Nana to Kaoru
ナナとカオル
Studio: AIC PLUS+
Synopsis
Kaoru is a 17-year-old virgin who has an S&M fetish. He has always dreamt about an SM relationship with his childhood friend Nana, who is looked upon as perfect and is always the target of boys' eyes. Their relationship has somewhat deteriorated through the years, due to them hanging out with different people and because Kaoru is not taking his education too seriously. One day though, Kaoru's mother gives some of his S&M toys to Nana for safekeeping. Nana finds the leather one-piece that Kaoru bought and tries it on but accidentally locks herself in it and doesn't have the key! Kaoru frees her of the one-piece, but then Nana realizes she may like Kaoru's hobby more than she thought and subsequently the two of them start engaging in so-called "breathers." These breathers are intended to relieve Nana of stress, stress originating from her attempts at keeping her grades and her name perfect.
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Characters & Voice Actors
Chigusa, Nana
Main
VA: Mizuhara, Kaoru
Sugimura, Kaoru
Main
VA: Majima, Junji
Mutsuka, Yukari
Supporting
VA: Akasaki, Chinatsu
Sugimura, Waka
Supporting
VA: Saitou, Kimiko
Yagami, Hiroshi
Supporting
VA: Amazume, Ryuta
Chigusa, Nana
Main
VA: Mizuhara, Kaoru
Sugimura, Kaoru
Main
VA: Majima, Junji
Mutsuka, Yukari
Supporting
VA: Akasaki, Chinatsu
Sugimura, Waka
Supporting
VA: Saitou, Kimiko
Yagami, Hiroshi
Supporting
VA: Amazume, Ryuta
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Reviews
_ragdoll★ 4A butchery of the source material, really. The premise is badly explained, as well as the motivations of both Nana and Kaoru. The initial breather depicted was done fairly faithfully, though Nana's warring inner dialogues left a lot to be desired, and the pinnacle of the scene with Kaoru damaging the prop to get Nana out of it was omitted. The second S&M scene was also poorly adapted, in the manga it was supposed to detail Kaoru's one lapse in control as a benevolent dom, but since they once again omitted the end of the scene, it just portrayed him as an asshole. If theintention was to adapt a romance story with S&M ecchi into a softcore S&M flick with no plot, I guess the studio can be commended. Personally I was hoping for something a bit more faithful.
KillerCLbee★ 4So I've been waiting for a Nana to Kaoru anime adaptation for some time now. And when it's here I couldn't help but feel, mislead. The thing that was so great about Nana to Kaoru Manga was because of the storyline and how the charactors develop though time. And also giving a view into the world of S&M. It taught us that it's not all about the sex, but that it can and is in this original work alot about REAL LOVE and stress relief. The ecchi was a bonus to say the least. Story: And the story is practically none! This falls flat is basicly because theywere focusing sooooooo much on the ecchi it was hard to appreciate. And frankly I feel fooled for hoping for a good anime adaptation... I think they thought that people liked the manga because of the Ecchi, WRONG! Sound: Nothing good nothing bad. It was fair to say so. Art: When I started watching the first episode I noticed first was the style, I liked it. It's more drawn than animated if you know what I mean. And I liked that. I can't really say more then this. If you haven't read Nana to Kaoru Manga yet, I suggest you stay away from this one and read the manga, unless you have a thing for S&M and you don't know what to do about your boner, then this OVA is for you.