Nana to Kaoru: Last Year - Vol. 2 Ch. 8 - A Charm for Life

[MangaDex]

 

[Deoxyribo9]

Welp so Black Label happened during this manga. Now this shakes things up...

 

[r31ya]

So this is after Black Label, After they kissed and [possibly] f*ck.
No wonder Nana is much more "relaxed" in her session

 

[Hejti]

I hope this spin off will end with them both confessing their feelings and start dating openly, then maybe some time skip after they are married, this would be a great ending to a good manga.

 

[no168_92]

how far along is the story in RAWs? or are we actually up to date? or is this tankoubon scans?


@r31ya

iinm, black label take place during their third year, meaning it is within this story time period not before. maybe well' get some chapters pre and post black label in this one. that would be something to watch out for in anticipation honestly.

 

[Deoxyribo9]

@no168_92 It's weird that there's a compiled version and individual separate ones per chapter. The latest release is like chapter 19

 

[furiousgreen]

Raptor Scans, thank you so fucking much for continuing to deliver translations for my favorite manga. Every time you upload my whole week just gets made. Thank you so much.

 

[FYAYFD]

Damn this manga makes me diamonds

 

[no168_92]

@Deoxyribo9

I suggest you either read or watch Bakuman if you haven't, to understand why there are difference in periodic chapter and tankoubon/compiled release...

but thanks for the info anyways :)

 

[DigiTrash]

Thanks so much for still bringing us this manga!

I loved the interactions between this 2 in this chapter. It's noticeable they're more relaxed with each other after all they did during black label.

 

[clonzf]

thank god, the translating still going on

 

[NoxDRaz]

GIMMME MORE!!
I LOVE NANA!

 

[Shang37]

какая же шикарная серия манги, автор просто гений!

 

[gabrielaguilar519]

thanks raptor!

 

[AckSed]

Many thanks for this.

 

[obsidianpassion]

Why is he having a flashback to seeing

Spoiler

his idol and his idol's chick and that night in the cabin?.

I thought this story was set before those events.

 

[uzee]

lovely <3

 

[Emerfirek]

How about editing the description so it says the first 7 chapters happen before Black Label and chapter 8 onwards are the real sequel or sth like that?

But ya, Black Label definitely needed a sequel, so this is a pleasant surprise.

 

[Belgand]

@obsidianpassion
It was originally set after the end of the regular manga, but before Black Label. However now it's been used to fully bridge over that gap in time and moving on so that it's no longer in some weird in-between period, but moving the timeline forward.

Black Label was great and oddly a better ending than the regular manga ending, but it also left things open enough that following up from that point was ideal. It looks like this is finally giving us that conclusion and I couldn't be happier that we're getting it.

Black Label had to be set in a somewhat alternate timeline because it was being published simultaneously. In many ways that limited both series: the main series couldn't reach the same emotional points that Black Label was covering as new, but Black Label also couldn't spoil the main series or it would lead to an unsatisfying ending. So in a lot of ways this seems to be the fix. Fill in the gap and resolve the timeline issues, while also getting to move on without having to keep two series in a fragile balance.