My name is Nao Kanzaki.
After being caught up in the LIAR GAME once again,
Semi-final Round First Half
I've somehow managed to make it to the Semi-Final Round.
This time, we're playing the "Angels & Demons" Game.
At the end of the game, Angels with 4 or more Crosses win.
...but we're also up against a fearsome foe.
Katsuragi.
This person--Ryou Katsuragi.
This is the LIAR GAME. Lying's a given.
OK OK!
As things turned out, the outcome of this battle
The side who gets these players wins?!
was to be decided by who won over the remaining 4.
Those who want to join, stand here.
Ms. Katsuragi lured 3 of them over to her side,
I want to join Akiyama's group.
but we managed to get Mr. Makizono to stay.
Four-eyes...just to be clear, your status?
Angel!
He sounds like a real Demon to me!
Are you calling him a liar!?
Come on.
Akiyama...!?
Okay.
The problem was whether or not Mr. Makizono was a Demon.
Angel? Or Demon?
Going to check my status.
If he was the last Demon, we would lose for sure.
The time for judgment...
...was at hand.
Which is he!?
Demon~
Four-eyes' an Angel.
Thank you, Mr. Makizono!!
So he really was an Angel?
None of our business. None of our business.
Huh?
Knock on wood~!
PERIOD
20 Minutes Elapsed
Hurry up an connect with four-eyes.
Okay!
Would you do the honor?
Alright...me too.
Mr. Fukunaga!?
A-are you sure...?
O~f~cou~rse~!
Since you connected with Nao, you gotta be an Angel now, right?
Yeah!
What the hell are you doin'!?
Switching sides again!?
HUH!? Since when were we a team!?
Oh, yeah!? Well I ain't gonna trust you no more!
Jerk! HAH!
B-but, now I have 3 Crosses!
Thank you so much, Mr. Fukunaga!
I'm so happy you wanted to save him.
Save him? As if. This was for insurance.
Good luck, Nao-chan!
No way...
M-mr. Fukunaga!
Yo. Huh?
Go double-check your status.
Okay!
I'm very glad...
...how you agreed to connect to Mr. Makizono.
It wasn't all goodwill...
I had good reason to believe he was being honest, so I connected.
Huh?
See, in order for a Demon to win,
He would need a minimum of 4 players to make 4 Crosses.
Had four-eyes been the Demon, he'd clearly have gone to Katsuragi's side.
Instead, he decided to stay.
That alone was a virtual guarantee he was an Angel.
Something wrong?
You really are kind after all...
I have a hard time understanding all those complicated details.
But, there was still a slight chance that Mr. Makizono could've been a Demon, right?
Despite that chance, you connected to him.
Wasn't the reason because his words touched your heart?
I can tell...
you're very intelligent Mr. Akiyama, but you're different from Ms. Katsuragi.
She's cold-hearted...
but you're warm.
Warm...?
I mean, if you only acted strictly by calculations like her,
you'd have abandoned me a long time ago.
I refuse to accept that people can't come together
without giving into fear or greed!
Watch, I'll win this fight through trust!
Looks like four-eyes really was an Angel.
So...little missy here and four-eyes are the only ones left with 3 Crosses!
No matter.
We'll just leave them alone...
...to be eliminated here.
At the conclusion of the game, Angels with 4 or more Crosses are declared winner.
They proceed directly to the second half of the Semi-Finals.
LIAR GAME Season 2
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For starters, let's get everyone's status.
Who's the Demon here?
It's him!! Huh? No I'm not!
SHUT UP!
Okay, how about Angels?
Me! Me!!
Stop lying! KNOCK IT OFF!!
Let's wait.
The 2nd Period will be ending soon.
We'll take a look at the score report... and see how many there really are.
We have plenty of time.
I'll go try to persuade Ms. Momoka and Mr. Kawai to help us.
They're both Angels.
If we can connect to either one, Mr. Makizono will be saved.
I'm really happy for your concern, but I don't think it'll work.
Eh?
There's no merit for them to help me...
Since they're going to win, I don't think they'll bother connecting any more.
But...if we plead nicely, surely they'll help?
--Even if you save four eyes here...
what about YOU, Nao-chan?
You already connected to both of them!
Even if they help him, you're up the creek!
All the more reason to ask.
This strategy has no merit for me.
Won't that give them reason to believe in me?
I think it's worth a shot.
Mr. Akiyama...!
At least it's better than doing nothing.
Go for it.
Roger!
And so, I went to beg those two.
I'm...not...connecting!!
Why??
Yes!
I'm only asking for one of you!
Please, connect with Mr. Makizono!
There's nothing in it for us!
We've already disowned you. So shoo! Shoo!
Oh, come on...!
No! No way!
Mr. Kawai!!
This is YOUR fault!
Give up! Why go that far for him, anyway!?
Yeah, why?
That's...
...because I want to prevent as many of this game's victims as possible.
So, even if I lose...
at least save him, please!
You mean you're willing to let yourself go to save him?
Yes.
You want to save four-eyes that badly?
Yes!
I see.
I see...
So, you'll help...?
...that's too good to be true!
Say all the fancy things you want...
but YOU'RE the biggest liar here! Liar!
You're a liar!
Please, wait!!
Don't touch me!
Are you okay?
Give it up!
You're making yourself look pathetic.
Nao~chan.
I'm sorry...I'm no use to you.
N-no...
Humans are best off being honest and hardworking, was it?
That's why you try to save these other players in distress.
But is that really for their sake?
Since you're blind to the truth, I'll tell you.
All of your actions are self-serving.
...hence why you don't doubt anyone.
In the end, you're just a hypocrite.
Period 2 has come to a close!
Don't let what she said bother you.
That's what she does, twist people with her words.
She's trying to break you down.
We will now announce the current standings.
Angels: 11 Demons: 1
Hey, something's on screen.
So what?
Ah! Only 1 Demon!
Now about how we'll proceed from here...
Rest Interval
Each one of us will pair up with one of you,
and connect with one another.
Right after that, we'll go check our status in the Rooms of Judgment.
But...one of them is the Demon, right?
Yes, most likely.
In such case, this is what happens.
Right after, we go check our statuses.
If one of us becomes Demon,
we'll use a Cross to revert to Angel.
Then we'll all be Angels, like the other group.
Oh...so then we can make lots of Crosses, yeah?
Hm? Wait a minute...
But even after we all connect to each other,
one of us will be stuck with 3 Crosses!
No problem there.
Why's that?
The answer's written there.
...huh?
Oh, I see...
Huh!?
They're in the same boat...
both of those two need more Crosses.
Yes...
...this game is ours.
However--I will only permit connecting to Makizono.
Eh?
How come?
Because I want Nao Kanzaki to be the only one to lose.
Damn, she wants her out, huh?
She wants a perfect victory.
That's her artistic touch:
To thoroughly decimate the opponent.
How long you gonna sulk around?
But...you saw how useless I was.
Listen to me.
Your efforts were far from vain.
Eh?
This game...
is definitely ours!
I've got just the plan.
Plan?
Katsuragi made a fatal mistake.
Mistake??
Mm-hm.
The minute those 3 ran over to her side,
Their victory was assured...or supposed to be.
As you know from the scoreboard, there's 1 Demon.
What that means is up until that announcement
they didn't lift a finger.
So...they waited to make sure there was a Demon first?
The perfect method for her, since she's always cautious, but thanks to that, she's given us a golden opportunity.
Um...I don't really understand...
...how exactly can we win?
I want you to continue nagging Momoka and Kawai.
--nothing else.
B-but...we'll never be able to convince them...
The key to victory here...
is in your hands,
Nao Kanzaki.
Isn't that what you said?
"I'll win this fight through trust!"
Go.
Even though we're on break, you can still talk to them.
Okay.
What's Akiyama up to now?
Please! Save Mr. Makizono!
Geez! Give up already!
Shoo! Shoo!
Please! Save Mr. Makizono!!
I said NO!
You're the only ones who can!
Please connect to him!
Don't follow me!!
Liar! Liar! Liar!
I'm not lying!
You're the only ones!!
Please! Pretty pretty please!
Like I said...no!!
What is wrong with you?
Please connect to Mr. Makizono!
I said...no...!
You're...crazy!
How sad...
It's so heartbreaking, I can't watch!
And now, time for Period 3!
Once this Period concludes, our game will be complete.
Furthermore, please be aware
that players without 4 Crosses will be removed,
and forced to pay a debt of 100 million yen.
Without further ado, Period 3 starts...now.
No smoking!
START
PERIOD
It's time for our plan.
Okay...
Okay, c'mon...
Eenie Miney...
Huh? B-buddy!
Let's Cross up!
We're running out of time...
Ready?
Please.
All right, who first?
Well then...
...if no takers, I guess I'll go first!
It's over! Nao's out of the ballgame!
How was it?
W-well...
I...don't...know!
Do explain.
Akiyama's group are all hogging the rooms!!
Hey!
Move!!
See?
See?!
See?!?
See?See?See?See? SHUT UP!!
So this was an option...!?
This is Akiyama's plan, huh!
Without knowing their status, they cannot proceed.
What will Katsuragi do now, I wonder?
How...?
Akiyama's team was only him, Nao, and Four-eyes...
You're forgetting Mr. Fukunaga.
Since he was with them before, he probably decided to help again.
What are we going to do!?!
Why are you panicking?
Why!? Look at this mess!
Haven't I told you already?
HUH!?!
With things as they are now, those 2 will lose.
She's right!
Nao and Four-eyes only have 3 Crosses.
If we leave them alone, they'll have to come out sometime.
Gettin' scared in there, huh!?
Better open soon, or you're gonna lose!
That's not a problem...
...because we're right here!
W-why are you two out here!?
W-w-wait!!
Then who's in here!?
Starting from the right, Mr. Akiyama and Mr. Fukunaga...
...Ms. Momoka, and Mr. Kawai.
Kawai and Momoka!?!
Why the heck are those two...!?
They agreed to help!
They said no to connecting, but to occupy the room, "Fine!"
You exploited Reciprocity, I see.
What's that??
Huh?
People feel the need to return a positive action that they have received in order to relieve their inner conscience
Theory of Reciprocity
...or so goes the Theory of Reciprocity.
By continuing to reject her appeals for help,
the two of them began to feel pangs of conscience.
So when she came to them once more, but this time pleading they occupy the rooms,
they very easily accepted this no-risk request...
...to pay off the favor they owed.
She used psychology to her advantage!
What? It's nothing complicated like that!
Mr. Kawai and Ms. Momoka helped me because I pleaded from the bottom of my heart!
...it's that simple.
Hmph! Twisting the facts again!
I wouldn't be so sure...
It may be time for the LGT Offices to finally admit it.
That girl is anything but weak.
Rather, she might have the hidden talent it takes to win this entire game...
You're the kind of person Akiyama can't ignore.
You trust everyone. You don't even know what it means to doubt.
Yes...you're the spitting image of his mother.
YOKOYA!!!
So he won, as anticipated.
Yep, by a mile.
Mr. Norihiko Yokoya
What the hell do we do!?
We have no way of telling who's Demon!!
Make them open the door!!
I can't do that.
But--if you accept my conditions, I will.
Fine, what are they?
Let us connect with those 3.
Huh!?
Since you connected with each of them, they are all Angels without a doubt.
Now if we connect, we'll both have 4 Crosses...
and once we do, we'll give you the rooms.
Okay, let's do it!
Like hell we can agree to THAT!
S-scary...!
Look, let's just do this without the rooms.
YEAH, LET'S!
...wait? Can we?
We just need to interrogate them and find out who was the Demon!
They ain't gonna be honest!
Look, they're all Angels now, so none of them are at risk of being hung out to dry!
Ah! I get it...!
Besides, if we don't figure out who's Demon, we ALL lose!
They have no choice but to tell the truth, got it!?
I got it! I got it!
--but if you go that route, we win.
Huh!?
What was that, stu~pid?
I'm right, aren't I, Ms. Katsuragi?
Oh, come on!
Explain what you mean!
Once we know who was Demon,
We will turn towards Mr. Ikezawa's group and say,
"Please, connect with us right away."
So?
So, think about it...
Katsuragi's Team
Let's just say one of them admits to being the Demon.
It was me!
At that very moment, it proves that me and Mr. Makizono are Angels.
After all, the previous scoreboard showed there was only one Demon.
S-so what!?
Put yourselves in their shoes for a moment.
Mr. Ikezawa's group will then connect together to make Crosses.
When they do, the person who was Demon will end up with 2 Crosses,
while the Angels will both have 3.
Thus, they only need 2 more Angel allies to win the game.
There's two choices: Our team, or your team.
They'll only choose one...
...and the side they don't join, loses.
If you were in their situation, which side would you choose?
Remember, this is your chance to eliminate players you don't want in the next round...
I'd be best to eliminate the stronger ones, right?
...and that's your team, isn't it?
Woah-ho! The underdog takes a surprise lead!
Could this be it for Katsuragi!?
You think you've won?
Hm?
Let me make this absolutely clear:
We will never agree to your terms.
We can win without you.
What did you just do?
Used one of these...
"Checkbook"
Let's perform a little experiment, shall we?
An experiment that brings out people's true natures, that is.
Attention ladies and gentlemen in those rooms:
What you see before you is a check.
To anyone willing to leave their room, I offer you cash.
I'm going to name a price.
And I will keep raising this price until you like what you hear.
If you agree to the value, please return the check to me.
However--only one person can claim this prize.
First come, first serve.
Now then, how much does a traitor cost, you think?
This is a waste of time.
Everyone promised!
You can't buy these people with money!
People can't win against the power of money.
No matter how pious the individual, given the right price, he'll crumble.
Okay, I'll name our starting price.
If you return your check...
I offer you 100 million yen.
1-100 million!?
I assure you, I've won big in every game until now.
I have no problem giving you that much money right now.
No one will break their promise.
You're a stubborn bunch, I see.
But this is just the start of our experiment...
My second offer: 200 Million.
200!?
If you return your check, I'll give you 200 Million.
Him after all, eh?
It's settled.
Mr. Fukunaga's willing to come out for 200 Million.
Yabba.
Dabba.
YabbaDabbaDOOO~!
FUKUNAGA! WHAT THE HELL!?
YOU FRIGGIN' LIAR!!
LIAR! LIAR!
Do you see now?
The words "trust" and "promise" are but figments of your imagination.
Ah-ah-ah...
We can't have you taking the check and locking yourself in there now, can we?
Well how do I know you won't rip this check the moment I come out?
All right, how about this?
I'll leave this check in front of the door.
I'll walk away so you can take it once you're outside.
Hmm...
Okay.
Ready anytime.
Mr. Fukunaga...why!?
Didn't you promise me!?
You said you wouldn't come out no matter what!
Promise?
Haven't I said it OVER and OVER and OVER!?
STOP trusting people!
Wha...how could you? Weren't we a team?
NO, WE'RE NOT!
As long as I profit...
...anything goes.
How low can you go, scumbag!?
GIVE THAT HERE!
YEAH, RIGHT!
This is the LIAR GAME! Lying's a given!!
Aaah!! Why did I ever help her!?
The bonds people share are such fragile things...
Akiyama-kun? Your little protest is over.
I hope you learned your lesson, because this game...is your last.
I win.
Yesss!
Buddy! Let's Cross up!
We're running out of time.
Tsuchida was the Demon, hm?
What is it now?
So? Who's the Demon?
Why, me, my good sir! What of it?
Now I'm an Angwel agwain~!
You heard the man.
Ready.
Mr. Tsuchida!
I'm sorry, Nao-chan, for not telling you I was the Demon.
No problem. Come on.
Katsuragi's the real Demon...
Eh?
Connect, please!
W-what the hell's going on!?
It's simple.
Yasukawa, you just confessed to being the Demon.
Which means, everyone else here is an Angel.
...Nao Kanzaki and four-eyes included.
So naturally, we can all connect without worry.
You mean...you were after this all along!?
I knew you'd resort to money if we sealed off the rooms.
Well, I certainly didn't expect that fun "experiment."
Thanks for the winter bonus!
It's good to be on Akiyama's side!
Hey! What're ya gonna use that cash for?
Had we not sealed those rooms,
You would've entered them one-by-one.
The other two would've stayed as lookouts
to prevent anyone from connecting with Nao or her pal.
But...when we sealed them all off, you lost your calm.
I then planned to release 3 rooms at once...
...and you fell right for it. Everyone took a room,
leaving Ikezawa and co. all to ourselves.
I took that time to share with them the plan.
If one of you admitted to being the Demon,
that'd prove Nao and four-eyes were Angels, and safe to connect with.
You proved it yourselves once you came out.
So? Who's the Demon?
Why, me, my good sir! What of it?
You heard the man.
Too bad, Katsuragi.
You were too quick to assume victory.
Know what this means?
The only ones without 4 or more Crosses right now...
...are you guys.
I hope you learned your lesson...
Because this game...
...is your last.
Please, connect with me.
Y-you...serious?
Of course I am! Like I said before,
we'll all win this together.
Put your hand down.
The only thing you can trust in the LIAR GAME are careful calculations.
But, if we don't connect, then--!
We won't lose. There's no way we can.
Isn't that right, ladies and gentlemen?
W-where are you going!?
Stop! What's wrong with you!?
MOVE!
What did you do to them?
Like I said before,
Humans can only operate together...
...by means of financial agreement.
CONTRACT
When did you...?
When you were busy filling up the rooms.
The pledge states you must connect once your teammates step out of the Rooms of Judgment.
If anyone breaks this pledge, they must pay a 200 Million penalty.
I threatened to exile anyone who wouldn't sign.
That got them to agree very easily.
You said this game was my last, was it?
Well, to quote your own words,
"You were too quick to assume victory."
Come on, Akiyama-kun.
Get serious next time, will you?
She read this far ahead!?
Akiyama just might lose...
...because Katsuragi will have a big advantage this coming game with her ability to manipulate people.
You mean THAT game?
One more game...
If we beat this next game, we reach the finals.
But...what awaited us...
...was absolute hell.
Until the end...
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You will regret not eliminating these other players...
Airs January 12th, 2010 (Tues)
We will now commence the 2nd half of our Semi-finals!
Semi-final 2nd Half
The "GOLD RUSH" Game begins!!
I have a plan...
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Akiyama and Katsuragi's...
...untold past...?!
Goodbye, Akiyama-kun...