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!