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Liar Game #5
Liar Game, Volume 5
Liar Game lautet der Name eines spannenden Taktik- und Verwirrspiels, in dem es gilt, seine Gegner zu belügen und zu hintergehen. Die hoffnungslos naive Nao landet urplötzlich mitten in diesem Sumpf aus Lügnern und Betrügern und die Regeln sind eigentlich einfach. Man bekommt riesige Summen an Geld und muss versuchen es 30 Tage zu behalten und sich von Gegnern auf jede erdenkliche Art von Taktik, Strategie und krimineller Energie noch welches dazu zu beschaffen. Wer sein Geld verliert, hat riesige Schulden in Millionen-und Milliardenhöhe. In jedem folgenden Band werden den Spielern neue Spielvarianten vorgesetzt, neue Teilnehmer und neue Risiken werden definiert und das Lügen und Betrügen nimmt von Mal zu Mal neue, atemberaubende und erbarmungslosere Dimensionen an.
First published September 19, 2007
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About the author
Shinobu Kaitani
93 books65 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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December 26, 2021
I don't understand all the numbers but I do get the gist of it. Akiyama single handedly coming up with plans and these useless extras messing it up. That was really annoying.
October 30, 2017
This is the best volume so far for me. I enjoy the fact that Akiyama finally has an opponent who is as powerful as him, it's entertaining watching them go back and forth and try to predict the way the other thinks. Oh and the strategies.. Damn! They are truly blowing my mind. Oh and let's not forget the fact that Nao is improving so fast, I like it how she was paying attention to Yokoya, and she read him quite well too. I'm really eager to read the next volumes to see how she improves.
This being said, Liar Game is officially my favourite manga.
This being said, Liar Game is officially my favourite manga.
September 16, 2021
anyone else feel this manga is being dragged out and everything is going around in circles?
November 8, 2021
This gets better and better. The twists are getting more complicated each time, and Fukunaga and Kanzaki are earning their place as worthy and memorable characters. It’s frustrating at times though, because some characters are way too stupid and others way too smart (I’m looking at you, mouse person).
February 4, 2023
Okay I need the games to be more exciting if they aren’t going to die at the end 👀
December 29, 2022
Thanks to Fukunaga.
January 30, 2025
Rating: 5++++ / 5
This volume is certainly a whirlwind, and I don't mean just in terms of the game rules!
We start off with learning more about Yokoya and his obsession with control and, well, let's just say that his way of thinking is pretty much how dictators think--Stalin in particular comes to mind: that control is everything, and those who are best controlled should be best rewarded. We find out that basically he works by setting up arbitruary "point systems" wherever he goes, where he's at the top and it's a carrot-&-stick situation for everyone else, where things like absolute obedience and reporting on each other to him are what brings someone closer to the top.
It's...pretty much like Stalinist Russia or the society in 1984 in a nutshell, except on a much smaller scale.
Still though, it makes Yokoya truly terrifying, because there's just no reasoning with a person like that, or getting them to feel any empathy. He sees people as objects rather than as living human beings, much like the mice in his pocket and how he plays with them in the palm of his hand. The fact that this type of character is the Moriarty to Akiyama's Sherlock makes sense, but it's truly a wonderful dynamic now (and in future volumes) to see how Nao is the buffer between them, in a way.
Another key point of this volume, in terms of relationships, is seeing for the first time how Fukunaga can act as an ally rather than an enemy, and honestly, he, Akiyama, and Nao, are great together: Fukunaga is great as the brawn (and brains as well), Akiyama's the mastermind, and Nao's the heart of the team who can appeal to emotions and resolve disputes. It's...a perfect trio, by all means.
As for the game itself, if you had no trouble keeping up with the rules before...yeah, in THIS volume is where that might change. Technically, the rules set down for the game by the LGT office are exactly the same, but with Akiyama and then Yokoya playing around with the rules and then setting scheme after counter-scheme after counter-scheme into play, it almost becomes an entirely different game than what they started with! Even, arguably, to the point that the main rules don't really matter!
I can't explain more than that without giving anything away, but suffice to say that even if someone wasn't that impressed with the LGT's games and their rules until now--like someone making it through a class only half-paying attention for part of the semester--then NOW is the time that they really have to pay attention, or be totally lost.
It only gets better (and, in a mindfuck way, WORSE) from here on out! All I can say to conclude is...how the heck did the author come up with all of this?! It's even more complex than the plotline of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, and that was confusing enough!
This volume is certainly a whirlwind, and I don't mean just in terms of the game rules!
We start off with learning more about Yokoya and his obsession with control and, well, let's just say that his way of thinking is pretty much how dictators think--Stalin in particular comes to mind: that control is everything, and those who are best controlled should be best rewarded. We find out that basically he works by setting up arbitruary "point systems" wherever he goes, where he's at the top and it's a carrot-&-stick situation for everyone else, where things like absolute obedience and reporting on each other to him are what brings someone closer to the top.
It's...pretty much like Stalinist Russia or the society in 1984 in a nutshell, except on a much smaller scale.
Still though, it makes Yokoya truly terrifying, because there's just no reasoning with a person like that, or getting them to feel any empathy. He sees people as objects rather than as living human beings, much like the mice in his pocket and how he plays with them in the palm of his hand. The fact that this type of character is the Moriarty to Akiyama's Sherlock makes sense, but it's truly a wonderful dynamic now (and in future volumes) to see how Nao is the buffer between them, in a way.
Another key point of this volume, in terms of relationships, is seeing for the first time how Fukunaga can act as an ally rather than an enemy, and honestly, he, Akiyama, and Nao, are great together: Fukunaga is great as the brawn (and brains as well), Akiyama's the mastermind, and Nao's the heart of the team who can appeal to emotions and resolve disputes. It's...a perfect trio, by all means.
As for the game itself, if you had no trouble keeping up with the rules before...yeah, in THIS volume is where that might change. Technically, the rules set down for the game by the LGT office are exactly the same, but with Akiyama and then Yokoya playing around with the rules and then setting scheme after counter-scheme after counter-scheme into play, it almost becomes an entirely different game than what they started with! Even, arguably, to the point that the main rules don't really matter!
I can't explain more than that without giving anything away, but suffice to say that even if someone wasn't that impressed with the LGT's games and their rules until now--like someone making it through a class only half-paying attention for part of the semester--then NOW is the time that they really have to pay attention, or be totally lost.
It only gets better (and, in a mindfuck way, WORSE) from here on out! All I can say to conclude is...how the heck did the author come up with all of this?! It's even more complex than the plotline of The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle, and that was confusing enough!
December 28, 2014
Too much numbers in this episode. I felt lost sometimes, but maybe that's because it's 2am in the morning. This series is very addicting!
April 14, 2020
gonna give this one 4.5/5. Hazier memory of this game has it impressing me more frequently as the volumes go on.
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Note:
vol 5 = chapters 39-49
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Note:
vol 5 = chapters 39-49
March 2, 2023
Y a bien plus frustrant que la stupidité naïve de Nao : la cupidité lâche des autres personnages. Donc finalement, elle s'en sort mieux, surtout avec les développements de ce volume qui est probablement mon préféré pour le moment.
June 20, 2019
Very interesting and intriguing manga, Really love this so far! Great suspenseful Psychological/ High stakes game manga 😻😻🃏 🎰😁❤️
February 5, 2020
Awesome, I've no words 🥰 I just need the next one
December 27, 2020
The third round surely is a heaten one. The battle between southern and northern on deceivings continue with up and down.
October 29, 2021
I don’t fully comprehend the logistics of these games but I just want to know the outcome.
Read
December 11, 2021I have only one question… What happened to the mouse?!
October 27, 2022
Fantastic
January 8, 2024
A bit too complicated, it takes away from the enyojment
January 28, 2025
Yokoya vs Akiyama. Game này xứng đáng được 3 tập vì độ hay của nó.
April 18, 2025
4.0 - Primeiro grande vilão e jogo já estamos indo pro 3 volume dessa rodada do liar game
October 10, 2025
mọi chuyện bắt đầu căng thăng hơn rồi. 4.5/5
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!
February 2, 2016
Still on the smuggling game.
Nao gets even better development, making her (dare I say it?) one of the best characters in the manga.
She now can rationalise, create new ideas to win and empathise well with eveyone without giving up on her true nature.
Apart from that nothing really changes, its mostly all "oh, i have an idea to win this game but surprise, the other team have got the same idea and we didnt know but it is not all lost let's try this new strategy until the other team notices" kinda plot, which surprsingly doesn't get boring although it becomes predictable after a while.
I like the smuggling game, but god, please let it be over for volume 6, three volumes for just one game is pushing it.
Nao gets even better development, making her (dare I say it?) one of the best characters in the manga.
She now can rationalise, create new ideas to win and empathise well with eveyone without giving up on her true nature.
Apart from that nothing really changes, its mostly all "oh, i have an idea to win this game but surprise, the other team have got the same idea and we didnt know but it is not all lost let's try this new strategy until the other team notices" kinda plot, which surprsingly doesn't get boring although it becomes predictable after a while.
I like the smuggling game, but god, please let it be over for volume 6, three volumes for just one game is pushing it.
April 8, 2016
I am so done with this Contraband game. I can’t take anymore and I’ll probably stab myself in the face if this carries on for too much longer. The entire situation has been drawn out to the point where it feels like the plot is going around in circles. I hate all this focus on Yokoya. Every time I have to look at his weird no eyebrow face I get irritated. It’s not even the good type of hate for an antagonist. I just really don’t care for him as a villain. He’s a bit cheesy and I find it hard to believe that a bunch of people would go along with the things that he was saying. Anyways, here’s to hoping that they’ll move on to the next round soon and Yokoya will be replaced by a better ‘bad’ guy.
April 8, 2024
Dès l’arc des tomes 4 à 7, Nao m’a coupé le souffle. C’est la première fois qu’on a une manche de Liar Game sur plusieurs tomes et qu’on introduit un véritable antagoniste : Yokoya, peu subtilement comparé à Hitler et Kim Jong Un. Il considère que le Liar Game sert à séparer les gens entre dominants et dominés et met en place une dictature dans son équipe, avec des tactiques de terreurs, violences physiques, et délation.
La suite de mon avis (sur la série complète) : https://elainevker.com/blog/2024/03/1...
La suite de mon avis (sur la série complète) : https://elainevker.com/blog/2024/03/1...
March 2, 2015
Still with the smuggling game. Battle of with between Akiyama and squinty eyes. Nao contributed a bit. She amuses me. Other than that, the game just hurt my brain. I despise numbers.
My favourite part of the book:-
In this world, there are plenty of people who dominate and those who are dominated. But there are only two things which bind the relationship between them. Greed or fear.
Akiyama-kun, you are awesome!
My favourite part of the book:-
In this world, there are plenty of people who dominate and those who are dominated. But there are only two things which bind the relationship between them. Greed or fear.
Akiyama-kun, you are awesome!
March 31, 2015
Serie muy buena y adictiva. Uno de los mejores mangas que he leído.
May 10, 2016
curiouser and curiouser
November 16, 2019
7/10.
El tomo tiene buenos momentos, aunque en ocasiones el juego se hace un poco lioso de seguir con tantos movimientos de dinero en distintas cuentas.
El tomo tiene buenos momentos, aunque en ocasiones el juego se hace un poco lioso de seguir con tantos movimientos de dinero en distintas cuentas.
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]
March 29, 2017
A situação começa a ficar complicada para Nao e Akyiama... tá bem tenso.
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