Orange (manga)

Orange (オレンジ, Orenji) is an ongoing Japanese slice of life romance shōjo/seinen manga series written and illustrated by Ichigo Takano.^[1][2] It was first serialized in 2012 in Bessatsu Margaret manga magazine and later in Monthly Action.^[2] It has been compiled into 3 volumes so far. It's published in English (online) by Crunchyroll^[2] and in French by Akata.^[1]

Characters

• Naho^[1]
• Kakeru^[1]
• Suwa^[1]

Volumes

• 1 (Shueisha: July 25, 2012; Futabasha: December 25, 2013)^[3][4]
• 2 (Shueisha: November 22, 2012; Futabasha: December 25, 2013)^[5][6]
• 3 (Futabasha: August 22, 2014)^[7]

Reception

Volume 1 reached the 30th place on the weekly Oricon manga chart and, as of July 29, 2012, has sold 31,451 copies;^[8] volume 2 reached the 31st place^[9] and, as of December 2, 2012, has sold 68,977 copies;^[10] volume 3 reached the 20th place^[11] and, as of September 7, 2014, has sold 111,934 copies.^[12]

On manga-news.com, it has a staff grade of 17.5 out of 20;^[1] volume 1 was chosen by the staff as one of the top manga of the week as a "new [release] crush"^[13] and volume 2 was also chosen as one of the top manga of the week.^[14] On planetebd.com, it has a staff grade of "good, nice".^[15]

It was number 23 on the 15th Book of the Year list by Da Vinci magazine.^[16]

See also

• Yume Miru Taiyō, another manga series by the same author

References

External links

• Orange at Crunchyroll
• Orange (manga) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia