Her title, Kagen no Tsuki (Last Quarter), was so popular that it was even made into a live action film last year. A chance meeting on a train to Tokyo sends two girls named Nana on a collision course with destinyNana Hachi Komatsu hopes that moving to Tokyo will help her make a clean start and leave her capricious love life behind her Nana Osaki who arrives in the city at the same time has plans to score big in the world of rocknroll Although these two young women come from different backgrounds they quickly become best friends in a whirlwind world of sex music fashion gossip and allnight partiesThings are slowly coming together for Nana Osaki The guitarist and drummer from her old band have joined her in Tokyo and shes finally found a ripping new bass player to replace Ren Honjo The Black Stones are back and theyre ready to kick some assNana Komatsu however cant shake her old nemesis the Demon Lord Shes stuck in a deadend job and theres trouble brewing with her boyfriend Shoji Hes been working late and hasnt exactly been the most attentive lover Poor Nana Life in Tokyo is turning out to be a total bummer. American readers were introduced to Yazawa's stylish and sexy storytelling in 2002 when her title Paradise Kiss was translated into English. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.

Another series, Kagen no Tsuki (Last Quarter), was made into a live-action movie and released in late 2004. By far one of my favourite romances because of the super transparent and realistic nature imbedded within it. Although these two young women come from different backgrounds, they quickly become best friends in a whirlwind world of sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties! When scandal hits Blast hard, Trapnest (and her fianc ) flee to Europe and Hachi is left to watch Blast suffer in the scandal rags and tabloid shows.The guitarist and drummer from her old band have joined her in Tokyo and she’s finally found a ripping new bass player to replace Ren Honjo.

The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. They both have had rocky love lives and part of their moves is a means of escape from those memories. Nana Osaki, who arrives in the city at the same time, has plans to score big in the world of rock'n'roll. And heck, the story did not appeal to me at all - why would a 13 yr old enjoy a story about two girls having difficulties with their lives?You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. While most of her manga continues to be published in Japan by Shueisha, publishers of Ribon and Cookie (in which Nana is serialized), series like Paradise Kiss now appear in other magazines such as Zipper, published by Shodensha. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Yazawa's most famous manga include Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai (I'm Not an Angel), Gokinjo Monogatari (Neighborhood Story), Paradise Kiss, and Nana. Only today I realize this story is not about "oh I need to work", "oh we play in a band" but rather the chasing of one dreams and the resulting, real struggle of walking a steep path with plenty of obstacles to reach the top.