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 hitand 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 three dimensions.