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* AnimalMotifs: Limited mostly to Ash, whose given last name is "Lynx" and who is often compared to a predatory cat, like a leopard or lion.
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* [[spoiler:{{Brainwashed}}: The eponymous "banana fish" is actually a form of LSD that can be used to brainwash people into doing whatever you want. It's exactly as useful as it sounds, which is why everybody and their mother is trying to get their hands on it.]]
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* [[spoiler:{{Brainwashed}}: The eponymous "banana fish" is actually a form combination of LSD and a plant derivative that can be used to brainwash people into doing whatever you want. It's exactly as useful as it sounds, which is why everybody and their mother is trying to get their hands on it.]]
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* CombatByChampion: While Ash is in L.A., [[TheStarscream his untrustworthy second-in-command Arthur]] takes over Ash's gang and almost every other gang in New York City. Once Ash comes back, he declares war on Arthur, and quickly proves himself a strategic genius by taking out most of Arthur's lieutenants. In desperation, Arthur challenges Ash to a one-on-one knife fight, refereed by the leader of one of the few unaffiliated gangs. [[spoiler:Arthur tries to cheat by bringing a train full of his gun-toting henchmen, but ultimately the fight comes down to him and Ash anyway. Ash wins.]]
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* CombatByChampion: While Ash is in L.A., [[TheStarscream his untrustworthy second-in-command Arthur]] takes over Ash's gang and almost every other gang in New York City. Once Ash comes back, he declares war on Arthur, and quickly proves himself a strategic genius by taking takes out most of Arthur's lieutenants. In desperation, Arthur challenges Ash to a one-on-one knife fight, refereed by the leader of one of the few unaffiliated gangs. [[spoiler:Arthur tries to cheat by bringing a train full of his gun-toting henchmen, but ultimately the fight comes down to him and Ash anyway. Ash wins.]]
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Inverted. [[BigBad Dino]] spent years raising and educating Ash, training him to be a perfect soldier. It comes back to bite him ''hard''.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Inverted. [[BigBad Dino]] spent years raising and educating Ash, training him to be a perfect soldier. It comes back to bite him Dino ''hard''.
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* HeroicSacrifice: A particularly cruel inversion. At one point, Dino has Ash totally cornered and with no hope of ever escaping Dino again. Dino offers Ash a deal: if Ash commits suicide right there, Dino will leave Eiji alone for the rest of his life. [[spoiler:Ash immediately takes the offered gun, puts it to his temple, and pulls the trigger. It's empty. When he realizes this, he asks for bullets. [[CruelMercy Dino has no intention of letting Ash slip through his fingers again.]]]]
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* HeroicSacrifice: A particularly cruel inversion.weaponization of the trope. At one point, Dino has Ash totally cornered and with no hope of ever escaping Dino again. Dino offers Ash a deal: if Ash commits suicide right there, Dino will leave Eiji alone for the rest of his life. [[spoiler:Ash immediately takes the offered gun, puts it to his temple, and pulls the trigger. It's empty. When he realizes this, he asks for bullets. [[CruelMercy Dino has no intention of letting Ash slip through his fingers again.]]]]
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* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Averted. [[spoiler:"Banana fish"]] was a complete accident, which is why they're trying to figure out how to make more.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Minor example with major consequences. [[spoiler:Sing Soo-Ling finds out that Ash killed Shorter Wong, but Ash never bothers to explain that Shorter was BrainwashedAndCrazy at the time, begging Ash to kill him before he killed Eiji. This ultimately leads to Ash's death at the hands of Sing's lieutenant.]]
* PoorCommunicationKills: Minor example with major consequences. [[spoiler:Sing Soo-Ling finds out that Ash killed Shorter Wong, but Ash never bothers to explain that Shorter was BrainwashedAndCrazy at the time, begging Ash to kill him before he killed Eiji. This ultimately leads to Ash's death at the hands of Sing's lieutenant.]]
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* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Averted. [[spoiler:"Banana fish"]] was a complete accident, which is why they're trying to figure out how to make more. \n It's taken years of experiments, analysis, and autopsies to get this far.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Minor example with major consequences. [[spoiler:Sing Soo-Ling finds out that Ash killed Shorter Wong, but Ash never bothers to explain that Shorter was BrainwashedAndCrazy at the time, [[MercyKill begging Ash to kill him before he killedEiji. This Eiji.]] Even after Sing learns the truth, his lieutenant doesn't—which ultimately leads drives him to Ash's death at the hands of Sing's lieutenant.kill Ash.]]
* PoorCommunicationKills: Minor example with major consequences. [[spoiler:Sing Soo-Ling finds out that Ash killed Shorter Wong, but Ash never bothers to explain that Shorter was BrainwashedAndCrazy at the time, [[MercyKill begging Ash to kill him before he killed
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* PressurePoint: [[spoiler:Yau-si]]'s favored method of incapacitating his opponents involves jabbing them in very precise ways with acupuncture needles.
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* PressurePoint: [[spoiler:Yau-si]]'s favored method of incapacitating his opponents involves jabbing them in very precise ways with acupuncture needles.needles, paralyzing them or robbing them of their senses.
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-->''"Strength and intellect. Nerves of steel. Matchless grace and beauty. He has it all. He was to be the Prince of Darkness—that's what I groomed him for. Ash is my creation."''
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* FaceOfAnAngelMindofADemon: Ash isn't a villain, but otherwise fits this perfectly. Many times over the course of the series, someone makes the mistake of underestimating the 17-year-old who looks like a Calvin Klein model—and they end up paying for it, because behind those looks is the mind of a Napoleon and the ruthlessness of a, well, lynx.
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* FaceOfAnAngelMindofADemon: EnemyCivilWar: [[spoiler:The U.S. government wants to use "banana fish" to take down communist regimes in South America, and is willing to work with [[TheMafia the Union Corse]] to achieve this. Dino Golzine is a major player in the Union and the primary point of contact between the two groups. Things start getting complicated when Ash steals millions from the Union, making it look like Dino is embezzling, leading to Dino's ouster from the Union. Things get even ''more'' complicated when the Lee family joins the fray. Every group wants to get its hands on "banana fish," or at least prevent the others from getting it. The only constant is Dino himself, who remains the BigBad for the series as a whole.]]
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Ash isn't a villain, but otherwise fits this perfectly. Many times over the course of the series, someone makes the mistake of underestimating the 17-year-old who looks like a Calvin Klein model—and they end up paying for it, because behind those looks is the mind of a Napoleon and the ruthlessness of a, well, lynx.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Ash isn't a villain, but otherwise fits this perfectly. Many times over the course of the series, someone makes the mistake of underestimating the 17-year-old who looks like a Calvin Klein model—and they end up paying for it, because behind those looks is the mind of a Napoleon and the ruthlessness of a, well, lynx.
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* ForScience: Downplayed, but it's there. Alexis Dawson, the man who [[spoiler:accidentally created "banana fish"]], doesn't want to destroy it because it's such an interesting substance—even though it can only really be ''used'' for evil purposes.
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* ForScience: Downplayed, but it's there. Downplayed with Dr. Alexis Dawson, the man who [[spoiler:accidentally created "banana fish"]], who doesn't want to destroy it because it's such an interesting substance—even though it can only really be ''used'' for evil purposes.purposes. Played straighter with Dr. Mannerheim, [[spoiler:who does all sorts of fascinating and horrible brain experiments on living patients.]]
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-->''"Strength and intellect. Nerves of steel. Matchless grace and beauty. He has it all. He was to be the Prince of Darkness—that's what I groomed him for. Ash is my creation."''
-->--'''[[BigBad Dino "Papa" Golzine]]'''
-->--'''[[BigBad Dino "Papa" Golzine]]'''
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* CombatByChampion: While Ash is in L.A., [[TheStarscream his untrustworthy second-in-command Arthur]] takes over Ash's gang and almost every other gang in New York City. Once Ash comes back, he declares war on Arthur, and quickly proves himself a strategic genius by taking out most of Arthur's lieutenants. In desperation, Arthur challenges Ash to a one-on-one fight, refereed by the leader of one of the few unaffiliated gangs.
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* CombatByChampion: While Ash is in L.A., [[TheStarscream his untrustworthy second-in-command Arthur]] takes over Ash's gang and almost every other gang in New York City. Once Ash comes back, he declares war on Arthur, and quickly proves himself a strategic genius by taking out most of Arthur's lieutenants. In desperation, Arthur challenges Ash to a one-on-one knife fight, refereed by the leader of one of the few unaffiliated gangs.gangs. [[spoiler:Arthur tries to cheat by bringing a train full of his gun-toting henchmen, but ultimately the fight comes down to him and Ash anyway. Ash wins.]]
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* CruelMercy: A defining trait of Dino Golzine, who almost always orders his men to take Ash alive. He's spent years raising and training Ash; he's not going to let his investment go to waste.
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* HeroicSacrifice: A particularly cruel inversion. At one point, Dino has Ash totally cornered and with no hope of ever escaping Dino again. Dino offers Ash a deal: if Ash commits suicide right there, Dino will leave Eiji alone for the rest of his life. [[spoiler:Ash immediately takes the offered gun, puts it to his temple, and pulls the trigger. It's empty. When he realizes this, he asks for bullets. [[CruelMercy Dino has no intention of letting Ash slip through his fingers again.]]]]
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Inverted. Dino spent years raising and educating Ash, training him to be a perfect soldier. It comes back to bite him ''hard''.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Inverted. Dino [[BigBad Dino]] spent years raising and educating Ash, training him to be a perfect soldier. It comes back to bite him ''hard''.
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* TheEighties: The series is explicitly set in 1985.
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* TheEighties: The series is explicitly set in 1985.1985, during the height (depth?) of New York City's gang problems.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindofADemon: Ash isn't a villain, but otherwise fits this perfectly. Many times over the course of the series, someone makes the mistake of underestimating the 17-year-old who looks like a Calvin Klein model—and they end up paying for it, because behind those looks is the mind of a Napoleon and the ruthlessness of a, well, lynx.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindofADemon: Ash isn't a villain, but otherwise fits this perfectly. Many times over the course of the series, someone makes the mistake of underestimating the 17-year-old who looks like a Calvin Klein model—and they end up paying for it, because behind those looks is the mind of a Napoleon and the ruthlessness of a, well, lynx.
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* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Well, Eiji's not a ''girl'', but [[YaoiGenre that's not really an issue.]]
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* CombatByChampion: While Ash is in L.A., [[TheStarscream his untrustworthy lieutenant Arthur]] takes over Ash's gang and almost every other gang in New York City. Once Ash comes back, he declares war on Arthur, dealing blow after blow. In desperation, Arthur challenges Ash to a one-on-one fight, refereed by the leader of one of the few unaffiliated gangs.
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* CombatByChampion: While Ash is in L.A., [[TheStarscream his untrustworthy lieutenant second-in-command Arthur]] takes over Ash's gang and almost every other gang in New York City. Once Ash comes back, he declares war on Arthur, dealing blow after blow.and quickly proves himself a strategic genius by taking out most of Arthur's lieutenants. In desperation, Arthur challenges Ash to a one-on-one fight, refereed by the leader of one of the few unaffiliated gangs.
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* CombatByChampion: While Ash is in L.A., [[TheStarscream his untrustworthy lieutenant Arthur]] takes over Ash's gang and almost every other gang in New York City. Once Ash comes back, he declares war on Arthur, dealing blow after blow. In desperation, Arthur challenges Ash to a one-on-one fight, refereed by the leader of one of the few unaffiliated gangs.
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** Ash quotes Creator/ErnestHemingway's short story "The Snows of Kilimanjaro," comparing himself to the leopard found frozen near the summit.
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* CulturedBadass: Ash has been killing people since the age of eight, but he can also tell you the vineyard and vintage of a bottle of expensive wine from a single sip.
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* DepravedHomosexual: Dino Golzine.
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* DepravedHomosexual: CreateYourOwnVillain: Inverted. Dino Golzine.spent years raising and educating Ash, training him to be a perfect soldier. It comes back to bite him ''hard''.
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* MasterPoisoner: One of [[spoiler:Yau-si]]'s methods of assassination. He's said to be extremely talented at it, though we don't see him use it often.
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* PressurePoint: [[spoiler:Yau-si]]'s favored method of incapacitating his opponents involves jabbing them in very precise ways with acupuncture needles.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In [[spoiler:Shorter's]] very first appearance, he tells Ash, [[spoiler:"Just don't put me in the position of having to kill you."]] That's basically what ends up happening.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Minor example with major consequences. [[spoiler:Sing Soo-Ling finds out that Ash killed Shorter Wong, but Ash never bothers to explain that Shorter was BrainwashedAndCrazy at the time, begging Ash to kill him before he killed Eiji. This ultimately leads to Ash's death at the hands of Sing's lieutenant.]]
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* TheMafia
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Several minor crimes, actually, all leading to the same plot. In 1973, a soldier in Vietnam goes crazy and attacks his own platoon, saying only the words "banana fish." In the present, Ash happens upon two of his own gang attacking a man in a suit, who hands Ash a mysterious vial and says "banana fish" before dying. And the police are investigating a string of mysterious suicides.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Several minor crimes, actually, all leading to the same plot. In 1973, a soldier in Vietnam goes crazy and attacks his own platoon, saying only the words "banana fish." In the present, Ash happens upon two of his own gang attacking a man in a suit, who hands Ash a mysterious vial and says "banana fish" before dying. And the police are investigating a string of mysterious suicides.
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* TheMafia
TheMafia: Golzine is a major figure in the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Corse Union Corse, or Corsican Syndicate]]—which is technically ''not'' part of The Mafia, being a separate (and competing) organization. But close enough.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Several minor crimes, actually, all leading to thesame ''same'' plot. In 1973, a soldier in Vietnam goes crazy and attacks his own platoon, saying only the words "banana fish." In the present, Ash happens upon two of his own gang attacking a man in a suit, who hands Ash a mysterious vial and says "banana fish" before dying. And the police are investigating a string of mysterious suicides.suicides of fixers for various mafia groups.
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Averted. [[spoiler:"Banana fish"]] was a complete accident, which is why they're trying to figure out how to make more.
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Several minor crimes, actually, all leading to the
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Averted. [[spoiler:"Banana fish"]] was a complete accident, which is why they're trying to figure out how to make more.
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* ForScience: Downplayed, but it's there. Alexis Dawson, the man who [[spoiler:accidentally created "banana fish"]], doesn't want to destroy it because it's such an interesting substance—even though it can only really be ''used'' for evil purposes.
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* AnimalThemeNaming: Ash ''Lynx'' and Max ''Lobo'' are major characters. Subverted in that their real names are Aslan Callenreese and Max Glenreed, respectively; they're both coincidentally using fake names for various reasons.
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* AnimalThemeNaming: Ash ''Lynx'' and Max ''Lobo'' are major characters. Subverted in that their real names are Aslan Callenreese and Max Glenreed, respectively; they're both coincidentally using fake names for various reasons.
* ConflictingLoyalty: [[spoiler:Shorter is loyal to Ash, but he's even more loyal to the Lee family—which makes it difficult when the Lees ask him to betray Ash. He does, but he's extremely unhappy about it.]]
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Actually quite ''probable'', in that Ash is a talented marksman, but everything he does is well within the range of possibility for a real-world gunslinger. The first time we see him shoot, he's using a shortened .357 revolver to injure (but not ''kill'') two guys at ten yards. [[spoiler:Blanca, Ash's mentor,]] is a similarly gifted shot.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Actually quite ''probable'', in that Ash is a talented marksman, but everything he does is well within the range of possibility for a real-world gunslinger. The first time we see him shoot, he's using a shortened .357 revolver to injure (but not ''kill'') two guys at ten yards. [[spoiler:Blanca, Ash's mentor,]] is a similarly gifted shot.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Sort of. Ash's brother is indeed heavily damaged and barely functional, but it's due to [[spoiler:the side effects of a heavy dose of "banana fish,"]] not his actions in the war.
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* ShellShockedVeteran: Sort of. Ash's brother is indeed heavily damaged and barely functional, but it's due to [[spoiler:the side effects of a heavy dose of "banana fish,"]] not his actions in the war. Max is also shown to be scarred from the war, though he handles it pretty well.
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* BigApplesauce: The setting of much of the series, apart from jaunts to Los Angeles and a flashback or two to Vietnam.
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* BackAlleyDoctor: Dr. Meredith, who actually has a medical degree but is no longer licensed. He provides illegal abortions.
* BigApplesauce: The setting of much of the series, apart from jaunts to LosAngeles Angeles, Cape Cod, and a flashback or two to Vietnam.
* BigApplesauce: The setting of much of the series, apart from jaunts to Los
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In [[spoiler:Shorter's]] very first appearance, he tells Ash, [[spoiler:"Just don't put me in the position of having to kill you."]] That's basically what ends up happening.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Actually quite ''probable'', in that Ash is a talented marksman, but everything he does is well within the range of possibility for a real-world gunslinger. Same goes for [[spoiler:Blanca]].
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Actually quite ''probable'', in that Ash is a talented marksman, but everything he does is well within the range of possibility for a real-world gunslinger. Same goes for [[spoiler:Blanca]].The first time we see him shoot, he's using a shortened .357 revolver to injure (but not ''kill'') two guys at ten yards. [[spoiler:Blanca, Ash's mentor,]] is a similarly gifted shot.
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* SexSlave: [[spoiler:Part of Ash's background.]]
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* SexSlave: [[spoiler:Part of Ash's background. Dino has plenty more young boys in a private club on the docks.]]
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* ShoutOut:
** At one point, Eiji does a brief Series/{{Kojak}} impression.
** The title comes from a short story by Creator/JDSalinger, which is explained in an early chapter.
** At one point, Eiji does a brief Series/{{Kojak}} impression.
** The title comes from a short story by Creator/JDSalinger, which is explained in an early chapter.
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* [[spoiler:{{Brainwashed}}: The eponymous "banana fish" is actually a specific form of LSD that can be used to brainwash people into doing whatever you want. It's exactly as useful as it sounds, which is why everybody and their mother is trying to get their hands on it.]]
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* [[spoiler:{{Brainwashed}}: The eponymous "banana fish" is actually a specific form of LSD that can be used to brainwash people into doing whatever you want. It's exactly as useful as it sounds, which is why everybody and their mother is trying to get their hands on it.]]
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* [[spoiler:FantasticDrug: The [[TitleDrop "banana fish"]] that everyone is searching for is a variant of LSD that can be used to brainwash people into doing whatever you want.]]
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* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Yoshida confirmed that several of the main characters were visually based on real-world celebrities. Ash was originally based on the tennis player Stephen Edberg, and later Creator/RiverPhoenix. Max Lobo was based on Creator/HarrisonFord.
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* ComicBookFantasyCasting: [[WordOfGod Yoshida confirmed confirmed]] that several of the main characters were visually based on real-world celebrities. Ash was originally based on the tennis player Stephen Edberg, and later Creator/RiverPhoenix. Max Lobo was based on Creator/HarrisonFord.
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* AnimalThemeNaming: Not a lot, but Ash ''Lynx'' and Max ''Lobo'' are major characters. Subverted in that their real names are Aslan Callenreese and Max Glenreed, respectively; they're both coincidentally using fake names for various reasons.
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* AnimalThemeNaming: Not a lot, but Ash ''Lynx'' and Max ''Lobo'' are major characters. Subverted in that their real names are Aslan Callenreese and Max Glenreed, respectively; they're both coincidentally using fake names for various reasons.
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* {{Bishonen}}: Ash, most definitely. Eiji also qualifies. And Yau-Si. And Sing Soo-Ling. It's not quite a CastFullOfPrettyBoys, but there's quite a few.
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* {{Bishonen}}: Ash, most definitely. Eiji also qualifies. And Yau-Si. And Sing Soo-Ling. It's not quite a CastFullOfPrettyBoys, but there's quite a few.several of them.
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* UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar: Forms a major part of the backstory, and two major characters are veterans of the war.
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* UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar: Forms a major part of the backstory, and two major characters are veterans of the war.
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* AnimalThemeNaming: Not a lot, but Ash ''Lynx'' and Max ''Lobo'' are major characters. Subverted in that their real names are Aslan Callenreese and Max Glenreed, respectively; they're both using fake names for various reasons.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Actually quite realistic, in that Ash is a talented marksman, but everything he does is well within the range of possibility for a real-world gunslinger.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Actually quite realistic, ''probable'', in that Ash is a talented marksman, but everything he does is well within the range of possibility for a real-world gunslinger.gunslinger. Same goes for [[spoiler:Blanca]].
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* TruthInTelevision: [[spoiler:During [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar the Cold War]], the U.S. (and probably Russia, too) did indeed try to use LSD as a method of brainwashing. It was ultimately unsuccessful.]]
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* TruthInTelevision: [[spoiler:During [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar the Cold War]], the U.S. (and probably Russia, too) did indeed try to use LSD as a method of brainwashing. It was ultimately unsuccessful. For more information, read up on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra Project MKUltra]].]]
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A crime/yaoi manga by Akimi Yoshida, published from 1985 to 1994 in the magazine ''Shojo Comic'', ''Banana Fish'' is about teenage gang leader Ash Lynx, his fight against mafia boss Dino Golzine, and the mysterious "banana fish" that is at the center of it all.
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A crime/yaoi crime/shoujo/[[YaoiGenre boys' love]] manga by Akimi Yoshida, published from 1985 to 1994 in the magazine ''Shojo Comic'', ''Banana Fish'' is about teenage gang leader Ash Lynx, his fight against mafia boss Dino Golzine, and the mysterious "banana fish" that is at the center of it all.
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* AnimalThemeNaming: Not a lot, but Ash ''Lynx'' and Max ''Lobo'' are major characters.
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* AnimalThemeNaming: Not a lot, but Ash ''Lynx'' and Max ''Lobo'' are major characters. Subverted in that their real names are Aslan Callenreese and Max Glenreed, respectively; they're both using fake names for various reasons.
* {{Bishonen}}: Ash, most definitely. Eiji also qualifies. And Yau-Si. And Sing Soo-Ling. It's not quite a CastFullOfPrettyBoys, but there's quite a few.
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* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Yoshida confirmed that several of the main characters were based on real-world celebrities. Ash was originally based on the tennis player Stephen Edberg, and later Creator/RiverPhoenix. Max Lobo was based on Creator/HarrisonFord.
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* ChekhovsSkill: It comes in handy much earlier in the story than most examples of this trope, but [[spoiler:Eiji's pole vaulting skills help him escape Marvin's men and contact the police.]]
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Yoshida confirmed that several of the main characters were visually based on real-world celebrities. Ash was originally based on the tennis player Stephen Edberg, and later Creator/RiverPhoenix. Max Lobo was based onCreator/HarrisonFord.Creator/HarrisonFord.
* DepravedHomosexual: Dino Golzine.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Yoshida confirmed that several of the main characters were visually based on real-world celebrities. Ash was originally based on the tennis player Stephen Edberg, and later Creator/RiverPhoenix. Max Lobo was based on
* DepravedHomosexual: Dino Golzine.
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* {{Gayngster}}: Ash, Dino, Marvin, and many others.
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* {{Gayngster}}: Ash, Dino, Marvin, and many others. The level of actual angst varies.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Actually quite realistic, in that Ash is a talented marksman, but everything he does is well within the range of possibility for a real-world gunslinger.
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* PrisonRape: Referenced, and the aftermath of one is shown.
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* PrisonRape: Referenced, and the aftermath of one is shown. PlayedForDrama.
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* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Ash's young friend Skip takes a fatal bullet for Ash early in the series.]]
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* AnimalThemeNaming: Not a lot, but Ash ''Lynx'' and Max ''Lobo'' are major characters.
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Golzine is killed, the "banana fish" is destroyed, and the blackmail photos are leaked, causing the resignations of corrupt politicians and officials, but Eiji leaves for Japan, inviting Ash to come with him ... and then Ash is stabbed to death and dies in the New York Public Library with a smile on his face.]]
* CareerEndingInjury: Eiji used to be a talented pole vaulter, but an unspecified injury has left him looking for a new line of work.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Yoshida confirmed that several of the main characters were based on real-world celebrities. Ash was originally based on the tennis player Stephen Edberg, and later Creator/RiverPhoenix. Max Lobo was based on Creator/HarrisonFord.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting: Yoshida confirmed that several of the main characters were based on real-world celebrities. Ash was originally based on the tennis player Stephen Edberg, and later Creator/RiverPhoenix. Max Lobo was based on Creator/HarrisonFord.
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* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler:Yau-Si and Ash. In the case of Yau-Si, it's seeing his mother raped that gives him the motivation for revenge. In the case of Ash, he was pimped out from an extremely young age.]]
* TruthInTelevision: [[spoiler:During [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar the Cold War]], the U.S. (and probably Russia, too) did indeed try to use LSD as a method of brainwashing. It was ultimately unsuccessful.]]
* TruthInTelevision: [[spoiler:During [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar the Cold War]], the U.S. (and probably Russia, too) did indeed try to use LSD as a method of brainwashing. It was ultimately unsuccessful.]]
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* PrisonRape: Referenced, and the aftermath of one is shown.
* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler:Yau-Si and Ash. In the case of Yau-Si, it's seeing his mother raped that gives him the motivation for revenge. In the case of Ash,he was pimped out from an extremely young age.he's been systematically abused since the age of ''eight''.]]
* SexSlave: [[spoiler:Part of Ash's background.]]
* ShellShockedVeteran: Sort of. Ash's brother is indeed heavily damaged and barely functional, but it's due to [[spoiler:the side effects of a heavy dose of "banana fish,"]] not his actions in the war.
* TheTriadsAndTheTongs
* TruthInTelevision: [[spoiler:During [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar the Cold War]], the U.S. (and probably Russia, too) did indeed try to use LSD as a method of brainwashing. It was ultimately unsuccessful.]]]]
* UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar: Forms a major part of the backstory, and two major characters are veterans of the war.
* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler:Yau-Si and Ash. In the case of Yau-Si, it's seeing his mother raped that gives him the motivation for revenge. In the case of Ash,
* SexSlave: [[spoiler:Part of Ash's background.]]
* ShellShockedVeteran: Sort of. Ash's brother is indeed heavily damaged and barely functional, but it's due to [[spoiler:the side effects of a heavy dose of "banana fish,"]] not his actions in the war.
* TheTriadsAndTheTongs
* TruthInTelevision: [[spoiler:During [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar the Cold War]], the U.S. (and probably Russia, too) did indeed try to use LSD as a method of brainwashing. It was ultimately unsuccessful.
* UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar: Forms a major part of the backstory, and two major characters are veterans of the war.
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A crime/yaoi manga by Akimi Yoshida, published from 1985 to 1994 in the magazine ''Shojo Comic'', ''Banana Fish'' is about teenage gang leader Ash Lynx, his fight against mafia boss Dino Golzine, and the mysterious "banana fish" that is at the center of it all.
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!!This series provides examples of:
* BigApplesauce: The setting of much of the series, apart from jaunts to Los Angeles and a flashback or two to Vietnam.
* [[spoiler:{{Brainwashed}}: The eponymous "banana fish" is actually a specific form of LSD that can be used to brainwash people into doing whatever you want. It's exactly as useful as it sounds, which is why everybody and their mother is trying to get their hands on it.]]
* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: The ultimate, unfortunate fate of Shorter Wong.]]
* TheEighties: The series is explicitly set in 1985.
* {{Gayngster}}: Ash, Dino, Marvin, and many others.
* HitmanWithAHeart: Blanca, the man who taught Ash most of his skills, has a conscience. [[spoiler:He even joins Ash's gang after working for Golzine.]]
* TheMafia
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Several minor crimes, actually, all leading to the same plot. In 1973, a soldier in Vietnam goes crazy and attacks his own platoon, saying only the words "banana fish." In the present, Ash happens upon two of his own gang attacking a man in a suit, who hands Ash a mysterious vial and says "banana fish" before dying. And the police are investigating a string of mysterious suicides.
* [[spoiler:PostClimaxConfrontation: After Golzine is killed and all the "banana fish" evidence destroyed, Eiji leaves for Japan. He sends a letter to Ash, asking him to come to Japan as well, and live out the rest of his days in peace. Ash agonizes over the decision, finally making up his mind to leave—and he's promptly stabbed by Sing's lieutenant, who never forgave Ash for killing Shorter Wong.]]
* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler:Yau-Si and Ash. In the case of Yau-Si, it's seeing his mother raped that gives him the motivation for revenge. In the case of Ash, he was pimped out from an extremely young age.]]
* TruthInTelevision: [[spoiler:During [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar the Cold War]], the U.S. (and probably Russia, too) did indeed try to use LSD as a method of brainwashing. It was ultimately unsuccessful.]]
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!!This series provides examples of:
* BigApplesauce: The setting of much of the series, apart from jaunts to Los Angeles and a flashback or two to Vietnam.
* [[spoiler:{{Brainwashed}}: The eponymous "banana fish" is actually a specific form of LSD that can be used to brainwash people into doing whatever you want. It's exactly as useful as it sounds, which is why everybody and their mother is trying to get their hands on it.]]
* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: The ultimate, unfortunate fate of Shorter Wong.]]
* TheEighties: The series is explicitly set in 1985.
* {{Gayngster}}: Ash, Dino, Marvin, and many others.
* HitmanWithAHeart: Blanca, the man who taught Ash most of his skills, has a conscience. [[spoiler:He even joins Ash's gang after working for Golzine.]]
* TheMafia
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot: Several minor crimes, actually, all leading to the same plot. In 1973, a soldier in Vietnam goes crazy and attacks his own platoon, saying only the words "banana fish." In the present, Ash happens upon two of his own gang attacking a man in a suit, who hands Ash a mysterious vial and says "banana fish" before dying. And the police are investigating a string of mysterious suicides.
* [[spoiler:PostClimaxConfrontation: After Golzine is killed and all the "banana fish" evidence destroyed, Eiji leaves for Japan. He sends a letter to Ash, asking him to come to Japan as well, and live out the rest of his days in peace. Ash agonizes over the decision, finally making up his mind to leave—and he's promptly stabbed by Sing's lieutenant, who never forgave Ash for killing Shorter Wong.]]
* RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler:Yau-Si and Ash. In the case of Yau-Si, it's seeing his mother raped that gives him the motivation for revenge. In the case of Ash, he was pimped out from an extremely young age.]]
* TruthInTelevision: [[spoiler:During [[UsefulNotes/ColdWar the Cold War]], the U.S. (and probably Russia, too) did indeed try to use LSD as a method of brainwashing. It was ultimately unsuccessful.]]
