Nana to Kaoru: Black Label
ナナとカオル Black Label
Synopsis
Nana explores S with childhood friend Kaoru in final high-school summer, guided by shop worker Tachibana.
Nana to Kaoru: Black Label series begins 8 months in the future of the parent version, with Nana and Kaoru in the summer of their final year of high school. Nana is a normal teenage girl in her last year of high school getting ready for college admissions tests during her summer vacation, with the exception of one thing: She takes "breathers" with her childhood friend, Kaoru. An encounter with Tachibana, a worker she knows at an S&M shop, brings Nana further into the S&M world as she learns what it means to be master and slave. (Source: MangaHelpers)
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