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Yut-Lung's Mother

**Yut-Lung's mother** is a minor character from Banana Fish who is elaborated on via flashbacks.

She is the mother of Yut-Lung, ex-wife of Lee Hong Lung, and late stepmother of Lee Wang Lung, Lee Hua Lung, and four other stepsons.

## Appearance

Yut-Lung's mother has a striking resemblance to her son. At ten years old, she had black hair tired into two braids with two strands of hair sticking out from the sides and purple eyes with a pale complexion. At this time, she wore a red collared shirt with white pants and brown shoes.

At fifteen, her hair is now in one braid. She wore a light pink-white shirt with a long skirt after she gave birth to her son.

At the time of her death, Yut-Lung's mother donned a light purple dress.

## Personality

Little is known about her personality, but she shows to have a great sense of care towards Yut-Lung, since right before her death, she was reaching out for him while in a headlock.

## History

Yut-Lung's mother was a poor street vendor's daughter who was used as a concubine by Lee Hong-Lung when she was ten years old, and when she was around fifteen, she had given birth to her son Yut-Lung. When Lee Hong-Lung died, Yut-Lung's mother was raped and killed by Yut-Lung's half-brothers when he was six years old. His mother's death leads Yut-Lung to vow revenge toward his brothers, especially Lee Wang-Lung and Lee Hua-Lung.

## Relationships

* **Yut-Lung**: Her son that she had with Lee Hong-Lung. She is shown to love her son and tried to keep him safe even when she herself was being attacked by her stepsons.

* **Lee Hong Lung**: She was taken as his mistress at ten years old and had Yut-Lung with him. Through Yut-Lung, it is said that she was treated quite well by Hong Lung until his passing.

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 08 Banal Story

* Episode 23 For Whom the Bell Tolls

## Trivia

* She was sold/married to Lee Hong Lung at ten and gave birth to Yut-Lung at the age of fifteen.
Gang Member (Two)

This gang member and an accomplice were part of Ash's gang

though was tasked by Golzine to muder a targeted man.

## Profile

### Appearance

This gang member was African American with dark brown hair, eyebrows and light brown eyes. He wore a white beanie hat and a pale green body warmer with pockets on each side over a long sleeved light blue collared shirt. He wore green colored trousers and white shoes.

### Personality

He was willing to follow others orders over his boss, Ash Lynx and go behind his back. He was afraid when he came across Ash but did consider not to answer his questions. He was tearful when being shot at asking to to be killed.

## History

At some point he came to be a part of Ash's gang in New York City.

## Story

This man runs with another gang member behind him as they pursue a man after he had been stabbed. They find him but also Ash Lynx​​​​​​, his gang leader there and is surprised to see him addressing him as boss. He is told to answer him before nervously glancing towards the gang member beside him and see’s him shake his head. He looks fearfully to Ash as he realises he has loaded a gun in his jacket pocket pointed directly at them. Continuing on from what his accomplice was saying he tells Ash that it was Dino who told them to do it. They are all interrupted by police sirens and scatter.

Later, he stands next to his kneeling accomplice against a wall as Ash fires bullets on either side of his head. He is tearful as the bullets nick his left ear and right cheek drawing a faint amount of blood. He is facing Ash with his gun still aimed at him with the rest of his gang all around watching including Alex, Bones, Kong, Arthur and barbie. Uneasy at what is occurring he sweats and shouts that they are truly sorry and falls to his knees and covers his head asking Ash not to kill them as he loads further rounds on his gun. He seizes his chance right away to run as Ash spares them both telling them to get out of his sight.

## Relationships

### Gang Member (One)

They were close enough to carry out an attempted then successful murder together. They decided amongst themselves whether to tell the truth to Ash, of which he looked to this accomplice for the decision.

### Ash Lynx

His gang leader, he was fearful of Ash seeing with the man they were to kill. He was prepared to withold information on him, though the fear would return when being shot at by Ash later. He pleaded with Ash not to kill them and was granted reprieve.

### Dino Golzine

The mafia don who he was working for instead of Ash in this case to murder Golzine's target.

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 01 A Perfect Day for Bananafish

## Quotes

* “It’s Dino, he told us to”
* “We’re truly sorry, Boss. Don’t kill us!”

## Trivia

* The color of his shoes change from white, to dark with a light brown sole within the same scene when Ash is deliberately missing with is bullets.
Volume 02

This is the second volume of the *Banana Fish* manga.

 Synopsis

VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... When Dino arranges Ash's frame-up for the murder of a man he had motive to kill twenty times over, an "accident" behind bars is on the agenda. But in the same prison is Max Lobo, a journalist himself on the trail of the enigma code-named Banana Fish...

## Summary

On the streets of New York City, a charismatic young gang leader named Ash comes into possession of the any sample of a strange substance mysteriously associated with the name “Banana Fish,” and mafia boss Papa Dino Golzine wants it back *yesterday*!

Framed for the murder of the man who forced him to participate in child pornography years ago, Ash awaits trial in a maximum security prosion teeming with Golzine’s henchmen, not to mention other unfriendly–and *too* friendly–gangs of prisoners....

Ash’s self-appointed friends on the NYPD enlist fellow jailbird and Vietnam vet Max Lobo to look out for our hero. But Ash is a confirmed loner who won’t accept help from anyone. Although he seems to have taken quite a shine to young Japanese journalist Eiji....

## Characters

* Ash Lynx
* Skip
* Eiji Okumura
* Shunichi Ibe
* Jenkins
* Frederick Arthur
* Marvin Crosby
* Dino Golzine
* Shorter Wong
* Charlie Dickinson
* Alex
* Bones
* Kong
* Gregory
* Evanstine
* Abraham Dawson
* Max Lobo
* Garvey
* Nadia Wong
* Griffin Callenreese
* Wookie
* Dr. Meredith
* Brandish

## Volume 02 Cover Characters

* Viz Media cover: Ash Lynx
* KSS Comic Novels cover: Eiji Okumura
Shorter Wong/Synopsis

Shorter Wong's perspective in Banana Fish.

## Story

Shorter makes his debut in the main series when he meets with Ash Lynx after his talk with Dino Golzine. Hearing that Ash had encountered Marvin Crosby, Shorter warns his friend about the overweight man having a pension for young teens men that fit Ash's physical traits of blond hair and green eyes. Although Ash doesn't seem to take the warning to heart, Shorter half-heartedly asks his friend not to put him in a position where he'd have to shoot him. Ash joked back that the self-induced stress is the reason Shorter is going bald. When the younger teen rides off, Shorter is amused at the thought of losing his hair.

After Shunichi Ibe and Eiji Okumura arrived and try to interview Ash, Shorter arrives at the bar to warn him about Frederick Arthur launching an attack and tried to prevent him from following after Skip and Eiji as he seems to be aware of the trap. He unfortunately was unable to catch Ash in time which caused Shorter to utilize his gang and Ash's to try to figure out where Arthur had laid his trap while he himself went to figure out if Marvin was involved in any way.
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Willard Evanstine/Synopsis

Willard Evanstine's perspective and actions in the story of Banana Fish.

## Story

Evanstine debuts when Ash is falsely arrested for Marvin Crosby's murder. Despite Ash claiming that he didn't kill Marvin, Evanstine ignored the claim and stated that Ash had plenty of time in which to kill Marvin. When Charlie and Ash point out how quickly Evanstine was able to get involved in the case, he is able to steer the conversation to an evidence bag holding Ash's revolver with the claim that tests are being run to see if ballistics will match.

   Although he wants to interrogate Ash, Jenkins points out that Ash was wounded by Marvin's men and needs medical attention. Unfortunately, Evanstine would use this to fuel his own reasons to need to question Ash. During the interrogation, Evanstine constantly mocks Ash and brings up the abuse he suffered during his childhood, going so far as to play a video of him being assaulted when he was at or a little older than ten years old.

As he points out how the person assaulting Ash is Marvin himself, Evanstine claims that Ash hated Marvin so greatly for harming him that he finally snapped and killed him. Although he succeeds in angering Ash, the teen does not lose control which causes Evanstine to mock Ash and call him a child porn star.

Jenkins promptly ends the interview at the point, calling out Evanstine for taking things too far and sends Ash to be taken to get his wounds treated. As this happens, Evanstine then is seen in an office on a phone call to none other than Dino Golzine. He informs the mob boss that Ash is in police custody but questions what the teen did to cause such a commotion. He is warned not to ask questions before being told that Ash will not be bailed out of custody.
General Hoffman

**General Hoffman** is a General, a character in *Banana Fish*.

## Profile

### Appearance

Hoffman has short grey hair swept back showing his forehead as well as a small eyebrows and eyes. He has a long thick mustache beginning from his nose to the sides of his mouth and a pronounced jawline and chin. For clothing he wears a navy blue suit jacket over a collared white shirt and dark tie.
Prayer X

"**Prayer X**" by King Gnu is the first ending theme song for the *Banana Fish* anime, running from episode one to 13. It ranked on the Oricon Singles Chart for 13 weeks, reaching 31st at its peak on October 1, 2018. The single retails for 1,019 yen.

## Track list

1. Prayer X
2. Prayer X (Acoustic)

## Lyrics (TV Size)

* Kanji
* Rōmaji

出逢いと別れを繰り返す日々の中で

一体全体何を信じればいい

生まれ落ちたその時には泣き喚いていた

奪われないようにくたばらないように生きるのが精一杯で

胸に刺さったナイフを抜けずにいるの

抜いたその瞬間飛沫（しぶき）をあげて涙が噴き出すでしょう

溢れ出した涙のように

ひとときの煌めく命ならば

出逢いと別れを繰り返す日々の中で

一体全体何を信じればいい

Deai to wakare o kurikaesu hibi no naka de

Ittai zentai nani o shinjire ba ī

Umareochita sono toki ni wa nakiwameite ita

Ubawarenai yō ni kutabaranai yō ni ikiru no ga sei ippai de

Mune ni sasatta naifu o nukezu ni iru no

Nuita sono shunkan (shibuki) o agete namida ga fukidasudeshō

Afuredashita namida no yō ni

Hitotoki no kirameku inochi nara ba

Deai to wakare o kurikaesu hibi no naka de

Ittai zentai nani o shinjire ba ī

## Lyrics (Full)

* Kanji
* Rōmaji

溢れ出した涙のように

ひとときの煌めく命ならば

出逢いと別れを繰り返す日々の中で

一体全体何を信じればいい

生まれ落ちたその時には泣き喚いていた

奪われないようにくたばらないように生きるのが精一杯で

胸に刺さったナイフを抜けずにいるの

抜いたその瞬間飛沫（しぶき）をあげて涙が噴き出すでしょう

溢れ出した涙のように

ひとときの煌めく命ならば

出逢いと別れを繰り返す日々の中で

一体全体何を信じればいい

屈託のない笑顔の裏隠していた

生きるための嘘がもはや本当か嘘か分からなくて

自分の居場所でさえも見失ってるの

光に呑まれて光に憧れて今日も空を眺めるのでしょう

この人生に意味があるのなら

教えてよもの儚い日々の中で

痛みや悲しみさえ飲み干した今、僕らは

一体全体何を信じればいい

溢れ出した涙のように

ひとときの煌めく命ならば

出逢いと別れを繰り返す日々の中で

一体全体何を信じればいい

Afuredashita namida no yō ni

Hitotoki no kirameku inochi nara ba

Deai to wakare o kurikaesu hibi no naka de

Ittai zentai nani o shinjire ba ī

Umareochita sono toki ni wa nakiwameite ita

Ubawarenai yō ni kutabaranai yō ni ikiru no ga sei ippai de

Mune ni sasatta naifu o nukezu ni iru no

Nuita sono shunkan (shibuki) o agete namida ga fukidasudeshō

Afuredashita namida no yō ni

Hitotoki no kirameku inochi nara ba

Deai to wakare o kurikaesu hibi no naka de

Ittai zentai nani o shinjire ba ī

Kuttaku no nai egao no ura kakushite ita

Ikiru tame no uso ga mohaya hontō ka uso ka wakaranakute

Jibun no i basho de sae mo miushinatteru no

Hikari ni nomarete hikari ni akogarete kyō mo sora o nagameru no deshō

Kono jinsei ni imi ga aru no nara

Oshiete yomo no hakanai hibi no naka de

Itami ya kanashimi sae nomihoshita ima, bokura wa

Ittai zentai nan o shinjire ba ī

Afuredashita namida no yō ni

Hitotoki no kirameku inochi nara ba

Deai to wakare o kurikaesu hibi no naka de

Ittai zentai nani o shinjire ba ī

## References

1. ↑ https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/656672/products/1293181/1/ Oricon website (Japanese).
Gang Member (One)

This gang member and an accomplice were part of Ash's gang though was tasked by Golzine to murder a targeted man.

## Profile

### Appearance

He had short messy light brown hair with his varied length fringe coming close to his eyebrows in parts. He wore a light blue shirt underneath a dark purple hued jacket with a darker purple collar and ends of his sleeves. It had buttons but he wore the jacket open and there were pockets on wither side. He also had blue trousers and white shoes with laces and cream colored sole with no socks visible.

### Personality

He was willing to follow others orders over his boss, Ash Lynx and go behind his back. He was afraid when he came across Ash but willing to advise his fellow gang member not to answer his questions.

## History

At some point he came to be a part of Ash's gang in New York City.

## Story

He along with another gang member chase after a man after he had been stabbed. He says "this way" as they come across him and keeps his hand in his coat pocket though no weapon is seen. He is surprised to see and is asked by Ash who is also present what the heck is going on. When told to answer he exchanges a nervous side glance with the gang member with him and shakes his head not to reply. His attention turns back to Ash as he hears him cock a gun in his jacket pocket and tells him to wait, don’t shoot. When his accomplice tells him Dino told them to do it, they all scatter as police sirens are heard.

The next day he is next seen kneeling against a wall as Ash fires warning shots on either side of his accomplices head, missing on purpose. He is sweaty in apprehension but can only stare open mouthed as his accomplice does the talking to Ash, and many other gang members including Alex and Bones. Though the action was viewed as a betrayal, and that he was involved with the murder of someone his life is nevertheless spared.

## Relationships

### Gang Member (Two)

They were close enough to carry out an attempted then successful murder together. They decided amongst themselves whether to tell the truth to Ash, of which he at first advised he should not.

### Ash Lynx

His gang leader, he was fearful of Ash seeing with the man they were to kill. He was prepared to withold information on him, though the fear would return when being shot at by Ash later.

### Dino Golzine

The mafia don who he was working for instead of Ash in this case to murder Golzine's target.

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 01 A Perfect Day for Bananafish
New York Public Library

The New York Public Library.

## Appearance

The library is a grand building that is well kept. Outside the main entrance are two lion statues.

## Plot

The library is one of several re-visited locations to Ash and several others. Being a library, it houses countless books and several computers that are used to research the chemical compounds and ingredients of Banana Fish.

At the end of the main story line, it is where Ash chooses to spend his final moments of his life.
Mannerheim

**Mannerheim** was the director of a federal mental health facility secretly funded by the Union Corse, who experiments on violent criminals to observe the effects of the Banana Fish drug in the *Banana Fish* series.

## Appearance

He has light brown hair with his forehead visible and a same-colored mustache.

## Personality

He displayed fear when captured by Ash and called to Colonel Fox, to little avail, to help him.

## Relationships

### Eduardo L. Fox

With Golzine captured he comes to follow Fox's commands and complies with them to gather as many samples of Banana Fish as he can. Mannerheim is given his own armed escort to an escape helicopter under Fox's orders when Ash escapes. When captured by Ash, though Mannerheim calls to Fox for help he is shot dead by him despite his usefulness to the mercenary.

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 14 Tender is the Night
* Episode 15 The Garden of Eden
* Episode 16 Lo, The Poor Peacock
* Episode 22 As I Lay Dying
* Episode 23 For Whom the Bell Tolls
* Episode 24 The Catcher in the Rye

## Trivia

* In the chart of the correlation of Banana Fish's characters Dr. Mannerheim's chart as in the same case with Ash Lynx but unlike him, his chart being colorful (to mean alive) for the first post despite the fact that he was shot by Eduardo L. Fox. Until the decision was made of changing Ash's chart to be colored, Dr. Mannerheim's turns to be grayscale for the first step of changing the chart which means he died.
Makoto Furukawa

**Makoto Furukawa** (古川 慎, *Furukawa Makoto*), born September 29, 1989, is a Japanese voice actor and voice of Shorter Wong in the *BANANA FISH* anime. Previously affiliated with Space Craft Entertainment, he became a freelancer in September 2018. His most notable role is in the anime *One-Punch Man* as the main character, Saitama. He made his solo singing debut under Lantis in July 2018 with the song "miserable masquerade," produced by Satoru Kuwabara. As of December 2018, he had joined the record label, Toy's Factory, as a voice actor.
Volume 06

This is the sixth volume of the *Banana Fish* manga.

 Synopsis

**GANGS OF NEW YORK...**

1980s New York: Corsican Mafioso Dino Golzine took in runaway Ash Lynx as a boy, forcing him into prostitution even while grooming him as his heir. Ash rebelled, gathering a gang around his personal charisma and deadly skills. Their truce shattered over Dino’s plot to exploit a nightmarish drug–code-named “Banana Fish”–that drove Ash’s late brother mad in Vietnam.

Now Ash, together with reporter Max Lobo, Japanese photographer Ibe, and Dr. Alexis Dawson–who with his brother Abraham created Banana Fish–have been delivered to Dino by his dubious partners, the Chinese Lee syndicate. Ash’s old rival, the sadistic Arthur, is now Dino’s right-hand thug; while Ash’s comrade, gangster Shorter Wong, was first blackmailed into betraying him and now has been brainwashed by Abraham’s injection of Banana fish into having a homicidal fear of Ibe’s ward and Ash’s close friend, young Eiji. For his amusement and to demonstrate the drug’s power to a shadowy cabal, Dino wishes Shorter to mutilate Eiji before Ash’s eyes. Only two factors remain outside Dino’s control: Yut-Lung, the Lee brother seeks a personal revenge against his own family, and the ruffians of Shorter and Ash’s old gangs....

## Summary

In the basement of respectable businessman Dino Golzine’s New Jersey mansion is a private execution chamber better suited to Dino’s private identity–as one of the five biggest mob bosses on the East Coast, and leader of the committee that runs the Union Corse. Gathered in this chamber to do work are Arthur, the man who replaced the rebellious Ash Lynx as Dino’s heir, and Dr. Abraham Dawson, who together with his older brother Alexis stumbled upon “Banana Fish” in college. Here to be worked upon are the captured Ash, Max, Ibe, and Eiji. And the working itself will be done through Shorter Wong, shot full of Banana Fish–which puts its victims into a mental hell they believe can only end then they carry out a specific command. In Shorter’s case the command is to gut and dismember Eiji with his knife. Watching with interest through TV cameras are Dino and his guests: an U.S. Senator and a high-ranking Army general. They believe Banana Fish may have great potential...
Los Angeles

Los Angeles officially the **City of Los Angeles** and known colloquially by its initials **L.A.**, is the most-populous city in California. It is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City, and the largest and most populous city in the Western United States. With an estimated population of four million, Los Angeles is the cultural, financial, and commercial center of Southern California. Nicknamed the "City of Angels" partly because of its name's Spanish meaning, Los Angeles is known for its Mediterranean climate, ethnic diversity, Hollywood and the entertainment industry, and sprawling metropolis.

Los Angeles is located in a large basin bounded by the Pacific Ocean on one side and by mountains as high as 10,000 feet (3,000 m) on the others. The city proper, which covers about 469 square miles (1,210 km2), is the seat of Los Angeles County, the most populated county in the country. Los Angeles is the principal city of the Los Angeles metropolitan area; with a population of 13.1 million residents it is the second largest in the United States after that of New York City. It is part of the Los Angeles-Long Beach combined statistical area, also the second most populous in the nation with a 2015 estimated population of 18.7 million.

Los Angeles is the location of Jessica Randy and Dawson Brothers' hometown.

## References

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los\_Angeles
MAPPA Showcase 10th Anniversary

The **MAPPA Showcase 10th Anniversary** was an exhibition celebrating ten years of animation by studio MAPPA, creators of the 2018 *Banana Fish* anime. The event showcased the studio's works from 2012 to the present, organizing them by emotional and interpersonal themes in their stories.

## Venue

The seven-week-long showcase ran in the Tokyo Anime Center in DNP Plaza, Shibuya, from September to November 2021. Tickets were 1,500 yen apiece, and ticketholders were given a postcard of their choice featuring the main character of one of MAPPA's 31 series. At the showcase entrance was a timeline of the studio's works from 2012 to 2021, and at the exit was a pop-up shop exclusively for attendees, with a second, slightly smaller pop-up shop open to the public outside of the exhibit.

## Zone 1: Encounter

The exhibit's introductory zone was dedicated to first meetings and showcased seven different series, including *Banana Fish*. Original linework of Ash Lynx and Eiji Okumura's first encounter was shown next to the final animation visuals.

## Zone 2: Slice of Life

The second zone showed scenes from five series dedicated to the characters' daily lives, including *In This Corner of the World*, *Jujutsu Kaisen*, *Dorohedoro*, *Uchitama?!*, and *The Ideten Dieties Know Only Peace*.

## Zone 3: Breakdown and Sorrow

The third zone highlighted the animation process of emotional breakdowns from four series, including *Zombie Land Saga: Revenge*, *In This Corner of the World*, *Attack on Titan: The Final Season*, and *To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts*.

## Zone 4: Confrontation and Anger

Zone four showcased scenes of rage and battle from the anime *Dororo* and *Jujutsu Kaisen*.

## Zone 5: Inspiration and Unite

Zone five, "Inspiration and Unite" *[sic]* was dedicated to scenes of unity and encouragement from eleven of studio MAPPA's animated series.

## Zone 6: Hope and Happiness

The sixth zone showcased scenes of joy, hope, and excitement from eight works, including the final scene of the final episode of *Banana Fish*. Original sketches of the scene were displayed of Ash Lynx both outside and inside the library and Eiji Okumura on the plane next to final animation visuals, while a TV screen played the final minutes of the show on repeat.

## Zone 7: Gratitude

The final zone was a thank you message from studio MAPPA. A wall covered in images of the protagonists of each of their works illustrated their gratitude for a decade of support. Next to this wall were photospots for *Zombie Land Saga: Revenge* and *Attack on Titan: The Final Season*. At the end of the exhibit were sketches by animators with messages of congratulations and gratitude and four theatrical posters for upcoming works, including *Chainsaw Man*.

## Gallery

Promotional poster*Banana Fish* clear file featuring Ash Lynx*Banana Fish* can badge featuring Ash Lynx*Banana Fish* postcard featuring Ash Lynx, one of 31 entry bonus options
Wookie

**Wookie** is a member of Dino Golzine's gang, where he worked closely with Frederick Arthur against Ash Lynx and his gang.

## Appearance

Wookie has short reddish hair. He wears a black hat, orange-tinted shades, and a sleeveless pink vest with a white hood.

## Personality

He is supportive to those he is close to, such as Arthur. Willing to kidnap as part of their plans against Ash, Wookie also carries out his orders without question. He takes the time to think things through even if not fully understanding them.

## History

At some point he came to be in contact with Ash and his gang, before tilting towards Arthur and his side.

## Story

Wookie stands to the left of Arthur, among many other of Ash’s gang members as they observe him shoot at two gang members who carried out Golzine’s orders to murder a man.

After Ash leaves, Wookie moves closer to Arthur as he asks him if he thinks Ash is onto something. He thinks nothing of it, that Ash could not even hit them at that range, before being informed by Arthur that he missed them on purpose.

Appearing perplexed, Wookie follows Arthur as he explains Ash’s skill and that one must play dirty if you want to beat him. Wookie is startled when it dawns on him that Arthur intends to follow through with a pre-formed plan.

## Relationships

### Frederick Arthur

He throws in with Arthur over Ash as gang leader of choice and is loyal to him. Taking part in the kidnap of Skip and Eiji, Wookie successfully brings them both to Arthur.

### Ash Lynx

A gang leader he plots against with Arthur, Wookie reduces him as a threat in his mind believing that Ash's shooting skills are not that good, unaware at first that Ash missed his targets on purpose. Wookie continues to act against him alongside Arthur as their gang pushes for control.

### Skip

Wookie is responsible for kidnapping Skip, of which he does so seeing him as a weak point for Ash. He knew Skip well enough to know his escape routes.

## Etymology

* "Wookie" is a name to refer to a species of creature in the Star Wars universe, of which Chewbacca is the most well known one.

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 01 Episode 01 A Perfect Day for Bananafish
* Episode 04 This Side of Paradise
* Episode 11 The Beautiful and Damned
* Episode 13 The Snows of Kilamanjaro (Arthur's flashback)

## References

1. ↑ Banana Fish Anime: Episode 01 A Perfect Day for Bananafish
Green Hill Diner

* Anime
* Manga

A small diner owned and operated by Jim Callenreese.

## Appearance

The diner is a simple building closely resembling a house. The dining area is relatively spacious and can host a decent number of people.

The manga shows the building to be a single story while the anime added a second floor to possibly serve as a housing area.

## Plot

The building serves as a place of business for Jim Callenreese and Jennifer. It was where Ash and the men met with the couple when arriving in town and where Jennifer and some of Golzine's men were killed when the men were searching for Ash.
Shao Ti

**Shao Ti** is one of Sing's gang members in *Banana Fish* along with John Lee, he was killed by Ash Lynx for shooting Eiji Okumura.

## Profile

### Appearance

Shao Ti has short shaggy dark brown hair with brown eyes and wears a white shirt.

## Story

Attending a meeting with Yut-Lung, Shao agrees to carry out his orders of targeting Eiji. He and an accomplice find Ash at an apartment where they open fire on Ash and Eiji endures the bullet in his place. For hurting Eiji he is fired upon and killed by Ash.

## Relationships

### Yut-Lung

He worked for Yut-Lung in order to kill Eiji Okumura.
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* Anime ed.
* Regular ed.

"**RED**" by Survive Said The Prophet is the second ending theme song of the *Banana Fish* anime, running from episode 14 to 24. The limited edition anime version of the single includes both a CD and DVD as well as digipak artwork of Ash Lynx in a rye field and retails for 1,760 yen. First edition copies of the single included a limited release sticker. The regular version of the single included a special sleeve and bonus sticker for a limited time, does not include a DVD, and retails for 1,100 yen.

## Track list

### CD

1. RED
2. found & lost
3. RED -Instrumental-

### DVD

1. found & lost creditless music video
2. RED creditless music video

## English translation

In spite of how the world decides to see my life

Would I still have the chance for us to say good bye

Over and over again

If I decide to burn instead of fading out

I still would like a chance for us to say good bye

Over and over again

If we can be found, we sure can get lost

Through all the madness of falling in love

If we're truly lost, I don't want to be found here dying alone

The stain of red that colors the pavement

painted with blood of somebody you love

Is this the sacrifice for the broken

losing the purest of what's in my heart
Jim Callenreese

* Anime
* Manga

**James 'Jim' Callenreese** is the father of Griffin Callenreese and Ash Lynx.

He is the former husband/lover to Mrs. Audrey Callenreese and an unnamed woman in Banana Fish. He is the current husband to Jennifer.

He owns the Green Hill Diner.

## Appearance

Jim bears a striking resemblance to both his sons, Griffin and Aslan. He has a slightly heavy build with greyish hair and a beard. He is often seen with a look of annoyance or anger.

## Personality

Jim first appears as a cold and stoic man, who treats others rudely, even his son Ash Lynx. He is grumpy and gruff, but later on it is revealed to only be a façade-probably a result of being left alone by his family members due to his actions and the guilt he bears for them, especially what happened to Ash when he was a child-and that deep down he cares for his loved ones.

## Relationships

* **Ash Lynx**: Even though it seems like Jim cares very little about his son, in reality he loves him deeply and he's happy to see him again -- something confirmed by Jennifer, too. Their relationship appears to be strained, probably after all the events the family had to face (like the departure of Ash's teen mother after giving birth, Ash's rape by the baseball coach, Griffin's case and Ash's run away, etc.). Nevertheless, Jim is proud of his son for being able to fight a mafia don and gives him his blessing so he can take him down. He even helps Ash out by faking a robbery and erasing Ash's fingerprints after some of Dino's henchmen attacked the diner so that the police wouldn't follow his son and his friends. While he may not be considered as the typical father figure, Jim cares for his son in his own way. Ash too cares about his father, as he showed concern when he was shot and was when the group left for Los Angeles.

* **Griffin Callenreese**: Jim's oldest son. There is not much revealed about their relationship, but Jim appeared to have cared about Griffin very much as he was shown to be disturbed at hearing of his death.

## Trivia

* According to Ash in Private Opinion, Jim is the second generation of Irish immigrant.

* After getting no help from the police when Ash was assaulted the first time, Jim continued to allow for it to happen, telling his son "That if some asshole tries the same thing, just shut up and let him. But make him pay for it."

* Jim is possibly a nickname as Jennifer often addresses him as James.

* Jim is confirmed to have had three wives in the series:
	+ Griffin's mother
	+ Ash's mother
	+ Jennifer
John Lee

**John Lee** is a member in Sing's gang in *Banana Fish*, along with Shao Ti, he was killed by Ash Lynx for shooting Eiji Okumura.

## Profile

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## Appearance

John Lee has shaggy brown hair and a buzz cut running down the side and back of his head. He has brown eyes and wears a green shirt.

## Relationships

### Yut-Lung

Worked for Yut-Lung in order to kill Eiji Okumura.
Hiroaki Hirata

**Hiroaki Hirata** is a Japanese voice actor and the voice of Max Lobo in the *BANANA FISH* anime.

## Profile

**Hiroaki Hirata** (平田 広明 *Hirata Hiroaki*, born August 7, 1963) is a Japanese voice actor from Tokyo and the founder of Hirata Production.

He is most known for the roles of Sanji (*One Piece*), Sha Gojyo (*Saiyuki*), Kotetsu T. Kaburagi (*Tiger & Bunny*), Mutta Nanba (*Space Brothers*) and the Narrator of *Digimon Adventure*. He is also the official Japanese dub-over artist forJohnny Depp and most recently voice acting as Mr. Kondo from the anime *After the Rain*.

He won the award for Best Actor in a leading role at the 6th Seiyu Awards for his work on *Air Gear*, *One Piece* and *Tiger & Bunny*.
Volume 19

This is the nineteenth volume of the *Banana Fish* manga.

## Summary

Volume 19 of BANANA FISH contains the conclusion of Banana Fish with Ash reading a letter from Eiji, Ash's fate as Eiji leaves for Japan, Angel Eyes, the story of how Ash met Shorter and the Garden of Light epilogue set 7 years from the conclusion of Banana Fish.

You can read it Here:https://mangapark.net/manga/banana-fish-akimi-yoshida/i1387385
Frankie

**Frankie** is one of the prisoners in juvenile detention in Angel Eyes.

## Appearance

He is bald and has his small amounts of facial hair including his eyebrows and mustache trimmed. Frankie is seen wearing a tank top.

## Personality

Frankie appears to be the stereotypical hoodlum and hired hand. He shows no hesitation in doing what he needs to in order to get the job done.

## Story

In the side chapter Angel Eyes, Frankie appeared to be interested in fourteen year old Ash Lynx and is the main rival of fellow inmate Ricardo. Throughout the chapter, Frankie tried to get close to Ash under seemingly sexual intentions but was eventually held at knife point by Ash to tell the truth.

Under threat of mutilation, Frankie confesses that Ash's rival, Arthur, had promised him his own turf if he managed to kill Ash while they were incarcerated. It was only thanks to having this information and Shorter that Ash did not kill Frankie.
Lee Hua Lung

**Lee Hua Lung** is one of the Lee brothers who oversee the Chinese mafia's foothold in the United States in **Banana Fish**.

## Appearance

Lee has short brown hair and same-colored eyebrows. He wears formal attire including a shirt, dark yellow tie and a blue suit jacket with four navy blue buttons.

## Personality

Like most of his brothers, he is fairly sadistic and takes pleasure in making those whom he sees as weak or problematic suffer. He does show some incestual traits as he's made comments about being attracted to his younger half-brother.

## History

He is the fifth son of the Lee clan. Prior to the main story, he and his brothers were the children of the most powerful mob boss in Hong Kong but felt their power was possibly threatened when their father married Yut-Lung's mother when she was still a child and they had Yut-Lung a few years later. Almost right after their father died, Lee Hau restrained a young Yut-Lung as the rest of their brothers sexually assaulted and murdered her.

## Story

For most of his appearances, Lee Hua mostly strengthens the business relationship between his clan and Dino Golzine. Not long after Shorter Wong's death, Lee Hua was given the Banana Fish injection that left him in a state similar to Griffin Callenreese and left at the mercy of Yut-Lung.

## Relationships

* **Yut-Lung**: His youngest brother. Similar to his older brothers, Lee Hua often uses Yut-Lung whenever he needs him and in whatever manner he wishes. Despite their blood relation, Lee Hua has made comments about Yut-Lung's appearance, hinting at a possible romantic interest.

* **Lee Wang Lung**: His eldest brother, whom he appears to obey fully to the point he aided his brother in assaulting and murdering Yut-Lung's mother and keeping Yut-Lung on their side.

* **Yut-Lung's Mother**: Like his older brothers, Lee Hua did not like her as he and the others were terrified their stepmother would potentially gain their father's power and estate upon his death. They waited until their father had passed to do away with her.

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 07 The Rich Boy

* Episode 08 Banal Story

* Episode 09 Save Me The Waltz

* Episode 12 To Have and Have Not

* Episode 14 Tender is the Night

* Episode 15 The Garden of Eden

* Episode 17 The Killers
Fly Boy in the Sky

*Fly Boy in the Sky* is a side story occuring before the events of Banana Fish. *Fly Boy in the Sky* tells the story of how Shunichi Ibe and Eiji Okumura met. This story focuses on Ibe's point of view about Eiji when he was young.

## Story

During a high jump competition, Eiji attempts and fails a complicated jump. Ibe, watching a televised broadcast, is impressed by the performance but notices that Eiji appears to be depressed. Ibe seeks out Eiji to interview him, and to photograph his jumps for an exhibit.

During the interview, Eiji opens up about how he has fallen into a professional slump. When Ibe asks Eiji about why he looks sad when he competes, he responds that it is because he feels nothing when he jumps. Upon viewing the photos Ibe has taken of Eiji's jump, both men observe that what Eiji is really feeling is a sense of weightlessness; Ibe remarks that the bliss on Eiji's face looks like a "home run ball up in the sky."

## Image Gallery

Main Article: Fly Boy in the Sky/Image Gallery

## Trivia

* *Fly Boy in the Sky* originally published in 1984 — a year before *Banana Fish* was first published
* *Fly Boy in the Sky* has been includes in the Yoshida's compilation book "吉田秋生The Best Selection (フラワーコミックス)"

## References

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana\_Fish
* https://yoru-no-gaspard.tumblr.com (picture)
Nadia Wong

**Nadia Wong** is Shorter Wong's older sister and a manager of Chang Dai restaurant.

## Appearance

Nadia has short cropped dark hair that gives her an almost male like appearance, thin eyebrows, and light brown eyes. She is seen wearing a white top and a pair of white earrings.

## Personality

Nadia is calm and collected, acting none the wiser that something was amiss in keeping with Shorter disguising himself when he knew Eiji was being followed. She has shown to have a somewhat romantic relationship with the detective, Charlie, after he comforts her when Shorter is confirmed to be dead.

## History

Nadia works at the Chang Dai Restaurant and is the sole guardian of Shorter Wong after their parents had died.

## Story

*Main Article:* *Nadia Wong/Synopsis*

Nadia works at Chang Dai restaurant. She directs Eiji Okumura to a table when he visits the restaurant looking for Shorter.

## Relationships

* **Shorter Wong**: She is close to her brother, who defends her from threats. Though not seen interacting, they managed the Chang Dai restaurant together and she is aware of Shorter's disguised appearance during Eiji's visit.

* **Charlie Dickinson**: She and Charlie are known to be dating and seem quite committed to one another.

* **Ash Lynx**: She views Ash as another brother. During the rescue of Sing Soo-Ling's set, Ash cuts through the Chang Dai restaurant, promising Nadia that he'll tell her what happened to Shorter. She tells Ash "...Shorter... he really loved you." and in response Ash kisses her on the cheek.

* **Sing Soo-Ling**: Sing Soo-Ling is Nadia's cousin. In the manga, she is shown saying to Ash to not let Sing get hurt like Shorter did, indicating she really cares for Sing.

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 03

* Episode 04 This Side of Paradise

* Episode 05 From Death to Morning

## Image Gallery

*Main Article:* *Nadia Wong/Image Gallery*
Max Lobo/Synopsis

Max Lobo's actions and perspectives during the events of the Banana Fish story.

## Story

Max is stationed in Iraq, at night he stands within a bombed building beside a make shift campfire with fellow soldiers singing “Oh, my darling Clementine”. With flashes in the distance he calmly remarks to the others that there is bombing occurring again, he replies to a fellow solider he can’t wait to get back to the States.

He listens to soldiers discuss the fate of a man called Billy who died from the effects of a drug before interrupting the conversation to ask where Griffin is, and turns as he himself arrives in a doorway. Max tells tells him not to scare him, and that was one long piss. Griffin says nothing and the soldiers continue to discuss leaving in three days as Max refocuses on Griffin, he asks him what’s wrong. Max gasps as he realises that Griffin has picked up one of the guns and at once begins gunning down everyone around him. He calls out to Griffin and has to be restrained by one of the men as he intended to run towards Griffin firing all around. Max takes a moment to see Griffin as he continues firing, before looking to a hand gun then aiming at Griffin then shooting him in the thigh.

He approaches Griffin and stops the remaining soldier, Max knows that something is wrong. He kneels down to Griffins eye level and asks him if he knows who he is, that it’s Max, his buddy. He is further confused to hear Griffin only able to faintly utter the words “Banana Fish”.

## References

1. ↑ Episode 01 A Perfect Day for Bananafish
Shunichi Ibe/Synopsis

## Story

Ibe calls to Eiji to remind him it is time to board the plane from Japan to New York. He brings Eiji with him to document street gangs.

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 01 A Perfect Day for Bananafish
* Episode 02 In Another Country
* Episode 03 Across the River and into the Trees

* Episode 04 This Side of Paradise
* Episode 05 From Death to Morning
* Episode 06 My Lost City
* Episode 07 The Rich Boy
* Episode 08 Banal Story
* Episode 09 Save Me The Waltz
* Episode 10 Babylon Revisited
* Episode 11 The Beautiful and Damned
* Episode 12 To Have and Have Not
* Episode 13 The Snows of Kilamanjaro
* Episode 14 Tender is the Night
* Episode 15 The Garden of Eden
* Episode 16 Lo, The Poor Peacock
* Episode 17 The Killers
* Episode 18 Islands in the Stream
* Episode 20 The Unvanquished
* Episode 23 For Whom The Bell Tolls
Izumo

Izumo is the city of Shimane Prefecture, Japan . Izumo is Eiji's hometown. Even Eiji asks Ash to join him to Izumo to make Ash live in peace without gun .

Eiji when lives in Izumo also being told in the side story *Fly Boy in the Sky*.

## References

* Wikipedia
* Episode 19
* Episode 22

## Navigation

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2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Episode 19 Cite error: Invalid `<ref>` tag; name ":1" defined multiple times with different content
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Episode 22
Stephen Thompson

* Anime
* Manga

**Stephen Thompson** is a character that kickstarts the main events of the Banana Fish story by stealing the deadly narcotic and passing it to Ash Lynx.

## Appearance

An early photo shows him with somewhat copper colored hair. He kept it the same short length years later with his fringe covering the right part of his forehead in the anime as opposed to it being the opposite in the manga. He was seen wearing suits, collared shirts and ties.

## Personality

He was inquisitive wanting to learn more about Banana Fish. Mortally wounded, he focused on passing what he had gained to anyone he could.

## History

He was the military intelligence officer at Baghdad from 2005-2007. At the time it was unclear to him if Banana Fish was the name for a person or an organization. He did learn that it was connected with a certain drug trafficking route.

Max Lobo reports in a newspaper column that Stephen worked as a L.A insurance investigator.

## Story

After being in the military he became a freelance writer where one article read by Max Lobo noted that all rumors of Banana Fish stopped after 2007, as to why it was not in the public consciousness. He resumed progress after gaining a lead this year in Los Angeles.

Stealing the only complete sample of Banana Fish as noted by Abraham Dawson, he was targeted by Golzine who sent two of Ash’s gang members to murder him. He is wounded by one and is in one of New Yorks alleyways when he falls to the ground and comes across street gang leader Ash Lynx. He asks Ash to help him, before telling him to take something along with providing an address: 42 Westwood, Los Angeles. He faintly says one last thing to Ash before passing away from his injuries.

What he said is remembered by Ash when he sees his brother Griffin, with him also having mentioned the phrase “Banana Fish”.

Details of his backgrounds are provided when Ash is imprisoned. Max was planning to meet Stephen once he got out of prison, having read the article he wrote on Banana Fish. Ash puts this plan to rest saying he died in front of his eyes and must have gotten too close without realizing it.

## Relationships

* **Ash Lynx**: Coming across Ash by chance, Stephen requests help from him after being stabbed. He transfers the complete sample of Banana Fish to him as well as providing a lead in the form of an address.

* **Dino Golzine** Though not seen interacting, he was targeted for death by the mob boss for taking the Banana Fish sample. Due to having been able to get that close to the deadly narcotic indicates Stephen may have been a person close to Dino.

## Episode Appearances

* Episode 01 A Perfect Day for Bananafish

* Episode 03 Across the River and into the Trees (Flashback only)

## Quotes

* (To Ash Lynx setting the entire plot in motion) "Take this."

## Trivia

* His actions draw Ash into the Banana Fish plot that Golzine is a part of.

## References

1. ↑ Episode 01 A Perfect Day for Bananafish
2. ↑ Episode 03 Across the River and into the Trees
Ricardo

**Ricardo** is one of the prisoners in the special chapter Angel Eyes.

## Appearance

A tall but lean person, Ricardo gives off a somewhat intimidating presence and looks a little older than he actually is. He has dark hair he keeps styled like a mohawk with a small ponytail and a thin mustache.

## Personality

Ricardo appears to be a man who takes what he wants when he wants unless someone or something prevents that from happening. Although not completely certain, he appears to have an interest in men.

## Plot

Ricardo makes his appearance a week after Ash is first admitted to juvenal hall. He tries to flirt with the fourteen year old Ash but Shorter and another rival, Frankie, were able to prevent anything from taking place.

Not long after this interaction, Ricardo and Frankie were caught fighting one another for the right to claim Ash when Shorter tried to stop the fight. Ricardo lost the fight but witnessed Ash nearly kill Frankie with a pool cue. A while later, Ricardo was seen talking with Ash by Shorter. This was later revealed to be part of a scheme by Ash to judge Frankie's reaction if he truly interested in owning Ash.

He is not seen for the remainder of the chapter.