Takumi is such a controlling jerk! Just because he has money that doen't mean he'll be a good father. And in episode 33 I really hate Junko. I've always hated her, becuase she tells Nana to do things that won't make her happy. She says to be realistic, but she has always given Hachi bad advice. She's a terrible influnce on Hachi! Telling her she should marry Takumi because he is the father and has the money and that is the only way to raise a family!! She's telling Hachi she better treat Takumi right? He's a jerk and he'll probably end of cheating on her! I don't like the direction the show has taken. BU I'll give it 5 stars because this show has managed to make me really love and feel protective of the characters.

This anime has continues to make me laugh soda out my nose and then sob like a small child. The characters are wonderful, Nana and Hachi are a beautiful mend of two people who come from completely different worlds coming together and mending so well that they seem as soul mates (for two straight women that is). The amount Hachi loves everyone and no one all at once is both infuriating and compelling, while Nana is the classic punk chick, broken home, never feeling complete. I look forward to seeing this Anime through to the end, and I can feel the strings of my heart being plucked like a harp at how this will all resolve. It has been a long time sense I have watched an anime that has had such real situations and intensity. The characters are easy to relate to one way or another. Bravo!