My NANA Meta Analyses Masterpost
I’ve had this in my drafts for a while, for my own purposes and I thought I’d just go ahead and post it. I was getting a little lost on what I’ve written and so forth. So here’s my masterpost of most everything I’ve written on NANA and I’ll keep it updated.
First off: All my NANA posts tag (meta, edits, etc)
Character Meta
Reira Serizawa
Yasu Takagi
More on his selflessness
Honjo Ren (more to follow… someday)
Shion
Nobu Terashima (more to follow… someday)
Personal thoughts & some meta on a bunch of Nobu relationships
Relationship Meta
Hachi & Nana
first, an outline
second, emotional honesty w/ each other
third, why they aren’t a canon romance
fourth, if they’d never met
fifth, why they bonded so fast
sixth, i answer a shipping meme
seventh, they don’t know how much they mean to the other
Nana & Ren
Hachi & Nobu
Hachi & Shin
Nana & Yasu (only romantic love discussed)
Nana & Shin
Reira & Ren
Reira & Shin (and another this time more from Shin’s perspective)
Hachi & Jun
Reira & Takumi
And a second one!
Miu & Yasu
Hachi & Ren
Hachi & Shoji (Also featuring me dragging Shoji lmao)
Hachi & Takumi
Why they separated theories
Takumi & Hachi/Reira
Hachi & Jun/Nana
Relationships that I’d like to see more of
Narrative/Plot Meta
Why did Nana leave?
Ren & Satsuki’s Parentage (And part 2 is here)
Hachi & Nana’s Matching Rings
A Study in Hands in NANA (Translated into Portugese by @ismiakariny here)
Strawberry Glasses
Nana & Hachi & matching
My favorite NANA moment (Nana invites Hachi to her concert)
Analysis of the Fireworks Scene in chapter 25
Misato & Obsessive Love
Ren, a Tragic Hero
What was Ren’s gift to Nana?!?!
Hachi & Nana + Heroism
Cat-footed Bathtub
Nana’s red dress
Nana & Keys
Conversation about Nana and the warehouse being home, as well as the ring and also her possible suicide attempt
Nana & Hachi & Reira + doors
Nana & Hachi, & Reira + jobs
Nana & Hachi - Character Foils?
Found Family
Reira and Ren and the Significance of the wall
Significance of poppies in the first illustration
Nana & Hachi’s first toast
An exploration on “What ifs” the night everyone found out about Hachi’s pregnancy
NANA ending
And another answer to a similar ask
Misc
Akiko and Yoko
Why Hachi chose Takumi
Shin’s Age and “Maturity” (warning for some discussion of pedophilia)
Reira’s reaction after sleeping with Takumi
Junko + Dreams
Yazawa’s female love rivals
Why Asami is so unpopular (and why I like her)
Why some people hate Reira (including valid reasons and misogynistic ones)
What is so special about NANA and Yazawa’s works to me
Ren wanting to kill Nana - intrusive thoughts?
Takumi + Asano resemblance
Nana + Hachi are bi lmao
Why I don’t think NANA is queerbaiting
We all know a Hachi
NANA fashion in modern styles
Just me responding to a bunch of theories someone sent me
NANA Tarot - Major Arcana (Part 1) (Part 2) (Part 3)
Zodiacs
Misc Ask meme answers (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)
I really encourage anyone to check out the notes on some of these too - other people have also brought up some great and insightful things in their reblogs.













