This is the third volume of the Banana Fish manga.
Synopsis[]
VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... The idea that Ash Lynx would be more controllable in jail has worked out for nobody, because in between gang rape and random assaults, Ash has not only managed to get Eiji to carry out info to his allies in Chinatown, but he's met cellmate Max Lobo, another survivor of his brother's unit in Vietnam. That means as soon as Ash makes bail, he's only headed for bigger trouble. But what's more dangerous for him, confronting Papa Dino or his real father...?
Summary[]
Aslan, known on the streets as “Ash Lynx,” finds himself at war with his criminal mentor over mysterious deaths surrounding an unidentified drug linked to the code-name “Banana Fish”–a phrase Ash knew previously only as words muttered by his older brother Griff, who returned home from Vietnam insane.
Framed for murder, Ash is sent to a prison packed with men in Dino’s pay, while the ruthless thug Arthur moves to take over Ash’s old territory. But Ash has friends, too. Shady Dr. Meredith has been examining both Griff and the drug, and an attempt by Arthur to retrieve the substance for Dino is foiled by Chinese gangbanger Shorter Wong, at the cost of Griff being mortally wounded. Meanwhile, a sympathetic cop has asked a friends in prison, Max Lobo, to watch Ash’s back. But Max, himseld on the trail of “Banana Fish,” has a guilty past when it comes to Griff, a guilt that leaves Ash unguarded as predatory cons catch the young man alone...
Characters[]
- Ash Lynx
- Garvey
- Max Lobo
- Eiji Okumura
- Shunichi Ibe
- Shorter Wong
- Dr. Meredith
- Brandish
- George Scott
- Nadia Wong
- Charlie Dickinson
- Jenkins