Liar × Liar

Liar × Liar (Japanese: ライアー×ライアー) is a Japanese slice of life comedy shōjo series written and illustrated by Renjūrō Kindaichi. It's published by Kodansha, with serialization on Dessert magazine.[2]

Liar × Liar
ライアー×ライアー
GenreComedy, slice of life
Manga
Written byRenjūrō Kindaichi
Published byKodansha
English publisher
MagazineDessert
DemographicShōjo
Original runFebruary 24, 2010 – June 24, 2017
Volumes10
Live-action film
Directed bySaiji Yakumo
Written byYuichi Tokunaga

Plot

The story revolves around two distant step-siblings who are secretly in love with each other. Minato Takatsuki goes to help her friend move house and afterward her friend Maki forces her to wear extravagant makeup and her high school clothes and go to Shibuya. In Shibuya she meets her younger brother Tooru who at first asks why she is in Shibuya dressed like that when she lies and says that she is not his sister but a girl called Noguichi Mina. Tooru is instantly attracted to her and gives her his phone number to meet again. At first hesitant, in order to stop Tooru's playboy lifestyle she goes on a date with him where he gifts her a phone. Seeing how clingy he is she assumes he is acting this way to just mess around with her and scare her possibly knowing her true identity. However, soon after he buys her an expensive purse at which time she realises that this is not a prank. She tries to reveal to him her true identity but each time he presents her with giving her expensive clothes. She then tries to be a jealous and obsessive girl in order to force him to break up with her, but he happens to like her obsessiveness—much to her dismay. Soon Minato in her true identity tries to date her childhood friend Shinji after being reunited after eight years. Meanwhile, Maki advises her to tell Tooru as Mina that she is moving away. Tooru tells Minato that he would move anywhere in Japan for his girlfriend, so Mina tells Tooru that she is moving to Ecuador. Tooru falls into a depression, stops attending his classes, and becomes a home shut-in. After Minato sees what state Tooru is in, she remanifests her Mina persona and tells him she has moved back but is living with her aunt. To keep their relationship from getting too physical, Mina tells Tooru she is a strictly adhering Catholic. However, as she spends more time with Tooru, Minato realizes she has truly fallen in love with him so she breaks up with Shinji. Minato is then caught as Mina by Shinji who tells her how disgusting her feelings are, but later takes back what he said. Minato is then found by Katsuji, a guy in her Japanese History Club, but she says she is Miki Noguchi. 'Miki' starts to be an advisor in Katsuji's love life and finds out he is in love with Minato but thinks she is dating Shinji. Miki advises him to ask Shinji if they are dating. Shinji says they are, much to both Minato and Katsuji's dismay. Meamwhile Minato tries to become closer to Tooru but fails. Tooru approaches her after their mother tells him she is acting odd. Then Minato tells Tooru how she is sorry for being distant with him after highschool and tells him that he can hang out with her again. Tooru asks Mina what he should do after Minato told him how they can hang out again and she tells him to be her friend and have lunch with her. After Minato discovers that Tooru does not have any friends she invites him to her club. Tooru soon is soon on good acquaintance with everyone and quite good friends with Katsuji. However, Shinji becomes jealous seeing the true Minato and Tooru being so close. He decides to meddle in their affairs. Shinji blackmails Minato into dating him again by threatening to tell Tooru the truth. Minato begins dating Shinji until he tells her to sleep with him which she agrees to but before they do Shinji tells her he is sorry and that they don't need date anymore and he will not tell Tooru anything realising how grossly horrible he was. Minato then decides in order to liberate Tooru and her from this false relationship she will break up with Tooru in the spring. The club begins to go on trips and Minato and Tooru become closer. When Minato falls very ill Tooru looks after her. Tooru comes to the conclusion he cannot date Mina anymore. So, when Mina meets Tooru in order to break up with him Tooru breaks up with her. He explains how he has been in love with Minato since before their parents married, and that he only dated her since they look exactly alike. Minato tells her mother that she plans on moving out into her own apartment. Her mother does not feel comfortable with her living on her own and suggests that Tooru should live with her. Tooru and Minato start living together and there is much drama to follow...

Characters
Minato Takatsuki/ Mina Noguichi/ Miki Noguichi
Played by: Nana Mori[3]

The protagonist of the story. Twenty-year-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 into her stepbrother 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 obtain vengeance for 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 of it.

Tooru Takatsuki
Played by: Hokuto Matsumura[3]

The stepbrother 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.

  • Maki Noguichi

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.

  • Shinji Karasuma

A member of the neighboring universities' Japanese history appreciation club and an architecture student. He is reunited with Minato at a club meeting after being apart for eight 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.

Media

Manga

The manga began its serialization on February 24, 2010[4], and ended its serialization on June 24, 2017.[5]

Volumes
  • 1 (November 25, 2010)[6]
  • 2 (July 25, 2011)[7]
  • 3 (March 24, 2012)[8]
  • 4 (February 13, 2013)[9]
  • 5 (December 13, 2013)[10]
  • 6 (August 12, 2014)[11]
  • 7 (May 13, 2015)[12]
  • 8 (February 12, 2016)[13]
  • 9 (November 11, 2016)[14]
  • 10 (September 13, 2017)[15]

Live-action film

In June 2020, Kodansha announced that the series will be adapted into a live-action film. The film will be directed by Saiji Yakumo, with scripts handled by Yuichi Tokunaga.[3]

Reception

Volume 4 reached the 17th place on the weekly Oricon manga charts and, as of February 17, 2013, has sold 33,969 copies;[16] volume 5 reached the 35th place[17] and, as of December 22, 2013, has sold 51,073 copies;[18] volume 6 reached the 19th place and, as of August 17, 2014, has sold 42,008 copies.[19]

It was nominated for Best Shōjo Manga at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards.[20]

References
  1. "Kodansha USA Licenses Starving Anonymous, Perfect World, Liar x Liar Manga Digitally". Anime News Network. February 27, 2018. Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  2. "Liar x Liar vo". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  3. "金田一蓮十郎「ライアー×ライアー」実写映画化！松村北斗＆森七菜がW主演（コメントあり / 動画あり）". コミックナタリー. June 23, 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  4. 金田一蓮十郎、デザート4月号より新連載スタート. Natalie (in Japanese). January 24, 2010. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  5. 「ライアー×ライアー」7年の連載に幕、自分×義弟×自分の三角関係描く. Natalie (in Japanese). June 25, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2020.
  6. "Liar x Liar jp Vol.1". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved April 7, 2015.
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  8. "Liar x Liar jp Vol.3". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  9. "Liar x Liar jp Vol.4". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  10. "Liar x Liar jp Vol.5". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  11. "Liar x Liar jp Vol.6". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  12. "Liar x Liar jp Vol.7". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  13. "Liar x Liar jp Vol.8". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved January 24, 2016.
  14. "Liar x Liar jp Vol.9". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  15. "Liar x Liar jp Vol.4". manga-news.com (in French). Retrieved February 27, 2018.
  16. "Japanese Comic Ranking, February 11–17". Anime News Network. February 20, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  17. "Japanese Comic Ranking, December 9–15". Anime News Network. December 18, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  18. "Japanese Comic Ranking, December 16–22". Anime News Network. December 30, 2013. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  19. "Japanese Comic Ranking, August 11–17". Anime News Network. August 21, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
  20. "39th Annual Kodansha Manga Awards' Nominees Announced". Anime News Network. April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 7, 2015.
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