History Awesome / LiarGame

--> '''Akiyama''': During their time as participants in Liar Game they witness countless of deceptions, lies, even getting duped or tricked by one another but at long last they found someone that they could trust whole-heartedly. *points at Nao Kanzaki* They could team up and work together because of the existence of one Nao Kanzaki. I'm sure that your group realizes that one she opens her mouth, she would spew petty words saying that she wants to save people or work together. That's the reason why she gets duped, abused or tricked. But even after that, she would never tries to entrap them. Everyone here who've participated since the Pandemic Game with her, has been through 3 games including this game. She's been through many rounds of this game and in all of them, she's been fooled time and time again regardless of the nature of this game. And yet, she never once try to get back at those who deceives her. Before the last round of the change session, all the players were really cornered with no way out in sight. You'd been driving them in a corner all throughout the game, and finally, they realized if there's one person who would never ever betray them it's Nao Kanzaki. And once they did, not even your bond of steel could stand up to them.]]

* In the second round, Minority Game [[note]]One participant will come up the stage and ask everyone a 'yes' or 'no' question. Those who vote for the minority will stay while the others are eliminated. The process will repeat until one participant gets one minority vote.[[/note]], thanks to a tip off from Nao, Akiyama finds out that Mr.X is Fukunaga even before Fukunaga's revealed and ruins Fukunaga's plans. However the biggest epic moment was during his turn where he need not wait for 6 hours. [[http://www.mangahere.co/manga/liar_game/v02/c015/15.html All Akiyama needs to do is put the vote "NO" inside, show everyone that he's not lying by holding the "YES" after his vote and declare that he'll win.]] This throws the remaining three players into a ridiculous spiral.... [[BatmanGambit AND Akiyama wins]] thanks to the help of No.22, who was earlier suspected as Mr.X.

Basically, anytime Akiyama (or sometimes Nao whenever they team up) deliver a ''coup de grace'' is a [=CMoA=]. One can routinely get a feel for whatever ridiculous - but nonetheless ''awesome'' - thing Akiyama's going to do when the game is demonstrated, by imagining what a normal person would think of as the ''stupidest'' move in a game, then wondering why a super-genius Chessmaster might do it ''deliberately.'' Net upshot? Stuff that looks CrazyAwesome that's actually AwesomeByAnalysis. In a manga based around winning high-stakes games of wits, he does this a '''''lot''''':

* At the end of the third round, Contraband Game, Nao lays out a BreakingSpeech / TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on Yokoya like a king hit, even if [[spoiler:Yokoya, by his own standards, had just ''won'']]. Nao's speech was able to take a self-interested, greedy manipulator and through force of personality and the dissonance of her seeming honesty, shake Yokoya's assumptions about what he knew, and what she knew. She also chose a great time to strike - right after Yokoya delivered a successful BreakingSpeech to resident Chessmaster Akiyama. Nao then [[spoiler:breaks down all the reasons that Yokoya was the true loser, and Yokoya claims that since he won quite a large sum of money, and that since the Liar Game tournament is essentially a zero sum game (or "one person winning means another person loses), Nao's goal of saving everybody is impossible. Nao then tells Yokoya that there was a very simple way of toppling his assumption before leaving, successfully provoking him into entering the next round when he had been planning on just quitting. Then, when Akiyama asks Nao how she was going to break the zero sum game, Nao then [[BatmanGambit admits that she had been lying, and said those words solely to provoke him into another round where they'll have another chance at taking back all the money that Yokoya took and use it to pay off everybody's debts]]]].

* In the second revival game, thanks to Nao's CharacterDevelopment, she manages to convinces ''[[spoiler:Fukunaga]]'', of all people, to cooperate with her in the last round after reading Fukunaga's true intentions. She first devise a way to make Fukunaga a traitor and tips of the opponent Nao's fake lying habit. Once it happens, Nao ''PURPOSELY'' loses and at the second last round, the opponent got tricked completely. Only Akiyama knows of her plans and scolded her on doing that plan. However it leaves Akiyama speechless due to her reason why Fukunaga helps her and thanks to his lessons during the time she's with him, she wants to demonstrate that she ''didn't need Akiyama to solve all her problems.''

* During the Fourth Round, Musical Chairs, when it only Nao, Yokoya and Fatso (or Teppei Ikezawa) left, Akiyama reveal his true plan by [[spoiler: Using all the Extra Alliance (Minus Hiro Shimakata a.k.a Young Jump) and Abe Yukiko and encircle Yokoya, forcing him to not take the chair to sit. This is one plan that Yokoya did not see it coming.]]
** How it happened you ask? [[spoiler: Before Young Jump betrays Akiyama to Yokoya, he manages to get all the trash medals that Young Jump kept and trade with his teams. After Harimoto's team is eliminated, he approaches the Extra Alliance, reveal Young Jump's betrayal and hatches a plan to use Teppei's trash medals (A LOT after the Extra Alliances checks it) into real money. [[note]] Only the winner's medal can be traded for 100 million each.[[/note]] Not even [[TheChessmaster Yokoya]] would expect that Akiyama would use a 'Power Play' against him. Sure Yokoya could have escape but due to the fatigue and not getting any sleep by staying up all night to prevent other teams to make contact. Ultimately Teppei wins by default and lets just say he's not to happy about it once he realizes he won without any of his medals.]]

* In the final round, Nao's short speech in chapter 187, at the beginning of the last game of the last round. [[spoiler:She sees right through Yokoya once he describes his father's teaching that "a person's worth is decided by how many other people he controls." This has, apparently, been what has been guiding him throughout the Liar Game. In response, Nao points out that, because Yokoya is merely putting into practice his father's words, everything he does is not thanks to his own ability. It's thanks to his father's control, and Yokoya will never be able to break free from that control if he continues to live by his father's words. Even Yokoya goes speechless, and pale with fear.]] Let's restate that: ''Nao'' just gave [[spoiler:''Yokoya'']] a BreakingSpeech. [[CharacterDevelopment Hot damn]].
** Akiyama and Nao's gambit in the final round. [[spoiler: They both knew that Yokoya would make both his and Akiyama's team lose so that he could have his revenge on them. So, they tricked the other two teams into locking themselves into a deadlock.]] However, that's just the best part. [[spoiler: Akiyama rubs in Yoyoka's face that it was basically Nao that defeated him. This leads to Yoyoka basically giving up and giving Nao and Akiyama what they want, uniting the players against the LGT, thus causing them to cancel the game.]]
** [[spoiler: To repeat. THEY BROKE THE LIAR GAME, convinced Yoyoka to turn 'good', and all in all won completely and utterly.]]

** As Kurifugi notes in the next chapter, this wasn't just some petty revenge for bossing them around but actually the smartest move they could play. Baldy probably was going to betray them sometime during the game (and had severals ways to utterly screw them over in the process) so the only possible option would be to lie about the location of Akagi's chair at the start of the day, while also getting the location of Baldy's chair. The only thing Baldy actually has to use now that he's an Extra are the numbers of the chairs but Yokoya and Harimoto were already well on their way to figuring them out anyway.

** As Kurfugi notes in the next chapter, this wasn't just some petty revenge for bossing them around but actually the smartest move they could play. Baldy probably was going to betray them sometime during the game (and had severals ways to utterly screw them over in the process) so the only possible option would be to lie about the location of Akagi's chair at the start of the day, while also getting the location of Baldy's chair. The only thing Baldy actually has to use now that he's an Extra are the numbers of the chairs but Yokoya and Harimoto were already well on their way to figuring them out anyway.

* Basically, anytime Akiyama delivers a ''coup de grace'' is a [=CMoA=]. One can routinely get a feel for whatever ridiculous - but nonetheless ''awesome'' - thing Akiyama's going to do when the game is demonstrated, by imagining what a normal person would think of as the ''stupidest'' move in a game, then wondering why a super-genius Chessmaster might do it ''deliberately.'' Net upshot? Stuff that looks CrazyAwesome that's actually AwesomeByAnalysis. In a manga based around winning high-stakes games of wits, he does this a '''''lot''''':
** In the second round Akiyama needs only one word to throw the last vote into a ridiculous spiral. [[http://www.mangahere.co/manga/liar_game/v02/c015/15.html The word is "NO".]]

** But it's not just Akiyama's show! Nao gets one when she convinces ''[[spoiler:Fukunaga]]'', of all people, to cooperate with her - once with advice from Akiyama that let her wield a ''losing position'' like a club, and once '''not''' because she didn't have any alternatives, but to demonstrate that she ''didn't need Akiyama to solve all her problems.''
** Akiyama outdoes himself in the Pandemic Game, fooling of all people (if only briefly), the [[spoiler: ''LGT Officers'']]. The expression is priceless! He then moves on - as if that wasn't enough - to [[spoiler: swindle 300 million from Yokoya. In a game where '''no in-game money''' is involved.]]
* At the end of the Contraband Game, Nao lays out a BreakingSpeech / TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on Yokoya like a king hit, even if [[spoiler:Yokoya, by his own standards, had just ''won'']]. Nao's speech was able to take a self-interested, greedy manipulator and through force of personality and the dissonance of her seeming honesty, shake Yokoya's assumptions about what he knew, and what she knew. She also chose a great time to strike - right after Yokoya delivered a successful BreakingSpeech to resident Chessmaster Akiyama. Nao then [[spoiler:breaks down all the reasons that Yokoya was the true loser, and Yokoya claims that since he won quite a large sum of money, and that since the Liar Game tournament is essentially a zero sum game (or "one person winning means another person loses), Nao's goal of saving everybody is impossible. Nao then tells Yokoya that there was a very simple way of toppling his assumption before leaving, successfully provoking him into entering the next round when he had been planning on just quitting. Then, when Akiyama asks Nao how she was going to break the zero sum game, Nao then [[BatmanGambit admits that she had been lying, and said those words solely to provoke him into another round where they'll have another chance at taking back all the money that Yokoya took and use it to pay off everybody's debts]]]].
** And then Nao does it ''again'' at the beginning of the last round, [[spoiler: to the same person no less. Yoyoka explains that he lives on his father's philosophy that "a person's worth is decided by how many people he controls." Nao then deconstructs this by pointing out that if he's living by his father's philosophy, then that means that he has no worth of his own since his father controls him.]]
* In the finale of Musical Chairs, Akiyama [[spoiler: defeats Yokoya by encircling him with the "Extra" Alliance so he cannot get to his chair and sit in it to claim victory. ''All Yokoya had to do was sit in a chair and win'']].
** Also includes a bit of FridgeBrilliance: [[spoiler:''Of course'', Yokoya couldn't see this coming! His thought process is based on logic and how people can be [[TheChessmaster used as chess pieces]]. Naturally, he didn't expect all the 'pawns' to surround him on all sides in such a sudden way.]]
* Chapter 124 during the Musical Chairs game, where Nao is the one pointing out that despite being pressed on both sides by Yokoya's and Harimoto's groups, those two groups will eventually need to team up with Akiyama and the "Extra's" group because they have the most voters to decide the winner. Which means, they have the upper hand over both groups. Even Fukunaga is stunned that the previous crybaby, frightened girl who used to be so easily tricked by others was the one who was calling the shots.
** And then she goes and gets another moment in Chapter 156 of the Bid Poker game when, through her own planning, she [[spoiler:realizes that the true leader of Harimoto's group is actually ''Kimura'']]. Akiyama already knew that, but it doesn't change the fact that Nao figured that out all by herself and in her own way.
* Nao's short speech in chapter 187, at the beginning of the last game of the last round. [[spoiler:She sees right through Yokoya once he describes his father's teaching that "a person's worth is decided by how many other people he controls." This has, apparently, been what has been guiding him throughout the Liar Game. In response, Nao points out that, because Yokoya is merely putting into practice his father's words, everything he does is not thanks to his own ability. It's thanks to his father's control, and Yokoya will never be able to break free from that control if he continues to live by his father's words. Even Yokoya goes speechless, and pale with fear.]] Let's restate that: ''Nao'' just gave [[spoiler:''Yokoya'']] a BreakingSpeech. [[CharacterDevelopment Hot damn]].
* Akiyama and Nao's gambit in the final round. [[spoiler: They both knew that Yokoya would make both his and Akiyama's team lose so that he could have his revenge on them. So, they tricked the other two teams into locking themselves into a deadlock.]] However, that's just the best part. [[spoiler: Akiyama rubs in Yoyoka's face that it was basically Nao that defeated him. This leads to Yoyoka basically giving up and giving Nao and Akiyama what they want, uniting the players against the LGT, thus causing them to cancel the game.]]

* Akiyama and Nao's gambit in the final round. [[spoiler: They both knew that Yokoya would make both his and Akiyama's team lose so that he could have his revenge on them. So, they tricked the other two teams into locking themselves into a deadlock.]] However, that's just the best part. [[spoiler: Akiyama rubs in Yoyoka's face that it was basically Nao that defeated him. This leads to Yoyoka basically giving up and giving Nao and Akiyama what they want, uniting the players against the LGT, thus causing them to cancel the game.]]

** Also, Nao's speech to Yokoya at the end of Round 3. "[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech Even though you may have made big money, Mr. Yokoya, you LOST the contest with me.]]"
*** Made more awesome by the fact when she claimed she found a way to defeat the zero-sum game, that she was ''entirely bluffing'' and Yokoya completely ''fell for it'', hook line and sinker.

* At the end of the Contraband Game, Nao lays out a BreakingSpeech / TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on Yokoya like a king hit. [[spoiler:Yokoya, by his own standards, had just ''won''. Yet, Nao's speech was able to take a self-interested, greedy manipulator and through force of personality and the dissonance of her seeming honesty, shake Yokoya's assumptions about what he knew, and what she knew. She also chose a great time to strike - right after Yokoya delivered a successful BreakingSpeech to resident Chessmaster Akiyama. Nao then breaks down all the reasons that Yokoya was the true loser, and Yokoya claims that since he won quite a large sum of money, and that since the Liar Game tournament is essentially a zero sum game (or "one person winning means another person loses), Nao's goal of saving everybody is impossible. Nao then tells Yokoya that there was a very simple way of toppling his assumption before leaving, successfully provoking him into entering the next round when he had been planning on just quitting. Then, when Akiyama asks Nao how she was going to break the zero sum game, Nao then [[BatmanGambit admits that she had been lying, and said those words solely to provoke him into another round where they'll have another chance at taking back all the money that Yokoya took and use it to pay off everybody's debts]]]].
** And then Nao does it ''again'', [[spoiler: to the same person no less. Yoyoka explains that he lives on his father's philosophy that "a person's worth is decided by how many people he controls." Nao then deconstructs this by pointing out that if he's living by his father's philosophy, then that means that he has no worth of his own since his father controls him.]]

* Chapter 124, where Nao is the one pointing out that despite being pressed on both sides by Yokoya's and Harimoto's groups, those two groups will eventually need to team up with Akiyama and the "Extra's" group because they have the most voters to decide the winner. Which means, they have the upper hand over both groups. Even Fukugana is stunned that the previous crybaby, frightened girl who used to be so easily tricked by others was the one who was calling the shots.
** And then she goes and gets another moment in Chapter 156 when, through her own planning, she [[spoiler:realizes that the true leader of Harimoto's group is actually ''Kimura''.]] As it hasn't been confirmed yet, she ''might'' be wrong, but it certainly seems plausible, [[FridgeBrilliance with what we were shown]]...
*** It was indeed proven to be true. And even though Akiyama already knew that, it still doesn't change the fact that Nao figured that out all by herself and in her own way.
* Nao's short speech in chapter 187. [[spoiler:She sees right through Yokoya once he describes his father's teaching that "a person's worth is decided by how many other people he controls." This has, apparently, been what has been guiding him throughout the Liar Game. In response, Nao points out that, because Yokoya is merely putting into practice his father's words, everything he does is not thanks to his own ability. It's thanks to his father's control, and Yokoya will never be able to break free from that control if he continues to live by his father's words. Even Yokoya goes speechless, and pale with fear.]] Let's restate that: ''Nao'' just gave [[spoiler:''Yokoya'']] a BreakingSpeech. [[CharacterDevelopment Hot damn]].

* Basically, anytime Akiyama-san delivers a ''coup de grace'' is a [=CMoA=]. One can routinely get a feel for whatever ridiculous - but nonetheless ''awesome'' - thing Akiyama's going to do when the game is demonstrated, by imagining what a normal person would think of as the ''stupidest'' move in a game, then wondering why a super-genius Chessmaster might do it ''deliberately.'' Net upshot? Stuff that looks CrazyAwesome that's actually AwesomeByAnalysis. In a manga based around winning high-stakes games of wits, he does this a '''''lot''''':

* Akiyama and Nao's gambit in the final round. [[spoiler: They both knew that Yokoya would make both his and Akiyama's team lose so that he could have his revenge on them. So, they tricked the other two teams into locking themselves into a deadlock.]]

* Nao's short speech in chapter 187. [[spoiler:She sees right through Yokoya once he describes his father's teaching that "a person's worth is decided by how many other people he controls." This has, apparently, been what has been guiding him throughout the Liar Game. In response, Nao points out that, because Yokoya is merely putting into practice his father's words, everything he does is not thanks to his own ability. It's thanks to his father's control, and Yokoya will never be able to break free from that control if he continues to live by his father's words. Even Yokoya goes speechless, and pale with fear.]] Let's restate that: ''Nao'' just gave [[spoiler:''Yokoya'']] a BreakingSpeech. [[CharacterDevelopment Hot damn]].

* Nao's short speech in chapter 187. [[spoiler:She sees right through Yokoya once he describes his father's teaching that "a person's worth is decided by how many other people he controls." This has, apparently, been what has been guiding him throughout the Liar Game. In response, Nao points out that, because Yokoya is merely putting into practice his father's words, everything he does is not thanks to his own ability. It's thanks to his father's control, and Yokoya will never be able to break free from that control if he continues to live by his father's words.]] Even Yokoya goes speechless, and pale with fear.]] Nao just gave [[spoiler:''Yokoya'']] a BreakingSpeech.

*** It was indeed proven to be true. And even though Akiyama already knew that, it still doesn't change the fact that Nao figured that out all by herself and in her own way.

** In the second round Akiyama needs only one word to throw the last vote into a ridiculous spiral. "The word is "NO".

** And then she goes and gets another moment in Chapter 156 when, through her own planning, she [[spoiler:realizes that the true leader of Harimoto's group is actually ''Kimura''.]] As it hasn't been confirmed yet, she ''might'' be wrong, but it certainly seems plausible, [[FridgeBrilliance with what we were shown]]...

* In the finale of Musical Chairs, Akiyama [[spoiler: defeats Yokoya by encircling him with the Gaya Alliance so he cannot get to his chair and sit in it to claim victory. ''All Yokoya had to do was sit in a chair and win'']].

* Chapter 124, where Nao is the one pointing out that despite being pressed on both sides by Yokoya and Samue's groups, those two groups will eventually need to team up with Akiyama and Gaya's group because they have the most voters to decide the winner. Which means, they have the upper hand over both groups. Even Fukugana is stunned that the previous crybaby, frightened girl who used to be so easily tricked by others was the one who was calling the shots.

* Chapter 124, where Nao is the one pointing out that despite being pressed on both sides by Yokoya and Samue's groups, those two groups will eventually need to team up with Akiyama and Gaya's group because they have the most voters to decide the winner. Which means, they have the upper hand over both groups. Even Fukugana is stunned that the previous crybaby, frightened girl who used to be so easily tricked by others was the one who was calling the shots.

** In the second round Akiyama needs only one word to throw the last vote into a ridiculous spiral. [[http://www.mangareader.net/164-10827-15/liar-game/chapter-15.html "The word is "NO".]]