Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device, comprising:

• a first polarizing plate;
• a second polarizing plate;
• a first phase difference layer;
• a second phase difference layer;
• a first substrate;
• a second substrate opposite the first substrate;
• a liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate;
• and
• a plurality of pixels, wherein:
• the first substrate includes a reflective layer which reflects light, a first electrode and a second electrode which are capable of generating a transverse electric field in the liquid crystal layer, and a first horizontal alignment film in contact with the liquid crystal layer,
• at least one of the first electrode or the second electrode includes a plurality of strip portions and a slit between two adjacent strip portions among the plurality of strip portions,
• the plurality of strip portions, in each of the plurality of pixels, linearly extending substantially parallel to one another in identical directions, and including no bent portion,
• the second substrate includes a second horizontal alignment film in contact with the liquid crystal layer,
• the liquid crystal layer includes liquid crystal molecules, that have a positive anisotropy of dielectric constant and that are in a twist alignment during no voltage application,
• an alignment direction of liquid crystal molecules near the first substrate, during the no voltage application, lies at 0° or greater and 16° or smaller when the identical directions, in which the plurality of strip portions extends, are set as a reference direction at 0°,
• the first polarizing plate, the first phase difference layer, the first substrate, the liquid crystal layer, the second substrate, the second phase difference layer, and the second polarizing plate are disposed in this stated order from a back surface side of the liquid crystal display device,
• the first phase difference layer includes a first λ/2 plate and a first λ/4 plate,
• the second phase difference layer includes a second λ/2 plate and a second λ/4 plate, and
• at least one of the first phase difference layer or the second phase difference layer further includes a positive C plate.