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2	[[caption-width-right:1000:I knew you were trouble when you walked in.]]
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4	"To Be Honest" is a SliceOfLife Webcomic available on Platform/{{Webtoons}} [[https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/to-be-honest/list?title_no=609535&page=1&webtoon-platform-redirect=true here]].
5	After the death of his grandmother, Leon is sent to an orphanage, and put in a new school. On his first day, he finds out that his orphanage roommate is a the troublemaker Gilbert who has been send back from multiple homes for bad behavior. Stuck together, the two start to form a relationship that brings conflict to Leon's life.
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8	!! This web comic provides examples of:
9	* AbusiveParents: Plenty of children in the orphanage have come from bad homes, and even some outside of it.
10	** Elias's father is apparently homophobic, given how terrified he is of anyone finding out that he's in a relationship with Gilbert.
11	** Mio's parents were alcoholics that were deemed unfit to be his guardians, which is way he was sent to the orphanage, and were his difficulties with his temper came from.
12	** On a more amusing note, Gilbert is convinced his mother, whom he doesn't remember, hated him, on account of the fact that she named him Gilbert.
13	* AcquaintanceDenial: Not wanting to draw attention to himself, Leon lies about being in the orphanage at school, much to Gilbert's annoyance.
14	** Elias and Gilbert pretend to not be together when on school.
15	* AmbiguouslyBi: [[spoiler: In spite of previously only being interested in girls, Leon starts blushing when Gilbert smiles at him, and he realizes that what's he's feeling is not simply pity but actual attraction.]]
16	* ArmouredClosetGay: Elias is "very" determined to make sure no one finds out he's gay, and in a relationship with Gilbert.
17	* BigBrotherInstinct: Gilbert towards the rest of the children, specially Mio.
18	* CatapultNightmare: Gilbert wakes up from a nightmare like that.
19	* ClosetKey: Gilbert was this to Elias [[spoiler: and as of chapter 09, Leon as well.]]
20	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Plenty of characters have rather painful pasts.
21	** Mio's parents were abusive and alcoholic, and his trauma still affects him to this day.
22	** Ida lost her family in an accident, and has survivor's guilt because of it.
23	** According to Gilbert [[spoiler: He killed someone.]] And according to Elias [[spoiler: he was groomed by the schools former coach]]
24	* FriendsWithBenefits: Gilbert and Elias have a relationship like that, though is implied Elias has more complicated feelings.
25	* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Gilbert has a head full of golden locks, and despite his antisocial exterior he's a genuinely caring person.

Context Webcomic / ToBeHonest