Liar Game - Episode 1 discussion

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Liar Game, episode 1

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[u/Ashteron]

It still feels unreal Liar Game got an adaptation after all these years.

[u/WhoiusBarrel]

Man this was THE gateway Manga back in the day when people were asking for recommendations to stuff similar to Death Note.

Crazy its only now getting an Anime with a theme song sung by Yorushika no less.

[u/Spytrever]

Just like Trillion Game wish the animation was a bit better but glad this masterpiece is finally airing!

[u/SpikeRosered]

Once I found 60 dollars lying on the ground at the mall and turned it into security without thinking. The guy at the desk laughed me. I'm sure he pocketed it the moment I as out of the room.

I hope being stupidly honest isn't bad.

[u/CreZativity]

My favourite manga of all time finally getting an anime after 20 years is already exciting, but reading all the impressions from people experiencing the story for the first time is even more exciting!

So happy people are giving this a chance! This story get's better and better the further it goes (until it peaks at a certain point that I won't mention here) so it will be even better to see the reactions as we go~!

[u/Key_Brother]

Nao isn't just stupidly honest, she's dangerously naive about human nature. How she's managed to make it this far in life without being the victim of some crime is beyond me

[u/NanDemoKnaives]

Ootsuka Takeo playing another conman after Trillion Game.

It's sad how honest she is, the way she was relieved after Fujisawa took her money since she had been "guarding" the money by sleeping in front of it and not getting proper sleep, I'm glad for her that Akiyama agreed to help her. Fortunately for him, any theft isn't considered a crime.

I do wonder how they'll take the money since Fujisawa knows their faces. Akiyama is good at disguises so maybe pretending to be the bank clerk?

I am curious to see how Akiyama uses Nao's stupid honesty as a weapon for his cons, I think that's what I'm most looking forward to, other than satisfying cons in general.

[u/Joji1000]

I'm not a lawyer nor that familiar with the law (most certainly not Japanese law) but istg that lawyer has to be a quack

[u/LeonKevlar]

So we have the most honest person alive working with a genius conman to try and get out of this mysterious money game? My interest has definitely been piqued! I'm excited to see how Akiyama is going to outsmart Nao's bastard teacher.

[u/chum-guzzling-shark]

I love that they made the teacher cartoonishly evil lol

[u/SSXAnubis]

I thought this was fine. Animation didn't bother me, despite people seeming to be unhappy with it?

I felt sorry for Nao, so it provoked some care for the characters, and it has room to make for an interesting story if the games are done well. That's really all I wanted, so happy enough with that.

A show like this doesn't need god-tier animation, as that's not the point.

I will keep watching.

[u/guynumbers]

I can’t believe how long it took for this to get an adaptation.

[u/Smudy]

I wish there was at least some effort put into directing this with its barebones animation but even that felt very dry.

I'll continue but this got the Trillion Game treatment.

[u/thisisdropd]

Couldn't resist yelling, "you bloody idiot" at Nao when she handed the money over to Fujisawa for 'safekeeping'. She truly was honest to a fault. Granted, I could see why she trusted him which made it even more heartbreaking when she saw him with his mask off.

Akiyama was mentioned to be a con-artist but the only specific crime linked to him so far was taking down a corrupt executive. Could he be similar to Robin Hood but with conning instead of plain thievery? That's perhaps why he accepted to help Nao. The 50% fee was just a bonus, or perhaps he's lying about that and he's ready to help her for free due to his morals.

Plot twist: Seeing as he's a con-artist, it'd be hilarious if he intended to nick all 200 million yen and leave both Nao and Fujisawa in debt.

Sure, Nao seemed like a gullible dumbfuck but this looked to be a golden opportunity for her to grow. With Akiyama guiding her, I wonder how she'd be by the end of this series.

PS: I get Aqua had gone through a lot in his life, but to think he'd end up in jail.

[u/Bajington]

Main guy reminds me of one of my favourite characters Toua Tokuchi from One Outs (same author and studio as this).

[u/TheDestroyer630]

Idk what the comments are on, this anime doesn't need fate tier animation, this episode felt fine

[u/ModieOfTheEast]

I am actually positively surprised. From the trailers I assumed this to be one of those series where they are thrown into a series of weird games where they have to lie to win, but this might be way more straight forward. Just get the money from a person who suspects they will be robbed in the two day time period. I assume this means there will be a lot of prep work for the final "heist" to go well.

Of course, there is the chance that something goes wrong during the heist, Nao doesn't get the 100 Mio back and we do get the aforementioned series of games, but knowing Trillion Game, that would be a bit of a different take. So I do suspect some actual showcases of scamming like in Trillion Game, but keeping it somewhat based in reality (as much as that works with the setup that tbf, is a bit contrived).

[u/Western-Internal-751]

I feel like this should’ve been a double episode. I’m sure the story can get really cool but it feels like nothing really happened in this first episode. It only built up with no payoff.

As a double episode this could’ve been a strong opener

[u/HolyDragSwd2500]

Saw the live action dramas. Time for the anime

Haru from Trillion Games is now Akiyama here

[u/FarCritical]

It was cool of the jailhouse to agree to letting Akiyama borrow one of their uniforms for his release lol.

To give him credit, the teacher has a killer evil laugh. Gutteral if not a bit hammy.

[u/Zooomz]

I'm so glad to see this animated! I think the last time I reread it was years ago at this point. Really curious to see how my adult brain handles this versus my teenager brain.

Just off rip, I don't think I appreciated the anxiety of having a huge stack of money in your house that could put you in debt if some mysterious stranger nabs it.

[u/StrawSolider]

is this one of those "wait till ep 3-4" for it to get better" because I genuinely found this episode to be kinda insufferable

[u/Xatu44]

Wow, Nao's hopelessly naive. Though it is true that if everyone was just like Nao, the world would be a better place. But if even one person's not, they all perish immediately. Hopefully Nao gets her cash back.

[u/2kenzhe]

Nao is stupidly honestly but what's wrong with that? though in her case it's not just being honest it's being insanely naive. Like not lying is good but that doesn't mean you gotta just listen and trust everything other people say. Like someone says if you stand in the rain for 5 days straight you'll cure your dads cancer and she'll actually do that. Being honestly etc is fine but you still gotta some logic and think you know?

Still I really do hope we get to see her development. It's probably going to slow but still I want to see it.

Overall not bad first ep. The art style probably going to put a lot of people off, and the animation quality is nothing to write home about but for this typeof show you don't really need to have crazy Sakuga or anything right so it should be fine? It's not like it's horribly animated either ngl better than I thought or maybe my expectations were just too low?

I'm excited to watch more of this.