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Potato_Senpoi said: Not just Shorter. Ash is with his brother Griffin, Jennifer, Skip and Shorter waiting for when Eiji will join them too someday in the distant future.heh. my friend laughed at me when i was crying at that last episode. rewatched it 3 times to believe my own eyes. WHY MAPPA. atleast he with Shorter now, but its not complete without Eiji. thats too sad. |
| This show can go the fuck to hell for giving me these intrusive ass feels at the end |
| "Sa-yo-na-ra"...... |
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| I did not like the ending so much because it is depressing. I mean Eiji did not say goodbye to Ash, and probably does not even know that he was killed |
MetaKite said: Katie_lou said: You both need to read Garden of Light which was in volume 19 of the manga. It's a bout Eiji and how he deals with the loss of Ash. It's very easy to find on the internet.I feel that pain right along with you... it hurts so much because Eiji's going to find out one day that Ash didn't not turn up to visit him but he died and it was heartbreaking that Ash was so tired that he just let himself fade away... shit i'm crying again Still hope it will be an OVA. People need to tweet this to MAPPA. Yeah I’m defo gonna read it but I need some time before I do 😢 I really want them to make it an OVA cause it will feel like closure |
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| Aiight I wanna square the fuck up with everyone that said read Garden of Light, that shit just made me feel even WORSE about this ending.. FUCK all yall |
Hail-2UDec 21, 2018 10:32 AM
LottiePerson said: i hate this ending. it’s pointless, cruel and it proves the villains’ point. it tells abuse victims that there’s no happy ending for them. that they can’t overcome their trauma; that they can’t heal. the only way out is death. i love the rest of the story, but this ending is horrible and i will always hate it. I feel the same way. I don't know what the author was thinking. I love this anime but I feel like Ash being able to live a happy life would have made it a masterpiece. Also, I cannot view "Garden of light" on any manga sites apparently because of licensing issues so can someone either find me a source that works or explain in detail what happens 7-years-later? I need closure. |
JotakakDec 21, 2018 10:00 AM
| Fucking Eiji even at very end he makes sure to be a burden to Ash through a letter. I swear, the guy's actually a giant troll - bet he's smirking off-screen. For the anime overall, you know the production team really put their hearths & soul into this when they've been skipping the ED and just play the song while the episode keeps going just to try & fit as much material as they can in the time of an anime ep - this has been the cast for the past few eps. Not only that, we even got a freaking 30 min ep as a finale! Now that's dedication. I loved everything about Banana Fish besides Eiji. He's truly been a burden yet refusing to accept the fact that they live in vastly different worlds, therefore constantly causing trouble for Ashe. You're less of a friend than you think if you do that, Eiji. Max,Blanca, and heck, any of Ashe's loyal gang members were more friends to Ashe than you were. Besides that, I guess Ash did come off as rather superhuman at times - the way the guy could fight with so many harsh wounds a bit much, yet still not be completely scarred afterwards. He should've been looking like a grizzled war veteran by now. Great anime overall though, prob my AOTY. |
| What is this Garden of Light everyone is talking about? Now I'm not certain if Ash actually died or not, what is Garden of Light? A prequel story perhaps? |
Lairucrem said: What is this Garden of Light everyone is talking about? Now I'm not certain if Ash actually died or not, what is Garden of Light? A prequel story perhaps? Naw fam he's dead, it's also a post story about Eiji dealing with Ash being dead. |
| Well, I was prepared for an unhappy ending, but from what everyone said how it would be the saddest thing ever, I expected something more cruel. It is a bit underwhelming that the cause of Ash's death is some random dude who got everything wrong. And really, it could have ended in a good way, like seriously. I mean, the possibility was there. I hate that it wasn't an impossible situation like I thought it would be but just a random twist of accidental fate. Overall, loved the anime. It was a bit hard to watch because it's too sad. In retrospect, slightly pointless story but great characters and character dynamics. |
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| Ending didn't hit me that much for some reason. It kinda felt underwhelming to me, idk. Also, I wish I could get more invested into Eiji's and Ash's relationship. But all in all it was pretty good series. Felt like a breath of fresh air. |
| Even though I didn't read the manga, it was pretty clear from the start how it would end. So I was mentally preparing myself almost from ep 1 - however, the last ep almost tricked me into thinking that no, _that_ won't happen, they'll pull out a miracle and change the finale... At least, Ash found solace from all the pain and suffering he bore. And he had loyal friends and a dear soulmate. Seeing his calm, warm smile as he held Eiji's letter... (excuse me, more tears are coming) Such pure friendship/love is a gift from heavens that we rarely get, but all dream of. It was just... beautiful. Nothing else to add here. The only questionable thing is Golzine's last moment. Eh, do they really want us to feel anything else for him but resentment? Oh, also Sing pulling Blanca out from the duct by his jaw. :D Thank God, they both stayed alive. This is one of AOTYs for me, all in all. It had so many heartwarming and hurtful moments - one continuous emotional rollercoaster, but I'm happy I decided to stick with it. |
| This show was so close to being a perfect 10/10 and top of my favorites list. As many have already said, the action in the first half was gripping and felt fresh. By the second though, it felt like the show was fighting with trying to top itself... in doing this it continuously resorted to the same two issues of rape and capture for character conflict. Individually, each episode felt enjoyable, and there were a lot of ideas of destiny, hope, love, and rebellion that the show tackled pretty well; even so, it felt too muddied and disjointed by the end to allow for the better moments to shine through. I think I could tell I was dissatisfied with the show during Ash's death. Narratively, it was great, but unlike many of the other sad moments in the show, I was just left feeling average. Shorter's death had more emotional weight for me, and I'm still grappling with why. For now, I'm giving this show a 8.5-8/10; but I might move it up to 9 or down to 7. I'm not quite sure yet... |
| So it's over. Banana Fish really was my date of Thursday evening. I'm really sad it's over, but I'm even sadder by the ending itself... Overall, I really liked this anime a lot. The story was really addictive and interesting. Same for characters' developement and all. The relation between Ash and Eiji is precious and so well written. The last episode moved me. It's very rare for me to be sensitive over fictionnal stories, it happened only 2 ou 3 three times in my life. But this time Banana Fish make me feel something in the heart at the very end of the last episode. I saw some people complaining about Ash's death being too "easy", by dying from a knife not even in the heart, when he survived from worse dozens of times. But I think it's intentionnal, or at least it brings even more feelings in this end. Ash fought all his life and faced the worst hardships. And now that all is finally over, when he was about to meet again with Eiji, he let his guard down, and died in some "ridiculous" and unespected way. It's just frustrating to see that. But it is part of the feelings the viewer has about this end. That's the way I experimented it. It is very powerful. Oh and about the last episode, by the way... I just love Jessica ! Finally some badass female character, even if it was shown only during a few seconds. Well, a really good anime, a memorable ending, and a journey that ends. 8/10 (or 8.5 if MAL allowed .5 for the scores) |
| Sing should’ve tossed the brief case onto the platform below him and Ash instead of letting it dramatically fall to flames... I was so hung up on that scene. Also the ending was such a let down, you go 24 episodes avoiding snipers, machine guns and then that’s how it ends. OK. |
| My AOTY, love this show. |
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Jotakak said: Also, I cannot view "Garden of light" on any manga sites apparently because of licensing issues so can someone either find me a source that works or explain in detail what happens 7-years-later? I need closure. Garden of Light comes with the 19th vol of the main manga. You can definitely find in online included in the last pgs of the last chapter. I read it on mangapark.net(though I bet it's in many other sites too), the last ch consists of the ending, from 1-20. Angel Eyes(prequel) from 21-60. While Garden of Light (Epilogue) is from 61-95. Edit:Keep in mind that the scanlations consist of two pages scanned as one, so for ie., while the ending concludes at pg 20 on the site, it is pg 40 in the physical copy. |
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| My kokoro is brokoro. One of the saddest and, at the same time, the most beautiful endings ever. |
| wait wait wait...chotto matte...what happened in the end...did ash really died after surviving all that...damn he could've atleast went to japan or something....like I am so sad now |
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| the last 8minutes were the only redeeming moments of this anime. This is the most Ive enjoyed Banana Fish since about ep4 or so. |
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| A masterpiece for sure, right now I wonder how long we'll have to wait to see something as good again. The finale was awesome. |
| So now hope for Ash ? |
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MetaKite said: I just want to make this clear because there is A LOT of misinformation on Wikipedia and TV Tropes and others sites about what happened. Lao's actions had NOTHING to do with Shorter. Shorter is why he was pissed at Ash but that's not why he acted. He did it 100% to save Sing's life. He even says so. So all the stuff you see about Lao getting revenge for Shorter is plain wrong. Now I need a moment. Thank you for clearing that up. I'm still reading the manga and the stuff they left out. I like reading your comments because they clarify a lot of things for me. Yut Lung still acting like a fucking bitch till the end, he's lucky Sing spared him. Sing should've hit him more with the back of his gun. Don't know how to feel about Golzine saving Ash from that guy (I already forgot his name, military rapist). I am guessing Golzine feels deep guilt for what he did to Ash or he refuses to let Ash, who he sees as his masterpiece be defeated by someone who did not raise him. I remember him saying that he would be the one to end Ash if ever. Blanca was amazing. I love that man so much. I hope to read more about him in the manga. I'm also hoping for an OVA or something to clear up more things. The ending was painful but beautiful at the same time. It's hard to explain but Ash looked so peaceful towards the end. He may be gone but despite his horrific life, he realized that not all humans were shitbags when he met Eiji. He also had some good men who were on his side. |
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LottiePerson said: i hate this ending. it’s pointless, cruel and it proves the villains’ point. it tells abuse victims that there’s no happy ending for them. that they can’t overcome their trauma; that they can’t heal. the only way out is death. i love the rest of the story, but this ending is horrible and i will always hate it. Yeah, people can try to find meaning in the ending, but even the author pretty much wrote she had two endings in mind, one in which Ash just lived and one in which he didn't... and decide to go with the second. It kinda feels like Yoshida lost the plot and control of Ash's character after a certain point anyway, and the story became tragedy porn. |
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uninstallthegame said: He died from bleeding out and he let that happen because...he realized he couldn't escape from who he was to be with Eiji, he can't be Aslan Jade Callenreese, only Ash Lynx and he died as Ash Lynx. He died happily, knowing Eiji is safe and sound.okay, this ending was rather confusing. while i enjoy that it ended in a tragic way (though, it didn't feel like it due to how melodramatic it was), but do die from a single knife stab after being shot and stabbed multiple times throughout the show is kinda... eh? also, the resolution of that fight felt like an ass-pull as well. golzine being shot twice, modifying the code and coming all the way to the construction site to shoot the military guy and fall off in a dramatic way. lmao, feels like i'm watching a hollywood movie going down nevertheless, the series as a whole felt really nice. mappa sure did their job well |
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| I'm more sad at the fact, that in his last role, Dino, who's Ishizuka Unshou voiced is, dying in the flames of hell. Kinda unsettling last role. |
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Bibimbapski said: Then read Private Opinion. It's about how Blanca met Ash from Blanca's perspective.MetaKite said: I just want to make this clear because there is A LOT of misinformation on Wikipedia and TV Tropes and others sites about what happened. Lao's actions had NOTHING to do with Shorter. Shorter is why he was pissed at Ash but that's not why he acted. He did it 100% to save Sing's life. He even says so. So all the stuff you see about Lao getting revenge for Shorter is plain wrong. Now I need a moment. Thank you for clearing that up. I'm still reading the manga and the stuff they left out. I like reading your comments because they clarify a lot of things for me. Yut Lung still acting like a fucking bitch till the end, he's lucky Sing spared him. Sing should've hit him more with the back of his gun. Don't know how to feel about Golzine saving Ash from that guy (I already forgot his name, military rapist). I am guessing Golzine feels deep guilt for what he did to Ash or he refuses to let Ash, who he sees as his masterpiece be defeated by someone who did not raise him. I remember him saying that he would be the one to end Ash if ever. Blanca was amazing. I love that man so much. I hope to read more about him in the manga. I'm also hoping for an OVA or something to clear up more things. The ending was painful but beautiful at the same time. It's hard to explain but Ash looked so peaceful towards the end. He may be gone but despite his horrific life, he realized that not all humans were shitbags when he met Eiji. He also had some good men who were on his side. I hope the epilogue chapter Garden of Light which shows how Eiji is doing years down the line (and how awesome Sing has been the whole time) gets an OVA and I feel very confident it will with Banana Fish selling so well in Japan. |
| So there go my hopes of a happy ending...well at least Ash died with a smile on his face. I suppose he was glad that Eiji wouldn't be in danger again thanks to him. This series had its ups and downs but certainly it was a pleasant experience. I just wish they'd have focused more in the banana fish concept during the secon half. |
| This anime gave me depression HHHH HANds down my favourite anime of 2018 |
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| I knew this was coming but yet I still bawled my eyes out. i understand that ash chose to die but it fucking hurts you know? but i guess i'm glad ash is finally free. |
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| I really hoped that it wouldnt end that way even though i knew it.... I loved this anime 100% worth watching it |
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| Awful anime that had tons of potential,thought i was watching a melodramatic teen show made into an anime all along and couldn't take it seriously to the slightest especially that predictable ending . 3/10 An awful anime with potential is always worse than something that had none. |
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| I usually like bad endings, but this is something else. I really don't know how to feel. |
| to think this is the anime i'd finish at xmäs. and what a lame assh ending. ps; in conclusion all i can say is banana fish ain't nothing but a fish banana. |
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| Well the final battle was a good one. I really love that they incorporated the first OP in there as well, I was kinda hoping they would. I also liked that everyone worked together to kill Foxx. It was pretty satisfying. Though I still kinda hate the way Dino died. I wanted Ash to be the one to kill him. In the end, Dino actually helped Ash. It just doesn’t set right with me tbh. Looks like Sing is gonna stand by Yut-Lung’s side so they can clean up Chinatown. I wonder if they can develop a relationship similar to that of Ash and Eiji? I know a lot of people hate Yut-Lung, but I just can’t bring myself to. I want him to find redemption. The letter Eiji sent Ash was so beautiful and heartfelt, it brought tears to my eyes. It just makes me so sad that they couldn’t see each other one last time. Hecking Lao had to go screw everything up and kill Ash. At least Lao died too I guess. I’m happy that more than anything, at least Ash died with a smile on his face. I had never seen him look so peaceful. It was a great series and a fun ride. |
| WHAT THE HELL!!! I knew this was a tragedy but seeing how he survived that last fight, I thought he would survive. |
| Beautiful and depressing. The second half of the series didn't live up to the first one but the ending was fitting. I'm gonna be down in Banana Fish hell for some time now. |
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Kotoni__ said: Sing is straight so no. Looks like Sing is gonna stand by Yut-Lung’s side so they can clean up Chinatown. I wonder if they can develop a relationship similar to that of Ash and Eiji? I know a lot of people hate Yut-Lung, but I just can’t bring myself to. I want him to find redemption. Read Yasha if you want to know the fate of Yut-Lung. |
| I'm not even mad tbh, that ending was beautiful. |
MetaKite said: Ah. I didn’t mean necessarily in a romantic way. But I’d like Yut-Lung to build a relationship with someone based on trust, respect and understanding. Ya know, like an actual friend. Eiji was able to drive the anger and hatred out of Ash. I thought maybe Sing could do the same for Yut-Lung. I could be very off but that’s just how I read into it lol But anyways, I’ll definitely check that out!Kotoni__ said: Sing is straight so no. Looks like Sing is gonna stand by Yut-Lung’s side so they can clean up Chinatown. I wonder if they can develop a relationship similar to that of Ash and Eiji? I know a lot of people hate Yut-Lung, but I just can’t bring myself to. I want him to find redemption. Read Yasha if you want to know the fate of Yut-Lung. |
| This cannot be! Ash died peacefully and happily!? oh well such a great series! 5/5. 8/10. |
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