The Second Annual New Year's Special: NANA by Yazawa Ai

Happy New Year! We've made it another full year of the show! As with last year's special, we start with a self-indulgent look back at the past year of the podcast and rank everything we've watched. We also run tournaments for the OPs and EDs! We then have our special discussion for the year. That's right, Niamh conned Connor into reading the entirety of NANA! We start talking about the manga at around 1:25:11 and do our best to provide a thorough synopsis before digging into the story's themes and ideas about love embodied by the cast's many different relationships. Also Niamh might con Connor into something else in the process... As a note, this section is really spoiler heavy. I think even with all the big twists and plot points spoiled for you, the manga is still a fantastic and moving read (I in fact know this is true, because I knew many of the manga's biggest spoilers before I actually read through it in earnest myself). That said, I know many people really balk at spoilers, and so if that's you, please please please do yourself the service of reading NANA sooner rather than later and then coming back to this episode at the end. If you have any emails to send us about NANA or any of the anime we've covered or will cover, you can write into future Question Buckets at [email protected]. And don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Cohost! The Show: @ghostdiverspod (twitter) or @ghostdivers (cohost) Niamh: @FoxmomNia (twitter) or @foxmomnia (cohost) Niamh’s mediamh pile: @mediamh_pile Connor: @rabbleais (twitter) or @rabbleais (cohost) Export Audio Network: exportaud.io Ghost Divers: exportaud.io/ghostdivers Pondering Pootan: exportaud.io/pootan Ornate Stairwells: exportaud.io/ornatestairwells Around the Long Fire: abnormalmapping.com/longfire Free promo for Ina’s podcast, It’s All Stover: @stovercast (twitter) Check out our official schedule at exportaud.io/divingschedule! Content Warnings for this Discussion Rape Grooming, child abuse, and pedophilia Emotional abuse and abusive relationships Descriptions of trauma responses and panic attacks Internalize homophobia and compulsory heterosexuality Sexism and misogyny Cheating Self-harm Alcohol use Drug abuse and addiction Car accident and death Find out more at https://ghost-divers.pinecast.co