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* [[Cult Classic]] - The manga has a small, but ''very'' devoted fanbase. Most like it for |
* [[Cult Classic]] - The manga has a small, but ''very'' devoted fanbase. Most like it for its fairly realistic depiction of BDSM as a specific branch of sex play that requires a lot of effort (particularly [[Safe, Sane, and Consensual|to avoid any harm]]) but rewards with a lot of pleasure. |
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* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] - {{spoiler|Mitsuko Tachibana}}, the porn store manager. Such joy. Such perversion. [[Shown Their Work|And so informative too.]] [[Bleach/Memes|SHE MUST LOVE HER LIFE!!!]] In the [[Time Skip]] pseudo-sequel series ''Nana to Kaoru: Black Label'', it turns out that she's {{spoiler|the wife/personal slave of Kaoru's favorite BDSM author... who then invites them to a countryside retreat.}} |
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] - {{spoiler|Mitsuko Tachibana}}, the porn store manager. Such joy. Such perversion. [[Shown Their Work|And so informative too.]] [[Bleach/Memes|SHE MUST LOVE HER LIFE!!!]] In the [[Time Skip]] pseudo-sequel series ''Nana to Kaoru: Black Label'', it turns out that she's {{spoiler|the wife/personal slave of Kaoru's favorite BDSM author... who then invites them to a countryside retreat.}} |
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** Kaoru [http://forums.mangafox.com/showthread.php?t=163638 has some fans too]{{Dead link}}. |
** Kaoru [http://forums.mangafox.com/showthread.php?t=163638 has some fans too]{{Dead link}}. |
Latest revision as of 18:03, 15 March 2024
- Cult Classic - The manga has a small, but very devoted fanbase. Most like it for its fairly realistic depiction of BDSM as a specific branch of sex play that requires a lot of effort (particularly to avoid any harm) but rewards with a lot of pleasure.
- Ensemble Darkhorse - Mitsuko Tachibana, the porn store manager. Such joy. Such perversion. And so informative too. SHE MUST LOVE HER LIFE!!! In the Time Skip pseudo-sequel series Nana to Kaoru: Black Label, it turns out that she's the wife/personal slave of Kaoru's favorite BDSM author... who then invites them to a countryside retreat.
- Kaoru has some fans too [dead link].
- Hollywood Homely - The live-action Kaoru is taller than Nana, and at worst could be considered "ordinary-looking."
- Narm Charm: Amazume manages to make an anal suppository heartwarming.
- Values Dissonance: The lack of Safe Words may raise some eyebrows amongst American readers - they're far less common in the European and Japanese S&M scenes, where considerably greater responsibility is placed on the dom for the safety and enjoyability of a session.
- Viewer Gender Confusion - Tachi never mentions her actual gender, thinking that it was obvious... Even though, in her jogging suit, she's masculine enough to fool everyone who sees her.
- The Woobie
- It's hard not to feel bad for Kaoru when he starts talking about how utterly unworthy he is to ever be around Nana, despite being obviously in love with her.
- It's easy to feel bad for Nana as well. As readers, we see Kaoru's inner thoughts and more sympathetic sides, but to her he must seem like a horrible person with a Hair-Trigger Temper, who unashamedly cheats on her with Tachi and insists on being a sadistic bondage-master to her without any actual affection.
- It's pretty evident that everyone is judged by Kaoru to be unworthy of Nana, including himself.
- Poor Tachi. She likes Kaoru, isn't embarrassed or ashamed in the least to admit it, is a willing and enthusiastic sub who openly appreciates all Kaoru does and has to offer as a dom... and he considers her an annoyance because she's not Nana.
- Moe: When Karou finally - awkwardly, painfully - tells someone that he loves Nana, admitting it to himself in the process. "The pitiful kind of moe", indeed.