Jitsu wa Watashi wa
My Monster Secret: "Actually, I am..."
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Jitsu wa Watashi wa

Alternative Titles

Synonyms: The Truth Is I Am...
Japanese: 実は私は
English: My Monster Secret: "Actually, I am..."
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Type: Manga
Volumes: 22
Chapters: 196
Status: Finished
Published: Jan 31, 2013 to Feb 16, 2017
Genres: Comedy Comedy, Fantasy Fantasy, Romance Romance, Supernatural Supernatural
Theme: School School
Demographic: Shounen Shounen
Authors: Masuda, Eiji (Story & Art)

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Score: 7.981 (scored by 1643316,433 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #8182
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Popularity: #341
Members: 47,950
Favorites: 1,553

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Preliminary Spoiler
Jun 6, 2020
Ive never done a review before, but i just felt like doing it for this manga.

I dont really know how to do it either, i know tha a serious review would talk about art, story and all these thing that are importante for a good manga
but for real, i just want to say how much a apreciated the experience, this damn manga made me laugh SO MANY TIMES, and made me cry EVEN MORE times.

And thats all that i need in a manga, something that make me experience all these emotions, thats what i call a good manga.
Dec 18, 2014
Preliminary (55/196 chp)
Normally I wouldn't recommend something that could be classified as a harem style manga (I like several but I know they aren't some people's cup of tea) but with this I am willing to make an exception.

If you like comedy in your stuff, then you owe it to yourself to check this out. As with most things the first few chapters may seem a little shaky at first but stick with it, IT'S WORTH IT!

The characters all develop very well and are highly unique and the author uses all of them hilariously. My personal favorite character in the manga is the closest thing to ...
Jan 17, 2018
I honestly can't do this manga justice, I really can't. If in your entire life, you could rate one thing, one manga, one anime, one anything, a 100/10, this would get my vote. Let's talk about it.

Jitsu Wa is about a boy who can't keep secrets falling in love with a girl who turns out to be a clumsy vampire. Along the way, he meets an alien, a werewolf, a demon, an angel, and so much more. From the basic concept, this story should fail, right? Right? No.

Jitsu wa is a manga that subverted my expectations.

The story is pretty simple, the end goal being to ...
May 3, 2015
Preliminary (78/196 chp)
Would you be able to keep your crush's biggest secret from everyone knowing that you are the most honest person in the world?

MAL's summary of Jitsu wa Watashi wa might put off many readers because it implies it is just another "My crush is a vampire and I have to keep it a secret from everyone in school" but it is more than that. In fact, that only describes the first 3 chapters or so, which reminds me of the phrase "don't judge a book by it's cover".

After Kuromine, Asahi(our main character) finds out about Youko's vampire secret, Asahi goes through many absurd and hilarious ...
Jul 19, 2015
Preliminary (196/196 chp)
Jitsu wa Watashi wa starts of with Kuromine Asahi, a man who is unable to lie properly without being caught. One day he learns about his crush's secret and tries to keep it a secret from everyone else or at least that's how it starts off.


As more and more whacky characters are introduced it moves away from it's original premise to become one of the funniest manga I have personally read. With ridiculous twists, turns and more secrets revealed that Kuromine desperately (and comically) tries to protect.

However the series does often have filler that doesn't feel like it adds anything to the overall story. ...
Jun 22, 2018
I couldn't stand not doing a review, I goddamn love this series. And while the first chapters might give you the wrong impression, all I can do is tell you to try to see what this manga is really about. You might think it's about outrageous comedy, perverts, many girls liking the main character and... well then, it's about that, but NOT ONLY about that. Let me explain further on.

Story -9
To me this manga was like living alongside the characters through all the comical to ridiculous, full of energy and passion, adventures of high school. It was so damn refreshing and unique. I could rarely ...
Feb 23, 2019
When it comes to rom-com this is top performance.
This manga single handedly destroyed rom coms as a whole for me.
Whenever a rom com gets barely under my radar i inmediately think. It's not gonna be as good as Jitsu Wa, why even bother.
It goes without saying that i consider this pseudo harem supernatural comedy as a god damn masterpiece and every other rom com/slice of life with romance is not good enough to be even compared to Jitsu wa.

Expect from this review to be filled with nothing but praise.
In fact the manga is so god damn perfect that its easier to start by saying the ...
Aug 20, 2018
I am so glad i decided to watch the anime, The art style, the characters the story, the romance all of it drew me into the anime and made invest in the story enough to continue with the manga. The manga did everything better than the anime, The comedy in the manga is way better than anime. It was an amazing ride through this manga, with a cluster of emotions.10/10, It wrapped up so good and exceeded way beyond my expectations. I thank the author for not making this a garbage harem or give this an even trashier harem route ending. Finishing this manga made ...
Mar 18, 2020
Good Gods, I'd forgotten how bloody brilliant this series was. I mean, seriously there are a few rom-coms about that aren't bad, possibly a couple related to vampires (including Rosario to Vampire, a personal favourite of mine, but not for the same reasons), but this one is the epitome of rom-comminess! It artfully mixes a nice romance story (with a little harem on the side) with well-timed humour and comedy. I could go on, but I feel that I don't have the words to fully describe this series, so go read it!

Anyway, I'll quickly go over the points, starting with the art: it quite good. ...
Apr 11, 2017
Mixed Feelings
Preliminary (164/196 chp)
I had my eye on this a while ago as I was waiting for it to be completed before reading it. Once I saw it was complete I started but unfortunately I didn't realise the scanlators didn't catch up yet so I've stopped at chapter 164.

From the concept of the story, I was taking back to thinking of 'Rosario + Vampire' as that involved Vampires and school settings in a similiar manner. The cover art shows you what kind of style it goes for and it looked pretty decent which also drew me in but unfortunately I have to say 'Jitsu wa Watashi wa' didn't ...
Dec 31, 2020
I watched the anime and enjoyed it, but noticed right away that it ended on kind of an odd note. So I thought to myself, "I should read it."
**Note, spoilers in here will be restricted to what is contained in the anime, which covers the first few books**

Oh man, am I glad I did. Never would I thought that I would get sucked into a series called "My Monster Secret" like I did (no pun intended).

With that said, do not think because it has "Monster" in the title it's going to be a monster girl harem series like Monster Musume. It's not even remotely close. ...
Aug 12, 2018
Jitsu Wa Watashi Wa is roughly a harem monstergirl romcom, but none of those broad descriptors particularly do it justice. It's a fun, feel good manga with fun characters and a fun setting.

Story:7
The story is pretty average as far as high school ones go, there's a ton others with similar concepts: Our MC wanders into a classroom and finds some weird secret about a classmate and swears to keep it! But though the setting is generic, it feels good. It's a story about a cast of colorful kids trying their hardest to find love in a school, and keep secrets that may make them vilified ...
Sep 1, 2021
tl;dr: A rom-com that has a solid plot and solid comedy, but with each actively working against the other.

Jitsu wa Watashi wa, which translated literally to Actually I Am but is also known as My Monster Secret, is a rom-com about high school student, Kuromine, who falls in love with Shirigami, after which he discovers that she’s a vampire, but continues to stay in love with her and does his best to preserve her secret. She’s not the only irregular individual at their high school however, as the cast also eventually comes to include various others such as a wolfman, aliens, time travelers, angels, demons, ...
Sep 14, 2018
The first thing that immediately caught my attention was the art style of this manga, I think it’s superb and the characters emotions are conveyed extremely well. This manga is about a boy whose crush turns out to be a vampire. Of course things don’t go as planned, but he plans to keep her secret and graduate together. This manga has everything from the childhood friend to the pervert in his harem and the tropes are done well, albeit overly exaggerated. Each of the girls have great backstories and arcs that work well and compliment the story in its entirety. None of the minor characters ...
Aug 18, 2019
So here we are again. Oddly enough I started reading this again after I re read Nisekoi. I just finished and I still have tears in my eyes. The first time I heard of this manga was when the anime came out. I like the plot idea with a vampire and human falling in love. The art was a bit hard to get use to. The characters all were very different from each other and were quite enjoyable. I don't rate this manga too high because there is a lot that I believe could have been done to make it better. This manga is definitely ...
Feb 24, 2022
(December 24, 2021)

I stumbled upon a review video after watching "Jitsu wa Watashi wa". I wanted to hear other people's opinions on this show since it seems like no one I talk to has ever heard of this series before. But when I read the title that the manga was better I had to give it a shot. I personally have never read a manga series before so this would be a first for me.

(February 12, 2022)

Two months went by and I finally had all the physical copies of the "Jitsu wa Watashi wa" manga series. (I personally prefer physical copies over digital... I know ...
Sep 21, 2022
Long story short, this manga means a lot to me and I love it. It's not perfect. There are some gags and jokes that run on for maybe longer then they should have, while other sections feel shorter than what I would have liked them to be. But nontheless, this is a romcom manga that is special. Because it focuses not only on the romance side of things, but also the comedy as well. And the comedy (maybe minus some parts) is hilarious.

This manga is also a bit special to me. This manga started when I was in middleschool, but I didn't discover it ...
Jun 3, 2022
Preliminary (30/196 chp)
Here are some tips before you start the manga, for those who decided to start from the very start (which is chapter 1), the chapter 1 to around 10 or little more, its drawing sucks so bad, it isnt same as it is in the anime, BUT REST ASSURED, they fix it when you read a little more around like 15 or 20 or something, so dont worry the drawing went back to like that of the anime.

As for those who are wondering after the anime where to continue in the manga, let me give you some information first, the anime ending and how ...
Apr 10, 2024
TLDR -> 7,75/10
This is... different. I... just read it all at once. When I realized it, I had already read all 196 chapters. So... yes, it's very good.

ART - 6/10
The art might be a bit strange for those who are not used to the author. I won't deny it, it can be disconcerting. When you start to observe, you might find it a bit odd. However, it's still worth it. The comedic moments are very good, the romantic moments are very good, and the dramatic moments are sensational.

STORY - 8/10
This story is really light-hearted. It's just this. It is really, really good to read. Once ...
Jul 19, 2023
Preliminary (1/196 chp)
One of the best slice of life stories ever written!

You see, I am in fond of this specific manga genre: high school romcoms with a twist. Be it Sora no Otoshimono, Saiki Kusuo no Psi Nan, or Midori Days among many others, it's always a pleasure to read those kind of unordinary plots in a very ordinary setting.
These stories shine through their uncommon plot points. For instance, Midori Days has a guy who gets his hand replaced by a girl. How unusual! But most of the time, that's it. You get the generic - yet quite comforting - slice of life tropes, such as the ...