Nana to Kaoru

Description

From Fakku:
Kaoru is in love with his childhood friend-turned-perfect school idol, Nana. Over the years, their relationship has become strained with the differences in their lifestyles, but Kaoru still wishes Nana would help him realize his ultimate fantasy: a BDSM relationship with her! One day, Kaoru's mother finds his toys and gives them to the ever-responsible Nana to rid her son of distractions, but Nana can't help putting on the leather piece she pulls out of the bag. Starting off as a joke, she loves the feel of tight leather against her soft skin until she accidentally locks herself in and needs Kaoru's help! This moment awakens something inside of Nana, whose stressful life could use some fun, and could be the start of Kaoru's dreams come true.

Note: The chapter numbering resets after moving from Young Animal Arashi to Young Animal.

Original Manga:
Young Animal, Manga Park

Official English:
Denpa, Fakku

Type

Manga

Related Series

Naka to Kaoru: Pink Pure (Spin-Off)

Nana to Kaoru: Black Label (Sequel)

Associated Names

Attache-Moi (French)

Nana & Kaoru

Nana & Kaoru - Fesselnde Liebe (German)

Nana and Kaoru

Nana and Kaoru's SM diary

Nana e Kaoru (Italian)

Нана и Каору

نانا و كاورو

ナナとカオル

奈奈与薫的SM日记

Groups Scanlating

Latest Release(s)

v.18 c.156 (c.134) (end) by nanachanscans 9 years ago

c.155 (c.133) by Nanachanscans 9 years ago

c.154 (c132) by nanachanscans 9 years ago

Search for all releases of this series

Status in Country of Origin

18 Volumes (Complete)
6 Omnibuses Edition (Complete)

Completely Scanlated?

Yes

Anime Start/End Chapter

Starts at Vol 1, Chap 2

Ends at

User Reviews

nana to kaoru by darknova42

Forum

14 topics, 104 posts

Click here to view the forum

User Rating

Average: 8.4 / 10.0 (1761 votes)

Bayesian Average: 8.36 / 10.0

39%

20%

17%

11%

Last Updated

August 17th, 2025 4:11pm PDT - 21 hours ago

Image [Report Inappropriate Content]

Genre

Adult Comedy Ecchi Harem Romance School Life Seinen
Search for series of same genre(s)

Categories

Log in to vote! Show all (some hidden)

Category Recommendations

Nana to Kaoru: Black Label

Sennen Reijou ~My Lady, My Master~

Yue Lao

Toukyou Daigaku Monogatari

The Bond That Ties Us

Recommendations

Hoshi no Samidare

Onani Master Kurosawa

Author(s)

Artist(s)

Year

Original Publisher

Hakusensha

Serialized In (magazine)

Young Animal Arashi (Hakusensha)

Young Animal (Hakusensha)

Licensed (in English)

Yes

English Publisher

Denpa (6 Physical Omnibuses; Complete)

Fakku (6 Digital Omnibuses; Complete)

Activity Stats (vs. other series)

Weekly Pos #391

(-214)

Monthly Pos #916

(-106)

3 Month Pos #1134

(-96)

6 Month Pos #1228

(+45)

Year Pos #1214

(+79)

List Stats

On 6137 reading lists

On 1505 wish lists

On 1559 completed lists

On 377 unfinished lists

On 792 custom lists

Note: You must be logged in to update information on this page.

Forum Posts Click to view the forum

Nana to Kaoru Ends

9 years ago

Project H is trying to license Nana to Kaoru

10 years ago

exks vs Futari wa pretty anon

12 years ago

Release of the Raws

12 years ago

some thoughts

13 years ago

User Comments [ Order by usefulness ]

Why is the harem tag there??? Wtf

by HistoricGamer46
3 years ago

Rating: 9.0 / 10.0

I avoided this amazing romcom for years because of the harem tag not just here but other manga sites so I assumed this was about some loser sadist doing s&m with a bunch of girls obsessed with him but it’s nothing like that at all!!! At most only a love triangle with both main characters having a love rival.
Only decided to give it a try cuz fakku licensed this and I thought why not add the physical volumes to my collection. Got the first 3 volumes and was hooked so I binged the rest online in 3 days.
You’ll love this if you like seinen romcom and don’t mind light s&m (no sex or anything too violent except one unrelated side story which is just author low key wanting to draw hentai again).
If you finish this then be sure to read the sequel as that provides the true satisfying conclusion!

Was this comment useful? Yes

Masterpiece. And the saga only gets better

by HailBritannia_
3 years ago

Rating: 8.0 / 10.0

I highly recommend it: the characters are well built, truly human, the story unfolds very naturally and shocases the issues of growing up from adolescence into adulthood, choosing one's future and dealing with emotions when building relationships with those around you. The whole manga is filled with kindness and care for the other together with the hardships of properly expressing oneself. Art is top knotch and very

Was this comment useful? Yes

I <3 this.

by HCB
7 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

Amazume Sensei is a sly one; he sneakily does fan service scenes from the POV of the protagonist, making you, the reader, feel like you're actually in the scene (with disembodied limbs à la CS or some hentai game).

If you cannot deal with UST, stay away. This is for those who are into the slow burn.

P.S. The live action film 1 was blah for me. Didn't watch 2 so can't comment on whether it was equally awkward.

... Last updated 7 years ago

Was this comment useful? Yes

Way better than 50 shades

by Trey21
8 years ago

Rating: 7.5 / 10.0

Made me laugh, had it's hot moments Nana to Kaoru is pretty much a way of introducing people into the world of bdsm guess it'd be considered light side of it. would love to buy the complete set of this manga if it's ever fully translated into english

Was this comment useful? Yes

just read it

by sinxer
9 years ago

Rating: 8.5 / 10.0

to me this was just an awesome read, even if u don't understand their fetish at first you still get shown how it makes them feel physically and emotionally. I also don't care what anyone else says the romance was there right from the start and how they (mostly the mc.) had a lot of conflicting emotions going through their heads over it. My only negative is the more hentaish chapters/filler with the teacher that seemed pointless to me.

Was this comment useful? Yes

Response to critiques

by zoloft147
10 years ago

Rating: N/A

The number 1 complain about this series I think is the depiction of the main character : "idiotic", "short sleazy pervert", "pathetic", "chubby orr fat ", "midget alien creep ", "ugly", "retards", "unattractive both Physically and in his personality"
_ "idiotic", "retards", ""pathetic" : Sorry to say this but I think you need to redefines what those words mean because I don't see how it fits Kaoru. He exceled in academics and fitness back when they were kids, but he was lost in finding a purpose for his life and fell short. He feels inferior to everyone. He loses his self-esteem. He acts like a thug to stay away from the people who he thinks are too good for a useless bum like him. I doubt "idiotic" and "retards" can be used on a rational being that can deceive people skillfully like him. I also don't think they can describe the psychological problems of human beings either. Do you call people with ADD, inferiority/superiority complex, or DID retards or idiotic?

"Pathetic", "short sleazy pervert", Pathetic? Are you sure you are not talking about his family situation because I think it should be the case. He lost his father. His family is dirt poor. He was not blessed with virtues like aspiration or bravery or wit. Is his life pathetic? I say yes. Is his personality pathetic? I don't think so. He strives to better himself. He hones his skills. He has a kind heart. If any of these characters are considered pathetic, I guess even Mother Teresa would not be considered a virtuous person either. "Short sleazy pervert"? Do you have a grudge against short people? Sleazy pervert? Are you sure you are using the right words to describe a young man that cries as he hurts his beloved despite their mutual consents? And are you sure you are not pervert yourself by thinking of getting into a sexual relationship with women/men while all Kaoru has done is relieving Nana's stress? Their S&M are even more pure than normal relationship I would say. They expose everything to each other: both the ugly selfish sexual desires and platonic care for others. On the other hand, a platonic and pure relationship we usually see in movie or other manga ultimately lead to visible or invisible sexual relationship (Otherwise, there would be no babies). If both S&M and normal relationship involves sexual theme, there is no way for one to distinguish if one type is better than the other. It is simply a logical contradiction when one judge S&M as pervert and the other type as goodness.

Was this comment useful? Yes

Ever To English Paperback? + Basis of Sarashina Sensei

by no-one-knows
11 years ago

Rating: N/A

I personally have enjoyed this work very much having read through it multiple times as well as the Black Label Edition. I am just wondering if they will ever make a English Paperback Edition since it is already in German and Japanese. Plus i was also wondering where the author got his ideas for Sarashina Sensei and his ideas. Great read and looking forward for more releases.

Was this comment useful? Yes

Works for Me!

by cecropiamoth
11 years ago

Rating: 10.0 / 10.0

I've loved this series all the way up to where I am now (ch. 103). A proud blurb on each volume being put out at this stage says "1.5 million copies sold!"

Why??!

Its story presents the fundamental shoenen trope of the inarticulate, socially inept, totally sexually shamed and repressed kid pursuing with endless clumsiness the hot girl in his class....
Interlaced with a comprehensive introduction to the titillating subject of S&M!
By this means NtK offers us a very standard manga experience: a chaste boy-girl relationship with a substantial addition of transgressive sensual behavior and feelings to keep us interested when the story flags. Often in shoenen manga the transgressive element is incest desires, but that's getting old, and this is an entirely new replacement for it!
Nana is so lovingly drawn that she comes across as very hot!
Dorky Kaoru is the perfect stand-in for the inexperienced young male reader, yet he shows traits that such a reader would like to believe he would display if he were so very lucky as to find himself in K's situation: willingness to take chances, willingness to work hard to improve himself, and complete, unselfish devotion to his loved one.
Acceptable power relationship between the MCs makes the story salable to girls. In the social world of the story, K is so far below Nana that he dare not even talk to her in public, but in the breathers he's totally in charge. If ugly Koaru were good-looking, he would have ALL the power in the relationship, which I think would turn off or even frighten lots of girls to the point where they'd never become readers.

Thank goodness for manga, and thanks to the scanlators of NtK. We in the USA will never see anything like this published there, I think.

... Last updated 11 years ago

Was this comment useful? Yes

Unromantically the SM gears keep grinding

by residentgrigo
11 years ago

Rating: 2.0 / 10.0

Nana to Kaoru is utterly lame and one-dimensional as it features 20+ volumes without actual sex, romance or even proper SM. The endless teasing after the over-the-top pilot even managed to burn out some of the scanlators and the series is pretty much a hard PG-13 by European standards. The manga´s popularity obviously comes from the female lead Nana, a submissive and a convenient Mary Sue next door, and the professional art, so the manga will probably last to volume 30 without changing in any significant way. My main problems are these:

Why do they have to keep their "relationship" secret? Why is this sexploitative Seinen manga set in a high school? Could Kaoru be more boring? How come that all the sex professionals are the friendliest people possible, who keep hanging out with school kids? How come teens are allowed to work in public sex shops? There are no Shades of Grey on any of the characters due to that. Pun intended and that abortion at least managed to be filled to the brim with sex. Where are the spin-offs coming from? Milking is lame and what is the rest of Kaoru´s harem doing here besides representing (multiple) fetishes? Isn´t this supposed to be a childhood sweethearts romance?

Watch Nymphomaniac and Secretary (2002) instead. Those actually feature developed relationships, Sex/SM and most of all, award-winning acting. The way more erotically charged Natsu no Zenjitsu (9/10) and the actually pornographic Sensei o Mite Kudasai (7/10) both got positive reviews from me, so read them or the Eisner-winning Sex Criminals from Image. Don´t settle for less!

Update: I was dumb enough to flip through the later volumes and even Kaoru´s teacher has joined (a separate) bang bus to add another fetish. I am not able to call the series tame anymore due to the endless graphic sex and blowjobs, thanks to that arc, and the main gang now also partakes in public sex shows while still keeping the swimsuits on. Any more would ruin the Mary Sue factors, a guess? The series ends with 28 + 1 volumes on a bunch of nothing, so my prediction was 97% on the mark.

... Last updated 21 hours ago

Was this comment useful? Yes

@Betmen

by IHavoc
12 years ago

Rating: N/A

BS on the MC being lame and the girl being tsundere, since that isn't the case AT ALL. MC is pretty normal and the girl gives off zero tsundere vibes except maybe once in the beginning.
You are right about it being super slow though. It feels like an active effort is being made to develop the characters and their relationships as slowly as possible

... Last updated 12 years ago

Was this comment useful? Yes

Pages (6) [ 1 2 3 4 5 ... ]