Orange Days

Orange Days is a wonderful piece of story telling. It is a love story so simple and yet so original that it breathes a breath of fresh air into anyone who watches it.

Oranges Days has a premise that has, for better or for worse, become a staple of the Asian drama. It is about young 20somethings with too much free time on their hands. However, while the premise is all too common, the execution and the payoff are so unique that it actually works to make the story better.

The story betrays your expectations. Every time you expect a cliche to pop up, the story sways into a path not often taken by other shows. These moments of disappointment may leave you with a slightly bitter taste, but it never frustrates you. Because this drama, these characters and their relationships with one another are worthy of more than just cheap cliches.

Having said that, this drama is not a masterpiece, by any stretch of the imagination, but what it is is an honest and realistic representation of life as young adults who are unsure of their present and apprehensive of their future. The story gives equal amount of focus to the characters' love lives and their regular lives.

The dialogue is simply the best one can find. Characters are not one-dimensional and everything they say is charming and likable. The script and character development are truly superb. And though some may argue that the ending of the drama is slightly rushed and weaker than the sum of all of its other episodes, it is difficult to imagine any better a drama being fit into the same 11 episode time span.

4.5/5 A must watch for lovers of romance, slice-of-life, coming-of-age stories, haters of cliche, and haters of melodrama