Reviews

Jitsu wa Watashi wa was truly a great and unexpected ride. Its main focus is ridiculous comedy, which relies a lot on funny reaction faces and creepy smiles. Every chapter gives reader meme-worthy material and many scenes made me facepalm while grinning due to their sheer absurdity. At the same time it actually tells a really interesting story with nicely integrated romance, some feels and even some plot twists that had proper foreshadowing. Thanks to its length it also offers tons of progression and development, although, because of comedic focus, those can be hard to notice until some more important points in story. This manga includes some haremish elements, but doesn’t fall into cliches and doesn’t drag it out by annoyingly dense characters - their stupidity is natural and purely comedic.
Speaking about characters: yes, pretty much everyone in this story is an idiot. Still, you can’t help but love those idiots. Whether it’s because they are such amazing characters or just because I got used to them through so many chapters, I really liked every single weirdo from this, rather big, cast. Despite the number of characters, there was good focus on people outside of main couple, including some pairings and meaningful development.
One more thing worth mentioning here is that, Jitsu wa Watashi wa has proper ending. It wasn’t rushed or axed, last arc and epilogue are long and satisfying. All the questions get answered, all the loose ends tied. After reading it, even if I felt sad that it ended, I didn’t wish it continued. It’s a perfectly ended story - something I don’t see often.

Art in this manga changed a lot during its course. In the early chapters it looked… pretty bad. Characters had weird faces and as anime watcher I wasn’t happy with it. Luckily, It quickly picked up, characters started looking “softer” and more funny, so don’t get discouraged by that. In the later chapters art is very good and there are a lot of beautiful scenes and effects.
As I mentioned earlier, there is a big focus on characters’ faces. Their reactions, smirks, stares etc. are really well drawn and extremely funny. While most of those rely on rather “ugly” style that’s meant to be creepy, author also proved to be able to draw more cute expressions, which can be seen e.g. during romantic scenes.
What this art doesn’t work with, are sexy scenes. I assume author just never wanted to go into ecchi territory - the result is that even in panels dedicated to a pervert doing perverted stuff we see comedy first and foremost, with characters being barely erotic. Despite being a fan of ecchi myself, it didn’t really bother me. Calling this manga wholesome would feel weird, but it sure isn’t something you need to hide from others.

Overall, reading Jitsu wa Watashi wa was really worth the time I spent on it. It was funny, it was crazy and it was beautiful. It’s way too long to read it all at once, but as long as you don’t try doing that, I’m sure this manga can be enjoyed by most readers. I honestly recommend it to anyone who enjoys random and absurd comedy.