Link:
https://www.tentaclearmada.com/2011/10/nana-chigusa-from-nana-to-kaoru-black-bondage-version/

Page:
www.tentaclearmada.com
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Title:
Nana Chigusa de Nana a Kaoru (versión Black Bondage)

INFO:
written on October 17, 2011 by Tier

Character:
Nana Chigusa

Copyright:
Nana to Kaoru

scale:
1/6

size:
standing a bit over 25 centimeters tall, and her curvy body build makes her larger than many other 1/6 scale figures.

Character wiki link:
https://nana-to-kaoru.fandom.com/wiki/Nana_Chigusa

Copyright wiki link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nana_to_Kaoru

figure assembler:
Native

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photographer "Tier" - Description:
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Nana Chigusa de Nana a Kaoru (versión Black Bondage)

A Native figure … without an NSFW tag? Unthinkable.

Native is a portmanteau of “naked” and “creative,” as their websiite attests, but while this figure may exhibit some level of creativity, it certainly does not depict nakedness. I think it’s their first non-explicit figure, as even the outwardly anodyne Kanna and Mikage had castoff options that showed some tit. Nana, however, has no such options. In fact, she’s just about the simplest Native figure I’ve seen; Collet came with a selection of gift boxes and a little figure of Native’s mascot and Shoujo S came with a bowl of fruit, but all Nana comes with is a base. No optional bathtub or anything for this figure, either.

Although Native’s products typically lean closer to an X rating rather than PG-13, Nana’s relative sedateness isn’t unjustifiable considering where she comes from. Nana is one of the two principal characters of Ryuta Amazume’s long-running manga Nana to Kaoru, a series that depicts her complex relationship with next-door neighbor and classmate Kaoru Sugimura. Nana is an intelligent, lively, and pretty young girl and Kaoru is a rather creepy-looking misfit who is an avid enthusiast of bondage and domination. Kaoru’s passion is a solitary affair until his mother discovers his secret stash of restraints and devices – and a peculiar leather bondage outfit. She confiscates his trove and gives it to Nana for safekeeping. However, Nana is excited by the outfit and tries it on, and she soon reveals her liking for erotic servitude to Kaoru. From that point on the two schoolmates probe the limits of their inhibitions.

The story is highly sensual – being that it basically comprises an exploration of fetishes and erotic power exchange – but it doesn’t reach full-blown hentai territory. Intercourse isn’t shown and the plot isn’t really about that – the major theme is dominance and submission rather than sex and porn. In fact, Kaoru and Nana’s relationship, while rather unconventional, actually has a number of sweet and tender moments. As far as I can remember, anyway; it’s been a couple of years since I read several chapters of the story.

Though Nana isn’t quite as elaborate as most of Native’s other figures, she does have the advantage of being big – she’s 1/6 scale, standing a bit over 25 centimeters tall, and her curvy body build makes her larger than many other 1/6 scale figures.

Nana does come with one odd feature – her box. Native is endlessly creative when it comes to their packaging, and they’ve emphasized Nana’s origin by padlocking the box. A pair of keys is provided to open it up, though one could just rip it open as well. It’s a cute homage to an early scene in the manga.

Nana’s outfit also comes from that scene. The black leather bondage outfit actually belongs to Kaoru, which is a rather disturbing thought, and serves as the catalyst for Nana’s initiation as Kaoru’s submissive. It’s not tremendously elaborate but it looks quite nice anyway, showing off a lot of cleavage and a lot of ass. There’s a cute padlock on the garter belt and the front panel is made of a mesh material which reveals a bit of her midriff. You ask me, though, I like Simone’s bondage suit better.

Nana sports a quizzical expression on her face, and though it appears incongruous with the way she’s dressed, her look comes from a panel in the manga, when she examines herself in the mirror after putting on the bondage clothes. In that context, it looks accurate. However, I can’t help but think that her bemused demeanor would be improved with a ballgag. And perhaps a collar. Can’t have a bondage scene without a collar, right? Admittedly, the scene that this figure comes from occurs in the very first chapter of the manga, so it’s understandable that such kinky stuff isn’t included.

Native’s figures have consistently been high quality, and Nana is … well, I’d say she’s high quality but she doesn’t have the same presence as the other Native figures I own. Her pose is rather simple – though again, that derives from the figure’s faithfulness to the manga – and there aren’t a lot of aspects that stand out. Perhaps the most noticeable is the attractive glossy sheen of her outfit, though let’s be frank – if the most prominent thing about a figure is its shiny paint job, that ain’t saying much in its favor.

Ah, but the other nice thing about this figure is Nana’s ass. But even that has a problem from certain angles; from a certain perspective, her ass has an odd, compressed look, as if it were lifted in some artificial manner. But from the sides and from straight back, it looks fine.

This figure has its problems, and I wouldn’t say that it stands out nearly as much as Native’s other products, but I still like Nana quite a bit. 1/6 scale is a good size and of course, I’m fond of her outfit here. Native must be a fan of her as well, as their homepage shows a second Nana figure that they’ll be taking preorders for next week. I think the slave suit is best, though.
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