yuuki Iinuma

Itsuwaribito - one who lies. Utsuho was betrayed by another child at his orphanage, and all the children are killed, the caretaker even turns out to be a liar. Thus Utsuho decides he hates itsuwaribito... and decides to be one himself in order to help people hurt by itsuwaribito. Sure. Gotta be evil to catch evil, I guess. And he does a decent job of it, too. He always out-lies his opponent.
The lying-battles are the most fun. I read 3 volumes, and I think it was in volume 2, to give you an example, he says 'I will kill you with one finger' and the goons go 'yeah right', he says 'wait, I lied, 2 fingers' 'yeah right' 'I lied, 3 fingers' 'sure' '5 fingers' 'ok' - then he says 'no, I lied, 1 finger will do' and he tips over a candle that burns down the house. (Or something along those lines.) I found those exchanges pretty entertaining.

However, they could not make up for the horrible brutal images and situations mixed with immature dialogue. This series could be split into 2 - one rated M for mature and violence, and one with game cards for young kids. Seriously. One page, cute tanuki and squabbling kids (main characters), next page, creepy-looking guy who cuts off people's heads and throws their bodies in a pit. Uuhhhg.

The main character doesn't have much personality, aside from his cheerful countenance and tendency to lie and unflinching throwing of bombs. The secondary character is completely flat, he's a doctor (who looks like a girl) who proclaims he 'hates itsuwaribito' and that is his entire personality. I think a 3rd main character gets introduced in book 3, but she is just as flat.

If you are ok with the creepy images (like corpses of children), it might be interesting to try book 1, just for the lying-battles. But otherwise the series fails as far as plot, character, life-lessons, and logic.… (altro)