Manga series

the gods lie.

神様がうそをつく。

Kamisama ga Uso wo Tsuku.

Kaori Ozaki centers this story on an eleven-year-old boy. Natsuru Nanao spends his summer secretly at a classmate's shabby house. Rio Suzumura is tall, reserved and in his sixth-grade class. She and her little brother have no adults at home. They say their father went off fishing in Alaska months ago. Natsuru first went there to bring them a stray kitten with a hurt leg, since his mother is allergic. He has troubles of his own. He and his mother Ritsuko, a writer raising him alone, have just left Tokyo. The girls in his class have frozen him out. His soccer team has a harsh substitute coach. So he skips soccer camp and tells his mother nothing. The children are hiding something. Expect a tender, sad story about neglect and first love.

Japanese volumes

Out in English

Next in English

Not announced

Author: Kaori Ozaki
Status: Finished in Japan
Started: 2013
Updated: 26 October 2026

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Drama · Romance · Slice of Life

the gods lie. in short

How many volumes of the gods lie. are out in English?

Its one volume is out in English. Volume 1 came out in 2016. Kodansha publishes it in English.

How many volumes does the gods lie. have?

the gods lie. has 1 volume in Japan. The story is complete.

Is the gods lie. finished?

Yes. the gods lie. ended in Japan in 2013. Every volume is out in English too.

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The ways into the gods lie. in English.

Volume 1

Vol. 1 · Paperback, Vertical · Vertical · out 19 April 2016

English editions

English editions of the gods lie.
Vol.	Title	Publisher	Edition	Release date	ISBN
the gods lie. volume 1	The Gods Lie Digital, Kodansha · Kodansha	Kodansha	Digital, Kodansha	2016	9781682334300
the gods lie. volume 1	The gods lie Paperback, Vertical · Vertical	Vertical	Paperback, Vertical	19 April 2016	9781942993360