Jitsu Wa Watashi Wa Episode 1: I'll Confess! - Bobble Reviews

Pssst. Don't tell anyone this, but...I just saw the theme song of this show and I think that main character girl's a vampire.

Context clues.

Actually, she, Shiragami Lastname, is not the main character. That honor belongs to our resident bumbling harem lead, Kurosomething Lastname. Like many such leads he is a born loser, only this time he's a born loser who can't keep any convincing secrets whatsoever. So basically, the standard harem lead. But we love 'im anyway!

"Aww, shucks. You guys really DO care about a leaky basket like me!"

He's been wondering what the deal is with that green-haired lass in class (besides the hair) — she's so shy, always coming to school early and leaving the school late, and she...she's super-cute!!!!! In fact, he secretly likes Shiragami! And of course, with him being what he is,* all his friends knew his secret crush, six months in advance.

* stupid total loser

That's a look of true pain.

Oh crap! He'd better just run up to her and confess already! This leaky basket's been dribbling out secrets for too lo—WHOOPS, HE JUST SAW SHIRAGUMI BEING A VAMPIRE

He's a man of many faces, all faces being in varying states of agony.

Hoo hoo hooooo. He's gonna have a jolly ol' time keeping that little secret.

But that's not the rotten part of this pickle, oh no. That's not the clincher that makes Kurosomethingwhatever say he'll have to take this secret to the grave. (Heh heh, graves – undead – vampirism – ha ha – I'll stop now.) It's the realization that Shiragummy's dad is gonna make her move away for accidentally revealing her secret. And he remembers how in school she was always so lonely.

No, he says! I absolutely refuse! I BARELY KNOW YOUR STORY, BUT MY LIFE IS OVER IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SHINING HIGH SCHOOL CAREER WITH ME.

Just so we're clear, it's not what he says (nice sentiments) but how he says it (only born losers die for things like this).

So he gets this genius idea. Get this: she just needs to keep a new secret. The secret that somebody knows her secret.

But...he's an idiot, so...she's still doomed?

And then he confesses! That he...............................wants to be her friend. She's so happy to hear that! YAY!

"But Bobble!" I can hear you saying. "Now Kumagawa's lying by omission! He's got such a big crush on her! You mean to tell me that Shiragami didn't drink his lies out from the holes in the leaky basket that is his brain-case!? ...You mean being incredibly dense is her comedic character trait and she makes a perfect complement to Kurogami!?!?"

You got it. You puzzled it out.

Sorry, but...this is you now.

And they waaalk hooome together, ignorant of the other threats targeting their collective vampiric secret, including the inevitable head of the school newspaper, who I guess is named Scoops or something...

Ugh. Now that's a villain.

...and this blue-haired girl who also goes to school with them, who I guess lives in a huge city-monitoring computer because at the end of the episode this happens:

But that's okay! She's not going to bomb this suspicious supernatural creature anytime soon! How do I know this? Because in the credits she's hanging out with that mossy-haired maiden...along with all her other funny friends!

With the notable exception of the bumbling harem lead? Huh. I knew he'd spill the secret two episodes in.
Then she leaves him, and the rest of the series is a straight drama.