No Game No Life Episode 3 "Expert" Review

THE BEST AND YET THE MOST HILARIOUS EPISODE I HAVE EVER SEEN IN ALL OF THE ANIMES THAT I'VE WATCHED SO FAR.

Yes, it's true guys. I assure you, this is one of the best episodes so far in the anime adaptation of No Game No Life (that's in my opinion, of course). But seriously, if you'll watch this episode, I'm sure you will really enjoy and at the same time, laugh so hard because of the AWESOMENESS of Sora (and of course, Shiro and Steph helped in some of the parts, but it's mostly Sora just making the hilarious stuff in this episode). But that's enough opinion from me, now let's move on to the review of the episode!

No one messes with Blank. And nobody can interfere with them, too.

Yeah, so in this episode, we start with Blank trying to take over the position of King of Imanity with Steph trying to interfere and somewhat saying to the siblings "are you crazy?". Of course, even though Blank's trying to show almost impossible and somewhat stupid things in front of many people, they're still intelligent and know what they're doing. REMEMBER THAT, PEOPLE WHO WANT TO MESS AND TRY TO LAUGH AT THEM, BECAUSE I AM 100% SURE THAT THEY WILL BEAT THE CRAP OUT OF YOU IN JUST A SINGLE GAME. SO WATCH OUT, HATERS. Anyways, they step in and Sora, I think, was the one who shouted "Objection!" in front of the crowd, and suprisingly though, this was the first joke that was shown in this episode, I think. And I really laughed when I saw this. Remember the BGM that we always see in animes or in movies? Well guess what? THE BGM WAS ACTUALLY PLAYED IN SORA'S PHONE AFTER HE SHOUTED "OBJECTION!". Nice work, Madhouse and maybe credits also to Yu Kamiya.

Really Sora? That was the best joke ever in terms of playing the BGM. Well done. I really love what you did here guys.

Yeah, so basically that was it. Then after all of the talking in front of many people, they decided to play a game and the winner would be the King (Ruler would be the appropriate term here) of Imanity. And here comes the best part / the part with the most hilarious things you've ever seen in this anime (or episode, if that's what you want to call it). THE CHESS GAME AGAINST CLAMMY. Yeah, they decided to play an awesome game of chess wherein the chess pieces have their own will. But before that, they had a discussion with Clammy inside the carriage that they were in while traveling to the destination of the game. Then after that long chat, well LET THE MAGNIFICENT GAME OF CHESS BEGIN!

And you'll find out the best part about these pieces later.

So in this magnificent game of chess that they played, at first, the pieces didn't move on their own yet. It was Shiro who moved the pieces into their designated board places during the first half of the game. But then the siblings realized soon that Clammy was just instructing them to move forward without any specific position or moves that the chess pieces can make. Then that's when they understood and learned that "the pieces have wills of their own". This is what makes their game even more interesting to watch. Then after that, Shiro was unable to continue the game because they learned that you can't sacrifice your pieces in that game. Then here comes the START OF THE BEST PART. And I really mean it. SORA TO THE RESCUE! Basically he just motivated the chess pieces to give their best since Sora's a really good guy in terms of convincing people what to do, as seen in Episode 1 wherein he convinced the innkeeper to let him stay for 4 nights with just a coin, I think. Anyways, Sora switches position with Shiro and shouts to the pieces "Attention all pieces!". And then he just says random stuff he can use in order to motivate the pieces like "if you win, you will earn the right to bang any woman you like" and stuff like that. Seriously though, Clammy, Steph and Shiro, I think, were VERY MUCH SURPRISED of what Sora had just said in front of the pieces. And then the pieces started shouting, meaning that they were motivated that much and started fighting the opposing pieces with magnificent moves like backflips, sideswipes, etc.

Oh yeah. Here comes the best part, and the worst part for Clammy. Good luck though beating the siblings, because you can't.

Then after seeing all of the destruction happening in the chess board, Clammy tries to let herself win by using cheats againts the siblings, while the siblings are not. Then the pieces of the siblings start turning evil and opposed Sora and Shiro. Now I tell you, here comes the best part of the episode. SORA AGAIN TO THE RESCUE! He basically convinces the queen to side back to their side because Sora's just really good in terms of romantic games too. Then after that long convincing, the queen sides back to their side and the pieces too start turning back to white. Then in the end of the episode, Sora tells Steph that "there's more than one way to win the game and that's winning without fighting!".

Is it finally over? Did Sora and Shiro win? We'll see in the next episode.

So in my opinion, this episode's one of the best episodes that I've seen so far in the anime series. The way that Sora and Shiro plans really prove that you can never beat them. No matter how hard you try, even if you cheat. And also in this episode, we see Sora and Shiro's godly powers in playing games. Seriously though, I'm not even that close to their intelligence and skills in terms of playing games, even chess. And that's the reason why I adore them. And for the rating of the episode, I'd rate the episode a 9/10 for being awesome and at the same time, hilarious for me. I hope you'll love the anime series and I do recommend you to watch this episode.

Credits to Entravity (www.entravity.com) for the photos.