How unrealistically oblivious these characters are to each other's feelings for a handful of episodes is what makes the series feel so stretched out at times since instead of going from A to B, their relationship has a bad habit of going on detours and wandering off to C,D and F. The relationship between Naho and Kakeru itself often tends to fall into unbelievable territory as well. I don't care if he's the nicest guy on the face of the planet, no person has the ability to undermine their own feelings like that solely for someone else's sake, especially seeing as he knows Kakeru for like, what, a month? I'd have a difficult time believing it even if the two knew each other since birth, but at the start of the series they're not even buddy-buddy entry level yet. Fuck magical letters that bend the space time continuum, Suwa's attitude towards Naho and Kakeru's relationship is where the real supernatural stuff kicks in. And as such, logic and rationality completely cease to exist within the relationships between the main cast. I understand that she’s a refined girl and all but that doesn’t mean that she should constantly refrain from going out of her comfort zone every once in a while due to her shy demeanor when her actions will literally dictate whether a person lives or dies.įollowing the cursed traditions of the shoujo genre, it is a given that emotion beats out logic in 99% of cases. And even when she isn’t caught up in anything and has a clear resolution of what she’s supposed to do, she doesn’t do it simply due to reluctance. And what does she do? She messes it up by postponing it to go and clean the classroom. She finds out that there’s a way to undo one of her regrets simply by writing “No” on a piece of paper.
The fact that Naho prioritizes the most trivial of things over changing the future is also a huge problem. Such a protagonist works great for Orange though, as having anyone other be the lead instead of such an indecisive girl would bring about a rather quick and uneventful resolution to things as no mind-mindbogglingly unnecessary conflict would ever arise. At certain times she appears to be completely and utterly socially inept, despite seemingly being a part of and having a decently-sized group of friends. What I'm referring to is the lousy presentation the series decided to resort to when tackling both the internal and external conflicts of the characters, like Kakeru being depressed for the sake of it and Naho being the weakest and most helpless creature on planet earth, thus making it unbearable to watch her interactions with Kakeru as she hopelessly tries to undo the regrets that the letter spoke of.Īdding on to that, to say that Naho is not a very outgoing girl would be an understatement. Instead, Orange's problem is that even that which is supposed to be grounded in reality feels like it isn't. As convoluted as the plot may seem, it's not bad straight off the bat for lacking a sense of realism. I couldn't make this shit up even if I tried, could I? Anyhow, it's up to Naho to correct her past mistakes by saving the new transfer student, Kakeru Naruse, from taking his own life.
The letter was sent from Naho to Naho 10 years in the past in hopes of her younger self being able to correct the mistakes she once made in highschool. One day, she stumbles upon a magical letter that is able to foresee her near future. The story of Orange revolves around Naho, a carefree girl in her second year of highschool. unfolds, giving us deep insight into taboo topics like depression and suicide, viewed in distasteful shoujo fashion. Once you've seen one you've seen them all, right? Some people would beg to differ, and as to disprove my claim the adaptation of Orange reared its ugly head out of the deepest depths of shoujo hell itself to quickly rise to the top of this season's charts, smirking all the while it does it. They follow a very basic and straightforward structure, and more often than not end up feeling way too dramatized and overly-melodramatic for no apparent reason. It’s a well known fact that shoujo anime have never been the most original pieces of work.
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