The title is virtually all in all probability elysian per short story A Perfect Day for Bananafish by J.D. Salinger.

There are 19 Japanese tankōbon or eleven bunko reprints published by Shogakukan, an art book, Angel Eyes and Rebirth: The Banana Fish Official Guidebook. A spwithin-by-product come collected in one bunko titled Another Story. There was likewise the NHK radio drama, released around 1996 in Video when "BANANA FISH Part 1-3". Eiji was voiced by Kazuhiko Inoue and Ash Lynx was voiced by Toru Furusawa.

Banana Fish is published inside English by VIZ Media. A number one (at present out-of-print) graphic novel edition spanned a 1st seven volumes & featured 'flipped' graphics, subsequent "shōjo" editions come in the original perfect-to-left format & freed in the bi-monthly basis (these are of note that these future editions feature 'toned down' language & a bit of translational differences). A series too ran around each of Viz's failing manga magazines, Pulp and Animerica Extra for several years.

A accurate nature & severity of the warmly relationship between protagonist Ash Lynx and lensman's adjunct Eiji Okumura is of peachy speculation to fans.

Plot Summaries (Spoiler to follow)
Withinside 1973, in Vietnam, an Our contries soldier goes mad & guns down his chum. Since so, a exclusively words he has uttered come "Banana Fish"...

Vol I: Twelve years late, inside New York City, police investigate the series of puzzling suicides, & the anxious human gives the handsome magnetic immature gang lader known as Ash the sample of the mysterious substance...

Characters
Ash Lynx (Aslan Callenreese) the protagonist, a street-caring immature gang leader using practiced marksmanship Eiji Okumura (奥村 英二 Okumura Eiji) Japanese previous jock & lensman's assisant Dino Golzine Ash's previous patron, the mafioso kingpin sustaining pedophiliac tastes Max Lobo (Max Glenreed) The Vietnam vet & journalist, has condition sustaining his ex-wife Akira Ibe Japanese photojournalist world health organization will bring Eiji to the U.S. Shorter Wong A gang leader world health organization controls Chinatown, ally to Ash