NANA―ナナ― 👩‍🎤 Volume 1

Welcome to the NANA―ナナ― Book Club!

This is the main thread for reading the manga NANA―ナナ―(1). It wasn’t picked by the Intermediate Manga Club but but let’s read it anyways!

We’ll be reading together according to a weekly schedule, ask and answer questions in weekly threads, and we have a vocabulary sheet we’re building together to make this easier for everyone.


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Story summary

Japanese

第1巻の内容紹介: 幸せの名をもつ少女が自らの意志で、運命を、切り拓く…。小松奈々と大崎ナナ…同じ名前を持つ2人の少女が繰り広げる、感動の恋のストーリー! 2人の「ナナ」、それぞれの幸せはどこにある…?

English

[DeepL Translation - needs review] Volume 1 Introduction: A girl with a happy name carves out her own destiny, by her own will… Nana Komatsu and Nana Osaki…two girls with the same name unfold a touching love story! Two “Nana”, where is the happiness for each of them…?

(Translator: DeepL)

Schedule & Discussion Thread Links

  • Start date: March 1st, 2025
  • Schedule: TBA

Where to buy

Ebook:
Bookwalker <-affiliate link / Ebook Japan
Physical:
amazon.co.jp / CD Japan / Amazon US / Honto

Vocabulary Sheet

Discussion Guidelines

Spoiler Courtesy

Please follow these rules to avoid inadvertent ネタバレ. If you’re unsure whether something should have a spoiler tag, err on the side of using one.

  1. Any potential spoiler for the current week’s reading need only be covered by a spoiler tag. Predictions and conjecture made by somebody who has not read ahead still falls into this category.
  2. Any potential spoilers for external sources need to be covered by a spoiler tag and include a label (outside of the spoiler tag) of what might be spoiled. These include but are not limited to: other book club picks, other books, games, movies, anime, etc. I recommend also tagging the severity of the spoiler (for example, I may still look at minor spoilers for something that I don’t intend to read soon).
  3. Any information from later in the book than the current week’s reading (including trigger warnings that haven’t yet manifested) needs to be hidden by spoiler tags and labeled as coming from later sections.
Instructions for Spoiler Tags

Click the cog above the text box and use either the “Hide Details” or “Blur Spoiler” options. The text which says “This text will be hidden” should be replaced with what you are wishing to write. In the case of “Hide Details”, the section in the brackets that is labelled “Summary” can be replaced with whatever you like also (i.e, [details=”Chapter 1, Pg. 1”]).

Hide Details results in the dropdown box like below:

Example

This is an example of the “Hide Details” option.

The “Blur Spoiler” option will simply blur the text it surrounds.

This is an example of the “Blur Spoiler” option.

Posting Advice

  • When asking for help, please mention the page number, and check before posting that your question hasn’t already been asked. As the threads get longer, it becomes more convenient to use the Search function, which is located in the upper right corner of the forum. It is the magnifying glass which is near your profile picture! The best way to search is usually to type part of the sentence you are confused about, and select “in this topic”. This will show you all posts within the current thread which has that string of text.

  • Be sure to join the conversation! It’s fun, and it’s what keeps these book clubs lively! There’s no such thing as a stupid question! We are all learning here, and if the question has crossed your mind, there’s a very good chance it has crossed somebody else’s also! Asking and answering questions is a great learning opportunity for everyone involved, so never hesitate to do so!

Will you be reading with us?

  • Yeah!
  • Yeah, but I’ll start late
  • I’m not sure yet
  • I’m skipping this one
  • I’ve read this before, but will join in the discussion
0 voters

How will you be reading?

  • Physical
  • Digital
  • I’m not sure yet
0 voters

Don’t forget to set this thread to Watching in order to be notified when weekly threads get posted!

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Welcome everyone! Excited to be finally reading NANA soon. I need to do some thinking about the pace, because there are no clear chapter cuts.
If you have any thoughts about how many pages (max or min) you would like to read feel free to let me know!
I’ll prepare some polls for the pace in the coming days.

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yayyy finally!! I’m so excited :dancing_men:

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Blatant lies:

Two week club confirmed.

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True, I had seen this cut but somehow missed the もくじ, thanks.
And I’ve had a pick at volume 2, there are chapters!
Chapter 1 at the beginning of volume 2.
Chapter 2 page 59.
Chapter 3 page 107.
Chapter 4 page 145.
So maybe if people want to read on together it would be a 4 weeks per volume club. But let’s start with one volume and see what people think!

Which pace would you like for volume 1:

  • 40 pages per week (4 weeks)
  • 35 pages per week (5 weeks)
  • 30 pages per week (6 weeks)
  • 25 pages per week (7 weeks)
  • 20 pages per week (8 weeks)
0 voters
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I swear that I didn’t set out to create a 4-way tie…

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This style of vote it’s less clear how to make a tie happen or not

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