I Finally Watched Banana Fish Recently And Drew This Through My Tears

banana fish to help me get back into drawing more

the banana fish fandom NEEDS to pay attention to this man more LORD i love u cain

Here’s another art drawn by Banana Fish (supervising) anime director Ayumi Yamada✨

This time, she drew Eiji. He looks so adorable🥺

It’s great that she keeps blessing us with so many amazing Banana Fish artworks these last few months!

Please follow her on Blue Sky to support her.

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me: y'all really be getting on my nerves banana fish fandom why you gotta hurt me like this i did not consent-

also me: looks up banana fish and ugly cries to every fanfic, fanart and every single scene known to man in both manga and anime

why is guilt such a leading theme and motivation in banana fish. omg

- max’s guilt for shooting griffin that leads him to research banana fish for 10 years and go to that whole adventure

- ash’s guilt for killing people (mostly shorter; ash and shorter are a clear parallel to max and griffin), putting eiji in danger, being unable to protect his friends

- shorter’s guilt for having to betray his friends

- eiji’s guilt for… well, everything, mostly getting in the way and doing stupid things and also a good bunch of stuff he isn’t responsible for  (he tends to blame himself a lot)

- sing’s guilt for not being a good enough boss, also for ash’s death in “garden of light“

- ibe’s guilt for taking eiji to the usa in the first place

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just rewatched banana fish and i still can’t get over that ending. i remember the first time i finished it i was just sitting there totally wrecked. then i looked up the second ending song and once the lyrics clicked i straight-up started ugly crying...

🍌🐟 wip! What should I do for the background?

Eiji lost his found family as quickly as he found it.

Goodnight.

happy halloween to my beloved blorbos!!!