PlayStation putting out a legal notice saying they’re removing 500+ movies from user accounts days before announcing they’re getting rid of physical discs for games is an interesting choice
every time Kuga is lied to during world trigger. it goes in order of chapter, rather than in order of timeline. hopefully it helps someone or is at the very least interesting. special thanks to @/tamako-ghost for providing a wonderful resource for panels.
i’ve organized them into a few categories:
i. basic lies (where the subject is intentionally lying, and their statement holds no truth)
ii. complex lies (where the subject is not telling the entire truth, or their answer is a mix of truth and lies)
iii. extras (where the subject is not lying, but Kuga knows or feels that the statement is false, his side effect is not activated)
citations are in alt text
basic lies
Lie: “…such an excuse is inappropriate.
Explanation: according to school policy, certain accessories are permitted. presumably that includes mementos. Moribayashi lies to Kuga about the policy, informing him that a late parents gift is not enough of a reason to keep his ring on.
Result: Kugas eyes scare Moribayashi so that Kuga is allowed to keep his ring.
Lie: “a Japanese welcome.”
Explanation: the “3 Idiots” (Bito, Eida, Shihara) bully Kuga by throwing rolled up paper at the back of his head. when he asks about it, they tell him it’s a traditional greeting.
Result: Kuga returns the greeting, sending Eida to the ground with its force. it makes the 3 Idiots want revenge against Kuga.
Lie: “dude, I think that broke my leg. oh yeah, it’s totally broken.”
Explanation: after purposefully bumping into Kuga, Random Citizen 1 (RC1) tells Kuga that the bump broke his leg. he asks for money as compensation, because Kuga previously waved around a large sum of money due to his inexperience with it.
Result: Kuga breaks his leg after RC1 says “we said it’s broken, so it’s broken.” Kuga then gives him 100,000 yen, saying he “did everything they said.”
Lie: “actually…my dad is sick. he could die.”
Explanation: after Kuga is left alone, he is approached by RC2. RC2 initially just asks for money, before following it up with a lie—that his father is sick. much like the previous situation, RC2 approached Kuga after he accidentally flaunted his cash when looking to buy food.
Result: Kuga, upon Mikumos request, doesn’t break any bones. hopefully. however he does beat them up (or “send them flying”), as he promised.
Lie: “I-I was just talking about organizational discipline!”
Explanation: Kitora scolded Mikumo for breaking Border regulations. however, Kuga thinks she may just be upset he got praised. he calls Kitora out, and she responds with a lie, denying that she was jealous.
Result: Tokeida shuts down the confrontation.
Lie: “I wanted to protect the city.”
Explanation: Kuga presumes that Mikumo joined border to help Amatori. Mikumo denies it, lying that it’s for the city. he later admits that it was out of frustration, because he couldn’t do anything.
Result: more information of Mikumos motives. he continues to phrase his actions so that they seem sefish.
Lie: “if the two of us fight him…he’ll be taken down for sure.”
Explanation: while Miwa and Yoneya are the only ones confronting Kuga face-to-face, they actually have two snipers trained on Kuga. had Yoneya not talked, their snipers may have been able to deal more damage to Kuga.
Result: Kuga knows that his mobility is limited due to the snipers, and does his best to adapt.
Lie: “not really…I was just wondering.”
Explanation: she does know somebody, two people in fact. she lied to avoid talking about their disappearances.
Result: Kuga is sad she didn’t want to share what happened woth him. Amatori apologizes and tells him about Amatori Rinji and Harukawa Aoba.
Lie: “avenge Yugos death with us! it’s what Yugo would have wanted!”
Explanation: when Yugo died, he left behind a black trigger. it is bonded to Kuga, keeping him alive. the allies they were working with want to use the black trigger to continue fighting. they tell Kuga that this is what Yugo wanted…which is untrue. Yugo wanted Kuga to head to Border for help.
Result: despite their lie, and his fathers wishes, Kuga remains to help the country he and his dad were working with. he remains there until the war is won.
Lie: “did you attract all these spectators?” “no…they must’ve heard the rumor that he tied with Kazama. I didn’t do anything.”
Explanation: Midorikawa purposefully asked Mikumo to spar in a busy area, allowing onlookers to follow. he wanted to beat Mikumo badly in front of his peers. Mikumo looses 0-10.
Result: Kuga challenges Midorikawa, telling Midorikawa that if he wins, he must refer to Mikumo with respect. Kuga wins 8-2, though he purposefully threw two matches. Midorikawa is beaten in front of the crowd he gathered.
Lie: “if I take too long, the baby birds will fly away.”
Explanation: Visa intentionally lies to Kuga to make it seem that he has somewhere he needs to be, and something he needs to be doing other than fighting Kuga.
Result: Kuga, understanding that Visa just wants to stall him, sends Replica to assist Mikumo and co.
Lie: “We won’t be be lenient even with mere informants. We’ll get rough if necessary. Our world's laws don’t apply to you neighbors.”
Explanation: Kinuta implies he is willing to violate the Geneva convention to torture information out of Hyuse.
Result: Kinuta is lying for the sake of a good threat. Kuga is able to prove his side effects worth and helps with Enedorad’s interrogation.
Lie: “my job was to create a disturbance. I was told to get inside your fort and kill some Meeden small fry. that was my commanders orders. I had no other choice.”
Explanation: Enedora did not follow his captain, Hyreins, instructions. instead, he chose to go against orders and attack the base. he lies, likely so that Border will continue to allow him to live.
Result: Border confirms that Enedora is willing to lie to them, and also that he is willing to work with them. even if that information came to light at the same time.
Lie: “well, you see…he can read minds.”
Explanation: Kageuras side effect does not, in fact, allow him to read minds. instead it allows him to sense the way someone feels towards him, at any given moment.
Result: Kuga challenges Kageura to read his mind, knowing he cannot. Kageura is irritated and leaves.
Lie: “if I were the leader of an expedition…I probably wouldn’t be holy about having to take Hyuse with me.”
Explanation: Mikumo requested Rindo lie about his position, utilizing a tactic he saw Netsuki use.
Result: it allows Mikumo to propose Hyuse as a tour guide in the neighborhood, which gives him stronger backing for allowing Hyuse on the mission, and on Tamakoma-2.
Lie: “asteroid!”
Explanation: Mizukami yells out “asteroid” while using meteor, aiming to catch his opponent, Kuga in this case, off guard. it can be assumed that he does this frequently, as he does the same thing to Oji.
Result: Kuga defends carefully, as he knows that it isn’t asteroid. he survives the assault.
Note: added thanks to @/kagetai
Lie: “y-yeah! I can do it!”
Explanation: Amatori is told by Mikumo to fire Hound at their pursuers, Ninomiya squad. however, despite what she says, she doesn’t think she can do it. Kuga tells her that she doesn’t have to hurt them—she just needs to get Kuga some time.
Result: she fires successfully, allowing her and Kuga to escape. nobody is injured, and Ninomiya squad believes that she still cannot shoot people.
Lie: “sadly…Mikumo doesn’t pose the slightest threat to us.”
Explanation: despite Ninomiya, and his squads, posturing, they do consider Mikumo an active threat, even if they still underestimate his abilities and his strategies.
Result: N/A
Lie: “I am Ratarykov.”
Explanation: the name Ratarykov is currently using is an alias, with his actual name being Orkan Marduk.
Result: N/A
Lie: “nah, nothing like that. what do you care, anyway?”
Explanation: Urushima did reach out to his operators squad, asking they keep in mind that she struggles with parallel processing.
Result: Rokuta, the operator, is able to get more help from her squadmates. Urushima is shown to care about his squadmate.
complex lies
Lie: “do I really need to explain? my goal is to kill the guys who betrayed and murdered me. I’d work with a civilization of monkeys to accomplish that.”
Explanation: while Enedorad is telling a half-truth, he has another motivator. the motivator is not known, but it does mean that he is willing to work with Meeden.
Result: Kugas side effect can tell exactly what in a scentence is a lie, Enedorad has some other unknown goal.
extras
”Lie:” “find. no need to worry.”
Explanation: despite Replicas reassurance, Kuga knows that Jin’s future sight is not so easily changed.
Result: N/A
Lie: “I wasn’t strong enough! and now Replica is gone!”
Explanation: Mikumo feels the need to take responsibility for Replicas abandonment. while Mikumo does truly feel this way, Kuga rejects his line of thinking. he chastises Mikumo slightly, telling him to instead be grateful to Replica.
Result: N/A
“Lie:” “if what he said is true…then this is my fault.”
Explanation: while Mikumo does, in this scene, truly believe it is his fault, Kuga disagrees. he knows that Mikumo isn’t at fault for this—and pokes fun at him. Kuga knows that Mikumo wouldn’t change his actions, even if he saw this was the result.
Result: Mikumo disrupts the press conference to represent himself, and declares his squads intentions to make it on the away mission.
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