by Akimi Yoshida
Review:
This graphic novel is written in the style of shounen ai (a genre of manga created for females, usually by females, that focuses on love and relationships between male characters).
This was a great introduction to a series involving youth gangs, an all-but-comatose Vietnam vet, the NYPD, a pair of Japanese reporters, the mafia, and a series of mysterious suicides. I couldn't believe how this story unfolded, I loved every scene and can't wait to grab the next volume in the series. The title is what really pulled me in and the artwork is really something else. A must read for the Manga fan in all of us!
Book Description
New York City, 1985. A dying man leaves gay gang leader Ash Lynx a strange drug, the key to something called "Banana Fish." The mysterious potion will lead Ash to a disturbed Vietnam vet who remembers a massacre - and into brutal battle with the mafia over control of the drug.
