2005 suspense manga just returned from year-long hiatus earlier this month

This year's 18th issue of Shueisha's Young Jump magazine is announcing on Thursday that Shinobu Kaitani's Liar Game thriller manga is entering its final story arc in the same issue.

The manga just returned from a year-long hiatus earlier this month after Kaitani took time off to prepare for the new arc.

In the original manga, a woman named Nao Kanzaki is caught in a dangerous high-stakes competition known as "Li ar Game," and a genius con artist named Shinichi Akiyama comes to Kanzaki's aid.

Kiaitani began serialization in 2005, and Shueisha published the 16th compiled volume last May. The manga has inspired two live-action films and three live-action television series.