almost predicted what Sora would use, she still lost. And it's really funny because Sora told her that he would only use paper, but in the end, he used rock against Steph, causing her to lose (if you don't understand what I mean, just watch the episode and you'll see what I mean).

Remember, Blank never loses. And so they kept their promise.

So as a result of losing, Steph was forced to fall in love with Sora because of Sora's desire for a girlfriend and gets jealous easily when he ignores her. And after some talking, Shiro intentionally pushes Sora to Steph, causing Sora to accidentally touch Steph's breasts and also causes Sora to receive a scolding from Shiro (If you're planning to tell me that I somewhat know and understand these adult-ish things and like say bad stuff about me, I'm telling you, don't do it. I already know what these things are and I'm already mature and NOT pervertic). But then, Steph kicks Sora out of the room and gets separated from Shiro, now knowing that they're suffering from extreme Separation anxiety (they can't be separated at all costs). This will likely play an interesting role in their journey as it is their only common and biggest weakness.

They turn back to normal once seeing each othe again. Especially Sora. xD

Yeah, so after all of the commotion, they move into the palace, based on what Sora said to the pledged Steph. We also see that the kingdom is different from Japan because everything is written in Japanese (despite the people speaking in Japanese. Ohoho...) but Shiro learns it in 15 minutes while Sora takes an hour to learn Imanity. Steph then is impressed by the siblings and is hopeful that maybe the siblings will be the next successor of Imanity and reclaim their territory from the other races.

Now they look awesome. Very awesome.

In the end of the episode, we meet Clammy Zell, the woman who beat Steph in the King's Tournament by cheating in the first episode. Sora and her become somewhat like rivals competing for the place of King in Imanity and Sora makes up his mind that he and Shiro will become the next ruler of Imanity and that he and Shiro will stay in this world.

In my opinion, this episode is a bit adult-ish, but at the same time, funny and great. In fact, No Game No Life is one of the best animes that I have watched so far. It somewhat relates to my life as a gamer and the story is really interesting. The characters are really unique and somewhat unpredictable, doing all sorts of crazy things as long as they benefit from it. I'd rate this episode a 9/10 rating. And I really recommend you to watch and, maybe read the series. It's really fun, I promise.