Banana Fish: Another Story

YaoiGodAbove20 Jan 29, 2021

8.4

Brief summary of the 5 chapters: Fly boy in the sky- Details Ibe's first encounter with Eiji. Eiji's still a 17-yo high schooler doing pole vaulting, he was photographed by Ibe and then there was also a competition between him & a fellow rival going on... Biggest shocker was Ibe's age reveal- 25 lol. We all thought he's in his 30s or even 40s with the way he looks daaayum.  Ura banana- Short comedic skit on Akimi Yoshida's interactions with the characters (includes reading fan letters & requests)  Private opinion- How Blanca came to accept pedo Dino's request in training Ash. Told from Blanca's perspective. This man of a man offers a lil hope of salvation to Ash's fucked up life. Blanca's a real protector from the dark folks. Straight facts.  Angel eyes- Pedo Dino sends Ash to "reform school" with a bald Shorter babysitting him. Ash was 14 in this & basically "jailbait" (LITERALLY) to the prison horndogs, read more to see Ash turning the tables (ALSO LITERALLY LMAO IT NEVER ENDS).  Garden of light- Takes place 8 years after the death of Ash. Shows Ibe's niece Akira-Chan in New York with a 28yo Eiji & 23yo Sing. Other characters have aged as well like for exp Michael (Max's kid). I would say this chapter provides final closure for both Eiji & Sing, Sing was deadset on the idea of Eiji letting Ash go but was refuted by Eiji's willingness to preserve the memories no matter how painful it is. 

paprikart Jul 3, 2022

9.5

If the pain in the manga and anime wasn't enough then go ahead and read this fellow masochists. Honestly I already expected what's going to happen in the final chapter of the manga but this extra chapters damn hit me like a train. I was a messed for a week, can't even function properly and it's been 35 years since its release, no one will move on. Worth mentioning New york sense photobook by Eiji, the real closure to the story!!

weebievickie Jul 24, 2021

9

contains spoilers to people who haven't watched or read banana fish yet* if you liked banana fish and want to fill a void temporarily you should read this manga. most of the chapers are wholesome backstories but garden of light is really sad. garden of light is a sequel to the anime/manga and brings us to the future, 8 years after ash's death. i thought i was done sobbing after what seemed to be a week of completing the anime, but this chapter really brought back all the emotions and i found myself tearing up again. definitely broke my heart. thoughts after reading: okay so ill be solely talking about garden of light bc it really confuses me why the author decided to kill off ash. of course death is a way of life but i feel the story could have really done without ash's death. there was really no point, especially when ash had finally been released from everything that haunted him. it was really sad to find out that lao didn't actually stab ash in any of his vital organs but the fact that ash actually decided to let himself go bc of eiji's letter. dang seeing eiji and even sing really pained me. can't imagine the regrets eiji or sing might have felt. it was such a stupid death and could have easily been avoided if the characters just freaking communicated lol. gosh that was a rollercoaster. rest in peace to all the real ones in this series. ash, shorter, skipper, and griffin sry if i missed anyone.