Nana, Vol. 8

NANA―ナナ― #8

by Ai Yazawa

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!

Hachi's happiness with Nobu is slipping through her fingers as an unexpected complication with Takumi threatens to upend her entire life. And unlike her past romantic woes, the choice she makes now will change the lives of everyone around her.

Genres: Manga, Romance, Comics, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Shojo, Josei

200 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 2003

About the author

Ai 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.

Reviews

[noa]

im SO ANGRY right now

[Bookishrealm]

I love that this one is told from the perspective of Nana O. I think it gives the manga a different vibe. I can't believe what's going on with Nana K. I mean what is she thinking!! I understand why she's doing what she's doing, but at the same time I don't and part of me wishes I could connect to her through this, but I can't with Takumi around. He's sleezy and a mess and I can't believe she would even want him around especially when it's clear he's doing what he's doing for selfish reasons. I guess that means I just have to pick up the next volume to see what happens.

[dorotea]

I hate Takumi so much he makes me physically sick

[ana]

what chapter does t*kumi die

[Niy]

NOOOOOOO😭😭😭😭ABORT MISSION, I REPEAT ABORT MISSION

[Niyura]

Nana es pasión, amor, tristeza, rabia, celos, encanto… Nana es perfecta, es mi serie manga favorita, hoy digo que soy FAN de esta historia.
Este tomo 8 me ha destrozado, he tenido que ir parando de vez en cuando la lectura a limpiarme los ojos, ya que las lágrimas no me dejaban leer.
Los personajes no son malos, ni buenos… son tan reales, complicados, algunos odiosos y otros adorables.

[zaï]

this manga gives me headaches cos why nobody knows how to think in a correct and sane way💀

[mareena]

estoy loca y me voy a suicidar

[daph pink ♡]

Everyone in this place has dubious morals, and I adore them for it. My heart was moved and surprised by Nana O's narration. Despite the fact that it is a controversial choice, I hope Takumi treats Hachi well. Nobu deserves much better though.

[Camille R.]

I hate Takumi with a burning passion.

[Sarah (menace mode)]

You’re joking!!! You’re actually fucking kidding me!!! Someone get Nana to Planned Parenthood RIGHT NOW

[library ghost (farheen)]

to get to hear "i feel like a teenage boy falling in love for the first time" and hachi is getting married to takumi in the same volume 😀

[liz]

"you may not have realized that your tiniest moves provoke disorder in my heart with a strength comparable to that of a typhoon" i love my girls so much
(also i want to punch takumi)

[Caahpinotti ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚]

☆―🪄⚙️🧷=͟͟͞͞=͟͟͞͞ =͟͟͞͞ 🔩🧴🧷____“𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕟𝕠𝕥 𝕙𝕒𝕧𝕖 𝕣𝕖𝕒𝕝𝕚𝕫𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕪𝕠𝕦𝕣 𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕞𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕤 𝕡𝕣𝕠𝕧𝕠𝕜𝕖 𝕕𝕚𝕤𝕠𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕚𝕟 𝕞𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕒𝕣𝕥 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕘𝕥𝕙 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕡𝕒𝕣𝕖𝕕 𝕥𝕠 𝕥𝕙𝕒𝕥 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝕥𝕪𝕡𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕟” 🎛 ☆― these bitches gay. good for them. good for them.
oh, and the whole deal with the 👶🏼? what the hell is going on??? i just know that everything that happens in nana hits so close to home that is painful to read sometimes

[Ryuuji99]

let's normalize blaming takumi for everything.

[☾❀Mirelle✩]

:O

[Jenny Clark]

I despise Takumi.... truely... I think Nobu and Nana and Hachi and Yasu and Ren coukd have figured out a way to take care of the baby till Hachi could work again. And Nobu woukd be a rock star maybe even before the baby was born. I am so confused with the naration. Starting with this book, it's obvisouly Osaki. So was it always Osaki? Or did they switch for this and the next, since I already started it?

[Rose Camara]

I hate Takumi as an individual. I hate Hachi and Takumi as a unit. 😤

[Alyssa Nicole]

Takumi is the ultimate anime villain in my eyes

[La Pause Narrative]

Coup de cœur pour ce tome dont la narration est faite par Nana Osaki. La relation qui unit ces deux femmes brisées par la vie est si émouvante, je ne me lasse décidément pas de relire ce manga qui me bouleverse toujours autant.

[Lunabookaddict]

Plus on avance, plus ça prend en maturité et plus je me pose des questions sur la pseudo fin (jamais fini)

[Canette Arille]

I like this book. is great!

[Alana]

Oh wow the pain and suffering has already started

[.🍃.]

Disappointed but not surprised.

[Lizzy]

HELLO???!!!!!! I was not expecting That

[DonutKnow]

Angst level up 😭😭

Man, this taught me a lesson in the consequences of hedonism. Lol, it makes the fun stuff look so dangerous in hindsight, but I’m cheering for Hatchi; although she’ll need a whole lot more than cheer in the next stages of her life 😅

Poor Nobu.

[kira]

crash out review: someone kill me i actually do not know how i can go on i feel like in an alternate universe i just died

and you don’t get how serious this is unless you’ve read this volume so i don’t want to hear ANYONE calling me dramatic😤😤 THIS IS BAD HACHI NOOOOOOOO MAKE IT STOP DON’T DO THIS & my poor baby nobu omg you deserved better king.

actual review: nana hits so close to home everytime. we’ve all struggled to find the balance in friendship as to what is caring too much to the point of being unsupportive & controlling, versus trying to care less to the point of dishonesty & strain. i fucking love this manga with my whole heart, it is so precious to me, i can’t believe i’ve found something so abundant in authenticity, sometimes this world feels realer than my own.

[ℳanon]

I basically fear dying in a patriarchal world.

P.S. : my student chamber is the number 8 and every time I pass the 7th one I’m like in a little pain.

[E.]

2,5*
Ugh, this volume pissed me off so much it took me months to get through it... If only Nana and Nana realised they are in love a few chapters back 99% of their problems would be nonexistent.

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[Ed Fox-Gliddon]

I knew it was coming but this volume HURT to read. I think this is the point in the story where things truly start to change for the characters, and Yazawa handles their flaws in a way that's infuriatingly realistic. As ever, Nana's an impossible series to put down.

(Not taking away any stars for this since it's a pretty minor publishing issue, but I wish VIZ included the Junko's Place special from the Japanese 7.8 - the bonus pages state that you need to read it to know what's going on, but that fanbook was never translated to English!)