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“Orphan trickster Utsuho vows to fight evil with lies and mischief after a childhood tragedy.”
Itsuwaribito
いつわりびと◆空◆
7.83
1,374 rank · 7,234 readers · 166 favorites
Shounen
Action
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Synopsis
Orphan trickster Utsuho vows to fight evil with lies and mischief after a childhood tragedy.
Utsuho's truthfulness as a child resulted in an enormous catastrophe, and he decided to lie from that day forward. Raised in a village of orphans by a monk, Utsuho is an unrepentant troublemaker. The monk eventually inspires him to help people, but there's no way Utsuho's going to lead an honest life! Instead, he's going to use his talents for mischief and deception for good! (Source: MU)
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Derived from 7 sampled reviews
8.4
/10
What 7 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 9
mode 9
σ 1.05
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Strong agreement
σ 1.05 · scores cluster tight
The polarity gap
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.57
Running avg · Aug 2011 → Nov 2024
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “A great and sadly underrated story. I barely ever hear anyone even discuss this manga but it was an all time favorite and the characters were endearing and incredible. Utsuho is skilled and funny...”
- 7 “Itsuwaribito I first came across the manga in the library, and I was bored enough to read a whole new series since I had caught up with the whole One piece manga. My eye crossed Itsuwaribito a few...”
- 8 “This manga was pretty dang good if memory serves me correctly. While there were definitely pacing issues in the early parts of the story (We meet quite a few characters over the span of the first...”
Verbosity
Short · 14%
Medium · 71%
Long · 14%
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A Manga Publication
- Format 224 × 23 ch × vol
- Total read 29h 52m approx
- Published Jan 2009 – Sep 2013
- Source Manga media type
- Ref. BS-M10818 catalog