Nana, Vol. 10

NANA―ナナ― #10

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!

Being engaged isn't as wonderful as Hachi thought it would be. She has a trendy new apartment, but she's isolated from all her friends and Takumi is hardly ever home. When scandal hits hard, Trapnest (and her fiancé) flee to Europe, and Hachi is left to watch Blast suffer in the scandal rags and tabloid shows.

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

280 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 2004

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

[daph pink ♡]

I AM IN LOVE WITH SHIN. Such maturity from a 16-year-old, yet I don't want to break his heart—been he's through so much already. The bond between Shin and Hachis is priceless since they are so alike.

[Nancy]

The "Sachiko" moment is one of my favorite parts in this series.

[⟣ aut ⟢]

Forever sitting here wishing Hachi and Nana would see each other again, and that Hachi would realize Takumi isn’t the right guy for her :(

[ana]

"i want nana's salty miso soup"

[Martina]

"Sai, Jun, quella notte di luna piena probabilmente ha rappresentato l'attimo più felice di tutta la mia vita. Avevo l'impressione che tutto ciò che desideravo fosse lì a portata di mano, e il mio cuore colmo di sogni e di speranza.
Il futuro mi appariva come un sole luccicante.
Non credo che mi capiterà più di sentirmi pervasa da una gioia così grande e senza ombre."

Nana e Hachi che continuano a cercarsi senza mai trovarsi mi spezzano il cuore 💔

[anishya]

It's depressing me
(but it's so good)

[Caahpinotti ⋆ ˚｡⋆୨୧˚]

the scandal involving blast and trapnest is nice and all but now gimme blast’s debut

[☾❀Mirelle✩]

Mmmm 🤔

[dorotea]

Takumi is so manipulative it makes me soooo angry... Hachi deserves so much better 😭 Can Hachi and Nana 'make up' already TT I miss seeing them together

[library ghost (farheen)]

"just watch me hachiko. i am going to make your dreams come true" i might just start crying yk (3.5)

[Zuli]

ig we'll leave it to the demon lord

[Igel :)]

Not the best volume- but I still loved it

[trace ♡°。]

this line yasu drops on the paparazzi and media vultures... i'm shooketh for days

[.🍃.]

I loved how Takumi was not romantized.

[DonutKnow]

I want to get angry at these characters, but I just can’t- there is more to just right and wrong to them 😭 I don’t agree with their actions, but I can hate them for it either.

[Sarah (menace mode)]

Reira low key a bitch and not in a cool way

[Canette Arille]

so great!

[Vanessa]

Toujours envie de defoncer Takumi avec son égoïsme et sa condescendance

[claire.ay]

Mais heureusement que Yasu est là hein

[Rachel]

I have no idea what will happen to Hachi... I hope she doesn't stay with that jerk!

I love the whole scandal with Blast & Trapnest.

[Alexa (Alexa Loves Books)]

If it's possible for me to feel more things, then that's what happened. I'm drowning in feelings over what's going on in both Nana's lives. I did love the band bits!

[La Pause Narrative]

Déçue du tournant que prend le manga, j'ai trouvé ce tome long, ennuyant et décevant. A voir comment l'histoire évolue dans les volumes suivants.

[lydia]

vuelve a estar cozy somehow a pesar de que takumi sea ahora un personaje principal 🤮

[Sophie_The_Jedi_Knight]

The driving force behind my love for these books is the relationship between Nana and Hachi. I've been focusing on that for a while, so I was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked the plot developments in this volume. The drama and tensions with both bands were great, and I really do like all of the characters' sprawling relationships. I still want a bit more with Nana and Hachi, but I can wait.

The one part that disappointed me a bit was a revelation about Yasu - and he's a favorite character of mine. He's so cool. I didn't like that he was in love with Nana - one of the main things I liked so much about him was that he wasn't really involved in all of the ongoing relationship drama with everyone else. But hey, at least he's not being dramatic about this. He's just in love with her and knows it's not requited. Which is fine, I guess, but I prefer when I just saw Yasu as a protective older brother to Nana.

4/5 stars - onto volume 11!

[ERI ES]

No entiendo tanto problema porque dos famosos sean pareja, y encima desde hace años. Mas allá de la exclusiva, ¿por qué separar las bandas en diferentes lugares?
Siento la soledad de Nana en sus capítulos. :/

[aly ☆.。.:*]

noooo this is making me so upset, im not here for this 😭 why can’t they just be together again

i hate takumi, it’s all his fault

[nightmare eyes]

I feel so bad for Hachi. She deserves better.

[Kiara]

man i wanna shake hachi so bad and knock some sense into her

[Alex]

Oh, thank goodness something good is finally happening for these characters. Like, I'm sure the other shoe is about to drop, but I'm so happy Nana was at least able to get a message to Hachi. And it's really good to see Hachi being more assertive with what she wants! I just wish she hadn't chosen Takumi; what a mistake!

[margaux (taylor’s version)]

4,5 ✰