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Minority Rule?

2
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What?

3
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I've never heard of that before.

4
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Allow me to explain.

5
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First, you will be presented 
with a binary question.

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Each player will cast a vote
of either "yes" or "no" to answer.

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Once the votes are tallied, 
the answer that receives fewer votes wins.

8
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The winners will move on to the next vote.

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The losers will be eliminated
 from the game,

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at which point they must return 
their 100 million yen and leave.

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In the event of a tie,
 the vote will be repeated.

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Voting will then continue in this manner

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until either one or two players remain.

14
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At that juncture, there can 
no longer be a minority,

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so the game will conclude.

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The prize money will be 
paid out from the initial pool:

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2.1 billion in the event of one winner,

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and one billion each in the event of two.

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One billion each?

20
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It's fixed!

21
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There are plants from the 
LGT Office in the crowd,

22
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and they're gonna rig it 
so the rest of us can't win!

23
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Right?!

24
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How could we possibly do that?

25
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If this were "Majority Rule,"

26
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we could ensure victory by having 
over half of the participants be plants.

27
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But this is "Minority Rule."

28
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There is no way for us to rig that.

29
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What are you after?

30
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What's the purpose of running this game?

31
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We wish to choose the true Liar King.

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That is all.

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Minority Rule

34
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In this world, some are willing to pay
vast sums of money for "genius liars."

35
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The Liar Game is funded by such people.

36
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I cannot give their names, 
but the LGT Office does not cheat.

37
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We have no reason to.

38
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Now, I'm sure you're all hungry.

39
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We have prepared dinner for you.

40
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A sumptuous banquet 
was rolled out before us.

41
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But the game to come would leave 
nearly all of us 100 million in debt.

42
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Hardly a situation to whet the appetite.

43
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The only people eating as 
if nothing were wrong

44
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were Akiyama-san and one other...

45
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A man in sunglasses who 
wore the number 15.

46
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You're not going to eat?

47
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I don't know how you can 
in these circumstances...

48
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The battle ahead of us won't be easy.

49
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You need to keep up your strength.

50
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The battle ahead of us...

51
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That reminds me!

52
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How did you get in here, Akiyama-san?

53
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You weren't invited, were you?

54
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I could ask you a similar question.

55
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I told you to ignore this, 
so why are you here?

56
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W-Well...

57
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I came here to stop you, 
but I was too late.

58
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By the time I arrived, 
you were already inside.

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I wandered around for a while, 
considering my options,

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and then I ran into a woman.

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What's wrong?

62
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I... I don't know what to do.

63
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Are you a Liar Game participant?

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Y-Yes...

65
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She told me she'd stolen 
the entire 100 million yen

66
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from her opponent in the first round.

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She didn't go into particulars, 
but she said she was racked with guilt

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and had come to return the entire 
sum to the tournament office.

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She's said as much to the agent 
who came to greet her,

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before giving him a check for 
100 million yen and dropping out...

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Or so she thought.

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"So she thought"?

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She didn't actually drop out,

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because the agent who 
took her check was fake.

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In reality, he was another 
participant in the game.

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She didn't realize this until a real
 official explained the situation.

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We all wear these masks.

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Anyone who entered the 
mansion earlier was a player.

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It was already too late.

80
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In the blink of an eye, 
she'd lost her chance to drop out.

81
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So I offered to fight in her place

82
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on the condition that I would 
take both the prize and the liability.

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The office accepts anyone as a participant
 so long as they have an invitation.

84
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Hence...

85
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Michiko Takata

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Your name...

87
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So even though I came here to stop you,
 I wound up drawn into the game myself.

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I-I'm so sorry.

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Now that we're here, 
we'll just have to win and get out.

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You got that?

91
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I was happy to see him,
 but more than anything...

92
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I was relieved.

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We will now showcase 
a rehearsal for the game.

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Please, come this way.

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I will once again explain 
the rules of the game.

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First, a questioner 
will be chosen via lottery.

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Number 18, if you please.

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M-Me?

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You may ask anything at all.

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However, the question you pick

101
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must be answerable 
with either "yes" or "no."

102
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Now, come up to the stage.

103
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This is but practice,
so you've nothing to fear.

104
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W-Well, then...

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A-Are you a woman?

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There. We have our question.

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"Are you a woman?"

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Please submit your answers using 
the slips we handed out earlier.

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Each slip contains your player number
 and either "yes" or "no."

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If you wish to vote in the affirmative,
please place your "yes" slip in the box.

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In order to prevent cheating,
you will not be writing your answers.

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This is to stop players from voting
in anyone else's name.

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After a question is posed, 
you will be given time to think.

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Precisely six hours.

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Six whole hours?

116
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Why so long?

117
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You may vote immediately if you wish,

118
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or you may wait until 
just before the time limit.

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Should you fail to vote within six hours,
however, you will be disqualified.

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Caution is advised.

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This round is merely a rehearsal, 
so the time limit will be ten minutes.

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Now, begin.

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Which should I do? I'm a woman...

124
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But this is Minority Rule.

125
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Um...

126
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There are only six women 
here, including me.

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Fantastic! I'm in the minority!

128
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This might be easier than I thought.

129
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Time is up. We shall now tally the votes.

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Number 5: "Yes."

131
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Number 11: "No."

132
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Number 19: "Yes."

133
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The votes were counted monotonously...

134
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But I was shocked by the result.

135
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In the end, fifteen voted 
"yes" and seven "no."

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In other words, the answer of
"I am a man" was the minority.

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How did men end up in the minority?

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You voted that you were 
a man, didn't you?

139
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I voted "woman."

140
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I mean, there are obviously more men,
 so I thought I'd get ahead of it...

141
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The object of the game is
 to try to be in the minority.

142
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The accuracy of your answer is irrelevant.

143
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This is how the Liar Game works.

144
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The question posed by the asker
is a mere formality.

145
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What matters is getting 
yourself into the minority.

146
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How well can you fool others 
into joining the majority?

147
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Minority Rule is about strategy—about
 feeling out your opponent's intentions.

148
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That is why you are given 
six hours before the vote.

149
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This game has incredible depth.

150
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If you read others and strategize 
perfectly, you can secure a vote of 21-1.

151
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It is possible to win the game 
in a single round of voting.

152
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The critical factor to seizing
control of the game...

153
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is time!

154
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So much that it feels like too much!

155
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The one who can best control time
will be the winner of Minority Rule!

156
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It is inevitable.

157
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This now concludes our rehearsal.

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E-Excuse me.

159
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Won't we be able to go home today?

160
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The real game begins tomorrow.

161
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Two rounds will be held per day.

162
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We must ask that you all stay the night.

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Your stay here will be all-expenses-paid,

164
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so please make yourselves comfortable.

165
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However, should any of you feel
you absolutely must leave,

166
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we will not stop you.

167
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You are free to do so.

168
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There was no way anyone was leaving.

169
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He said the game wouldn't start 
officially until the next day,

170
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but we'd already been given 
our 100 million yen.

171
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In other words, the game 
was already in progress.

172
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Anyone who left would be 
judged as having forfeited

173
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and saddled with a debt 
of 100 million yen.

174
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Kanzaki-sama, this is your room.

175
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It's so fancy...

176
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We will fetch you one hour 
before the game begins.

177
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Make yourself at home.

178
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What do I do?

179
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Is there a clear way 
to win at Minority Rule?

180
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The one who can best control time
will be the winner of Minority Rule!

181
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So it's about how we use our time?

182
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Spend six hours finding out whether
 each player is voting yes or no

183
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I could spend my six hours finding out
whether each player's voting yes or no!

184
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No, I can't do that. 
They'd trick me for sure.

185
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What should I do? What should I do?

186
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Stay by the voting box and peek at the votes

187
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I could stay by the voting box 
and peek at their votes!

188
00:12:40,740 --> 00:12:44,270
No, there's no way that would work...

189
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I know!

190
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Gather allies to create a majority

191
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I can gather allies and create a majority!

192
00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:53,040
No, this is Minority Rule...

193
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You can't win unless 
you're in the minority.

194
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I don't know what to do!

195
00:12:58,790 --> 00:12:59,850
What do I do?

196
00:12:59,850 --> 00:13:02,820
Am I... going to lose?

197
00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:05,840
No, no, no!

198
00:13:05,840 --> 00:13:06,920
Someone help me!

199
00:13:06,920 --> 00:13:09,300
Someone, help me! Akiyama-san!

200
00:13:09,300 --> 00:13:10,660
Help me!

201
00:13:15,370 --> 00:13:16,690
Akiyama-san!

202
00:13:16,690 --> 00:13:18,310
It's me! It's Nao!

203
00:13:18,310 --> 00:13:20,840
Are you there?! Akiyama-san!

204
00:13:20,840 --> 00:13:21,690
Where are you?!

205
00:13:22,410 --> 00:13:26,590
I ran all through the hotel 
looking for Akiyama-san.

206
00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:29,690
And then, I stumbled upon...

207
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where many of the players had gathered.

208
00:13:33,040 --> 00:13:38,650
Perhaps like me, they were 
unable to contain their anxiety.

209
00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:44,290
Akiyama-san!

210
00:13:44,290 --> 00:13:48,530
I can't think of a way to win this game!

211
00:13:48,530 --> 00:13:50,220
At this rate, I...

212
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Quit crying.

213
00:13:51,510 --> 00:13:54,210
If you want to survive, 
the first rule is not to cry.

214
00:13:54,210 --> 00:13:56,970
The second is to know your enemy.

215
00:13:57,860 --> 00:13:59,190
Know your enemy?

216
00:13:59,190 --> 00:14:02,650
There are fourteen players 
in this lobby right now.

217
00:14:04,070 --> 00:14:06,930
Interact with as many of them as you can.

218
00:14:06,930 --> 00:14:09,970
Learn their personalities 
and circumstances.

219
00:14:09,970 --> 00:14:11,420
That's where you should start.

220
00:14:12,490 --> 00:14:15,140
Everyone there was behaving differently.

221
00:14:15,970 --> 00:14:22,390
Some were talking. Some stuck 
to the wall, observing others.

222
00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:26,120
Some ignored me when 
I tried to talk to them,

223
00:14:26,120 --> 00:14:28,500
while others spoke to me with abandon.

224
00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:36,270
Fumio Matsubara, age 57
 Ironworks Manager

225
00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:34,670
I run a small factory. 
It's deep in debt.

226
00:14:34,670 --> 00:14:38,260
We were genuinely 
considering family suicide

227
00:14:38,260 --> 00:14:40,760
when I received the Liar Game invitation.

228
00:14:41,110 --> 00:14:46,900
I won 20 million in the first round and
used it to pay off over half of my debt.

229
00:14:47,240 --> 00:14:50,280
But then came the second round,

230
00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,030
and they said I'd need to pay
ten million to drop out...

231
00:14:53,030 --> 00:14:56,490
I'd already spent the money
 paying back my debt!

232
00:14:56,490 --> 00:14:58,740
How was I supposed to come up with more?

233
00:14:59,410 --> 00:15:04,040
Takayoshi Miura, age 25
 Part-Timer

234
00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:04,040
I won just by stealing two 
of those million-yen stacks.

235
00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:05,640
You didn't want to drop out?

236
00:15:05,640 --> 00:15:07,370
Never even crossed my mind.

237
00:15:07,370 --> 00:15:10,570
I figured the second round 
would be easy money, too.

238
00:15:10,570 --> 00:15:13,300
But can you believe this bullshit game?

239
00:15:13,300 --> 00:15:15,360
A hundred million in debt if we blow it?

240
00:15:15,360 --> 00:15:17,270
They fleeced us for sure.

241
00:15:17,270 --> 00:15:20,060
Hey, whaddya think happens 
if we lose here?

242
00:15:20,740 --> 00:15:23,560
I mean, I don't really know...

243
00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,380
This org is shady as hell, man.

244
00:15:26,380 --> 00:15:29,580
You just know they've got human 
trafficking connections.

245
00:15:29,580 --> 00:15:31,540
They're gonna sell us!

246
00:15:31,540 --> 00:15:35,710
You're young and pretty,
 so you'd fetch good money, I bet.

247
00:15:36,210 --> 00:15:38,180
O-Oh my goodness!

248
00:15:41,270 --> 00:15:42,490
How did it go?

249
00:15:42,490 --> 00:15:46,620
Most of the people here ended up

250
00:15:46,620 --> 00:15:50,280
in the Liar Game due to money problems.

251
00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:51,460
I see.

252
00:15:51,680 --> 00:15:56,570
And most of them won
their first-round game with ease,

253
00:15:56,570 --> 00:16:00,470
so they thought they could win 
the second just as easily.

254
00:16:00,800 --> 00:16:05,990
No one was expecting the second-round 
game to leave almost all of us

255
00:16:05,990 --> 00:16:08,470
100 million yen in debt.

256
00:16:09,020 --> 00:16:10,510
Good work.

257
00:16:10,510 --> 00:16:13,340
You can get some rest 
and prepare for tomorrow.

258
00:16:15,050 --> 00:16:17,310
Um, I...

259
00:16:18,570 --> 00:16:19,990
Am I going to be sold?

260
00:16:20,460 --> 00:16:22,500
Will I be sold to some other country,

261
00:16:22,940 --> 00:16:25,910
never to see my father again?

262
00:16:26,370 --> 00:16:29,700
Quit crying. Tears won't solve anything.

263
00:16:29,700 --> 00:16:30,630
But...

264
00:16:31,310 --> 00:16:34,140
Don't worry. You're not going to lose.

265
00:16:34,910 --> 00:16:38,010
There's a foolproof strategy
to win this game.

266
00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:41,760
A foolproof strategy? What is it?!

267
00:16:42,100 --> 00:16:44,910
We can't talk here. Let's go to my room.

268
00:16:51,580 --> 00:16:54,660
What would you count 
as "winning" this game?

269
00:16:54,660 --> 00:16:58,460
You survive to the end 
and get the 2.1 billion, right?

270
00:16:58,460 --> 00:17:02,860
But if two people remain, 
you only win half of that.

271
00:17:02,860 --> 00:17:04,210
Would that be losing?

272
00:17:04,210 --> 00:17:07,670
That's still a huge victory! 
You still get a billion yen!

273
00:17:07,670 --> 00:17:12,180
So what if we dropped that all 
the way down to forty million?

274
00:17:13,230 --> 00:17:17,070
Down to forty million? 
That's still a lot of money.

275
00:17:17,070 --> 00:17:18,760
It'd still be a big win.

276
00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:23,180
If they'd let me drop out, 
I wouldn't even ask for a single yen.

277
00:17:23,570 --> 00:17:25,070
I'll get straight to the point.

278
00:17:25,410 --> 00:17:29,900
My foolproof strategy won't win us 
100 million, let alone a billion.

279
00:17:30,260 --> 00:17:33,060
But 40 million, I can guarantee.

280
00:17:33,060 --> 00:17:35,310
Is that really possible?

281
00:17:35,580 --> 00:17:38,340
Yes. We'll form a team.

282
00:17:38,340 --> 00:17:41,040
I thought about that myself.

283
00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:43,840
But the minority has power in this game.

284
00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,590
You can't win by building a team.

285
00:17:47,050 --> 00:17:49,710
I'm not talking about forming a majority.

286
00:17:50,620 --> 00:17:53,350
I'm talking about using a team
 to make minorities.

287
00:17:53,350 --> 00:17:55,520
A team to make minorities?

288
00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:58,400
First, we'll need a team of eight people.

289
00:17:58,400 --> 00:18:02,320
Then we'll need them all to act 
in a prescribed manner.

290
00:18:03,020 --> 00:18:06,160
We start the Minority Rule
 game with 22 players.

291
00:18:06,570 --> 00:18:11,600
In the first round, four from our team 
will vote yes and four will vote no.

292
00:18:12,510 --> 00:18:16,320
There's no way to know how 
the other fourteen will vote,

293
00:18:17,200 --> 00:18:20,970
but what would the turnout be in 
the case of the closest possible vote?

294
00:18:20,970 --> 00:18:22,750
Um...

295
00:18:23,090 --> 00:18:25,280
If they split evenly into sevens,

296
00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:27,150
we'd have to redo the vote,

297
00:18:27,580 --> 00:18:32,160
so six against eight would be
the closest possible scenario.

298
00:18:32,160 --> 00:18:33,260
Correct.

299
00:18:33,820 --> 00:18:38,780
Of the ten that remain,
 four will be members of our team.

300
00:18:38,780 --> 00:18:43,520
In the next vote, we'll once again
 split up evenly, this time in pairs.

301
00:18:44,020 --> 00:18:46,770
What's the closest vote there?

302
00:18:46,770 --> 00:18:49,010
There'd be six people left,

303
00:18:49,010 --> 00:18:50,740
so two against four.

304
00:18:50,740 --> 00:18:51,830
Correct.

305
00:18:52,320 --> 00:18:55,490
The following round, we'll have
 one player each vote yes and no.

306
00:18:55,490 --> 00:18:56,860
What happens then?

307
00:18:56,860 --> 00:18:59,690
If the rest split up,
 they'd have to revote...

308
00:19:00,120 --> 00:19:03,870
So to be final, it would 
have to be zero against two.

309
00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:06,790
We'd win!

310
00:19:07,460 --> 00:19:11,040
Someone on our team would win for sure!

311
00:19:11,540 --> 00:19:17,470
The final winner will pay half 
of the 2.1 billion to drop out,

312
00:19:17,470 --> 00:19:19,430
leaving them with 1.05 billion.

313
00:19:19,830 --> 00:19:22,730
After paying back the buy-in for 
their seven eliminated teammates,

314
00:19:22,730 --> 00:19:25,080
they'd have 350 million remaining.

315
00:19:26,350 --> 00:19:28,690
And if that were split 
evenly among all eight?

316
00:19:28,690 --> 00:19:35,310
Let's see... That'd be 43.75 million each?

317
00:19:35,620 --> 00:19:36,690
What?!

318
00:19:36,690 --> 00:19:40,450
You could win forty million 
yen and still drop out!

319
00:19:40,450 --> 00:19:42,800
That's amazing! It's just amazing!

320
00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:45,800
It really is foolproof!
You're amazing, Akiyama-san!

321
00:19:45,800 --> 00:19:46,690
Settle down.

322
00:19:47,220 --> 00:19:50,300
The plan still isn't without its issues.

323
00:19:51,290 --> 00:19:54,950
For instance, there's how
 I ended up here in the first place.

324
00:19:55,690 --> 00:19:59,880
The fact that a player stole 
100 million yen from someone?

325
00:19:59,880 --> 00:20:03,220
Yes. Let's call the culprit "X."

326
00:20:03,860 --> 00:20:07,230
We must distinguish X 
from the other players.

327
00:20:07,640 --> 00:20:12,800
What makes them a danger is that they 
have that check for 100 million yen.

328
00:20:13,250 --> 00:20:17,160
Anyone who loses here lands 
themselves 100 million in debt.

329
00:20:18,060 --> 00:20:21,350
But X could pay that off with their check.

330
00:20:21,770 --> 00:20:26,110
In other words, they're the one
who doesn't have to be afraid of losing.

331
00:20:27,350 --> 00:20:30,780
My plan requires eight people 
who will vote in an agreed-upon way

332
00:20:30,780 --> 00:20:34,470
and who will split the prize
 with the team if they make it.

333
00:20:34,470 --> 00:20:36,870
There is no room for betrayal.

334
00:20:37,690 --> 00:20:39,350
Therefore, no matter what happens,

335
00:20:39,350 --> 00:20:42,140
we cannot allow X to join our team.

336
00:20:42,140 --> 00:20:45,430
But what is this "X" person even like?

337
00:20:45,430 --> 00:20:49,820
The victim said it happened so fast, 
she didn't remember a thing.

338
00:20:50,460 --> 00:20:54,370
Only that it was a young man.

339
00:20:54,890 --> 00:20:58,730
And there are so many young men here...

340
00:21:00,380 --> 00:21:02,140
Wait, but that's good!

341
00:21:02,140 --> 00:21:04,960
Akiyama-san, we can make a team!

342
00:21:04,960 --> 00:21:07,410
One that definitely won't have X in it!

343
00:21:07,710 --> 00:21:09,960
There are five women here besides me!

344
00:21:09,960 --> 00:21:12,660
We can form a team with them!

345
00:21:12,660 --> 00:21:16,410
That's five women,
 plus us for a total of seven.

346
00:21:16,410 --> 00:21:17,920
We're one person short.

347
00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:19,170
That's okay!

348
00:21:19,430 --> 00:21:21,290
There's the man with the factory!

349
00:21:21,670 --> 00:21:25,220
He's obviously not a young man!

350
00:21:25,220 --> 00:21:28,180
That makes eight! We have our team!

351
00:21:28,180 --> 00:21:30,100
Well, true enough.

352
00:21:30,100 --> 00:21:33,730
I'll go back to the lobby 
and talk to them!

353
00:21:33,730 --> 00:21:34,870
Hey, wait a minute!

354
00:21:35,180 --> 00:21:37,940
One Hour Later

355
00:21:37,950 --> 00:21:40,360
Akiyama-san, I've brought everyone!

356
00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:42,260
All six of them!

357
00:21:44,550 --> 00:21:47,520
Are you serious? You actually 
got them all to come?

358
00:21:47,790 --> 00:21:53,920
Well, she did cry and grovel and whine,
 "I'll die if you don't come!"

359
00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:57,960
You'll die? You cried and groveled?

360
00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:01,410
I mean, this is no time to worry 
about appearances, right?

361
00:22:01,710 --> 00:22:02,690
Right.

362
00:22:03,060 --> 00:22:06,390
We don't have time to hesitate.

363
00:22:06,990 --> 00:22:09,230
We'll have to proceed with this team.

364
00:22:10,700 --> 00:22:13,500
All right. Let's execute the plan.

365
00:23:44,980 --> 00:23:49,980
Next Time

366
00:23:44,980 --> 00:23:49,980
Alliance