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Death Note
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Top-ranked student Yagami Light is disenchanted with the world around him. Through a series of events, he comes into possession of the ultimate power over life and death: a supernatural "death note" which can kill nearly anyone at his whim. As Light sets off on a crusade-cum-killing-spree, investigators from a police task force try to stop the mysterious deaths - including Light's own father, a senior policeman.
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add recDespite vastly different premises, both these series nonetheless center on strategic mind-games requiring wit and audacity. The stories are intricatlely constructed, well paced, and full of twists, turns, second-guesses and betrayals as the characters scheme and plot. Although it is contextualized differently, the question of what constitutes right and wrong is an important tenet of both Liar Game and Death Note. The artwork is also similar, with Liar Game being a little more simplified to suit its more text-heavy presentation.
If you like battle of wits between two (or more) ppl trying to outsmart each other, if you like unbeatable geniuses who are always 2 step ahead of their oponents and pull incredible tricks out of their sleeves, lastly if you just like a good mystery manga - those titles are both for you. if you read one of them but haven't seen the other it's about time to correct that mistake.
Bus Gamer
- Vol: 1; Ch: 11
- 2001
In the underbelly of the corporate world, a secret series of battles takes place called the Bus Game, whose participants are solicited randomly via letters in the mail. During the games, teams of three attempt to take into their possession a disk filled with corporate secrets; the winners are given increasingly high cash rewards, while the losers get nothing - or worse, they lose their lives. Toki, Kazuo and Nobu make up the "no name" team, and their goal is to win one billion yen each. Each has a reason to need the money and a secret, disturbing past; but with high stakes and mysterious employers, they can only hope to leave the game alive.
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add recLiar Game and Bus Gamer are very similar in that the main characters have strange backgrounds and are out to win a certain amount of money whilst trying to fight the people who run the coporation and fighting the enemies they meet along the way
One Outs
- Vol: 19
- 1998
Kojima is a baseball legend. As the superstar cleanup hitter for the Lycaons, he won himself many awards including rookie of the year seven times; but there's one title he never acquired: champion. In an attempt to find that special something Kojima feels he's missing inside, he opens a training camp in Okinawa. There, through a series of events, Kojima is introduced to a high stakes game dominated by the talented Toua Tokuchi, and subsequently loses a fortune. However, Kojima finally defeats Toua and due to their agreement, he enlists him to join the now poorly-ranked Lycaons - but Toua demands a high price: instead of a salary, he will receive five million yen for each out, and lose fifty million yen for each point lost. With a bad attitude and prodigal skills, Toua will help transform the Lycaons into winners once more.
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add recThe same author and pretty much the same feeling. Devilishly intelligent genius who is stepping on a thin line between crime and legal outwits all of his oponents. The only difference is the stage they are fighitng for - in One outs it's baseball, in Liars game it's different sort of gambling games.
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