Who is Banana Fish?

Banana Fish, also known as "B1" is a drug central to the Banana Fish series. It is directly responsible for the effects that befall Ash's brother Griffin, and it returns to affect other people as it plays key roles in the events of the show.
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Who is Banana Fish based on?

8 Ash Lynx's Character Design Was Based On River Phoenix (Banana Fish) The author of Banana Fish, Akimi Yoshida, has confirmed that Ash Lynx was majorly inspired by the beloved American actor and musician River Phoenix.
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Who created Banana Fish drug?

Alexis Dawson is a pathologist at the University of California. As a student, he and his brother Abraham accidentally created Banana Fish while attempting to synthesize LSD in the Banana Fish series and gets dosed with the drug.
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What did Banana Fish mean?

Bananafish, the imaginary creatures that gorge themselves on bananas and then die of banana fever, represent Seymour and his struggles to reengage with society after returning from the war.
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Is Eiji a Banana Fish?

Eiji Okumura (奥村 英二) is a queer character from Banana Fish.
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What Genre Is Banana Fish?



Is Ash Lynx a bottom?

In an interview with Akimi Yoshida, the mangaka said that Ash is and will always be the bottom of the relationship between him and Eiji.
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Who did Eiji marry?

Akira Ibe. He first meets Shunichi Ibe's niece, Akira, in Garden of Light. They become friends, despite an age difference of ten years, and Sing remarks to Eiji that he thinks she's "a sweet kid". Five years later in New York Sense, their wedding pictures are shown, signifying they have married.
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What is sad about Banana Fish?

Ash is excited and happy as he runs to the airport to meet up with Eiji. However, in a sad and cruel twist of fate, Ash is stabbed in the street by a rival gang member. Clutching the letter Eiji wrote him, Ash dies before he can ever experience true freedom.
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Why is it called A Perfect Day for Bananafish?

Because it is, he says, "a perfect day for bananafish," he is going into the ocean. The bananafish are ogres, stuffing themselves on so much of the underwater fruit (found only in banana holes) that they later swell and can never escape the hole.
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How old is Ash Lynx?

A nineteen-year-old Japanese college student. He comes to New York as Ibe's assistant to finish a report on street gangs.
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Is Banana Fish finished?

Though the anime has completely serialized the entirety of Banana Fish in the span of 24 episodes, there is an unlikely chance that Banana Fish will return to the screen again.
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Is Banana Fish on Netflix?

Watch Banana Fish | Netflix.
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Is Charlie Banana a fish?

Charlie Dickinson is a male homicide detective as well as a friend of Max Lobo who he previously met in a police academy. He enters into a romantic relationship with Nadia, Shorter Wong's older sister in Banana Fish.
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Who was Eiji based off of?

Akimi Yoshida, the mangaka, based Eiji's likeness off of Hironobu Nomura.
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Is Ash a real person?

Ash Ketchum, known as Satoshi (サトシ) in Japan, is a fictional character in the Pokémon franchise owned by Nintendo. He is the protagonist of the Pokémon anime and certain manga series as well as on various merchandise related to the franchise.
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Who is the inspiration for Ash Lynx?

❥That Anime Freak❥ on Instagram: “So Ash Lynx's character design was inspired by american actor River Phoenix, and honestly the resemblance is truly beautiful ??…”
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Is the banana fish real?

bonefish, also called Banana Fish, orLadyfish, (Albula vulpes), marine game fish of the family Albulidae (order Elopiformes). It inhabits shallow coastal and island waters in tropical seas and is admired by anglers for its speed and strength.
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Who was Seymour Glass?

He is the author of the letter that comprises "Hapworth 16, 1924" and is the main character in "A Perfect Day for Bananafish." Seymour was a spiritual savant and brilliant intellectual, and became a professor at Columbia at 20. Along with his siblings he was a regular star on the radio program It's a Wise Child.
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What might the story that Seymour tells Sybil about bananafish represent?

The titular bananafish—a kind of fish that Seymour makes up to entertain Sybil—has two layers of symbolic significance: the story that Seymour tells about the fish is a metaphor for the destruction caused by war and by hyper-materialistic culture.
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How does Banana Fish end?

In a final battle, the hostages are rescued, Foxx and Golzine are killed, and all evidence of the Banana Fish project is destroyed. In the aftermath, Max's investigation prompts a scandal in Washington, while Sing convinces Yut-Lung to end his pursuit of Eiji and Ash.
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What is Banana Fish age rating?

THEM Anime Reviews 4.0 - Banana Fish. Distributor: Currently available streaming on Amazon Prime. Content Rating: R (Violence, strongly mature themes.)
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What did Eiji wish for?

with Eiji. His wish was "to deny the world", which resulted in his ability: "Fact to Fiction": the ability to call the truth bull - in other words, a reality warping ability with limited range that undoes events by calling them fiction and bestow events by calling them facts.
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Why did Eiji didn't cut his hair?

eiji didn't cut his hair because that was the last thing ash touched.
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Does Sing have a crush on Eiji?

If the rest didn't solidify it, then this is where you know that Sing is in love with Eiji. Everything in Banana Fish and everything in GoL has led to this moment of Sing being completely his own person, no longer comparing to Ash.
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