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Nov 8, 2008 7:38 PM
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What's your favorite Nana quote? I'll start off:

"I always thought that life was about standing your ground, no matter how strong the current was. But going with the flow isn't so bad after all. As long as it takes you forward."


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Dec 27, 2008 5:17 PM
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In the chapter 48;

"People can't be just tied together. They have to connect. Otherwise, they'll find themselves bound hand and foot."
Jan 11, 2009 11:03 AM
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Chapter 72;

"Have you heard a story where the victim of a kidnap falls in love with the kidnapper?

When the victim is trapped in the world of her captor, she must depend on him for survival. When he treats her gently, she feels as though he is her savior. Although he is in fact the root of all evil.

All I have to do is stretch out my hand gently and you'll fall in love with me. This is the scenario."
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In chapter 64:

"Before I spend this New Year's with you, I was so full of hope. But the countdown to tragedy has already begun, hasn't it? It sort of piled up quietly, little by little. Just like the snow."
Apr 23, 2009 10:39 AM
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here are some of my favorite quotes from Nana :D

[i don't really know the chapters they are from]

"You know, Nana... Even now, sometimes on street corners... when I meet someone, I see your shadow. I'm sure that even now, you're still wearing that man's cologne... so you can sleep, even alone... "


"Tell me, Nana. Forgetting about our mistakes and our wounds isn't enough to make them disappear.
Even now, I keep calling your name... Despite my pain. I'll keep on doing that until you answer me."


"I might cry tomorrow, but I may be smiling the day after. That's enough. That's the way life is. If I don't lose hope - tomorrow will come.
Tomorrow will come if we don't lose hope... I learned that from Nana.
But rainy days still make my cheeks wet with tears, even now. It was pouring, on that rainy day."


"Say, Nana... You look like stray cat, wild and proud. But I can see the wound in your heart. At the time I just thought it was cool. I never realized how hurt you were."


"The table was her stage. The mobile phone was the microphone. And the new moon was the spotlight. That kind of magic only Nana could make it happen."

~ some of the Nana's quotes really make me sad :(

Apr 28, 2009 1:48 AM
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Chapter 84:
Jul 21, 2009 12:37 AM
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"If you had been man, Nana, we could've lived a perfect love
That'a what I often thought, at that time
In that case, we wouldn't have had only good memories,
Because pain comes with love...
because love is painful feeling,
to the point of wanting drown."

"Have you heard a story where the victim of a kidnap falls in love with the kidnapper?
When the victim is trapped in the world of her captor, she must depend on him for survival. When he treats her gently, she feels as though he is her savior. Although he is in fact the root of all evil. All I have to do is stretch out my hand gently and you'll fall in love with me. This is the scenario."

Aug 12, 2009 1:50 PM
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Nana quotes are sad but its just like everything it's a part of life like in a puzzle.

You know Nana, I searched and searched, but could never find the key that unlocked the way. And now that I've stopped looking, I've finally found it. Maybe the door will open for me?

Tell me, Nana,
If for example we had been a love couple,
Would a hug have been enough to wash away my sadness?
Or then; does every singlebeing carry this loneliness, like a burden?
I wans't intending to monopolizing you
I just wanted you to need me.
Dec 2, 2009 11:25 AM
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"You laugh at love... but love will make you cry."
"The flow of time cleanses the past and heals the wounds in people's hearts."
"The dreams we are chasing and the reality that is chasing us are always parallel; they never meet."
"People like hurting each other... but loving is not a waste."
Dec 6, 2009 4:05 PM
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"THE HAND THAT I WAS HOLDING THEN...
...WAS THE ONLY ONE I WANTED TO HOLD...
...THAT NIGHT..
...AND FOREVER.
Feb 4, 2010 4:01 PM
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"IN THE END ONLY MY DREAM İS ABLE TO SAVE ME"

unfortunately ı couldnt find the chapter.. :(
Apr 4, 2010 10:40 AM
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Wait, only 11 threads? We have to find more >.< NANA is full of great quotes.
Apr 5, 2010 4:37 AM
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http://www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-216102/Favorite-NANA-Quotes.html?pg=0

This is from Crunchyroll, some good ones there too :D
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"People say that if you fight it means you're close to someone, but in the end, a fight is just a collision of egos. People don't learn to understand each other, just by laying bare their feelings."

It's from episode 38 of the anime.
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One that really stood out for me.

"Driving someone into a corner is the equivalent of driving yourself into a corner, so i will die in battle someday."
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"In the end we're all alone. It's absolutely impossible to make someone belong to us." - Hachi

"You probably never realized it, right? But every move you made had the same strength as today's typhoon and it stirred my heart"

"I want to be spoiled like a child, cry to my heart's content, but I can only suppress my feelings.."

Nana is probably the best anime I've watched in a very long time...there are so many amazing quotes...
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"I felt your love more than a million thank yous"

"Hey Nana, I've always adored you Nana. I wanted to be like you. I still feel that way, so please, sing for me? One more time."

"Hey Nana, why is it that making our dreams come true and being truly happy are often two separate things? I still haven't figured that one out"

"Hey Nana, the feelings I professed that night remain unfaded in my heart. Those shining dreams we had back then, don't ever forget them"

"Hey Nana, the mistakes I made, the scars I have, they won't simply disappear even if I cover them up. So I'm still calling your name, No matter how much it hurts... until you answer me"
Jul 28, 2013 8:56 PM

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"I at least wanted to appear strong and elegant in your eyes just like a manga heroine who’s too perfect to be real"
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Once you lose someone, you will remember how precious they were to you - nana komatsu
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"Then come. Shatter my illusion. Because I don't know what else I can do to stop loving you." - Nobuo
My signature doesn't want to work and I'm not gonna lose my time trying to fixing it, if you wanna know what I'm watching check my list, if you wanna know my favorites quotes read The Alchemist and Kane and Abel and remember never text and drive it can wait :)
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"Nee, Hachi.
The harder i struggle, the deeper i sink. humans are such pointless creatures. if i... could be reborn, i'd want to be a fish. in a small bowl.. Ren and i.. would swim by ourselves." - Osaki NANA
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"I wasn't mature enough... to forgive his betrayal.
And i just couldn't, it hurts me so badly, but i still held on tight, trying not to lose.
I lost..." - Komatsu Nana
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"Hey Nana, for instance, if we were lovers would we have been able to fill the gap between us with a hug? or... does everyone endure this loneliness? - Komatsu Nana

"You know Hachi... Back then, when you kept losing yourself in love... Maybe you too were struggling to feel complete, just like me. If so, then I can understand some of those feelings you had. It just that I couldn't beck then. Does the new life you protected at all costs make you feel complete even now? - Osaki Nana

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"It's not that I wanted to keep you all to myself, Nana. I just wanted to be needed by you." - Komatsu Nana

"You probably dont realize it, do you? Every move you make stirs my heart around at the streangth of a typhoon." - Osaki Nana

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"Hey Nana, we were always together, yet I didn't understand you one bit. Forgive me for not realizing that I had been hurting you." - Komatsu Nana

"You know Hachi... I was too small of person to be able to accept everything about you. It's just that I preferred the pain of breaking into pieces, to the loneliness I felt from losing everything. I was just too fragile, It's not your fault." - Osaki Nana

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"Hey Nana, Even now, not a day passes without me wishing to see you on the other side of that table. I'd call out your name from my heart. Many times. As many times as it takes." - Komatsu Nana

" Hey Hachi, They say you don't realize how much you care for someone until after they're gone. But I think it's when you come face to face with that person once more that you truly recognize your feelings for them. If I saw everyone again right now I know that I'd depend on them just as mush as I did back then. I'm scared of that. That's why I can't move from this spot." - Osaki Nana

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"Back then, if I were a bit more mature and a bit more undertyanding of your weaknesses, would our future have been different?" - Komatsu Nana

"You Know Hachi, I wanted to keep you by my side, even if it meant putting a collar around your neck. I was afraid of myself for thinking that, so I always kept a little distance between us. Even now, I cant't make friends easily. I'm still afraid..." - Osaki Nana

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“You were a stray cat, strutting so free and full of pride. But I could see your open wound. And without really thinking I just chalked it up to another cool thing about you. I never realized how much you hurt.” - Komatsu Nana

"No matter what path in life you take with who, as long as you're happy, then that's fine with me. I may never become a person who can wish for that from the bottom of my heart... But I wanted to appear strong and graceful in your eyes. Just like a manga heroine, who's too perfect to be real." - Osaki Nana

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""Hey Nana, I've always adored you Nana. I wanted to be like you. I still feel that way, so please, sing for me? One more time." - Komatsu Nana

"You know Hachi, I can no longer be the hero in your story, but the name of the heroine in my story is still Nana. The super cute Nana. You." - Osaki Nana

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such as mutual speaks, face to face ha?
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Dear NANA fans, I'm here to ask you all a great favor! I need your investigatory skills in action. I'm writing my licence thesis on anguish and I used the concept in two study cases, one of which is our lovely, favorite series NANA. I have all the manga volumes starting from N°. 12, where the anime left off and I started re-reading the manga as I needed some quotes for my analysis. And the thing is...I couldn't find the place (chapter, volume) for two quotes I needed the most. I knew these quotes from internet photos or posts I found, but no one pin-pointed the chapter and/ or the  volume they were from. I really need to give the exact citations in my paper, so that's why I want to kindly ask for your help.
If you know, or if it happens you find out where these two quotations are from in the manga, please, please let me know! :) I would appreciate it so much!
Here are the two quotes:
1) 'The dreams we are chasing and the reality that is chasing us are always parallel; they never meet.' (The translation may vary a bit).
2) 'Why is it that making our dreams come true and being truly happy are often two separate things?...Even now, I still don't get it.' (This one's a sorrow trigger for me...)
This second quote I found it's from the 22 episode from the anime, but I don't know where it is in the manga.

Thank you all for reading this and for your help!

Also, here is one of my favorite reflections of Ren in the manga:
'All humans who want to see heaven (i.e. through heroine in this context) end up in hell. Does that mean desire is sinful?' (Vol. 13, chapter 47)

And then another quote from Reira, adressed to, of course, Shin:
'If letting go of me is love, I don't want it. Your presence is my only salvation, Shin.' (Vol 13, chapter 47)

And then Hachi:
'When I saw the broken glasses on the floor...I felt abandoned by everything in this world.' (Vol. 13, end of chapter 47).
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The moon was her spotlight that was the magic nana could make or something along those lines.

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"But even when the moon looks like it’s waning, it’s actually never changing shape. Don’t ever forget that. "
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"But even when the moon looks like it’s waning, it’s actually never changing shape. Don’t ever forget that. "
@Yunrai I did not expect an OG to reply... Hi btw :)
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@Yunrai I did not expect an OG to reply... Hi btw :)
@UR_BossLady Hey! hehe <3
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@UR_BossLady Hey! hehe <3
@Yunrai How are you doing love? It's not every day I talk to people who are originally in the club before I came.
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