It is the characters. Dont' get me wrong, the characterisation is amazingly realistic and it is heart wrenching and really good shoujo. But I have decided a long time ago that a certain type of character will make me seeth with rage at any given time. And Hachi, unfortunately make me seeth with Holy Rage.

(Except when she don't and I want to huggle her to death, but you know, I never said I wasn't a hypocrite when it came to fandom -_-;;)

Because I'm a whore for the Pretty!

(There, I have admitted my sin *cries*)

Seriously, it is hard to convey exactly what I feel for this series. Hmm, let me try (I was attempting to explain to dad why I was crying at 12AM in morning.) It is like watching a car-wreck, you know it isn't going to make you happier and will probably give you nightmares but you can't BUT look! Because somewhere deep inside you there's something that make you want to look!

'Nana' makes me want to scream, throw things at the screen and cry. While I can appreciate the amazing characterisation; the changeability of the human heart, the wonderful execution of the story (format wise, it is amazing), it me angry on an instinctive level.

So, it is probably doing its job and not everything that effects me deeply are things I like.

*NODS* Exactly. I have laughed and wanted to huggle them to to my chest and never let go, but omfg the amount of time I wanted to scream at them

When it comes to liking/hating Hachi I must admit I started from the opposite end. I began the series liking her because well she might not be the brightest bulb she tried her hardesd to find her own happiness. As the series progressed she started to get on my nerves more and more, and I admit I didn't know why until sometime this morning. Hachi remind me (very much so) of someone that had been in my life for more than 5 years. It is hard to be around someone who put their life / happiness in your hands and its doubly worse when they can't seem to change because it it them. Um, yeah ^^;;

^_^

It depends on who is doing what but mostly I must curb the urge to kill Hachi. It is hard to truly like her because... well, it is more of a RL influence than anything else. When you have had someone like Hachi in your life for over 5 years it is hard to love or admire someone like that in fiction without hurting yourself or wanting to do physical harm. You can only sit and be the shoulder to cry on for so long before they start to drag you down. Um, moving on.

I think it is the sense of dishonesty that permeates every character and how they feel that makes me want to throw a fit. Which may be unfair to half of the cast but there's just something about the characters in the series that get up my goat.

I pinched them from colorfilter. There need to be more pretty!

Nana always looked really pretty and cool to me. But I've never read the story. Is it by the same person who did Paradise Kiss?

Um, I'm not sure since I have never read 'Paradise Kiss'. To be fair NANA is good; it is just that I have realised there are certain characterisations in fiction that gets to me (and not in the good way). Most of the time it is because I know similar type of people in RL, and well, depending on how I feel about them in RL things can get all RAGE!

Yes, it is by the same person, Yazawa Ai, who did Paradise Kiss. ^_^

YES! Exactly. Except it is one of those roller coaster rides that drives you absolutely bat-insane because you keep on expecting it to get better but it DOESN'T! ARGH!

[Uh... now that you mention it. Well, call me um, oblivious -_-;; Will get that changed. Thank you for telling me!]