Literally Yasu is the best. If I got reincarnated in NANA I’d stick to him haha

Reira is really a horrible human being and a gr00mer but I feel the same way as you do. Her singing, her voice, her appearance, her vulnerability, I am just fascinated by her and kinda cant help but like her even though I feel terrible about it.

I mean every character being a little bit hateable makes it more realistic. This is how actual people like

Yasu and Ren both lived in the same institution, but Yasu was adopted in the end. Ren ran away.

I think that Nana and Ren are absolutely intended to be Sid and Nancy, They have a poster in their bedroom at the old apartment reading SID & NANCY. And while this is a bit of a reach, Nancy was known to wear a leopard print motif fairly often, and Nanas Iconic fur coat is also Leopard print

I honestly respect your opinions, but I would’ve put Sachiko in the would punch category. Because she very clearly knew that Shoji had a girlfriend, she still pursued a relationship with him. And it’s like, it’s my belief, but the participants of cheater which is the side piece, knowing the significant other is in a relationship is as guilty as the cheater whom is in a relationship. And that was a seriously shady thing to do.

Yeah, I recently realized that I kinda hate everything about Shoji lol. Not only the cheating but he was also really weirdly controlling and unnecessarily mean towards Hachi from the start and honestly I don't really see anything of value in him, neither as a person nor as a character lol. I either disliked him or gave no fucks about him.. never was interested to see him on screen. Takumi i.e. at least had interesting dynamics with others, despite of being a pos

Yeah Takumi is really ruthless and avoids confronting his own emotions which makes him selfish and only care about what he wants : his freedom , i even think that all this game of " remaining in control " is just en excuse for him to remain free of any emotional responsability, like you said he seems like a good dad to his children which is good, he is doing his child responsability right, but i also think that Nana needed someone like Takumi, someone that can hurt her and keep her " chill and restrained" because I feel like she'd do the same as what she did with Shoji if Takumi actually put emotional care in her. Which is completly wrong and fucked up but it's so realistic at the same time.

Takumi is Hachi demon lord in human skin. She predicted sachicko, she brought her demon lord into existence. What else can she do?

I love reira just because of her voice and looks too tbh, so completely valid in my books 😭😭

you really explained everything like I would, I'm so happy to see other nana fans feel the same way about these characters (I especially love when you said at the start that you hate most of the characters to some degree bc that's so real) the only character that for me feels REALLY out if place is June, I literally can't stand her and I would put her 100% in the "would punch" tier, like apart from being a really shit friend (I literally cannot understand why she was friend with nana in the first place since all she did was to complain and judge her) but a detail that I unfortunately don't see many people talk about is the fact that SHE REMAINED FRIEND WITH SHOJI AFTER HE CHEATED ON HER, LEFT HER ON THE STREETS OF A CITY SHE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AND TREATED HER SO BADLY like she literally couldn't care less, she never cared about nana and I honestly think the only reason why she was friend with her was because it made her feel better about herself and that's disgusting.

We need a special tier list for takumi at the bottom (I needed to clarify bottom b/c some people…)

The thing is even though people say Ren is like Sid Vicious, in actuality, Ren doesn't like Sid and isn't a fan of him. It's in one of the character books where Ai Yazawa mentioned that Ren doesn't like Sid at all.

This was so entertaining to watch! And your points were so well made

Thinking back shoji was the og anime "nise guy " 😂 Takumi is a def a bad guy i still like 😂

i share the exact same thing about trapnest and reira as you. I love Olivia Lufkin's voice and the trapnest songs so much. I just feel like there is a unique sound with them

nana's fan girl is so cute tho 😭😭 (idk how to pronounce her name)

Great video

I actually really dislike Misato. She keeps mooching off of Blast's kindness and it's so messed up how she uses Nana's half sister's (that Nana didn't even know existed) name as a fake name. I know she admits it was creepy, but I honestly don't care. She's just annoying and creepy.

The title of this video made me laugh, so thank you for that! 😂 I couldn't even finish the anime when i first watched this almost a decade ago. I just didn't like any of the characters. I also had different outlooks in life. But decided to rewatch it recently and i guess what i didnt like in the past i now perceived as "real". Like, people are not all good or all bad. I can appreciate the stories more now whereas back then i was annoyed by the melodrama and immaturity of the characters. The music made it a memorable anime, tho! I liked listening to Anna and Olivia's music. I also got indirectly introduced to Shiina Ringo and Tokyo Jihen, which became part of my all time favorite artist/band. (Because i confused Shiina's voice to belong to Anna in the Sakuran trailer 😅)

can’t stand reira literally disgusted me everytime she came up

I can’t believe you didn’t put Junko on would punch for what she did to Nana

Incredible how our ranking is different, but it's interesting to hear other perspective about the characters.

Okay, i happen to love Takumi. Don't know why but i was obsessed with him growing up. I know he does some very messed up things but i always thought he weirdly enough was the most reliable character in the show (just knew how to solve almost any problem; everyone would turn to him when things would go wrong). I know it's a popular theory that he got back with Nana just to hurt Nobu but I don't think he cared about Nobu all that much. For him, it was about becoming a father he never had. Later in the manga, you can see how insecure he is about that part of his life. In his own way, i think he cares about making people around him happy.

I LOVE OLIVIA LUFKIN SM!! i love spiders spins its my favorite song ❤️❤️

yea idk but for me the entire blast members are the realest one especially Yasu, jun and kyosuke are too bc they DONT play around with ppl's feelings like Hachi. i just hate hachi bc she's so naive and too coward to learn how to appreciate and grown some ballz. i think bc of what she did, the lives of the ppl around her became worse. i feel sorry for Nana bc she needed Hachi.

Some relatively important characters are missing, Yasu's ex and their band manager. I kind of like Takumi because I see him as a plot device to bring more dramas and emotions into the story.

as much as i hate takumi, i learned he was based off of buck-tick's lead singer atsushi sakurai (rest in peace ;_;) and i didn't hate him as much. AS much. I'd still tackle him if he came anywhere near Hachi

Hachi was my favorite character. But when she chose to marry takumi I just couldn’t stand her anymore

me and you have the same rating LOLL, I would prob put Junko in like not love but yeah basically the same!!!

I absolutely agree with Shin, that's how I'm seeing it

I absolutely can not fathom how people have anything but hate left for Reira. Yeah she’s a complex and well written character and yeah she’s pretty, but she’s also actively having sex with a child who she knows is emotionally vulnerable and dependent on her. Every scene with them triggers some bad memories for myself, and I know that’s not the case for everyone but either way her actions are absolutely disgusting.

Reira has pretty privilege 😂😂

As much as I hate shoji, I think he was less angry about being friend zoned and more angry about the fact that Hachi had been treating him as if they were together already despite not wanting to commit to them. It wasn’t about her not dating him immediately, but about her leading him on and stringing him along so that she could have her on her terms without having to commit to his. Again, I dislike him heavily, but I understand why he was angry with her.

I was disgusted of Nana bc what she said to Nobuo after he started dating Hachi. She wants everything on her control and for HER. She wants Ren to get off Trapnest, wants Hachi as her pet, wants Yasu to take care of her all time when she's vulnerable. I was disgusted how she had treated Shin too. Finally, she's changing! But, unfortunately she's away... I loved that in the manga, Ren really confronted her about her egoism. Besides that, she's the definition of what a cool person is.

Accurate

17:55 i strongly disagree, Hachiko didnt deserve to be cheated on, however she did messed up things to Shoji, she ignored him all the time for Nana, and okay i understand she wanted to put her new friend first but i find it deeply wrong. You can't just come to the same city as your boyfriend and leave him for a random girl you met simply because he wanted you to be independant in a city like Tokyo. I think Shoji was a good boyfriend throughout the whole anime except when he cheated. But he isnt a bad guy imo, Shoji was trying to see Hachi any moment he could and Hachi just ignored him and was having her childish fun, which again, both were wrong and not wrong at the same time. Shoji was wrong for not confronting Hachi about their relationship and was lazy and got conforted by Sachiko (which isn't a bad person either, except when she slept with Shoji, but her catching feels for Shoji isnt wrong, it happens a lot, yeah it's painful but that if it was still a secret it would have been okay. But I get some people had the urge to confess because she couldn't hold anything anymore). Hachi was a kind girlfriend and very supportive and would do acts of service to please, just like Shoji was kind to her but also annoyed by her immaturity, he's the kind of guy who would prefer a "good girl" type of person, that doesn't go party a lot, and is more chill and serious, unlike Hachiko who is kinda the opposite (she is still a good girl with good intentions and all, but lack seriousness, it's fine, she will grow i hope). Like I wonder how would people react if Hachi met Takumi/ Nobu earlier and was ghosted by Shoji for weeks, yknow ? I haven't read the manga so, idk maybe Shoji cheats on Sachiko later too lol ? Idk, but my point shortly, I think this anime is very well made, the characters are realistic I find, some characters are contradictory of themselves just like real people are.

I'm clicking and readying myself to slander Takumi with my best friends.

I hate takumi becquse of his obsession of controling eveyone and eveything ...even his band mates, he has a big ego and to make matters worse he's rich and talented...he thinks he's unstoppable

I'm used to be scared to date because my childhood crush was Takumi haha and somehow i always end up with skinny dudes with long hair I'm cautions

I hate Takumi too, along with Shoji and Sachiko. And i really love Nana and Hachi ♡ I don't think that Reira is disgusting, she's just broken and lost...

Hated Hachi and Takumi

There should be a takumi tier down at the fucking bottom

so, you like tops… hit me up…

You kinda have weird taste but alright

where is your logic guys? Reira meets a married man, she's so stupid and scolds the marriage. Nana is dating a married man oh no Nana is so poor and sweet. but just accept the fact that Nana understood what she was doing and Reira had been manipulating Takumi since her school days.

I love takumi 😢

Nah Hachi is lame af so she goes way under the list

REIRA ISNT BAD PERSON!!! She felt lonely, thats why she bought Shin. The age of consent in Japan is 13 (thats digusting and i dont support it, but Reira didnt break the law.) I also dont support her actions, but shes just very lonely person. REIRA WAS THE ONLY PERSON WHO CARED ABOUT REN AND WANTED TO HELP HIM. She just fall in love w Shin and Shin fall w her. Shes just not mentally stable and no one wants to help her. She didnt hurt Shin and never forced him to do anything