My name is Nao Kanzaki.
"Nicknamed "Naive Nao" due to my innate trust in people"."
Excuse me.
Can you spare some bus fare?
I seem to have misplaced my wallet.
Why sure!
"Write your address so I can pay you back."
It's a con.
"How obvious! She's really gullible."
So who would've thought...
"I'd get involved in a ghastly liar's game?"
"lt all began when I found a million dollars at my door."
"l had been roped into playing of ruthless swindle game."
"Winners got filthy rich, while losers drowned in debt. "
"l survived with the help of a master con man, Shinichi Akiyama."
"When I reached the semi-finals, I was allowed out."
"But the finals offered a chance to destroy this sadistic game."
"So I put everything in Akiyama's capable hands."
Little did I know...
that my battle...
was just beginning.
Hi.
Tanimura-san!
One of our finalists has dropped out.
"You've earned the right to fill that slot."
I'd only be in Akiyama-san's way.
Don't give me that!
"Without you... he will lose for sure."
How do you know that?
"Because this time, the game can be won... through trust."
"You and I both know he isn't capable of that."
What can I do?
Save him.
Only you can.
He trusts you and you alone.
"lf what he said was true about Akiyama..."
then I had to go.
"Beyond this door... awaits the final stage."
"Garden Of Eden."
Your brander.
"Each player gets one, and an alphabet lD."
You are player H.
You may enter.
"Mai"
"lgarashi"
"Momose"
"Kuji"
"Sendou"
"Yukina"
Nao!
Fukunaga!
"Fukunaga"
"Thank God. I feel less anxious knowing someone."
Guess who else?
Eto-san?
"Eto"
At your service!
"You're Nao? You met my brother in the 4th Round."
I did?
"Nishida"
Akiyama-san.
Who're you mailing?
No one.
"We got lucky with Yokoya dropping out."
It let us bring Nao back.
"Let us now begin the final stage of the Liar Game."
"l am Kelbim. I will be your host."
"By now, you have all become seasoned veterans of this game."
"But today, we don't expect to collect any debts."
Why not?
Because in today's game...
"The game you will all be partaking in is called..."
"Garden of Eden."
"And so it begins, the last round of lies and backstabbing."
"As you know, the name comes from the Bible's Book of Genesis."
"ln the center of Eden stood the Tree of Knowledge."
"God forbade the eating of its fruit."
"Yet Adam and Eve fell prey to temptation."
And ate the forbidden fruit.
For that...
God banished them from paradise.
"Likewise, if all of you can resist that same temptation..."
you will reap a fortune in reward.
We will now conduct a rehearsal.
"This is the voting room, which you will enter one at a time..."
and cast your votes with apples.
"You are to choose from gold, silver or red apples."
Are these...?
"lndeed, made of real gold and silver."
Extravagant final.
And this?
"The red apples will be explained shortly."
"But this game can be played with just gold and silver."
What do I do with this?
"Return it to the tray... or burn it."
I'll switch to gold.
"Then you must brand your chosen apple with your name."
"Nao Kanzaki"
"Finally, you are to deposit the apple in the voting box."
You will repeat this 1 3 times.
"The votes will be automatically tabulated."
Here are the results.
"Those who cast silver apples win the round."
Majority wins.
"lf a player casts two apples with the same name..."
only the first vote will count.
"Moreover, you are forbidden by contract to force another's vote."
You have 1 hour for each round.
"But once all votes are in, that round is finished."
"Any player who fails to cast a vote in time..."
is penalized a million dollars.
"Once you've voted, you cannot return until the next round."
"Each player in the majority after each vote..."
will earn a million dollars.
"Players in the minority after each vote..."
will lose a million dollars.
"lf however everybody casts the same vote..."
everyone loses a million dollars.
"l thought you said we could all win."
"These rules create clear winners and losers."
Precisely.
"The gold and silver are forbidden fruit, and must not be cast."
What?
"lnstead, you are to cast the Red Apple of Truth."
Red Apple of Truth?
"The red apples play the most important role in this game."
"lf all 1 1 of you cast a red apple, you each win a million dollars."
Serious?
"lf we continue to vote red, we each win 1 3 million."
However...
"if anyone casts a forbidden fruit after red votes have been cast..."
"those casting a red apple with lose a million dollars."
"And both gold and silver voters will earn a million dollars."
"Moreover, a single vote using a forbidden fruit..."
earns a special bonus of 2 million.
"What you must be most careful to avoid..."
"is being the only one to cast a red apple."
"That player's name will be revealed..."
"and incur a penalty of 1 0 million dollars."
1 0 million?
And finally...
"anyone exceeding 5 million in debts must leave paradise..."
and be banished from Eden.
Banished?
"lf, however, another player elects to cover that debt..."
then play continues.
"Ha! Who here would cover for another's 5 million?"
This is the final stage.
"Each player starts with their accumulated earnings so far."
"The money leader so far at 1 2 million..."
is Player A.
Who's that?
"Those with a positive balance at the end will retain that as prize money."
"A negative balance will translate into actual debt."
"The money leader at the end will be crowned champion."
And will take home...
50 million dollars.
50 million!
"Should the game be halted due to rule infringements..."
this money is rescinded.
"And the game will end with every player penalized 10 million."
"To prevent multiple players from conspiring to split the 50 million..."
"earnings among players cannot change hands after the game."
Now my friends...
"go cast the Red Apple of Truth as often as you can."
"Why are we standing still? Let's vote red."
I know why!
Listen up, everyone!
"Till now, the goal's been to take money from each other."
But not this time.
Our dealings are with the "house".
"That's who we're playing against, not each other."
So let's all cast red apples.
"We can beat the house and all its traps if we pull together."
I'm in. I'll cast red.
Really?
"Me, too. Let's end by sticking it to "them"."
Thank you!
"We all stand to gain over 143 million."
Can't catch Player A, anyway.
And it would be a sure thing.
"- I'm with Nao! - Me, too!"
"I've fought all this way with Nao."
I know she can be trusted.
Let's follow Nao's lead!
Thanks, everyone.
Let's do it!
"Victory for Nao! Victory for all!"
It was the perfect start.
"All 1 1 of us uniting around a common goal."
You're the last one, Akiyama-san.
What?
Let me borrow this.
Lip gloss.
You toying with me?
This is so strange.
"I've never felt so at peace playing this game."
"I've convinced myself of something since arriving here."
"That we've fought all this way in order to come together."
"To show that, ultimately, we must believe in each other."
I agree.
You do?
All votes have been cast.
Here are the results.
"1 st Vote Results"
Gold...
3.
Silver...
4.
Red...
4.
"Players casting gold and silver apples win."
Interesting.
The second vote begins now.
Suckers, suckers!
You know what, Nao?
You really, really are...
naive!
Fukunaga.
Me, vote red?
Why not?
"You'd earn the same million either way."
Not true!
"There's no risk of losing a million this way."
"And I knew others would shoot for 50 mil."
"The only way to win is to betray before you're betrayed!"
"Say what? You're rotten to the core."
Stop it!
Have faith and vote red!
No way, Nao.
Nobody will vote red now.
Right, guys?
"- You're scum. - Unbelievable."
Traitor.
"Don't give me that! 6 others did it, too!"
Don't play innocent!
I voted red.
"- Me, too. - Me, too."
"Liars! See if I trust any of you!"
The feeling's mutual.
What?
I pity you.
Screw you, you crooked hag!
Who you calling a hag?
You didn't vote red, either!
Who says?
Please stop!
This is exactly where "they" want us.
What's done is done.
"l say we give unity another chance, and vote red."
Igarashi-san...
I was thinking the same thing!
Well, all right!
"They're right! We can do this!"
Count me out.
Don't be a spoil sport!
"Think about it. Those who voted red are already down a mil."
You telling them to do that again?
There were 7 traitors.
Yeah, but...
"Anyone asking for a red vote is either one of the traitors..."
I'm stupidly naive!
I guarantee...
we will never get all reds.
That leaves only one path: deception.
No!
Nao.
"It's sad, but he's right. Forget it."
I won't!
"It's okay. I promise the chance will come again."
Let's work toward that.
Mai...
"Human weakness... and greed."
That's the essence of the game.
That's why a unanimous red vote...
has never happened.
Nao?
Buzz off, mushroom.
I'm sorry I betrayed you.
"But there's another way to get everyone to vote red."
Yukina, Kuji.
"Get Akiyama and we'll have a team of 6."
Team?
"It's now a battle for majority between gold and silver."
So we build a 6-person majority.
"The only way to lose is for all of us to vote the same."
This guarantees victory.
But then only some of us can win.
"Don't worry. We don't want that."
"Sooner or later, our team effort will be discovered."
"We can even let them know. Then what?"
They'll ask to join our team.
"And we'll welcome the other five with open arms."
Welcome friends!
"Condition's will be ripe for another go at unity."
"It's a prelude to us casting all red apples."
It's not just for us.
That's great, Fukunaga!
"You're not going to believe him, are you?"
He just betrayed you.
"We've fought together a long time. Trust me."
Nao.
It may be our only hope.
Suit yourself.
"I'd rather act alone than side with him."
Mai!
"Leave her. If this works..."
she'll be back, too.
But...
Yes, I betrayed you...
I'm sorry.
"But at least I was honest about it. Want to know why?"
"To strengthen your guard! Or you'll be tricked repeatedly."
"But it's okay now. We can still get all reds."
"Don't give up. We'll do it together."
Okay. I'll believe you, Fukunaga.
Thanks.
"I'll go find another person we can trust."
Okay.
He's a good fellow.
"Fukunaga always ends up being a pretty trustworthy ally."
Ally, huh?
Yes.
Here he is.
Thanks for having me.
I was at a loss by myself.
Okay, let's get a majority.
Our first vote is...
gold.
I'll vote next.
Wait.
Let me go.
"All the votes are in. Here are the results."
Think we'll win?
"Yes. Could be what we need to come together."
Could be what we need...
to come together.
Don't make me laugh!
Mai?
You thought you were the only team?
Fools. We had a team, too.
So what? We outnumber you.
That's right. Six against five.
Count again.
Fukunaga.
You're kidding.
The joke's on you!
Nao's a pushover.
I repeat. Nao the pushover!
I'm playing for this team!
Power shift!
"lt was all staged to camouflage our formation of this team."
"From my own isolation to making you doubt lgarashi and Eto."
In short, you lose!
Why?
Why join up with Fukunaga?
You've got it all wrong.
I didn't join him.
He joined me.
"l built the team during our first vote."
"While you were gushing about red apples and unity."
"l had all I could do to contain my laughter."
"With such a sitting duck in the finals..."
we decided to make duck soup.
Thanks for another million.
Thanks!
Let's go.
"Sorry, Nao. But they threatened to exclude me."
I'm so sorry!
Here are the results.
Silver 6!
Results of the 2nd vote...
Silver...
1 1.
Each player loses 1 million.
"l thought you told them to vote gold!"
I did!
Why all silver then?
They saw through you!
"My act was perfect! I did everything right!"
What's so funny?
Such simpletons.
Let me enlighten you.
"l knew Fukunaga betrayed us. So we changed to silver."
"Don't be stupid. How could you know that?"
Simple.
I could see which apples you cast.
"Don't believe him. He's bluffing."
Quite possibly.
Believe what you will.
"l love the finals... the lies and back-stabbing."
They still haven't noticed.
Among those eleven...
there is a plant.
They're gloating!
"Forget it! I know Akiyama. He's all bluff."
Oh, really?
I think you're in with them.
I lost money, too, idiot!
You must've told Nao!
"Why would l? It was my plan!"
Excuse me.
You scared me!
You invisible or something?
Spy! She's spying!
No, I've come with a proposal.
What?
"lf we can all vote with silver, we can surely all vote red."
"Wrong. You stand to profit by voting against all-red."
"Can't say the same for gold or silver."
Plus, we still have the upper hand.
Even if you vote together...
we either all lose a million...
or we gain a million.
Either way, you stand to lose.
"Your only option is to split your vote 3 to 2."
"That way, some of you can still win some of the time."
"And limit losses to just a million other times."
"So you see, there's no way you can beat our majority."
No.
"Go back and explain that to your friends."
Or is that too difficult to grasp?
Forget them, Nao.
Yukina.
Let's go.
"What a nice smile. Why don't you join us?"
Over my dead body.
"Don't mind her. It's just sour grapes."
We just stick to the plan.
Okay, then next is...
gold.
"All the votes are in. Here are the results."
This time, one million!
Sorry, minority voters.
Results of the 3rd vote...
Gold...
1 1.
Each player loses a million.
Again?
This isn't working!
They got lucky!
I told you.
I can see how you vote.
Time to accept the fact...
you are sitting ducks.
I'm in the red now!
"l know Akiyama. He's rarely wrong."
That's not what you said!
We're self-destructing here.
Don't worry.
So are they.
"l can't do this much longer. I'm in debt now."
"We're sure to max out before them."
Never fear. It ends here.
How?
We'll get a majority next vote.
"How can we manage that? There's only 5 of us."
Because you can win this game...
with a minority.
I voted!
What do you want?
I thought I'd share some info.
What info?
We all voted gold.
"Then all we have to do is vote silver to win."
I wonder.
What's that mean?
5 gold apples have been cast.
"lf just one of you defects to gold, you win for sure."
"But you can still lose by voting silver."
Getting all of you to vote silver is
as hard as all of us voting red.
So?
Who's to say you all voted gold?
Yeah.
No, I assure you we all voted gold.
How do you know?
'Cause I can see everyone's vote.
It's up to you now.
They all voted first to set this up.
"Doesn't it irk you that they're having their way with us?"
"Then let's get them back and vote as 6!"
"Yeah! We can still render his tactics useless!"
No one better cop out!
We all vote silver!
Results of the 4th vote.
Gold...
7.
Silver...
4.
Red Apple of Truth... 0.
Two of you are traitors!
Bastards!
Who are they?
"- Not me! - Me, neither!"
I'll kill 'em.
It was you!
Eto!
What did I tell you?
"The longer the losses continue, the more likely a traitor will appear."
You planned those first 2 losses.
"ln the next vote, we plan to go with this."
How about you?
Damn you!
What now, Mai?
Pull yourself together!
From now on, I call the shots!
No, listen to me!
We can't win with either of you!
Say what?
Knock it off!
Now you should understand.
It doesn't feel good to be betrayed.
"Eto-san, how does it feel to win now?"
I'm guessing it's pretty painful.
"For the same million, it's clearly better to work together."
Won't you all try voting red again?
Nao.
"Forgive me! I promise to vote red next."
I promise!
Eto-san.
Won't the rest of you promise, too?
"We can believe in each other. I know we can."
Mai...
"you took on a large risk in your determination to vote silver."
You put faith in your team.
Why not place that trust...
into voting red this time?
Mai.
It's settled, then!
Red it is!
It'll work this time.
Not yet.
Why not?
"One other person has yet to come clean on that last vote."
True.
"Whoever it is, please confess. We need your cooperation."
We won't blame you.
Sorry.
I knew it.
You were going to hit me before!
How did you see our votes?
Tell us.
Okay.
After we all vote red.
Come on.
At least we've all come clean.
Now let's vote red.
"At last, we were all on the same page... unified in purpose."
But then...
Results of the 5th vote.
Players voting gold win the round.
Betrayed again.
That's odd.
Our plant is at last on the move.
You called him?
Akiyama-san.
I'm voting red.
Trust me and vote red.
I'll win you a million.
Isn't that dangerous?
I beg of you, please.
Trust Akiyama-san and vote red.
I'm...
going with red.
Yukina.
Right. I'll throw in with red, too!
"Let's vote red and flush out the traitors!"
Yeah!
Thank you.
What idiots.
Nobody suspects that l...
am a traitor among them.
"Akiyama says he can see how we vote."
"But he didn't pick up on Fukunaga's betrayal."
Even if he knows the total vote count...
I doubt...
he knows who voted what.
Wait, that's his second turn.
I guess he didn't vote last time.
"The votes are all in. Here are the results."
Here we go.
Results of the 6th vote.
I hope they all chose red.
Gold...
If I'm the only gold...
- 1.
"Yes! The special bonus! 2 million!"
Silver...
1 0.
Players voting silver win.
Why only me?
Do they know?
Let's nail the bastard again!
Again?
What's going on here?
Hey, traitor!
Have anything to say?
"Yeah, out with it. The gig's up."
Confess or be destroyed.
Yeah, we'll destroy you!
You know I'm talking to you.
Is it you? Or... or you?
It's you!
Nishida.
"He's talking to you, Nishida. Hurry and apologize."
Huh? I'm lgarashi.
"Stop blathering. You're Nishida."
We know you're the traitor.
Liar! Show me proof!
Here.
What's that?
"You never intended to vote red. That was your mistake."
"l entered first and left a message on the lead red apple."
Message?
Yeah.
"l asked everyone to leave their branders under the box."
"Anyone planning to vote red would've seen it."
"l would enter the room last and cast everyone's vote for them."
When I returned to the voting room...
your brander was missing.
"The lone traitor who ignored red and voted gold..."
was you.
What makes you think I voted gold?
You can't see individual votes.
Simple. I marked the apples.
What?
"With each vote, the marked apples move up."
The gold rack had moved by just one.
"So I cast silver votes for everyone, and singled you out."
I didn't see any markings!
No, you didn't.
My lip gloss.
To avoid detection,
I marked the bottom of the apples.
"You can't tell by sight, but you can tell by touch."
"lf you're going to pull off a betrayal..."
you need some of this.
Shall we beat the crap out of him?
Wait!
You're looking at this wrong.
"You all earned money at my expense. You're all a million dollars richer."
So what trouble have I caused you?
True.
"ldiotic. Don't agree with him!"
Don't weasel out of this!
Okay, I was wrong!
Fukunaga! Eto!
"Fellow traitors, let's put the past behind us and vote red!"
"That's fine. The next vote, then."
Leave it to me, Nao.
Thank you.
But Nao!
I'm satisfied.
Softie.
Let's do it this time.
Our branders, please.
Something wrong?
"There's still one other traitor besides Nishida. That's a problem."
Results for the 5th vote...
"l entered last to check for double-crossers."
"But the marks hadn't moved. And still..."
That's odd.
There were 2 traitors.
Meaning?
"Someone knew about the markings, and replenished the gold rack."
No way!
That's not all.
"This time, one of us read the message and left his brander."
"Person X."
"Someone very cautious, very careful."
And sharp as a whip.
So Person X is one of us?
Finally, they notice.
Oh, yeah.
Your brander, Nishida.
Now they're all in one place.
One of us needs to go in with these
and cast all 1 1 red apples.
That's brilliant!
It takes Person X out of the equation.
Perfect!
You're the one, Nao.
Everyone trusts you.
Wait.
"Every player has to enter the booth or face a million dollar penalty."
"But if you cast all the votes, the round ends right there."
"So the 1 0 of us need to at least go in, with Nao going last."
Understood.
Finally, a foolproof plan.
"At least that's what we all believed. "
But we underestimated...
the formidable strength of Person X.
The player who voted gold wins.
And wins a 2 million bonus.
Look!
Player F is catching the leader!
Person X.
But how?
Must've had a brander.
How else can you explain it?
Who has all the branders?
Nao is X?
You two-faced liar!
Nao would never do that!
"- I cast 1 1 red apples! - Then why?"
"Simple. X had a gold apple hidden away."
"lt was made before I collected everyone's branders."
"Person X entered the voting room before Nao."
"lf a player casts two apples with the same name..."
only the first vote will count.
So even if Nao dropped in a red apple,
the gold came first.
So this tactic is...
No longer a foolproof method.
My brander!
Sorry.
I just cast a red apple.
If we give up now, all is lost.
"So I ask you one more time... vote red."
That's right. We try again.
"Forget it. Not while Person X is still around."
I can't afford any more losses.
"- Me, neither. - Yeah."
That was rash!
If no one votes red...
She alone will lose 1 0 million.
Wait.
What're you doing?
Voting red.
And if she's lying?
How can you say that?