Mottomo Utsukushii Uso no Koto

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Painter Yukari Yohito will soon realize that despite all that he's been through, leaving his umbrella on a train will be the one thing that changes his life. Completely in tune with his paintings, Yukari is a genius at the canvas; however he is completely useless at living life. One day fellow art student Kurosu Keiichiro realizes Yukari has forgotten his umbrella on the train and quickly tries to return it-- having been a huge fan of Yukari's work, he strikes up a friendship. Keiichiro begins coming by to take care of things for the neurotic artist. However, the more he involves himself in Yukari's complex life the deeper Keiichiro's feelings begin to run. It's no longer mere friendship or even admiration that moves him, but just what should he do about it?

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Type

Manga

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Associated Names

An Even More Beautiful Lie

Mottomo Utsukushii Usono Koto

Sai mo Utsukushii Uso no Koto

Un si joli mensonge (French)

回不去的两人

最も美しい嘘のこと

最美的謊言

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Latest Release(s)

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Status in Country of Origin

1 Volume (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Anime Start/End Chapter

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User Rating

Average: 7.3 / 10.0 (46 votes)

Bayesian Average: 6.9 / 10.0

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Last Updated

June 27th, 2020 12:59pm PDT - 5 years ago

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Genre

Drama Mature Psychological Shounen Ai
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Recommendations

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Author(s)

KANAI Kei

Artist(s)

KANAI Kei

Year

2010

Original Publisher

Taiyo Tosho

Serialized In (magazine)

HertZ (Taiyo Tosho)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Juné (1 Volume - Complete/Digital & Print)

Renta!

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3 Month Pos #2273

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Year Pos #7220

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Couldn't understand it, didn't finish

by Iretsia
4 years ago

Rating: 4.0 / 10.0

This author's Eigyou Nika is one of my all time favorites, but I couldn't finish this one. I read it on Renta, but I still kept wondering whether I had a bad translation or the pages were out of order. I just couldn't follow what was happening, so I stopped reading in ch. 2.

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Sharp difference between the serialised version and the tankoban version

by jalsy
12 years ago

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I've read both the serialised version and the tankoban version upon reading comments that the serialised version is much better than the tankoban version in terms of story pacing and the presentation of the ending. The tankoban version however delved deeper in the thoughts of Kurosu, and elaborated more on certain scenes.

The difference did not just ended there, weirdly enough. Portions of dialogue were also rewritten and art redrawn, the meanings of certain scenes were totally different between the serialised version and the tankoban version, and shirt patterns too also differed. I understand that usually in tankobans, mangakas sometimes redraw certain panels and edit certain parts of dialogue for clarity or upon feedback from readers, however this tankoban was weirdly vastly different from the serialised version, and weirdly was worse than the serialised version.

But what baffled me the most was the ending. The tankoban ending was unsatisfying, even though the serialised version had a definitive ending.

The serialised version ending had Kurosu and Yukari professing their love for each other and an obligatory H scene, which finalised their relationship explicitly. I have no idea why the mangaka decided to leave it out of the tankoban.

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I would love to give a rating but

by mtmt1311
12 years ago

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The art is superb, the story could be interesting and touching but I cant get to the story. The translation was so bad. I spent most of the time trying to figure out what they're trying to say. The end was really sudden too.

the bloody/dirty hands thing just came and went (maybe something lost in translation again)

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Pretty average...unfortunately.

by streetwalker
13 years ago

Rating: 7.0 / 10.0

I wish I could have liked this more because it had all the base ingredients of a good BL manga. The characters were likeable, the setting was intriguing and the idea quite touching, and yet despite the potential, this book wasn't very good either. The art is only average, the dialogue confusing and the pacing erratic to the point that I couldn't really get into the story and root for the characters. Not saying it was a waste of money but I probably won't be reading it again...

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asdgaieuha[oi

by Baniita
13 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

That was really effing beautiful. ; v; I liked it a lot~
The art is also really good.
It was quite well written, in my opinion, despite the cliches. It's not meant to just be read--it's easy to be swept up in the emotions. Not everything flows or makes sense at first.
I don't recommend it if you're just into yaoi for pointless smut.

Kurosu really is like the Anubis that Yukari portrays on canvas.
I found the rape scene really out of place and quite pointless at first, but then when you realize that oh, Kurosu is the way he is now because of Yukari. It seems Yukari "tamed" him or something through his work. (Or so I believe.) Kurosu as a male yandere was interesting.
The way that Yukari puts his art before everything (even his own health)... But when Kurosu became his muse, it was... Really, really moe. Ffff. <3

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Good story, not enough H

by yuzurenai
14 years ago

Rating: 7.9 / 10.0

This manga only has one story sadly, no extras / or oneshots. The story was well thought once you read through it half way. The relationship was set in automatically and how it was built was pretty nice. Just how it ended with no H-scene from the two. Only H that was -bleh- imo is that rape one...
Overall its a good read, more tension and a bit of angst.

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