Banana Fish Episode 22 Discussion

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Jan 14, 2021 9:57 PM

#101

HagePotPotato

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Eiji dying would be the best thing to happen to this show in the last 10+ episodes.

That said, I doubt he dies, and therefore, the show won't be saved.

Feb 8, 2021 8:20 PM

#102

VirginAmirul

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eiji is not dead i hope, he's one of the best characters in this series.

Apr 6, 2021 2:02 PM

#103

selenia13

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Mar 2021

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Wow, I did not expect Eiji to get shot hopefully he doesn't die.

Apr 11, 2021 8:58 AM

#104

CalmTeaTime

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I'll never get tired of the old trick where you use a lit cigarette to get yourself out of a bind, it's a classic blunder.

To think that Yut-Lung would finally give in to Blanca's desire to go out and protect Ash/Eiji, but it was too late. Damn you, Yut-Lung.

Yep, that ending was painful. I was anticipating it the whole time, and the relentless feeling of anxiety and dread that comes with it.

The amount of pain you can hear in Ash's voice at the end and the way he just mercilessly kills the assassins and pumps their bodies full of bullets really adds to the rage of it all.

Even though I read the manga. Im still not ready for the next episode.

CalmTeaTimeJan 9, 2022 10:43 AM

Jun 16, 2021 8:43 AM

#105

kur0ba

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Ash can’t even catch a break, he can’t fucking even get 5mins of happiness or normalcy. Fuck this. WHY?????????

Fucking Yut Lung, y u so obsessed. Get a hobby!

I know

but this is so frustrating. It’s outright tragic. In an AU, Ash and Eiji leave for Japan & live in Izumo peacefully. He deserves at least that.

ꕤ but i’ll probably remember over and over again
you were there and everyone else was there
— the day we all searched for just one thing ꕤ

Jul 3, 2021 11:57 AM

#106

cornonacob

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The amount of times Ash gets raped or rape is mentioned in this show is pretty traumatizing. I'm glad the show doesn't treat it so light-heartedly but it's just so hard to watch it...

desu desu binches

Jul 24, 2021 1:41 AM

#107

Marureviere

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I'm fucking shaking. Oh my god, that end tho. I didn't read the manga so I was not expecting that. Ash was pretty shaken up too.

Also, fuck Yut Lung. Sing is way better than him.

Aug 18, 2021 7:04 PM

#108

Kitsu_K

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I had to stop cause honestly was too much for me, I was criying my ass off after this episode

Nov 19, 2021 3:02 PM

#109

_Rip_Kissanime_

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Aug 2020

This was the saddest episode so far :(

Dec 18, 2021 9:55 AM

#110

Nurularifin

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Nov 2020

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what makes this more painful is that Ash was saying “sayonara” (goodbye) and then eiji got shot...

Nov 22, 2022 9:18 AM

#111

davidyodo24

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kinda weird they speak japanese in the Anime yet learning about japanese words.

NOOOO EIJI!!!

for real?

fck that bitch Yut Lung.

Dec 2, 2022 6:31 AM

#112

EhNanana

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Apr 2022

The ending was really unexpected.

Dec 22, 2022 2:15 PM

#113

Elnnae

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NO. IM GOING TO CRY. PLS.

Feb 10, 2023 3:23 PM

#114

BetaMaleUltra

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Mar 2020

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HOLY FUCK

"Say-on-ar-a?"

"Say-on-ar-a."

Most who watch Banana Fish now more or less probably have some knowledge that this was eventually going to play with their emotions towards the end (other than episode 9, which was of course gut-wrenching in its own right), someone was bound to die. But I was expecting such an event to occur in the final episode, or maybe the 2nd-to-last episode. I was not expecting it to happen now... and that makes it all hit even harder. Maybe I should've see it coming when they showed the credits on screen without playing the ED, just yet. Or maybe when out of nowhere, Eiji starts teaching Ash some Japanese and they share another, one last, moment together. Yeah the second that Eiji said "let's go to Japan together", everyone should probably know, that that's probably not happening.

Ash is now freed from what was both his weakness and his strength. He's been called a lynx, a leopard, a wild beast, but now will we see him truly leave every shred of humanity left within him, his heart and soul that was brought to the surface for a brief moment in time by Eiji? And is it Yut-Lung who becomes the sole target of his revenge? Because now that the one person he truly cared about is gone, Ash is probably going to put Banana Fish and Cape Cod and everything involving Papa Dino on the back-burner for now. I can't imagine anything else being on his mind right now other than taking the life of the person who took the life of the one who gave life to him.

It's unfortunate that when it really matters, the bad guys lose their storm trooper aim.

NYANPASU

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Feb 27, 2023 2:11 AM

#115

troilus_05s

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Well fuck

Sayonara Eiji

Mar 18, 2023 4:25 PM

#116

Kmollz

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Mar 2023

I was spoiled xddddd

Jun 2, 2023 12:36 AM

#117

meerkatmarvit

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Oct 2019

stabbed my heart and twisted the knife. 10/10

Jul 29, 2023 4:20 PM

#118

bloomering

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Feb 2023

im tearing up fr...... my asheji </3

Aug 4, 2023 8:09 AM

#119

neha_singh_11

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Jul 2023

on the edge of my seat the whole time

Sep 6, 2023 9:34 AM

#120

removed-user

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DID EIJI JUST FUCKING DIE?!?!

Jan 29, 3:40 PM

#121

Craneface

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After 5 years I decided to re-watch the series. This episode hurt then and it hurts even now... God.. Ash's Voice actor did an AMAZING job.

Apr 13, 5:55 PM

#122

matheoo41

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Reply to WinterEnlighten

This is tragedy. It awakens the hidden emotions within you, which certainly something comedy cannot do. "The best songs are the saddest". Sadness is beautiful when seen from a platonic view, no ? Sorry for being a bit philosophical.

But just see how fragile a human life can be. It took days to build the trust in Ash and Eiji's relationship. But everything almost ends with one bullet. Tragedies can make us realise one of the harshest truths. And this "love" thing is just like butterfly. It makes you feel amused, gives you happiness from its bright fluttering wings. But try to catch it, you either trap it forever, or crush it by pressing it too hard, mistakenly. That's what Banana Fish depicts along with the main plot.

Today's episode was a burning proof.

@WinterEnlighten Are you a writer? If not, you should consider it.

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