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Liar Game (Manga)

Liar Game

Alternative Titles

English: Liar Game
Japanese: ライアーゲーム

Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Publishing
Published: 2005 to ?
Authors: Kaitani, Shinobu (Story & Art)
Serialization: Young Jump

Statistics

Score: 8.501 (scored by 1657 users)
Ranked: #782
Popularity: #124
Members: 3,606
Favorites: 290
1 indicates a weighted score
2 based on the top manga page.

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Popular Tags

drama psychological seinen

Synopsis

Kanzaki Nao, an honest college student, who receives a hundred million yen one day, along with a card saying she has been chosen to take part in the "Liar Game". The aim of the game is to trick the other players out of their hundred million yen. At the end, the winner gets the hundred million and the loser is a hundred million yen in debt. The next day, she receives notification that her opponent is her former teacher, Fujisawa Kazuo. She goes to him, seeking help, but ends up getting tricked into handing her money over. Desperate, she approaches the police for help, but they are unable to do anything. However, she is told of a mastermind swindler, Akiyama Shinichi, who is to be released from jail the next day. Desperate, she goes to him for help. (Source: D-Addicts Wiki)

Related Manga

Side story: Liar Game - Roots of A

Characters

 Shinichi
Akiyama, Shinichi
Main
 Nao
Kanzaki, Nao
Main
Leronira
Supporting
Nearco
Supporting
Solario
Supporting
Akagi, Kouta
Supporting
 Yuuji
Fukunaga, Yuuji
Supporting


Write a review | More reviews (5)Reviews

Mar 20, 2009
shinjachan
The only thing similar between this and Death Note is that the main characters are geniuses who went to Tokyo University.

And that's where it stops.

This series is better than Death Note simply because it doesn't try too hard.

I disagree with another reader who said that it is "Death Note lite". Frankly, I find it deeper and more interesting than Death Note, and this place here sums it right up for me, why Liar Game surpasses it:

http://liargame.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/liar-game-vs-death-note-light-vs-akiyama/

The characters do seem to fit a mold in the beginning, but that's because not much is known about them. Nao is an honest idiot in the beginning, read more
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Dec 3, 2008
Ginaz
At the begining, Liar Game looked like anohter irrelevant thing, but when I started reading it, I was trapped untill today. This manga has a very good psichologycal style that explores the deepest parts of human ambition: seeing how each different character thinks and behave differently in the same situation keeps your attention drawn on every moment, allowing Liar Game to be an outstanding story.

Story: It has a very original idea, about a girl who sees herself trapped in this game, where she has to lie in order to live, Anyhow, she's got a problem: she is stupidly honest.

Art: The drawing in Liar Game is read more
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User Recommendations

Both Phycological themes. Both have a character that is particulary smart or good at solving problems.
Characters play games that seemed be luck based for money, but the main characters of each find tricks to guarantee victory.

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