Friends Game

 Overview:

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.They are attacked and rendered unconscious as soon as they arrive. They awaken to find themselves in an enigmatic chamber accompanied by "Manabu-kun," a figure from a contentious children's program that was canceled because of its offensive material. He tells the gathering that one of them brought the others together under false pretenses to pay off a big debt. The "friendship game" they are going to play is going to be a series of games designed to see how strong their bond and mutual trust is. With more and more secrets and betrayals, the group's faith is eroding, and Yuuichi has to decide which of his "friends" he can truly trust in order to find out who the traitor is.

Japanese: トモダチゲーム

Synonyms: Friends Game

Aired: Apr 5, 2022 to Jun 22, 2022

Premiered: Spring 2022

Duration: 23m

Status: Finished Airing

MAL Score: ?

Genres: Game, Shounen, Psychological

Studios: Okuruto Noboru

Producers: Studio Mausu, Nippon Television Network

Ep.1: Huh? is Yuichi suspicious of his friends?

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Ep.2: You have a lot to say to me, don't you?

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Ep.3: There's no way I'd believe that

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Ep.4: Seriously, that's so cringe!

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Ep.5: Yuichi-kun, you're pretty dumb, aren't you?

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Ep.6: I really can't be friends with a "murderer"

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Ep.7: I'll take 20 million yen worth of your life

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Ep.8: It's a game where you wait, and wait, and wait... and keep waiting

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Ep.9: Hurry up and "switch sides

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Ep.10: The third game is over!

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Ep.11: Do you really have nothing you care about?

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Ep.12: What's most important is...

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