{"id":539,"date":"2018-09-10T22:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T13:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biggestinjapan.com\/?p=539"},"modified":"2018-09-04T11:14:38","modified_gmt":"2018-09-04T02:14:38","slug":"how-the-smartphone-destroys-banana-fish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biggestinjapan.com\/index.php\/2018\/09\/10\/how-the-smartphone-destroys-banana-fish\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Smartphone Destroys Banana Fish<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"

The original <\/span>Banana Fish<\/span><\/i> manga is an action-filled crime drama taking place in New York (and a bit in LA) in the mid 1980s–i.e., when the manga itself was written. The currently airing anime is largely the same story but with a twist–it is now set in modern day.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Banana Fish<\/span><\/i> is the tale of Ash. A victim of childhood abuse, he escaped to the streets of New York City and–after years of struggle–carved a life for himself in the criminal saturated underworld. Now the leader of a gang, he works loosely under Mafia boss Dino Golzine. However, when he discovers a connection between a mysterious drug in Golzine\u2019s possession and his catatonic brother\u2019s condition, Ash starts down a road filled with the bodies of his friends and foes alike. <\/span><\/p>\n

In the original manga, 1980s New York is as much of a character as any of the people in the story. It\u2019s dirty, violent, and anything but safe. People roam the city in bright colors and oddly patterned clothes. Kidnappings and murders are all but ignored even by the non-corrupt members of the police force. Gangs battle in the streets with impunity and the mob controls much of the police and the judiciary.<\/span><\/p>\n