LIAR GAME

I figured she was going to pay back her portion, I just didn't expect Akiyama to do the same.  I was surprised the game organizers would use people in that way to make the players continue, maybe ignoring the letter was the play if they had to go that far.  It sounds like the game only intends for there to be one winner, so is Akiyama really going to trust Kanzaki with winning since she'll likely pay everyone back?

My prediction regarding Akiyama's gameplan was correct. The only (minor) error was the true deadline. I guessed midnight instead of the actual 6pm. I once considered the possibility of Akiyama tampering with Fujisawa-sensei's clocks but discounted it once I realised he wouldn't have the opportunity to go inside the house. Nao's definitely too naive and gullible for her own good. Not only did she waste her victory, the decision had come to bite her when it meant she couldn't back out of the second round. Don't think we'll see Fujisawa-sensei any more, but I have my doubts whether he had learnt his lesson, which made Nao's 'sacrifice' in vain. Hmm, so the second round had a completely different rule from the first. Now it's a battle royale instead of a one-on-one and the contestants were confined to a venue. Nominally, every player is on their own but the organiser didn't say a thing against teaming up – at least until one backstabbed the others in the end. That would sound like the spirit of the game. They all were also winners of the first round, so Akiyama wouldn't be able to manipulate them as easily as he did with Fujisawa-sensei.

It's pretty disappointing to see so many people bashing Nao for giving her former teacher the money to pay off his debt from the game. Her motivation to win the round was never to profit off it. It showed that she would not willingly fuck over someone else's life for money, even if they did not care about her at all. It's a testament to her strength of character instead of a character flaw. The hate she's getting from that decision is really telling about the relevant audience's cynicism and greed. Her honesty is not a bad thing, but her naïvete is. Hopefully she grows out of the latter through the story, but it'd be much more interesting to see her maintain her honesty in the Liar Game.

Looks like it's game over for Nao and Fujisawa's win! I mean, someone who totally looks like a collector for a suspicious money-lending mind game showed up at Fujisawa's door! He's totally on the up and up! Fujisawa can now revel in his victory while Nao cries in despair. Also, you'd think Fujisawa might think he could use all that money to get his family back, but...he would just use it to lord over his debtors and get hostess' to dote on him. What a pieces of trash. Oh, who are these masked gentleman? The REAL Liar Game collectors! Because Fujisawa had actually let in Akiyama in disguise who just hands Nao all of the money Fujisawa had! Because Akiyama had played Fujisawa from day one! Fujisawa was so focused on his safe that he didn't check his mail, meaning Akiyama could find the REAL Liar Game letter, replicate it, and send in a fake so Fujisawa would get the time wrong! Clinching Nao's victory and Fujisawa's defeat! Akiyama really is a genius conman! "To fool your enemy, you must also fool your ally" - which is basically how Akiyama handled Nao, even if she isn't happy about it. But Nao is too good a person to just leave Fujisawa saddled with that debt...so she gives him all the money she got out of the Liar Game, so he can recognize that there ARE people worth believing in and trusting in this world, like Nao. And even Akiyama gives away his share so Fujisawa can clear up his Liar Game debt, so Nao isn't left the only one without money. No wonder Nao can't help but feel drawn to Akiyama afterwards. Nao is too good a person for this Liar Game, so of course she gets invited to the 2nd round and realized she gave away her only means of buying her way out of this thing altogether. Can she really just ignore this invitation and keep herself free of the Liar Game? It was incredibly suspicious that Nao's "lawyer" would, out of the goodness of his heart, go out of his way to visit Nao and advise her after feeling like he didn't really help her. So of course he's shocked she actually hired a conman (even though he suggested it) and his advice...is to straight up just head to the Liar Game venue and tell them off. Yeah, that'll totally work! And Nao doesn't want to drag Akiyama back into her problems and thinks she's got this handled. Oh Nao, you poor naive, cute, idiot. So, yeah, the lawyer was in on it the whole time and was intentionally trying to push Nao into the trap of Round 2, so she's been tricked yet again. It really hurts your ability to believe in people. The contestants for Round 2 are a colorful bunch, headlined by the dealer Leronira, and THANK GOODNESS Akiyama ran fast enough to make it in time to help Nao, otherwise she would be screwed. Especially when most of these people in Round 2 probably won all by themselves in Round 1. There's 2.1 billion yen on the line in this round, with 100 million in debt waiting for anyone who fails, and the name of the game this time is "Minority Rule." To weed out the majority to the victorious minority.

I am a bit sad that it actually turned out to be this type of show again. I actually enjoyed the first arc for it being set in a more real scenario. I got the feeling that the show might want to show different kinds of "scams" (or more precisely tactics used in scams) but it seems it's just a typically game again. Probably good for those that enjoy these types of shows but definitely not for me. Have seen enough of them to realize that I can rarely enjoy them.

OK, wow. Her kindness really shone through. Akiyama has his doubts on the former teacher, so maybe we will see later on how that guy turns out. He still needs to pay off half his debt, so he has no choice but to do things honestly to reach that goal. And good on Akiyama (as a former con-man) to work an honest laborious job in construction! Strange that the "lawyer" just showed up at her residence. He must be doubling his employment duties as one of the people persuading players to enter the game. The mystery for me is how did Akiyama get himself into Round 2 of the game, not having officially played Round 1? The announcer just went with it as if it was normal and the prize pool went up thanks to him being the 22nd player. I hope to see some explanation down the road. So gems huh? Takes me back to Duelist Kingdom and Star Chips. Now, my thinking is...since they are the main characters, if they are the last two players in the game, if Akiyama is going to be the "final boss". I hope by then, Nao will have learned enough and toughened up to make moves and outsmart him to win the game, not just for the money, for but the sake of character building in this story.

Just wanna put out there that even though there are plenty of people in this thread urging people to keep watching, you have to admit this would be a massive "drop" for your average viewer following the three episode rule. Nothing about what we've seen so far has gripped me *at all*, and I'm squarely the target audience for this type of thing (like literally being paid to break things in QA, find loopholes in systems, or be a rules lawyer on exploits).

So it was the card that was tampered with, not the clocks. And Akiyama really did get Fujiwara to hand the cash right over to him. Brilliant. But man, Nao is too kindhearted. She’s compassionate and kind, almost to a fault. It makes her too trusting and naive. Everyone could see that damn “lawyer” was up to no good like a mile away. At least with Akiyama around, she might have a shot in this Minority Rules game for round 2. Keen to see how those two will survive the round against 20 other players.

Haven't been this conflicted about a show in awhile. On one hand I can see why she couldn't accept the winnings because it meant her prize would be at the expense of someone else's despair and someone who she knew. I know most people would say fuck him, he tried to fuck me over first. I can totally understand that too, but some people just aren't built like that. If people think their arent real people like the MC out there, well idk what to tell you. Really morally interesting show. If the games become more complex it will be great.

This has to be one of the most frustrating episodes of anime I've ever watched. Not because I was bored or anything, but because Nao is so inhumanly naive and "good". Then she can't drop out of the competition BECAUSE SHE GAVE AWAY HER WINNINGS TO HER POS TEACHER. I know that, on a writing level, this was the author's way of ensuring that Nao is forced to continue playing the game. I fully understand and, to some level, agree as the author now has A LOT (like from the bottom of the ocean to the surface a lot) room to drive character growth in Nao as she is forced to play. But please, for all that is holy, someone tell me she will have character growth and be less inhumanly naive and charitable. I can't watch another game conclude like this lol.

Might as well wear a cartoonish 'fake nose' set up at this point Well, I think everyone had already figured out this 'twist', so it didn't really matter that he made it obvious (to the viewers)! Oh damn, Sensei, these guys are fake! Time to use your knives! Oof when she looked at him like that, I kinda guessed where this was going... Yeah, unless she makes an insane comeback, I think she just lost any chance at being my 'best girl of the season' just for that! If it had just been "a game with a random innocent" I wouldn't mind her doing that, but he's a scumbag who stole her money... OH COME ON, not you too? Jeez, I don't know where she could find 50 million yen to drop out of the game! Ok this twist was a little silly, BUT I'll forgive them, because it explains so many other previous silly scenes hah. Even in the first episode I thought the lawyer scene was terrible, but now that we know why he was doing that, at least they make sense! So many of those looked miserable... Kinda strange, isn't it? I mean they all won 100 million yen, AND you'd think they come here willingly because they're confident in their chance of winning even more (I imagine Nao is the exception)... So why do they look sad? I'd expect them to look thrilled! Damn, that's harsh! First round eliminated half the participants, no big deal, but this round eliminates more than 95% of them... How will they still have people to play 3rd, 4th, 5th round at this rate? Was their original player pool like 10 million people? I mean even if they had been 1000, after the first round there's 500 left, and after second round (assuming the same odds for everyone) there would only be like 25 people left, enough for just 1 round! Also, how is Akiyama allowed in? He technically wasn't a participant... Does "getting involved" in the first round means he has his ticket for all future rounds as well? Looking forward to this, I like this type of games!

I am sorry but the premise is stupid as F Firstly how does this organization even make money without means to make money as they only ever get what they lent and even that is half gone as the winner keeps one half. Secondly there is still NO proper explanation for why police or law cannot be involved with this bullshit. You cannot give someone money against their will and tell them they have to keep it safe from thieves because they will ask it back nor you can force them to play this stupid game. The MC is stupid for not immediately leaving and reporting this to the authorities

LGT confirmed 200 million from the first game They took back 100 million. Nao won 100 million Sensei has 100 million debt from losing. Nao gave her teacher 100 million she won to pay off his debt. She needed half of the money from first game to drop out of 2nd game ( 50 million) ( which she can't now) The Pink diamond is the money for Minority game only. They need 1.05 billion to drop out of next game ( 2.1 billion for winning this game)