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NANA S1E29 — The Problem of Expressing Love

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NANA•Season 1•Episode 29

The Problem of Expressing Love

8.0/10 · 202 votesNov 1, 200623 min

Ranked #37 of 47 in Season 1•−0.2 vs season avg

Hachiko admits to Nana that she loves Nobu after spending the night at his place. Junko, her boyfriend and Shoji try to analyse why Hachi is with Nobu. Yasu and the record company manager meets with Shin's father to sign the contract.

Directed byKanji Wakabayashi

Written byTatsuhiko Urahata

Previous episodeE28 · Hachi and Nobu, Urgent Approach Next episodeE30 · Breakdown, NANA's Heart

Seasons1

Season 1 Episodes47

Prologue: Nana and NANA still

Prologue: Nana and NANA

Love? Friendship? Nana and Shoji still

Love? Friendship? Nana and Shoji

Nana and Shoji, Love's Whereabouts still

Nana and Shoji, Love's Whereabouts

Nana's Love, NANA's Dream still

Nana's Love, NANA's Dream

Ren's Dream, NANA's Thoughts still

Ren's Dream, NANA's Thoughts

Snowing in Tokyo! Nana and NANA still

Snowing in Tokyo! Nana and NANA

Yasu Appears! Room No. 707 still

Yasu Appears! Room No. 707

Strawberry Glass and Lotus Flower still

Strawberry Glass and Lotus Flower

Nobu Arrives in Tokyo! NANA's Song still

Nobu Arrives in Tokyo! NANA's Song

The Handsome Youth, Shin, Appears! still

The Handsome Youth, Shin, Appears!

Sachiko, Is This on Purpose? still

Sachiko, Is This on Purpose?

Urgent Approach! Shoji and Sachiko still

Urgent Approach! Shoji and Sachiko

Sachiko's Tears, Shoji's Determination still

Sachiko's Tears, Shoji's Determination

Family Restaurant of Shambles still

Family Restaurant of Shambles

Blast, First Live still

Blast, First Live

NANA's Love Whereabouts still

NANA's Love Whereabouts

Trapnest, Live still

Trapnest, Live

Hachi's Prayer, NANA's Thoughts still

Hachi's Prayer, NANA's Thoughts

NANA's Prize still

NANA's Prize

Sudden Development! Hachi's Fate still

Sudden Development! Hachi's Fate

Dreams of a Suite Room still

Dreams of a Suite Room

Wish of July 7th, Hachi's Love still

Wish of July 7th, Hachi's Love

I Do Not Want to Pass Over to Anybody still

I Do Not Want to Pass Over to Anybody

Hachi's Confused Heart still

Hachi's Confused Heart

A Capricious and Selfish Man still

A Capricious and Selfish Man

The Passing Hachi and NANA still

The Passing Hachi and NANA

Hachi's Desired Future still

Hachi's Desired Future

Hachi and Nobu, Urgent Approach still

Hachi and Nobu, Urgent Approach

The Problem of Expressing Love still

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The Problem of Expressing Love

Breakdown, NANA's Heart still

Breakdown, NANA's Heart

Hachi's Child, Pregnancy still

Hachi's Child, Pregnancy

Don't Separate the Joined Hands still

Don't Separate the Joined Hands

Hachi's Choice still

Hachi's Choice

The Broken Strawberry Glass still

The Broken Strawberry Glass

Reira's Loneliness still

Reira's Loneliness

Blast's New Song!! still

Blast's New Song!!

Hachi, High-Class Housewife still

Hachi, High-Class Housewife

The Trigger of Fate still

The Trigger of Fate

Look, Hachiko still

Look, Hachiko

Blast, Debut! still

Blast, Debut!

Blast Lodging Together still

Blast Lodging Together

NANA, Suddenly Fit still

NANA, Suddenly Fit

Blast, Guerrilla Live still

Blast, Guerrilla Live

Blast vs. Trapnest still

Blast vs. Trapnest

Blast's First TV Performance still

Blast's First TV Performance

Reunion! Hachi and Shoji still

Reunion! Hachi and Shoji

Fireworks Display, Hachi and NANA still

Fireworks Display, Hachi and NANA

Cast17

Romi Park

Romi Park

Nana Osaki (voice)

KAORI

KAORI

Nana "Hachi" Komatsu (voice)

Akira Ishida

Akira Ishida

Shinichi "Shin" Okazaki (voice)

Megumi Kojima

Megumi Kojima

Sachiko Kawamura (voice)

Anna Tsuchiya

Anna Tsuchiya

Nana Osaki (singing voice)

Aya Hirano

Aya Hirano

Reira Serizawa (voice)

Tomokazu Seki

Tomokazu Seki

Nobuo Terashima (voice)

Hiroki Takahashi

Hiroki Takahashi

Shoji Endo (voice)

Olivia Lufkin

Olivia Lufkin

Reira Serizawa (voice)

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Takumi Ichinose (voice)

Junichi Suwabe

Junichi Suwabe

Kyosuke Takakura (voice)

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Hidenobu Kiuchi

Ren Honjo (voice)

Crew10

Tatsuhiko Urahata

Tatsuhiko Urahata

Writer

Kanji Wakabayashi

Kanji Wakabayashi

Director

M

Mariko Aikawa

Key Animation

E

Eriko Uchiyama

Key Animation

T

Tomihiko Ohkubo

Storyboard Artist

H

Hirofumi Nakata

Animation Director

T

Takuo Noda

Key Animation

N

Naomi Utsuno

Key Animation

Kanji Wakabayashi

Kanji Wakabayashi

Key Animation

K

Kim Da-hui

Key Animation

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Episode Summary

"The Problem of Expressing Love" is episode 29 of NANA season 1. It scored 8.0/10 from 202 votes, ranking #37 of 47 episodes this season (season average 8.2). Directed by Kanji Wakabayashi and written by Tatsuhiko Urahata, it aired on November 1, 2006.

Next: E30 · Breakdown, NANA's Heart Best of Season 1