Shunichi Ibe is a character in Banana Fish. He brings Eiji Okumura with him to New York to document street gangs where he meets Ash Lynx.
Profile
Appearance
Ibe has short shaggy brown hair and styled facial hair where the mustache area is trimmed to be a part of his short beard. He has same colored eyebrows above his brown eyes and is fairly tall.
He wears a heavy green coat fully buttoned with the hood kept down. In addition, Ibe wears blue jeans and brown laceless boots.
Personality
He shared Eiji's apprehension of the gang they were set to document. He also shows concern for Eiji when he goes missing otherwise has an amicable disposition towards people.
History
Ibe worked as a photographer and got his first break photographing Eiji during his pole vaulting events.
Story
Main Article: Shunichi Ibe/Synopsis
Ibe watches Eiji viewing a departing plane before reminding him that they themselves are to travel to New York to report on street gangs.
Relationships
Eiji Okumura
Ibe hired Eiji as his assistant in New York to report on street gangs. He is attentive to him, making sure he was ready for the flight. He is very perceptive of Eiji's feelings, both being a shoulder to cry on when Eiji is upset and insightful of Eiji's views concerning Ash.
Max Lobo
They share common ground as the adults in terms of age and are on familiar terms when Ibe visits Max in prison. Ibe sticks close to Max as they escape Golzine's manor and can depend on one another. They work together further to gather intelligence on the mob bosses criminal activities.
Ash Lynx
Ibe arranges to interview and photograph Ash as part of his reportings on street gangs. He notices how at ease Ash is around Eiji and noted how Ash is able to enjoy being a teenager and himself around Eiji. Ibe had been working on helping Ash learn Japanese.
Shorter Wong
Ibe travels with the leader of the Chinese gang from New York City across America when searching for what Banana Fish was.
Etymology
Episode Appearances
- Episode 01 A Perfect Day for Bananafish
- Episode 02 In Another Country
- Episode 03 Across the River and Into the Trees
- Episode 04 This Side of Paradise
- Episode 24 The Catcher in the Rye
Shunichi Ibe/Image Gallery
Main Article: Shunichi Ibe/Image Gallery
Anime Gallery
Quotes
"1" ― 2[source]
Trivia
References
- ↑ Fly Boy in the Sky
- ↑ Banana Fish Production Book. Photos found here.