History Manga / LiarGameRootsOfA

The other stories deal with the fortuneteller Asuka Kiryu, while the rest involve CoolLoser Minoru Shibura whose only redeeming talent is skill with darts and his struggle with the staff at Green Mountain Starlight Park, a DatingServiceDisaster episode, and even a chapter for the author's dog.

%%* CoolLoser: Minoru.

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:Minoru makes a deal with the director to free a patient (Kyo Kisaragi) if he can beat everyone in the facility at darts.]]
* BusFullOfInnocents: One gets hijacked by a terrorist looking to free his imprisoned fellows.

* DidntSeeThatComing: Type 3 for [[spoiler:Daisuke Hanamura. Hard to blame him...he was defeated by the fortuneteller he met earlier. How was he supposed to know that it was the legendary fortuneteller who practiced ancient divination?]]
%%* {{Fanservice}}: This overlaps with fetish.
* {{Fortuneteller}}: Asuka Kiryu.

* InspirationallyDisadvantaged: Kyo Kisaragi.
* LikeRealityUnlessNoted: If we are to assume the one shot chapters take place in the Liar Game world, then this trope applies.
* MatchMakerDotCom: @Lovers.
* OutrunTheFireball: [[spoiler:Subverted since Asuka adjusted the hijacker's watch 20 minutes early; no explosion at all.]]
* MovingTheGoalposts: [[spoiler:When Kyo beats everyone in the facility at darts, they "reward" him with an even tougher challenge.]]
* PsychologistTeacher: Professor Yukiya Okabe (in name only).
* RousingSpeech: [[spoiler:Minoru gives one for the patients.]]

* WheresTheKaboom: [[spoiler:Everyone expects the bus to get blown up -- then Asuka reveals that he set the hijacker's watch 20 minutes early.]]

%%* BusFullOfInnocents

* MatchMakerDotCom: @Lovers
* OutrunTheFireball [[spoiler:Subverted since Asuka adjusted the hijacker's watch 20 minutes early; no explosion at all.]]

* RousingSpeech: [[spoiler:Minoru gives quite a nice one for the patients, and it leads into a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.]]

* PsychologistTeacher (in name only) Professor Yukiya Okabe

* TimeBomb

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: Minoru makes a deal with the director to free a patient (Kyo Kisaragi) if he can beat everyone in the facility at darts.]]
* BusFullOfInnocents
* CoolLoser: Minoru
* ContemplateOurNavels: Minoru
* DidntSeeThatComing: Type 3 for [[spoiler: Daisuke Hanamura. Hard to blame him...he was defeated by the fortuneteller he met earlier. How was he supposed to know that it was the legendary fortuneteller who practiced ancient divination?]]
* {{Fanservice}}: This overlaps with fetish.
* {{Fortuneteller}}: Asuka Kiryu

* OutrunTheFireball [[spoiler: Subverted since Asuka adjusted the hijacker's watch 20 minutes early; no explosion at all.]]

* ThirteenIsUnlucky: Kyo is patient 13. [[spoiler: He also wins several games of darts with 13 throws, and subverts this trope since he and Minoru inspire the other patients.]]

* WheresTheKaboom: [[spoiler: Everyone expects the bus to get blown up -- then Asuka reveals that he set the hijacker's watch 20 minutes early.]]

* {{Fanservice}}: [[http://www.onemanga.com/Liar_Game_-_Roots_of_A/2/02/ This]] overlaps with FetishFuel.

* WheresTheKaboom: [[spoiler: Everyone expects the bus to get blown up -- then Asuka reveals that he set the hijackers watch 20 minutes early.]]

* LikeRealityUnlessNoted: If we are to assume the one shot chapters take place in the LiarGame world, then this trope applies.

The prequel for the ''Manga/LiarGame'', written and illustrated by the same Kaitani Shinobu. Actually, only two chapters (the opening one and the new one-shot ''Liar Game: Roots Of A #2'') deal with Akiyama's backstory; the others are a two-shot that deals with a fortuneteller and the rest are simple one-shot chapters. The non-Akiyama stories are not part of the main ''LiarGame'' story.

The prequel for the ''LiarGame'', written and illustrated by the same Kaitani Shinobu. Actually, only two chapters (the opening one and the new one-shot ''Liar Game: Roots Of A #2'') deal with Akiyama's backstory; the others are a two-shot that deals with a fortuneteller and the rest are simple one-shot chapters. The non-Akiyama stories are not part of the main ''LiarGame'' story.

!!''LiarGameRootsOfA'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* InspriationallyDisadvantaged: Kyo Kisaragi.

* [[spoiler: OutrunTheFireball]] [[spoiler: Subverted since Asuka adjusted the hijacker's watch 20 minutes early; no explosion at all.]]

* [[spoiler: RousingSpeech: Minoru gives quite a nice one for the patients, and it leads into a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.]]

* WheresTheKaboom: [[spoiler: Everyone expects the bus to get blown up -- then Asuka reveals that he set the hijackers watch 20 minutes early.

* [[spoiler: OutrunTheFireball]] [[spoiler: Subverted since Asuka adjusted the hijacker's clock 18 minutes early; no explosion at all.]]

* [[spoiler: TimeBomb]]

* [[spoiler: OutrunTheFireball]]
** [[spoiler: Subverted since Asuka adjusted the hijacker's clock 18 minutes early; no explosion at all.]]

* [[CompleteMonster Complete Monsters]]: The staff at Green Mountain Starlight Park.
** Basically, [[spoiler:the director is keeping the completely curable patients in "treatment" to leech government subsidies, i.e. make a massive profit and a source of free labor, while abusive guards torture and beat up these patients.]] [[http://www.onemanga.com/Liar_Game_-_Roots_of_A/2/08/ See]] these pages for [[http://www.onemanga.com/Liar_Game_-_Roots_of_A/2/17/ yourself]].

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: These moments are sure to make you smile:
** [[spoiler: The patient Kyo (gifted at darts) is playing a game of darts for his freedom from the abusive Green Mountain Starlight Park treatment center. After defeating an employee (with a perfect score!) [[CompleteMonster the director]] brought in the hopes of crushing Kyo, the director forces one last challenge: throw a dart into the apricot in [[CoolLoser Minoru's]] mouth ([[UnfortunateImplications which of course would be bad for Minoru if Kyo misses]]). After Minoru gives a RousingSpeech that all the [[TheWoobie patients]] had potential and were not sub-human, Kyo throws the dart right into the apricot and wins his freedom. We later learn that the patients were released and returned back to their peaceful lives, the director (and presumably the rest of the staff) were arrested, and that Kyo won the darts World Championships with another perfect score.]] [[http://www.onemanga.com/Liar_Game_-_Roots_of_A/2/44/ Truly inspiring]].
** [[spoiler:[[MatchMakerDotCom @Lovers]] has a young man--Hikishi--who lied about being rich (he was a common factory worker) who sacrificed a lot to keep up a rich facade to impress a high-class lady (Hakura), and they were dating for over a year. However, Hikishi was unsatisfied with such an uneven financial relationship, even though believing that he was destined to be with Haruka. He turned to @Lovers, a dating website (in a short time later it was revealed that those who married with its matches never divorced), which resulted in Hikishi trying to hook up with a highly compatible (99.9%, where 95% is 1 in 200 million) lady...Satsuki. When Hikishi finally met Satsuki in real life, he realized she was the person he was dating all along...Hakura. After a brief argument, they laugh and share a kiss at the end (''"I knew we were destined to be together"''). Of course, [[GenreSavvy you probably expected the ending]], though it does nothing to ruin the effect.]]

* [[TheWoobie The Woobies]]: The patients at Green Mountain Starlight Park. Just read [[http://www.onemanga.com/Liar_Game_-_Roots_of_A/2/18/ this page]]...