Orange Marmalade (2015)

Not every webtoon is meant to be adapted

So yes this series was adapted from a webtoon and yes the webtoon itself was quite popular. But just because the manhua was good doesn't mean you have to make into a series. Webtoon have much more episodes and are in general pretty detailed. A lot of adaptation fail to meet the expectations (like cheese in the trap, mystic pop up bar), some are average (like extraordinary you, love alarm) and a few turn out pretty great (like what's wrong with secretary kim or my ID is gangnam beauty). The failure of this series is evident in the fact that despite having stars like Yeo Jin Goo and Lee Jong Hyun in the main roles, most people disliked the series.
I started this series because the vampire concept is mostly only adapted in hollywood mainly due to 2 facts-
-most countries have mythical creatures different than vampires in their folklore (the reason everyone knows about vampires and werewolves is because they are more publicized) & hollywood's has romanticized them even though in reality they are more related to horror and less to romance
So this was definitely something interesting especially since in the show the humans are said to be aware of the vampires and living together in an integrated society.
This interest lasted about 2 episodes. You would think that a show with vampires cohabiting with humans would concentrate more on their struggles but no, the writers had to add in-
-a complicated teen romance,
-b*tchy highschool girls hellbent on ruining the new girl because the queen bee's crush seems to like her ( if the guy didn't give you the time of day even before the new girl came to school, you think he'll do so after you bully her),
-the vampire girl joining the school band because she wants to be a musician (seriously that's her plan? dude just become a trainee in an agency or join an art school or something that'll actually help),etc.

The worst part of this drama was probably when they switched time periods. Look I like period dramas as much as the next person but there is a time and place for that. I guess the writers wanted to show a reincarnation story or maybe a "history repeating itself" kinda plot but it seriously failed. There were way too many things happening and the structuring of the episodes was a mess. Not to mention that Ma-ri's character was way too dull and Jae-min's character was uninteresting (Shi-hoo was a more intersting character).
If you wanna watch a korean vampire drama I suggest you go for Blood or the Scholar who walks the night.

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When I first started watching Orange Marmalade, I really enjoyed it. The cast were a good match for each other and I liked their story at first. After the 4th episode, I decided to drop the series. I hardly ever drop a series but I didn't like the direction this drama took. I think things could have been done differently and unfortunately some poor decisions were made. It felt like a completely new show after the 4th episode and that was strange to me. I wish they would have done more with Baek Ma Ri, Han Shi Hoo, and Jung Jae Min. I think they could have expanded on their story much more than they did. Overall, the show was good at first but went downhill quickly.

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I thought this drama would’ve been better but I could just not continue. The story line seemed to go to shit once it got to episode 5. After it changed to a different time I just skimmed through the episodes and ended up watching the last one to get it over with, but I was completely unsatisfied with. The points just didn’t make sense to me and the change to the past being 5 episodes was just way to long and should’ve made it shorter. It seemed they based the length of this drama solely on the flash to the last. Without it the drama could’ve ended on 8 episodes. It’s probably the worst drama I’ve seen.

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This was the first kdrama that I've ever watched and also ever dropped yet back in the days. But, a few years after I wanted to give it a second chance, because I wanted to see something different than usual romance dramas with a few supernatural things (like black one, for example) but sadly I dropped it again. I like Yeo Jin Goo acting, but in this one, he isn't the best and the main vampire girl is terrible, she's extremely plain and in the first episode everything is so rushed till reaches a point where I understood nothing, makeup was also really poor, I know that is more for a teen public but a little bit of more effort was appreciable...

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Esse dorama foi uma decepção e só me fez passar raiva!
Eu estava muito animada pra assistir porque eu adoro histórias de vampiros mas ele é péssimo. O casal principal não tem nenhuma química, é muito forçado. Além disso o Jaemin é um babaca, eu sei que nos doramas é comum os caras fazerem uma cagadas e depois se redimirem, mas nesse caso não tem como relevar, o cara faz tanta cagada e tão absurdas que é impossível perdoar. Fora isso o bullying na escola é muito pesado e super desnecessário.
Enfim, não recomendo esse dorama a ninguém, é perda de tempo!

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