Written by Akimi Yoshida

Art & Cover by Akimi Yoshida

Did nature make Ash Lynx beautiful? His upbringing made him a tough and ruthless killer. A runaway child, raised as the adopted heir, executioner, and sexual plaything of "Papa" Dino Golzine, the Corsican crime lord of the East Coast, Ash is now rebellious at the age of seventeen - leaving behind the kingdom of power and wealth offered by the devil who raised him, opting instead for a code by which he can live among a small but loyal street gang. But "Papa" can't just let him go - not when the terrible secret that drove Ash's older brother to madness in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into greedy hands. It’s just the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted photographer from Japan, to arrive in New York and meet Ash Lynx... and to get caught up with him in the bloody whirlpool of pride, ambition, desire, and rage revealed by the mystery codenamed Banana Fish...

Epic in scope and one of the best-selling shojo titles of all time in Japan, Akimi Yoshida electrified the genre and gained a huge crossover audience through Banana Fish with her straightforward and relentless style.