Banana Fish is a shōjo manga by Akimi Yoshida . It ran from 1985 to 1994 and spawned the mini-spin-offs Private Opinion, Angel Eyes, and The Garden With Holy Light. The characters of Eiji and Ibe were introduced in the early short story Fly Boy, In the Sky.

So far there have been five collected volumes in English. There are 19 Japanese tankoubon published by Shogakukan; an art book, Angel Eyes and Rebirth: The Banana Fish Official Guidebook.

The name is likely inspired by the J.D. Salinger short story A Perfect Day for Bananafish.

Banana Fish is published in English by Viz Communications. The first edition is flipped so it reads left to right, while the second edition reads the original right to left.

Plot Summaries (Spoiler to follow)

In 1973, in Vietnam, an American soldier goes mad and guns down his buddies. Since then, the only words he has uttered are "Banana Fish"...

Vol 1: Twelve years later, in New York City, police investigate a series of puzzling suicides, and a dying man gives a handsome charismatic young gang lader named Ash a sample of a mysterious substance...

Characters

• Ash Lynx The protagonist
• Eiji OkamuraA Japanese Photographer

External Links

• Boy Fruit
• Banana Fish Mania