Kaitani Shinobu | Liar game (R17)

Japanese: LIAR GAME
Type: Manga
Volumes: 19
Chapters: 203
Status: Completed
Published: Feb 17, 2005 to Jan 22, 2015
Genres: Drama, Game, Psychological, Seinen
Mangaka: Kaitani Shinobu (Story & Art)
Serialization: Young Jump

Synopsis: Wishing she would live up to the ideal, Kanzaki Nao's father named her thusly for "honesty." Nao has more than lived up to her father's wishes—even exceeding them and earning the label of "a foolishly honest girl." This makes Nao the least qualified candidate for the high stakes "Liar Game," where winning requires deceiving the opponent out of their money and losing means receiving massive debt; however, that doesn't stop a box containing a hundred million yen in cash and a card informing her of her participation in the game from arriving at her doorstep, nor does it stop her from being promptly tricked out of the entire sum of money. Upon hearing that a genius swindler, responsible for the bankruptcy of a major corporation, is being released from jail, Nao goes to the swindler, Shinichi Akiyama, to enlist his help. With that, the two are drawn into the dark, greed-filled, and deceptive world of the Liar Game.

Related Manga

Prequel: Liar Game: Roots of A,

              Liar Game: Roots of A #2

Groups Scanlating
CityShrimp
DATS
Laughing Scans
Null
Project Liar Game
Sugooi
TDX
Watercrown Productions

Source: MAL Manga info, Baka updates, Bato.to

Main characters

Shinichi Akiyama (秋山真一)

Formerly a graduate student majoring in psychology, he is a "genius swindler" who took down a giant MLM scam named Shuuei to avenge his mother. He helps Nao when he sees the honest nature she had, just like his mother. Although he is not invited into the Liar Game, he enters by substituting for another player in Round II. By Round III he is respected (and feared) enough by the LGT players to become unofficial leader of the Southern Country, though he tries to keep things equal in the group. Yokoya, however, knows Akiyama had been manipulating his team mates and mocks him for it.

Nao Kanzaki

Nao is a stupidly honest girl who sees herself trapped in the Liar Game after finding 100 million yen in a box along with a card. Now, she has to take care of the money for 30 days and try to steal another 100 million from his rival. 

Nao's father is in the hospital and none of her friends believe her so she contacts Akiyama Shinichi to help her.