Alternative TitlesEnglish: Liar Game Japanese: ライアーゲーム
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Type: Manga
Volumes: Unknown
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Publishing
Published: 2005 to ?
StatisticsScore: 8.501 (scored by 1657 users)
Ranked: #782
Popularity: #124
Members: 3,606
Favorites: 290 1 indicates a weighted score
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SynopsisKanzaki 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 MangaSide story: Liar Game - Roots of A
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shinjachan
27 of 36 people found this review helpful
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52 of ? chapters read
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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, but as the series progresses, she improves A LOT. And it's not a rapid change either, making it all the more believable. As for Akiyama, there's a lot more to him than the series initially lets on.
I highly recommend this manga. Don't let the artwork detract-- it's not enough to keep me from rating this series a 10.
On a final note-- The manga is better than the drama.
http://liargame.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/comparison-between-the-manga-version-and-the-j-drama-version/
Please read it! (onemanga and mangafox are good places).
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Ginaz
16 of 23 people found this review helpful
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36 of ? chapters read
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10 |
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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 not the best drawing ever, but it meets it's duty.
Characters: a handful of very different characters lets one understand how each type off person would behave in extreme situations.
Enjoyment: Being completely unpredictable, it will keep you hooked and you won't even realize how many chapters have you read. read more
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Both Phycological themes. Both have a character that is particulary smart or good at solving problems.
Both sort of dark and tactical 'games', and a similar character.
Both involve highly intelligent people generally outwitting others, but whereas Death Note was involving a killing spree and utopia, Liar Game is about trying to get out of a game of, well, lies. The artwork is sort of similar, too, and I personally think Akiyama is more intelligent than Light because Akiyama generally has his plans run right from the get-go and has already factored most outcomes, whereas Light relies too much on others' reactions. Akiyama's reliance on reactions is more like putting the last brick on the castle; castle's already complete, but a perfectionist just needs that one last brick.
The psychological genre is evident in both and the main male leads are both cunningly intelligent.
Both revolve around psychologyand how allows one or more characters to come out on top by manipulating the others.
They both have main characters that use wit to advance or accomplish their goals (Akiyama and Light), but Death Note is much darker and sometimes gets close to more of a seinen manga than shounen. And Akiyama totally looks like L. :D
The main conflicts run like complicated cat & mouse games, with psychological strategies and out manoeuvring between genius characters. There are more puzzles in Liar Game, but Death Note does have it's moments. However Death Note is supernatural with an anti-hero main character while Liar Game is realistic with a naive girl/con-artist protagonist main pair. They have quite a similar detailed art style, though Death Note is more gothic.
Both involve highly intelligent main characters, though Amamiya reminds more of L then of Light. The Characters are facing problems that they have to solve using their brain. Liar Game is more focused on tricking people, but when you liked DN (like me) it's quite possible that you might like Liar Game too.
The art is different but the psychological aspects in the manga are similar.. Very interesting insights.. I am very selective when reading manga especially phycological manga. As far as lost+brain is concerned, it suck. Thus recommendation of liar game should not be taken lightly. liar game and its psychological aspects are almost on par with that of death note. Enjoy...
Both contain some very smart people who have to think all the time: whats next? to survive. Both are ingenious. The authors must be really clever.
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Characters play games that seemed be luck based for money, but the main characters of each find tricks to guarantee victory.
Both mangas are very similar in the huge amount of money involved in each game. And both the protagonists Tomu and Akiyama are genius level pro swindlers who makes use of psychology to trick the opponents and win. The tricks employed in both manga also constantly leaves the reader guessing and each chapter makes a person want to read more to see what happens next.
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