ThyGriever wrote:

Kindai magazine July 7 Reports the top rated dramas currently 1) Operation Love 2) hanayome to papa 3) Liar Game Kindai is a pretty popular mag so these results should be pretty accurate. I guess Liar Game is pretty catchy for the japanese audiences as well as us!

From http://dorama.info/ - Oricon's latest satisfaction rating on this season's dramas:

1) Kaete Kita Jikou Keisatsu - 81.5
2) Liar Game - 77.1
3) Proposal Daisakusen - 75.1
4) Bambino - 73.4
5) Watashitachi no Kyoukasho - 73.0

Just finished episode 9, looking forward to the last 2 episodes!

I just wish the show had a little more budget!
What annoys me most are the wigs! Mushroom, Mni-mushroom ( ) and white "really fake hair" stoner have such cheap wigs and costumes. Or is that done on purpose to remind the viewer of the original manga???

Oh well, it�Ls fun anyway and Nao has become smarter! A bit at least!

i think mini mushroom's hair is real because he's showed up on variety shows with that hair before.

yeah and the new guy's hair/wig is really really bad. it reminds me of wigs from the sailormoon live action
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Just finished episode 10.
Can't wait for the 3 hours long finale next week!!

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Somehow when Akiyama went bezerk, I sorta figured that he is acting it out. Anyway there's a part which I dun really understand. How can the opposing team withdraw any money when Akiyama took their cards?

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Gyaboo!

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Suzuki_Kousuke

Mushroom head quiet a difference LOL
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amtamfan84 wrote:

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Suzuki_Kousuke Mushroom head quiet a difference LOL

that guy is so damn funny, such a spaz...he's the great bad dude...lol

haha I agree, the guy is a great actor and plays his part quite well.
Favorite scene is when he tells the other, hey you mini mushroom come here lol.
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Mhh.. I don�Lt think it�Ls a big difference..

Theres just the hairstyle.

zhirong wrote:

Just finished episode 10. Can't wait for the 3 hours long finale next week!! Click on button to reveal/hide spoiler: Somehow when Akiyama went bezerk, I sorta figured that he is acting it out. Anyway there's a part which I dun really understand. How can the opposing team withdraw any money when Akiyama took their cards?

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Oh.. They used the cards belonging to the members of the water country instead (meaning the money they got came from the water bank). In other words, the fire cards were not used at all hence no money was smuggled (besides those smuggled by the white haired guy) from the fire bank, meaning the large sum of money left in the fire bank was equally distributed to all players in the water country. I would have thought there would be a restriction to the number of times each card is used -.- (the water cards besides akiyama's were used twice of what they should have been used) something i didn't get was how akiyama disadvantaged the white hair guy by letting the rest of the fire country members get alot more money than him. Shouldn't the money they have individually (those in the fire country) be the same?

Akitsuki-kun wrote:

Mhh.. I don�Lt think it�Ls a big difference.. Theres just the hairstyle.

and without the glasses too.

jess wrote:

Click on button to reveal/hide spoiler: something i didn't get was how akiyama disadvantaged the white hair guy by letting the rest of the fire country members get alot more money than him. Shouldn't the money they have individually (those in the fire country) be the same?

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Noticed that when Akiyama lost his cool and took over, the white hair guy was never shown to be a smuggler or an inspector, which doesn't make any sense as he should've taken advantage of the situation. Instead, he let the other 3 persons be the smugglers and inspectors and subsequently ended up with alot more money than he does. I suggest you read the manga whose game 3 is a lot more sophisticated. About 1/3 past ep. 10 is where the drama deviates from the manga, starting from ch. 39.

EstherM wrote:

Or is that done on purpose to remind the viewer of the original manga???

No, they're no where near what the characters look like in the manga

amtamfan84 wrote:

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Suzuki_Kousuke Mushroom head quiet a difference LOL

hes got the looks though..
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concertmaster wrote:

Click on button to reveal/hide spoiler: Noticed that when Akiyama lost his cool and took over, the white hair guy was never shown to be a smuggler or an inspector, which doesn't make any sense as he should've taken advantage of the situation. Instead, he let the other 3 persons be the smugglers and inspectors and subsequently ended up with alot more money than he does. I suggest you read the manga whose game 3 is a lot more sophisticated. About 1/3 past ep. 10 is where the drama deviates from the manga, starting from ch. 39.

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ahh thanks for clarifying. yeah it didn't make sense unless hmm.. that white haired guy was too busy laughing away at him OR akiyama made the rest of the members from the fire country go for their turn before the white haired guy got his chance to

wahahah! finished ep 10!

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i watched the part where akiyama explains his strategy. but sad to sae... i realli dun get him. hais. so for those that akiyama passed, opposing members get the money and for those that the opposing members doubted on akiyama, opposing members also get the money? issit liddat? so water country's pple still needa continue the next round because onli fire country's members can leave with the big sum of money? issit? haha

chooniE wrote:

wahahah! finished ep 10! Click on button to reveal/hide spoiler: i watched the part where akiyama explains his strategy. but sad to sae... i realli dun get him. hais. so for those that akiyama passed, opposing members get the money and for those that the opposing members doubted on akiyama, opposing members also get the money? issit liddat? so water country's pple still needa continue the next round because onli fire country's members can leave with the big sum of money? issit? haha

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Yeah.. the point is to let everyone benefit from it besides the white-haired guy. The opposing members get all the money BUT from the water bank instead of the fire bank where they were supposed to get their money from originally. Akiyama's grp members benefit from this too, since the opponents (besides the white-haired guy) did not smuggle any money from the firebank, hence the large sum of money remaining is equally divided among akiyama's grp members. The white-haired guy was disadvantaged in that round because he only went to 'smuggle' once since he was too busy laughing his head off when all his other teammates (were instructed to?) smuggle money-.- (i didn't get this part at first too but i guess this seems to be the only logical explanation) I suppose yeah the other members of the fire country already have enough money to back out of the competition. But that would mean that the members of the water country are in debt along with the white-haired guy. Not sure how akiyama is going to resolve this >< Seems pretty complicated. I don't think it's possible to let everyone go off debt free besides the white-haired guy (since i think he's only short of a little bit of money to go off free.. i don't know!) Hmm anyone knows if this smuggling game has already ended? Or is there another round? If there is, i would think it's pretty easy for the white-haired guy to get enough money to back out as long as he insists being the smuggler. Don't think akiyama will be able to defeat him all the time. Well.. let's watch and see

jess wrote:

Click on button to reveal/hide spoiler: Yeah.. the point is to let everyone benefit from it besides the white-haired guy. The opposing members get all the money BUT from the water bank instead of the fire bank where they were supposed to get their money from originally. Akiyama's grp members benefit from this too, since the opponents (besides the white-haired guy) did not smuggle any money from the firebank, hence the large sum of money remaining is equally divided among akiyama's grp members. The white-haired guy was disadvantaged in that round because he only went to 'smuggle' once since he was too busy laughing his head off when all his other teammates (were instructed to?) smuggle money-.- (i didn't get this part at first too but i guess this seems to be the only logical explanation) I suppose yeah the other members of the fire country already have enough money to back out of the competition. But that would mean that the members of the water country are in debt along with the white-haired guy. Not sure how akiyama is going to resolve this >< Seems pretty complicated. I don't think it's possible to let everyone go off debt free besides the white-haired guy (since i think he's only short of a little bit of money to go off free.. i don't know!) Hmm anyone knows if this smuggling game has already ended? Or is there another round? If there is, i would think it's pretty easy for the white-haired guy to get enough money to back out as long as he insists being the smuggler. Don't think akiyama will be able to defeat him all the time. Well.. let's watch and see

ohh! ic...

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there will be round 4 ba. i rmb hearing that in the show and yes.. let's watch and see!

finished ep.9

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it's so funny, the mushroom guy called the other nerdy "mini-mushroom"!!! so crazy!

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just watched episode 9.

this is so far the best round ive seen in this series..

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the excitement is really there.. and the rules are easy to understand.. and the so called psychic guy.. i dont think he is that good.. his trick mustve been in the rings hes wearing.. and finally the one ive been waiting for!!! MINI MUSHROOM has stepped up as a badass guy than mushroom head.. and my guess in the next episode. we will see a much much different Akiyama.... i think round 4 will be the last round in this series ne?..

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I always knew about this site. It has pics of the places they use in shows.

http://loca.ash.jp/show/2007/d200704_liargame.htm

I think it's really cool. I found the site over a year ago.
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