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Sara

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Sara

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Orange Marmalade korean drama review
Dropped 12/12
Orange Marmalade
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by Sara
Apr 3, 2017
12 of 12 episodes seen
Dropped
Overall 7.0
Story 5.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 9.5
Rewatch Value 2.0
I dropped this probably for many of the same reasons that many people did. I read the Manhwa before watching it. As anyone who read any reviews of this show knows, it doesn't follow it at all. That disappointment aside, I still think dropping it wasn't a bad choice. The shift between the 4th and the 5th episode is too much. It's like the writer was hit by creative inspiration. They had this story as a base and then went to the moon with it. Which is wonderful, really. I would love it if more writers took more risks with their stories. But as the writer went off to the moon, they needed to take us with and they didn't. It wasn't just hard to follow, which would have been more forgivable, but honestly jarring. Jarring's not good. Jarring is dropping. Besides that, the Pretty was good. The actors were great, even if Seol Hyun was a little green and awkward, the two actors really stepped in and then none of that mattered. I was surprised and impressed by the sexuality (as a tangible feeling of lust, not showing actual sex) displayed in the first couple of episodes, which Korea seems reluctant to show in most adult dramas, let alone ones based around teenagers. But still I wish they'd show it more in more Vampire type shows, as that's half the appeal of the lore, the sexual tension around it. I can't recommend the show because of how it doesn't take you with it, but I can't be mad at it because it does everything else so well.
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