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"We've spent an enourmous amount of time together, however... I didn't understand you at all.
I didn't even realise that I had hurt you.
Forgive me." |
It's time to check Nana volume 6! I think now I am reading a volume a month, and even tho I'm still behind, I'm proud of myself. At least I'm reading something. Hehehe.
Anyway, volume 6 it's also a hot pink volume. I'm starting to see a pattern here. We have Nana and Hachi traveling in what seems to be a train or a bus. Hachi has a drink amd Nana is eating something that looks like a hotdog or something. Love it.
Something I forgot to mention on my previous posts is that at the end of each volume, there is a "message from the Author" part where Ai Yazawa shares short stories or messages about the process of making this story and things that inspired her back then.
This volume is divided in 4 chapters as usual. From chapter 17 to 20. Let's do this!
Chapter 17 Starts with Jun-chan and Kyosuke having breakfast and talking about Hachi and how much she has changed in the past few days. Kyosuke suspects her change could be thanks to a "new man." I love these two, they act like an old married couple sometimes. Then we see Hachi talking to Nana and the other Blast members about her new job as a demonstrator in a supermarket (dunno if that's the right name, tho) and how fun it is, especially cuz she gets to wear cute outfits.
They all leave the rehearsing studio together, Nobu and Shin start talking about the Trapnest concert they all will attend the next day, Hachi is not going tho. She said she would be busy. For some reason, Nana and Shin have a short conversation about Tanabata, Nana is surprised he doesn't know what it is about and, Hachi ends up inviting him to the apartment so they can celebrate it and write their wishes on the tanzaku and hang them on the bamboo tree. This scene is super cute! They all make the most random wishes and, since it is really how and they don't have AC in the apartment, Nana decides to turn a fan on, right in front of the bamboo tree, makeing all the tanzaku fly out the window. They show this scene of all the tanzaku flying and we can read Nana's wish: "I want Hachiko to find a long haired boyfriend" ♡
The next day, Hachi is getting ready while watching TV, Trapnest is having their last concert and Takumi promised to visit her when that happened. She wonders if he's actually do it but she's almost sure, he won't cuz he hadn't been in contact with her while he was on tour. Still, she decides to buy some ingredients to cook for him, just in case. She remembered he really liked the tomatoes Jun-chan gave her and goes to see her to get some more. They talk a little and she leaves to start cooking. A part of her doesn't want him to go cuz that way it'd be easier for her to just give up, other wise she thinks she would have to tell Nana everything that's been going on between them. When Nana arrives, she's surprised with the amount of food Hachi made, she lies telling her she thought Ren was coming too but Nana tells her they have a wrap up party. They end up having dinner together while talking about the concert. Nana tells Hachi she couldn't help to compare herself with Reira which, in a way, motivated her to practice a lot harder to become better than her.
While the girls are talking, the other Blast memebers are waiting for Trapnes backstage, Yasu decides to leave before they arrive. And, here is where Reira and my sweet Shin-chan first met. They all go to the after party together, in which Takumi is asked to sign some pictures. This reminds Ren he promised to give Hachi Takumi's autograph. When he asks him, Takumi says she won't need it anymore cuz he slept with her the next day they met. Ren is surprised, he knows Takumi is a player and how important Hachi is to Nana. He acts super rude and tells them he didn't pushed her to do anything and that she even "wagged her tail with joy". This made Nobu really mad but, he just left. Shin-chan approached Takumi and threw his drink at Takumi's face before leaving the place. This is why I love Shin-chan so much, he really adores Hachi and, sometimes, acts very mature for his age. Reira laughs at Takumi and since he's upset, he decides to leave saying the whole situation reminded him he had somewhere to go.
Back to the apartment, someone rings the bell at 3:05am, waking Nana up and wondering who could it be, she leaves her room to open the door and finds Takumi holding Hachi at the door. She's shocked, Takumi just makes a sign, asking her to stay quiet. She goes back to her room with a worried look on her face.
Chapter 18. We see Nobu and Shin on the street talking about what happened before. They both look sad but nobu looks veeeery disappointed. Shin pretty much encourages him to fight for Hachi cuz he can tell he loves her. They decide to take a taxi and, go home. Then we see Nana in a cafΓ© waiting for Yasu, who looks really worried when he arrives. Nana doesn't want to tell him the real reason why she left the apartment at such a super duper early hour in the morning at the beginning so she tells him she realized she left her wallet at home and needed him to help her with that. They chat for a while and in the end, she tells him she left because Takumi arrived and didn't want to bother them. Even tho she says Hachi is free to date whoever she wants, she hates the idea it' had to be Takumi. Nana is someone who likes to be in control so, she admits that even tho she doesn't own her, seeing her taking a different path makes her feel alone. We move on to Hachi and Takumi in bed. They start talking about how popular they must be with the opposite sex and how Takumi is glad she doesn't have a boyfriend. He also tells her he doesn't want to share her with anyone. I used to think this was kinda cute years ago.
Nana and Yasu leave the cafΓ©, Yasu goes to work and Nama to Ren's place. He asks her to move in with him, she just says she'll think about it. The next day Hachi is waiting for Nana, wondering when she'll be back home cuz she wants to talk to her about everything that's going on in her life. Someone knocks at the door and she quickly goes get it thinking it could be Nana but, it's acually Nobu. He seems to be willing to talk to her, he even rejects a beer saying "he doesn't need it to say what he has to say" but in the end the only thing he says before leaving is that he will become better than Takumi. This leaves Hachi feeling a little confused.
Then we have a short scene of Yasu checking the voice messages on his phone, he has a message from someone at Gaia Music telling him he saw the demo he sent and he'd like to talk to him in person. Then we see Reira paying Shin-chan before entering the hotel room, Nana buying some things to have at Ren's house and Hachi alone in the apartment.
Chapter 19. We see Hachi waiting to hera from Nana, really late at night, she receives a message in which she tells her she'll spend the night at Ren's but she'll meet her the next day to hear everything about her love story. Then we see Reira and Shin in bed, she's telling him a little more about her and how people expect a lot from her. I used to like her, she's a very lonely person but, honestly, I don't like her that much anymore.
We move on to what seems to be the next day, Nobu and Shin are talking in the rehearsal studio about what happened with Hachi. Shin still thinks Nobu should be brave enough to tell her how he really feels. He also mentions he lost his favorite lighter, which is a super cool Vivienne Westwood which is also a necklace he always wears. Yasu arrives followed by Nana, she wants to know how his meeting with the people form the record label went. Later that day, Nana goes back to the apartment and tells Hachi about the call from the record label. She gets super excited and assumes Blast would have a debut soon. Nana explains someone from the record label will go to their next concert and see what happens from there.After that, Hachi apologizes for not saying anything the night Takumi went to see her. Nana seems to be ok with it but also tells her she's planning to spend a few days at Ren's. They continue talking about Takumi, the fact that all the Blast members are aware of what's going on between them and the fact that Nobu is in love with her. Hachi is super confused and not sure about what to do with Takumi and Nobu. Nana asks her not to worry about it.
Nobu is constantly thinking about what he told Hachi and how he can't just leave things the way they are. While he's talkinh, Shin receives a phone call from Reira and and tells Nobu he has to leave right away because of "work". Before he leaves he tells him there is something he can beat Takumi at, and that is love. Shin arrives at the hotel where Reira is staying, she called him using as an excuse the fact that he left his lighter necklace thingy there. She invites him in but he refuses to stay if it's not for "work." She gives him the lighter back and he tells her he lied when he told her he charged ¥100 thousand a night the first time they met and that he felt weird receiving that much money and that, because of that, she can spend another night with him whenever she wants. Then he just leaves.
Then we have a scene of Hachi and Nobu outside the apartment, they start talking about what happened the other night, he apologizes and tells her he really likes her even tho he knows she might be in love with Takumi. They walk back to the apartment, she's kinda confused cuz she doesn't even know if what she feels for Takumi could actually be love. Nobu's words made her feel way happier than when Takumi said he didn't want to share her with anyone else. In the end, she decides do move on and if Takumi ever calls her again, she'd end things with him.
The next day Hachi finds a note from Nana on the table, she left to spend 2 weeks with Ren. Hachi feels a little worried, she wonders if she really will be back after those 2 weeks.
Chapter 20 We have a few short scenes: Ren and Nana are having breakfast together, Ren suggests they should go on a trip now that he has some free time but Nana turns him down cuz she's busy with rehearsals and prepping for the concert. Then he notices she's taking birth control pills and asks her about it, to which she tells him he should find another woman if he wants to have kids.
Then we see Shin with a woman named Ryoko-san, she's obviously older than him. It seems like they have spent the night together. From what I know, this woman is someone who has "taken care" of my sweet baby Shin-chan and taught him everything he knows about women. She tells him she's traveling to America soon, so she won't be seeing him for a while.
Last short scene shows Yasu meeting up with Naoki (Trapnest member), they were friends back in high school too. They have a short conversation about why Yasu changed his mind about moving to Tokyo and become a part of a band. Yasu says he did it because of his "fatherly love" for the band.
We move on to Takumi smoking on the beach, unexpectedly Reira walks in, surprising him. She said she was looking at him from afar for 30 minutes. It looks like their families live in the same city. Takumi's mom is dead tho, and he doesn't have the best relationship with his father. Reira and Takumi have known each other since they were very young so, Reira mentions she also went to visit Takumi's mom's grave. She suggests they should do something together now that they bumped into each other but, he declines.
Back in Tokyo, Blast is rehearsing for the concert and Hachi is there with them. Nana wonders where could Takumi be and why he hasn't contacted Hachi. But she seems to be ok with it, in a way it's better fo her. She also says there is no point in contacting him if he's gonna end up ignoring her, which is sad. She's actually there to see Nobu, she keeps thinking about the last conversation they had and how if Takumi doesn't contact her anymore, she'd become another girl he abandoned and that way she won't feel bad for starting something with Nobu.
Nobu walks Hachi to the apartment after the rehearsal. They don't talk about anything important really, but suddently Hachi sees Takumi's van, a black 4x4 Mercedes, she gets super nervous and tells Nobu she can walk home alone from there, she doesn't want them to see each other but, Takumi gets off the car before Nobu leaves. He asks Hachi why is she out so late and tries to justify the fact that Nobu was with her. In the end, she goes with Takumi, leaving Nobu alone.
When they arrive to the apartment, Hachi is willing to ask him to leave and never call her again, she offers him some food or something to drink. He accepts the drink and before she realizes, he goes straight to her room and they end up spending the night together again. In a way she feels like Takumi is the only one who knows how empty she feels and doesn't judge her for that.
When Trapnest's break was over, Nana didn't come back home, Hachi stopped visiting Blast at the rehearsals because she couldn't see Nobu. We see Hachi picking misato-chan at the train station, she's going to spend a few days in the apartment since Hachi is still alone there. And that is where this volume ends. We also have a long Junko's room. I do read them but I never include them here because they are not really relevant in the original story and, it'd make these posts even longer.
I gotta say I love how Nana is very focused on her goals and doesn't let Ren or their relationship get in the way. For some reason, I didn't use to see Hachi's relationship with Takumi as a bad thing, at least not as bad as I see it now. In a way, I used to understand how she felt but everything is just toxic. I don't know if I mentioned this before but, the more I see Reira's relationship with Shin-chan, the more I dislike her~
I know after this chapters, some things will get super dramatic and kinda sad.
For some reason, I ended up making this post, a super long one too. Even tho I was trying to keep them shorter.
The previous posts are linked down below for you guys to check them if you want.
Manga Reading: Nana Volume 5 π
Manga Reading: Nana Volume 4 π
Manga Reading: Nana Volume 3 π
Manga Reading: Nana Volume 2 π
Manga Reading: Nana Volume 1 π
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