Orange

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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 ... of self-destruction thoughts, we can feel the oppression in the soul of her, and I very like this, because she appear for who have to be in the story, namely a problematic young.

But the real strong point of this manhua isn't the story, but the draw. Sincerely I bought it because I was attract by the cover, one of the amazing cover that I ever seen in a comic. But each page is pure art, Benjamin have great tastes for the colors and a particular style, this comic seems more a collection of paintings, about the art is one of the best comic of always.

Orange can like who search stories different by the usual manga, and for who give more importance at the draw respect the story.

The art in this graphic novel is outstanding. I first read this because a fellow staff member confiscated it during a summer camp for mature content. I spent a lot of time flipping through it, just looking at the art-- not even observing the story line. It doesn't matter that the main character Orange is hard to connect to because she's whiney and selfish, the art itself makes this manga worth reading at least once.
I had a very hard time liking the main character of this graphic novel. She was whiney and self entitled-- a condition which she never recovered from during the plot ... line.
Even though the characters lack redeeming qualities and the story line was just okay, I would consider this a must read.

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 ... paying to read this. Selling my copy as soon as possible.

If you’re interested in this type of story, go watch Anno’s Love and Pop.