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Nana

“Two 20-year-old women named Nana—one love-obsessed, one music-driven—meet on a Tokyo-bound train and become roommates, forging a deep bond.”

Nana

8.83
44 rank · 175,505 readers · 13,689 favorites
Shoujo Adult Cast Love Polygon Music Award Winning Drama Romance
84 chapters · 21 volumes · 2000 - 2009 · Manga
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Synopsis

Two 20-year-old women named Nana—one love-obsessed, one music-driven—meet on a Tokyo-bound train and become roommates, forging a deep bond.

Nana Komatsu is a naive, unmotivated girl who spends her high school days chasing one crush after the other. Despite continually facing failure in her quest for love, her spirits have never dampened. At the age of 20, she finds herself on a train to Tokyo with hopes of reuniting with her current boyfriend. Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is feisty and prideful. After joining a local band during her high school days, she falls in love with music and one of the band members. However, when faced with the choice between her relationship and her musical career, she chooses the latter and separates from her boyfriend. On her 20th birthday, she boards the same train to Tokyo, like her namesake, where she aims to become a top vocalist. The two girls with the same name but very different aspirations find themselves sitting together on their journey to the city, and, as fate would have it, eventually share the same apartment. A deep and unique bond is then forged, where they will support each other in this saga of love, music, friendship, and heartbreak.

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Derived from 31 sampled reviews

8.7 /10

What 31 readers settled on.

96% recommend
Score distribution
median 9 mode 9 σ 1.63
1510
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σ 1.63 · some divergence

mixed
The polarity gap

5.3 pts

Recommenders 9.3 · others 4.0

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Running avg · Jul 2007 → Apr 2026

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A Manga Publication

  • Format 84 × 21 ch × vol
  • Total read 11h 12m approx
  • Published May 2000 – May 2009
  • Source Manga media type
  • Ref. BS-M0026 catalog

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