History YMMV / Orange

* FanonDiscontinuity: ''Orange: Mirai'', due to its divisive elements. [[spoiler:Not only for revealing Future Naho never moved on from Kakeru and she was unhappy married to Suwa but also for TheReveal of Suwa knowingly sacrificing his chance at a relationship with her at the request of his future self]].

* ContestedSequel: ''Mirai'' ended up [[BrokenBase splitting the fanbase right in two]], one half believing that it's a good sequel that properly ties up the loose ends left in the original Manga, while the other firmly thinks that it's nothing more than a shameless cash-in due to its heavy recycling of material from the Anime, not to mention [[spoiler: completely rejecting the Naho/Suwa ship by showing that Naho not only ended up with Kakeru in the altered timeline, but also was unhappy with her life with Suwa to the point she dreams of being with Kakeru instead in the original timeline]].

* HarsherInHindsight: "Even if Kakeru lived, I would have chosen you anyway". [[spoiler: ''Mirai'' reveals that not only does Naho end up with Kakeru in the second timeline, it also turns out that her original timeline self is so unhappy with her life with Suwa she's actually having dreams where she's married to Kakeru instead]].

* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Future Naho; the sequel/interquel movie, ''Orange: Mirai'', confirmed [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation the fan suspicion]] that she [[spoiler: never really moved on from Kakeru after his death. This led to fans accusing her of leading on Suwa and her true motivation for writing the letter being to "correct" the mistake of who she ended up with]].

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: This ends up getting invoked in-universe for Suwa in regards to his placement in the LoveTriangle between himself, Naho and Kakeru. [[spoiler: The Suwa of the original timeline ended up "moving in" on Naho after Kakeru's crippling depression ended up alienated himself from her. In his letter to himself, it's revealed that Suwa still harbors a lot of internalized guilt over not trying to take a more active role in helping Kakeru before that latter committed suicide. It leads to the debate over whether Suwa was being a DoggedNiceGuy or a legitimate NiceGuy. The original Suwa clearly viewed himself as the former while his friends and even Naho tried to convince him that he was the latter.]]

* ClicheStorm: The original plot settings, but not the story itself, are full of this in the context of the shoujo manga, for we have a love triangle with the naive main character, angsty {{Tsundere}} and NiceGuy.

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Potentially can be interpreted for Suwa as of the movie, ''[[SwitchingPOV Orange: Mirai]]''. [[spoiler: It turns out Suwa's real motivation for not confessing his feelings to Naho is because he believes he was being a DoggedNiceGuy by moving in on her after Kakeru died. Despite getting a pep talk from the others that he really is a NiceGuy, Suwa still decides not to act on his own feelings since he knew that in the present, Naho is in love with Kakeru. To drive the point home further, the movie ends with implying that the Naho from the original timeline still is not over Kakeru.]] Given that Suwa is the BreakoutCharacter of the series, you can imagine how well this went over with the fanbase.
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Future Naho; the sequel/interquel movie, ''Orange: Mirai'', confirmed [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation the fan suspicion]] that she [[spoiler: never really moved on from Kakeru after his death. This led to fans accusing her of leading on Suwa and her true motivation for writing the letter to "correct" the mistake of who she ended up with]].

* ContestedSequel: ''Mirai'' ended up [[BrokenBase splitting the fanbase right in two]], one half believing that it's a good sequel that properly ties up the loose ends left in the original Manga, while the other firmly thinks that it's nothing more than a shameless cash-in due to its heavy recycling of material from the Anime, not to mention [[spoiler: completely [[ShipSinking sinking]] the Naho/Suwa ship by showing that Naho not only ended up with Kakeru in the altered timeline, but also was unhappy with her life with Suwa to the point she dreams of being with Kakeru instead in the original timeline]].

* IdiotPlot: If Naho from the future spent more time explaining why Kakeru can not be called anywhere on the first day of school, they could have saved his mother, and Kakeru would have been rid of the biggest cargo in his life.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: There's no easy or quick fix to depression. It takes a while to cope with and sometimes it involves repeatedly letting the person affected know that they are loved and valued.

* ContestedSequel: ''Mirai'' ended up [[BrokenBase splitting the fanbase right in two]], one half believing that it's a good sequel that properly ties up the loose ends left in the original Manga, while the other firmly thinks that it's nothing more than a shameless cash-in due to its heavy recycling of material from the Anime, not to mention [[spoiler: completely [[ShipSinking sinking]] the Naho/Suwa ship by showing that not only Naho ended up with Kakeru in the altered timeline, in the original one she's unhappy with her life with Suwa to the point she dreams of being with Kakeru instead]].

* FanonDiscontinuity: ''Orange: Mirai'', due to its divisive elements. [[spoiler:Not only for revealing Future Naho never moved on from Kakeru and she was unhappy married to Suwa but also for TheReveal Suwa knowingly sacrificed his chance at a relationship with her at the request of his future self]].

* UnintentionallySympathetic: Potentially can be interpreted for Suwa as of the movie, ''[[SwitchingPOV Orange: Mirai]]''. [[spoiler: It turns out Suwa's real motivation for not confessing his feelings to Naho is because he believes he was being a DoggedNiceGuy by moving in on her after Kakeru died. Despite getting a pep talk from the others that he really is a NiceGuy, Suwa still decides not to act on his own feelings since he knew that in the present, Naho is in love with Kakeru. To drive the point home further, the movie ends with implying that the Naho from the original timeline still is not over Kakeru.]] Given that Suwa is the BreakoutCharacter of the series, you can imagine [[InternetBackdraft how well this went over with the fanbase]].

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Naho and Kakeru are extremely divisive within the anime fandom during the second half of the story, due to Naho's thickheadedness and Kakeru's bullheadedness often holding up, or even regressing the story. Their romance is only moving forward because of all the effort their friends putting into it, not to mention that Naho has such a frim grasp on the IdiotBall through the entire series to the point that "Suwa is the real hero of the story" is basically a meme within the fandom. On the other hand, people also love Naho for trying her best to break out of her shell and help Kakeru, while Kakeru is also liked for his character development.

** If we are in love with each other, this does not mean that we must dating!

* SoOkayItsAverage: This seems to be the general opinion on the anime adaptation, stating that while the story is pretty faithful to the manga, the sheer ammount of OffModel shots, the rather dull soundtrack and lackluster voice acting simply drag it down way too much.
* UnintentionallySympathetic: Potentially can be interepreted for Suwa as of the movie, [[SwitchingPOV Orange: Mirai]]. [[spoiler: It turns out Suwa's real motivation for not confessing his feelings to Naho is because he believes he was being a DoggedNiceGuy by moving in on her after Kakeru died. Despite getting a pep talk from the others that he really is a NiceGuy, Suwa still decides not to act on his own feelings since he knew that in the present, Naho is in love with Kakeru. To drive the point home further, the movie ends with implying that the Naho from the original timeline still is not over Kakeru.]] Given that Suwa is the BreakoutCharacter of the series, you can imagine [[InternetBackdraft how well this went over with the fanbase]].
* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: Future Naho; the sequel/interquel movie, Orange: Mirai, confirmed [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation the fan suspicion]] that she [[spoiler: never really moved on from Kakeru after his death. This led to fans accusing her of leading on Suwa and her true motivation for writing the letter to "correct" the mistake of who she ended up with]].

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Naho and Kakeru are extremely divisive within the anime fandom during the second half of the story, due to Naho's thickheadedness and Kakeru's bullheadedness often holding up, or even regressing the stoy. Their romance is only moving forward because of all the effort their friends putting into it, not to mention that Naho has such a frim grasp on the IdiotBall through the entire series to the point that "Suwa is the real hero of the story" is basically a meme within the fandom. On the other hand, people also love Naho for trying her best to break out of her shell and help Kakeru, while Kakeru is also liked for his character development.

* BaseBreaker: Naho and Kakeru are extremely divisive within the anime fandom during the second half of the story, due to Naho's thickheadedness and Kakeru's bullheadedness often holding up, or even regressing the stoy. Their romance is only moving forward because of all the effort their friends putting into it, not to mention that Naho has such a frim grasp on the IdiotBall through the entire series to the point that "Suwa is the real hero of the story" is basically a meme within the fandom. On the other hand, people also love Naho for trying her best to break out of her shell and help Kakeru, while Kakeru is also liked for his character development and being TheWoobie.

* HypeBacklash: The anime adaptation was a thing most fans basically begged for after the manga and the half-decent Live Action adaptation. But when it actually came out, it ended up having severe quality drops in the animation (With some people going as far as comparing it to ''[[Anime/DragonBallSuper Dragon Ball Super's]]'' infamous Episode 5), a very lackluster soundtrack and sub-par voice acting (There's even a certain part where ''they swapped Naho's and Azusa's voices''). Needless to say, most of the fandom was ''not amused''.

* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Future Naho gets hit with this a lot. Is she genuinely regretful about not being able to save Kakeru in the past even though she was perfectly capable of, and it's doing it entirely out of good will so he can have a chance of living his life? Or is she a selfish ManipulativeBitch that married Suwa out of pity and remorse, and is trying to change the past, pulling along her friends and outright lying to Suwa about how she's probably gonna end up marrying him anyway, just so she can date Kakeru instead? The extreme ambiguity of the manga's ending doesn't help at all.
** [[spoiler: TheMovie outright confirms the latter to be the case. To say that the fandom went [[BrokenBase nuclear]] after this reveal is a huge understatement.]]

* TheWoobie:
** Kakeru. He spends almost the entire series suffering from depression and trying to fight off suicidal urges. And then there's the Kakeru of [[BreakTheCutie the original timeline]].
** Suwa. He is such a NiceGuy, [[spoiler: he sacrifices his future love with Naho and child just to save Kakeru.]] Many fans just feel sorry for the guy.

** YMMV for two reasons, here: one, yes, it's such a huge plot point that's stretched out... but also [[spoiler: the original manga implies they simply shoved letters in a time capsule and included a request for them to be mailed to them on the exact dates. Considering the location, was there any real chance of them realistically receiving it?]] Given, depending on your interpretation, [[spoiler: you could also take this timeline as the 'luckiest' - that there are a thousand possible destinations for their letters, and this is the timeline that had them end up delivered where they needed to be.]] ... Which is still pretty trope-qualifying, really.
** To some reviewers, this explanation hinges on TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot, as it could make the story be a good example of MagicRealism. Knowing how they sent the letters to the past wasn't needed for the story to work, as it can be easily scrapped.

* CounterpartComparison: Obviously with ''Manga/{{Erased}}'', since both manga are dedicated to the main character, who "correct" their childhood past due to huge regrets in the future and to save the deceased important person for them. In both works there is also an unclear love triangle and a character who renounces his future for the sake of someone else's happiness. Moreover, the adaptation of both works was aired in the same year and their end caused a similar response from the audience. The main difference is that Orange is a mild romantic story focused on girls, while Erased is darker and includes things like child abuse, murder and psychology.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: On the day of February 15th, [[spoiler:the day Kakeru is supposed to commit suicide]], the group wonders what they can do to prevent it. Hagita recommends destroying his bike but that plan gets turned down for being too mean. Later on after the group finds Kakeru [[spoiler:stopping himself from committing suicide and having a group hug]], they ask why he didn't have his bike with him. Kakeru mentions he wanted to take it, but someone busted the gears on it. [[ObfuscatingStupidity Hagita can't believe how cruel people can be]].

* FanPreferredCouple: Many fans preferred Naho with Suwa rather than [[OfficialCouple Naho and Kakuru]] due to Suwa's altruism and kindness, especially when compared with Kakuru's behavior later during the second half of the story. Some of them even held out on the hope that Suwa would eventually become Naho's husband [[spoiler: in the second timeline, especially after Future!Naho's reassurances, until ''Mirai'' happened]].

* FanonDiscontinuity: ''Orange: Mirai'', due to its divisive elements. [[spoiler:Not only for revealing Future Naho never moved on from Kakeru and her and Suwa's marriage wasn't happy but also for TheReveal Suwa knowingly sacrificed his chance at a relationship with her]].