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No Game No Life

TV animeFilm2014–2017

1 season12 episodes

Original: light novel榎宮祐

Choose the season or film you finished to find where to continue in the No Game No Life light novel and which book edition matches that point.

Bored with life and considering the real world to be just a “crappy game,” savvy sibling shut-ins Sora and Shiro have withdrawn into their own fantasy world filled with video games. However, one day they find themselves summoned to another world by a boy who calls himself “God,” their abilities are about to be put to the ultimate test! Now not only their fates — but the fate of all of humanity — will be decided by a series of games that may just be the hardest these super-geniuses have ever faced!

Book language
EditionYen On

Season 1

Medium confidence

12 episodesApr 2014 – Jun 2014

Anime ends at
Ep 12

After the 12-episode TV series, continue the original No Game No Life light novel at Volume 4. The TV mainly covers Volumes 1–3 but briefly borrows from Volume 6 at the ending, so Volume 4 is still the next main-story book. Read from Volume 1 instead if you want the details the anime condensed; no exact chapter handoff is established.

No Game No Life, Vol. 4 (light novel)

Yen OnEnglishPaperback

Same stop in other languages (switch the page):
  • Start overVol. 1OptionalNo Game No Life, Vol. 1 (light novel)Start the original light novel at Volume 1 if you want the worldbuilding and character moments condensed by the TV adaptation.Search for this book on Amazon
1 side entrySPno effect on where to continue
  1. No Game No Life SpecialsSP6 episodesJun 2014 – Nov 2014These six short Blu-ray/DVD extras accompany the TV series and have no separate original-novel continuation. After the main TV story, use its Volume 4 reading route.

No Game No Life: Zero

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Jul 2017

No Game No Life: Zero is a prequel based on original light novel Volume 6, not the next arc after the TV series. If you have watched both the TV series and the film, return to the main story at original Volume 4; the film does not replace Volumes 4–5. Read Volume 6 for the fuller source version of the film. There is no separate direct sequel from the prequel film alone.

No Game No Life, Vol. 4 (light novel)

Yen OnEnglishPaperback

Same stop in other languages (switch the page):
  • BackfillVol. 6OptionalNo Game No Life, Vol. 6 (light novel)Read original light novel Volume 6 if you want the fuller source telling of the prequel film before returning to the main story.Search for this book on Amazon

All volumes

Yen OnThe English edition is at Vol. 12.

Before you read

The 1 side entry listed here have no separate reading start in the main work. Follow the reading route of the season each is grouped with; their individual notes explain the connection.

No Game No Life Specials (SP)