My Anime Ranking/Reviews

Review #8: The Liar Game

Anime or Manga: Both!

Link: http://www.mangareader.net/liar-game

Title Critique: Ok well even the name seems interesting... like what's a game about lies going to get you? So did I read it? Of course I did, and though I had super high expectations, this actually met and exceeded them... so wow!

Episodes/Chapters: So I'm not sure exactly how many episodes there are (since everyone should know school wifi sucks [or is it just mine?]), but I do know that there is 2 seasons and even a Korean Drama for this! Wow, but too bad it's pretty old so no one really knows about this manga... As for chapters, there are a total of 201 chapters (Last updated 1/30/15), but it's completely finished! Each chapter has about 10 – 20ish scans (sometimes more if it hits a major point).

Plot: So if any of you do plan to read this, let me warn you that the first few chapters really take a while to get interesting (that's until Chapter 3, but then it kind of drags on afterwards too until the first round is over).

The story is told from the perspective of Kanzaki Nao, an honest college student. Her father is in the hospital with terminal cancer and thus she has to take care of herself and take care of the hospital bill. Of course, being a college student, this is incredibly hard work... but that can all change.

One day, she gets a package with 100 million yen ($846,921.08 in American dollars!) in the mail from some organization called: "The Liar Game." From the letter, she learns that she was somehow pulled into a game where the winner earns a bunch of money... but the losers are forced into debt.

She doesn't know what to do, but she definitely wants to quit. She becomes desperate to find a way out without becoming a 100 million yen in debt. The police are unable to help her, 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... and with that, the game begins.

Rating from 1 – 10: I didn't mention this in the plot, but this is truly a psychological manga. I mean it's not all based on psychology, but there are some amazing facts that even I have to admit was pretty smart. Aside from the crazy science stuff, the way how the plot goes is actually pretty interesting. Like I said, the first few chapters kind of drag on, but as you dig deeper, the story becomes more and more interesting (especially when Akiyama shows up). I think the only thing I have against this manga is probably the art... the art takes a while to get used to and sometimes... the eyes just pop out way too much ahaha! So in this review, I'll give this a 8+/9-. It's really great and I HIGHLY recommend it.

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So that's the review! I hope you guys enjoy this manga as much as I did, because this is really an awesome manga... thanks to my friend on Adventure Quest World - zerosun for the recommendation!

With that.... stay awesome everyone!