A sequence of unlucky occasions has led Makoto “Edamame” Edamura to undertake the lifetime of crime—pickpocketing and scamming others for a dwelling. Nevertheless, after swindling a seemingly clueless vacationer, Makoto discovers that he was the one tricked and, to make issues worse, the police at the moment are after him.
Whereas making his escape, he runs into the vacationer as soon as once more, who seems to be a fellow con man named Laurent Thierry, and finally ends up following him to Los Angeles. In an try to defend his self-proclaimed title of “Japan’s Biggest Swindler,” Makoto challenges his rival to find out the higher scammer. Accepting the competitors, Laurent drops them off exterior an enormous mansion and claims that their goal would be the largest mafia boss on the West Coast.
Leaping from metropolis to metropolis, Great Pretender follows the endeavors of Makoto alongside the crafty Laurent and his colourful associates on the planet of worldwide high-stakes fraud. Quickly, Makoto realizes that he obtained greater than what he bargained for as his self-declared expertise are frequently put to the check.
