A review by monique3
ORANGE MARMALADE by Seokwoo

adventurous dark emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

3.5

"You make me feel better."
 "I think you made a mistake." 

"I don't want to live in fear for others to find the truth about me anymore." 

"If someone gives you a hard time, you can hide behind us...! You can just hold my hands tight if it's too hard for you to stand!"





 

- Love this idea of vampires trying to coexist with humans after humans almost wiped them out. Interesting exploring the history and the prejudice and discrimination in society and how Mari adapts to look human to avoid it all 

- Is this gonna be funny and cute? 

- Yup, I love Suri, she's a gem and so funny and chaotic 

- Mari rejects humans, boys and friends. To be cold so as not to be hurt poor girl 

- Everyone loves Jaemin but Jamin hates everyone 

- I love the school teacher! Not so much as Jaemin's mum but a supportive figure in the school for Mari 

- Mari completely sassing Ara so calmly in that situation. Hell yeah! 

- What is it with the parents being so horribly flippant about situations, it's horrible. The humour doesn't work in these situations 

- Jaemin is a stalker, no thank you 

- Aww Mari, you look so happy with your friends! It was a rough start but seeing how cruel everyone is to vampires and seeing Mari, they're ready to protect her. Mari can finally start the healing journey from her trauma 

- Chibis are so cute and funny 

- What is with the families? I don't like Mari's either! 

- Yeah didn't realise how much I'd grown to like Jaemin and Mari's dynamic 

- Credits to Shihu.... I don't think intimidation was the best tactic but also thank you for helping Mari. He was introduced as bad news but he might be okay 

- Chaerin seems fun, maybe a little annoying, but fun! 

- Aww the group trip! Look at them all 🥰 

- Was not expecting a sad and dark backstory from Jaemin, poor guy. This cutesy little webtoon is about to get darker 

- Mari I understand why you're holding it all in but you need to tell him its unfair on you both! Bless her she doesn't want to lose what she has 

- Okay Jaemin, you can be angry for the lie... but it's cruel to accuse it was all fake, you chased after her first, she tried to warn you, the feelings were real! 

- Shihu loses points for how he treated Chaerin 

- It was a suspicion Shihu actually likes Mari, makes it complicated 

- Shihu never sees humans vampires living side but Mari hopes for it in the future, to be human and to belong as one of their own. Her dream. 

- Why do they drink blood? Because they're born that way- it's not something they can change. Goes for a lot of the basis of discrimination in real life too 

- Looks like Shihu drank too much human blood 

- Jaemin finally seeing the hate rise for vampires, wake up call for him 

- GO TEACHER GO! Jaemin's mum going full blown protective mode over Mari! 

- Man... I HATE Chaerin! I thought you were cool and you did this all because of rejection!? 

- Jaemin finally seeing just what Mari has put up with all her life, understands. 

- Shihu looks... terrible. He isn't doing well... 

- Jaemin drinking a pack of blood in front of school and Mari just to prove his point, he doesn't care what Mari is he love and respects her 

- Not Ara actually caring for Mari!? Brilliant! 

- Mari struggling, wish she was human, wish she wasn't born at all. Can't understand why she's been hated all her life. Even Jaemin has tears hugging her and comforting her, that hug was needed 😭 

- parents want to move, safe again, but Mari doesn't see the point 

- "How could they treat every vampire as a murderer when its just one who did it... humans kill each other tens, no, hundreds times a day. Why don't they treat themselves that they're all murderers? Huh?!!" THIS THOUGH! AUNTIE IS SO RIGHT 

- Mari's family fear deportation. Jaemin begs the school, even Mari's father begs- he's never seen his daughter so happy and alive 

- Ara's character development has been amazing 

- I remember judging this for being too cutesy but now this has got so thoroughly real and emotional. 

- the end was so touching and wholesome 😭 Mari allowed her fangs to grow!