Making Banana Fish As Vines Is My Coping Mechanism

Banana fish may have destroyed me but at least we have vines amiright ladies

[@jazzy22jm]

I'm so emotionally distressed after just finishing also I forgot Arthur existed.

[@keekc1512]

WHY IS THAT ME

[@reeverfan3729]

No one likes Arthur

[@wdya_____]

Honestly, same

[@hyunryu6077]

I feel emotionally distressed by the fact that Arthur is my favourite character together with Ash and Yut Lung

[@jazzy22jm]

@@hyunryu6077 I loved Yut Lung 😭. I think I need to rewatch this anime..but avoid the last episode at all costs.

[@tw.velvet]

I like to think that someone noticed that Ash needed help, he went to the hospital, and then later met up with Eiji where they moved to japan and lived a happy life.

[@sabinamagar142]

Later they also adopted a child The ending they deserved ❤

[@tw.velvet]

The child was skip because he never really died 😭

[@roxanepayment]

what do you mean that's the canon ending

[@manasakaguchi]

We need more dogs.

[@nymiancomplex7336]

*Of course it ended that way what are you TaLkINg AboUt*

[@kittinkoo]

0:46 how DARE YOU

[@cjnguyen2504]

😢😢😢😢😭😭😭😭😭😣😣

[@Alicapy]

ME SCREAMING

[@lifeislife221]

Have to agree

[@APerson-vi8hu]

I came to the comments just to see if anyone pointed that out

[@alexisdahl7681]

Meybe we should have "Skipped" that part (Im sorry)

[@jeonkookie5047]

4:52 I though Ash was running away from pumpkins. Lmao

[@chibi3575]

Jeon Kookie that would’ve been perfect tbh

[@morganstewart5142]

Jeon Kookie Me too

[@wolfcry087]

@@chibi3575 Me too 😂

[@bootifulsolby1933]

same lmfao

[@-shinobukocho8345]

AHAHAHHAA SAME

[@amuboaa]

NO NO NO The last one was uncalled for Take it back *TAKE IT BACK*

[@ainsleyhart1394]

TAKE THAT BACK LEORIO! I SAID TAKE THAT BACK!

[@aquirkedupwhiteboy]

@@ainsleyhart1394 it's mr leorio

[@madmouse1016]

*"I can't believe you've done this"*

[@kashishbagade8779]

THE. LAST. ONE. OML HERE COMES THE WATERFALL OF SALT

[@Dr.shaboom]

The Salterfall

[@Luca-ju8cj]

I'm still not over it... But, this helps...

[@xkiruo]

Luca You wrote that comment before seeing the last vine, didn't you?

[@misschieflolz1301]

I think that last vine literally sums up my reaction. The reality didn't sink in until the end of the episode... I just felt cheated. That's like taking down a huge optional boss and then somehow getting duped by some low level monster that has a cheap one-shot atttack.

[@garrettrose8038]

Yeah I had literally never cried at the ending of a movie or anime but then this happened and I think 1/2 of it was literally because of how cheated it felt

[@taecin]

to me, it felt like ash chose to die. he didn't die because of the stab wound, he died from blood loss because he walked all the way back to the library instead of trying to get help or help himself. i guess to him, dying peacefully, with the letter of the one he loved, in his favorite place, was more than he could ask for :(

[@jacintylou]

MisschiefLolz you've described how I felt perfectly. I'm typically very good at judging how events will happen through anime but I had been fooled 100% into believing in the moment ash read the letter that he'd go to Japan and be happy for the rest of his life with Eiji. When ash got stabbed I feel like I'd been stabbed too, right in the heart, I was in complete shock - I couldn't even cry. I still feel incredibly cheated 😭

[@bookikiki4490]

IKR WHY LAO OUT OF ALL PEOPLE

[@misschieflolz1301]

@@bookikiki4490 Aye. It's like people around me are now discovering it and I'm like at first 'F*****g Arthur' and then 'F*****g Lao'. I mean I hate some of the more power hungry people but these two in particular struck a nerve XD

[@monicorn]

me, after seeing the last vine: god i can't believe you've done this.

[@silentshadow3894]

6:23 a true look at blanka training ash

[@miyuukuri2004]

I really love Private Opinion. Young Ash ❤

[@yagirlceleste1497]

0:20 💀 how would Ash react if while teaching Eiji he'd say it that way

[@audriebrown6584]

Xjdjddjdh idek how ash would react 😭

[@katelynpringle5506]

4:56 perfection

[@Ast2risk]

I want to personally thank you for putting Blanca in some of these vines because there isn't enough Blanca content when it comes to memes and vines--- I love this :')

[@theblackcatgirl7013]

4:50 it would have been MAJESTIC if it was a pumpkin.

[@user-yx6gq4do8y]

Nah, 1:47 was Ash when he saw that “someone” ate some of his avocado shrimp salad.

[@iriaeiravella5907]

HAHAHAHAH That would be oerfect

[@EDILYshiro]

I was so sure you'd use sing in the kid vine buT NOT MY BABY BOO SKIPPER

[@alpal1263]

Shiroyasha no one is safe :)

[@EDILYshiro]

@@alpal1263 seriously, NO ONE

[@silvialinares4766]

Shiroyasha i was and aM SO FUCKIN TRIGGERED ON THAT PART ITS HORIBBLE

[@jamesholden5587]

THEY KILLED THE LITTLE KID CHARACTER IN THE FIRST TWO EPISODE W H Y ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

[@Nothing-ws8oz]

*I can't believe you've done this*

[@rhysafablepascual4374]

5:45 one of the saddest part of anime history to be honest😭

[@iriaeiravella5907]

I don't get it, help😭

[@Just_niaxx]

@@iriaeiravella5907 cause Ash read the letter Ejij gave him before he left

[@paxtown]

now im sad i miss banana fish

[@bakugo9761]

This is the best vine one. I mean it feels refreshing and original, or not overused, like the rest of the videos that repeat the same obv jokes over and over again. thank you T.T

[@alpal1263]

BAKUGO MCEXPLOSION MURDER KING this is the best compliment I could ever receive???? thank you so much 😭 I’m so glad you like it!

[@bakugo9761]

@@alpal1263 THERE WEREN'T ANY OF THOSE VERY VERY OBV JOKES LIKE "we're soaaaring" VINE WITH EIJI,YOU KNOW? SUPER REFRESHING AND HAD ME LAUGHING MY ASS OUT

[@pint8906]

3:42 This basically translated to the AshXEiji ship sinking to me. Also, that last one. Rest in peace Aslan. Rest in peace. But I've got some good news for those who watched the anime (spoiler warning ahead; do not read unless you've watched the entire series!!). The fact that Ash'll never have the chance to live a normal life with Eiji, and not have to worry about him dying half the time is honestly what gets me the most in this anime. It's really depressing, really, that there are people who have to live like Ash did, and can't have people to care for, in fear that they'll die because of some sort of mistake that they've done or will do. This anime not only revealed the truth about the cruel, cruel world we live in, but made us realize that we all die eventually, whether we have lived a full life or not. Ash never did live a full life; he was constantly closed off to the world, and lived in hate. Hate for the one that made him like that. Eiji helped put a hold on that hate, and helped to prevent Ash from doing things that he might've regretted, and also was one of the reasons why Ash decided to stay alive; to protect Eiji. Eiji also was a light for Ash; showing him that perhaps he could live normally, as a normal teenager. But, alas, the manga had to end like it did, and Ash died. Buuut I never said that Ash died in the anime. In the 24th episode, we left off with Ash lying in the library, seemingly dying, while it was still light outside (keep that small detail in mind). If you look back into the second intro of Banana Fish (which is called Freedom by Blue Encount), you'll see Ash slowly limping towards an unknown destination, while holding his left side with his right hand (the same side he got stabbed in). What's more is that it is dark outside, and that Ash is wearing the same clothing as he was wearing in the library. So, it is a good possibility that Ash survived and fell unconscious in the library. He then later woke up and decided to get treated, and meet up with his gang. Maybe a few months afterwards, he decided to go to Japan, and meet up with Eiji. MAPPA, the company that made Banana Fish, as well as the well-known Yuri!! On Ice, has this character chart of all the BF characters, showing which ones are alive and which ones aren't. If the picture of the character is gray, then that means that the character has passed away. If their picture is still colored, though, then that means that the character is still alive. What's more is that there are lines/arrows pointing from one character to another, showing who killed who. For example, there is a line leading from Ash to Golzine, indicating that Ash killed Golzine, but no line leading back from Golzine to Ash, meaning that Ash had not died by the hands of Golzine, like we all known. Instead, we've been lead to believe that Ash had been killed by Lao, Sing's older brother. If you take a look at the character chart (I'll put the link down at the end, for anyone wanting to take a look), you'll see Lao's *grayed picture* and Ash's *colored picture.* This means that Ash *did not die by Lao's hands.* Rather, he was just stabbed, as shown in episode 24. Lao missed all of Ash's vital organs, so if Ash did die (which he did in the manga), he would have bled out, which is a painful end to meet. However, that brings us to our next clue; the library in which Ash had supposedly died in. The New York Public Library (the library in which Ash had died in) generally closes around 7:45 in the evening on a week day. Let's just assume that it was a week day when Ash had gotten stabbed, and that it was close to maybe 7:30, since one can bleed out quickly in this kind of situation. It would usually take about 5-10 minutes for someone to bleed out, but we're gonna assume that Ash can survive a bit longer because of his iron-like body (as said by a doctor in the series or whatnot; I don't remember exactly lol). Anyways, since Ash can hold out a little longer than a normal human, he would probably survive long enough for the closing time of the library, and would have to leave. Perhaps he decided to seek medical attention or something, and ended up at a hospital under a false name. Anyways, there's a lot of evidence that Ash survives in the anime. There is some official art of Ash and Eiji in Japan and the two opening a cafe called "Banana Fish" (ironic). But, of course, Ash did sadly pass away in the manga, and Eiji was severely impacted by it. He completely changed his life style after Ash had passed away, so says Sing, who was taking care of him when Eiji came back to America. Eiji wouldn't cut his hair after Ash's death, saying that he wouldn't cut it until he was over Ash's passing. To Eiji, he was the reason for Ash's death, since *his* letter had distracted him, and made him unable to notice Lao coming up on him. If Ash (the manga version) were still alive today, he would be turning 53 on August 12th. Eiji would be turning 55 sometime in May (he doesn't have an official birthday, sadly). Shorter would be turning 53-56 this year (Shorter doesn't have an official age or birthday; poor Shorter). Now if anime Ash is alive, he'd be turning 19. Eiji is turning 21 and Shorter would be turning 19-21. Sing is turning 16 this year (yay, good for him!), and Yeet-Long (Yut-Lung) is turning 18 (y'know, I found out that in the manga, Yut-Lung was assassinated a year after Ash's death; not sure if this is true or not in the anime though). Oh boy, that took an hour. Finding info while writing this is pretty hard lol. But I hope I gave something for the anime watchers to grab onto. I read the manga, so there's no getting over the fact that Ash died. But you anime-only folks can believe that Ash survived. Also, sorry about that *huge* essay I made lol. I swear, my fingers are gonna fall off one day- Anyways, I shall sink into the darkness now, and attempt to rewatch Banana Fish while trying not to feel sad about the ending anymore.... *MAPPA Character Chart Link (for anyone wanting to take a look at it):* bananafish.tv/special/relation/ *Banana Fish Manga (for anyone wanting to read it; Imma warn you, Garden of Light is the depressing part. Also, this manga was made in the 1900s, so if the art style looks totally different from the anime, then that's why. Also, Shorter's bald lol.):* manganelo.com/chapter/read_banana_fish_manga_online/chapter_1.1

[@miyuukuri2004]

THIS IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE MORE LIKES. THE EFFORT AND HOW WELL WRITTEN THIS IS❤❤❤. Oh why don't you share this everywhere in any BF video? I've knew every single thing about what you've wrote, yet I still enjoyed reading this because you've simplified everything perfectly. Share this!

[@alanna_anderson_6547]

0:24 Omfg, if that isn’t Ash 0:46 OMG YOU DIDNT!! Edit: these are actually awesome 😂

[@blehpp7192]

5:45 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@iriaeiravella5907]

Help I don't get it🥲

[@miekevisage2785]

3:42 the fact that it feels so accurate-

[@pokesyourcheek]

This was BRILLIANT omg all of Shorter's vines were so incredibly spot on

[@iliterallydontknow7783]

The last one.. that’s not okay😂

[@jasminelane8581]

I'm watching this right after watching the Banana Fish finale and I'm bawling my eyes out, I can't see the screen properly, everything is blurry through my tears, clouding my eyes and pouring down my face and the tissues are on the other side of the room so I can't be bothered to get out of bed and grab some so I'm remaining a sobbing mess and dear god please help me. (EDIT): Thank god. This video worked better than years of therapy

[@salamilid4125]

Mood

[@Dr.shaboom]

2:03 this went through my head everything someone tried to kill him i swear

[@spshm7748]

THAT LAST ONE THOUGH I’M CRYING

[@xxshadowolfexx5730]

we’re all traumatized thx

[@NuramatsuHanaya]

4:10 NOOOO!!!! SHORTERRRR :"(

[@jbluva99]

3:17 I LOST IT I CAN'T BREATHE

[@iriaeiravella5907]

That was perfection 😂😂

[@Nodame]

I cant believe you predicted episode 25

[@idontneedfriendstheydissap3419]

2:02 ive been laughin at this for days

[@daria-lw4dg]

The last one is just *UUUGH*

[@azazaz4464]

1:11 - 1:16 is the best

[@elementalcardboard]

(Contains spoilers but like shrugs) You know this anime just *Really* thought it would be great to mess with my emotions: “Ah that’s a cute kid I love him hes my favorite” DEAD “oH MY GOD SHORTER IS AMAZING I LOVE HIM HES SO SWEET” **Dead** “Alright I’m not gonna get attached to anyone but I stg if something happens to Ash-“

[@alexalytraa2714]

0:50 I WASNT READY

[@trilliumi2082]

I was laughing until the enD AND NOW IM SOBBING YOU MONSTER

[@_Nyctopia_]

7:13 did you just-

[@Alicapy]

This is too accurate and I think I'll use them as a coping mechanism too

[@ajcindercraft3311]

I have been watching vine comps and crack vids for Banana Fish for a while to try and calm the raging storm of sadness that hits me whenever I think about what has happened. Its not helping a whole lot it just keeps reminding me of what happened and destroying me, but here I am, still doing it.

[@dianef617]

The last one I-

[@ameliaskyye]

These are the only videos keeping my sanity after the ending I literally CANT

[@noe4354]

2:21 the best one lmao

[@marianahuaraz4589]

5:08 his voice sounds like Eiji's :0

[@bethcollier8777]

this video momentarily gave me life after finishing banana fish and having my heart ripped out of my chest.

[@bridget.liraiza]

YOU DID NOT JUST MAKE SKIPPER’S DEATH A VINE

[@lskip6529]

All of the ones with shorter are so accurate omgggg 😂😂 screaming

[@spicyteaart]

This is the best one I’ve seen so far, bless u

[@jilly3980]

Banana fish memes work so well dammit- ONE SECOND IM LAUGHING MY ASS OFF AND THE NEXT IM HAVING A MELTDOWN fRick

[@tearmis2574]

0:52 - 0:58. DAMN THAT MOOD CHANGES TOO QUICKLY-

[@kseniyalukashenya5694]

THAT'S LITERALLY THE FUNNIEST THING I'VE SEEN ON BANANA FISH GOD THANK YOU FOR THIS HERITAGE

[@thecakegarden5324]

This will help us all to cope.

[@jasasasmine]

,,My life is being ruined by the internet!" Same...same dude

[@daethule]

This is the best Banana Fish as Vines video I've seen. Absolutely spot on. Laughed out loud the whole way through.

[@jae4006]

4:16 I CAN'T, THIS ONE CRACK ME

[@heya4405]

the "honey you got a big storm coming" is no relateable

[@justaperson15_78]

1:16 I ALMOST CHOCKED ON MY OWN SPIT LMFAOO

[@amblehhh]

0:33 is rlly accurate i-

[@mommyjhie5173]

Ive cried for 1 straigh hour at the last ep and this video is everything

[@ashleyjohnson3044]

Goooood this is art

[@oliviameyer9489]

0:46 WHEN I TELL YOU I YELLED

[@thestinkieststinker]

Ash may still be alive in the anime because if you look in the 2nd intro you see Ash holding his side where he got stabbed walking towards an unidentified place most likely the hospital. Not to mention he’s still coloured on the official Banana Fish website :’)

[@ashlynx953]

Everybody notice that and you are true not false ❤️

[@thestinkieststinker]

@@ashlynx953 actually there’s a large percentage of Banana Fish fans who don’t know 😬

[@ashlynx953]

@@thestinkieststinker oh yeah 😆

[@maria-og2lp]

i dont know whether i should laugh or cry

[@starvingartist7089]

These make me laugh, but they also make me wanna cry

[@jasasasmine]

Holy shit the last one...I JUST FINISHED CRYING ABOUT THAT TWT

[@Twanseptic]

They're all too fucking accurate I love this

[@humanisme6746]

That last one hit me like a ton of bricks

[@checkmate4033]

THIS IS LITERALLY BANANA FISH.

[@Kai-yaam]

The last one... how could you? I trusted you.

[@krispapplesauce4801]

IM HAVING A MENTAL BREAKDOWN BECAUSE ITS ALL SO ACCURATE

[@fishsticks3729]

Dude, I woke up at 3:47 am to a dream of Eiji finding out abt ash and mr loverman playing so I needed this thanks

[@jasasasmine]

1:45 I dunno why I'm cry-laughing at this

[@heya4405]

lol cain is the owl (cain is my fav )

[@heythere2616]

7:07 i- we don't joke about that >:"(

[@sonofagun4125]

"But you didn't" works so well I'm fuckin crying omfg

[@stillthinking8648]

the last one give me flash back its traumatizing

[@quiche6936]

that last one knocked the wind out of me oOF

[@um_chile_anywaysso2087]

THAT LAST ONE WAS WAYYYY OUTTA POCKET 😭

[@justsomepersonwhosimpsfor2913]

Lao: *stabs ash* Ash: *I can't believe you've done this* Me to te person who made the video: *I CANT BELIEVE YOU'VE DONE THIS*

[@zackharrill]

I’m watch this at 1:25am cuz I can’t stop thinking about this anime😀

[@Cluxiee]

0:22 Ash was right when he said "learn some english from sesame street"

[@dabi211]

0:50 NOOO STOP ITTT XDD

[@neviejo]

No amount of memes will end my Banana Fish depression

[@N4kopaws]

No bc the last episode made me cry straight for 3 hours.

[@Brainlessbian]

0:53 That's so saddly accurate x"ddd

[@abenabeautiful3639]

Bruh that Skipper one got me fucked up 😭😭

[@Mayayapayapa]

The last one made me die With Ash. Sorry I'm crying

[@irenee5024]

5:45 that...........hurts............

[@visser420]

I think that last one at the very end is fitting

[@adaca4018]

I’m so emotionally inestable this make me laugh and cry at the same time

[@lionpoke]

"Must be a nice dream" fuck no I even couldn't sleep.

[@cm9182]

3:57 killed me man

[@Ldoesstuffig]

0:50 - 0:53 hit hard!! That hurt-

[@deepikasharma3731]

Banana fish got me like I want to laugh at this but I can't laugh I think I am making sense

[@dovahkiinchickennugget4182]

4:52 Should have been a pumpkin.

[@erzascarlett3036]

I believe the last one hit us all hard

[@everycliche]

MY JAW DROPPED AT THE LAST ONE

[@rinkedehaan6849]

Idk if i should laugh or cry