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Using the help of recently released conman/genius/ChessMaster Shinichi Akiyama, Nao seeks to rid herself of debt and also save those who are participating in the games. Expect all [[Gambit Index|all kinds of plans and cunning]] to apply here, as it is a Battle Royale of wits.
This story has a prequel called ''[[Liar Game: Roots of A|Liar Game-Roots Of A]]'', which has a one-shot chapter that deals with the backstory of Akiyama and contains several other unrelated one-shots.
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* [[Combat Commentator]]: Several in most games, but especially the third round and the second revival round; used to explain what the chessmasters are doing.
* [[Convenient Miscarriage]]: {{spoiler|"Office Lady" Mikamoto had a affair with her boss and got pregnant. It's stated that she lost the child.}}
* [[Conviction
* [[Crash Into Hello]]: Nao and Akiyama's first meeting.
* [[Cult]]: Lead by Harimoto, he teaches that {{spoiler|the human race bred with demons which made humans evil, so only the purer humans can get in the cult (they classify with demonic dominant and demonic recessive for the Mendel enthusiasts). Ironically, one of the "wise ones" (Yukiko, the Ponytail), thought ''Nao'' was evil, especially when she heard about Nao's honest intentions and figured it was a lie. Also, Harimoto is supposed to be 10,000 years old and Yukiko is supposed to be 500 years old ("by virtue of her wisdom").}}
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* [[In Medias Res]]: (Nao's perspective)
* [[I Will Definitely Protect You]]: Akiyama to Nao in the second revival round.
* [[Jerk
* [[Kansas City Shuffle]]: Without a doubt the most important trope of the series. That's how Akiyama manipulates others. He uses their knowledge, or lack of it, at his advantage. That's also why everyone feels trapped in the games of the LGT. No one really knows what happens to the people who lose the games, and no one really want to find out.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Yokoya opts to squeeze hamsters instead.
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: Akiyama to a certain extent.
* [[Loophole Abuse]]: Frequent source of Akiyama's [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
* [[Lost Him in
* [[Love Triangle]]: Apparently, there's one building up now between Nao, Akiyama, and {{spoiler|Fukunaga}}. It's pretty obvious that Akiyama only regards {{spoiler|Fukunaga's}} feelings with awkwardness, but it's unclear how he feels about Nao...
* [[Malevolent Masked Men]]
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* [[The Plan]]: Every game involves this trope, in some form.
* [[Ping-Pong Naivete]]: Nao. She gets better, and even gets a Crowning Moment or two.
* [[Prequel]]: The manga short [[Liar Game: Roots of A|Roots of A]] looks at Akiyama during his senior year of college.
* [[Restored My Faith in Humanity]]: Part of the [[Defeat Means Friendship]] package, such as Nao's victory over Fujisawa Kazuo in the first round.
* [[Retcon]]: In the first ten episodes of the Drama's first season, the LGT Office is vague and mysterious, just like in the Manga, with no leader in sight. The eleventh episode {{spoiler|plugs a man named Hasegawa into the role at every turn, rewriting the reason why Nao and Akiyama were even thrown into the Liar Game. And THEN, the second season reveals that Hasegawa wasn't even the creator of it; he just invested a lot of money, despite the first season stating specifically that he was, Leronira coming to him for instructions.}}
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* [[Shown Their Work]]: It's obvious the author looks very deeply at each game.
* [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]]: The first round's major opponent is Nao's middle school teacher who's about as clever as a normal person. The second round and revival round have Fukunaga, while the third round's is Yokoya. After a short break for the second revival round, the opponent is Yokoya and finally the [[Big Bad Duumvirate]] of Yokoya and Harimoto.
* [[Spanner in
** The "Extra Alliance" in the Musical Chairs game throws a major wrench into the until-then three way battle with Harimoto, Yokoyo, and Akiyama.
* [[The Cake Is a Lie]]: Yokoya enforces a points-based loyalty scheme during the Contraband Game. He encourages the members of his team to spy on one another and report disloyalty; those who score the highest points will be given money as their reward, with those at the top getting enough to cancel their (large) debts. Fukunaga spots that Yokoya is probably not keeping count at all, and is just telling everyone they are hovering around 4th place to spur them into spying on one another and feeding Yokoya information.
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* [[Walls of Text]]: It's a dialogue-driven story which touches on areas of game theory, individual psychology, ''sales practices'', economic theory and sociology...
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: In the J-drama, Yokoya
* [[Wide
** Subverted by the fact that Nao's idealism usually wins over the cynicism of the other players. Which is not actually unlikely; as con artists say "you can never con an honest person". Almost all forms of con require the mark to be willing to be greedy or dishonest.
* [[The Worf Effect]]: How are we made immediately aware of the potential danger Harimoto poses? He utterly wiped the floor with Fukunaga.
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