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Liar Game #15
Liar Game, Volume 15
Die hoffnungslos naive Nao landet urplötzlich mitten in einem Sumpf aus Lügnern und Betrü dem Liar Game. Die Regeln sind einfach. Sie bekommt 100 MillionenYen und einen Gegenspieler. Wenn sie das Geld nach 30 Tagen noch besitzt, ist alles gut. Wenn sie es sich abluchsen lässt, macht sie Schulden. Und wenn sie selbst vom Feind stehlen kann, darf sie es behalten. So einfach und doch so heimtückisch und nervenzerfetzend spannend.
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First published November 19, 2012
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About the author
Shinobu Kaitani
94 books64 followersJapanese: 甲斐谷忍He received the prestigious Tezuka Prize in 1991 for Mou Hitori no Boku (Another Me). In 1993, his series Suisan Police Gang was serialized in Shoukan Shounen Jump. In 1995, he co-illustrated the series Sommelier in the magazine Manga Allman to great acclaim. His baseball series One Outs, ended its run in Business Jump with 20 tankoubon released.
His current serial is Weekly Young Jump's Liar Game, which has been adapted into two seasons of a highly-rated drama series as well as a forthcoming movie.
Hobbies: horses, travel
Special skill: calligraphy, spoon bending
His current serial is Weekly Young Jump's Liar Game, which has been adapted into two seasons of a highly-rated drama series as well as a forthcoming movie.
Hobbies: horses, travel
Special skill: calligraphy, spoon bending
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July 24, 2019
People are not so hopeless after all : Akiyama said and with this this volume ended with another roller coaster of the liar game ie. Bid Poker .
March 22, 2023
The Cooperation plan failed and the game is out of control. But Nao Kanzaki made a new discovery that may be of help ..
November 25, 2021
A bit better than the last but not quite there. The plot twists are better but quite irrelevant. Most of it was predictable, since all the volumes so far have the same core story.
February 3, 2025
Rating: 5+ / 5
NOTE: I actually ended up reading volumes 14-16 all in one go, because they were all identified as "volume 14" where I managed to find English translations. Therefore, I'll be giving the same review to all three volumes.
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In this consolation round, following the drama that was round 4's Musical Chairs, we have two different stages set: Stage A with Akiyama and Nao vs. Harimoto's group, and Stage B with Fukunaga vs. Yokoya.
Now, we only get stage A in any detail, but on the side of stage B, let's just say that Yokoya's grown even more terrifying than before, as he's managed to find out the real secret behind the Liar Game--and no, he's not bluffing.
Ahem, but anyway, on to the Akiyama and Nao front, suffice to say that having the Harimoto group as adversaries makes the consolation round feel like a battleground akin to the main rounds, with high stakes as the losers of the game are saddled with more debts and have no option of further participating in the Liar Game. Of course, having a close bound group like those under Harimoto, Akiyama and Nao are already up against insurmountable odds.
Still, the tactics behind this--the "Bid Poker" game--get very complex by the end of things, so my advice to readers is to NOT try to grasp everything in one go because...yeah...*winces* It's a lot.
Next time I re-read this series, just a note to myself to definitely go slower, and really soak everything in.
NOTE: I actually ended up reading volumes 14-16 all in one go, because they were all identified as "volume 14" where I managed to find English translations. Therefore, I'll be giving the same review to all three volumes.
__________
In this consolation round, following the drama that was round 4's Musical Chairs, we have two different stages set: Stage A with Akiyama and Nao vs. Harimoto's group, and Stage B with Fukunaga vs. Yokoya.
Now, we only get stage A in any detail, but on the side of stage B, let's just say that Yokoya's grown even more terrifying than before, as he's managed to find out the real secret behind the Liar Game--and no, he's not bluffing.
Ahem, but anyway, on to the Akiyama and Nao front, suffice to say that having the Harimoto group as adversaries makes the consolation round feel like a battleground akin to the main rounds, with high stakes as the losers of the game are saddled with more debts and have no option of further participating in the Liar Game. Of course, having a close bound group like those under Harimoto, Akiyama and Nao are already up against insurmountable odds.
Still, the tactics behind this--the "Bid Poker" game--get very complex by the end of things, so my advice to readers is to NOT try to grasp everything in one go because...yeah...*winces* It's a lot.
Next time I re-read this series, just a note to myself to definitely go slower, and really soak everything in.
October 5, 2019
Overall Rating: 8/10 ... if... it didnt have 19 volumes. So honest rating- 5/10.
This was original, years ago. I have no idea how I had stumbled on Liar Game but it was phenomenal, original, intriguing with so much treachery and deceit, I just couldnt get enough. Liar Game plays on human emotion from the pages until the end. A game were deception and manipulation as well as conning strategy will keep you going in the game, avoiding exceedingly vast debt and psychological trauma, one can safely say that there are no winners at the end of the line of this secretive con tournament.
The psychological evolution of the main female character Nao changes as the series progresses but unfortunately her good nature of saving even those that wronged her would get on my nerves further on. Akiyama was a well rounded character to begin with and helped Nao during the tournament.
The ending felt rushed, with made no sense as this was a 19 volumes series. Honestly, I feel like 5 maybe 6 volumes would have been enough as the battles would become more intricate, convoluted and repetitive. Since the author had written for such a long time, I would have honestly expected a better ending instead of the mess it was with holes and details left unexplained.
So do I recommend it:
I guess, but down the line if I really think about it, no... Unless you like psychological scheming dramas that last a bit too long. Kinda like soap operas!
This was original, years ago. I have no idea how I had stumbled on Liar Game but it was phenomenal, original, intriguing with so much treachery and deceit, I just couldnt get enough. Liar Game plays on human emotion from the pages until the end. A game were deception and manipulation as well as conning strategy will keep you going in the game, avoiding exceedingly vast debt and psychological trauma, one can safely say that there are no winners at the end of the line of this secretive con tournament.
The psychological evolution of the main female character Nao changes as the series progresses but unfortunately her good nature of saving even those that wronged her would get on my nerves further on. Akiyama was a well rounded character to begin with and helped Nao during the tournament.
The ending felt rushed, with made no sense as this was a 19 volumes series. Honestly, I feel like 5 maybe 6 volumes would have been enough as the battles would become more intricate, convoluted and repetitive. Since the author had written for such a long time, I would have honestly expected a better ending instead of the mess it was with holes and details left unexplained.
So do I recommend it:
I guess, but down the line if I really think about it, no... Unless you like psychological scheming dramas that last a bit too long. Kinda like soap operas!
April 21, 2018
I took a long break from this series and decided I might as well finally finish it. This is one of those things where if you binge the volumes too close together it starts to seem kind of repetitive. While the game wasn’t the worst, I feel like a lot of this went over my head because I don’t play poker. Every round was basically the same thing, but for each one, you had to sit through pages of the characters discussing each possible outcome or variable. It just started to become a bit tedious after a while, especially since it wasn’t something I found to be all that interesting.
December 27, 2020
This consolation match surely is a long one. Seems the next game is the end game 😅
November 16, 2021
Akiyama is the brain as Nao is the heart.
January 29, 2025
Game chơi bài này là game mình không thích nhất trong toàn bộ bộ truyện này.
April 17, 2024
Chaque manche apporte une brique de plus à Nao, permettant à la fin d’être assez cohérente. En effet, alors que Yokoya le dictateur se profile comme étant le grand adversaire de la finale, je me suis rendu compte que gagner le jeu contre lui ne serait pas vraiment une victoire : il est très riche, donc même en perdant le max, ça ne l’affecterait pas. Ce qu’il faut, c’est donc une victoire idéologique, et on sait grâce au match d’avant que c’est à la portée de Nao… mais comment ?
La suite de mon avis : https://elainevker.com/blog/2024/03/1...
La suite de mon avis : https://elainevker.com/blog/2024/03/1...
April 2, 2013
Akiyama's plan was kinda of obvious though. Can't believe Harmito's group fell for it.
June 21, 2019
Very interesting and intriguing manga, Really love this so far! Great suspenseful Psychological/ High stakes game manga 😻😻🃏 🎰😁❤️
April 23, 2020
note:
vol 15 = chapters 149-158
vol 15 = chapters 149-158
October 24, 2015
One of the greatest mangas ever. However, I was quite disappointed with the ending.
October 4, 2018
[REVIEW FOR THE SERIES...]
Liar Game (Vol. 1-19)
Liar Game (Japanese: ライアーゲーム Hepburn: Raiā Gēmu) is a Japanese seinen manga series originally written and illustrated by Shinobu Kaitani. At first I felt unsure whether this manga could even be exciting. It seemed just so-so...but man was I wrong. It is a psychological suspense manga, filled to the brim with intelligent plot, quirky characters and over all fascinating story.
"A scrupulously honest college student named Nao Kanzaki receives a package containing 100 million yen (about 1 million USD) and a note that she is now a contestant in the Liar Game Tournament. In this fictional tournament, contestants are encouraged to cheat and lie to obtain other contestants' money, with the losers forced to bear a debt proportional to their losses. When Nao's first opponent, a trusted former teacher, steals her money, she seeks assistance from a con man named Shinichi Akiyama. Though they manage to defeat him, Nao and Akiyama decide to buy out his debt and advance through different rounds of the Liar Game Tournament against merciless contestants, while at the same time attempting to free their opponents from debt and defeat the Liar Game organization from within." -Book Blurb
Nao Kanzaki is unwilling dragged into the Liar Game, and to survive she hires intelligent con-man Shinichi Akiyama. They team up to destroy this mysterious and dangerous organization behind the Liar Game, from the inside out.
Unique and stylistic, intelligent and suspenseful, Liar Game is a very enjoyable series. I never thought I could love a series like this, nor did I know one existed. This is a battle of wits and chance, a story of truth and lies. It is not an action adventure, nor is it a romance, or comedy. It is a very interesting genre or blend of genres, falling somewhen under psychological suspense and intrigue. I highly recommend giving this one a shot, even it it seems its not your type of manga. I sincerely thought it wouldn’t be mine, but here we are. Take a chance!
[OFFICIAL RATING: 4.5 STARS]
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