Audience reviews
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MonteMonte
I first watched Koi to Uso at the time it aired, which was loooong ago. Now, I had forgotten most things about it other than that I liked it, so I decided to rewatch it to see if that still held up. And it didn't, kind of. The premise I still really like, but at its core, this is a standard love triangle show that we've all seen countless times.
So, Japan's birth rate is collapsing, and in response the government runs the "Yukari System", assigning everyone a marriage partner. In this show, Yukari Nejima, after confessing to his childhood crush (Misaki Takasaki), gets a notice assigning him to another woman, Ririna Sanada. After that it starts following standard love triangle tropes, both forcefully manufacturing and ending flat drama, resulting in a poor ending that I saw as a cheap cop-…
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The opening theme of Koi to Uso is simply fantastic.
Before discussing any other aspect of the work, I need to highlight how much it impacted me. The music is extremely captivating, has an addictive rhythm, and an energy that perfectly matches the anime's atmosphere. Furthermore, the lyrics, especially when translated, are very well-written and manage to convey feelings that directly relate to the story. Honestly, I like this opening so much that it influences my overall assessment of the work. I listened to it practically every day when I watched it, and it's still on my playlist today; it's even one of the songs I use to work out at the gym, haha.
Moving on to what I consider the weakest aspect of the work, we have the animation. It's not bad animation, far from it. The visuals are ple…
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i dont like the anime cause manga better allways but thats not even the beging whats wrong abt this adaptation the art its bad i dont recognize misaki the way shes animated and drawn its bad you can compare them anime to manga the diferences are big and the voice actors kinda dont matches my expectations cuz i read the whole manga first than watch the anime so in conclusion i recomand reading the manga instead thats what i did idk abt yall but when i read it i had other voice actors in my mind when i wass reading it.
Read at the sourceSmilomaniac
There seems to be a misunderstanding between what the author sets out to do and what people get out of this show.
It seems to me to be an exploration of what a person would do in a system where people are arranged to be together based on optimal pairings, but where love is clearly a thing that exists.
The issue is that people are looking for a set story, not a wishy-washy back and forth from an indecisive and painfully cowardly main character.
Because the author or script writers want you to think about it, they haven’t bothered fleshing out this alternate reality.
I was hung up on the government program manipulating people and essentially playing with their lives. We all have things that offend us and boy did I find this notion absolutely offensive on the same level as involuntary human…
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I watched Koi to Uso (including OVA), also known as Love and Lies or Koi to Kuso. Here are my thoughts:
Koi to Uso is about a group of highschool students in a world where marital partners are assigned by the government. Most of the story revolves around the MC's affections being divided between his government-assigned partner and the girl he naturally desires.
My first impulse was to drop this, and for about half a year I did, but I ended up coming back to it out of curiosity. What I discovered is that Koi to Uso is an utterly ridiculous show but it has enough redeeming qualities to be enjoyable. For the record, I have never read the manga.
The story of this literally feels like a 13-year-old's creative writing assignment. Everything has this juvenile logic to it; the story demands a l…
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Compare to others (main characters) in many different rom-com shows, this main character is more bad than I thought he was in the start. I don't know how the main story is outside of the adaptation, but in my opinion, the main character in this anime is too stupid, he is easily swayed by pretty girls, although it is understandable. The main character of this anime has many worries and thoughts, but actually his personality makes me quite hate him. But as for the main plot developments, it's actually quite fascinating. Even though I didn't like the main character's way of thinking and acting, I couldn't take my eyes off the situations that happened throughout the episodes. I'll give you a recommendation to watch another series, but if you're still committed to this love story, consider it a…
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Koi To Uso, is a romantic slice-of-life anime is adapted from the manga with the same same and identical plotline, based in alternative version of modern Japan, where the Government assigns partners to every child to boost childbirth and combat lower birthrates.
One of the best romantic animes I have every watched - blend of humour and melancholy, grievance and unconditional love, determination to protect the one you love even though you may not be able to live your life with that person, regret and happiness, gains and sacrifice - with good quality sound track, beautiful artistic styles, and of course good music.
"Telling lies to protect someone you love will only destroy you/them in the end" formed the basis of the anime/manga.
The first episode was of huge enjoyment with humour with…
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The story is another generic romance which is about a guy who has a crush on his classmate. The background story on how he had a feelings for her is really ridiculous.
The animation is 3/10
( i don't like big eyes and the character's design isn't that good)
Plot is 5/10 - Plain average, not good but not also bad.
Story is 3.5/10 very awful.
Voice acting is 5/10 as well not bad but not good. I guess the animation affected the voice acting.
So overall this show is a waste of time and if you want to kill time, this is the perfect show for you.
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Summary: Under right conditions and mood 9/10, otherwise 6/10 at best
I can't stand these reviews that completely overlook the main points of this anime. I do agree that it has its flaws, and that it is a 6/10 show at best for people who watch it just for the sake of watching it, but i found it very enjoyable and immersive under right conditions. So here are some questions to ask yourself before watching it:
Have you burned out with action anime?
Do you want to make your heart giggle?
Have you watched all the other generally well praised romance anime?
If all of the three answers are yes, then I would highly recommend this show! The whole show managed to capture my attention and made me watch it in a single binge. The one thing I noticed that this anime does better than some of the well k…
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My rating is 100% correct and noone can deny it
Lets see...
+1 for the lovable cast of characters that everyone can relate to
+1 for the goverment handing out condoms and publicly showing porn to a bunch of 16yo brats in a cinema
+1 for the extraordinarily sparkly saliva that pours down in every kiss scene like in a good hentai
+1 for the embarassing writting that had me occasinally skip half of the episode
+1 because it has cliche romeo and juliet drama play in the cultural festival
+1 for the one insignificant gay friend noone asked for that magically saves the MC +1 for utterly pointless ending
+1 for being easily torrentable show so everyone can see this failure and never repeat the same mistakes
Add all points up and you get eight, so 8/10...
Read at the sourceLilGuzzi
In this Review I will only go into what I enjoyed:
Going into this to this anime, the topic and premise sounded like a interesting idea and had the potential of going deeper into the idea of state sponsored marriages and the idea of what love is and how we define it. As a person that comes from a background where arranged marriages are common and love marriages are to be more looked down upon, but growing up in a society where the opposite is true, this dilemma really seemed interesting to me.
One part that I liked was how the author went into depth on, how many crushes are formed and how feelings develop in unconventional means that are really hard to convoy. Like when Nejima was asked if he fell in love with Takasaki when he gave her the other half of the easer or did he do that before…
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Lonely girl with no friends meets boy as marriage partner who had just found out the person he loves, loves him too. It just feels like a tragic love story and the symbolism through Romeo and Juliet, the idea in class to reject government control as part of teenage rebellion, and a government so threatened penalties are in place for rejecting a match, makes it very interesting to me and not something I had seen anime wise before.
I found it easy to empathize with some of the characters, as they were forced together almost, with no real knowledge of each other, no real feelings, and no real experience when in my case parents tried pushing us together. There is an uncomfortable feeling about the parents are living vicariously through you for the mistakes they think they made, or for the sta…
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Watching Koi to Uso was like watching a trainwreck unfold in front of my eyes. The MC is a spineless guy who had been harbouring feelings for a girl in his class since he was young. He keeps it hidden and doesn't say this to anyone including the girl until the day before he turns 16, to his surprise she had been in love with him for all these years too. However, in this world everyone gets a notice for their scientifically chosen partners at the age of 16. His notice arrives and it is not her, but someone else. He tells her about the first girl and as she has never experienced love before, she decides to support his relationship. Soon we see them get into a situationship where they like each other but at the same time care and love the other girl more. At the…
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I hated this anime, never have I wanted to murder an MC this much because how much of a beta cuck this dude is. Every single second when I hoped for a redemption arc and for the protag to stop being a pussy and actually choose a girl I would always be disappointed. And the worst thing is that the premise of the story is actually very interesting and has a ton of potential yet the author failed to treat it like a drama-romcom but rather than a harem. Admittedly I like harem, but the synopsis made it painfully obvious that this story was supposed to have only one heroine at the end and having that thought in mind, I cannot help but scream in agony after every episode where they would reinforce stupid situations where both girls have to lewd the MC or some shit making this already stupid and…
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Koi To Uso is mediocre at best.
The plot progression is much worse than expected. You turn on the first episode, right in your face comes in forced marriage, MC meeting this girl like once in elementary school via a flashback, then them somehow ending up on a park bench, doing romantic stuff.....and yeah. It's just like, why? Why was there not plot progression? it's like we got no background on this guy, no background on his parents, or family, there's almost no plot other than kiss a girl 10000000000 times because the MC still supposedly likes this girl, if you're going to make a good romance anime, at LEAST add some sort of plot backstory/progression to get it going.
Oh let's not talk about the writing, its.......honestly horrible. It's kind of like you took a normal japanese anime sc…
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At the beginning, the show brings on a good story with an interesting love triangle and a gay secret love, which isn't that common in this kind of anime. But slowly turns into a repetitive and also a vicious circle of weird romance that actually is a well done representation of young love, but it turns that it's in a constant state of doing the things over and over at a point that you may be annoyed by the characters. The story itself is not that good, but when you continue it in the manga, it gets a lot more better. Also, the soundtrack goes along with the show so good, the opening catches the main intention of the plot. The opening by Frederic uses some dynamics in the song that helps a lot to give more drama from the very beginning.
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Koi To Uso has a magic to it, and it immediately captivated me.
Its simplicity is something I find quite unique. But it's more than that, really.
While the synopsis or the characters are mostly generic, the human interactions in Koi To Uso catch the most fundamental part of human connection - honesty. Their naivete allows them to talk from a free, genuine place, and even though it is sometimes cringy, I find it truly amazing.
And yes, the show is not perfect. There are some problems with the portrayal of love, lust and consent in the anime, and some generic backstories or forced conspiration subplots, but there are great parts too.
I found the portrayal of sexual identity and sexual presence in daily life quite accurate (and also wildly inaccurate), but as a teen that's experienced them…
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One of the most weirdest but somehow enjoyable and easy to get into animes that have I have watched.
Story 4/10
The anime is set to a modern day Japan where to battle the low birthrates the Japanese Goverment implements a new system that matches people together. The matched people must be married together.The matches are based on a compatability calculations.The main character confesses his feeling to the girl he likes but he gets matched with another girl which creates a weird triangle.The new girl is into netorare(althought it isnt stated) because she lets her future husband kiss a girl right infront of her even though this was before she developted any feeling for the main character.After they become aware of each other feeling it becomes a weirder love traingle and kinda like a harem…
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First off would I recommend watching this show. If you're a romance drama fan then yeah definitely. I really liked it. I'd probably watch it again.
Story: Honestly I like it. It kept me entertained. Without spoiling much. The drama between the characters come from a good place like they all just want to help each other out to do what's best for everyone, but that in itself of helping others has causes drama. There are some aspects of being selfish to get what you want, but that's the name of the game when it comes to love. It's a different type of drama that I personally enjoyed. Though if I had to give one complaint I'd say the end results could've been better lol.
Art: The character designs are pretty basic, but the eyes make me love the character designs.
Sound: OP and ED are alright…
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Koi to uso is a love drama that touches the heart, right in the first minutes of the first episode you can see where this story goes, every episode is a rollercoaster. It's the 1st anime I've seen, which shows what it is true love, passion and all the physical contacts you want to have with the person you love, not in an exaggerated way but being very faithful to reality. I can identify with the main character because I'm a little shy, but at the same time I can have friends and be happy with them and have a good relationship with the family. I'm rooting for every second that everything works out for the main character. This anime isn't about crying as there's no room for it, and instead it leaves you with a really tight grip on your heart wishing we'd switch places with the main character…
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