Orange

I'm just telling you know that if you read the 1st chapter you will be so curious you'd want to keep reading.

Story:
Orange has a very captivating story and it drags you in and makes you curious. You think: What going to happen? How did the letter get to the past? (As said in the summary of the book)

Art:
The art of orange is very clean and very fitting to the situation. The art, in my opinion almost makes it feel like reality.

Character:
The characters in Orange are so great. The flow right in to the plot of the story and the personality of the characters are so realistic and fitting.

Enjoyment:
It's a really great manga you'll enjoy it and sometimes I just feel like encouraging Naho (female main). I think this one of the greatest manga ever.
And I promise you if you read every single word in the manga you'd enjoy it more.

I gave up on this manga fairly quickly. The premise and the high popularity drew me in and after the first chapter I got a fairly good idea of how things were going to unroll, and by chapter 2 I realised that this wasn't going to be a manga I was going to enjoy.

It starts out with a girl receiving a letter from her future self in 10 years time and at first our MC disregards it, but then slowly comes around to believing it to be true when the coincidences from the letter and what happens in her day turn out to match up quite a lot.

Great! I am all about this plot, there is a lot that can be done with it. Unfortunately, it goes downhill from there. A mysterious boy turns up, I assume he has some relatively sad backstory that I ultimately won't care about and of course she falls for him and our two main characters turn into the worst shoujo cliche ever. She can't think for herself and he can't share his problems because he is a Man and doesnt want to burden her. Plus she has to save him from dying a year in future somehow, even though in 10 years time she is married and has a kid, I assume with someone else? I didn't get that far. Why she and her friendship group care so much about this one guy I don't know. He doesnt seem like he's making any effort to be liked.

Art work is all right, typical shoujo. I'm not too keen on it, but that's just more my preference than anything else.


tl;dr : In all honesty, I think I just expected too much from this. If you're looking for a standard girl-meets-boy cliche, then check out Orange. If you're looking for something a bit deeper then this isn't for you. Or at least do what I did and just read the first two chapters, I don't think you'll need to go any further than that.

If you're looking for a new shoujo manga that isn't too cliched then i suggest Orange. The story line isn't your usual girl falls in love with guy. When i read the first chapter, it grabbed my attention pretty well! I couldn't stop reading until there was no more chapters :( It does get a bit confusing at one chapter but it still makes sense.

Story-
'If you had a chance to change your past, will you?' The storyline revolves around the fact that the protagonist desperately wants to change her life for the better of her and her friends. "But should you really change the past or leave how it is?" That's what the main character is wondering. There is of course romance ^^ but it doesn't get ecchi or anything like that.

Art-
The art, I've got to see is pretty detailed and I like it very much. In some pages there are some colour ^^

Character-
The main character is a teenage girl, who's in high school. She's your ordinary teenage girl, who wants a boyfriend and a good school life. The character developments is a bit slow and it introduces the characters straight up. But further on, i got attached to the characters myself.

Enjoyment- Personally i did enjoy this manga, even thought it's still not finished :(.... The only thing i say to improve this manga is that ONE there should be chapters and TWO the author should try and add funny scenes. ^^

Orange has only one negative, and that is it follows the same tropes in terms of dialogue between characters and their inner thoughts. Sometimes it feels too drawn out and sappy, sometimes you're very satisfied with what you get. And while I don't count the art as a negative, it only manages to succeed in the facial expressions department, the backgrounds and shading are not very much there at all. This works well for a simple kind of story however, so it is not too much of a detraction.

Other than that I can say the Orange is one of the better romantic dramas that I've read in quite a long time. Characters without dramatic backstories (or who constantly reference past events in a very non-human like manner) are my favorite kind. It gives the author the ability to create a personality that isn't chained to past events, and the author scores high in that regard. Each character has their little moments where they get to showcase a little bit of themselves that reveals so much while directly saying very little. There is not one character throughout the entire story that I actively disliked, and their actions and way of going about things feels very realistic when you consider the cause behind them, though perhaps there was a little too much crying over small things (or maybe I'm not very in touch with my emotions).

The story itself has its highs and lows, the romance is both good and bad as the situations the main romantic lead are set up in are quite cheesy and imo overused, but the way it is used to connect the characters mostly played out to good results. The true highs are when the characters are forced to confront feelings like depression, self hatred, suicidal thoughts, timidness, and cowardice. The author treats these themes with respect and gentleness, and refuses to look down on these feelings if it's something that can be fixed easily with only a little bit of kindness. These problems take time to solve, and the plot device that the characters are handed in order to solve these problems does not take all the work from them, it just gives them a little push they need in order to set things right. I also like the kinds of stories that empathize the fact that you can not change your mistakes from the past, you can only look for ways to come to peace with it, even if that ultimately changes nothing

Overall this manga made me feel good, didn't annoy me that much, and gave me a satisfying conclusion, and that's the kind of stuff I look for in romantic drama manga, so it gets my recommendation. It's also a very fast read, you could binge it in half a day, so don't worry about having your time wasted if you find out its not for you.

A lot of manga readers consider this manga a "masterpiece" while I think that this manga is good, I don't think it's close to a masterpiece.

STORY:
Orange follows a girl Naho Takamiya who receives a letter from herself 10 years in the future. The letter predicts the events on what's going to happen in the future and one of it is Kakeru's death. Basically, it's a letter to save him before he kills himself. (For a much more serious synopsis, just go read MAL's synopsis of this manga).

Usually with these kinds of story, it carries a lot of risks. A lot of supernatural stories could forced its drama and/or leave it unexplained, thus leaves a lot of plot holes *Cough* Kokoro Connect *Cough* while other seems to get it right (I would say that Erased somewhat got it right, but they explained it subtly). Did this manga fall under one these risks?

Yes it did. Where it did fall short was how unrealistic the characters were acting because of the story. If you don't get what I'm saying, I'm about to spoil.

*SPOILER STARTS HERE*
Apparently on the later part, Naho isn't the only one that has the letter. The others, Naho's "squad" (Except for Kakeru), also received a letter from themselves 10 years in the future.

What sucks about this is that if that's the case, there were SO MANY WAYS to flip the situation; to avoid Kakeru getting depress especially on the first few parts of the chapter. Did the friends disregard the letter at first? Did she have the letter first before her friends received one?

So where did it fall? Forced drama.
*SPOILER ENDS HERE*

Though it did explain the supernatural aspect of it. Which is bizarre.

CHARACTER:
I did enjoy the characters in the first few chapters until the dumb part kicked in. I didn't feel much about the characters anymore after the dumb part kicked in (I'm referring to the one that I spoiled). Everyone did have their moments. Also, I'm glad this isn't one of the manga that has to develop every characters, one by one. That would just drag out the story. I'm glad it only focused on Naho, Kakeru, and Hiroto.

Another part where the characters fall are the characters 10 years from the future. What's up with the 10 year gap? When the heck did they thought that the Bermuda triangle is a black hole that can send anything to the past? (Don't worry that's just a minor spoiler). Again, forced drama. The manga should have took time building up its supernatural aspect (like one of them researching about the black hole and discovering it), but then it looks bizarre and it's laughable.

ART:
The art style is not unique, but it is detailed. This is one of those manga that isn't lazily drawn. Though it isn't that detailed as some other manga, but I still think it's great. You have to give props.

OVERALL:
I enjoyed it nonetheless despite its major flaws. I still felt their friendship; the feels from start to end (Well, not all parts anyways). I know this is a Sci-Fi manga, but it felt supernatural to me. Do I recommend this? Despite its flaws, I enjoyed it thus, I recommend it. Though, I'm sure there are better Romance/Drama manga better than this that I have yet to read them.

7/10

Now that this manga's finished, I can write a proper review.
The story was great. It's unique and reels you in by how it is told and executed. It had build up although I just think that maybe it was enough and maybe it could have added more to it. The moods changed and actually made you maybe laugh or cry a little inside. Anyway, it was thought out and the ending satisfies although it's only just enough.
Art was 10/10, I like this kind of art for shoujos, detailed and pretty. It's light and happy which fits the mood and it matches perfectly.
The characters were all great and funny or nice in some way. They all had some depth to them but of course it could have been deeper maybe since it mostly focused on the story. I didn't dislike any of the characters and they all worked as a team which made me like them even more.
I enjoyed this manga way too much I think. I kept reading and reading and everything just seemed to fit together. The concept seemed so simple yet it was so enjoyable. I didn't know if I liked it a lot at first but after thinking about it, it was actually something that fit my preferences. I would probably end up rereading this a lot ^_^

Overall this manga is 9/10, very close to a 10 but it did lack some build up etc. I feel like my score might go up over time though the more I think about it...
I recommend everyone read this unless you strongly dislike shoujo, romance and drama. I'd say it's one of the best shoujo manga I've read so far, and I've read a lot.

Once upon a time, I watched the anime adaptation of Orange, and it was said by many that it was a poorly made work and how the manga was way superior. Knowing that the manga is pretty short, I decided to find out just how good the manga is.

It was worse. Worse than the anime.

The most criticized part about the anime version was how badly drawn the characters were, in which they often came as lazily drawn faces and became totally off-model, and what do you know...

The manga is the same!

I was like... "what!?", it was claimed that the manga had clean and beautiful art that the anime version was a shame compared to it. I really fail to see how this is true. By "clean", Orange manga has very "clean" (read: empty) art, where backgrounds are non-existent, character faces are also lazily drawn, and when there's drama, the art did little justice to portray those scenes.

Shoujo manga often has these... blings blings and flowers around, and honestly I do not mind them, since they did well bringing the context out to the reader, most notably how the female lead realizes that she's in love with the main guy, badum badum oh how her heart flutters every time she sees her prince charming. These "accessories" are really handy to have, despite how cliché and often they are used.

You don't see any of these in the Orange manga, which is supposed to fall in the exact same category as its shoujo romance sisters. When our main girl sees the main dude, at most we see her blushing, and that's it. Empty.

Enough with the art, another major factor to make a successful romance drama is to have great characters, which the reader can connect or sympathize with, so that we would root for them, and cheer when they finally got together.

But in Orange? Everyone's a cardboard.

Everyone can be summarized in just one sentence. Naho is too dumb to do anything on her own, Kakeru is too blind to know how much his friends cared for him, Suwa is way unrealistically kind, and the other three are pretty much irrelevant for most part of the plot. I really fail to push myself to root for the main couple, and when they finally be together, I was like "yeah, okay". Their romance is totally hollow, I fail to feel why those two like each other, and why they should be together in the end, I really can't.

For the story, the time travel thing failed to make any real sense and I just treated it as a plot device in order to make the story exist. Sure it is interesting to see how a letter from the future could instruct their past selves to correct the mistakes. In some parts, okay they fixed it, it's all good. However, for most parts, it's a hair-pulling affair where it becomes increasingly frustrating to see how idiotic the characters could act. As an example, the irrelevant 3 knows main girl is dumb, yet still they left her alone to deal with emo main dude and ultimate screws everything up and dragged the story unnecessarily longer and took it to a painstaking direction. They should've known better that this very same mistake happened before in the past, yet they repeated it, goddammit.

By the time we reached the ending, which is unfortunately, a pretty standard happy one, there is literally nothing to be rejoiced about, nothing to be cheery about, really, what is the point about all this?

When the art of the manga isn't that good, all you could hope is to have a good plot and good characters to make it up, but Orange ended up as a great disappointment, especially the manga.

At least the anime had decent backgrounds, voice acting and OST.

I read this manga years ago - back when it's still publishing. I decided to read it again and see if my opinion about it will change.

Story: 8/10
There's a saying that "first impression is important" and for me, the author did a really good job in giving this manga a good first impression to it's readers. It's almost impossible not to be intrigue with the story and not be curious about what will happen next; what happened to kakeru?, what will happen to him, Naho and the rest?, will they be able to save him? how are they going to save him? will the future the change? what will happen if they keep changing the past? - These are the questions that will definitely be stuck in your head while reading this manga and the very same reason that will make you look forward for the next chapters.

I like how the story look so mysterious and intriguing at the start of the series and how things were unfolded little by little. I also like how they portrayed things about depression and people with suicidal thoughts like Kakeru. Some might say that, Kakeru should get help from "professionals" and that Naho and her friends shouldn't take the responsibility in helping Kakeru - this is right, however.. there are times that even those who seek professional help doesn't really get over their problems and so they still end up killing themselves or do something even worst (just like what happened to Kakeru's mother. Of course, it's also important to seek professional help, however, this anime wanted to show that what's really important is to have people who can support you, people who will be there for you no matter what, people whom you can trust, people who will help you without ever judging you, people who will make you feel loved and most of all - "the determination to help yourself" - this for me is what the story really wanted to show with the way the past Kakeru was treated and how he didn't had any motivation to help himself and how the present Kakeru was saved by his friends which gave him the motivation to keep on living.

Art: 6/10
There were scenes that look messy to me and sometimes the characters emotion wasn't really drawn well or shown well. But most of the time, it's okay.

Characters: 8/10
Kakeru: the manga did a good job in portraying a person with severe depression and suicidal thoughts with Kakeru's character. Sometimes, when we found out that someone we knew has committed a suicide, we couldn't help but wonder "what made them kill themselves? why did they not asked for help? why did they not tell anyone? how come no one around them noticed that something is wrong? how come no one helped them? They look fine and happy..so why did they do that? - at least Kakeru will help you understand.

Naho: There were times when I couldn't help but feel annoyed and frustrated because of Naho (not because she failed to do what the letter asked her to do since that is not an easy task) but I was frustrated at how weak she was at times and how she just let people do what they want with her without ever fighting back and just sit around the corner cry and wait for her friends to help her. But at least she grew up to become a strong girl, strong enough to support Kakeru.

Suwa: I couldn't help but feel sorry for him. The Suwa from the future and the present Suwa. For me, his regret might even be bigger than the regret and guilt that the future Naho was carrying. Although I didn't like that he sacrificed his future child in order to save Kakeru, I still want to see him happy. I just really wish that we can see what happened to him after Kakeru was saved.

Overall: 5/10
Although the parallel world is not really that realistic and there are things in this anime that I don't agree with, this manga is still worth reading.

This story is really good , is just something so new geting a letter from yourself 10years in the future is just great. My only promblem is that this story is going to give me a heart atack really!!! and is mark as a tradegy. I really like my happy endings and I hope the mangaka does something about but if he(she) did it the story would be so predictable n it would not be as great. , after reading this manga my anxiety is at a hight level. there are not many volumes out yet but in the very first chapter ,belive me you are going to stay their glue to the computer or whatever you are reading it on. Do not miss it, give it a chance because in real life there are no happy endings you dont want to be like Naho from this sory "full of regrets".

The future is something we can never avoid. It's uncharted land, a topic that not even the best of scientist can predict with 100% accuracy. Or, so you may think before reading this manga.

Story: 10/10
Now, this is not your every day time travel manga, and that's part of the reason why the plot for this story was so great. I really think that by the end of the story, everything was wrapped up rather nicely. There were no plot holes, and no unanswered questions. When reading Orange, you'll see the struggle that the characters are put through. Grieving loss, seeking closure, and regret are only some of the topics that were touched upon. The storyline was so heart warming, it may just bring tears to your eyes.

Art: 9'/10
The art in this manga was very impressive. The scenery and character design were absolutely breathtaking. Though, personally, I've been more impressed.

Character: 10/10
The manga may be called 'Orange' but the characters were full of colour. They're funny, sweet, and show a strong sense of friendship. They may be young, but their maturity was shocking. The way they relied on each other, and encouraged each other to depend on everyone else may make you wish you had friends like them.
{My favourite character was Hagita Saku!}

Enjoyment: 10/10
While reading this manga I cringed, cried, smiled and laughed. Orange is an emotional rollercoaster, and I definitely enjoyed the ride. I've never read a story like this one, and I don't think I'll find another like it.

Overall: 10/10
Honestly, Orange is one of my favourite manga. I highly recommend it to anyone, no matter what your interest. So read it! spread the love! I hope you'll enjoy it as much as I did.

This manga deals with the suicide of one of the characters in the manga (I'm pretty sure that isn't a spoiler considering it's written in the synopsis). It also deals with the feelings of the other main characters, as they torture themselves thinking about what they could have done differently.

At the time I read this manga in freshman year of high school, my best friend was expressing to me his desire to commit suicide on a daily basis. Then he told me he didn't want to do it because he didn't want to hurt his parents. He told me he didn't want to do it because of his pets. And for a while, that was enough for me to be convinced that there was no way he would do it.

In a few weeks, he will turn 17. He told me recently that he couldn't believe that he was about to turn 17, because he didn't expect to live that long.

What happened, then?

As I read this manga, I began to put myself in their shoes. I began to think...what would I do if I were in the characters' place? What would I do if my best friend committed suicide? I was the only one who knew about his true feelings, how could I ever live with myself if I let him die? Would I turn into these characters, endlessly torturing myself imagining the thousand different things I could have done differently to prevent him from dying? How could I face his parents, knowing the innumerable opportunities I had to keep their son from ending his life?

So I got help. I told my mother what was happening, and within a matter of months my mother met with his and told her what was happening. He got the help he needed, and is now doing far, far better than he was back then.

Thank you, Ms. Takano. You gave me the strength to save my best friend's life, and for that I will be forever thankful.

Alright so the plot is Naho Takamiya a high school girl woke up late and was late to school received a letter from herself 10 years into the future asking herself to save this newly transferred student from Tokyo named Kakeru.

Its a really thought provoking manga that doesnt go too much into the weird parts of how they received the letters from their future self and its a bit like one of my fav movies of all time Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind. Its about regrets , human nature , friendship and depression. It also focuses a lot on depression and how even though a person might seem great on the outside on the inside the person might be already giving up on living.

Throughout the story it keeps you wondering whether even though she receive letters on how to help out Kakeru will it change anything. Like for example will Naho be able to change the fate of Kakero even with letters of advice from her future self or is it one of those cliches where knowing isnt enough to change someones fate?

Overall it is a great manga with a solid ending and if you liked the movie Eternal Sunshine Of a Spotless Mind where theres a bit of scifi and love story going on, this is definitely the manga for you.

I don't understand the popularity of this series.

The art is fine, the pacing was alright, a lot of the technical details are perfectly passable, but the story is based on a premise that's complete garbage.

Naho receives a letter from her future self, fine.

Her future self doesn't spell out things clearly and writes things in a cryptic, roundabout way. Alright, she's a bit dumb. But that's fine.

Her current self doesn't read or attempt to understand the letter until the plot gets around to it. Ok, she's really dumb, but sure.

After she grasps the weight of the letter she still spends the majority of the time being led around by other characters and failing to make her own decisions like the stereotypical shoujo waif that she is. Ok, this is where things start becoming unacceptable.

**And it only gets worse as we get into the spoiler portions.**

Neither selves understand the weight of what they're doing nor do they use this amazingly convenient time travel letter gimmick to do anything useful. No one attempts to prevent terrorist attacks, murders, or warn the world of tragedies with this time travel. No one tries to get qualified professionals or even regular adults to help with serious mental illness, and of course, there's the age old cliche of "love with the main heroine is more effective than medical treatment" and "everyone else's tragedies don't matter as long as my boyfriend is all mine now" and "people with mental illness are just sitting around waiting to be saved my me".

**spoiler over**

Complete and utter trash that promotes unhealthy relationships and treats idiocy as endearing. Do not recommend.

I think this manga is very beautiful. It has a nice story, and it really touches you. I must admit, i cried a few times. You will understand, once you read it. Enjoy!

The manga Orange by Ichigo Takano is a sad and thoughtful story about friendship, first relationships, suicide, and never taking anything you have for granted. We follow Nao, a girl in high school who one day receives a letter from her future self. This letter gives Nao a warning that the new student in her classroom will struggle with depression and later commits suicide. Future Nao wants present Nao to complete certain tasks to prevent this from happening. This manga is very short, but there is so much detail in the story, and the artwork goes very well with it. I must say however, I did have some issues with some of Nao's actions in this manga, and I felt a little underwhelmed at the end. But overall, this a great story and I think everyone should read it!

I am really into shoujo manga but this is the first time I'm seriously MADLY in love with a shoujo manga like this.

Story:
The story is about the 16 years old Naho, who receives a letter. The letter was from herself, 10 years from the future. As she reads on, the letter recites the events of the day. It also said that a boy will transfer to her class, named Kakeru.
Naho, her friends and Kakeru becomes good friends but after his first day in school, he was absent from school for 2 weeks.
Naho from the future stated that she has many, many regrets and she wants to fix them by telling the 16 year old Naho to do the things the future Naho regretted not doing, most things regarding Kakeru. The future Naho wrote that she wanted the present Naho to watch closely over Kakeru, because then years later, Kakeru will no longer be with them.

This plot was what was interesting me to begin with. It is a really outstanding story and it makes you wanting to read it. The more you read, the more you love it. You'll just keep loving it more and more. Or at least, that was what happened to me.

10/10


Art:
The art is really cute and pretty, but it's not unique enough to give it a 10. I really like Takano Ichigo's way to draw though.

9/10

Character:
The characters are really great and they all have their own personality. The funny and outgoing Azusa, scary but really nice Takako, the nice and sporty Suwa, the emotionless but nice Hagi, the mother-like and nice Naho and the nice and sweet Kakeru.
They all get really along well and they all love each other. I like how they are so different(okay not really THAT different) but still getting along so well. Friendship is magic haha.

10/10.

Enjoyment:
I totally enjoyed this anime from beginning to where I am right now. It's a tragic but sweet manga with lots of emotions that can make you cry.

10/10

Overall:
Overall this is a really good shoujo manga and I totally loved this! Highly recommended. But prepare a tissue or something first.

9.5/10

Orange is a stunning story not only about love and high school romance but also about friendship and depression.

This is a manga that touches upon different kinds of love. Sacrificial love, platonic love, unconditional love, overbearing love. All of these come up in the relationships with the MC's.

There are some standard tropes thrown around here and there because it is a high school based shoujo manga but every action is so important. I am trying my best not to spoil anything but there is a strong emphasis on showing the reader how small actions can make a difference to someone.

Overall a touching and heartfelt manga that can be enjoyed by all manga readers, not just shoujo fans.

Story: 10/10

Despite being a shojo orange breaks from the typical high-school romance. Naho, the main character, receives a letter from her future self, in this letter there are instructions to save the life of her new classmate, Kakeru. The romance between Kakeru and Naho is evident, but the story goes beyond that and sends a very nice and helpful message: to never miss a chance to do what you have to do, to depend and to trust people and overall making the most of your life.

Art: 10/10

Tha drawing style of Ichigo Takano is truly beautiful.

Character: 10/10

Naho is shy and indecisive but it's her personality what helps the story to develop.
Kakeru is a very nice and complex character.
Suwa is definitely my favourite character from this manga, he is kind-hearted and a great friend for both Naho and Kakeru.
Hagita, Azu and Takako are the comic relief, specially Hagita.

All in all I think all these are characters are lovely and each of them contribute to the story.

Enjoyment:10/10
The story is quite sad, and there are some moments you can definitely shed some tears, but nevertheless it has a very beautiful message.

Overall: 10/10
Great story, beautiful art, well written characters and a nice message. Orange is definitely a manga everyone should read.

Remembering the past can be both a gift and a curse. The happy moments have their potency multiplied, but so do the sad moments. Actually, the moments that once were insanely happy can become painful to remember. But what if you had the opportunity to change the past, with all of your present knowledge? The sad moments could be traded with even happier moments, and your present would be happier as a result. This is the opportunity that the characters of Orange receive.

Orange began serialization in 2012 and ran until 2015. It is a shoujo romance manga written, created and illustrated by Ichigo Takano. The company Seven Seas Entertainment will publish it in 2016 in the West and Crunchyroll currently has all of it available in its online catalog.

Naho Takamiya’s first day of her second year in high school doesn’t begin that well, she oversleeps for the first time in her life and receives a mysterious letter supposedly written by her (that she doesn’t have time to read). Things start looking up when a new student, Kakeru Naruse, transfers to her class. During his presentation, Naho reads the letter, which really seems to come from herself from the future and warns her not to invite Kakeru to walk home together. Ignoring that, Naho and her friends invite him to walk home together. For the next two weeks, Kakeru doesn’t come to class and his newly found friends get worried. After these events, Naho decides to follow the letter, which asks for her to help Kakeru truly smile and says that she will fall in love with the boy. The past, present and future are deeply conected in her search to save Kakeru.

From the start, the thing that stands out in Orange is its honesty to its theme. The past can hurt. That point is made multiple in the first five chapters. But that is not the series sole theme. Another one of the main focus is the capacity to take responsibility in your own actions and not being carried away by counsel, mainly in the image of Naho, who comes to depend on the letters. Both of these themes are portrayed in a novel and refreshing way, while still managing to have weight in the reader.

The main trio (Naho, Kakeru and Hiroto Suwa) is, undoubtedly, the group of characters that receives the most development. Naho starts of as a rather timid girl who always “goes with the flow”, but her experiences with the letter and Kakeru shape her to be a more headstrong and decisive person. Suwa seems to be the regular charismatic, friendly and athletic character that is just there, but with time his deeper personality is revealed. I won’t say anything about Kakeru, as it would be too much of a spoiler. But I’m just going to say it is wonderfully realized and an emotional.

That is not to say the rest of Naho’s friends doesn’t receive any development, but it is not as major as the one for the main trio. Their development is mostly built through one single event.

The art of Orange is very cutesy, something very natural for shoujos, but it is not any less beautiful or realistic because of it. The realism is a very welcome change of pace from most manga and, despite that, it still manages to get something of magic in its pages. It is pretty well detailed and really pretty, to boot.

Orange is the first shoujo I ever read and I feel it ruined the demographic for me. I doubt any other shoujo will be able to reach the same level of enjoyment, fun and emotional-power that it gave me. It will probably forever be my milestone to what a shoujo should aim to be, fun and yet deep, with a hint of tragicness.

I would recommend Orange to shoujo-lovers and people looking for a very original romance. Also, people looking for a great portrayal of how to deal with the past and taking action for the present. Moreover, I think everyone should consider giving it a try.

Orange is a great shojo manga. I am definitely enjoying it at the moment, so I would like to give you a simple review of this heartwarming at the same time heartbreaking manga.

Story is a 9.

I have read a lot of shojo manga and I think the story of Orange is unique in its own way. A normal girl receives a letter from her 26-year old self, telling about the events that happened between her and the main male protagonist. Asking her younger self to watch over him. Now that's something you don't see everyday. It is truly unique.

Art is a 10.

I have to say something here, the art is literally one of the best I've seen in any manga. When I go through the chapters, I go "Oh wow, Naho's really cute." It's one of my favorite character designs and I also love the scenery.

Character is a 10.

Characters may seem cliched. From the shy Naho, to her two energetic best friends, Taka and Azu, the cool and mysterious Kakeru, the heart throb and all around nice guy Suwa, the glasses dude Hagita. Yeah, they may seem cliched. But their character development is something you should take notice of. I enjoy how they interact with each other and I love their moments as a group.

Enjoyment is a 10.

I enjoy this manga a lot. At the end of every chapter, I was smiling and I was waiting endlessly for the next chapter to be released. This manga released a lot of my emotions. I flt sadness, happiness, romantic tingliness (is that even an emotion).

Overall is a 10.

This is one of the best manga I've ever read. Everything about it is amazing and I am definitely loving every page and every chapter of it. You guys should read it too, not only for shojo fans, but to fans of other genre as well.

Thanks for reading my review. Have a good day. :)