Ai Yazawa: Nana. (2008, Viz Media)
266 pages
English language
Published March 16, 2008 by Viz Media.
Nana "Hachi" Komatsu hopes that moving to Tokyo will help here 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 gecome best friends in a whirlwind world of sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties! Takumi and Hachi are getting married, but it's far from a joyous announcement. Nobu and Nana are devastated, and even Takumi's bandmates take the news hard. With paparazzi skulking around for a new scandal to exploit and tensions between Trapnest and Blast on high alert, will Hachi ever get her happily ever after?
This is so utterly irrelevant but I have to say it: Shin is the cutesy thing that has ever existed in this manga. Ah yes, he may have problems considering he is a recently turned 16 year old prostitute who has been doing business with a 24 year old famous singer, but his cuteness almost (but not really) makes up for it. There's no wonder Hachi wants to be his mom. He's like a lost puppy. You just have to take care of him!
This series is so tiring! There's just so much to think about. Is real life in the outside world like this? Never ending drama, I must say. But it makes for a great series.
I promised myself that I would write mini reviews for each book, but I don't have anything to say. I'm too absorbed in it all to analyze it. It's just really a great manga. I'm sad that I didn't read it earlier. It's definitely a series to buy.
