The Black Stones begin their rise to fame resorting to out of the blue gigs and using Tapnest’s reputation by flaunting that Nana Osaki is Ren’s girlfriend. Nana Osaki gives Nana Komatsu the nickname “Hachi” referring to the famous story of Hachiko and because “hachi” is “eight” in Japanese. She decides to move to Tokyo following her friends and boyfriend.īoth Nana’s happen to end up in the same apartment in Tokyo which is coincidently apartment number 707 (The Japanese for seven is “nana”). She is also prone to falling in love with anybody who shows her compassion as well. Nana Komatsu is a girl who is dependent on other people to do things for her. Ren is then invited to become the guitarist for the famous band, Trapnest, and transfers to Tokyo but Nana stays with Black Stones refusing to live the life of being a rockstar’s girlfriend. Nana has lived with Ren ever since she was 16 and they have been a couple before that. Nana Osaki was a punk singer for the band, Black Stones, where her boyfriend, Ren, was the bassist. Nana revolves around two women called Nana and their journey to meet each other as well as their struggles.
The anime adaptation was animated by Madhouse and directed by Morio Asaka.
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The series continued until June 2009 when Ai Yazawa fell ill and went on hiatus. NANA is a manga created and illustrated by Ai Yazawa and premiered in 2000 in the shojo manga magazine, Cookie.