(read Nana to Kaoru & Nana to Kaoru Arashi)
mangaka AMAZUME Ryuta
CHIGUSA Nana • SUGIMURA Kaoru
[edited 15 Mar 2015]
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Image from Nana to Kaoru's
first tankoubon volume. |
Nana to Kaoru (katakana ナナとカオル) is my favorite manga, along with Nana to Kaoru Arashi (katakana ナナとカオルあらし), by my favorite mangaka, AMAZUME Ryuta (甘詰留太 hiragana あまずめりゅた).
It is about two high school students, CHIGUSA Nana (千草奈々 hiragana ちぐさなな) and SUGIMURA Kaoru (杉村薫 hiragana すぎむらかおる), former childhood friends who grew apart when entering high school, who entered into a BDSM, shibari relationship by an unusual circumstance.
I will not give away any spoilers here, but as later posts progress there will be, of course, spoilers in the pix.
* Ecchi (エッチ) — The word 'ecchi' has been adopted by fans of Japanese media to describe works with sexual overtones. In Japanese, the word ecchi is often used to describe a person's conduct, but in fandom, it has come to be used to refer to softcore or playful sexuality in contradistinction to the word 'hentai' which connotes perversion or fetishism. Works described as ecchi do not show sexual intercourse or genitalia. Instead, sexual themes are hinted at, and much is left up to the imagination of the viewer. Wikipedia
** Mangaka (漫画家) — Outside of Japan, mangaka refers to the author, both artist AND writer, of the manga, who is usually Japanese. Wikipedia
† Shibari (縛り) — a Japanese word that literally means "to tie" or "to bind". However, this is a somewhat hidebound definition and the word shibari is now increasingly being re-imported from the West to Japan, as the tying communities are very much interconnected. Most Japanese kinbakushi do not object to the term shibari, as it's common vernacular in the global community. Wikipedia
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