Two years have passed since the end of Round 3 and our players are beginning to feel relieved that the evil game is over.
One pet peeve I have that changed from season one is that each episode ending makes it sound like our team is definitely going to lose and then when the big reveal happens…it’s not all that big and amazing at times, and we all know our team really won’t lose since that would end the show much too early, lol. Needless to say, the winning team advances to Round 5 while the losers are saddled with an astronomical amount of debt. Since each round of the game is different, I’ll explain the rules of each below. The final game was non-revolving roulette. The second game was Poker played only with the face cards and jokers. The first round was like the advance troop…and I can’t remember what the second round of the game was considered. The final round was sending the general into battle. Sure, the games take up a large chunk, but so much more time is devoted to character development and this very intricate plot…which, mind you…is nothing like the Japanese drama when we get down to the nitty gritty. The Korean drama takes everything a step further getting more personal and creating and even more grandiose and crazy mystery of very twisted revenge.
#LIAR GAME JAPANESE DRAMA MASKS ROUND 2 SERIES#
The central focus of the series was always playing the games.
If we did, it was really very brief moments mostly between Nao and Akiyama alone. But…we didn’t get any outside game interactions (beyond Nao’s birthday party at the beginning of season 2). Whether that was all to get behind the true evil that killed his innocent mother or not. With the Japanese drama, we always had Akiyama searching for the truth behind the game. No previews, so I don’t know how much these dramas will continue to diverge. With the Korean drama we have yet another resurrection round before going into the final battle.
#LIAR GAME JAPANESE DRAMA MASKS ROUND 2 MOVIE#
With the Japanese drama, Round 4 happened, then round 5 was the semi-finals and round 6 was the finals of which we had a movie to play out the the “end” of the game. Hard to say since the Korean drama is running out of episodes quickly.
Thus, it is entirely possible that Round 4 in the Japanese drama might become Round 5 in the Korean drama. Thus, the Contraband Game which was in Round 3 of the Japanese drama has become Round 4 of the Korean drama. So, again, the rounds have become disjointed since the Korean drama threw in an extra round to bring evil mastermind Do Young into the game instead of hosting it.