Produced by: Fuji TV

Main Cast Members: Matsuda Shota, Toda Erika, Kitamura Soichiro, Wada Soko, Iwasa Mayuko, Sakamoto Makoto, Kichise Michiko etc

The Story:

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 dollars. 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

My Thoughts:

When they say 'honest' in this dorama, it's more bordering to 'bakaness' if you asked me. The story practically painted Kanzaki Nao as pure and white as it can get. That is something which is unrelatable to the audience, since in reality no one is that good (cause I think it's human nature to be both good and bad). But putting my irritation aside, I think this dorama is brilliant. I highly recommend it if you're a fan of stories which needs you to think such as Death Note and Detective Conan (although maybe not as serious for the latter). If you prefer something which is light and funny then stay the hell away from this one, since the plot is quite heavy and has a dark athmosphere surrounding it. There's also brilliant acting from the cast members, particularly Toda Erika (for making Nao as annoyingly self-righteous as possible). Plus I really like to theme of the story; how far will somebody lie to get themselves a whole lot of cash and to get yourself out of danger? The story also doesn't stray much from the original manga so that's also a plus point for me.

My Ratings: * * * 1/2