"My name is Nao Kanzaki." "I managed to survive Round 4..." "and learn something shocking." "83)\b1}VANGUARD 84)\b1}CENTER-FIELD" "84)\b1}GENERAL 242)\cH1806AA\3cHFFFFFF\b1}WIN" "241)}WIN 419)\cHD25414\3cHFFFFFF\b1}LOSE" "417)}LOSE 267)\cH00FF00\frz345.647\fs26}TIE" "What awaits us at the end?" "...Paradise." "you may be able to do it... that is." "Stop worrying." "I will destroy this twisted game." "here I was at the Semi-Finals." "Waiting for us there was none other..." "Ryou Katsuragi." "...than the mysterious Ryou Katsuragi." "the first half of the Semi-Finals began." "...the ANGELS AND DEMONS Game! The Angel becomes a Demon." "they both create a Cross." "This game is divided into 3 30-minute periods with breaks interspersed between each one." "261)\frz355.681\t(\frz365)\cH000000\3cHFFFFFF}3 Periods Total with Breaks in-between" "Angels with 4 or more Crosses are declared winner." "406)\3cHFFFFFF}Angels with 4 or more Crosses win!" "They proceed directly to the second half of the Semi-Finals." "406)\3cHFFFFFF}Winners go straight to the next battle!" "This game has a sure-fire way to win." "it's possible to create enough Crosses to let everyone win!" "In reality..." "Why am I a Demon!" "?" "I don't have a single cross!" "Ms. Katsuragi's cunning plot turned us all into Demons." "the three of us were working together." "She had secretly formed an alliance with Ms. Marie and Mr. Yasukawa to fool us into their trap." "This is the LIAR GAME." "Lying's a given." "It wasn't long before the actual game began." "392)\3cH000000}PERIOD 430)\cH2804E1}Actual Game" "Akiyama-kun." "Well?" "410)}Who're the 2 Demons...?" "I got Angel!" "How about you?" "of course!" "Thank God!"" "410)}Nao" " Akiyama" " Fukunaga--all Angels!" ""The three of us can easily win now!"" "But..." "I'm really a Demon." "No... we found ourselves faced with a terrible obstacle." "394)}PERIOD 436)}3 Minutes {\cHD4D4D4}Elapsed" "why did you lie to me?" "!" "Shh!" "everyone was around us!" "I can't give that fact away in front of them! we can at least make you into an Angel!" "let's go do that right now!" "Saving you is the number one priority!" "Nao-chan...!" "Thank you!" "No..." "Let's not." "What!" "?" "Huh?" "It's too early." "connecting causes a loud noise." "Everyone would know." "They'll immediately start to think we're an evil combo like Katsuragi's." "Then...what about Mr. Fukunaga?" "We'll save him...when the time comes." "A connection!" "Who!" "?" "Over there!" "Ms. Katsuragi!" "Shhhocking~!" "the three of us are Angels thanks to the rehearsal." "We now have 2 Crosses each." "ladies and gentlemen?" "Keep this up and lose?" "Shut the hell up!" "It's YOUR fault in the first place!" "I wasn't done talking." "I'm willing to let all of you join our team." "HUH!" "?" "right!" "Like we'll fall for that!" "And I do mean anyone... that even includes..." "you who are Demons." "folks!" "She's trying to reel you in!" "letting Demons into your group!" "?" "Who'd do something as stupid as that!" "Stupid?" "I think not." "The three of us have 2 Crosses each." "Say we have an Angel join us." "That'd give everyone 3 Crosses after we connect." "you say?" "but not as bad as you think." "and two would even gain an extra Cross." "he or she'd become an Angel with an extra Cross to boot." "wouldn't you say?" "the atmosphere instantly changed." "wait... she's right." "...I'd better join her team!" "Let me be absolutely clear:" "This invitation is only valid until our team has enough to create 4 Crosses." "What do you mean!" "? the rest of you are on your own." "We refuse to help you whatsoever." "we are looking for people to join--regardless of your status." "This offer comes on one condition... first serve." "now's your chance." "It's hopeless." "No one can stop them now." "guys and gals." "If you don't mind losing... join her." "I'm only going to say this once more-- will lose without a doubt." "{\cH1E00B9\3cHFFFFFF\b1}L{\cH000000}IAR {\cH1E00B9}G{\cH000000}AME {\cH1E00B9}S{\cH000000}eason {\cH1E00B9}2" "Whoever joins me shall lose?" "Is that the best bluff you've got?" "It's no bluff." "It's the solid truth." "Katsuragi...you said it yourself." "it doesn't matter-- you'll welcome them with open arms." "So?" "Chances are the first persons to be in line for your deal... without a doubt." "Why are you so sure?" "Because the Demons have nothing to lose." "what other choice is there?" "hm?" "What difference does it make?" "how is it you say they'll lose?" "They'll lose because I'll then crush you and your little tea party." "How so?" "we'll create a group with the remaining 8 of us." "And we can be rightly certain that individual will be a Demon." "our group of 8 has the other Demon." "we can easily meet the winning conditions." "and we proceed to the next game while your little band fades into oblivion." "YOU--!" "Katsuragi." "Looks like nobody wants to be your friend." "really." "But I can just about promise you... everyone will come to me when the time is right." "Just watch." "That Akiyama... ain't he?" "Are we really...safe?" "Those people will never be able to make Crosses." "and you'll see." "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!" "WE ALL KNOW THERE ARE 2 DEMONS HERE!" "What is he doing...when he's a Demon himself?" "Okay--!" "guys...everyone close your eyes." "See?" "This way's safe." "put up your hand." "HEY!" "CLOSE YOUR EYES!" "Enough of this foolishness!" "either!" "GRANNY?" "!" "Can't trust us 'cuz YOU'RE the Demon?" "Granny?" "Me?" "We're practically the same age!" "OR ARE YOU ALREADY SENILE!" "?" "people!" "We'll never make Crosses at this rate!" "Do you understand now?" "You people can't accomplish anything together." "losers~!" "Time is up!" "This marks the end of Period 1." "Here are the results thus far." "Demons: 2" "429)}Rest Period" "This is bad!" "We have to think of some way to create crosses between the 9 of us!" "Oh...what should we do!" "?" "This game revolves around one thing whether or not we have what it takes to earn people's trust." "Trust...?" "Don't bother." "Humans are controlled by their fears." "Only by means of financial agreement do they start to operate together." "You cannot expect complete strangers to wholeheartedly trust one another." "How much moreso for this game..." "in which the word "trust" will never exist." "Trust does exist!" "I'll win this fight through trust!" "What an encouraging little ally you have here." "you're going to lose just like you did back then." "Back then?" "Back when?" "Akiyama suffered the only defeat of his life." "Akiyama lost?" "Yes to Ryou Katsuragi." "And she may very well have the last laugh again." "Back then...?" "None of your business." "Don't let it bother you." "I want to win." "I refuse to accept that people can't come together without giving into fear or greed!" "our 2nd Period will begin shortly!" "No worries..." "I've got a plan." "390)}PERIOD 433)}Start" "folks." "Would you like to see a neat trick?" "...what neat trick?" "35)}{\cH1E00B9\3cHFFFFFF\b1}NOT FOR SALE OR RENT." "DO NOT UPLOAD TO ANY STREAMING SITES!" "{\cH1E00B9\3cHFFFFFF\b1}T{\cH000000}ranslator: {\cH1E00B9}s{\cH000000}hrimpy" "{\cH1E00B9\3cHFFFFFF\b1}E{\cH000000}ditor: {\cH1E00B9}f{\cH000000}urransu" "run-of-the-mill metal balls." "Watch this...the longer side will start to sway." "please." "It really moved!" "Cool!" "What happened!" "?" "Want me to explain?" "This tool can distinguish Angel from Demon." "How does it work!" "?" "right?" "That's because of the signal frequency these bracelets transmit." "Signal...?" "you mean these bracelets give off different signals so the officials can tell Angels and Demons apart? and we used something very similar to these devices." "So I was thinking..." "What if this device was modeled after the same one I remember?" "The one we studied was used to monitor patients' pulse and blood pressure readings." "it emitted an A-Frequency signal." "it would emit a B-Frequency signal." "These readings gave Nurses immediate feedback." "So what I discovered was something similar... while Demons emit another for simple identification." "And...the system responsible for it is none other than the Vasilisky Circuit." "What...is that?" "A special circuit developed by Harvard's very own Krzysztof Vasilisky. you can elicit a physical effect." "I adjusted the periods of these pendulums just right... so as to elicit reactions to the corresponding signal frequencies." "...I have no idea what you're talking about... then they will cause one of these pendulums to swing." "Just like so..." "It moved!" "Amazing!" "Hey!" "They're up to something fishy!" "Eh?" "What!" "?" "I didn't know about this!" "Get me the data on those bracelets' circuitry!" "I'm on it." "So..." "We can tell who's an Angel and who's a Demon using those pendulums?" "Mm-hm." "Since I'm an Angel... that means the long one reacts to Angels." "The shorter one reacts to Demons." "we can win the game easily!" "Mr. Akiyama!" "Not so fast!" "Are you really an Angel?" "How do we know the long end doesn't actually mean Demon?" "G-good question!" "No problem." "All we need is to find 3 players who make the longer end sway." "The side that reacts to 3 players must represent Angel." "Makes sense." "So...who's up for the test?" "Fukunaga." "You first." "M-me!" "?" "!" "Calm down." "We need to do this to save you." "What are they up to?" "Eh!" "?" "The shorter end reacted!" "Then he's...!" "That means either Fukunaga or I is a Demon." "you try." "Okay." "This time it was the long end!" "Isn't this against the rules!" "?" "He has inside information on our equipment!" "It's not a problem." "It's all part of his plan." "one more. that will prove Kanzaki and I are Angels." "we can make tons of Crosses." "...you'll have 4 before you even know it." "If we figure out who's an Angel we can win!" "WE CAN WIN!" "We can win!" "Yee-haw!" "SO...who'll go next?" "MeMeMeMe!" "The long end swayed!" "So he's..." "You got it!" "ANGEL!" "Now we know the long end is most definitely Angel." "eh?" "Wow!" "After all that lip you gave us...!" "Yeah." "Demon." "Got a problem?" "It's decided...the 3 of us are Angels." "Let's make Crosses." "Right!" "They're starting to connect together!" "I thought you said this wasn't going to happen!" "I got 2 Crosses!" "Yeah!" "2 Crosses for me!" "Didn't I tell you?" "Incredible...!" "You're incredible!" "Mr. Akiyama?" "What will we do about Mr. Fukunaga?" "we need to make Crosses." "We can always convert him later." "Ch!" "What's your problem!" "Who'll test next?" "Me!" "Yes!" "See?" "I'm an Angel!" "Come!" "Connect!" "Akiyama's group is definitely gonna win now... 3 Crosses!" "baby!" "Mr. Akiyama!" "Now we can win!" "Yep." "Excuse me." "Ms. Katsuragi..." "What do YOU want?" "We don't need you!" "Scram!" "so beat it!" "Oh really?" "Ms. Kanzaki?" "correct?" "Then why are you leaving Mr. Fukunaga out to die?" "What are you talking about!" "?" "Don't you think it's strange?" "Your group of Angels now have Crosses." "So why is it that you haven't helped him yet?" "Because we made it clear we'd do it after we made all our Crosses!" "That's a lie." "Mr. Kawai and Ms. Momoka." "Are you willing to spend one of your Crosses to save Mr. Fukunaga?" "come on..." "Stop this." "I promise we will save him." "Fukunaga." "Nao-chan..." "The only one I can count on...is you." "right?" "right?" "Nao-chan?" "!" "Mr. Fukunaga..." "Nao-chan..." "NAO-CHAN!" "CONNECT WITH ME!" "come on." "Nao-chan!" "with 1 Cross left." "Nao-chan!" "I will...never forget this act of kindness!" "right?" "right?" "No?" "Don't be swayed by Katsuragi." "She's just a sore loser." "Now we can make more Crosses in peace." "Looks like Katsuragi's getting desperate." "But she can't stop Akiyama's lead now." "I wonder about that..." "Akiyama's got 4 Crosses..." "He's already won." "Katsuragi isn't after Akiyama at all." "She's after Nao Kanzaki." "What?" "!" "YA-HOO!" "4 Crosses already!" "buddy!" "Four--!" "I'm at 2!" "right Mr. Akiyama?" "Yeah... but because you went and connected to Fukunaga you gave away our initiative." "I made it very clear not to connect to him until later." "you saw him..." "We're going to be in serious danger pretty soon." "Huh?" "do the test on me next." "Look at them...making Crosses like bunnies!" "Are we gonna survive!" "?" "She said we'd win." "This game's been reduced to two sides:" "Akiyama's or Katsuragi's." "it's my ability to judge people." "And the one we really need to be afraid of... for sure." "too." "Join the club!" "Nice!" "let's connect." "YOU again?" "sore over the fact no one joined you after all!" "?" "I think it's about high time I expose Akiyama's big lie here." "I mean." "May I borrow it?" "Kawai-kun." "correct?" "Yeah..." "I believe." "Mm." "Let's test you one more time." "I don't mind." "Huh?" "!" "The short end's swinging!" "Why...?" "Because these pendulums don't react to anything." "...you've all been conned." "...conned." "A pendulum's period is determined by its length." "you put the pendulum you want just barely in motion. and this causes the pendulum to swing even farther." "This method allows you to control whichever pendulum you like." "Akiyama-kun?" "T-then what about that Vasilinsky Circuit or whatever?" "Vasilinsky Circuit?" "some big shot college's... what's-his-name professor who developed the system?" "so that's what he said to you?" "That man doesn't exist." "HUH!" "?" "It's a shame you've degenerated to a 3rd-rate swindler Akiyama-kun." "anything!" "?" "Neither that person nor that technology actually exist." "SHIT!" "He even had ME convinced!" "didn't you!" "?" "Of course." "Damnit!" "and one more thing... well before this game began... and Mr. Fukunaga here... were secretly working together." "Working together!" "?" "and which was a Demon." "That's why his phony pendulum test "proved" true." "so that means--!" "We just blindly connected together!" "?" "It was an act just to get Angels to step forward!" "?" "is that it!" "?" "You suck!" "You're wrong!" "The only reason Mr. Akiyama did this is so that the 9 of us could win!" "really?" "Then why the secret alliance and flagrant lies?" "Mr. Kawai." "What do you think?" "You two already win... with 4 Crosses each." "that's all!" "you hear!" "?" "Mr. Kawai..." "We live in two different worlds now!" "Ms. Momoka...!" "Nao-chan." "see?" "then..." "OK OK!" "OK OK!" "OK OK!" "Naturally." "Mr. Fukunaga has 4 Crosses as well." "A perfectly reasonable decision." "is there?" "We're going to be in serious danger pretty soon." "I guarantee you he'll go off on his own and betray us." "That's why I wanted to leave him a Demon." "She's got them all under her control...!" "Nor was Akiyama able to prevent her advances." "Katsuragi's group all have 2 Crosses and Nao's only got 2 in Akiyama's group." "It's going to turn into a fight for the remaining 4 from here on." "And the side that manages to get them wins." "now." "You four only have two options... or join Akiyama." "I invite you to consider which will benefit you most." "our team is comprised of 3 Angels with 2 Crosses each." "we definitely need your help." "Akiyama has 4 Crosses." "He's already guaranteed to win." "is there? what motive has he to risk his lead and save you?" "What you're saying isn't true!" "I promise we'll save you people!" "No one will fall for your empty promise." "This is the LIAR GAME." "People who buy into emotional pleas are certain to lose." "the choice is yours." "The side that manages to get them wins." "shall we?" "Will you join Akiyama's group... or will you join mine?" "Please make your decision in the next 10 seconds." "stand here." "10... 9... 8... 7... 6..." "It's over!" "Nao Kanazaki is finished!" "You are powerless to save Nao anymore." "Akiyama-kun." "This was a first... silent..." "unable to do anything." "Yes...we had lost." "Ms. Katsuragi won." "Ms. Kanzaki." "Everyone's on my side now." "U-um..." "I want to join Akiyama's group." "Mr. Makizono..." "Mr. Makizono!" "Mm..." "What's wrong with him?" "right?" "Four-eyes wants to be on their team?" "dumbass!" "No need to worry." "She can't make 4 Crosses with only one extra person." "Her loss is still settled." "We've got work to do. what's your status?" "I'm an Angel!" "B-but I understand if you don't believe me..." "Mr. Makizono!" "it doesn't matter either way." "I'm just happy you decided to stay with us." "Thank you!" "why did you decide to stay?" "You had perfectly good reasons to join her..." "Because...of something you said." "You said that we're all in this together." "I..." "I..." "I've already died once." "Huh?" "It um...all goes back to late middle school." "I had broken my leg and was admitted to the hospital." "I'm Tamotsu!" "Tamotsu Moria!" "of room 111!" "That place was full of people my age." "huh?" "you're Watz!" "Room Triple Ace!" "There was a guy named Tamotsu there who was always in my face." "so I hated him." "he'd still try countless times to reach out to me." "there was an accident." "I was so sick of him that I holed myself up in the bathroom." "It's dangerous here!" "Everyone out!" "W-w-wait for me!" "Someone!" "Help me!" "I'm over here!" "In the bathroom!" "Help!" "someone!" "Please!" "SOMEBODY!" "finally!" "I thought something was up since you weren't outside!" "T-tamotsu-kun!" "You okay?" "Why?" "Why'd you come back for me!" "?" "You moron!" "How could I leave you behind!" "?" "You're my friend!" "We're all in this together!" "you with me?" "Watz!" "?" "There's more here!" "You two okay!" "?" "He saved me." "I'm sure I would have died." "He sounds like a great person." "I'm sure he's a valuable friend even today?" "He died." "...1 year later." "It was cancer." "I know I'm a useless person." "I remembered Tamotsu from back then." "We're all in this together!" "So that's why..." "That's why I stayed with you!" "Mr. Makizono..." "We are people you can trust!" "together!" "connect with me!" "You SURE about that?" "Mr. Fukunaga?" "Nao-chan..." "You need to stop trusting people so easily!" "He sounds like a real Demon to me!" "Are you calling him a liar?" "!" "so don't fall for it!" "Can't you see he's just trying to ruin you!" "?" "four-eyes!" "ain'cha?" "No!" "Mr. Makizono is carrying on his friend's will!" "obviously!" "Obviously~" "Obviously!" "You're all terrible!" "How dare you say that about his friend!" "NAO-CHAN THIS IS THE LIAR GAME!" "Everyone will do whatever it takes to win!" "Just like yours truly." "Come on." "Akiyama...!" "Don't have all day." "Okay." "for sure!" "you're screwed!" "He must be out of his mind!" "Going to check my status." "Why go so far for that girl?" "Because he wants to protect her." "But you can't at all." "MOM!" "What's wrong with trusting everybody?" "Mr. Akiyama!" "Mr. Akiyama." "You can't protect her at all." "35)}{\cH1E00B9\3cHFFFFFF\b1}NOT FOR SALE OR RENT." "DO NOT UPLOAD TO ANY STREAMING SITES!" "{\3cH1E00B9\cHFFFFFF\b1}NOT FOR SALE OR RENT." "DO NOT UPLOAD TO ANY STREAMING SITES!"