History Awesome / NoGameNoLife

** Blank only became so powerful underneath the Ten Commandments and their own skill. Riku and Schwi won their own game in Disboard during the Great War when there ''were no rules''.

** Schwi runs into the worst possible being to run into all on her own: Jibril. At this point, Schwi knows that she's screwed, there's no way she'll be able to defeat the UltimateLifeform of a race created to kill Old Dei. So, she convinces the Ex-Machina to restore her connection to the HiveMind and then proceeds to force Jibril into using her strongest attack, something considered by Flugels to be the highest form of respect for their enemy. This sacrifice gives Riku the final piece he needs to put an end to the Great War, and on top of that connecting to the HiveMind allowed her to give an entire race of robots the ability to experience emotions and convincing them to get involved in ending the war simply because it's what she andRiku wanted.

** Schwi runs into the worst possible being to run into all on her own: Jibril. At this point, Schwi knows that she's screwed, there's no way she'll be able to defeat the UltimateLifeform of a race created to kill Old Dei. So, she convinces the Ex-Machina to restore her connection to the HiveMind and then proceeds to force Jibril into using her strongest attack, something considered by Flugels to be the highest form of respect for their enemy. This sacrifice gives Riku the final piece he needs to put an end to the Great War, and on top of that connecting to the HiveMind allowed her to give an entire race of robots the ability to experience emotions and convincing them to get involved in ending the war for Riku's sake.

** Schwi runs into the worst possible being to run into all on her own: Jibril. At this point, Schwi knows that she's screwed, there's no way she'll be able to defeat the UltimateLifeform of a race created to kill Old Dei. So, she convinces the Ex-Machina to restore her connection to the HiveMind and then proceeds to force Jibril into using her strongest attack, something considered by Flugels to be the highest form of respect for their enemy. This sacrifice gives Riku the final piece he needs to put an end to the Great War.

* Episode 7: Stephanie's grandfather was ''not'' a foolish king. He pulled a KansasCityShuffle on the Eastern Federation while making them think that ''they'' were taking ''him'' for a ride. He challenged them eight times in a decade in order to find out the mechanics of the game they liked to play. Since they erased the memories of everyone else that lost, this is critical intel. Also, while he lost a lot of land, Elchea wasn't using that land anyway. It was useless and so he didn't loss anything at all. He stored all this information in a room locked with a key that he gave Stephanie on his deathbed, so she could give it to the winner of the "Imanity's greatest gambler" competition. [[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning All of this was to set up his successor to take down the Warbeasts]].

*** Also a moment of FridgeBrilliance depending on how you go into the BigDamnMovie, because [[spoiler:not even Riku and Schwi were able to beat Tet. And yet their successors ''did''.]]

* Episode 3: Sora figures out that [[spoiler:Kurami's chess game is more like an RTS rather than a turn based game, so he uses this to his advantage by increasing his soldiers' morale with a DareToBeBadass speech so they fight valiantly against the enemy. When Kurumi plays her trump card by using brainwashing magic to take control of Shiro's pieces, Sora uses his dating sim experience to ''seduce Kurumi's queen'' and convinces her to perform a HeelFaceTurn and join his side, making the queen see that Kurumi is a mad tyrant who rules through oppression.]]
* Episode 4: Sora continues the magic chess game by [[spoiler:by triggering a revolt, where many of her troops turn against her thanks to their loyalty to the queen that Sora had won over. This makes Kurumi so angry and desperate that she forces her troops to march to their death to take victory, which Sora had anticipated made her such a reviled leader that her king got assassinated by her own side.]]

** [[spoiler:They first start the game with a '''Hydrogen Bomb''', then later after removing the '''Mantle''', they remove the '''Crust''', the '''Lithosphere''' (which soon killed Steph but the game revives her after the match). Next, they remove '''Oxygen''', which then makes the air unbreathable. Jibril, not knowing the composition of the atmosphere, summons '''Air''', which brings back the O2, but removes the rest of the breathing air, which is poisonous but Jibril isn't yet knocked out. Shiro and Sora release the air in their lungs without breathing back to remove the '''Rest of atmosphere''' which then creates a vacuum and makes Jibril lungs implode. Jibril isn't yet knocked out but due to the lack of atmosphere, her voice cannot be heard which almost disqualifies her. She uses light to draw the word Sora showed her on a piece of paper '''Ego-centric''' and they finish it by showing her the back of that same piece of paper and removing '''Coulomb's Force''' (the force that keeps ATOMIC orbits in check, without it all mass would focus in a single point due to gravity) and causing a ''hypernova'' which finally kills off Jibril. Jibril is absolutely delighted about this event and starts praying to the ''founder of her race'' to claim absolute obedience to 『　　』.]]
* Episode 7: Stephanie's grandfather was ''not'' a foolish king. [[spoiler:He pulled a KansasCityShuffle on the Eastern Federation while making them think that ''they'' were taking ''him'' for a ride. He challenged them eight times in a decade in order to find out the mechanics of the game they liked to play. Since they erased the memories of everyone else that lost, this is critical intel. Also, while he lost a lot of land, Elchea wasn't using that land anyway. It was useless and so he didn't loss anything at all. He stored all this information in a room locked with a key that he gave Stephanie on his deathbed, so she could give it to the winner of the "Imanity's greatest gambler" competition. [[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning All of this was to set up his successor to take down the Warbeasts]].]]

** Sora manages to win a game of Reversi, in which the player has to prioritize 32 things that will disappear once that said piece is flipped; [[spoiler:this is without his body, memories, and consciousness, with 3 pieces left. The three pieces in mind are #3: The method to win; #2: Absolute trust in Shiro; #1: Memories about Shiro. After Shiro wins the game on his behalf, he makes Kurami and Feel his double agents in Elvengarde by uploading a copy of his memories into Kurami and claiming the right to alter Feel's memories.]]
** What's even more awesome is Shiro's part in the game. [[spoiler:Since Sora's fourth piece essentially erased him from existence, it was up to Shiro to play the last three pieces. In addition, she barely remembered that there was a game at first and she couldn't even see the board until she put a piece down. She still pulled through.]]

** Shiro effortlessly corners Izuna in a building, deflecting each of Izuna's shots with her own and forcing her to jump out the building...where Jibril and Sora are waiting. [[spoiler:They would have won right then and there if not for Ino and Izuna cheating.]]
** Later, Blank leads Izuna into another trap [[spoiler:by having Shiro pretend to have been shot by Izuna, tricking her into attacking them and falling into a trap. Then Izuna activates [[IAmNotLeftHanded Blood Devastation]]]].

** Despite Izuna [[spoiler:activating Blood Devastation]], Sora and Shiro anticipated this and set up a plan where they [[spoiler:predict the game's NPC pathing so accurately that they can use an NPC to carry an unconscious Steph, who thanks to the pledges is programmed to shoot straight ahead the moment she wakes up. Sora and Shiro lure Izuna right into Steph's line of fire, and because Steph is unconsciously aiming at Izuna, the warbeast can't detect Steph's hostile intent until it's too late.]]
** The battle against Miko. Both sides know the stakes are high. Imanity needs the Warbeasts' technology while the Warbeasts need Imanity's resources, and the Warbeasts are willing to put their sovereignty on the line. The game is decided by [[spoiler:a simple coin flip. However, Sora manipulates the toss so the coin lands on its edge, resulting in a tie. Since neither side had a contingency in the case of a tie, Sora declares that both sides win. The Warbeasts can keep their autonomy, but they must join with Imanity in a mutual alliance. Since both sides mutually benefit, Miko agrees with Sora's plan.]]
*** Also, note that Sora only accepted once he had established concessions for both sides that [[spoiler:[[TakeAThirdOption weren't mutually exclusive]], but still gave him alliance if they both won.]] And [[spoiler:because he was the one who flipped the coin, he knew that Miko would use [[SuperSenses Blood Devastation]] to predict which side the coin would land on...and thus by nudging the floor tile after she called tails, he [[IKnowYouKnowIKnow told her that he knew that she cheated]] [[OutGambitted and that he had planned for it]]. Miko probably felt that she was [[KnowWhenToFoldEm probably not going to get a better deal]] by that point.]]

** Steph proves once and for all that she is not a "steph" by [[spoiler:defeating Elkia's entire crop of nobles, guild leaders and other big wigs in poker. She uses so many card tricks and mind games that Ino says [[PowerCopying her style of play resembles that of Blank]]. She does this despite becoming sleep-deprived due to the sheer volume of challenges and without help from Ino's SuperSenses, except for the first couple games.]]
*** The larger plan is also impressive. [[spoiler:Sora and Shiro leave the country for the Eastern Federation, and put Stephanie in charge in their absence. With so much new land and so many resources newly available thanks to Blank's win against the Eastern Federation, the big wigs think this is their opportunity to score privileged managing positions. ThePlan is to use Stephanie as bait to draw them in and then use the pledges to force them to cooperate with the crown. Each loser forfeits their memories so they can't tell anyone about it. In this way, the people with the knowledge and skill to manage the resources are forced to do so without ulterior motives.]]

** Kurami and Feel's activities in Elvengard. A local politician blackmails Feel into playing a game with him and cheats by having his butler help him. What follows is a series of awesome that shows that Kurami and Feel can plan on a level that rivals even Blank. [[spoiler:First, Kurami challenges the butler to a simple card game under the stakes of revealing his cheating and his involvement in a smuggling ring. The butler obviously tries to cheat by using magic, but it turns out that it's not Kurami, it's Feel. The Feel playing against the politician is actually Kurami, with Feel providing the magic to operate the game (later justified by Feel pointing out that she said ''we'' when she was negotiating the terms of the game). Feel wins easily and Kurami proceeds to continue the game against the politician, not only without the risk of losing Feel since she bet herself, but also plays a flawless round against the politician, leading him to give up. They then exploit their win by setting it up so that the politician is revealed months latter to be TheLeader of the smuggling ring and is replaced in his company by someone who Feel and Kurami already played against. Not to mention, they prevented him from spilling the beans that Feel is part of a slave emancipation movement by forcing him to forget about them, which also forces him to forget that Feel is a far more competent mage than her reputation suggests.]]
** When Sora and Shiro find out the 'actual' winning condition to win and wake the Seiren Empress up [[spoiler:by making the Empress falls in love with the prince]], Sora gives one massive ReasonYouSuckSpeech to her when the Empress fails and before Sora leaves her dream:
--->[[spoiler:"You're a grown woman for goodness sake, and here you are daydreaming and stuff. Are you stupid or something? Who do you think you are? An idiot? Do you really think that everyone has to treat you well? Even the kindergartners nowadays are smarter than you! Also do you have any idea how long you've been sleeping? Eight hundred years! Eight, hundred, years! Don't tell me you think you're some sort of sleeping beauty waiting for her prince? You're over eight hundred years old! You goddamn old hag! I said you were pretty old earlier, but you've got to have a limit somewhere! I confess, I do prefer older women, but they at least need to have some brains you know!? Also, the thing that I hate the most about you is your 「All men will definitely fall in love with me」 attitude! Women should know their place! Sexiness must come with some sort of humility and restraint before it has any meaning! [[BrainlessBeauty Unless you're thinking something like this?]] That when people ask you to take off your clothes you just strip off everything without a doubt. Do you really think of yourself as a woman? Or that! Are you one of those people who try to get starring roles in AV's but when the actual shooting comes, you just take off your clothes and everything, one of those idiots with romantic stats of below twenty!? If you think all that matters is how much skin you show, you might as well go be a nudist! You bloody halfwit! Also, why do I have to suck up to a woman I don't like? With any semblance of common sense, one would immediately realize it's just a waste of time and effort! Are you genuinely an idiot!? If so, I might as well go chase some 2D girls, which would probably be more meaningful, less time-consuming, more appealing, and probably won't damage my wallet and break my heart! Furthermore, I want to say one last thing - I don't know whether you call those things water elemental or whatever but, you only have the ability to seduce and hypnotize when those things are around - so to be honest your looks are only at a medium standard; you're only going to be a third wheel in my crew, which you should have realized long ago if you would just look in the goddamn mirror! You sponge-brained idiot!!"]]
*** And to top that... they did win [[spoiler:...With [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments an ending that no one saw coming]]. No seriously.]]

** Schwi runs into the worst possible being to run into all on her own: [[spoiler:Jibril.]] At this point, Schwi knows that she's screwed, there's no way she'll be able to defeat [[spoiler:the UltimateLifeform of a race created to kill Old Dei]]. So, she [[spoiler:convinces the Ex-Machina to restore her connection to the HiveMind and then proceeds to force Jibril into using her strongest attack, something considered by Flugels to be the highest form of respect for their enemy. This sacrifice gives Riku the final piece he needs to put an end to the Great War.]]
** Also, [[spoiler:the Ghosts' successful efforts in luring ''all of the other Races'' into a power stalemate a la the Cold War with their information. No one could truly piece together what the Ghosts' true intentions were, and when Artosh finds out, he acknowledges the whole effort with grudging respect.]]
*** Hell, it's because of the humans' efforts along with Riku and Schwi [[spoiler:that the Great War even ''ended''. The race that so many other Races considered ''trash'' was the race that saved the world and rebuilt it as Disboard under Tet. It is through this that Tet gives humans the name of "Imanity", the name itself a Wordplay on "Immunity" and "Humanity".]]
*** Riku's plan revolving entirely around manipulating [[spoiler:the three most powerful races on the planet into using three of the most powerful superweapons ever conceived, and repurposing the massive energy of the result for his own benefit.]]

** Blank only became so powerful underneath the Ten Commandments and their own skill. Riku and Schwi [[spoiler:won their own game in Disboard during the Great War when there ''were no rules''.]]

-->[[spoiler:"You're a grown woman for goodness sake, and here you are daydreaming and stuff. Are you stupid or something? Who do you think you are? An idiot? Do you really think that everyone has to treat you well? Even the kindergartners nowadays are smarter than you! Also do you have any idea how long you've been sleeping? Eight hundred years! Eight, hundred, years! Don't tell me you think you're some sort of sleeping beauty waiting for her prince? You're over eight hundred years old! You goddamn old hag! I said you were pretty old earlier, but you've got to have a limit somewhere! I confess, I do prefer older women, but they at least need to have some brains you know!? Also, the thing that I hate the most about you is your 「All men will definitely fall in love with me」 attitude! Women should know their place! Sexiness must come with some sort of humility and restraint before it has any meaning! [[BrainlessBeauty Unless you're thinking something like this?]] That when people ask you to take off your clothes you just strip off everything without a doubt. Do you really think of yourself as a woman? Or that! Are you one of those people who try to get starring roles in AV's but when the actual shooting comes, you just take off your clothes and everything, one of those idiots with romantic stats of below twenty!? If you think all that matters is how much skin you show, you might as well go be a nudist! You bloody halfwit! Also, why do I have to suck up to a woman I don't like? With any semblance of common sense, one would immediately realize it's just a waste of time and effort! Are you genuinely an idiot!? If so, I might as well go chase some 2D girls, which would probably be more meaningful, less time-consuming, more appealing, and probably won't damage my wallet and break my heart! Furthermore, I want to say one last thing - I don't know whether you call those things water elemental or whatever but, you only have the ability to seduce and hypnotize when those things are around - so to be honest your looks are only at a medium standard; you're only going to be a third wheel in my crew, which you should have realized long ago if you would just look in the goddamn mirror! You sponge-brained idiot!!"]]

* In the first episode,

* In the second episode, Shiro and Sora outplay a cheater at poker by predicting her cheat, and using one of their own cheats that gives them a Royal Flush.
* In the third episode, Sora figures out that [[spoiler:Kurami's chess game is more like an RTS rather than a turn based game, so he uses this to his advantage by increasing his soldiers' morale with a DareToBeBadass speech so they fight valiantly against the enemy. When Kurumi plays her trump card by using brainwashing magic to take control of Shiro's pieces, Sora uses his dating sim experience to ''seduce Kurumi's queen'' and convinces her to perform a HeelFaceTurn and join his side, making the queen see that Kurumi is a mad tyrant who rules through oppression.]]
* In episode 4, Sora continues the magic chess game by [[spoiler:by triggering a revolt, where many of her troops turn against her thanks to their loyalty to the queen that Sora had won over. This makes Kurumi so angry and desperate that she forces her troops to march to their death to take victory, which Sora had anticipated made her such a reviled leader that her king got assassinated by her own side.]]
* Episode 5.

* Episode 6. Fight against Jibril; Game: Materializing Word Connector (Japanese/Imanity)

* Episode 7. Stephanie's grandfather was ''not'' a foolish king. [[spoiler:He pulled a KansasCityShuffle on the Eastern Federation while making them think that ''they'' were taking ''him'' for a ride. He challenged them eight times in a decade in order to find out the mechanics of the game they liked to play. Since they erased the memories of everyone else that lost, this is critical intel. Also, while he lost a lot of land, Elchea wasn't using that land anyway. It was useless and so he didn't loss anything at all. He stored all this information in a room locked with a key that he gave Stephanie on his deathbed, so she could give it to the winner of the "Imanity's greatest gambler" competition. [[MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning All of this was to set up his successor to take down the Warbeasts]].]]

* Volume 4

* Volume 5

* From volume 6 of the light novels and the BigDamnMovie:

*** The larger plan is also impressive. [[spoiler:Sora and Shiro leave the country for the Eastern Federation, and put Stephanie in charge in their absence. With so much new land and so many resources newly available thanks to Blank's win against the Eastern Federation, the big whigs think this is their opportunity to score privileged managing positions. ThePlan is to use Stephanie as bait to draw them in and then use the pledges to force them to cooperate with the crown. Each loser forfeits their memories so they can't tell anyone about it. In this way, the people with the knowledge and skill to manage the resources are forced to do so without ulterior motives.]]