Tell Me A Lie

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name = Tell Me A Lie


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ja_name = ～私にウソをついて～
ja_name_trans = ~Watashi ni Uso wo Tsuite~
genre = Mystery, School Life, SupernaturalInfobox animanga/Manga
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author = Gosho Aoyama
publisher = flagicon|Japan Shogakukan
demographic = Seinen
magazine = Young Sunday
published = 22 March 2007

nihongo|"Tell Me A Lie"|～私にウソをついて～|~Watashi ni Uso wo Tsuite is a Japanese one-shot manga by Gosho Aoyama about the fictional heroine nihongo|Terumi Arai|新井輝海|Arai Terumi, who has the ability to read a person's thoughts when she is looking into their eyes or nose.

The story is concluded in a mere six pages, one of which being a full-page, cover-like drawing, and many fans have expressed differing opinions on its length: while the plot is complete in much the same sense as a piece of flash-fiction, it has several elements of an introductory piece; combined with the interest it raised in the mangaka's fans and the comedic potential of the whole concept, it has made quite a few people express the opinion that it is a shame that this is not a new series, while others say that Aoyama should probably expand the storyline as one.

It is interesting to note that the protagonist does not show the usual stereotypes for a character of her abilities: while she does find her power to be "troublesome," she deems it neither a gift nor a curse and is acting neither like a heroine nor like a victim only on grounds of her possessing it. Rid of angst and the classical themes of conflict, self-doubt, and low self-esteem, it does away with the moral dilemmas and rhetoric commonly imposed on the reader.

Of further note is the fact Terumi has some, mostly aesthetic, aspects of a meganekko.