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It's late. Ash knows, on some level, that he shouldn't be out of the room by himself right now. It's not safe, and—and it's not allowed. It's just that, sometimes, he'd like to pretend he can forget what he is. Pretend he hasn't taken it to heart yet, that it's not as branded on his soul as it is on his body.

While staying at Max's house, Ash gets up for a drink of water.

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Ash lynx my beautiful boy 🤍

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My family is still staying in half of the church that wasn’t affected by the bombing because there is nowhere else to stay other than tents. They are limited to one small meal a day and one shower a week. They are sleeping on the floors, but no one can sleep since there is bombing everywhere around them. Even when there is no bombing, they can still hear the loud buzzing sound of the military planes above them, which would keep anyone who hears it awake. Along with everything, My grandma has diabetes and osteoporosis, so she can’t walk. She has to take her insulin medication along with many others; however, she has run out of many of her medications.” Am on my knees requesting for donation. Target $450

i’m so sorry, but i’m unable to donate right now :( i’m sharing this so that, hopefully, someone who can donate will see this – please let me know if there’s anything else i can do to help, and i hope you’ll reach your goal soon!

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the energy switch between link click s1 opening and s2 opening is absolutely CRAZY. s1 we get a nice little groove, some good dancing, maybe some ominous undertones but all in all pretty vibey and then BAM s2 opening we've got animation going crazy, a like realistic/3d-ish style for some of it, SO DEPRESSING LOOKING and just wow. I am aghast and the first time I saw s2's op I was slack jaw the whole time

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Happy birthday, Ash 💛🌻

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I'm an hour late, but Happy Birthday, Ash Lynx!

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Happy birthday, Aslan! 🥳🎉

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Spoilers for banana fish under the cut

Today Ash would have been 57, and I know it sounds weird but it’s so sad that Eiji will never get to see Ash with wrinkles and smile lines carved into his skin. Ash’s body won’t ever ache with age and he will never ask Eiji to massage his back. They aren’t in a world were they get to just do laundry and taxes together. And that is why I’m crying 

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I remember watching the last episode of Banana Fish on the night of my 17th birthday. I had been watching the show on a continuous pace and was waiting to watch the ending. So that's what I did after my family members wished me at midnight and celebrated and eventually everyone went to sleep. By the end of the episode, just when THE library scene ended, I was in tears sobbing into my pillow. I wondered if the problems in my life would even equate to the ones Ash had gone through. Would I be this mature and sensible? Though i has no intention of vicariously live through Ash, it was just something tht popped into my mind every second after that episode ended. The show had gradually grown so close to my heart, especially knowing the charecters were the same age as me.

That was three years ago. Today I'm 20 and come across a post about Ash's birthday. He's still 17 and I'm 20 now. Soon I'll be older and he will still be 17. We as people often fail to realise how deeply fiction affects our thoughts, especially when our reality grasps onto these stories for meaning for support or just for an identity.

I just realised that the version of me at 17 thought of Ash's ultimate decision to stay in the library as a stupid or irrationally disturbed reaction. Now at 20 I see him as a child, just wanting to get to the end of the road, knowing there is someone waiting for him, but not finding the worth in himself to drag that person down with him. It was a way of sacrifice and ultimatum. He was tired and he could not do this anymore.

Fiction and reality collide and create new perspectives for us. Characters from movies and shows and songs often cling to us, as we cling to them, trying to recognize our definitions in this process. I will keep growing but Ash will forever be 17. Its tragic and yes this is a fictional character and not a loved one but how often have we not seen ourselves, even in the smallest details, in fiction and learnt a little more about ourselves.

Aslan will always be close to my heart. And a reminder of a 17 year old me who clung to my pillow and sobbed into it for his death. Happy birthday Ash.

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08-12-24 panel redraw bc I Love how fun and cute this one was

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Happy birthday dear Ash!! He would have turned 24 today..

I was very late with the congratulations and did it in a hurry:]

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Happy birthday, Ash Lynx🎉

New Birthday art of Ash Lynx by Banana Fish (supervising) anime director Ayumi Yamada!

I can’t believe Eiji bought natto on Ash’s birthday🙃

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eiji okumura 🍌🐟

or

local artist discovers squares

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fuck everything else happy birthday ash

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if your birthday is today sorry it's not anymore today is only aslan jade callenreese day

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ash lynx you mean everything to me‼️