Anime Discussion Thread - Page 6295

Seems like parasites are something akin to test tube babies, Papa aren't even humans, and Klaxo are more human that we realize.

Laughed a good amount when the twin's clothes came off.

referring to Nodame jumping onto Chiaki's back, the constant husband jokes or even some of the smacks she seems to get from Chiaki etc...

kiss

like this is Nana music..

I've made it through most of the show, up to the part where Nana starts hyperventilating when she gets into an argument with Nobu. Man, this show is so painful but for me, it wasn't even about this Nana. While I admit that her past is quite sad, especially with Ren leaving and how everything advanced, to me, I can't help but feel so so terrible for the other Nana which the show refers to as Hachiko.

It seems like she keeps running into issues with everything. Yes, it's part of her personality and I'll admit that early on, her too enthusiastic attitude was a bit on the crazy side, maybe partially annoying but that was her personality. Where I started feeling sorry for her and a part that made me mad early on was that her boyfriend, Shoujo. He ends up fucking cheating on her and her friend Jun-chan decides to shoulder most of the blame on Nana herself. Like, yes, she should've paid him more attention and gave him more of her time but from my understanding, her first job was taking up a lot of her time with her having to work weekends too. She got that new job at the publishing company, precisely for the purpose of having more time on the weekends to spend with him and because she needed another job.

From my perspective, it felt like while Nana could've done better, the majority of the blame lay at Shoujo's feet. All he had to do was call Nana and call their relationship over but he caved at a crying Sachiko despite proclaiming that he wants to end up in the same grave as Nana! What complete bullshit. Add on that Jun felt like she victim blaming and it made me really mad.

I'll be the first to admit that I didn't really like Nana sleeping with people all over but after she got cheated on, she was broken mentally even if it doesn't seem that way. Even if she was there for the band, she was never part of it and certainly felt lonely. I would've thought that the other members, especially her roommate would've understand this and tried to help her out, especially given her pwn past. Add on the fact that she met Takumi who she thought was cool at such a bad time afterwards and considering he's someone who sweet talks women, things went deep. Still ok, not great considering his history but once she decides to call things off with him (she should've done a better job but she told her not to call her again at least) and gets together with Nobu, things went to hell afterwards.

Seeing her look so lifeless with Takumi when she clearly loves Nobu was just so painful to watch. That scene where Takumi sit with Nana across from the other Nana and he mentions they are getting married then you get a shot of Nana's dejected face. It's just so sad. She should've been more careful herself to prevent the pregnancy etc... so the blame lays at her feet and Takumi but the fact that no one even tried hard to get some explanation is what made me really mad. The other Nana takes Nobu's side without even talking to her and aside from Yun-chan and her boyfriend, no one even tried to understand the situation.

Heck, the other Nana even started avoiding the place to avoid seeing Takumi and spent all her time at Ren's place. I realize she's never had a female friend before but cmon, don't you think that you should at least try to talk to your friend? Fast forward to Nana moving to another place and we see the other Nana try to get in touch with her then you get the whole scoop about Ren's lover and after the recording is done, they are in a hotel where she hyperventilates. If you keep thinking about her, why the fuck haven't you tried to call her? Use Yasu or Shin's phone for God's sake.

I'm a bit mad because it feels like just better communication would've helped things so much. Nana got pregnant before she hooked up with Nobu (could be mistaken but I think the timeline if I remember the dates properly confirms this). She wasn't dating them both or lied but of course, no one tried to push and find out the truth. Then of course, she herself feels like she betrayed them and kinda isolates herself. She may look happy at times but there's no doubt that she still loves Nobu and quite likely is even faking her love for Takumi (she needs the support for the child after all so my thoughts is that that love is still a fake, maybe I'm misreading it though). I'm interested to see how things develop and how it ends.

I'm hoping that Nana will eventually break things off with Takumi because he just doesn't care for her (him saying work is his top priority and takes 90% of his time or brain or w/e is proof enough for me) and end up going back to Nobu. I'll be happy if both Nanas at least get to talk to each other before the show finishes but there's been all these little hints (or at least they seem to be) about how things never normalize again between the two. Certainly hope I'm misreading them!

He's gonna lose the seat the next day. I imagine most of the former Elite Ten (as well as some people on his own team) can take it pretty easily.

While I admit I would've preferred that Nana went back to Nobu, I can bypass that. What made the ending really sad was that first of all, the other Nana was no longer around it seems. There's a mention that Ren is coming at his own time so he's still alive but what does that mean? Did something happen to the other Nana? There's no way that she would skip meeting everyone again, including her only female friend, Hachi. Did she develop some illness? I read someone saying that she likely committed suicide but for what reason? She finally married Ren (or was supposed to) and her band was taking off plus she got to see Hachi again at the fireworks so what???? Did she ditch them all and move somewhere else? Maybe she never married Ren? The anime kept talking in past tense and at the end, we had Hachi even mention she'll wait for Nana for 10, 20, even 50 years. Does that mean she's alive but she's unable to make the meeting? Wonder if the manga is far enough to mention this but I highly doubt it.

The other is the fact that Nana, aka Hachi seems to still be with Takumi. Again, I wouldn't have a problem with it but it's certainly clear that Nana does not enjoy her life. This is evident in the flashback in the beginning of the last episode when she met everyone again with her daughter. The look in her eyes when she was preparing the bathtub for Nobu and he ended up holding her hand, revealing her expression and then ring as she turned to leave. Seems like she never got married and considering that Takumi's mindset is work is #1 and his comments towards the end, it's not surprising. I guess it's also not that surprising considering that she made the choice that she thought was best for her child and at the same time, didn't seem like she wanted to tie Nobu down but thinking that she could've been with Nobu had they actually spoke about everything in person and I'm more than positive the rest of the band would've supported her, including the other Nana is just too sad for me.

She accepted her fate and from one perspective, she matured. In a twisted way, she got her wish of being a housewife but man is it really sad to see her stuck in a loveless marriage

A struggle that ends with a character maturing and both characters developing an even stronger bond with each other and the rest of the band.