http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nana1.jpg ''"Hey Nana, do you remember...?"''

Nana "Hachi" Komatsu is a 20-year-old GenkiGirl from the countryside with a bad habit of falling in love at first sight with any man who glances in her direction. Nana Ohsaki is a 20-year-old punk rocker from a different small city, who's coming off a bad breakup with her boyfriend (and bass player of her band). When "Hachi" follows her boyfriend to Tokyo, and the other Nana heads there to start her music career, the two young women meet by chance on a snowbound train. They rent an apartment together several days later.

''Nana'' is based on the #1 {{josei}} manga in Japan. The first live action movie was the #2 film in Japan in 2005, behind only the latest film from StudioGhibli. The anime ran for 47 episodes, and is licensed for distribution in North America.
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!!Provides examples of:

* BabiesEverAfter (In [[{{Deconstruction}} typical "Nana" style]] is made clear, that does not guarantee nor happiness, nor stable relationship)
* BetaCouple (Junko and Kyosuke)
* BittersweetEnding (most everybody is doing fine [[spoiler:aside from a certain dead guitarist]], but [[spoiler: the two Nanas haven't seen each other in years]])
* BluntMetaphorsTrauma (Shin, particularly in early chapters)
* ClingyJealousGirl (Yuri isn't exactly amused by [[spoiler:Mrs. Takumi Ichinose staying at the same dorm as Nobu]])
* CountryMouse (Hachi comes from a small town. So does the other Nana, but she is not as "mousy" about it.)
* DeathByIrony ([[spoiler: Ren.]] You'd think death by [[spoiler:overdose]], but it is in fact [[spoiler:a car crash]] that does him in.)
* DistantFinale ([[spoiler:six years later... Or so it seems.]])
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer (Nana O's fans are mostly girls, and they go all lovestruck all over her. [[strike: Poor Misato.]])
** EvenTheGuysWantHim (Shin)
* FaceFault
* FakeBand (two of them)
* GenkiGirl (Hachi)
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold (Yuri)
* HugeGuyTinyGirl (considering most of the male cast is near six feet or above... [[spoiler:But mostly present in Shouji/Sachiko.]]
* [[ImAManICantHelpIt I'm A Man! I Can't Help It!]] (Takumi)
* InstantBandages
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy (a tragic double case of this)
* IdiotPlot (a lot of the drama stems from the two Nanas making one questionable decision after the other)
* LesYay (The Nanas, of course)
* LookingForLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces (The big source of drama for BOTH Nanas, as well as for others (''Hello'', Reira and Sachiko).)
** Sachiko is more of a case of ([[spoiler: right place, wrong time ]] though.
* LoveHurts (The result)
* TheMessiah (Hachi can melt the hearts of even the toughest people)
* NameThatTune
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye ([[spoiler:Nana pretty much never bid farewell to Ren in ''any'' case, but...]])
* NoFourthWall: An entire scene in episode 15 makes heavy references to the production of the show, and has minor cast members discussing when they get time off (during sweeps)... and worrying about the show being canceled if "Hachi" were to kill herself.
** The manga is possibly even worse (or better, depending on your point of view) in this respect. The Nana's regularly ask the author to hurry up boring scenes, and at one point castigate her for [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic overusing]] [[SevenIsNana number seven-related symbolism]].
* OddCouple
* OppositesAttract
* PerkyGoth
* RedStringOfFate
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship
* SmokingIsCool (Everybody except Hachiko, pretty much)
* SmugSnake (Takumi)
* SecretRelationship (Initially [[spoiler:Takumi/Hachi]], but also [[spoiler:Shin/Reira]])
* SevenIsNana (The whole premise.)
* SexChangesEverything
* SnowMeansDeath
* SpecialEditionTitle
* StockholmSyndrome (All but outright ''stated'', once by [[spoiler:Hachi]] in relation to [[spoiler:her present situation, being Takumi's wife]] and once by [[spoiler:Takumi]] while referring to [[spoiler:his relationship with Reira.]])
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl (Nana Osaki is the tomboy, Nana Komatsu is the girly girl)
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend (Reira, anybody?)
* {{Wangst}}
* [[{{ptitlemyfe6amq3h1x}} Who's Your Daddy?]] ([[spoiler:Hachi's pregnancy in the current storyline]])
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