What kind of existence is a girl comic in the eyes of many people? Beauty is beautiful, but it does not have its own soul, which may be the judgment of most people, and it is true that the girl comic has to survive in the routine story because of the consideration of the object of its reading. A large number of similar plots, with gorgeous costumes, realistically speaking, as a form of comics, the living space of the girl comic has been squeezed to a large extent, and perhaps there are many masterpieces in the true sense, but for the most part, in addition to the excellence of the painter, the appeal that can be further improved in other aspects can be said to be narrow and pitiful.
But there is a work that opens up a bright light for the girl comic, or rather it is well known as a girl comic, but rather that the connotation it carries and the things to be expressed are closer to the adult's understanding and perception of things, and it is precisely because of this that when we read this work again, what we can feel more is the consideration and pursuit of the meaning of life in the depths of the soul, this work is "NANA".
The author of "NANA", Ai-sensei Yazawa, has an unusual life experience. In his early years, he studied fashion design at the Mi-Osaka Model School, but later dropped out of school because he was passionate about manga creation. This very bold move, even in many male cartoonists is rare, and later became well known by the majority of fans after becoming popular through the work "Near Story", followed by the launch of "Moon of the Lower String", "Kiss of Heaven" and other novella works in the comic circle widely acclaimed. At this time, Yazawa Ai-sensei had already gained a considerable degree of popularity, so in the year 2000 of the century, Cookie magazine began to serialize her masterpiece "NANA".
"NANA" this work gives people the most intuitive first impression, is gorgeous, perhaps because there have been experience in clothing design, "NANA" style is absolutely different from the general manga works, to realism as the first priority, but pay more attention to the gorgeous characters, especially the fashion sense of clothing, and Yazawa Ai teacher's understanding and interpretation of fashion can be described as just right, because of this, "NANA" in the evaluation of many fans, It is even used as a clothing treasure to learn from and enshrined as a treasure. All the characters in the book, both men and women, their slender lines and elaborate costume decorations make the whole comic at least from the perspective level present a beautiful texture, and it is this texture that builds the first impression of NANA, that is, the painterly viewability of the work.
In addition, the story of "NANA" is also completely different from the average girl manga, Yazawa Ai adopted a two-protagonist mode in the plot, that is, the principle of Parallel Story Line of Nana Osaki and Komatsu Nana, the two met on the train, and became good friends because of the consistent pronunciation of "NANA" in the name, and the name of the story also came from this. Even so, the personalities of the two protagonists are completely different, using a two-line narrative, so that the story as a whole has a greater point of view, the audience in the process of the two stories, the two heroines of the respective lives have a stronger sense of substitution and a more exquisite reading experience, which is also the characteristics that Yazawa Ai-sensei can present.
The story of "NANA" integrates music and love into one, and the two story lines are both independent and intertwined. The lives of the characters are not unrelated, seemingly different but with a seamless combination. As a female writer's characteristics, but also let Yazawa Ai teacher for the treatment of emotions delicate and moving, in the reading of the most we can feel the clear, is precisely those may not be outstanding, but infiltrated the heart of the confession, they are related to love, but not only limited to love, it can be said that "NANA" really wants to express, is more than love, related to the value of life and the way of life more profound propositions, and this is the real charm of "NANA".