I had found this manga a while back when it had only about 105 or so chapters, and after I revisted it and saw that the amount of chapters had sky rocketed to 152 I decided to reread the manga. This brought back to me how much I loved the manga, but also the fact that you cannot judge it by it's beginning.
Story- (10)This story is something that I picked up on whim, not expecting too much, I was just looking for a long-running manga. However, thoughout the whole series the plot has exceeded my expectations. From the beginnning it has accelerated into a full blown complex story that has so much going on constantly you are absorbed in it completely.
Art- (6)This is the reason why 99% readers of the manga Liar Game almost drop it in the beginning. The art at the beginning is very ameteurish, they figures are unpropotional, the expressions are overplayed, and so on. The author also employes personal art habits to the characters (such as previously stated in other reviews, the habit of drawing eyelashes on the side of the eyes) Although, granted, as the story goes on the art work does improve by miles. Therefore, if you can overlook the beginning art, you can even say the art is fairly good.
Character- (10) Now some other Reviews say that they dislike the main character, Kanzaki Nao's personality. Hey personality, being naive and honest to the core, is a crucial plot point. This aspect of Nao is what drives Akiyama to help Nao in the first place, because she so much reminds him of his own Honest and naive mother. Also, Nao gradually grows stronger throughout the manga, she picks up on things even Akiyama doesn't, she begins to devise her own stategies, solely based on "cooperating togther to fight the Liar Game Offices" which would only be able to be enforced by a character with her specific personality. The other Main character, Akiyama Shin'nichi is what saved the reviewers from their 'irritation' with Nao. Akiyama is brilliant, always catching on to the slightest things, and biting back when all seems lost. He's a genius that saves his whole teams butts thorughout the whole series. Basically, he is one of the most fascinating characters I've ever come across, I'm spell bound, constantly wondering how he pulls through the most dire situations like it's nothing. Not only Akiyama, but the stronger Nao who becomes suprisingly sly through the series, is what earned my "character" a 10.
Enjoyment- (10) This is a manga you can finish in under a week, I read the published 152 chapters in 3 days, considering the fact they are only 18-20 pages long. But once you start this series, you are bound to be hooked on it, it just captures you and keeps you up all night late reading until dawn. and although I've read 100+ manga in the last year, by far Liar game is my all-time favorite. I highly reccomend this manga.
Therefore, my overall ratign is a 10.