pluckaduck's manga / #Mystery(43)

the ending was too rushed and convenient. for the most part, it was actually interesting

ch10. woah, this just added another level of interesting ch72.

honestly only those who have a deep knowledge about the mechanisms used for the murders could solve these; the average reader wouldnt know about these things so how can they even hope to solve a bit of it? unlike detective conan, this doesnt really drop any hints about the murderer... but it is really hard to write a good msytery and the author did do his research, regardless of how plauisble these methods are, so it's still pretty good

def has a lot of potential

ch. 34 woah that was interesting. so the robot just gave a prediction, not specifically for him, but targeted towards the lady ch 50. woahhh that was an interesting, albeit realistic twist if the world is ruled by ai that has independence.

even tho it was a psychological autopsy about a girl who had already committed suicide, the storytelling brought me to tears. it was subtle and not over-the-top grief and guilt and so on point! ch 162, that was all his hallucination?

im so confused about the spider web string the killer was seeing? it ended up not that relevant or explained anyway, so why was this even added? his backstory was confusing. i felt that there was some details that was just glossed over, but ig it wasnt so important

ch 169. it's one of the best mangas out there in terms of strategies and psychological manipulation. akiyama and the antagonist, yokoyo(?), are absolutely brilliant masterminds. even rereading their train of thought, it's sometimes hard to follow. the author is a genius, to be able to create such complex games, with progressively more twists and turns as the players try to deceive and outwit one another. just when you think a strategy cant be maneuvered or conquered, the author blows your mind with a solid counter-strategy. it's extremely well-written basically. the liar game, is basically a analogy for life in general- you can only come out of the game debt-free if you cooperate and trust one another. however, as we know it, it's not like that and thus in the end, there is usually one winner who amassed a large amount of money, usually by tricking the others, and the rest come out as losers with debt. so that is where the mc, nao kanzaki comes in. she's a rare specimen- not particularly smart or special, but full of honesty, naivety, and optimism. at first, she is annoying. in the first 2-3 rounds, she is practically useless, and is always being tricked and betrayed, but she does get better in later rounds, despite still getting tricked sometimes. She plays a critical role in the rounds after, her honesty and sincere desire to help the players soften some players' hearts and enable Akiyama's plans to succeed in the end. edit: bruh the ending was way too rushed. and the message at the end was realistic but in a bad way. is that really what u want the readers to take away from this story?

it's very complicated, with several plot twists. however i felt that it couldve been presented in a more digestible way. it kinda felt all over the place, like the author is making it over-complicated for the sake of it. like, i get what's going on and stuff, but i think some overview narration would make me understand better, and thus appreciate the story more. esp the last 5 or so chapters. the author should've used it to clarify some stuff