Manhwa Novella Collection 1: Lie to Me

I’m not sure what possessed me to get these, because I’m sure I won’t really like them.  While this one wasn’t terrible, it wasn’t spectacular either.  There was one story that was kinda good, one story which was kinda… eh, and one story which was terrible and I couldn’t tell who any of the characters were, or even whether or not some of them were boys or girls.  There was a twist at the end, I think, where you find out that one of the characters knew the teacher… wait, I just got it.  Oh man, that’s pretty bad.  So yeah, the third story is lousy.

The first story is where the anthology gets its title.  A girl tries to collect a substantial debt from a boy who just moved out of her condo, and the boy winds up getting amnesia.  Because she wants her money, and because he is a jerk, she tells him they’ve been dating the past couple months.  Of course, this blows up in her face near the end, and the acutal reason for his memory loss has to do with… another, who in addition to being random, was a total mysterious hypocrite.  The characters are kind of annoying, but the story is set up in such a way that it stays kind of fresh throughout, and while you know that the girl is gonna get her comeuppance at the end, getting there was pretty good.  But… it wasn’t anything to write home about.

The second story was about a guy who was kind of a creep who sought out a girl who kissed him in a cafe for a bet.  He went drill sargeant on her ass and started dragging her places.  I have no idea what drew these two together.  The main character stays kind of distant throughout too, even though she’s kind of the narrator, and the setup on this one was a little weird.  I kinda liked it, but it was of a much lower quality than the first one, and the first story isn’t particularly good.  And yeah, the third story sucks and is short, so I’m not even gonna go into that.

Thumbs down on this one, though maybe you’ll like it if you follow… June?  She does June, which Netcomics also publishes, and OH MY GOD she also does Click, which is a series I love.  I don’t know, maybe these are much earlier stories?  The third story is clearly an older one since the art is also rough.  I don’t know.  I like Click and didn’t like this, so I don’t know where that leaves this book.