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Being rude is an easy solution. It's that cheap method to defend yourself from social harm, no ?

However, staying kind no matter what isn't "stupid" at all. It's one of the bravest & most beautiful things you'll ever do in your life.

Why are you'all trashing your kindness away ?

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"I wanted to save you from fate."

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Happy Birthday 🛡️⚔️ Captain Levi ⚔️🛡️

Happy Birthday our fluffy king

⛸️Victor Nikiforov⛸️

And Merry Christmas to everybody !!

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🎅❄️🎅❄️🎅❄️🎅❄️🎅❄️

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So the name Banana Fish comes from Eliot's work.

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Banana Fish DVD cover

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Hi, I'm back. I know things became bad towards the ending of Banana Fish. Thanks for withstanding it with all your hearts. I need to say some words myself as a manga reader.

To the people who're calling the ending trashy,

Do you guys understand the definition of Tragedy ? Have you read Shakespeare ? If you haven't then stop talking please. Banana Fish is written in the lights of Shakespearean literature. If you analyze Ash's character carefully, you'll find similarities with Hamlet, just my personal opinion though. But, see how his character developed throughout the show. At first he's obsessed with revenge for Griffin (then Skipper) but soon enough he finds himself in a conflict.

Sometimes he says he's afraid of himself, also sometimes says he's blessed by the love he's experienced through Eiji ( remember his conversation with Blanca ? ).

Well, that's something completely natural to begin with. All of us have two different sides, Chinese call it the Yin and Yang, the dark and the light. Despite everything, Ash is just a suffering adolescent boy who's in a trauma. Eiji's presence somehow made the conflict inside him stronger.

The true beauty of the series is actually the ending. See how peaceful it is.

He's looking above, as if God is smiling upon him. Many of you are saying "he suffered too much, he deserves better"...etc. That's exactly why, he got what he deserved. Here, death is not the fiercely feeling. It's freedom. Ash needed this freedom. He's a murderer too. The world won't give him any sympathy for the crimes he created. There's no place for him. And he can't deny that. Eiji's love can't make his crimes fade away. Cause his body's adjusted itself to murder. Ash hated this self of himself and wanted to be free from the first of the series. At first, it was the freedom from Golzhine, then the agony of Shorter's death, then the trauma of Eiji's injury, his teammates' and Max's capture. Yes, freedom came. Didn't it ? It's the ultimate freedom that gave him rest. That's beautiful. Tragically beautiful. We audience are there for him to cry. But from Ash's perspective, he's completed his purpose of life. Actually, from the first, he never gave priority to his life either. He got his revenge for Griffin, he destroyed project Banana Fish, he got rid of his past , and of course he got the unconditional love from Eiji. That's more than enough for a victim of fate. So he's happy too . The tears he's shading on the brink of death carry both sorrow and happiness. He's sad cause he's dying, he can't ever see Eiji again. He's happy cause he's blessed to recieve the love he always needed. And that made him complete.

The ending is even more beautiful, that Eiji will never see him again (ignore the extra please, I'm talking about the main series). The memory Eiji has of Ash is that of a beautiful, lonely boy. He's returning to Japan with this unique image, not that of the dying Ash. Ash himself would've wanted that too.

That's why, the death is like a savior here. Yes, a savior. From the beginning, there are many ironies in the show which hint the death of Ash, just like the Shakespearean tragedies. Death saved Ash. From the agony of the mundane world. He deserved the rest he always needed. Death gave him his peace. That's why he's happy, he "fell asleep" with a smile.

The smile is beautiful.

Lastly : of course we'll still cry for him. For leaving Eiji behind. (TT)(TT)(TT)(TT)(TT)

For me, the saddest moment in the show is this :

Someone not depressed longing for death is a miserable thing. Miserable.

Also, Thank you MAPPA.

#banana fish #ash lynx #eiji okumura #episode 24 #slight analysis #cry and loosen your sorrow #i do that too #manga reader

Due to my semester exams' ridiculous pressure ( T__T ) , I've decided not to watch the last three episodes of Banana Fish untill 21 ( when semester would be over). I know I'd be emotional and that could ruin the exam results !! And I'm a poor scholar with high expectations !! T__T ...

So I'm taking a break from Tumblr. I'll be back on January. Everybody stay well and enjoy your show !! Love you all !! Chuuuuu !!!

#banana fish #sayonara eiji #goodbye

Episode 22 is gonna mess you up. I guarantee. Be prepared everyone. 🍌🐟

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Ash and Eiji.

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The Lynx Of Kilimanjaro

From Angel Eyes (Banana Fish Illustration Book) by Akimi Yoshida.

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For god's sake, stop refering Banana Fish as the "Gay Anime of 2018".

I don't get how much of these people can understand the motif of the story against child abuse, rape and violence. All they see is "G A Y". Well, let me say something too. That's

D I S G U S T I N G.

#banana fish #damn fujoshis

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Banana Fish Episode 21 Discussion: Dad and Son

This scene was one of the saddest I’ve encountered in the manga and also a very meaningful one.

Ash was handing over an envelope that they were able to retrieve from Froggy. Inside that envelope were pictures of Ash when he was a prostitute as a boy (the times he was raped). Those pictures contained horrid memories that should be left under wraps yet Ash himself tells Max to use them. He says he’s a dead man and he’s got nothing to lose anymore. Ash once again didn’t care for himself and just wanted children like him to be spared of the pain he felt.

However, even dead men are to be respected.

Max on the other hand could’ve used it for his own sake yet he burned it. As he did this while talking to Ash, his face washed over with emotions of momentary sadness. In this case, we see how Max cares for Ash not just because he is Griffin’s little brother or because he is still bounded by his guilt but because he is A s h. He cares for him as a brother would to his sibling or a dad would to his child. Max understood how important a son is to a father, and he feels this connection with Ash even though they use it as an act of disguise for their undercover meet-ups.Through all the things Max and Ash has been through, they’ve built a relationship of support mixed in with constant humor or bickering. Ash never experiencing this kind of love and warmth from his own father is really something important.

However, knowing that Ash as a child was raped and abused by old (bastard) men, Max and any other person would feel and imagine the weight the little boy could’ve brought upon his shoulders.

Max, as a father would think of Michael and wonder what if it was his son in Ash’s place? How would he feel if the sweet and innocent face of his beloved child…would be scorning and broken under the malicious hands of bastard men? He wouldn’t be able to take it. The same is with Ash. He wants to protect him.

He doesn’t want Ash remembering the terrible past that has kept him traumatized up to this day. The past that has continued to snare him into the dark abyss. The past that he and no one should ever deserve.

Max and Ash interactions are simply interesting and funny. Max’s character is also one of my favorites and I will enjoy the last scenes he will have with Ash! This Dad and Son tandem will always be golden.

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