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Orange

Alternative Titles

Japanese: 橘子
English: Orange
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Information

Type: Manhua
Volumes: 1
Chapters: Unknown
Status: Finished
Published: 2006
Genres: Drama Drama, Romance Romance, Slice of Life Slice of Life
Theme: Psychological Psychological
Serialization: None
Authors: Benjamin (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.041 (scored by 857857 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #87212
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #7631
Members: 2,968
Favorites: 126
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Synopsis

Her name is Orange. She's a young girl in high school, coming of age in the heart of the city. And she has decided she has nothing to live for. Not her shallow friends. Not her parents. Not school. Not even the empty promise of love. Her head filled with morbid fantasies of suicide, Orange finds herself standing at the edge of her rooftop when the drunken, enigmatic young man, Dashu, enters her world...changing it forever...

A heartbreaking tale of a young woman desperately trying to understand the bewildering world around her, brought to life by the luscious artwork of manga icon, Benjamin, Orange is a profoundly moving story of loss and redemption.

Background

Orange was published in English by Tokyopop on February 1, 2009, in Spanish by Deux Graphica Studio, and in German by Tokyopop Gmbh.

Characters

Orange
Main
Dashu
Supporting

Reviews

Oct 27, 2015
Orange show a needy youth, unable to building own life and to be happiness and which is losing the faith in the adults. The main character doesn't feel more nothing, she is losing in this chaotic world and she do strange thoughts about the life. But the love for a strange alcoholic man, who is at the appearance uncaring and inconclusive, it will changes herself.
The story is a lot strange in some point, but anyway intrigue until at the surreal ending. The characters practically are only Orange and the alcoholic man, they have a good characterization, especially for Orange we can see the whirlwind ...
Nov 19, 2025
Mixed Feelings
The storyline is really not there at all, however the art is absolutely gorgeous.. I know it was not the authors planned intention to make a manhua out of their art, which is why the story is lacking, but in the future I would love to see this sort of art with a well polished story!1!1!!!!

I recommend scanning through this manhua sort of like a picturebook, yes there is narration but please don't waste your time reading it (unless you really want to)

The use of color is very strong, dynamic poses, rhythm, texture, those artistic elements exist on every page.

Story 0/10

Art 999999999999999/10
Jun 13, 2020
According to the author note, this was never planned to be a comic. This was a series of drawings they strung together afterwards with narration to resemble a character study. They didn’t know what was drawn. Just that it was sad.

No wonder, because despite decent standalone pictures it DOES NOT translate well to graphic novel storytelling. All we get is a series of semi-photorealistic portraits with repetitive angsty narration. No character arcs are ever explored. It’s just one wreck of a lost girl in a world of constantly blurry pictures screaming. Quite frankly, this was one of the whiniest comics I’ve read and I regret ...

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