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Overview of "Ai Yazawa's 'NANA' World"

[Table of Contents]
● Special Opening Color Section
"'NANA' Illustration Gallery" with Drawing Comments by Ai Yazawa
● Foreword
"Our Standard Given by Ai Yazawa's Works" (Text: Mizuki Tsujimura)
● Special Features

"110 Questions to Know Ai Yazawa"
"The Secrets of Drawing" as Told by Ai Yazawa
● Introduction to "NANA"
A Legendary Shoujo Manga Symbolic of the 2000s that Depicts the Dreams and Reality of Two Girls Sharing the Same Name
"'NANA' Character Correlation Chart & Character Encyclopedia"
● Traveling "NANA" through Characters
[1] Nana Komatsu
Hachi's Fashion: Swaying between Trendy and Conservative
[2] Nana Osaki
Seeing Nana's Shadow in "Girls' Punk" that Led British Punk
[3] Ren Honjo
Sid Vicious as a Fashion Icon—His Way of Life
[4] Nobuo Terashima
"Punk Culture" as Seen through Johnny Rotten's Fashion
[5] Yasushi Takagi
"Rude Boys" and "Skins": Viewing Yasu through British Youth Fashion
[6] Shinichi Okazaki
Shin's Lip Chain and Body Modification
[7] Takumi Ichinose
Takumi and Malcolm McLaren: What Do Band Founders Have in Common?
● Critiques
London Punk and the Era of the Sex Pistols
Everyone Wears Their Battle Attire—The Eternal Vivienne Westwood
"NANA," Ringo Sheena, and "July, 1999"
Viewing "NANA" in the Tradition of "Journey to Tokyo" Stories
Why Did the "NANA" Live-Action Film Become Epoch-Making?
● Column: Deep Dive into "NANA"
1 Shoji Endo and Grunge Fashion
2 Room 707 and New York's "Chelsea Hotel"
3 The "Gothic Lolita" and Music that Saved Misato Uehara (Mai Tsuzuki)
4 "Layla," My Beloved, and Persian Literature
5 Ren's Beloved Car: "1965 Ford Shelby GT350"
● Me and "NANA"
Actress Kurumi Nakada—Both Fashion and Music, I Learned from "NANA." It Is My Life's Standard.
● Classic Story Maps
Walking the Cradle of Punk Spirit: London in the 1970s
● Visiting the Stage of the Masterpiece
Nana and Hachi—"Tokyo" Life at Age 20
● List of Initial Publication Magazines and First Edition Tankobon of All Works by Ai Yazawa / Chronology
Series: Separate Volume Taiyo, Taiyo no Chizucho
Editing: Taiyo no Chizucho Editorial Team
Text: Koremasa Uno / Takeshi Okazaki / Noriko Onohara / Seijiro Sato / Ryoichi Sugiyama / Tetsuya Taguchi
Release Date: August 7, 2025
Format: B5 / 112 pages / Softcover / Full Color
List Price: 1,650 yen (including 10% tax)
ISBN: 978-4-582-94634-5
Publisher: Heibonsha
https://www.heibonsha.co.jp/book/b665159.html