Banana Fish # 1, by Akimi Yoshida: Read-a-thon # 1

[rachelmanija]

This is for Day One of a two-day read-a-thon to benefit disaster relief. Click on the link for details. It’s not too late to sponsor me!

This manga was sponsored by

Comments

[rushthatspeaks]

I haven't read all of it for complex reasons, but Banana Fish is justifiably a classic.

Yes, there is actual gay.

[gaudior]

Although still not to a degree I found truly satisfying.

But I did read the whole thing, and for the most part I quite enjoyed it.

[mscongeniality]

Huh. My interest in Banana Fish has always been marginal, but now it is slightly piqued.

[spectralbovine]

Oh, neat! I keep seeing Banana Fish in the used manga stacks in Spectator, but I had no idea what it was about. That sounds pretty cool.

I think the parakeet of doom and the fish of death should go out on a date.

[nenena]

does the gay subtext and discussion ever become an actual gay relationship?

Yes.

[estara]

Melinda Beasi would agree with you with regard to how addicting Banana Fish is - she did a whole series of discussion posts about it
http://mangabookshelf.com/tag/breaking-down-banana-fish/