Written by Renjūrō Kindaichi Demographic shōjo Magazine Dessert Genres Comedy, Slice of life | Published by Kodansha Volumes 8 Publisher Kodansha | |
Original run November 25, 2010 (volume 1) – present Similar House of the Sun, Hirunaka no Ryuusei, Tokyo Tarareba Musume, Ane no Kekkon, My Little Monster | ||
Liar x Liar (ライアー×ライアー) is an ongoing Japanese slice of life comedy shōjo series written and illustrated by Renjūrō Kindaichi. It's published by Kodansha, with serialization on Dessert magazine.
Contents
Characters
The protagonist of the story. Twenty years old university student, a clean freak and a lover of old Japanese castles. Her friend convinces her to go out dressed as a highschool girl, and she ends up accidentally bumping in to her step brother Tooru. Minato succeeds in convincing Tooru that she is in fact not his sister, but a highschool girl named Mina Noguichi. Tooru starts to pursue her and Minato ends up dating him under this false identity. Her reason for dating him was to get some vengeance of all the troubles Tooru caused her in middle and high school. However, she quickly starts to regret her decision and tries to find a way to break up with him, but the circumstances seem to never be in her favor. Things get particularly dicey for her when she finds her popularity increasing and gets into sticky situations because if it.
The step brother of the main character. He's a handsome young man with an expressionless face who has been sleeping with numerous girls ever since middle school. Tooru's active love life brought trouble upon Minato as she was being targeted by his ex-girlfriends and girls who had a crush on Tooru. When he meets Minato dressed as a highschool girl he ends up pursuing her and dating her. He gets serious about her, which worries his sister.
The best friend of the main character. She was the one who convinced Minato to go out dressed in her old school uniform. Later she helps Minato by lending her clothes to wear as Mina, giving her advice and teaching her to do gyaru style makeup. She's the person Minato goes to for advice on all issues related to romance. Maki goes so far as to help Minato get out of a love-triangle, that she finds herself unwittingly caught in.
A member of the neighboring univercitys Japanese history apriciation club and an arcihitecture student. He gets reunited with Minato at a club meeting after being apart for 8 years. They originally met at a private evening school when they were still grade-schoolers. The feelings that he has for Minato complicates situations in hilarious or painful ways.
Volumes
Reception
Volume 4 reached the 17th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, as of February 17, 2013, has sold 33,969 copies; volume 5 reached the 35th place and, as of December 22, 2013, has sold 51,073 copies; volume 6 reached the 19th place and, as of August 17, 2014, has sold 42,008 copies.
It was nominated for Best Shōjo Manga at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards.