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Banana Fish, Vol. 5

by Akimi Yoshida

A search for answers leads west

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A search for answers leads west

In this volume, Ash travels to Los Angeles with a group of allies to learn more about Banana Fish, the substance tied to his older brother’s breakdown in Vietnam. There he encounters Yau-Si, an assassin whose appeal is matched by his duplicity, and the search becomes entangled with betrayal and the Chinese mafia. Dino Golzine’s pursuit of profit from Banana Fish keeps Ash’s past and present in collision. The installment extends the series’ crime-centered conflict beyond New York while keeping the substance—and the people seeking control of it—at the heart of the action.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Manga readers interested in crime and underworld conflicts
  • Readers following Ash Lynx’s struggle against Dino Golzine
  • Those interested in stories involving dangerous substances and shifting alliances

Themes

Power and exploitationBetrayal and loyaltyCrime and controlThe consequences of the past

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Book overview

Nature made Ash beautiful; Nurture made him a killer!

VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s...

Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands--and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance... Epic in scope, and one of the best-selling shojo titles of all time in Japan, Akimi Yoshida put an electric shock into the genre and gained a huge crossover audience through Banana Fish's stripped-down, non-stop style.

In search of more information about the substance, Ash flees to Los Angeles with a band of allies, where he clashes with Yau-Si, an alluring and duplicitous young assassin. Drawn in by Yau-Si, one of Ash's so-called allies betrays him to the Chinese mafia. Once again Ash is handed over to the rapacious Dino Golzine, who will do anything to cash in on Banana Fish!
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