Jul 27, 2023
Liar Liar is one of the most aggressively mid shows that I've seen so far. If you're easy to please, like me, you'll definitely get enjoyment out of it, but a lot of viewers might have to squeeze the enjoyment out instead... which, why would you do that when you can just watch something good? Once again, I'm very easy to please, so a few of the things I'll say are good might just be average to most people; just keep in mind that this review, like all others, is subjective.
The good:
- The opening bangs, like really hard.
- The visuals are quite good, in my
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opinion! While most people are saying they're mid or bad, I really don't see it. The visual quality is at the very least above-average, and I would say quite great.
- The games they actually play are quite interesting, but that comes with a big asterisk that I'll talk about later.
- The humor is on par most of the time.
The mid:
- Yes, the characters are complete tropes. No, I can't bring myself to dislike them. There's something about these characters that makes me really like most of them so far. Objectively, you've seen all these characters before in other anime you've seen. Nothing truly special here, but most of them aren't horrible, either.
- The worldbuilding is... decent? The setting itself is great. Most things are established well and established quickly, but that has the detriment of huge exposition dumps, especially in the first episode. It's also not really explained why students try to get stars or what that even has to do with their actual studies... that's kind of just handwaved.
The bad:
- Here's that huge asterisk. The anime is contrived as all hell. Most of the time the characters are talking about "skills" you'll just be confused and wondering what random stuff the author pulled out of their ass this time. It's genuinely frustrating a lot of times. This extends to the rules of the games, where there'll be something that's not explained until just the right time for Mr. Protagonist to pull some BS and win.
- The protagonist is in this weird state of being both completely incompetent and weirdly smart at times. The initial twist where you find out that the protagonist isn't actually what he's saying he is is totally fine, but sets the show up for disappointment because you know that he is not going to lose any games. If you want a protagonist that's just your average Joe that's been thrust into this situation, they need to lose sometimes too. There needs to be a struggle, because the fact that he just seems to effortlessly win every game because of... hacking, I guess? feels like a huge contrivance and contradictory to what they're saying he is. Maybe this will be explained later.
Overall, if you like good visuals and just want something to occupy your time without worrying too much about overall quality, it's doubtful you'll go wrong with this anime, but there's really a lot of better stuff to occupy your time with if you value that kind of thing. That being said, I can't bring myself to rate this lower than a 5, because I genuinely enjoyed most of it. This anime certainly gets worse the more you go on, so consider dropping as soon as your frustration hits its peak.
Reviewer’s Rating: 5
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