Ranked #5681

Nana to Kaoru

A 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 the intention 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. read more

So 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, misled.

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! That it's alot about real love and stress relief. The ecchi was a bonus to say atleast.

Story:
And the story is practically none! This falls flat is basicly because they were focising sooooooo much on the ecchi it was hard to appreciate. And frakly I felt 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 don't know what to do about your boner, then this OVA is for you. read more