I came across this manga in a discord server I was in, where I saw someone recommending it and labeling it as "the best drama manga I've ever read".
I decided not to read it online and I bought the only volume and read it under an hour. This is my first ever manga review.
"Kamisama ga Uso wo Tsuku." is a deep story which is very well put together and with distinctive characters who each have their own personalities and weird tics.
The story introduces to you the main character as a 11 year old boy called Natsuru Nanao who's living with his mom. He's the ace of his soccer team and has a hard time talking to girls. He takes an interest in his female classmate Rio and eventually asks her to stay with a cat he found abbandoned on the streets.
(This short text summarizes about 1/3 of the whole plot)
I liked the story, it was relatively deep and interesting. You are actually introduced to a big variety of characters taking into account the fact that this is only 5 chapters long. I found the art actually the least appealing parameter although it was not bad. In my opinion this manga had content and potencial for having more chapters, the story feels a little bit rushed even though you can barely notice it.
You meet characters that don't change shit in the outcome of the story and you meet others that although seem small plotwise, are actually important for the development of other characters.
Then after analysing my own thoughts, I couldn't think of any other score to give this manga but 8. It's to the point I can't give more than 8 because I just don't see those magnificent strengths that would increase my score. And I can't go any lower because it's an amazing story with such great characters.
Story- 9
Art- 7
Character- 10
Enjoyment- 8
It was a good experience reading this manga, although I was expecting more after having a glimpse at some reviews. I'll probably give it another shot in a near future just to confirm everything I thought about my first impression of the manga, but for now The Gods lied but I didn't.
