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| "Even now, I keep calling your name. Despite my pain, I'll keep calling you until you answer me" |
I'm really trying to catch up with these manga posts cuz I feel like I'm reading faster than the blogging. Idk why I always takes me forever to write them, hehe.
Anyway, today we have volume 8. It is a hot pink volume showing both Nana's doing some shopping as a part of their day out around Tokyo. Love it! ♡
This volume also has 4 chapters, from 25 to 28 and they are not going to be happy ones. Let's do this!
Chapter 25 Opens with a thought Nana had regarding something she promised Hachi earlier in the story, she's sorry she's not able to build her the house with a big garden she wanted, with that modern kitchen, a seaview and a room with a closet full of clothes so she wouldn't cry over a guy. Isn't is romantic? Hehe.
Then we have a flashback of the moment Nana was leaving to Tokyo. She's buying her ticket and when she turns around, she sees Yasu waiting for her, he went to say goodbye. He gives her Ren's number as a "goodbye gift" but she doesn't take it. Ren is not the reason she's going to Tokyo and she wanted to make it clear. Then she asks him to come with her, telling him he'll be able to find a good job as a lawyer there, he also asks her to stay but, in the end, she ends up leaving alone. She dreams about singing on a big stage in the city and she's willing to do whatewver it takes to acieve that. And then, we see the moment she met Hachi on the train.
Back to the present time, we see Nana, Misato-chan and Hachi in the apartment. The weather seems to be pretty bad because of a typhoon, which makes Hachi upset cuz she was really looking forward to seeing the fireworks that night. Nana calls Nobu, who's with Shin in his apartment, and asks them to come over. Nobu refuses at first but changes his mind when he hears Hachi is wearing a yukata. They arrive with fireworks to light after the rain. For some reason, they all want to make Hachi happy, which is super cute. Yasu joins them later and they all light the fireworks outside of the apartment bulding. They look so happy, it is a very heartwarming scene. Nana describes being with Hachi as being a young guy discovering love for the first time. ♡
Apparently Nana went back to Ren's house the next day cuz we see them in the kitchen talking about that "young guy in love" thing. While they talk about it, Nana finds herself doing "wife" stuff for Ren as she cooks for him and thinks to herself how much she hates it when she does that, especially because she wasn't planning to get back together with Ren. For whatever reason then randomply end up having sex and he gets a work call after that so, he leaves. As soon as he leaves his bulding, we see a paparazi waiting for him. He wants to catch him leaving the place with Nana. His bandmates tell him he should be extra careful not to get caught, they don't wanna have an scandal cuz they only want people to know them for their music.
We move to Hachi at work. She's currently working at a supermarket, offering samples. This time she had to prepare some beef curry but as soon as she opens the bag, she feels nauseous and has to take the rest of the day off. Then we have a very quick but cute scene of Shin helping Misato-chan with her summer homework or something. He seems to be pretty good at English because he was raised abroad. This might be random but it's information about my pretty boy Shin-chan.
Back to Hachi, she decides to take a pregnancy test wich happens to be, positive. Yup, she's preggers.
Chapter 26 starts with Ren arriving to his house, surprised to see Nana there again. She seems to spend more time there than in her own place. Then we see Hachi having a short conversation with Misato-chan who was worried cuz she wasn't feeling well. Hachi keeps saying it's just fatigue and asks her not to tell anyone yet. Later that day, Hachi goes to a gynecology and obstetrics clinic just to confirm her pregnancy. She looks very nervous and keeps thinking about Nobu while being checked. When the check-up is over, she finds out she's in the sixth week of pregnancy. She cries.
After that, she meets up with Nana and Misato-chan in a restaurant before taking her to the station. Misato has to go back home cuz her summer break is coming to an end. They start talking about Shin and his background. Neither Hachi or Nana knew about him being raised abroad or anything related to his past really. When they order their food, Hechi decides to only have grapefruit juice. Misato tells Nana she should go back to the apartment cuz Hachi hasn't been feeling well. Then they go back to their conversation about Shin, misato tells them he said something about wishing he was never born. This brings back childhood memories for Nana, but she believes now that Shin has joined the band, he has found a purpose in his life and this will help him to make better decisions. The rest of their conversation seems to be more chilled and after a while, Misato leaves. Once Nana and Hachi are alone, Nana starts talking about Shin again and how his parents were very irresponsible people. she also says that people like that should not have children, Hachis takes it a little personal and tells her it's only natural to want to keep your baby when youre pregnant. This confuses Nana but Hachi only says she thinks that must be what people call "maternal instinct".
Later, Nana goes to the same clinic Hachi went earlier to get her birth control prescription but she looks a little uneasy and even tho she was a little hesitant, she asks the doctor about "maternal insctinct" cuz she doesn't seem to understand it very well. The doctor tells her it is like a feminine instinct that every woman feels at some point in her life. this makes her wonder if she'd feel that way if she got pregnant or, if it'd just feel like she's trying to please Ren, cuz he's the one who wants to have kids with her.
Then we see Blast rehearsing in the studio, Shin complains to Nana saying he has a stomachache. I think he was looking for some sweet, comfort words but he just received a kick in the butt. He also complains to Nobu because he never gets to see Hachi in the studio anymore and he kinda blames him for it. After that he just leaves to the bathroom to smoke. While he's there smoking, he accidentally hears a conversation between two members of the record label saying they don't believe Blast will be that successful cuz punk isn't in anymore.
We move on to Hachi, who's not feeling that well and is about to go to bed when she hears the door bell and automatically assumes it could be Nana. To her surprise, it is Takumi. She hesitates to open the door but he asks her to please do it cuz people are coming and they could see him, so she opens it. Of course it was a lie. She asks him to leave but he walks in the apartment anyway. She suddenly rushes to the bathroom because of her sickness and this makes him suspect a little. She tells him she is pregnant but she's not keeping it so he doesn't have to worry. She adds that, there's a chance the baby is not his but her boyfriend's. (Nobu). He doesn't really say much or looks upset, he just turns around and walks towards her room, to lock himself in. Through the door, Hachi can hear him dialing the phone and begs him not to tell Nobu. But of course, he wouldn't listen. Saddest thing is, he called from Hachi's phone so Nobu was excited to receive the call. Takumi doesn't even say hi, he just tells him she's pregnant and either of them could be the father but, he adds he is planning to recon the baby as his. Hachi is just out there, listening to the conversation without knowing what to do...
Chapter 27 This chapter opens with Ren recieving a message from Nana telling him she'll stay with Hachi for a while cuz she hasn't been feeling well. Then he has a short conversations with his assistant who drove him home. They talk about the super fancy car Takumi chose for him and they way he works. (not everyone is a fan of Takumi). Then we see a message Reira sent to my Shin-chan, she gives him her location and basically invites him to go and visit her. Of course, he does. When they are together she starts complaining because she has to write a song but she is not inspired to do it, especially because it is supposed to be a love song. Shin-chan seems to be a little down too, he says he's tired of acting like a "good boy" so the record label can help them debut. At some point, Shin "pushes" Reira to focus on the song, she sstarts crying as soon as she listens to the music Ren made for it. Shin starts complimenting her in a sweet way to motivate her to write this song.
After that, we have a very short scene of Yasu and Naoki talking about Takumi and his relationship with Hachi. Then, we go back to Takumi's phone call with Nobu. Nobu is speechless while Takumi yells at him asking him if he'll take responsibility for the baby. Nana quickly grabs Nobu's phone, Takumi asks them to come over so they can talk. she asks to talk with Hachi. he opens to door, sees Hachi on the floor and tells her Nana wants to talk to her, she can't really say something, she doesn't know what to do. Nana gets really angry and tells him they'll be there right away. Before they hang up, Takumi asks Nana to bring some grapefruit juice to help with the nausea.
As soon as the hang up, Nana asks Nobu if there's a chance Hachi's baby could be his, to which he says no, they always used protection when they were together. This makes Nana even more angry, she was hoping her baby was not Takumi's. She starts yelling at Nobu, trying to find ways to make him take responsibility for the baby. This makes nobu angry and tells her that she's just trying to find a way to keep Hachi with her and that, if that's the case, she should be the one taking responsibility for the baby but, that he doubts she'd be able to love Takumi's child.
After the phone call, Takumi carries hachi back to her bed and points out she has gained some weight. Tehn he starts telling her about the time when his sister got pregnant, she was also 20 and, even tho she married a good man, Takumi didn't like him so he beat him up. He also tells her she has to do her best and be strong cuz one thing is for sure, she's the mom of that baby and she has to do it for the both of them. Right when he finishes telling her that, someone rings the bell, Hachi starts crying right away while Takumi goes get the door.
Nobu arrives alone and since (of course) he didn't bring the grapefruit juice, Takumi decides to go get it and that way give them some alone time to talk. He rushes to Hachi's room and asks her if it's true she's pregnant, she just says she's sorry, Nobu actually thought her relationship with Takumi was officially over when they started dating. He even asks her to lie to him, he just wants to believe things will be alright between them. They just stay there for a while, crying. it's sad.
We move on from a sad scene to a "cute" one between my Shin-chan and Reira. she finally finished writing a song that talks about the red string of faith (I used to looooove that story). Shin doesn't know about it but, he liked the song. reira thanks him because it was because of him, she was able to write that song~
Chapter 28 This last chapter stars with Yasu and Naoki watching a video of Blast performing. They are in Yasu's apartment and Naoki seems to be impressed with Nana's voice and talent. He thinks they will succeed. Suddenly, someone knocks on his door, it's Nana, who runs to hold him as soon as he opens, she's crying. When Naoki see this, he decides to leave them alone but messages Takumi right away, letting him know Nana was there.
We see Takumi going back to the apartmet to realize no one is there. He worries when he sees Hachi left her phone there and decides to check the windows to make sure she didn't jump from there. He also sees a cute picshe took with Nobu on their first date.
Hachi runs to Jun-chan's house, it's late so they are surprised when they hear someone ringing their doorbell.They wonder if it's Hachi or... Shouji. Hachi basically tells them about the pregnancy and her situation with Takumi and Nobu (without telling them that Takumi is actually the one from Trapnest). After their conversation she feels more at easy, Jun-chan tell her she should be strong. Then both of them drive her home.
On the other hand we have Nana with Yasu. She's questioning why she loves Hachi so much and hates Takumi just as much. She asks Yasu if he thinks she's weird, she doesn't really know what a good friend would do in Hachi's situation. Yasu just listened to what she had to say, then they smoked together. Apparently, this helped Nana to feel better so, she leaves after that.
When Hachi returns home she realizes Takumi is still there. He tells her he'll have to leave for a while soon cuz of work, and he'd like to have an answer before that so he can be at ease. She finally tells him she wants to raise the baby as his. He asks her if she wants to get marry him. And that concludes chapter 28. After all this, we have a very short "Junko's Room". I love Jun-chan but, honestly, I stopped reading those parts. It got kinda weird.
This was way too long again. Oopsie! Looking back, I don't really know why I used to love Takumi so much, I mean yeah, he's really good looking but he is a big red flag. The more I read the manga and remember the story, the more I dislike him. I just don't hate him.
We have more drama coming in the next chapters so, be ready, you've been warned, hehe. These posts are kinda behind cuz I already finished volume 10 but, for some reason, this posts always take me forever to write. I really should try to keep them shorter.
If you (still) wanna read more, you'll find the links to my older posts down below. 😘
Manga Reading: Nana Volume 7 🍓
Manga Reading: Nana Volume 6🍓
Manga Reading: Nana Volume 5🍓
Manga Reading: Nana Volume 4 🍓
Manga Reading: Nana Volume 3 🍓
Manga Reading: Nana Volume 2 🍓
Manga Reading: Nana Volume 1 🍓
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