No Game No Life Episode 6 Science EXPLAINED

              

This is me when watching great anime.

                I love No Game No Life; No Game No Life is my anime list background (at this moment). Since I love the series so much, I am actually going through the trouble of analyzing the science involved in this episode. Yes, the Japanese word game that is plated in episode 6. For those who didn't watch No Game No Life episode 6 yet, I warn you of spoilers. Now, let’s get things started shall we?

                When our king (a collective title for Sora & Shiro), challenges a flugel, Jibril. During the course of the game, we the viewers were exposed to science, ranging from the toxicity of oxygen to the devastating power of a hyper-nova. I am pretty sure that a good number of us were amazed while watching. I know I was. But, was Sora and Shiro’s usage of science really real? Couldn't there be a possibility that there were flaws? That, my comrades, shall be explained.

                Before we get this analysis started, I would like to clarify that I will be only dealing with four (4) words. The rest are omitted due to triviality and (or) no need for explanation.

Oxygen (O2): 

               When Sora and Shiro removed the oxygen in the air, it is true that breathing becomes impossible. As you all know, Sora and Shiro vanished the oxygen because they guessed correctly that Jibril isn't aware that air is composed of multiple gases (nitrogen, oxygen, carbon dioxide, argon, etc).

               Another thing to remember is that ALL oxygen was removed. If that's the case, the human body wouldn't be able to operate because one of the most important fuels has disappeared. However, I have seen arguments about that the rules of the game prevent the characters from dying. "You can't cause someone to die directly during the game." Here's the counter argument. When Sora started off the game with a bang, igniting a hydrogen bomb, why would Jibril bother to protect Sora, Shiro, and Steph with the highest sealing magic? If that rule prevents direct caused death, wouldn't Sora, Shiro, and Steph be safe from the extreme temperature from the explosion? Since the rules aren't so concrete, one can argue that this game is flawed on the most basic level.
           
               

Air:

Jibril fell for our beloved siblings’ trap and said “air”. Since Sora and Shiro only removed oxygen from the air, the remaining gases disappeared, replaced with pure oxygen. The anime has correctly stated that pure oxygen is hazardous to the human body. Oxygen is harmful because it is a quite reactive molecule. As a result of its high reactivity, oxygen causes the rust for iron and browning of apples because it bonds with the substances. Oxygen can also bond with cell membranes, proteins, and even DNA, in some cases damaging the human body.

Yes, the oxygen we all love is poisonous.

                There is a question that the anime knowingly or unknowingly triggered. If the gases of the air other than oxygen disappeared, that means carbon dioxide is gone. The human respiratory system produces carbon dioxide as a waste product. Does that mean Sora, Shiro, Steph, and possibly Jibril can’t release carbon dioxide, or can they, because only the “air” (minus the oxygen) disappeared, not the ability to produce carbon dioxide? Who knows? We gotta ask that to the creators.

Real Atmosphere:

                Ah yes, the famous “what if your body gets exposed into space” question. Sora and Shiro removed the atmosphere of the planet and brought themselves into a vacuum. One of the tragedies occurring was the popping up of Steph’s body. For those who aren’t familiar with the term “vacuum”, a vacuum is a space where there is no matter. Well, if you think about it, the presence of our characters makes the “vacuum” not a vacuum. But Sora and Shiro (Sora specifically) meant vacuum in a more practical way.

The human body is actually rigid enough to withstand the pressure.

                Since the atmosphere is gone, there is no atmospheric pressure. The anime showed us that the absence of atmospheric pressure will allow the gas pressure inside a person to burst the body from the inside out. Gas pressure can be described as gas molecules hitting surfaces. No Game No Life depicted that the human body is maintaining its shape because of the equal gas pressure from inside and outside of the body. This isn’t true because the human body doesn’t explode in a vacuum. Our anatomy is well connected. The tissues of our body are strong enough to withstand the inner gas pressure, although the gases will exit the body rapidly, but not destroying it. So Steph shouldn’t have popped up.

                However, the bodies of our players (plus one observer Steph), should have swollen up. Boiling points of substances decrease when exposed to lower pressures. Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius at standard pressure. If you live in high altitudes, the boiling point of water is lower than 100 degrees Celsius. With that said, if there is no pressure around, water would vaporize immediately. With the moist of the skin vaporizing, the physique will swell up. So Sora, Shiro, Jibril, and Steph will lose their beautiful faces and attractive figures, replaced with bloated ones. Oh yeah, our characters should have been unconscious within seconds, so we wouldn't be able to hear the inner thoughts of Sora and Jibril. Oh, one more thing. The anime was correct about no sound in a vacuum, because sound travels through the vibration of particles. In a vacuum there are no particles, so there is no sound as well.

Coulomb forces:

All electric attraction is nonexistent.

 Coulomb force is basically the electric charge exerted from matter. (At least that is what No Game No Life was trying to portray, so a better term would be electromagnetism.) It works just like a magnet. Like charges repel and opposite charges attract. ALL matter exerts electric charges at some level (except neutrons). Since Sora and Shiro removed Coulomb forces, everything including our characters should be reduced to atomic particles. Therefore we should not have been able to see Sora, Shiro, and Jibril alive.

 The hypernova scenario isn't confirmed by astronomers YET. Even the experts aren't too sure what causes a hypernova. So a random guy like me can’t have a say about it. Sorry, I can't say much about this one...

A hypernova simply put, is a "jumbo" supernova. Supernovas are explosions of stars. A supernova occurs when the mass of a star exceeds the core's limit, the core collapses, which is caused by gravity.  After the core implodes, the collapse is usually "blocked" by neutrons, because neutrons aren't affected by gravity as much as other sorts of matter. When the neutrons block the implosion, matter bounces off the halted core and creates a massive explosion.
The reason why hypernovas aren't confirmed yet, is that we don't know what can produce an explosion of such a large scale. 

There is also gravity left (also mentioned by Entrav).

I love No Game No Life, don't get me wrong. I just wanted to point out some stuff of this anime because I actually give two cents about it. Even with the few inaccuracies of the anime, the whole episode was still clever. I just couldn't get enough of it. Well, I'll be reviewing No Game No Life properly sometime soon. Don't miss it.