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* ArcWords: The title of the series ("The truth is, I am…"). It's not only about the characters revealing that they are not human, but also about them coming to terms with their feelings.
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* IdenticalPanelGag: The author seems to like repeating the position of characters and bubbles between two pages. There is notably an elaborate one in the scene where [[http://bato.to/read/_/276749/jitsu-wa-watashi-wa_ch44_by_underdog-scans/13 Akane]] [[http://bato.to/read/_/276749/jitsu-wa-watashi-wa_ch44_by_underdog-scans/14 tastes]] [[http://bato.to/read/_/276749/jitsu-wa-watashi-wa_ch44_by_underdog-scans/15 Aizawa's]] [[http://bato.to/read/_/276749/jitsu-wa-watashi-wa_ch44_by_underdog-scans/16 cakes]]. It even repeats the general pannel layout!

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* IdenticalPanelGag: The author seems to like repeating the position of characters and characters, bubbles and even the general panel layout between two pages. There is notably an elaborate one instance in the scene where [[http://bato.to/read/_/276749/jitsu-wa-watashi-wa_ch44_by_underdog-scans/13 Akane]] [[http://bato.to/read/_/276749/jitsu-wa-watashi-wa_ch44_by_underdog-scans/14 tastes]] [[http://bato.to/read/_/276749/jitsu-wa-watashi-wa_ch44_by_underdog-scans/15 Aizawa's]] [[http://bato.to/read/_/276749/jitsu-wa-watashi-wa_ch44_by_underdog-scans/16 cakes]]. It even repeats the general pannel layout!
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* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: Whatever is in Mikan's [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Russian Choux"]], it's not something to be put in all hands.

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* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: Whatever is in Mikan's [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Russian Choux"]], it's not something to be put in all hands.
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* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: Whatever is in Mikan's [[NamesToRunAwayFromRealFast "Russian Choux"]], it's not something to be put in all hands.

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* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: Whatever is in Mikan's [[NamesToRunAwayFromRealFast [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast "Russian Choux"]], it's not something to be put in all hands.
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* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: Whatever is in Mikan's [[NamesToRunAwayFromRealFast "Russian Choux"]], it's not something to be put in all hands.
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* GenerationXerox: Asahi and Youko's romance seems to mirror Touko and Genjirou's (Youko's parents) a great deal.
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* InterspeciesRomance: All over the place, be it the parents (Youko and Shiho are half-vampire and half-wolfman, and Akari has a demon ancestor) or Youko with Asahi.
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* IdenticalPanelGag: The author seems to like repeating the position of characters and bubbles between two pages. There is notably a double one in the scene where [[http://bato.to/read/_/276749/jitsu-wa-watashi-wa_ch44_by_underdog-scans/13 Akane]] [[http://bato.to/read/_/276749/jitsu-wa-watashi-wa_ch44_by_underdog-scans/14 tastes]] [[http://bato.to/read/_/276749/jitsu-wa-watashi-wa_ch44_by_underdog-scans/15 Aizawa's]] [[http://bato.to/read/_/276749/jitsu-wa-watashi-wa_ch44_by_underdog-scans/16 cakes]].

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* IdenticalPanelGag: The author seems to like repeating the position of characters and bubbles between two pages. There is notably a double an elaborate one in the scene where [[http://bato.to/read/_/276749/jitsu-wa-watashi-wa_ch44_by_underdog-scans/13 Akane]] [[http://bato.to/read/_/276749/jitsu-wa-watashi-wa_ch44_by_underdog-scans/14 tastes]] [[http://bato.to/read/_/276749/jitsu-wa-watashi-wa_ch44_by_underdog-scans/15 Aizawa's]] [[http://bato.to/read/_/276749/jitsu-wa-watashi-wa_ch44_by_underdog-scans/16 cakes]]. It even repeats the general pannel layout!
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* IdenticalPanelGag: The author seems to like repeating the position of characters and bubbles between two pages. There is notably a double one in the scene where [[http://bato.to/read/_/276749/jitsu-wa-watashi-wa_ch44_by_underdog-scans/13 Akane]] [[http://bato.to/read/_/276749/jitsu-wa-watashi-wa_ch44_by_underdog-scans/14 tastes]] [[http://bato.to/read/_/276749/jitsu-wa-watashi-wa_ch44_by_underdog-scans/15 Aizawa's]] [[http://bato.to/read/_/276749/jitsu-wa-watashi-wa_ch44_by_underdog-scans/16 cakes]].
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* WingedHumanoid: All the vampires have the traditional large, retractable bat wings.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Youko is green, Mikan is orange, Aizawa is blue, Shiho is purple, Akane is red, etc. Colors for all tastes!

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Youko is green, Mikan is orange, Aizawa is blue, Shiho is purple, Akane is red, pink, etc. Colors for all tastes!
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* TheThreeFacesOfEve: More or less − Shiragami would be the "child" (cheerful and rather innocent), Aizawa the "wife" (serious and responsible), and [[spoiler:Mikan]] starts to (albeit awkwardly) fill the role of the seductress at some point. Of course, this being the series it is, it's heavily [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]].
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* TheThreeFacesOfEve: More or less − Shiragami would be the "child" (cheerful and rather innocent), Aizawa the "wife" (serious and responsible), and [[spoiler:Mikan]] starts to (albeit awkwardly) fill the role of the seductress at some point. Of course, this being the series it is, it's heavily [[PlayingWithATrope Played With]].
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* AliensSpeakingEnglish: Not only do the members of Aizawa's race speak a perfect Japanese, they even have Japanese names for some reason (at least there is no indication they have a "real" alien-ish name).

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* CannotTellALie: Asahi Kuromine. He of course becomes the SecretKeeper of the secrets of many different girls.
* ChildhoodFriends: Kuromine and Mikan.



* FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire: Youko Shiragami. [[spoiler:Shiragami's dad, in spite of his imposing appearance, is also this.]]



* KidFromTheFuture: Rin Kiryuin is Asahi's grand-daughter, through his daughter. She comes from a horrific future where [[FelonyMisdemeanor perverts rule the world]].



* MobileSuitHuman: Members of Aiwasa's race are only a few inches tall, so they use these to interact with humanity. [[GenderBender Her brother ends up in a female body]].
* LoveConfession: [[spoiler:Mikan gives one to Asahi after a slip of the tongue from Rin makes them mistakenly believe that they have married in that future. He tells her he loves Shiragami, but also that he sometimes finds her cute, much to her embarrassment.]]



* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Youko has all the traditional weaknesses of a vampire, but hilariously downplayed: being exposed to the sun gives her a tan, being exposed to onion makes her cry, and seeing a cross irritates her a bit. So none of her "weaknesses" actually put her in danger of [[GlamourFailure exposing her secret.]] More generally, it seems that for vampires, sucking blood is an equivalent of kissing. They also eat food like anyone else.
* SchoolNewspaperNewsHound: Akemi Mikan will ''not'' let you have a secret, or any kind of intimacy if she has set her eyes upon you. Why? [[ForTheEvulz Because!]]

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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Youko has all the traditional weaknesses of a vampire, but hilariously downplayed: being exposed to the sun gives her a tan, being exposed to onion makes her cry, and seeing a cross irritates her a bit. So none of her "weaknesses" actually put her in danger of [[GlamourFailure exposing her secret.]] secret]]. More generally, it seems that for vampires, sucking blood is an equivalent of kissing. They also eat food like anyone else.
* SchoolNewspaperNewsHound: Akemi Mikan will ''not'' let you have a secret, or any kind of intimacy if she has set her eyes upon you. Why? [[ForTheEvulz Because!]]
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* TheStoic: The initial impression of Shiragami. She's actually the complete opposite. Ironically, Shiragami herself aspires to be this. Rin would be closer to the real article.
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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Rin hugs Asahi at every opportunity, feeds him, and even spends an entire day riding around on his shoulders. It's actually a rather cute grandfather/grand-daughter relationship, but it doesn't look like that from the outside.

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* NotWhatItLooksLike: Rin hugs Asahi at every opportunity, feeds him, and even spends an entire day riding around on his shoulders. It's actually a [[spoiler:a rather cute grandfather/grand-daughter relationship, relationship]], but it doesn't look like that from the outside.
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* LoveConfession: [[spoiler:Mikan gives one to Asahi after a slip of the tongue from Rin makes them mistakenly believe that they have married in that future. He tells her he loves Shiragami, but also that he sometimes finds her cute, much to her embarrassment.]]

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* AllWomenAreDomsAllMenAreSubs: [[spoiler:At least in the BadFuture, 70% of women are doms and 90% of men are subs.]]



* {{Dhampyr}}: Shiragami is one, and compared to her full-blooded vampire father, can pass as a normal human.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: She has all the weaknesses of a vampire, but hilariously downplayed: being exposed to the sun gives her a tan, being exposed to onion makes her cry, and seeing a cross irritates her a bit. So none of her "weaknesses" actually put her in danger of [[GlamourFailure exposing her secret.]] More generally, it seems that for vampires, sucking blood is an equivalent of kissing. They also eat food like anyone else.

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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: She Youko has all the traditional weaknesses of a vampire, but hilariously downplayed: being exposed to the sun gives her a tan, being exposed to onion makes her cry, and seeing a cross irritates her a bit. So none of her "weaknesses" actually put her in danger of [[GlamourFailure exposing her secret.]] More generally, it seems that for vampires, sucking blood is an equivalent of kissing. They also eat food like anyone else.
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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: She has all the weaknesses of a vampire, but hilariously downplayed: being exposed to the sun gives her a tan, being exposed to onion makes her cry, and seeing a cross irritates her a bit. So none of her "weaknesses" actually put her in danger of [[GlamourFailure exposing her secret.]] More generally, it seems that for vampires, sucking blood is an equivalent of kissing. They also eat food like anyone else.
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* LiterallyFallingInLove: Akane tries to make a use of this trope when Youko and Asahi are locked in the former's room by [[spoiler:sending a sleepy Youko onto Asahi with a spring, or literally tilting the entire house so that they fall on each other.]] All her efforts are in vain.
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* HaremGenre: A downplayed example. While there are quite a few girls attracted to Asahi, they remain friendly to each other, and the series is almost devoid of FanService. The accent is rather put on the general goofiness.



* VitriolicBestBuds: Youko and Akane can't spend a minute in the same room without bickering, but they still spent a lot of minutes in the same room.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: Youko and Akane can't spend a minute in the same room together without bickering, but they still spent a lot of minutes in the same room.together.
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* ThemeNaming: Many characters have a color in their names, like '''Kuro'''mine (black), '''Shira'''gami (white), '''Ai'''zawa (blue) or Mikan (orange − although it's the fruit).


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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Youko is green, Mikan is orange, Aizawa is blue, Shiho is purple, Akane is red, etc. Colors for all tastes!

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* BadFuture: Parodied. In Rin's future, the Charismatic Pervert II has taken over the world, ushering in a FreeLoveFuture of sluts and perverts. A small resistance remains, comprised of the 10% of men who are not masochists, and 30% of women. And there are magical dragons, for some reason.

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* BadFuture: Parodied. In [[spoiler:In Rin's future, the Charismatic Pervert II has taken over the world, ushering in a FreeLoveFuture of sluts and perverts. A small resistance remains, comprised of the 10% of men who are not masochists, and 30% of women. And there are magical dragons, for some reason.]]



* TheStoic: The initial impression of Shiragami. She's actually the complete opposite. Ironically, Shiragami herself aspires to be this.

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* SeriousBusiness: The series basically runs on this, from a hot-blooded training to "dodge the sun" to a desperate race to get limited-edition burgers, to Youko almost crossing the DespairEventHorizon when she learns there won't be any run-for-the-bun in the obstacle race this year.
* TheStoic: The initial impression of Shiragami. She's actually the complete opposite. Ironically, Shiragami herself aspires to be this. Rin would be closer to the real article.


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* VitriolicBestBuds: Youko and Akane can't spend a minute in the same room without bickering, but they still spent a lot of minutes in the same room.
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* IdiosyncrasicEpisodeNaming: All chapter titles are in the form "Let's XXX".

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* BadFuture: Parodied. In Rin's future, the Charismatic Pervert II has taken over the world, ushering in a FreeLoveFuture of sluts and perverts. A small resistance remains, comprised of the 10% of men who are not masochists, and 30% of women. And there are magical dragons, for some reason.


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* KidFromTheFuture: Rin Kiryuin is Asahi's grand-daughter, through his daughter. She comes from a horrific future where [[FelonyMisdemeanor perverts rule the world]].
* MobileSuitHuman: Members of Aiwasa's race are only a few inches tall, so they use these to interact with humanity. [[GenderBender Her brother ends up in a female body]].
* NotWhatItLooksLike: Rin hugs Asahi at every opportunity, feeds him, and even spends an entire day riding around on his shoulders. It's actually a rather cute grandfather/grand-daughter relationship, but it doesn't look like that from the outside.


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* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Due to a series of improbable events (helped by the principal using her powers to put them in a position to bang because she thinks it's funny), Asahi and Youko end up trapped in her bedroom at night. First she suggests he take the bed, which he refuses. She refuses as well, and gets halfway through suggesting they share it before [[ThatCameOutWrong she realizes what she's saying]]. They both end up sleeping on the floor.
* WhamLine: Shortly after she successfully convinces the girl that she is Asahi's grand-daughter from the future, Rin accidentally calls [[spoiler:Akemi Mikan]] "Granny." Whoops.
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''Where all girls are cute + dumb.''

Asahi Kuromine is your average high-schooler... besides having a really bad poker face. He currently has a crush on a fellow classmate named Youko Shiragami, the resident stoic IceQueen. When he tries to confess to her, he ends up discovering that she is a vampire... and that she will have to leave school if she's ever found out. He subsequently swears to keep this secret to allow her to continue with her school life.

However, though he may be the "Man Who Cannot Lie", he may have bitten off more than he can chew, as Shiragami herself turns out to be quite the cheerful ditz. He also has to content with his malicious childhood friend-reporter Akemi Mikan who never lets any secret stay hidden, and Shiragami herself may not be the only supernatural being roaming around on the school grounds.

''Jitsu wa Watashi wa'' is a romantic comedy manga by Masuda Eiji, featuring a cast of lovable weirdos, supernatural or otherwise. It has a fun take on an overused premise and has good use of hilarious facial expressions.

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!!This manga provides examples of:

* CannotTellALie: Asahi Kuromine. He of course becomes the SecretKeeper of the secrets of many different girls.
* ChildhoodFriends: Kuromine and Mikan.
* {{Dhampyr}}: Shiragami is one, and compared to her full-blooded vampire father, can pass as a normal human.
* TheDitz: It's far easier to make a list of the characters in this manga who aren't lovable goofs. Special mention goes to Shiragami whose goofiness has more often than not put her secret at risk.
* FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire: Youko Shiragami. [[spoiler:Shiragami's dad, in spite of his imposing appearance, is also this.]]
* SchoolNewspaperNewsHound: Akemi Mikan will ''not'' let you have a secret, or any kind of intimacy if she has set her eyes upon you. Why? [[ForTheEvulz Because!]]
* TheStoic: The initial impression of Shiragami. She's actually the complete opposite. Ironically, Shiragami herself aspires to be this.
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