Nana #4

Two young women stand facing each other on an open road — one in a soft blue dress clutching a handbag, the other in a leather jacket and boots, radiating cool confidence — and that single image quietly captures everything compelling about Ai Yazawa's celebrated series. This fourth volume, published by Panini Manga México in 2022, continues the story of two very different women who share a name and an unlikely bond. Yazawa's character design is as expressive as ever, letting body language alone hint at the contrasting worlds these two inhabit.