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[Read all▲▼] Banana Fish (manga) [Rating▲▼] Masterpiece [Comment▲▼] 
I was really blown away by this manga, I couldn't stop turning the pages. It's basically an action story, set in the grimy underworld NYC of the 80's, and the action is nonstop, with events happening at a furious pace. The story follows a thug named Ash Lynx and his friends as they fight a crime boss and try to thwart a government conspiracy. Yes, this is a shoujo manga. It does what shoujo manga is particularly good at as well, fleshing out the characters and the relationships between them. By the end of the story, I had grown attached to the huge cast of characters. Which was why the ending, while fitting, was a little hard for me to take. I had hoped that Ash would finally catch a break at the end of the series, but the ending was appropriate so I can't fault it. Overall, Banana Fish was so different from othe shoujo manga that I can't help but rate it a masterpiece. It's a very well written page turner.
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