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Banana Fish
Review Date: 04.07.2001
Japanese Title: Banana Fish
English Title: N/A
Author: Yoshida Akimi
Publisher: Shougakukan 1997
Genre: suspense / mafia
Target Age: 15+
Status: ? condensed vols, finished
Vol. 1 ISBN: ISBN4-09-191161-7
Rating: 8/10


MAIN CHARACTERS

Ash Ash
Nicknamed "Ash Lynx", he's been living on the streets and running with a bad crowd since he was small. Hunting down the mystery of "Banana Fish", to avenge his elder brother.
Papa Dino Papa Dino
A ruthless mob boss with a soft spot for Ash; he knows about Banana Fish and aims to destroy his rival mafia organization, of which Ash is the head.
Eiji Eiji
A Japanese man in his twenties, visiting New York as a photographic assistant, he gets involved with the mystery of Banana Fish when he visits Ash's gang's headquarters.


BASIC PLOT
Saigon. 1973. Without warning, an American soldier pulls a gun on his fellow troops and starts shooting. He is snapped; mumbling the same words over and over..... "banana fish". Sometime later, the soldier's brother, a young mafia leader, vows to solve the mystery of "banana fish" and avenge his brother's deterioration.


POINTS OF INTEREST
Set in New York in the 1980s.


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