April New Anime Sweep Series (2): "Liar, Liar"
Machine-translated from Traditional Chinese
April New Anime Sweep Series (2) — "Liar, Liar"
At the start of this century, an author drew a long-form graphic narrative about deception duels, serialized over 203 chapters and collected into 19 volumes. Two years later, Fuji TV brought it to the screen as a live-action drama series, with quite impressive ratings.
The story is set in the Heisei era, focusing on psychological warfare — works of that kind back then weren't like today's full of time travel or cheat-level power-ups; the visuals were crude and relied entirely on the plot to carry it.
The core heroine is a girl so kind she's almost foolish, who gets dragged into this "Liar, Liar" game after a one-on-one battle over 100 million yen pits her against a professional con artist. The anime adaptation is produced by MADHOUSE, directed by a female Kantoku, with the series composition handled by another industry veteran. The first three episodes are all spent setting up the first case — it feels slow at first, but considering the excitement of the later rounds of duels is actually on the decline, spending more time upfront in the planned 24 episodes is acceptable.
Setting aside the already negligible issue of dated animation, the original's approach to exploring human nature and setting traps feels a bit stale by today's standards. Especially for those who've read the original, all the twists are basically laid out on the table.
Have you guys watched it?
At the start of this century, an author drew a long-form graphic narrative about deception duels, serialized over 203 chapters and collected into 19 volumes. Two years later, Fuji TV brought it to the screen as a live-action drama series, with quite impressive ratings.
The story is set in the Heisei era, focusing on psychological warfare — works of that kind back then weren't like today's full of time travel or cheat-level power-ups; the visuals were crude and relied entirely on the plot to carry it.
The core heroine is a girl so kind she's almost foolish, who gets dragged into this "Liar, Liar" game after a one-on-one battle over 100 million yen pits her against a professional con artist. The anime adaptation is produced by MADHOUSE, directed by a female Kantoku, with the series composition handled by another industry veteran. The first three episodes are all spent setting up the first case — it feels slow at first, but considering the excitement of the later rounds of duels is actually on the decline, spending more time upfront in the planned 24 episodes is acceptable.
Setting aside the already negligible issue of dated animation, the original's approach to exploring human nature and setting traps feels a bit stale by today's standards. Especially for those who've read the original, all the twists are basically laid out on the table.
Have you guys watched it?
