Kamis, 20 Mei 2010

Last movie I saw



Las week I got addicted with Liar Game, and trying so desperately to watch it just in 2 days. It's not a big thing since each chapter's duration less than an hour. So, here I am, trying to find the right words in English to describe the story.

Liar Game was a live action of manga (with same title) written and illustrated by Shinobu Kaitani. Up to now, has 2 seasons (Season 1 with 11 chapter and Season 2 with 9 chapter) and a movie, but the manga isn't completed yet.

Here the synopsis it's taken from Wiki-drama

Kanzaki Nao is an honest college student who receives a hundred million yen one day, along with a card saying she has been chosen to take part in the "Liar Game". The aim of the game is to trick the other players out of their hundred million yens. At the end, the winner gets the hundred million and the loser is a hundred million yen in debt. The next day, she receives notification that her opponent is her former teacher, Fujisawa Kazuo. She goes to him, seeking help, but ends up getting tricked into handing her money over. Desperate, she approaches the police for help, but they are unable to do anything. However, she is told of a mastermind swindler, Akiyama Shinichi, who is to be released from jail the next day. Desperate, she goes to him for help. -- Rikayla (Updated by Backalley)

And after that, Akiyama-san always help Kanzaki-san to win (or draw sometimes) in every stages they involved. It's including round 1-round 3 (Season 1), round 4, semifinal, and pre-final--to gain ticket to final (in Season 2), and finally the final (in its movie-- Liar Game the Finale Stage).

I'd only been watching Liar Game Season 1 and Season 2, and since the Final Stage released on March 2010 (in Japan), i haven't been watching it yet.

1. LIAR GAME Season 1

Round 1 : Deceived each other to gain ichi oku-en (100 million yen)

Round 2 : The contestants who won round 1 played "minority game", where each round a question with two options is presented, and those who voted with the majority are eliminated.
Revival Round : For contestants who lost in round 2 and a hundred million yen in debt (except Kanzaki)

Round 3 : Kanzaki, Akiyama and the seven remaining players from the revival round must participate in the third round as a team in a game entitled "Contraband" where the team who manages to smuggle more money through the other team's vigilance wins.


2. LIAR GAME Season 2

Round 4 :
Competitors are split into two groups whose members must compete among themselves in a preliminary round first.

Semifinal :
In the game called "Angel and Demon" where each person is given identities as Angel and Demon, "Angel" players must make contact with other Angel players in order to produce "Cross" and the Cross is used to change a demon to an angel. Those who have 4 Cross proceed to next round, and those who lose gt a hundred million yen in debt.

Pre-Final : A game called Gold Rush, it's basicaly the same as Contra Band (but instead of money, they smuggle a gold bar).