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In light of the recent stage play clips going around, I'd like to show you this fantastic thred by @ ahsokabro on Twitter
BANANA FISH - The Musical
eiji??? no
⚡ENERGY ⚡
ok ig we're establishing the homosexual vibes early on
Such a cute girl, how can she hurt anyone.
The Banana Fish Stage Play - but featuring the rest of the (side) characters: Ibe, Max, Arthur, Dino, Sing, Yut Lung✨
Don’t they look great?💕
"Sweet Nothing" by Taylor Swift is such an asheiji song I feel soft. I felt the need to share this thought with someone
They said the end is coming Everyone's up to something I find myself running home to your sweet nothings. Outside they're push and shoving You're in the kitchen humming All that you ever wanted from me was Sweet nothing.
As far as the Midnights album goes, I've been a big fan of "Anti-Hero" and "Would've, Could've, Should've", but this one REALLY hits the soft spot that those two don't. Thank you for sharing!! 💗
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
Garden of Light is so weird like imagine you go to visit your uncles friend Eiji’s house because your dad won’t accept your gender Identity but you get kidnapped by this tall dude who is your uncles friend’s friend. And then your uncle’s friend’s best friend’s father figure’s son comes over and he’s all like “yo, remember ash? got any pictures?” and Eiji’s all like “what? Pfft no way” and you’re like “hey let’s go to the library” but that really triggered your uncles friend. So you talk to the tall guy and your like “who the fuck is ash” and then he’s all like “oh yeah that’s somebody Eiji loves but they dead now” so your like “oh ok she seems cute” and he’s like “no you dumb bitch Eiji is gay” and then everyone is crying, a computer is verbally harassed, and you’re like “damn I just wanted to go to the library”
Banana Fish fic recs
It feels like it's been years since I posted one of these; my bad
Almond Milk: Barista Sing falls for a haughty new customer. Rating: General Audiences
Chaos Theory: Ash's posthumous impact on the people who cared about him. Rating: Teen Audiences
Dusk Til Dawn: Howl's Moving Castle AU. Fun Fact: I watched HMC for the first time, just so I could read and understand this fic, and it was worth it. Rating: Teen Audiences
golden fly-boy: Eiji makes it to the Olympics, with Ash by his side. Rating: Teen Audiences
The Hands of a lover, and other synonyms for comfort: Ash may not be able to define his relationship with Eiji, but he knows that it doesn't hurt. Rating: Teen Audiences
If you'll return to my side: After breaking up with Eiji, Ash goes to Max and Jessica for advice. Rating: General Audiences
porgi, amor, qualche ristoro: While enjoying the winter holidays in Izumo, a commercial triggers bad memories for Ash. Rating: Mature (mentions of Ash's past trauma/CSA, description of severe anxiety attack)
Postcards: Ash Lynx is dead; Eiji starts recieving random postcards from him. Rating: Mature (mentions of past abuse/assault, graphic depictions of violence). I highly recommend subscribing to Special Agent Rick Henry, FBI, which is this fic's companion piece, written from Ash's perspective.
The Song of a Dull Knife: a jet-lagged Eiji rushes to visit Ash in the hospital. Rating: Teen Audiences
What Is and What Can Never Be: The only way to save Eiji is for Ash Lynx to die, and Ash knows it. Rating: Teen Audiences (not as sad as it sounds, I swear)
Previous List
Make sure to check all tags before reading these; I try to give summaries so that you know what you're getting into, but double check. And if you can, give a comment/Kudos for any fics you liked. Enjoy!
Bonus: here's some official art to cry over
randomly remembered banana fish s ending and proceeded to cry for 30 mins straight cus why tf not
Bet my fucking ass that almost every bf character had a crush on Eiji at least for a little while
'I feel like the Banana Fish ending was fitting. Ash is inherently a tragic character that was finally able to be released and find the peace he wanted that he couldn't in life- there was no more story for him-' okay but have you considered shutting the fuck up and that him being alive, moving with Eiji to japan, and finally being able to heal would be the better ending? The fitting ending? Because while yes, he is inherently a tragic character, the ending helps push the stigma SA victims cannot or shouldn't heal- whether that was intentional or not. There was so much build up and metaphorical ways of saying that 'yes, he is free from his trauma now, he can heal' Only for him to just die? To not heal? Only to inflict a trauma Eiji can likely never heal from? I get that the show's a tragedy and supposed to be realistic- but think about what you say. There's a lot of people *in* real life in similar situations, who have the chance to heal but don't know if they should. Just because a person, or a situation, is tragic, doesn't mean healing isn't possible
Banana Fish again
bfish dump
ash lynx spent his life under a camera as a victim and it took his broski eiji the photographer to show him that good moments should be captured and he could be comfortable w photos and they could be good things and this was one instance of eiji showing him how to be a kid instead of a victim. in this essay i will--
Top 10 BL Ships Voted by Our Followers
3. AshEiji
shorter wong, self proclaimed photobombing legend
fanart for a show i cannot stop thinking about
INPRNT
Happy Halloween! 🎃
I finally watched Banana Fish recently and drew this through my tears
Banana Fish Christmas?
it's a cruel, cruel summer! 🍌🐟
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there is nothing worse than killing off a highly traumatised character right when they have found their happy ending they had spent so long trying to reach. especially when their death was pointless and out of their control. the cruelest most evil thing i think
Summer of 85
I headcanon that once eiji found that his feelings for ash were mutual he started doing like pretty bad attempts at flirting knowing it makes ash laugh and now i need drabbles of eiji making ash laugh with his awful flirting moves
includes nongraphic nsfw jokes
A good amount of desperation led Eiji to this point.
In his defense, English isn't his first language. Everyone knows that. He's been getting more fluent with the submersion into the language that being in America offers, but there are still certain things—certain nuances—that Eiji doesn't quite understand.
Especially when it comes to pickup lines.
He started off by asking Alex—which, in retrospect, was probably not the best idea. This led to a whole coaching session by the gang, and resulted in Eiji saying, "Ash, since you lost your virginity, do you want to take mine?"
Eiji still gets flustered just thinking about it. But the best part—the part that got Eiji invested in the idea of bad pickup lines in the first place—is that Ash laughed when Eiji said it.
This was pretty shortly after Eiji met the whole gang, and he didn't really understand what he was saying. He knew it had sexual connotations, of course—he knew the word virgin, but at the time he wasn't entirely sure what he had just asked Ash, other than that Alex had insisted on it.
Ash, on the other hand, did understand what Eiji was saying, and seemed to know immediately that the gang was responsible. And he laughed. Didn't take it seriously, leaving Eiji flustered and a million sorts of embarrassed. But he had laughed.
Ever since then, Eiji's been trying to have a repertoire ready of bad pickup lines—never quite as bad as that first one, but just enough to throw off Ash's game and, ideally, make him laugh. He's grown a little bolder since he realized that his feelings toward Ash are reciprocated. Alex assured him early on: If anyone else had tried to pull that shit with him, Boss wouldn't have laughed. And the other guy probably wouldn't have made it out alive.
It took a few months and several conversations with Ash himself before Eiji actually believed it, but now—during these times when he's holed up in the condo with the gang, Eiji discusses whatever pickup line of the day he found online, screening it with them and judging based on their laughter if he's missing on something vital.
"What about this one?" Eiji asks, reading off of one of the many tablets scattered across the room. " 'Can you pass me an inhaler? Because you just took my breath away.' "
Bones snorts. "Corny! I like it. But what about something a little nerdier? 'Feeling thirsty? Because my body is over 50% water.' "
Eiji feels himself flush. "I'm not going to ask if he's thirsty, Bones." That was a mistake Eiji made early on.
"I've got it!" Alex yells. " 'Do you like plums? Then can I offer you a date?' Get it? Because you're fruity."
"Oh my god," Eiji mumbles. "Next!"
Bones tries again. " 'Do you have a name, or can I just call you mine?' "
"He literally has two names, Bones, and I know both of them. No."
Kong starts laughing suddenly, and Eiji perks up. "Got a good one for us?"
Nodding, Kong says between bouts of laughter, " 'Do I ... Do I need a library card, or can I just check you out?' "
... Huh. It really is perfect, in a way. It's the sort that'll make Ash laugh, for sure, and it's got the library in there. "All right, men," Eiji says triumphantly, "I think we have a winner for today."
i'm your venus, i'm your fire, and your desire! 🍌🐟
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Remember when Eiji told Ash he has a little sister? Ash immediately thought she must be adorable. Somehow, it feels like an indirect way of saying that he thinks Eiji is cute. 👀
They're both alive I have proof right here
repose