Introduction
Han Yuxi, a young woman who is insecure about her appearance, has tolerated criticism and abuse all her life. Devastated upon learning that her boyfriend has been cheating on her, she decides to take action and goes to a hospital to receive plastic surgery. There, she meets with plastic surgeon Ling Huantao, who wants to recreate the face of his vegetative wife who he is obsessed with. Huantao offers Yuxi the hope of living a better life, but a new face may not provide her with the happiness that she desperately desires.
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Audience reviews
6 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
ShammyMika123
The story was well written. Ups and downs but sheds light on alot. Give it a try if you are into emotional anime. Very unpredictable I should say. The MC's reactions is something people do regularly which I always felt was dumb but im glad I sat through the whole thing to see how her personality changed. The art style was unique I was skeptical at first but ehh got over it. The last episode was animated lovely and will please whoever sits through it. I dont review anime often but I had to review this one because I almost dropped it. I am just rambling on now. I would recommend it.
Read at the sourceCaptainKenshiro
I initially wanted to watch this series two weeks ago but held it back for a while because I wanted to watch and review all the drama/thriller movies about some surgeon killing young girls to implant their skins on a relative of his who suffered some accident that I could find before this one series. Was it worth it? No, but not because of this show, but rather because most of those films were quite crappy.
Besides a somewhat similar premise though, Huang Yan goes in a completely different direction, as it starts with the main character having several surgeries done to her because of all the shit she was receiving for being ugly, and the surgeon that did them becoming obsessed with her because he can remake her as his wife that’s in a coma.
So, out of all the previous movies about the top…
Read at the sourcexXDAGGERHEARTXx
Face on Lie was a very tense, fascinating series, my first donghua and a good introduction to the medium as it's an underappreciated gem.
The themes of the story are a bit on the nose but I don't think that's necessarily a bad thing. Even though it was unsubtle with its messaging it was still consistently the animation equivalent to a page turner; I just couldn't stop watching to see what happened. You really come to care for Han Yuxi and want to see her make it through and get away from those trying to hurt and abuse her.
The animation was a bit of a hit and miss situation, when it looked good it looked really good but it did have a tendency to slip into some awkwardness here and there. Some character models were distracting in their proportions, like 2D designs not meant to be seen in…
Read at the sourceKhashishi
I'm going to have to put this up there with Link Click and Mo Dao Zu Shi as shining masterpieces of donghua. I was left after the end with that clammy empty feeling when all emotions are completely wrung out. This is criminally underrated at 6.72 at this time. I can only imagine it is due to a strong bias against donghua and against 3D CGI, and against adult drama in favor of pretty fight scenes. (The stats show a very anormal distribution. This is probably due to dishonest voting.) The visuals here are not the strong point, but I think people rate visuals too highly. The screenplay, story and direction is pretty much flawless.
The story remains tense and nail-biting over the entire series. Nearly every episode feels like a cliff-hanger, and the unease never really goes away even during t…
Read at the sourceGPDonghua
This donghua has quite the interesting setting. It's set in a modern or near future setting, and focuses on many psychological and societal issues that are now part of our lives because of what our world has become. The plot revolves around a low self-esteem, "ugly" young women who is bullied and judge because of her looks. She is depressed, in a self-destructive relationship and even turns to self harm as a way of coping. Eventually she overhears of some truths she has been intentionally convincing herself is not true, and so turns to plastic surgery to try to start life anew. Unfortunately, there is no reset button or new game option, as the past can never truly be washed away. Through this experience she grows as a person, finds that she is not as alone as she thought, and finally embra…
Read at the sourceMitsuori
This is very suprising for me, i didn't expect to enjoy this as much as i did, watched with a friend & they also agree with me in saying:
Han yuxi (Main Character) had fantastic character development. I wasn't expecting to like this series since I don't usually watch or read donghua stories but this very satisfying to watch & thrilling right until the end. 谢谢.
The story aimed to deliver messages about society & the perspective of the world, as well as the illusions we draw for ourselves regarding materialistic desires. If you can look past the animation style , i would definitely recommend giving this a try
If anyone wants to know the name of the songs played:
Opening/ending: 谎颜 (《谎颜》动画主题曲)
Final episode han yuxi speech: 茧 (《谎颜》 动画插曲)
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