Comments on: Nana Mini Review (manga)

By: kathe333

kathe333 — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 09:24:11 +0000

i think Nana it’s an acquired taste, it’s not completely a waste of your time but u have to learn to love it…it’s like ice cream n fries together, they don’t taste bad but neither taste THAT good, some people love it, and some people can live just fine without them…
But i agree with what u said, they don’t move on from the same troubles that they had in the beginning! and maybe that’s what we don’t like! maybe it’s too real 4 our shoujo-happy-endings-loving-minds, it’s true..it’s DEPRESING, it’s true… it’s TOO real…and it’s true, maybe we’re never gonna have the happy ending after all they’ve been through and that we are all so desperate for, because hope it’s the las thing we lose, and we relate so deeply with the characters that their happiness subconsciously relates to our happiness… i know maybe my opinion won’t help much but i recomend all the people that want to see nana that take one day of ur lives and read it, probably you’ll get tired n end up seeing another manga…but 3, 6 months later you’ll give it a second chance, i’m sure of it…cause like i said ..hope it’s the last thing we lose.

By: misa-chan

misa-chan — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:41:00 +0000

So . . . forget that first little comment of mine.

I’m at episode 16 now, and even though it is quite tragic, I’ve learned to love Nana. I can’t get enough of (what is in my humble opinion) the beautiful art of the show; I think Punk Nana is my new fashion idol. Even though the characters make some bad decisions, the story and plot manages to keep me interested. I know that things will turn out badly, yet I want to see it through. The music is great too. I just bought some Nana songs on iTunes, and they have the first ending theme.

By: Emily

Emily — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 22:40:32 +0000

I agree! I was so into the story, I had high hopes and everything. But after a few eposides and chapters it all seemed like a waste of time. Nothing was happening that was at least intersting. Along the way I just stopped…it seemed to me like a waste of time. Lots of things might be a waste of time but they were to addictive to stop, but Nana wasn’t addictive it was plain boring!

By: misa-chan

misa-chan — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 03:20:12 +0000

So, on a whim (and because it’s free On Demand), I decided to watch Nana with my dad. We started the first episode, and I found it quite funny. Eventually we decided that Girly Nana is an idiot and a Mary Sue (we decided this at Episode 2) and that Punk Nana smokes too much. Yet although he didn’t like it much, i think I might finish it this weekend on Animefreak . . . but maybe I won’t because your review makes it look like a total waste of time.

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By: lukewarm.oasis

lukewarm.oasis — Sun, 31 May 2009 22:23:53 +0000

I agree with your review. At first, I loved this story (Anime) as the first few episodes were promising. The characters, the art– I couldn’t get enough of it, but as I progressed through the series, it just left me with a headache and bad after taste. I was just frustrated and disappointed.

To top it off, there doesn’t seem to be any end in sigh!

“The longer the story goes on, the more the major characters wallow in their bad qualities and the less they try to work toward anything”

By: Kyomi

Kyomi — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 18:53:51 +0000

i watched NANA and read at least half of the manga series…i think it made me drepressed since there was so much depression in that manga but i hope everything gets better

By: Miki

Miki — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 23:06:53 +0000

Hasn’t they made some progress? Nana spirals downwards with revelations about her obsessiveness, which can taken good or bad, but it’s very touching, shocking and yet having been hinted at. Despite that, she TRIES to be there for Hachi, and to go after her career without Ren. She’s battling with her obsessiveness, and I appreciate that. And what’s wrong with having friends you depend on?

Also, Hachi almost cut Takumi completely off her life and got with Nobu… Her pregnancy just got in the way. She decided to go with Takumi for her baby and Nobu knowing Takumi won’t give her the fairytale she wants. If that’s not brave, I don’t know what is. She COULD just have an abortion, or hang on to Nobu AND Takumi, or stay with Nobu and make him leave his dream behind…

I think it’s getting better than ever. But a bit more happiness might help. And life don’t always go where you want it to, but Nana and Hachi cemented their fates in 8-9 and sticking to it so far. They’re trying, even if they can’t be as great of a person as they want to be.

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