Currently Thinking About The Crushing Reality That Eiji Is Definitely Afraid Of Pumpkins Now Too. And

AshEiji Tarot 🌹

shorter wong, self proclaimed photobombing legend

That summer.

-- Cape Cod, 1985

Eiji asking to hold Ashs gun when they first met was a metaphor for consent.

behind the scenes of hirokazu kore-eda's monster (2023)

The babies

New art by Banana Fish (supervising) anime director Ayumi Yamada✨

If you look closely you an see Shorter, Ash, and Eiji in the photo Ibe is holding.

It’s probably a reference to these scenes from the Banana Fish Art book: (see artworks below).

I'm so happy she drew Shorter, Ash, and Eiji together again!🥰

Found on Blue Sky. Check out her (new) account there:24-ayame (she announced it on Twitter).

Please follow her on Bluesky or Twitter (@24_ayame).

they're ruining my life

sentiment from @starpeace

I think this is what's so haunting about banana fish. jk, there are a lot of things that linger when it comes to banana fish. but I think this is what drives the au's where langa and reki or viktor and yuuri are ash and eiji in another life. they crossed oceans to find one another, and found home in another person. where ash (and all associated danger) eventually drew eiji out of his ennui following his retirement and general naïveté, eiji's gentle innocence and compassion (that came without strings) made ash feel safe and loved despite a life riddled with abuse and objectification.

whether you choose to see them as a romantic pairing (vikturi au) or as friends who made one another better through their connection (renga au), the ending they got was heartbreaking. because after everything they survived, everything they sacrificed, having found each other against all odds in the first place - there's no resolution. no happy ending. just more trauma to punctuate a life ensconced in trauma.

ash deserved more. aslan deserved so much more. and he deserved to think that he was worth saving.

Haha, what oh what am I up to?