The Boy Who Cried Wolf Tells Another Lie to me is a story that will never gain the largest notoriety or praise for what it does, but what it does try to do it does exceedingly well. It's not the most dramatic, the most suspenseful, the most intense love story out there, but rather a simple, cute and quaint one.

The main thing that I love about this manga is that it doesn't really do anything wrong. I can find almost no faults with the presentation, plot, art, pacing or characters. Everything that needs to be there is, and anything that serves no purpose is cut out. The plot follows our MC, who has a scary face so no girls will want to talk to him. He soon falls in love with a girl at his school that doesn't find him scary, but gets flat out rejected when he confesses. After becoming depressed, his brother makes him crossdress and go around town where he saves the girl he likes from a few thugs, and ends up trying to help the girl get over her fear of guys. Later, the girl's friend falls in love with the MC while the girl falls in love with the crossdressed form of the MC, leading to tension and serves as the main crux of the plot. Now, while crossdressing does play a major role in the plot, it is not the focus of it, but rather just a tool to set up the main conflict. So for those worried that the story turns into some weird territory, don't worry about it, it's totally tame.

While I'm on the topic of plot, I might as well go over the pacing as well. This manga is a perfect example of what good pacing should look like. Nothing that is introduced doesn't serve a purpose in the story: sometimes it's to show the growing relationship between the MC and the two main girls, sometimes it's to forward the plot, sometimes it's to help the MC reach a conclusion, but all of it is pretty much needed for the story to run as well as it does. Most people tend to hate fillers and the like in romance type stories since a lot of them take forever for developments to occur. This trend is prevalent in shoujo and harem style manga, but it's not something you have to worry about here.

The characters are all really well made for the story here. You could say that they are relatively underdeveloped compared to characters of longer stories, but I would argue that that's not the case since this story is not meant to be some sort of long character drama. We are given just enough history and development to feel like we know and understand the characters and are invested in their growth. The chemistry between the two girls is great, the chemistry between the girls and the MC is nice and cute, the characters change and show different sides of themselves all throughout the manga as they become more intimate with each other, all leading to an overall, pleasant experience. I personally also really enjoy how the MC makes a pivotal choice in the manga before it gets made for him, despite all the consequences it might bring, so good for him.

The art in this manga is pretty well done for the most part. I enjoy the vibe that it brings with it's soft lines.

Overall this story really fills a niche that I don't see too often in manga: a not overly dramatic, mid length romance with likeable characters, with the focus being on the guy. It doesn't try to get overly fancy or dramatic with what it presents, with everything being done so well and concisely that it's hard to dislike. It stands as one of the top romance mangas on my list for everything ti does right.