Hachiko, who is well-known amongst her friends for falling in love at first sight, follows her boyfriend Shoji to Tokyo… despite her lack of ambition. The naïve and friendly Nana Komatsu (also known as Hachi, or Hachiko) is the narrator of the series.
Though rumors have been swirling for years that the series will start up again soon, there has been no official announcement of the manga’s return. In 2009, Ai Yazawa fell ill and was hospitalized, and the NANA manga was suspended indefinitely. The manga is considered one of the most popular and recognizable shoujo mangas of all time, and spawned the 2006 anime version as well as two live-action movies. The NANA manga (the Japanese comic version that preceded the anime), created by mangaka Ai Yazawa, was serialized in Cookie magazine in Japan from 2000 to 2009, and in Shoujo Beat in the US. (also called Hachi) grow closer and their lives become intertwined as Nana O.’s band, the Black Stones, become increasingly more popular. They develop an unexpected bond on the train, and, through another random twist of fate, wind up as roommates. Both young women are moving to the city to pursue their dreams– the mysterious and edgy Nana Osaki wishes to become a famous punk singer, while cheerful and capricious Nana Komatsu wants to be closer to her boyfriend, Shoji.
NANA is the story of Nana Komatsu and Nana Osaki, both aged 20, who meet on a train to Tokyo. NANA Crash Course Nana and Nana, agreeing to become roommates.