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Liar, Liar Light Novel #1
ライアー・ライアー 嘘つき転校生はイカサマチートちゃんとゲームを制するそうです。
嘘つきたちが放つ最強無敗の学園頭脳ゲーム!
学生同士がランクを決める決闘(ゲーム)を繰り広げる学園島(アカデミー)。俺、篠原緋呂斗(しのはら・ひろと)は国内最難関の学園島編入試験で歴代トップの成績を叩き出し、昨年度の絶対王者・彩園寺更紗(さいおんじ・さらさ)を転校初日で陥落させ、学園島史上最速で頂点に君臨する“7ツ星(セブンスター)”に成り上がった。
――ああ、もちろん、そんなのは全部嘘だ。
大事をやらかした俺が学園島で目的を果たすためには、嘘でもトップに君臨し続けなきゃいけない。そのためならば、俺を主人として補佐する美少女メイド姫路(ひめじ)のイカサマも、実は偽お嬢様だった彩園寺との共犯関係も何でも使ってやる。じゃあ、世界を制する嘘を始めよう。
学生同士がランクを決める決闘(ゲーム)を繰り広げる学園島(アカデミー)。俺、篠原緋呂斗(しのはら・ひろと)は国内最難関の学園島編入試験で歴代トップの成績を叩き出し、昨年度の絶対王者・彩園寺更紗(さいおんじ・さらさ)を転校初日で陥落させ、学園島史上最速で頂点に君臨する“7ツ星(セブンスター)”に成り上がった。
――ああ、もちろん、そんなのは全部嘘だ。
大事をやらかした俺が学園島で目的を果たすためには、嘘でもトップに君臨し続けなきゃいけない。そのためならば、俺を主人として補佐する美少女メイド姫路(ひめじ)のイカサマも、実は偽お嬢様だった彩園寺との共犯関係も何でも使ってやる。じゃあ、世界を制する嘘を始めよう。
296 pages, Paperback
First published April 25, 2019
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September 13, 2023
This is such a magic school throwback that it's hard to believe it was published in 2019.
March 23, 2024
Well, this was absolutely one of those "shot in the dark" light novels. i had never heard of this series (apparently it also has an anime season too) and just happened to find volume one at a half price books and it looked interesting enough to give it a shot. and....well it wasn't bad.
So the general premise is that a boy goes to an island where your social status is determined by stars. you get these stars from school but also mainly from playing games with other students. these games can range from anything from hi-lo to a race. MC is the lowest of the low but accidentally beats the strongest girl on the island in a game (a seven star). To save face, the principal of the school basically creates a false image for him of a seven star that just transferred. So the whole "Liar liar' title is referring to the fact that this guy now has to live a lie to keep this appearance that a one star is really a seven. He also puts on a fake "overpowered jerk" aire, to ward off suspicion which can be pretty funny.
Like most like light novels, this was a very fast read and the language was pretty simple, so it was an easy breeze through. There's really only 3 main characters in the story. There's MC, girl he beat, and maid girl who helps him cheat. However, despite only having 3 central characters, the story is interesting enough to keep me going. i'm not really a HUGE fan of girl he beat and prefer the maid, but it's only volume one, so we'll see where it goes from here.
If i had any hope for the next volume, it's that maybe they expand the roster of MC's a little bit. While i enjoy the characters enough, having maybe one more two more may help the series as hearing the same main 2 talk over and over again can get a little dry, especially when it's the same dynamic.
The games are varied enough so that it doesn't get boring. like it's not like yugioh or bakugan where it's the same game and over and over. Every time it's something different so it keeps you interested. It kind of has an "Accel World" vibe going on i think. like a game decided by ranking that you get or lose points. Just instead of a secret virtual game, this one is public and it's basically how the island runs.
Overall, I enjoyed this and am interested in reading book two. i'm not in LOVE with it at the moment, but i'm definitely enjoying it enough. Solid 3.5 out of 5.
However, as i found it more interesting than a lot of 3's i give on here, and i can't do 1/2's on goodreads, i'll bump it up to a 4.
Hopefully book 2 continues the same if not a little better.
3.5 out of 5 rounded up to a 4.
So the general premise is that a boy goes to an island where your social status is determined by stars. you get these stars from school but also mainly from playing games with other students. these games can range from anything from hi-lo to a race. MC is the lowest of the low but accidentally beats the strongest girl on the island in a game (a seven star). To save face, the principal of the school basically creates a false image for him of a seven star that just transferred. So the whole "Liar liar' title is referring to the fact that this guy now has to live a lie to keep this appearance that a one star is really a seven. He also puts on a fake "overpowered jerk" aire, to ward off suspicion which can be pretty funny.
Like most like light novels, this was a very fast read and the language was pretty simple, so it was an easy breeze through. There's really only 3 main characters in the story. There's MC, girl he beat, and maid girl who helps him cheat. However, despite only having 3 central characters, the story is interesting enough to keep me going. i'm not really a HUGE fan of girl he beat and prefer the maid, but it's only volume one, so we'll see where it goes from here.
If i had any hope for the next volume, it's that maybe they expand the roster of MC's a little bit. While i enjoy the characters enough, having maybe one more two more may help the series as hearing the same main 2 talk over and over again can get a little dry, especially when it's the same dynamic.
The games are varied enough so that it doesn't get boring. like it's not like yugioh or bakugan where it's the same game and over and over. Every time it's something different so it keeps you interested. It kind of has an "Accel World" vibe going on i think. like a game decided by ranking that you get or lose points. Just instead of a secret virtual game, this one is public and it's basically how the island runs.
Overall, I enjoyed this and am interested in reading book two. i'm not in LOVE with it at the moment, but i'm definitely enjoying it enough. Solid 3.5 out of 5.
However, as i found it more interesting than a lot of 3's i give on here, and i can't do 1/2's on goodreads, i'll bump it up to a 4.
Hopefully book 2 continues the same if not a little better.
3.5 out of 5 rounded up to a 4.
December 14, 2023
This is the source material for the terribly unsearchable anime (articles about which have incorrectly linked to something completely different), but it's definitely a plus to have when trying to parse the absurdities that occur in the show. The main issue is the reason the provost went to the trouble to recruit Shinohara, is barely touched upon in the anime to where most viewers will wonder how exactly he passes the first game without making any sort of mistake.
The rest is pretty much covered exactly in the anime, or close enough to it that the small differences are negligible except to extreme perfectionists. The light novel reminds me of No Game, No Life in that
1. both series are about games and outsmarting others,
2. both are kind of needlessly on the cheesecakey side (yay, Japan), and
3. I got VERY blurry eyes from reading.
At least Liar, Liar didn't use HALF of the bizarre punctuation littering NGNL that made it super hard to parse what was happening, though, and Liar, Liar has SOME of the illustrations not be oversexualised (even if it has a double-sided pin-up that... is).
Small complaint about the "Tell Me, Himeji!" chapter breaks: The first one appears before Himeji even shows up, so it's a (very light) spoiler. It's two pages ahead of itself, though, so it's not like other books that spoil the ending in the very first scene, but a nitpick.
I don't know. I got tired of NGNL when it got derailed from the game aspect and went on about things I didn't understand, while not letting up on the cheesecake (despite having a main character who both demands and rejects cheesecake for... reasons?), so I can't say whether I would keep reading this series if the anime somehow doesn't continue. I'm also not so interested in the games that I'd read just for that, given my eyestrain from reading this volume. I definitely think it was put together a little better than the anime adaptation, though, as far as properly explaining everything.
The rest is pretty much covered exactly in the anime, or close enough to it that the small differences are negligible except to extreme perfectionists. The light novel reminds me of No Game, No Life in that
1. both series are about games and outsmarting others,
2. both are kind of needlessly on the cheesecakey side (yay, Japan), and
3. I got VERY blurry eyes from reading.
At least Liar, Liar didn't use HALF of the bizarre punctuation littering NGNL that made it super hard to parse what was happening, though, and Liar, Liar has SOME of the illustrations not be oversexualised (even if it has a double-sided pin-up that... is).
Small complaint about the "Tell Me, Himeji!" chapter breaks: The first one appears before Himeji even shows up, so it's a (very light) spoiler. It's two pages ahead of itself, though, so it's not like other books that spoil the ending in the very first scene, but a nitpick.
I don't know. I got tired of NGNL when it got derailed from the game aspect and went on about things I didn't understand, while not letting up on the cheesecake (despite having a main character who both demands and rejects cheesecake for... reasons?), so I can't say whether I would keep reading this series if the anime somehow doesn't continue. I'm also not so interested in the games that I'd read just for that, given my eyestrain from reading this volume. I definitely think it was put together a little better than the anime adaptation, though, as far as properly explaining everything.
September 13, 2023
Thought the red haired girl would be on the cover of the first volume. Story is like classroom of the elite but less serious and the cheating is somewhat like Kakegurui but the cheats are more technological. Finished this book before the anime but this volume covers the first few episodes. Is a fun battle story with some romantic comedy and a bit of mystery, I’m in.
August 1, 2023
~ 插畫 ✅ 極好
~ 故事劇情 ✅ 極好
~ 好看程度 ✅ 非常好看
~ 可重看性 ✅ 過幾個月或幾年
~ 是否值得買 ✅ 推薦
~ 故事劇情 ✅ 極好
~ 好看程度 ✅ 非常好看
~ 可重看性 ✅ 過幾個月或幾年
~ 是否值得買 ✅ 推薦
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