Usogui
Manga volume 1 cover
嘘喰い
GenreGambling[1]
Manga
Written byToshio Sako [ja]
Published byShueisha
ImprintYoung Jump Comics
MagazineWeekly Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original runMay 11, 2006 – December 21, 2017
Volumes49
Original video animation
Directed byKazuo Tomizawa
Music byNao Tokisawa
StudioShueisha
ReleasedOctober 19, 2012
Manga
Usogui: Tokubetsu-hen
Written byToshio Sako
Published byShueisha
ImprintYoung Jump Comics
MagazineWeekly Young Jump
DemographicSeinen
Original runOctober 7, 2021 – November 25, 2021
Volumes1
Live-action film
Directed byHideo Nakata
StudioWarner Bros. Japan
ReleasedFebruary 11, 2022 (2022-02-11)
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Usogui (嘘喰い, lit. 'The Lie Eater') is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Toshio Sako [ja]. It was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from May 2006 to December 2017, with its chapters compiled into 49 tankōbon volumes. The manga was later adapted into original video animation, which was released on October 19, 2012.[2]

Plot

Madarame Baku, known as "The Lie Eater", is a gambler who gambles against maniacal opponents. Alongside his protege, Kaji Takaomi, and his bodyguard, Marco, he attempts to take over the underground gambling organization known as Kakerou. Kakerou oversees a variety of high stakes gambles, wherein the participants often use their lives as an ante or a bet. There are 48 members of Kakerou and 101 referees who act as supervisors and the debt collectors for when gambles have been completed. As the series progresses, Baku and his crew find themselves increasingly involved in the war between Kakerou and a rival criminal organization, IDEAL.

Characters

Key Figures

Baku Madarame (斑目 貘, Madarame Baku)
Portrayed by: Ryusei Yokohama[3]
A drifter with an obsession for gambling.
Takaomi Kaji (梶 隆臣, Kaji Takaomi)
Portrayed by: Hayato Sano[4]
Baku's protege and an emerging gambling talent.
Marco (マルコ, Maruko)
Baku's bodyguard. Marco possesses inhuman strength and a feral split personality known as "Rodem".
Kyara (伽羅)
Baku's former exclusive Moderator.
Karl Belmont (カール・ベルモンド, Kāru Berumondo)
An arms dealer. Initially presented as an antagonist, he quickly allies himself with Baku.

Club Kakerou

Leaders

Souichi Kiruma (切間 創一, Kiruma Sōichi)
Portrayed by: Kaito Sakurai[5]
The 21st and current Leader of Kakerou.

Moderators

Hikoichi Yakou (夜行 妃古壱, Yakō Hikoichi)
Portrayed by: Hiroaki Murakami[5]
Kakerou Moderator #2 (later #0). Baku's current exclusive Moderator.
Kirou Mekama (目蒲 鬼郎, Mekama Kirō)
Portrayed by: Kanata Hongō[5]
Kakerou Moderator #10. Ikki Sadakuni's exclusive Moderator.

Former or Deceased Moderators

Sweepers

Misallenous Kakerou Employees

Kakerou Members

Ikki Sadakuni (佐田国 一輝, Sadakuni Ikki)
Portrayed by: Shohei Miura[5]
A terrorist and Kakerou member. His exclusive Moderator is Kirou Mekama. Sadakuni becomes involved in Kakerou to fund a terror attack on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. He previously drained the fortunes of five other Kakerou members, two of who had to pay with their lives. He previously fled Japan but later returns.
Ranko Kuruma (鞍馬 蘭子, Kurama Ranko)
Portrayed by: Mai Shiraishi[5]
A senior member of Kakerou and the leader of the Kurama-gumi faction. Her exclusive Moderator is Taeko Mogami.

Ideal

Vincent's Protoporos Allies

Police

Metropolitan Police Department

Private Burial Division

ACIA

Kurama-gumi

Protoporos associated characters

Island staff

Players

Media

Manga

Written and illustrated by Toshio Sako [ja], Usogui was serialized in Shueisha's seinen manga magazine Weekly Young Jump from May 11, 2006,[6] to December 21, 2017.[1] [7] Shueisha collected its 539 chapters in 49 tankōbon volumes, released from September 19, 2006,[8] to February 19, 2018.[9]

A spin-off manga, titled Usogui: Rikkainin Yakō Hikoichi (嘘喰い-立会人 夜行妃古壱-), was serialized in Weekly Young Jump from October 7 to November 25, 2021,[10][11][12] with its chapters collected in a single tankōbon volume, released on February 2, 2022.[13]

Volumes

No. Release date ISBN
01 September 19, 2006[8]978-4-08-877146-5
02 December 19, 2006[14]978-4-08-877186-1
03 March 19, 2007[15]978-4-08-877229-5
04 June 19, 2007[16]978-4-08-877280-6
05 September 19, 2007[17]978-4-08-877320-9
06 December 19, 2007[18]978-4-08-877362-9
07 March 19, 2008[19]978-4-08-877410-7
08 June 19, 2008[20]978-4-08-877463-3
09 September 19, 2008[21]978-4-08-877505-0
10 December 19, 2008[22]978-4-08-877570-8
11 March 19, 2009[23]978-4-08-877616-3
12 June 19, 2009[24]978-4-08-877667-5
13 September 18, 2009[25]978-4-08-877717-7
14 December 18, 2009[26]978-4-08-877776-4
15 December 18, 2009[27]978-4-08-877801-3
16 March 19, 2010[28]978-4-08-877827-3
17 June 18, 2010[29]978-4-08-877876-1
18 September 17, 2010[30]978-4-08-879027-5
19 December 17, 2010[31]978-4-08-879079-4
20 March 18, 2011[32]978-4-08-879115-9
21 June 17, 2011[33]978-4-08-879158-6
22 September 16, 2011[34]978-4-08-879202-6
23 December 19, 2011[35]978-4-08-879241-5
24 March 19, 2012[36]978-4-08-879290-3
25 June 19, 2012[37]978-4-08-879351-1
26 October 19, 2012[38]978-4-08-879441-9
27 November 19, 2012[39]978-4-08-879462-4
28 February 19, 2013[40]978-4-08-879520-1
29 May 17, 2013[41]978-4-08-879559-1
30 August 19, 2013[42]978-4-08-879628-4
31 November 19, 2013[43]978-4-08-879682-6
32 February 19, 2014[44]978-4-08-879750-2
33 May 19, 2014[45]978-4-08-879846-2
34 August 20, 2014[46]978-4-08-879886-8
35 November 19, 2014[47]978-4-08-890074-2
36 February 19, 2015[48]978-4-08-890115-2
37 May 19, 2015[49]978-4-08-890152-7
38 May 19, 2015[50]978-4-08-890194-7
39 September 18, 2015[51]978-4-08-890252-4
40 December 18, 2015[52]978-4-08-890320-0
41 April 19, 2016[53]978-4-08-890373-6
42 June 17, 2016[54]978-4-08-890430-6
43 September 16, 2016[55]978-4-08-890481-8
44 December 19, 2016[56]978-4-08-890520-4
45 March 17, 2017[57]978-4-08-890592-1
46 June 19, 2017[58]978-4-08-890645-4
47 August 18, 2017[59]978-4-08-890728-4
48 November 17, 2017[60]978-4-08-890788-8
49 February 19, 2018[61]978-4-08-890856-4

Live-action film

A live action film adaptation was announced in the 24th issue of Shueisha's Weekly Young Jump magazine in 2016.[62] The film is produced by Warner Bros. Japan and directed by Hideo Nakata. The film was released in Japan on February 11, 2022.[5][3]

Reception

The manga's compiled book volumes have frequently ranked on Oricon's weekly top 50 comic charts. Volume 10 reached number 28,[63] Volume 11 reached number 16,[64] Volume 12 reached number 19,[65] Volume 13 reached number 29,[66] Volume 14 reached number 20,[67] Volume 16 reached number 19,[68] Volume 17 reached number 21,[69] Volume 18 reached number 18,[70] Volume 19 reached number 27,[71] Volume 20 reached number 25.[72]

See also

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