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Liar Game
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Gamble Fish
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Characters play games that seemed be luck based for money, but the main characters of each find tricks to guarantee victory.
Both mangas are very similar in the huge amount of money involved in each game. And both the protagonists Tomu and Akiyama are genius level pro swindlers who makes use of psychology to trick the opponents and win. The tricks employed in both manga also constantly leaves the reader guessing and each chapter makes a person want to read more to see what happens next.
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Recommended by halberdiers
Gamble Fish and Liar Game both involve games of chance, and "cheating" by exploiting the specifics of these games. They also feature the use of psychology as part of the winning strategies, and high-stakes bets.
Both mangas have a protagonist who uses his wits to win bets in games, but while Liar Game focuses on legitimate strategies, Gamble Fish stacks the odds against the protagonist and involves cheating as a main strategy. Gamble Fish also has more characters with extreme and varied personalities and insane and unlikely situations. Gamble Fish is barely within the limits of reason. It also has more fanservice and humor, and is overall more entertaining and very recommended. I wouldn't recommend the reverse (as in recommending Liar Game to someone reading Gamble Fish) however. Gamble Fish does start off a bit slower, but quickly develops into
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Recommended by MortalMelancholy
The concept of games where players play with more than just pride on the line. For the main character, they are thrown into a world where every move counts. Strategy and wit are tested beyond the limit of the players. The games themselves each have their own unique dynamics with both rewards and consequences.
There is a diverse cast of characters with each of their personalities that match with their persona. Throughout both series, we learn more about these characters when they compete in these games.
Would you ever gamble? Probably not, but would you do it if you knew you would win. If you were a gneius who could always come up with a perfect plan then you probably would. These two manga are basicaly about such a sitution, the main characters are geniuses who come up with incredible tactics in order to win cool and original games. If you liked one of these manga you should give the other one a trie as well
The primary plotlines in these two manga are similar in a fundamental sense, with the protagonists of both utilising trickery and ingenious plots to win a series of high-stakes games. In both cases, these games are merely a means to an end of bringing down large establishments.
The primary draw in both cases relates to the antics of the protagonists, who possess an almost arrogant sense of confidence and the ability to overcome seemingly insurmountable odds through the use of their intellect.
There's a fairly standard pattern of "looks like he's losing, sudden win" syndrome in both cases, but given how the two pieces are structured
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Both have very interesting psychological and intelectual elements to them.
Mind games
Genius mc using psychological strategies to outsmarts others
Gambling
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Recommended by Spoonmaster12