Liar Game

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Japanese: LIAR GAME

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Type: Manga

Volumes: 19

Chapters: 203

Status: Finished

Published: Feb 17, 2005 to Jan 22, 2015

Genre: Drama

Themes: High Stakes Game, Psychological, Strategy Game

Demographic: Seinen

Serialization: Young Jump

Authors: Kaitani, Shinobu (Story & Art)

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Score: 8.25¹ (scored by 37,931 users)

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Ranked: #365²

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Popularity: #118

Members: 117,259

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Ranked #365Popularity #118Members 117,259

MangaYoung JumpKaitani, Shinobu (Story & Art)

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Chapters: /203

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College student Nao Kanzaki has always adhered to her name's meaning: "foolishly honest." However, after opening an unsolicited package containing one hundred million yen, she inadvertently accepts an invitation for the "Liar Game." In this tournament, contestants are encouraged to betray and deceive their opponents to gain a massive amount of cash; conversely, losing will incur a lifetime debt. With all hopes lost, her only option left is to seek help from a con artist.

On that same day, the infamous swindler Shinichi Akiyama is finally released from jail. This former psychology student is known for single-handedly bankrupting an entire company, and Nao believes he is her only chance at escaping her dire situation. At first, Shinichi is hesitant to commit another crime, ignoring Nao and her request. But after seeing her desperation and persistence, he agrees to assist her.

In this fraudulent world, Nao and Shinichi have their own motives. Yet, soon they see the true nature of not only the game, but also everyone involved.

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Liar Game has been published in Chinese (Hong Kong) by Ever Glory Publishing Co., Ltd.; in Chinese (Taiwan) by Tianxia Publishing Co., Ltd.; in Dutch by Kana; in French by Tonkam; in German by Egmont Manga; and in Spanish by Planeta DeAgostini.

The series was adapted into a two-season Japanese television series, with the first season airing in 2007 and the second season from 2009 to 2010. It also received two live-action films: Liar Game: The Final Stage in 2010 and Liar Game: Reborn in 2012. It was also adapted into a Korean live-action drama that aired from October 20, 2014, to November 25, 2014.

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Fukunaga, Yuuji

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Aug 3, 2024

Curlybrace101

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Historically, capitalism has functioned by convincing everyone that the poor are responsible for their poverty, and that the impoverished must scratch and claw their way to survival by using the people sharing their situation as stepping stones—it’s a dog eat dog world, so they must take from people suffering just as much as they are just so that they can survive. The rich turn the poor into each other’s enemies when in reality, the only reason they’re poor is because the rich are hoarding all of the wealth. Their enemies are not each other, but those at the very top of society. If the people ...

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Mar 11, 2023

bergars

Mixed Feelings

It's hard to approach writing about such a behemoth of a manga. Sporting 203 chapters, “Liar Game” is all about Trust. A story that puts the most honest person to ever exist on earth, in a game about becoming the best liar. She teams up with one of the smartest characters ever put to ink. The premise is quite engrossing, endearing even. Probably what hooked so many into such a series.

Story: 6/10
For starters, the story's great. It gives off a sense of true anguish and pain when the games are so high stakes and our protagonist can't do anything against the people lying to ... her. The conflicts are divided in long (at least it felt like it) arcs of each game. Every single one tries to employ a different conflict and meaning to be reached. Characters fight, deceive, scheme, play extreme mind games to reach the winning line. Information is constantly obscured or revealed with a selective nature to make scenes as interesting as possible. High risk story that can end in a hard loss and terrible consequences. The big problem comes with formula. Every game starts to get repetitive in how it's won. It's just a little game for the reader to figure out how will this be won out of nowhere.

Now why a 6 then? No spoilers, I just wanted to warn. The ending is one of the most terrible ones I've seen for such a long series. Rushed to hell, inconsistent and nonsensical. Many reasons could be responsible. Cancelation notice, being bored at the story, maybe that was the intended end. I can't vouch for it as much, though. The characters shift, out of nowhere. The story comes to an abrupt happy ending, oh but wait it isn't happy anymore, “The End”, “Bye bye”. Go in with caution, since a bad ending like this can very much sour the experience.

Characters: 7/10
I don't like the formulaic way they worked around the plot, even if some were pretty good. I enjoyed Nao, the protagonist, a lot. Her journey towards doubting people, to understand how humans actually work, while looking inward. The other ones range from “part of an arc” to “interesting”. They work, and don't intrude in the story. I did like how there were times of big changes with very meaningful scenes of realizing your place in the world. Personal stances against those who obligate people to be horrible to each other. It's powerful at times.

Art: 8/10
It specializes in extreme expression. Mouths dislocate to show how much anguish, happiness, or hatred people feel. Eyes sometimes look in different directions to show extreme confusion. Shadows are used for threatening effect. I love the realistic framing of each of the character beyond the extreme moments. It feels like a very realistic version of what death games or battle royales normally show. I enjoyed it very much, even if sometimes, it's just talking heads. There's fun with perspectives, and some panels have so much personality packed into them. I just wish I didn't see speech bubbles covering a whole page, like a novel with some drawings.

Enjoyment: 6/10
I forced myself to continue at times. By the halfway mark, I felt like dropping out. What kept me there was to see the protagonist grow more, and become smarter, or more interesting. I won't say much, but I did finish it, let that tell you as much as you want.

Overall: 6.8/10
“Liar Game” is much more like a very well drawn novel, with pages that take pretty long to understand and dissect. I did have a blast following some games and their logic, while others are atrocious to get, or too simple for their own good. It stands as a very good psychological manga that's held back by a terrible ending. Really long, fascinating for some people, but for me, it took me too long to commit and finish.

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Aug 21, 2024

darkpixelftw

Not Recommended

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Tensionless plot with bland characters and an ending that makes it all worse. Clever schemes but you know nothing will ever go wrong. Don't recommend.

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College student Nao Kanzaki has always adhered to her name's meaning: "foolishly honest." However, after opening an unsolicited package containing one hundred million yen, she inadvertently accepts an invitation for the "Liar Game." In this tournament, contestants are encouraged to betray and deceive their opponents to gain a massive amount of cash; conversely, losing will incur a lifetime debt. With all hopes lost, her only option left is to seek help from a con artist.

On that same day, the infamous swindler ...

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