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
rooftop
banana fish!!!!!!!111!!!1
That summer.
-- Cape Cod, 1985
day 3 - bar 🍻
Eiji
Hi again, I might just be yelling at a void. Banana Fish folks, let's follow each other on twitter if you like? Mine's @reply1990_98!
Ash and Eiji, embroidery, 2023
currently thinking about the crushing reality that eiji is definitely afraid of pumpkins now too. and not in the same way ash was like little kid afraid, more like the sight of them reminds him so deeply of ash and a really fond memory between the two of them that it is actually really painful for eiji. so he has ended up taking on ash’s fear. halloween is super hard for eiji. he always tries really hard to enjoy it but he never really can. he dresses up and tries so hard to pretend to be someone else just for one night but he just sees ash everywhere on halloween
They're both alive I have proof right here