LIAR GAME

Stupidly honest Nao." That's what everyone calls Nao Kanzaki, a college student so honest she would even turn in a single 100-yen coin to the police. One day, she receives a mysterious package from an unknown sender. Inside is an invitation to the "Liar Game" - along with 100 million yen. The rules of the Liar Game are simple: you must steal money from your opponent by any means necessary....

Nao, having persuaded former genius con artist Shinichi Akiyama to help her, now steels herself to steal the whole 200 million yen from Fujisawa, the man who deceived her. Akiyama presents her with two strategies to accomplish this. The first, to clearly declare to Fujisawa that Nao truly intends to participate in the Liar Game. The second, to keep the man under 24/7 surveillance. She declares...

Nao desperately begs Fujisawa to return the 100 million yen that he took from her, but he completely ignores her. As they reach the end of the Liar Game, his triumphant roar echoes out, as he successfully protects his 200 million yen stash. But then, a representative from the Liar Game arrives at Fujisawa's house to collect the money. The collector begins verifying the serial numbers on the...

Twenty-two participants have gathered at the venue for the second round of the Liar Game, Nao and Akiyama among them. They will now take part in the next game: "Minority Rule." A masked dealer from the Liar Game Office, Leronira, explains the rules to the players. In "Minority Rule" players are presented with a binary question, and each must vote YES or NO. Those who vote for the option with...

Akiyama and Nao devised a surefire strategy to win "Minority Rule." After gathering five women and an older man, they explain how to both secure their prize money and escape from the Liar Game. Their approach is simple: split into two teams each round and continue voting until one person remains to claim the prize money as the representative. The other six teammates agree to cooperate, and...

Yuji Fukunaga reveals herself as "X" and declares victory. She claims that she has set the game up to ensure that she will become the final winner, insisting there is no way for Akiyama to end up in the minority. But, just how was Fukunaga able to always secure a place in the minority and win the game? She then reveals her tricks, explaining to the others the structure of how she secured her...

Fukunaga aims to force a tie in the Minority Rule game by forming an alliance with Miura and Number 15. However, just when the votes are about to be counted, Akiyama informs the group that they have fallen into his trap. Fukunaga snaps at a wavering Miura, dismissing Akiyama's words as nothing but a bluff. Then, at long last, the voting count begins. This brings the second round of Minority...

Nao and the rest have been gathered at an abandoned bowling alley to play the Revival Round. Leronira announces the next challenge of the Liar Game is called, "The Downsizing Game." Over the course of ten rounds of voting, this game will see one out of nine contestants be "downsized," or eliminated, while the remaining members advance to the third round. In this ruthless fight, the loser will...

As the Downsizing Game enters its second half, Nao still finds herself at zero votes. Convinced she's doomed to lose, Nao is approached by Fukunaga who presents her with a new challenge: a one-on-one showdown with Fukunaga's 30 votes and Nao's 30 million yen on the line. The game in question is one using playing cards, with winner supposedly determined by nothing but luck. Believing that this...

The other Revival Round players scramble for the votes to save themselves.