

At 15:27 in episode 4 of Golden Time, is that Nana the same as one of the
mains in NANA?

The girl was decked out in a punk rock outfit, lugged around a guitar and gave
the characters tickets to a show she's performing at. She called herself Nana.
I was wondering if it's supposed to be the same Nana as one of the mains in
the NANA series?

![Nana](https://i.stack.imgur.com/DFq5U.jpg)


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In episode 4 of Golden Time is that the same Nana?


Either inspired by or the same character, it seems. Nothing I'm seeing online
gives her a name besides "NANA-sempai" in all capitals like the NANA manga.

Note: Romi Park voices the original Nana. The Nana in Golden Time is voiced by
Satomi Satou.


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it seems like the character from Golden Time is copying NANA, because on wiki
(Russian) it is said that Tada Banri read the NANA manga while hospitalized.


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I would imagine it's a parody of the character, they look very similar
(ignoring style differences) and share the same names (also in capitals like
the manga/anime's title as mentioned in another answer) and are both punk/rock
musicians.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/CtYUpm.jpg)

Otherwise it's a large coincidence, but I would imagine it was intentional, as
Nana is a very well known series.


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It's meant as an Easter Egg and inside joke similar to Khoto Hirano in High
School of the Dead having the name of the creator of Hellsing and the
character acting and looking somewhat like Alucard in moments of extreme
violence.

Within anime and other visual media there are references like these everywhere
if you look for them.


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I always thought some of the characters were parodies in themselves. She is no
exception.

Another example, which strikes resemblance in my opinion is "2D-Kun", who
resembles Keima Katsuragi from "The World God Only Knows". Both only like
fictional 2D characters and have similar appearances.

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/e0Dvs.png)

![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/koMrR.jpg)


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I also think it's interesting how Linda-Sempai's real name can be nicknamed
Nana. That's what her brothers fiancé called her. And on some wiki pages, they
actually refer to her as Nana.. not even Linda! Also Linda and Nana are close
friends and are always in the apartment together. Another funny coincidence as
well!!


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