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Nana #5
Nana, Vol. 5
A chance meeting on a train to Tokyo sends two girls named Nana on a collision course with destiny!
Nana "Hachi" Komatsu hopes that moving to Tokyo will help her make a clean start and leave her capricious love life behind her. Nana Osaki, who arrives in the city at the same time, has plans to score big in the world of rock'n'roll. Although these two young women come from different backgrounds, they quickly become best friends in a whirlwind world of sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties!
Nana K. is going home--for an awesome Trapnest concert! She drags Nana O. along, convinced that somehow Ren will sense his ex-flame in the audience. But life is never that easy, and Nana O. isn't sure if she even wants Ren back. As for Nana K., is she prepared for Trapnest to come down off the stage and into her life, or will her fan-girl attitude land her in a heap of trouble?
Nana "Hachi" Komatsu hopes that moving to Tokyo will help her make a clean start and leave her capricious love life behind her. Nana Osaki, who arrives in the city at the same time, has plans to score big in the world of rock'n'roll. Although these two young women come from different backgrounds, they quickly become best friends in a whirlwind world of sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties!
Nana K. is going home--for an awesome Trapnest concert! She drags Nana O. along, convinced that somehow Ren will sense his ex-flame in the audience. But life is never that easy, and Nana O. isn't sure if she even wants Ren back. As for Nana K., is she prepared for Trapnest to come down off the stage and into her life, or will her fan-girl attitude land her in a heap of trouble?
188 pages, Paperback
First published May 15, 2002
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Ai Yazawa
286 books3,048 followersAi Yazawa (Japanese: 矢沢あい, Yazawa Ai) is a Japanese manga author and illustrator. Her pen name comes from singer Eikichi Yazawa, of whom she is a fan.
Yazawa started her comics career in 1985. She specialises in shojo manga (girls' comics). Most of her works have been serialised in the magazines 'Ribon', 'Cookie' and 'Zipper'.
Yazawa's stories focus on young, often rebellious women and their relationships. The characters are always very stylish, and Yazawa herself is known for her sense of fashion. (She even attended a fashion school for some time after high school.)
Among her most famous manga are Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai (I'm No Angel, 1992–1995), Neighborhood Story (1995-1998), Paradise Kiss (1999-2004), and Nana (2000-2009), the latter awarded a Shogakukan Manga Award in 2003. Some of these works have been adapted into anime and live action movies.
Yazawa started her comics career in 1985. She specialises in shojo manga (girls' comics). Most of her works have been serialised in the magazines 'Ribon', 'Cookie' and 'Zipper'.
Yazawa's stories focus on young, often rebellious women and their relationships. The characters are always very stylish, and Yazawa herself is known for her sense of fashion. (She even attended a fashion school for some time after high school.)
Among her most famous manga are Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai (I'm No Angel, 1992–1995), Neighborhood Story (1995-1998), Paradise Kiss (1999-2004), and Nana (2000-2009), the latter awarded a Shogakukan Manga Award in 2003. Some of these works have been adapted into anime and live action movies.
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January 15, 2021
the gayer the scenes between nana & nana the higher the rating
June 13, 2020
Oh boy Ren is back in the picture ! I was so interested in seeing how Ren was incorporated into this volume especially because of his past history with Nana. I enjoyed it and I loved that the girls are getting much closer and they are willing to be more open with each other than before. This definitely is a timeless manga that I will continue to enjoy and I'm looking forward to seeing how the girls are going to evolve in future relationships as well as with themselves and each other.
October 22, 2022
This has got to be my favourite book so far. I also want to use this opportunity to express how much I appreciate Hachi. She seems so genuine, and her way of thinking and problem-solving seem so true. She has embodied all fangirls, just like she did with Takumi. I really hope that nothing awful happens to her.
July 29, 2023
Nana noooooo
May 27, 2022
the art style is so amazing bro
January 23, 2024
pls realize already that yall are lesbians and you dont need those men🙏🙏🙏
June 16, 2020
The more I reread this series, the more I remember why Nana Osaki is my favorite out of the two Nanas, and why my heart still aches so much for Hachi...
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March 29, 2020arkkhhhh hachi youre fucking up
April 28, 2015
I can't believe how involved in this soap opera I am!
There's little hints that Nana K drops toward the end of the volumes - how this is all a flashback for her and she's telling this story far in the future.
This was a good one as the band Trapnest becomes involved with the band Blast. Or, rather, the members of Trapnest become re-involved with the members of Blast. Very complicated.
So many choices for Nana K to choose for her next love!
Silly but poignant. It's about growing up and I'm enjoying watching the show. I don't think I had nearly this exciting a time when I first moved out on my own, but I remember things could be a little crazy.
There's little hints that Nana K drops toward the end of the volumes - how this is all a flashback for her and she's telling this story far in the future.
This was a good one as the band Trapnest becomes involved with the band Blast. Or, rather, the members of Trapnest become re-involved with the members of Blast. Very complicated.
So many choices for Nana K to choose for her next love!
Silly but poignant. It's about growing up and I'm enjoying watching the show. I don't think I had nearly this exciting a time when I first moved out on my own, but I remember things could be a little crazy.
May 10, 2017
The beginning of the end x_X
November 16, 2019
No sé si no tengo ningún tipo de criterio para juzgar manga aún o Nana es una saga tan maravillosa que todos los tomos merecen cinco estrellas jajajajaja
Leer esto provoca, literalmente, una montaña rusa se sentimientos y emociones. En una página te estás riendo de un chiste absurdo y en la otra estás con una depresión enorme por algo que le pasó a alguno de los personajes. No, no estoy exagerando, es así. Creo que es imposible no terminar un tomo de Nana, este en particular (al menos hasta ahora), sin sentir una angustia tremenda (si vieron el anime esa angustia es aún mayor porque ya saben lo que va a pasar después)
TODOS LOS PERSONAJES TIENEN PROBLEMAS. No me estoy refiriendo solo a los típicos, sino que muchos tienen problemas psicológicos, tipo, están mal de verdad (esto último me lo pueden discutir si quieren). Esto, para mí, es lo que los hace perfectos para esta historia. No son modelos a seguir, ni ahí, por favor, pero si uno es consciente de eso y no se deja influenciar por su forma de actuar es imposible no pensar que son personajes espectacularmente bien construidos, es por eso que me encantan, para qué mentir.
No hay nadie que me angustie tanto como Hachi con su forma de actuar y pensar. La adoro, de verdad que sí, pero porque es un amor a pesar de tener unas actitudes que me dan ganas de mandarla a un psicólogo urgente. Me parte el alma ver cómo se ilusiona por algo siendo consiente de que es un error hacerlo, sabiendo que va a salir lastimada y llamándose a si misma idiota por ello... Lamentablemente se busca todo lo que le pasa, pero no por eso me angustio menos (les juro que los personajes son tan reales que no puedo con la vida)
En este caso de Nana no voy a hablar, ya que en este tomo no hace nada que valga la pena comentar(?
Me despido diciendo dos cosas: YASU PASIÓN y Nobu, yo estoy con vos.
NOTA DE UNOS DÍAS DESPUÉS: Me olvidé de decir que me encantó la manera en la que introdujeron definitivamente a Ren en la historia (aunque esté lejos de ser uno de mis personajes favoritos)
Leer esto provoca, literalmente, una montaña rusa se sentimientos y emociones. En una página te estás riendo de un chiste absurdo y en la otra estás con una depresión enorme por algo que le pasó a alguno de los personajes. No, no estoy exagerando, es así. Creo que es imposible no terminar un tomo de Nana, este en particular (al menos hasta ahora), sin sentir una angustia tremenda (si vieron el anime esa angustia es aún mayor porque ya saben lo que va a pasar después)
TODOS LOS PERSONAJES TIENEN PROBLEMAS. No me estoy refiriendo solo a los típicos, sino que muchos tienen problemas psicológicos, tipo, están mal de verdad (esto último me lo pueden discutir si quieren). Esto, para mí, es lo que los hace perfectos para esta historia. No son modelos a seguir, ni ahí, por favor, pero si uno es consciente de eso y no se deja influenciar por su forma de actuar es imposible no pensar que son personajes espectacularmente bien construidos, es por eso que me encantan, para qué mentir.
No hay nadie que me angustie tanto como Hachi con su forma de actuar y pensar. La adoro, de verdad que sí, pero porque es un amor a pesar de tener unas actitudes que me dan ganas de mandarla a un psicólogo urgente. Me parte el alma ver cómo se ilusiona por algo siendo consiente de que es un error hacerlo, sabiendo que va a salir lastimada y llamándose a si misma idiota por ello... Lamentablemente se busca todo lo que le pasa, pero no por eso me angustio menos (les juro que los personajes son tan reales que no puedo con la vida)
En este caso de Nana no voy a hablar, ya que en este tomo no hace nada que valga la pena comentar(?
Me despido diciendo dos cosas: YASU PASIÓN y Nobu, yo estoy con vos.
NOTA DE UNOS DÍAS DESPUÉS: Me olvidé de decir que me encantó la manera en la que introdujeron definitivamente a Ren en la historia (aunque esté lejos de ser uno de mis personajes favoritos)
March 21, 2022
the bajification of love interests
“𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐈 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐚, 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭.” ❁ཻུ۪۪♡ 🤝🫀💖❤️🩹
“𝐀𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐈 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧. 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐚, 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭.” ❁ཻུ۪۪♡ 🤝🫀💖❤️🩹
February 27, 2023
De mis volúmenes favoritos.
Te amo, Nana Komatsu
Te amo, Nana Komatsu
March 24, 2024
Siri play Bad Idea Right? by Olivia Rodrigo please
October 24, 2024
I'm Takumi's biggest hater. If Takumi has a million haters, then I am one of them. If Takumi has ten haters, then I am one of them. If Takumi has only one hater then that is me. If Takumi has no haters, then that means I am no longer alive.
February 26, 2014
Oh god, enter Takumi.
I appreciate how intertwined everybody's lives are. It makes things so messy and emotional!
I appreciate how intertwined everybody's lives are. It makes things so messy and emotional!
July 17, 2022
ignore me rating each one 5 stars…it’s deserved though, im enjoying this so much
January 9, 2024
I mean... Hachi is immature, stupid and naive but what's new? Takumi is hot but he's definitely not good. Sooo let's see let's see.
October 28, 2024
THIS IS WHERE EVERYTHING STARTS!! Nana and ren are back. Hachi meets takumi…😵💫 little crumbs of nobu and Hachi ahhhhh
September 3, 2024
Nana and Nana go to see TRAPNEST love and that opens the door for Ren to see Nana O ...for the first time in two years!
Nana K has her own crush Takumi from the same band.Hes a guy who uses the term Honey a lot..such a friggin player!
Great volume..fun with some hidden depths.
Nana K has her own crush Takumi from the same band.Hes a guy who uses the term Honey a lot..such a friggin player!
Great volume..fun with some hidden depths.
February 16, 2008
I'm completely addicted to Ai Yazawa's shojo manga Nana. Nana is the story of two young women, both from small towns, who meet on the bullet train and end up moving in together in Tokyo. Nana Komatsu (a.k.a. "Hachi") is a small-town girl who has big city dreams of romance and leaving her old life (and self) behind, while Nana Osaki has come to Tokyo to try to find success as the singer of her (psuedo) punk rock band, Blast. This all sounds like pretty standard fare so far, but once you throw in copious piercings, an underage bass-playing rent boy, art school friends, non-stop smoking, all-night parties, a cute sweety gothy fangirl, a deep romance between Nana O. and Ren (guitar player for rival band Trapnest), secret hotel trysts, crazy fashion, levels of girl bonding that are off the charts, and melodramatics like you haven't seen since you stopped watching Days of Our Lives, then you'll have a better idea of what you're in for in this series.
Yazawa does a few things really well in Nana. First, she creates characters that you can get attached to really easily so that you want to follow their stories. Once you're invested in the characters, the melodrama and gossip that mounts are unrelenting. Reading this manga kind of feels just like when one of your friends hands you some delicious, and perhaps slightly malicious, secret tidbit about a friend or acquaintance, usually prefaced with the phrase "Don't tell anyone." Yazawa is also frightfully adept at deploying a battery of shojo manga techniques used for the illustration of intense emotional states (startle lines, blushing cheeks, disembodied flowers floating in the air, smile octagons, etc.). This use of a secondary emotional language in illustration works in conjunction with the melodrama in a way that's far more affective than anything I can imagine in cinema. What Yazawa does best of all, however, is to deeply imagine the wide variety of affections, desires, and types of love that can run through groups of people without trying to simplify the complex emotional relationships that result. The (non-sexual, but definitely erotic) love between Nana and Nana is given more space in this manga than even the more traditional romantic encounters between the Nanas and their heterosexual partners. The idea of "love" that has managed to drop itself into the English language is severely inadequate to describe the types of emotional attachments that Yazawa instigates and investigates in Nana — perhaps a more appropriate way to approach the relationships presented in Nana would be to invoke the numerous Greek words for love and use those varietals as a jumping off point.
For all its melodramatics and emphasis on young love and rock-and-roll, this series is hauntingly elegiac. The events told in the story itself take place in a past that's registered in the key of loss by the voice of a disembodied narrator that appears throughout the course of the narrative: "I'll still call out for you, Nana . . . no matter how much it hurts . . . until you answer me." I'm not sure what future traumatics are in store in this series, but my guess is that the series ends with the loss of something unrecoverable. Whether or not anything is gained in the tradeoff will be the point of interest to look out for.
The reason I give four stars to the series instead of five is that, as entertaining as it is, it's mostly a kind of pop entertainment. Sharply felt, deeply delightful, but finally not one for the ages.
Yazawa does a few things really well in Nana. First, she creates characters that you can get attached to really easily so that you want to follow their stories. Once you're invested in the characters, the melodrama and gossip that mounts are unrelenting. Reading this manga kind of feels just like when one of your friends hands you some delicious, and perhaps slightly malicious, secret tidbit about a friend or acquaintance, usually prefaced with the phrase "Don't tell anyone." Yazawa is also frightfully adept at deploying a battery of shojo manga techniques used for the illustration of intense emotional states (startle lines, blushing cheeks, disembodied flowers floating in the air, smile octagons, etc.). This use of a secondary emotional language in illustration works in conjunction with the melodrama in a way that's far more affective than anything I can imagine in cinema. What Yazawa does best of all, however, is to deeply imagine the wide variety of affections, desires, and types of love that can run through groups of people without trying to simplify the complex emotional relationships that result. The (non-sexual, but definitely erotic) love between Nana and Nana is given more space in this manga than even the more traditional romantic encounters between the Nanas and their heterosexual partners. The idea of "love" that has managed to drop itself into the English language is severely inadequate to describe the types of emotional attachments that Yazawa instigates and investigates in Nana — perhaps a more appropriate way to approach the relationships presented in Nana would be to invoke the numerous Greek words for love and use those varietals as a jumping off point.
For all its melodramatics and emphasis on young love and rock-and-roll, this series is hauntingly elegiac. The events told in the story itself take place in a past that's registered in the key of loss by the voice of a disembodied narrator that appears throughout the course of the narrative: "I'll still call out for you, Nana . . . no matter how much it hurts . . . until you answer me." I'm not sure what future traumatics are in store in this series, but my guess is that the series ends with the loss of something unrecoverable. Whether or not anything is gained in the tradeoff will be the point of interest to look out for.
The reason I give four stars to the series instead of five is that, as entertaining as it is, it's mostly a kind of pop entertainment. Sharply felt, deeply delightful, but finally not one for the ages.
June 25, 2024
cada tomo más jodido que el anterior, cuando llegue al último me encuentran en una cuneta
November 21, 2022
nooooo takumi is in the story now
April 24, 2023
5/5 ⭐️
estoy sufriendo demasiado
estoy sufriendo demasiado
November 14, 2023
NANA NO
April 7, 2024
je le sens pas le takumi
August 7, 2024
Hachi is my kind of delulu
January 15, 2024
I liked this volume more, ren has his issues but i cant help but like him.. Oh and i already hate takumi he gets on my nerves 💀 like plz stop playing with Hatchi's feelings smh
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October 30, 2024he pasado de chillar por Nana y Ren a saber que ya detesto a Takumi y solo ha pasado medio tomo desde que ha empezado a hablar
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