NANA

"does everyone have to bear this loneliness in their life" IM SICK nana might genuinely be one the greatest animes/mangas though, it acc depicts real life and real emotions without glorifying toxic/abusive relationships or drug addictions or any of the other heavy themes and instead shows them as they are. i feel like not alot of animes have characters i can acc relate to but somehow i managed to relate to almost every character in nana to the point i could see myself when watching it. i feel like nana is often overlooked (not saying it isn't vastly popular) for how good it is just bc it's demographic being for older woman which kinda results in basically it's whole audience being female - unlike how with male aimed animes they're still heavily watched by females. bc of this alot of guys especially are missing out on this masterpiece - but the thing is even tho the story revolves around two young woman and their relationships and lives, there's so much more to story then it being about just love. it covers themes like drug addictions, loneliness, abuse, grooming, mental health, trauma and so much more - which to me is what makes it such a strong anime with the way they dealt with such heavy topics. every character has their own stories and their own lives each as tragic yet realistic to eachother. watching nana doesn't just feel like im watching an entertaining show, it feels like im living and watching real people's lives. i think some other reasons i love nana so much is all the cool references in it. like personally i absolutely love the sex pistols and vivienne westwood so watching nana is just so much more enjoyable when things i love are literally integrated into the storyline. nana is just one of those raw emotional shows that just stick with you for life - one of those shows that make you question if you will get out of those hard times in your life or makes you appreciate everything so much more in its time. idk how to explain it (and maybe im just saying this bc im a sad teenage girl) but nana is life changing.