Sensei no Shiroi Uso
Sensei's Pious Lie
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Sensei no Shiroi Uso

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: Teacher's White Lie
Japanese: 先生の白い嘘
English: Sensei's Pious Lie
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 8
Chapters: 49
Status: Finished
Published: Aug 22, 2013 to Sep 22, 2017
Genre: Drama Drama
Demographic: Seinen Seinen
Serialization: Morning Two
Authors: Torikai, Akane (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 6.561 (scored by 17981,798 users)
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Ranked: #154752
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Popularity: #3840
Members: 5,711
Favorites: 31

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Sensei's Pious Lie
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Synopsis

Misuzu Hara is a quiet, reserved 24-year-old high school teacher whose world is turned upside down after her friend’s fiancé rapes her. Her attempt to connect with one of her students, himself a victim of sexual trauma, results in an unlikely romance, and the repercussions of these events affect everyone around them in often unpredictable ways.

(Source: Kodansha USA)

Background

Sensei no Shiroi Uso was published in English as Sensei's Pious Lie by Kodansha USA under the Vertical Comics imprint as 2-in-1 omnibus volumes from April 26, 2022 to October 25, 2022.

Characters

Niizuma
Supporting

Reviews

Feb 22, 2023
FunnyFunny
Trigger warning for basically everything that comes with toxic masculinity.

STORY: 6

A heavy story focusing on the relationships of a female school teacher and the persons around her. The focus is on woman/man interactions and for once dynamics of power (aka sexism) are at the center of the story.

ART: 6

Akane Torikai's art is pleasant but clearly not the focus here.

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Dec 9, 2023
Mixed Feelings
I'm conflicted, because even though I didn't really enjoy the story -and I was frankly tempted to put it down more than a couple times-, at others it did seem to grasp me quite firmly. I think that the overall execution is disappointing, and that some of the messages it conveys are questionable, if not outright problematic (particularily about that one relationship). Regardless, I do feel that there's a lot of potential there that hasn't been quite tapped into, kinda like an idea that hasn't yet had the chance to develop to its full extension.

While I believe this one in particular was a miss, I ...
Jun 8, 2019
What starts off as an interesting but dark story devolves into a convoluted mess of contradictory preaching.

The author tries to make some sort of nuanced statement about the relationships between men and women and the natural power struggle they're locked in, but ends up implying some absolutely horrifying hot takes such as:

Women may say they hate rape, but in reality they love it!
Trying to abort another woman's baby isn't a bad thing, because a MAN made you do it.
Women have no agency
The only way to overcome rape is to find another man. Good dick cancels out bad dick; it's math!
Emotions dictate everything, and that's a ...

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