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According to J-Cast, Josei Jishin magazine caught and interviewed Yazawa Ai when she returned home from the hospital. She said she is getting a lot better than before. "It's not an incurable disease. My doctor says it'll take long and I'll recover gradually." However, she also disclosed that she hasn't held a pen since she fell ill and the outlook for her return is still uncertain.

The serialization of NANA has been suspended since June 2009 due to Yazawa's illness. The name of the illness hasn't been revealed.

Source: J-Cast

At least we know something now, I'm really glad she's getting better ~

Thank you Jesus that there is finally news about Ai Yazawa! I've been going crazy ever since news broke that she was hospitalized. I'm SO happy that she is doing better and my prayers have been answered. Although it may be awhile until she starts writing for Nana again, I'm just happy she's okay and I hope that she'll be ready to write as soon as she is up to it.

I pray that God heals her soon, and that she can get back to doing what she loves the most! :-)

We finally hear from her! This whole "mystery" has been going on for so long that I was starting to get seriously worried. Glad she's ok. Lets hope NANA will continue ~

good to hear that she's getting better lately!

Hope she gets better. I loved NANA and it would be a major disappointment if the manga and/or the anime aren't completed.

We finally get some type of news about NANA though its not the best news, but still good to find out what's been going on.

Glad the hear she has been released from the hospital, which is a sign she is at least on the road to recovery, which is always good news :)

I wish her well

Thank god it's not an incurable disease. I was expecting the worst, since we haven't heard any news for so long.

I hope the long break didn't influence her drawing style.

It's good to know she's doing much more better. In time, if everything works out, she'll recover and return.

We finally have some news about her! I hope she can get better very soon, so she can draw again :)

*sniffles*

It's been this long...

omg thank goodness shes getting better. I started to get really worried at the amount of time she spent in the hospital.

Man thats a long time :/
I hope she keeps getting better :D gambatte Yazawa-san

Good to hear. Hope her recovery goes well.

Yokata!

At least now we know she's getting better, and that it was a real illness, not just her being fed up with NANA, like some rumours said. And thank God it's not an incurable disease!

Well, I'm glad to hear something about her. I didn't even realize just how long she'd been gone until I saw the date in the article D:

I was literally screaming when I read this news. I'm so happy that she is at least out of the hospital because she was in there close to a year. I hope that she makes a full recovery soon. It saddens me that she is unsure if she'll finish NANA but her health comes first so that's the number one priority. If she does continue NANA, that would be awesome. But if she doesn't, especially due to health issues, I would completely understand.

very glad to know she's already out of the hospital XD
Hoping for her speedy recovery.

It's good that she's out of the hospital now. Hope she recovers soon.