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(picture of two of the main characters, the girl who is the protagonist of the otome game, and the protagonist of this manga, but the villain in the otome game) 
I remember finding this manga at a time where I was having trouble with even keeping up with one-chapter updates on a weekly basis, where I was avoiding pretty much anything that needed my attention for more than a few minutes at a time. The chapters were short and easy, and only had around 15 at the time. 

The story is called I Reincarnated into an Otome Game as a Villainess With Only Destruction Flags (or, oas n bookdepository, the official translation is titled My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! - a little bit shorter!), and as you can guess from the length of the title, that pretty much explains it. A young girl from modern Japan dies and is reincarnated into a character in the otome game she was playing before she died, but the character she played happens to be the villain. She is first reincarnated as an 8 year old kid, so it starts out really cute, but honestly, even when they grow older (they start magic school at 15), the mood of the manga is really sweet and adorable.

(click to read a bit more!) )

Since the manga is not yet finished, I also read the (fantranslated) light novels and I enjoyed those as well, but I definitely prefer the manga. Also, there's an anime coming up, and I can't wait! I hope you'll give it a try if it sounds like something you'd enjoy.
I want to recommend a few other things that have helped me when I was really down and needed something to distract me or just cheer me up, so I added the tag 'comfort soup' for this!
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I don't really read a lot of manga. I got into animanga fandoms pretty late (when I was 19), and even then, I rarely branched out and read a lot of different series, mostly keeping to the ones I was/am a fan of. Koi to Uso is far from any of the animanga fandoms I've been near before, and the only reason I learned about it is because a friend of mine randomly recced it because she was inspired by the vague idea for a fic. At the time she called it a shoujo, and I decided to give it a go.
It really wasn't long before I realised I had a few issues with it. First of all, it was clear from pretty mcuh chapter 1 that it isn't shoujo, but shounen. The style might give off some shoujo vibes, but the titty shots and ass strutting in weird angles whenever there was a chance gave me a lot more 'male gaze' vibes than shoujo ones.
Ironically, the friend who recommended me the fic actually no longer reads it -- she gave up despite her love for a certain character and because of her frustration regarding... certain other characters.
I'm still on the fence about it, partly why I wanted to make this post. I've wanted to talk about it for a while, and figured it'd be fitting considering the fact that Lili-chan is currently the only icon I have uploaded on here and also a character I really love.

The story is centered around Nejima Yukari, a young boy living in a near-future version of Japan, where the government assigns compatible partners to try and fix the country's declining birth rate (we've heard this one before, haven't we?). Nejima has always been in love with a girl from his class, Takasaki Misaki, and on the night before his 16th birthday (the day he's supposed to receive his government notice), he confesses to her, only to find out that she actually likes him back. Things happen and his government notice arrives, pairing him up with another girl, Sanada Lilina, who is very fascinated with love and wants Nisaka and Misaki to experience freely, partly so that she can also learn about it. The manga mainly explores the dynamic between the three (sometimes also Nejima's best friend, Nisaka) and how the government initiative affects them.

don't mind some (light) spoilers? )
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