Orange Marmalade

I've been into webtoons lately, and I think this is my very first one to complete from start to finish. This is also one of my first romance comic involving vampires. I am typically not a big fan of the whole vampire thing, but this one was quite a pleasant surprise in how they utilize the vampire drama.

Let's start with the first category: story (8/10)
The story focuses on the ice princess, Mari Baek. She is a beautiful, lonely girl who transferred into a different high school. Because vampires aren't accepted into the human society, she isolated herself from her classmates in order to avoid heartbreak and betrayal. But her life changes when she runs into the school's hottie, Jaemin.

This entire story is really about Mari struggling with love, friendship, and most of all, self-love and acceptance. The author did a fantastic job in building up the tension between humans and vampires, which complicates Mari and her relationship with the male lead, her classmates, and her new friends. The plot does go a bit off tangent at times because of the drama and romance, but the story follows Mari's conflict with her own identity and desire to be with the ones she loves.

Art (10/10): There's no doubt that the art is amazing and gorgeous. It's like a colored manga panel each page. I can't get over it.

Characters (7/10) : Mari is a breath of fresh air when in comes to female protagonists in romance genres. She's not the typical whiny, over dramatic, naive, or timid protagonist. She is certainly not a pushover either, which really helped my sanity. Even though Mari is usually calm, stoic, and cold, she has hilarious moments so it makes her somewhat balanced and quite enjoyable. There are times I can see where some may find her actions frustrating, but that highlights her biggest flaws that dictates the plot: her cowardice and insecurity. She kept her mask for years to avoid rejection and betrayal, causing her to become stone cold and pushing away those who want to be with her. This character flaw becomes apparent throughout, and the author executed Mari's conflict well until the very end. She's one of the dynamic main protagonists I've seen yet.

The main male lead was good for the most part. Jaemin's behavior during the times he tried to court Mari was dislikable (you'll see). He's quite rude to females (except for Mari), very persistent, and somewhat cocky. But don't worry, he has a reason for his off putting personality, and that also helped his characterization. It's better to have a character with flaws than a perfect prince charming (well, in my opinion of course).

So if I found the main leads well-written, how come I rated the character category low? Let's start with my criticism in this section.
Although I appreciated Mari's realistic flaws and personality, I felt sometimes her character was inconsistent in some parts. I won't pinpoint the exact moments where I felt as if she changed a bit too drastically, but those moments didn't sit well with me.

Now I have a few complaints for the secondary characters. Just a few. First, I feel like we haven't gotten much closure for them, especially the male love rival, Si Hoo (a character I was really interested in). Si Hoo wasn't utilized as well as he could have, despite all the amazing moments he had and how much he did for Mari. Honestly, I found him way more interesting than any other character in the series. Yet, we don't get to see his ending, whether it was a happy ending or not.

Mari's friends Suri and Woomi had good roles, and there isn't anything wrong with them. They had some mistakes, drama, and own backstories (Suri specifically), which blended well with Mari's development. I just wished Suri wasn't written out in the final act (slight spoilers but not really).

Now, there are two female love rivals or I could even say the antagonists of the series that I shall not name cause of spoilers. One was written really well. She had a full character transformation from the most cliche love rival one could ever be to a better, developed character. I have a few problems with her, but I won't address them now. The biggest I problem I had was with the other female love rival. We don't get any closure from this one at all, even though she may as well be the final villain of the story. It's as almost as if she had been forgotten, which by the way she shouldn't be cause of what she did. Also, she did a full 360 in her character; I'm not sure if that was a good move or not. It's a hit or miss.


Overall and enjoyment (8/10). Overall, this was a good work. This series can get very emotional and touching at times, so prepare to tear up (i certainly did). The author didn't just deliver us romance. In the midst of this drama, there were messages of self-love, discrimination, forgiveness, and acceptance. It is a wholesome webtoon, and for those who are looking for a romance filled with drama and a touch of the supernatural, this is the story for you.

Lets get straight to the point here,
The story is a cliche', that anyone would enjoy.
Personally I like manga that give me feels, this manga Orange Marmalade.
It made me cry,laugh, and feel sorrow for characters that are fictional.
And trying to put their places, in real life.
Since a vampire and human romance, is a great classic that doesn't have many about.
I really liked it because the art was also outstanding, and it was in color.
I gave characters a 9, because even though the characters were nicely done.
They didn't have a chance to really explain the other characters, and only focused on the mains.
And 2 words to describe this manga is, "MORE" & "WOW"
This is one of my favorite manga, and personally i'm really picky about my character development and plot, etc.
But even though it was a cliche' story, with not that good of a development.
I enjoyed it, and I think you can too!

***This is a somewhat spoiler free review***

What do you get when you have a decent cast that do decent things but then get a rushed ending? Orange Marmalade.

Story: 5/10

I'll say that the whole vampire hiding in society thing was actually pretty well done. The basic premise of this Manhwa is that we follow the main protagonist as she fights her way through having a somewhat normal high school experience. Too bad she has some really hot guy all over her and has many friends that care for her. But noooooo she doesn't want any of that; well not at first. One thing I really liked about how the plot moved was that the main character did start to mature and open up to the rest of the cast. There was a very clear development of her character that had many milestones hit. Unfortunately what dragged it down was the other main character Jae-Min who in my honest opinion ruined the whole story. He is your typical single minded male lead that just loves to fuck everything up.

The worst offence however is the rushed ending. It was tied up so god damn fast that I was flabbergasted at the closer we received for some characters. You have a complete breakdown of one of the supporting casts...and she ends up with the man that was just using her for her blood...? Blaaa one of the worst endings I have ever seen and it unfortunately drags down the entire Manhwa.

Art: 7/10

Most Manhwa's are done with photoshop and lack really detailed colors. The Manhwa Tower of God was the same way for awhile but it soon developed its own sense of style that made it look unique. It would be a stretch to say that Orange Marmalade has its own style but some of the scenes do look pretty good. I did like most of the character models and background shots.

Characters: 6.3/10

This really made me grind my teeth because while most of the characters had their great moments, it was all ruined by the ending. Jae-Min just came off as a horrible horrible lead. Some of the supporting cast were pretty interesting but when they needed to stick up for Ma-Ri when she really needed it, most of them dropped the ball. To make things worse the ONE character that I felt actually cared about Ma-Ri throughout the entire story f$#ks up big time in the end.

A HUGE letdown.

Overall: 6.1/10

I won't go as far as reviewer Bradalee and say this is a complete waste of time due to the ending but I will say to prepare to lose all respect for the characters that you have grown attached to. The rushed ending leaves a lot to be desired but the moments before the climax were pretty enjoyable to watch.

Enjoyment: 5.2/10

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The funny (or interresting) thing about this manwa is that you can just replace the word "vampire" with "black", "asian", "caucasian", "gay", "muslim", "catholic", "jewish" or any other kind of minority in the place where you live and it still does makes sense. The author didn't intent that kind of thing but sadly it does work.

It's a boring read most of the time especially the first 30 chapters could be tuned down in ~3-5 chapters, because everything just repeats again and again. If this was cut down to a ~ 40-50 chapter manwa it would certainly be for the better.

The main characters are both nothing special but will never get annoying they both have their issues and unlike many other characters of this genre you understand why they do act the way they do.

The art really drops badly later on and you'll see a lot of chibbi drawings, sometimes even 50% of a chapter consinsts of chibbi. I am not against that per se but if it's so obvious that those drawings are only used to save time it's another thing.

So in the end it could've really been a good picture on society(even if not intended) but it did fail at many points, on the other hand as a serious romance it just fails horrible with repeating scenes and trophes all over again till the end.

Right so this is my first review on this site so go easy on me, Ok so Orange Marmalade where should I begin... This is one of those extremely rare instances where I found a Manga I enjoyed so much it got me emotional.

So heres why.

The reason this particular Manga was so great in my opinion is due to multiple factors first I would like to mention the story, the story in this is so unique its surprising what I mean by this is that Orange Marmalade focuses heavily on its world building which is weird for a romance Manga but wow does it pull it off brilliantly you can really tell that the author put real thought into this. From the world to the way the characters interact with the world they're in it all fits so well.

My second reason would be the characters and how they develop as the plot progresses they're what really drive this story (which is to be expected of a romance Manga) from their interactions with one another to how they act given certain circumstances they feel real and you really grow an attachment to them.

Another positive about Orange Marmalade is its amazing artwork this is one of those small percentage of Manga that takes real pictures and re animates them which I personally adore as it makes the scenery look so much nicer.

Overall I don't want to spoil to much I had an emotional roller coaster with this one and would recommend it to anybody who has a like for Romance or drama Manga (Or Anime doesn't matter) this is most defiantly my favorite Manga to date and I doubt I'll find another like it which is why I'm writing this review as I believe that it deserves some praise.

Hope you give this one a try you wont regret it.

Nothing about this is fun, meaningful, sweet, or tragic.

The main plot setting is that humans are irrationally, wildly racist against vampires to an extent that is unfathomably unrealistic. The "love interest" is a pushy stalker. The main character is a gutless, bland loser. Since the art is average, it leaves the work with no redeeming factors.

This could have been an interesting work despite the flawed premise if any of the characters were particularly fun or unique, but nobody offers anything. Instead it is nothing but a slow paced abomination. "OMG being vampire is suffering" is not an interesting story.

This is my first review and I'm only compelled to write this out of pure disgust for this manhwa. This won't be a very long write-up since I dropped this trash pretty early on but if you want to save yourself a read here's the TLDR: Stay away from the supposed "romance" manhwa unless you really enjoy abusive men.

This story starts out well enough; aloof girl, stuck-up guy - you know, the standard fare for a lot of romance stories in this medium, but after just a few chapters things take a turn for the infuriating. The male lead seems to have no comprehension of consent and disregards the female lead's very clear and concise refusal of his advances on multiple occasions, even going so far as to physically grab her and refuse to let her go even as she pleads with him to leave her alone; at one point she literally has to BITE him in order to get him off of her so she can flee! I want to be clear here - this was in no way one of those situations in manga/manhwa where a person says "no" in an ambiguous or coy way - this was pure abuse / harassment, and I don't know how anyone could read this without feeling immediately revolted.

In any case, this is the end of my rant. If you're anything like me you'll want to stay far away from this story.

ok,this is my first review here so yay congratulations for me :) and it's probably gonna be weird but whatever let's get back to the review i really like the plot put i wish things have gone different because it's really really boring when the girl ends up with the guy she is supposed to end up with right from the first chapter it was really easy to guess what was gonna happen next and my guessing was always right which made it really boring i wish that the manga was a little more unpredictable a lot actually and i totally hate the ending it's really awful maybe because i hate the hero of the manga i really wished i would have ended differently well i hope i helped.guess not :p

One of the best romance manhwa I've read. Plot progression is just right- there are occasional chapters that SEEM like fillers but end up contributing to the plot, and the pacing is great.

Character: Just about all the cast develop some way or another. No spoilers but by all the cast I mean ALL, even Basic Bitch #1 and Deliberately Antagonistic Antagonist change throughout the manhwa. Only reason I gave it a 9 is because from start to finish there's 2 characters who are added for seemingly no purpose but for one joke somewhere in the middle then kept on for the sake of it, never really getting fleshed out. Lets call them Supporting Friend #4 and #5.

I enjoyed this IMMENSELY. I came across this yesterday night and binged it till daybreak, it was so much fun. The drama never feels stifling or melodramatic, the romance doesn't get piled on so as to become sappy. Violence(when it does occur) is MEANINGFUL, and the whole manhwa is just well-done.

10/10 would recommend, 10/10 would read again a year later to reminsce.

This is my first time writing a review so..... yep

This manga is about a girl who is a vampire and attends school and trys to live a "normal" life. She has no friends and no boyfriend. It is know that there are vampires and they all called "monsters" because they have to drink blood to live. This manga was really good and i think everyone who enjoys romance mangas should read it. EVERY1 SHOULD READ THIS MANGA