4-nin wa Sorezore Uso wo Tsuku

4 uso is easily the hidden gem of the season. Airing on a packed day like Saturday led it to get overshadowed by other titles, but this was one of the funniest and most enjoyable rides of the year.

Japanese comedy isn’t for everyone. A lot of times it simply doesn’t hit, but on rare occasions, like 4-uso it’s genuinely hilarious. The whole story revolves around 4 girls at a school who have massive secrets they’re hiding from each other. While on the surface they’re having normal middle school girl interactions, on the inside they’re having these hilarious monologues and working out how to keep their ... true identities from one another. The show is really easy to digest, knows what it is, is confident in that identity and does a great job of presenting Japanese comedy in a digestible manner for western audiences. I found the show to be a nice de-stresser after a long week and absolutely loved the girls’ chemistry and antics. Seeing them gradually building up the confidence to be honest with each other was really nice.

The plot is pretty non-existent in the show, it’s a flavour of the week type of anime with some generally consistent themes, but no deep story or anything. But, the gags and skits are more than enough to keep you satisfied.

I think this is a perfect show for people who typically don’t think anime is funny, but still want to give comedy a try. It’s got a bit of magic to it that’s really hard to describe and needs to be watched to be believed. Do yourself a favour and check it out.

4-uso gets 8 UFOs out of 10.

4-nin Uso does bring to mind comparisons to similar shows such as Asobi Asobase and JoshiMuda, in that it's a show with a primarily female cast (well, almost) that deals in rough, physical comedy instead of the usual girls being cute-and-nice-to-each-other affair. Although this one is a lot less grounded in reality.

The premise is simple, with the show often having each character fulfill their roles through out each episode's runtime. They can get pretty repetitive, especially with the Narrator over-explaining the jokes at times. I didn't mind this much, since I do like the Narrator butting in at times, but they do age the joke ... and add to the repetition. A petty complaint I have is that the series doesn't go far enough in exploiting its characters for their full potential, like, the Rikka=Alien Colonel joke is pretty funny but it's never really taken anywhere beyond the same set of jokes. Same with everyone else really. I think the most was the show actually turning Tsuyoshi into a girl or replacing him with the real Tsubasa, but otherwise it's all fairly one note.

While not bland or boring, 4-nin Uso presents itself as an entertaining show but one that's never laugh-out-loud or especially memorable. It's a fine watch, but nothing special.

6/10

I misjudged this anime, I was suspicious from the start.

The first thing is the strange character backgrounds, really very strange, starting from aliens and others.

The second thing is Tsukkomi, or the person who responds, among these 4 characters only 1 responds the most, even though sometimes it's not expressed directly, but it's quite boring.
Yes, who else if not someone who can read everyone's mind? Among the other strange characters, only the mind reader excels, and who gives a lot of Tsukkomi to the other characters' behavior.

In my opinion, if it's like this, it's better to watch Saiki Kusuo, with the same power of ... being able to read minds but with better storytelling and comedy. compared to this one, it's just all girls, and for me this is very boring.