The reason I brought this up is because it’s not like this was an issue pertaining to THIS particular anime. Banana Fish cucked me the same way. For the majority of episodes it’s a realistic anime about Ashe and Eiji, two dudes partnering up to escape the mafia whom which Ashe is a slave of. Eiji is an athlete outsider from Japan who knows nothing about the world of gangs, drugs, and violence. You spend a lot of time analyzing the emotional toll that those elements take on Ashe, and contrast him to Eiji. Questions are asked like would two people from completely different worlds even be compatible for friendship, let alone romance? There are a few scenes where Ashe sort of has anime powers (winning shootouts 1vAMillionDumbGoons flawlessly,) in the beginning, but overall it’s down-to-earth. What’s that? We’re nearing the end? YO okay fuck all that weak shit. Civilian characters that we’ve met along the journey? They can fight and use guns now. Ashe can now take down a squad of private army soldiers practically by himself. *SPOILERS* Thank god he could do that, he escapes the mafia because of it! Oh but then he gets stabbed once and dies...even though he was in the middle of a library and just needed to ask for help from literally anyone. Some say its because he hated himself, but that’s not made clear enough for me at all considering he had finally escaped the mafia and would be in a position to move to Japan with Eiji.



