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Synonyms: Friend Game
Japanese: トモダチゲーム
English: Tomodachi Game
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 26
Chapters: 130
Status: Finished
Published: Dec 9, 2013 to Aug 8, 2024
Genre: Suspense Suspense
Themes: High Stakes Game High Stakes Game, Psychological Psychological, Strategy Game Strategy Game
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Serialization: Bessatsu Shounen Magazine
Authors: Yamaguchi, Mikoto (Story), Satou, Yuuki (Art)

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Score: 8.371 (scored by 3289532,895 users)
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Ranked: #2472
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #191
Members: 84,653
Favorites: 4,633

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Tomodachi Game
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MangaBessatsu Shounen MagazineYamaguchi, Mikoto (Story), Satou, Yuuki (Art)
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Yuuichi Katagiri has battled financial hardships his whole life but has learned to stay content and positive thanks to his close circle of friends. To keep a promise he made to them, Yuuichi saves up enough money to join them on the school trip. But when the gathered money mysteriously goes missing, suspicion falls on two of Yuuichi's friends: Shiho Sawaragi and Makoto Shibe, who were in charge of collecting the payments. Although innocent, Shiho and Makoto take responsibility for the failure to protect the money when no one else comes forward.

A few days later, Yuuichi and his friends receive mysterious letters which trick each of them into meeting up. Upon arrival, they are ambushed and knocked unconscious. They wake up in a mysterious room in the presence of "Manabu-kun," a character from a controversial children's show that stopped airing due to its malicious content. He informs the group that one of them indirectly gathered them together in order to settle a large debt. They are to play a "friendship game": a series of games that will test the strength of their bond and trust in each other. As the group's faith wavers due to the growing number of secrets and betrayals, Yuuichi must figure out who of his "friends" he can actually trust and ultimately discover the identity of the traitor.

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Tomodachi Game was published digitally as an English simulpub through K Manga. It has also been released in Spanish by Milky Way Ediciones since March 2016; and in Polish by Waneko since April 15, 2023.

The series was adapted into multiple Japanese live-action TV series and films.
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Characters

Katagiri, Yuuichi
Katagiri, Yuuichi
Main
Sawaragi, Shiho
Sawaragi, Shiho
Main
Mikasa, Tenji
Mikasa, Tenji
Main
Kokorogi, Yutori
Kokorogi, Yutori
Main
Shibe, Makoto
Shibe, Makoto
Main
Shinomiya, Kei
Shinomiya, Kei
Supporting
Mizuse, Maria
Mizuse, Maria
Supporting
Kaidou, Satone
Kaidou, Satone
Supporting
Tsukino
Tsukino
Supporting
Manabu-kun
Manabu-kun
Supporting

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39 Recommended
3 Mixed Feelings
4 Not Recommended
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Feb 12, 2025
Jagerschnapps
Recommended
Friendship and Betrayal~

Unlike many psychological thrillers that focus purely on survival, the story is filled with intricate mind games and unexpected twists. Tomodachi Game revolves around the concept of testing friendships through deception, manipulation, and financial debt. It challenges the idea of whether money or trust is more valuable. The protagonist, Yuichi Katagiri, is a fascinating character who constantly outsmarts opponents with his intelligence and strategic thinking. If you love Liar Game or Kaiji you will definitely love the unpredictable nature of competition on this one.

It also have a very diverse and unique characters, rather than relying on simple archetypes, the author simply gives ...
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Sep 14, 2024
Its_munnan
Mixed Feelings
The first 10 chapters are really good. All we know is that we have a group of friends, and the game organisers are trying to break up the friendship by showing doubts and offering money as a reward. Then there's a retcon I didn't really like regarding a certain character. The author repeats this throughout the story. What is established about a character gets thrown out in the next game, all for the sake of a subversion, a twist. Still, it's intriguing and entertaining, till chapter 50 or so, that is. Then the decline into absurdity begins.

There's only so much suspension of disbelief that ...
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Dec 31, 2023
ChinasLastHope
Not Recommended
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Preliminary (80/130 eps)
I started using this site recently, but I've been keeping my own manga list for a long time now for around a couple of years and when I was putting my scores in I was shocked to see this piece of dogshit of a manga have a rating of 8

This series... How to put it lightly, is the most trash, edgy, and braindead you can imagine a story like this. We are supposed to believe this MC is smart but the way they do this is just by dumbing down every single other fucking character to the point of reading the other characters do things ...
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Manga 'Tomodachi Game' Ends Ten-Year Serialization

Manga 'Tomodachi Game' Ends Ten-Year Serialization

Mikoto Yamaguchi and Yuuki Satou's Tomodachi Game (Friends Games) manga ended in Bessatsu Shounen Magazine's September issue on Thursday. The issue, concl...read more

Aug 7, 2024 10:18 PM by Vindstot | Discuss (8 comments)

Manga 'Tomodachi Game' Gets TV Anime for Spring 2022

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NTV announced on Tuesday a television anime adaptation of Mikoto Yamaguchi and Yuuki Satou's Tomodachi Game (Friends Games) manga, revealing the main cast, staf...read more

Nov 1, 2021 9:09 AM by DatRandomDude | Discuss (37 comments)


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Poll: Tomodachi Game Chapter 26 Discussion
Stark700 - Jun 16, 2017		 7 repliesby TheOnlyNoiFan »»
Mar 22, 4:10 PM
Kei is a real one
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