Liar Game

Description

The card reads as follows:
Congratulations! You are one of the 1 in 100,000 people who has been entered in the amazing LIAR GAME TOURNAMENT!

Along with the postcard there is 100 million yen in notes. That's the beginning of the Liar Game. When the game ends, in 30 days, you will have to return your 100 million. If your opponent steals them, he can keep them as a prize, and you will have a debt of 100 million...

Type

Manga

Related Series

Liar Game - Roots of A (Side Story)

Associated Names

Игра Лжецов

झूटो खेल

เกมหลอกคนลวง (Thai)

ライアーゲーム

라이어 게임

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Latest Release(s)

c.201 (end) by TDX 10 years ago

c.200 by TDX 10 years ago

c.199 by TDX 10 years ago

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Status in Country of Origin

19 Volumes (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

N/A

User Reviews

N/A

Forum

11 topics, 78 posts

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User Rating

Average: 8.6 / 10.0 (1513 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.56 / 10.0

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Last Updated

January 12th, 2025 12:31am PST - 4 months ago

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Genre

Drama Mystery Psychological Seinen
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

KAITANI Shinobu

Artist(s)

KAITANI Shinobu

Year

2005

Original Publisher

Shueisha

Serialized In (magazine)

Shuukan Young Jump (Shueisha)

Licensed (in English)

English Publisher

N/A

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #755

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Monthly Pos #1301

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3 Month Pos #2181

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6 Month Pos #2386

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Year Pos #2463

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List Stats

On 3725 reading lists

On 1851 wish lists

On 1755 completed lists

On 273 unfinished lists

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Shinobu Kaitani's Liar Game Manga Ends in January

10 years ago

Liar Game Enters Final Arc

11 years ago

Liar Game Goes on Hiatus Before New Arc

12 years ago

Does anyone knows what happened to Liar Game

12 years ago

Ch. 169

12 years ago

User Comments [ Order by time added ]

5/10

by Nashandra
4 years ago

Rating: 5.0 / 10.0

One of the most disappointing endings ever, making this manga go from a good read to a highly mediocre one.
The series runs for more than 200 chapters, but then it's all wrapped up in just a couple of chapters. If you can even call it "wrapped up", considering how abruptly and inconclusively it ends.

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A story full of twists that makes me feel so dumb, but with an abrupt ending --

by saraneon
4 years ago

Rating: N/A

Liar Game would have gotten 10 stars if not for its extremely rushed ending. But more on that later.

The main protagonists, Akiyama, a super genius who was recently released from prison, and Nao, a very naive and honest person, cross paths as Nao is forced to participate in the Liar Game. Sometimes Nao comes across as too naive, and makes me want to kick a wall, but she is still a genuine, kind and relatable heroine who struggles in the Liar Game since she can't, well, lie. Akiyama is exactly what he is -- a super genius, and one of my favourite heroes of all time! I love how his brain thinks and the way he overcomes each trial is impressive and out of the box. There are many arcs and 201 chapters (or so) so it will keep you busy for a while. I love longer manga so Liar Game fit my criteria perfectly.

The plot is great as well, with a villain-turned-friend and one of my favourite characters, Fukunaga, not quite on par with Akiyama's genius but so. Damn. FUNNY. Fukunaga's presence and snarky personality is hilarious. Yokoya is the primary villain, and just as smart as Akiyama, with the two competing head-to-head many times. The story tells you that losing ISN'T just losing; and that losing a round can be considered a win. It's complicate to explain, but the entire plot is pretty decent, and kept me on my toes.

That is, until THAT horrific ending.

I mean, what was that??! How rushed was it??! I would have loved to see the concept being explained in a clearer, more concise manner instead of random info dumping at the end, and the last few panels of the last chapter hinted at a continuation but it was the ending. What kind of ending was that? Despite how much I enjoyed the entire stoyr, the ending kind of tilted me off balance and made me scream for more, hence I knocked one star off.

However, the ending was unsatisfactory, but not unreadable. There WAS an ending, kind of acceptable, so it doesn't really leave you at a "no ending".

I highly recommend Liar Game for well, pretty much everyone who is looking for a story full of different challenges that are ultimately, a psychological battle of wits, endurance and sincerity.

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Similar to deathnote

by helblabla
9 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

The ending was so cheesy oh my god
It wasn't a bad ending, it was just really cheesy. And the last game was rushed but it still closed things up pretty well. I read it so that I could read each of the rounds fully so whenever a round ended I waited a few months to start up again. Before I read the last 100 chapters I re-watched Death Note and honestly I like Liar Game more. There's the psychological thriller part of it and I feel like the cleverness kept up throughout the story. I think Liar Game develops its peripheral characters better than Death Note did and oh my god it develops its female characters so much better. I really appreciate that the main characters actually grew as the story progressed. But man, the ending is so corny.

I mean I guess we should have expected it since the story is about Nao tying to become friends with everyone which is a cheesy goal. I was actually fine with evil corp not actually being evil too... but the whole government conspiracy outside of the other country was so much. They dont want us to know that people can get along? Come on lmao. Kinda like what other people said... they tried to create this threatening environment where everything was scary or whatever but the actual theme of the story ended up being about rainbows puppies and sparkling friendship haha that's totally fine but once you go twilight sparkle you cant really turn back to evil forces striking back

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this is smart

by robbit
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

this is the smartest, most clever manga i have ever read. the plot is original and interesting, and the characters are unique and powerful.
maybe not the most philosophical manga out there, but it is definitely the one that makes you use your brain the most.
not a bad chapter anywhere. its like the most stimulating read ever
i strongly suggest this for fans of Detective Conan (especially the ones that try to solve the mysteries before Conan reveals them)

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Really Underrated

by fish_and_kat
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

A really awesome manga!! The plot is smart and the art is great as well. The male character reminds me of Light a little bit. But ugh, sometimes I just really feel like giving the female character a good smack in the head LOL ..The way she just cries every time she got tricked!!! But overall, I reaaaaaallly love this manga. If you're into psychological manga I highly recommend this one. And why this manga isn't getting the popularity it deserves is beyond me

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liked it

by masisisd
16 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

It was a very interesting read. You can learn a lot, but swindling is bad! Reminded me of death note with all the thinking stuff...loved it but the girl got me really annoyed. Shes just plain stupid, like how many times can she get tricked?! I want to beat the hell outa her GRRR! But love it over all

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she became more awsum! i love her now ^^

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If you like thinking outside the box, this is for you.

by Tobuay
10 years ago

Rating: 7.7 / 10.0

What I mean by the title is the it's a manga about unusual games and the characters try to find ways to cheat, deceive, and trick the other players in these games. There are also good people trying to do the right thing and help others, sadly they get cussed at, and ironically if they did join up work together it would be easier. So why read Liar Game? For me it was enjoyable trying to come up with strategies to win the games and save people at the same time, or in other words predict what was going to happen next in the manga. Normally predicting what happens next is too easy for me and the manga ends up becoming less enjoyable for me that way, however it was not the same for Liar Game. I really liked it. The reason I gave it a 7.7 is:

You don't get much time away from the games and while that is okay for the most part, I felt the need to take a break from reading every now and then. Simply, there is no down time for the manga where the real life of the characters are expressed. So they could have expanded on the potential relationship of the main characters or even Akiyama/Fukunaga; the joke about how a tranny likes him. I suppose the biggest factor though was the cliffhanger ending. Yes the Liar Game was over and it may be a set up for a sequel but without knowing when the sequel will, if ever, be released, the point is mute for now.

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Really Amazing...!

by ishivani10
14 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I actually ignored this manga in the beginning without giving it a second thought because it wasn't listed under the romance genre. I started reading this only after I saw what people started saying about Liar Game on Million Girl's forum.
The art suits the plot line even though it isn't my first choice. The game is interesting and makes you wanna read more. But the bad part of Liar game is how the author made the females less reliable and acted as if we don't have potential as much as guys. The female is more of a dependable person and sometimes pisses me off but shes got potential. That was kinda intimidating. Anyways the depth of the rounds shows how much effort and thought the author must've put into it. Too bad it's on hiatus. It's a definite read, I totally recommend this one!

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I love this series!

by dandan1
17 years ago

Rating: N/A

I'm seriously enjoying this series, as the concept just seems so fresh. The fact that at any moment I always felt the guy supposedly helping the main character would betray her at any moment still seems to linger in my mind as highly plausible. I thought he was Mr. X as soon as he mention he was a substitute for some random lady in Volume 1. I definitely want to see how this turns out.

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ETO...

by fluffyang
18 years ago

Rating: N/A

There's a J-dorama based on this.. Exactly how it works out. And this is good too.

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