{"id":454,"date":"2006-04-17T13:59:46","date_gmt":"2006-04-17T03:59:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/batrock.net\/anime\/?p=454"},"modified":"2006-04-17T13:59:46","modified_gmt":"2006-04-17T03:59:46","slug":"nana-episode-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/batrock.net\/anime\/?p=454","title":{"rendered":"Nana – episode 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nana<\/I> abandons any sense of plot advancement so that it may tell the origin story of Pink Nana. I’ve consulted one of my friends who is versed in the manga, and she calls Pink Nana “Stupid Nana”; I’m kind of inclined to agree.<\/p>\n

While this episode is okay, I would have preferred some time to see Pink and Black Nana together. Unfortunately, the past of Pink Nana is going to be the focus of the next episode as well! There is no escape from this vicious cycle of the past!<\/p>\n

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Pink Nana relates the story of her many loves as a teenager, including the affair that she had with a 29 year old married man. She meets Shouji, but decides to make him her friend and to reforge her heart through finding love in clubs.<\/p>\n

My own prejudices come through in this episode, as I can’t help but thinking that a high school girl having an affair with a 29 year old married man is nothing short of sordid. I was expecting Nana to be a far more naive person, uninitiated in such ways of the world. This is Yazawa Ai’s work, however, so I suppose one cannot be surprised to find some sex hidden within.<\/p>\n

I don’t know, I really didn’t enjoy Pink Nana’s past adventures. I think she’s become at least marginally more mature in the modern day story, so seeing an emotionally starved pink bird was a big step back. The episode is saved by its funny animation, including Nana catching a love heart as it escaped from her body, but the complete lack of Black Nana is indeed a black mark on the record.<\/p>\n

I’m not condemning Nana<\/i>, but I think it has been stopped in its tracks; you don’t have a first episode that ends with the two lead characters sealing a deal symbolising a new beginning then backtrack to high school and bad decisions!<\/p>\n

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