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My NANA Depression
By aimee | October 16, 2010
NANA, the story of two girls with the same name, total opposites in character, seeking different things in life, yet found comforting friendship with each other.
Now, that’s portraying it beautifully.
I’ve had this Ai Yazawa manga recommended to me lots of times already and only recently did I heed their advise and watch it. I liked it at first, what with the humor Nana Komatsu brings, who wouldn’t be drawn right? Add the equally fun punk rocker Nana Osaki and you got a winning pair. Little did I know that NANA divulges serious friendship, romance, and worldly issues. I’m no innocent lass when it comes to these things, but I still got a bit of a shock as the story progresses, and the depth of emotional struggles of the characters became apparent.
The mix of characters each portrays is what makes this really interesting to watch.
Nana Komatsu is that girl whose made it her life goal to attain romance and luxury, which makes her shallowly happy-go-lucky with the maturity of a teenager.
Nana Osaki’s cool demeanor and love for punk music got her to do just about everything – to attain the fame and recognition attributed to success in the music industry.
Ren Honjo’s obsession for Nana Osaki and a great angelic voice got him to a dilemma and his own sad demise.
Takumi Ichinose is that man you’d hate for his womanizing ways but love to be with only for his handsome features, cool exterior, money, and fame.
Yasu Takagi is your not-so-perfect calm and organized, too ideal a man to be true, that you can only regard as a brother.
Leyla Serizawa is ever Ms. Popular, Ms. Beautiful, Ms. Ideal – she’s been put on such a high pedestal by everyone that no man or woman can reach her.
Nobu Terashima, the boy next door with a heart of an angel you really like but wouldn’t want to taint with your issues and burden with problems. His good character is also his weakness, making him snap and have a to-hell-with-everything-I’m-going-to-do-what-I-want attitude.
Shin Okazaki – the boy whose innocence becomes his double-edged sword, with a childhood so bad it made him mature too early, but lacking fully developed character to face the world with.
Naokie Fujieda, his mere presence lights up a room, whose company you’d want to have but you have no idea who he really is as you don’t feel the need to.
I got in too deep in their world that I found myself hurting and restless at night, everytime I remember the cheating incident of Shoji (Nana Komatsu’s first boyfriend). I’d experienced being cheated on and though it hurt, I wasn’t too much affected by it. But to see the guy’s side of it definitely made it real and painful. I hurt and so angry for Nana’s sake ( so weird, I k now). This started the string of depressing thoughts and emotions I got from watching it.
You’ll know I love light, fun, romantic stories so this didn’t do me well at all. To see and kind of feel the depressing emotions and worldly issues each character holds just throws me off the edge. The lies, lust, sex, drugs, emotional abuse, infidelity, weakness of character, among other things were just too much for me to take.
I like to see life as a Spring of flowers and rays of sunshine. Looking at it that way makes it WAY easier for me to live it. Misery and depression are not just my cup of tea. You’d think it’s the same for everyone but of course, there are some who dwell on these negativities. But that is not me.
I wanted OUT. So I did.
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