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.
Tropes used in Cynical Orange include:
- Beware the Nice Ones: Bora.
- 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. He calls off their friendship after she steals Hye-Min's couple's ring in jealousy.
- The Charmer: Ma-Ha.
- Cool Big Sis: So-Ryu is this to Hye-Min. She's only doing it because Shin-Bi would be her boyfriend if she did. She hates 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.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Shin-Bi. He let Ma-Ha be Hye-Min's boyfriend because he figured that Ma-Ha would fulfill the role of dumping Hye-Min in a way that would force Hye-Min to stay with Shin-Bi forever. He didn't expect for Ma-Ha to get serious first, or for Hye-Min to fall for Ma-Ha.
- Just Friends: Hye-Min tells Shin-Bi that they need to be this. He doesn't take it well.
- 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: Bora. So-Ryu, to an extent.
- White-Haired Pretty Boy: Shin-Bi. Slightly subverted as in-series, many people find him scary-looking.