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ライアー×ライアー
70
10
Finished
Feb 24, 2010 to Jun 24, 2017
6.6/10
Average Review Score
40%
Recommend It
5
Reviews Worldwide
This manga was great until it metamorphosed into your average shoujo midway... So, the first two volumes are a 9, for me... but then it started melting into nothing. So, this is one of those stories I would recommend start to read, but the moment you get annoy with it, stop and pretend that it finished right there as an open ending, where you can choose what happens next. The last chapter is one of the most cringe situations I have ever read... it wasted the whole story away. Read it at your own risk. This manga I read it along it was being published, soit took a lot of time. The first few chapters I read them many times, because the story was very believable... the characters were very human and that is so difficult to find in manga/anime that whenever I find those gems, I cling to them. But I don't know if it was the editorial or the author lost it along the way... because it became a plane boring cliché shoujo little by little.
One day, on a whim, 20-year-old Minato dresses up in her friend's cute high school uniform and goes out briefly into the city. To her horror, she ends up running into her stepbrother, Tooru, who is actually only months younger than her. Since he's cute, and a notorious player, Minato has had to deal with constant jealousy and suspicion from other girls all through their school days. Amazingly, she manages to convince Tooru that she's actually someone who just happens to look a lot like his sister. He is so convinced that he starts trying to date her and, for various reasons, she goes along with it. What started as a simple joke is now evolving into the biggest lie Minato has ever told!
Liar x Liar starts off with the hook that the main character Minato accidentally ends up dating her step-brother under the persona of Mina. The step-brother Tooru doesn't realise that Mina is actually Minato and the tangle of lies and double-lives begins from there. The first third of Liar x Liar could best be described as waiting for a trainwreck to occur. Very little actually happens but there is an anticipation building that all the lies and cover-ups will eventually unravel. This is the only good reason that Liar x Liar gives you for reading it and the pacing of it is very slow, so ifyou don't have the patience for this kind of thing then it's likely you'll drop it before any payoff arrives. However, once you get past this slow start, the rest of Liar x Liar does deliver on all the tension that it's been building up. Events that shake the status quo of the story finally start forcing the characters to make decisions and we get a pay off for the character development that's been the focus so far. At this point, the pacing gets much better and it's quite easy to be invested in the story without feeling like it's wasting your time. No spoilers here but I can guarantee that all the things that were built up over the first two thirds of Liar x Liar are delivered in the final third. There isn't any huge jump in drama but rather there is a satisfaction to seeing a tangled plot get unraveled. The ending is certainly worth forcing yourself through the slow opening chapters and it's extremely refreshing to have a conclusion which is natural without being too predictable. Art: Somewhat cute but not too flashy, this shouldn't affect the enjoyment of the series but will naturally grow on you as you read more and more. Characters: The characters in Liar x Liar are quite realistic but with just enough spice to their actions and personalities that the drama of the story never feels contrived. Story: Not much of a story, this is a manga to be read for the characters. There is some plot progression but that's still in service of the characters so don't hold your breath. Pacing: Very slow to start but it picks up towards the middle and by the end it's a very easy read. TLDR: I would recommend this people who enjoy seeing the nuance of characters and have the patience to accept that there is a build up required to set the stage for all those character interactions to make sense and feel deserved. However, if the phrase "it gets good after 20 chapters" is a turn off then this is one to skip.
Liar x Liar is about a girl who ends up sort of by accident dating her step brother while in disguise, so he had no idea its actually her. I'm sure you can already tell from the premise that it's one of THOSE rom-coms, the type with utterly ridiculous comedic situations, that many will find off putting for secondhand embarrassment, or because they find the main couple unlikable because they're always lying to each other. The thing is, I usually dislike that type of rom-com also, but I actually really liked Liar x Liar. I'm sure there are plenty of readers that will not be ableto get over that premise and the fact that she is lying to her step brother, but I personally thought the author was deftly able to handle the tone of it that it never quite got to the point where I would normally think it distasteful. I think it really helped that the protagonist is constantly giving her best friend updates to seek her advice in this ridiculous situation, meanwhile you can practically see her friend kicking back and getting out the popcorn. It helps to reinforce the idea that this is all very ridiculous, and not to be taken seriously. But then, in the last third or so, Liar x Liar really surprised me. The protagonist had to finally face realistic consequences for her actions. It really made Liar x Liar go from a ridiculous kind of trashy diversion, to legitimately really good. This isn't a manga for everyone. As I said, many will be too turned off by the initial premise to want to read it. But if you can accept it for what it is, I think it's a very well done rom com of its type.
It's just like others have said. It starts off really well, unbelievably believable. It's about a girl who ends up fooling her younger step brother by wearing a high school uniform. It's actually ridiculous. Her brother falls for her trick and even goes through crazy lengths in order to date her. He doesn't realize it's actually his sister, whom you suspect has feelings for her. This is "Life With Derek" if it actually went the step-sibling route. But alas, apart from the first couple of volumes that I thought were ridiculous, Ecuador, of all places for example, it morphs into a lackluster shoujo but notquite shoujo as the characters are all in college. When you get to the ending, my god. Incredible beginning. But loses its threads. Girl of course ends up in some weird ass love square. How's that believable. Don't get me started on their parents. For fans of Marmalade Boy. I did think the romance was pretty cute but it lacked believability.
Liar x Liar starts off as a romantic comedy, the main character accidentally meets her step-brother while wearing a high-school cosplay and they start dating. He doesn't know that she's actually his step-sister and the whole story goes from there. It's a mess but you can't stop reading because the whole situation gets more and more complicated and you're dying to know how it ends. This is where it fell off for me, in a slow pace the story builds this castle full of lies but the way everything was resolved, was unsatisfying for me. It was too easy, too happy. The first 2/3 of thestory was filled with drama and incredible tension and it just disappeared in the last third. The art is nice and the characters feel realistic and well-written but the story is okay. You don't really read this manga for the story but for the characters. For the most part Liar x Liar was an enjoyable read.