Liar x Liar

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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 able ... to 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.

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, so ... it 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.

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 not ... quite 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.