Cynical Orange

Cynical Orange is a Manhwa by Ji Un Yun about the So Beautiful It's a Curse high school girl Hye-Min Hwang, who is loved by boys and hated by girls. Enter playboy Ma-Ha Jang, who finds Hye-Min irresistible in that he can't win her over. After failing to get rid of Ma-Ha, Hye-Min drags him over to her cousin Shin-Bi Oh's café. Ma-Ha takes up a job there in order to try to woo Hye-Min, but quickly discovers that her world, her cousin and his girlfriend, is a bit more sinister than meets the eye.

Originally published in English in 2002 by iceKunion, until Yen Press took over.


 * Beware the Nice Ones:
 * Bishounen: Ma-Ha, Jung-Yun, and Shin-Bi.
 * Bottle Fairy: So-Ryu.
 * Broken Bird: Hye-Min.
 * Cannot Stand Them Cannot Live Without Them: Bora is this to Jung-Yun.
 * The Charmer: Ma-Ha.
 * Cool Big Sis: So-Ryu is this to Hye-Min.
 * Cute Bruiser: So-Ryu.
 * Dandere: Hye-Min, surprisingly enough.
 * Gangsta Style: Hye-Min and Shin-Bi play first-person shooter games like this.
 * Just Friends:
 * Lonely Together: Hye-Min and Shin-Bi.
 * Ojou: Hye-Min.
 * Rich Bitch: Hye-Min's mother.
 * So Beautiful It's a Curse: Hye-Min
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo: Hye-Min.
 * Tsundere:  So-Ryu, to an extent.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy: Shin-Bi. Slightly subverted as in-series, many people find him scary-looking.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy: Shin-Bi. Slightly subverted as in-series, many people find him scary-looking.