Re: [Shoujo] Nana by Yazawa Ai
To me, it has always been obvious that Nobu loves Hachi dearly and i get the feeling he always will. He loves her enough to want to wait for her throughout the years. Even in the future , I think deep down he is still waiting for her.
I don't think this is quite right. Nobu's not so stupid and naive that he would pin his future with a someone else's wife. The fact that he has strong feelings for Hachi is undeniable, but both Nobu and Nana know that his feelings for Hachi <should by social morals> have no future. For both Hachi's sake and his own sake, he's not been waiting-- he's been trying really hard to ignore/throw away his feelings for her. When he was talking about Ren too, ［絶対誰にも触れない、俺の本音」"The true feelings that no one could touch," well in this line you can see that no one tried to listen to Nobu's true feelings for Hachi and he himself was trying so hard to ignore them.
That's why it was so painful and heart-wrenching for him to have Ren trying to open those feelings up, but why it's also so touching since Ren, knowing all the motives, tried to help Nobu be honest with those feelings and reconcile with them. In their hearts, both Nobu and Hachi know that they should have opened up to each other fully before ending their relationship and that they've been ignoring and running away from each other up until now-- and that's why this is also one of the miracles Ren has left behind him.
That's why before "social morality," accepting the truth, opening up to face reality and the reality of people's true feelings without running-- that takes more courage. If I were a parent I'd be proud of both Nobu and Hachi for being able to take a step forward, even if it took Ren's death to do so. While I don't think they should think of each other romantically, it's better if they both leave a mutual understanding of everything that happened/is happening. This both for the sake of their future relationship, whatever that might be (even just friends), and for the sake of Hachi's family with Takumi.
I think even Takumi would be understanding of what happened between them in the last chapters, since he's the closest thing this series has to a character who represents "facing the truth, whatever it may be."
So yeah, I also pretty much agree with everything Himemo said about Hachi and Nobu. I think what's going on kind of connects to what Nobu said before the fire works-- for her sake, he does not want to get in the way of her happiness, but if it looks like Takumi has left her miserable, he won't be able to leave her alone. For Nobu who is coming from dating the clingy girl Yuri, and he himself being the highly attention seeking and giving type of guy, he probably can't understand at all a guy like Takumi who can go half a month without contacting his wife. :P
Shin? I dont know if Shin really loves Reira. Was Reira just lonely and looking for a replacement for Takumi? Regardless, during the incident of Ren's death, Shin pulled Reira aside and asked her to be considerate. I think their relationship was sexual relief and a diversion, an escape from loneliness and other problems...and then turned into friendship. It was strong but I dont think it can stand the test of time.
If anything, the fact that Shin can scold Reira shows that their bond is really close, since he's in a position to do so. Actually I was really proud of Shin when he did that, because everyone-- Takumi, Yasu, Ren, and even Shin himself-- have always spoiled Reira too much, when in my opinion I don't think she should be with a man who can't be more honest with her.
Honestly, Reira kind of reminds me of earlier versions of Hachi sometimes-- she's always thinking of other people, but only from the context of herself. That seems to be one kind of behavior that Aizawa cannot forgive (she made Kyousuke smack around Shouji for doing the same thing-- "That feeling of wanting to apologize, that's not from kindness-- it's you just wanting to relieve yourself.").
It's the same thing when Reira was going to tell Nana that "it's my fault, Ren was trying to pick me up and met that accident." I can't blame Shin for getting pissed at her inability to look outside of herself to understand people's feelings. God, women are just so insensitive sometimes (lol). Or rather they get so caught up in their emotions, that sometimes a sharp guy like Takumi or Shin sees things more clearly.
In part, Shin really wants to protect his band-mates who he feels he betrayed with his own selfish actions; and in part I'm sure he is pissed at Reira's insensitivity, not only because her insensitivity really hurt Shin himself.
Actually, the fact that he's pissed shows the true strength of his feelings for her. If the woman I loved, and who I had decided to dedicate myself to, told me that she was leaving me for my sake (and I could tell she actually meant it)-- I too would want to lash out a lecture or two back at her about how stupid she's being. Nothing good ever comes from a woman trying to leave a guy "for his sake." Especially when she's got such weak will power and does it so half-assedly like Reira still clinging for attention and wanting e-mails and stuff. :/
that's why in the future we don't see them together.
i love that rogue.