キーワード Intellectual Game

卒業式を終えたばかりの女子大生・篠宮優のもとに、1通の招待状と現金1億円が届いた。 その招待状に書かれていた文字は【ライアーゲームのご案内】。 極限の心理状態に置かれた優。 彼女が助けを求めたのは、何度か講義を受けたことがあるだけで、顔と名前くらいしか知らない、帝都大学の心理学の教授。 その名は、秋山深一。 今回のゲームは、総額20億円を賭けて、プレイヤー20名が争う、究極の“イス取りゲーム”。 秋山潰しを目論む、新たなプレイヤー、新たな事務局員。 そして、すべてを陰で操る黒幕―― 騙し合うのか！？ それとも助け合うのか！？ 極限の心理戦がいま始まる！！ （公式サイトより抜粋）

ついに開催される「ライアーゲーム」最終決戦に、神崎直、秋山深一らプレイヤーが呼び戻される。今回の“エデンの園ゲーム”は、金・銀・赤の３色のリンゴのうち、プレイヤーが一つを選ぶという単純なもの。全員が赤を選択すれば、参加者全員が１億円を獲得できる。しかし、もし金・銀に手を出した者がいた場合、赤を選択したプレイヤーはマイナス１億円となる。つまり全員が赤を選択し続ければ、主催者から賞金を得られるのだ。直は「赤いリンゴを揃えましょう」と呼びかけるが、優勝賞金の50億円に目がくらんだプレイヤーたちは、互いを出し抜こうと策略を巡らせ…!?

Humanity knows two types of logic: male and female. In the new TNT show, we do not push them together, but rather make them work for one common result. Star couples, partners on the set, just good friends and acquaintances will together try to build logical links between the most seemingly illogical events, objects or facts.

Nao Kanzaki, a student, was blackmailed into joining a "Liar Game" and ended up losing 100 million yen. In order to repay the debt, she enlists the help of Shin'ichi Akiyama, a genius swindler who was only recently released from jail for bankrupting one of Japan's largest scam companies.

A humble office worker's peaceful family life comes to an end after he makes a grave decision for the sake of his family.

The story centers on a salaryman who has a reliable wife and a daughter in university who can sometimes act a bit rebellious, but has a happy life in his own way. Until one day he finds out his daughter has been beaten, and thus begins his journey into a dangerous world to protect his family.

What? Where? When? is an intellectual game show well known in Russian-language media and other CIS states since mid-1970s. Today it is produced for television by TV Igra on the Russian Channel One and also exists as a competitive game played in clubs organized by the World Association of Clubs. Over 17 000 teams worldwide play sport version of game, based on the TV show.