Blanca meets Ash for the first time.  

I get really upset about how Blanca and the world failed him (again) and talk about graffiti a bunch.  

Next week is a weird kind last episode thing and the next season starts on March 13th!  

The act of trying to hold control over a human being is not to be taken lightly, Monsieur: [email protected]  

The last bit of manga on the Banana Fish timeline, taking place in 1994, 9 years after Ash and Eiji first met.

So what happens to Eiji after he returns to Japan? Does he ever find out about Ash?  
Next week we wrap up the manga extras with Private Opinion!   

I love your name, I know somebody whose name means the same thing: [email protected]

Hear how Ash and Shorter met, (yeah!) when Shorter's tasked with making sure Ash doesn't get killed during his first two months in Juvenile Detention.  

I try to figure out how to read manga outloud and don't even cry once.  

Next week is Garden of Light.  

His eyes are light green, they just look red sometimes: [email protected]

Sayonara America,  
Sayonara New York,  
But I won't say sayonara to you, Ash...  
My soul is always with you: [email protected]  

(PS- FINE, this isn't my second favorite anime, this is my favorite anime.)

A Broken Jar: https://youtu.be/u3AeMbONvcA?si=1m-C7QhVeSDnE8KV

King Park: https://youtu.be/W141hdkPVMw?si=aWwvhAqS1SIuA6Bf

Ash needs to go with Eiji.  

Ash cannot go with Eiji.  

Sayonara, Eiji: [email protected]

First I talk a little about scars because Ash doesn't have any? Yeah, I don't get it either.   

Foxx tries to convince Ash to join forces, but Ash would rather kiss a slug. Unfortunately he knows everything about Ash's past (stop telling people already, Golzine!) and thinks he can break him.  

Eiji shows why he is best Eiji.  

Eiji picks just the worst time to teach Ash how to say "sayonara".   

All that and also I cry more than usual, sorry.
 
Eiji!!!: [email protected]

Ash and Max go to a gay bar and Ash gets to relive some trauma!  

Some folks get rescued, lots of people get shot, and even the French Foreign Legion even gets involved. And to think it's all over some very sad teenager who just wants to have a normal life.  

I probably cry a little too, btw.  

Nothing but crazy serial killers, Eiji: [email protected]

Eiji and the gangs try to save Ash and then have a good old time in the NYC sewer system.
Ash kills a bunch of mafia guys in the Museum of Natural History and looks just as cool as fuck doing so (sorry, mafia guys).  
Mostly everything is just terrible, but the description sounds fun, right?  
No new episode next week, so have a great Hanukkah, Christmas, or whatever.
I'm a coward, Eiji: [email protected]

Life ain't going so well for Ash, it's not even going as well as he was expecting (which was real bad).   

The gang comes up with a plan to save Ash, and not a moment too soon since he, much like the majestic narwhal, does not do well in captivity (Seriously, narwhals can't survive in captivity, look it up).  

We also get the most vulgar monologue I've ever had to read, so that's definitely something.  

This must be the American Dream, right?: [email protected] 

Things are getting really bad now that Blanca's in the mix. Ash has to make just the worst decision possible in order to save that one really good thing in his life (you know the one).  

Also, I cry a whole lot (sorry) and mispronounce monsieur like 5 times (I was really trying, I swear).  

You'd make a good wife, Eiji: [email protected]