“People have been asking about the reading room and have been going real hard buying all the little tourist gifts like the chair,” said gift shop worker Meghan R., who wouldn’t give her last name.
The unusual interest has been a boon for the library too - with Japanese tourists snatching up $30 miniature replicas of Rose Room chairs, staffers said.
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Fans of the series have also been leaving red roses at chair 378, where Ash perishes. Some even held up small cut-outs of the characters to take photos of inside the room.
The tourism company Kinki Nippon Tourist Kanto operates a $2,327 travel package that hits all the Big Apple locations featured in the series - called “Banana Fish” in English.Ībout 80 fans with the group toured the library Tuesday, snapping photos inside the Rose Room, where New York City teenage gang leader Ash Lynx dies, smiling and clutching a letter from his photojournalist friend Eiji Okumura. Japanese tourists are going bananas for the New York Public Library.įans of the anime series “Banana Fisshu” - or “バナナフィッシュ” - are flocking to the booklender’s flagship branch on Fifth Avenue to pay tribute to the main character, who dies sitting in a chair in the iconic Rose Main Reading Room. Man arrested at NYPL Drag Story Hour after confronting protesters Here are the most popular books of 2022 for New Yorkers Protesters spewed 'pure hatred and bigotry' outside Manhattan library hosting Drag Story Hour The original wording: “At 8:40 this morning, a fatal accident occurred on Route 87.What a card! NYPL marks 50 years of hip-hop in 'Wild Style' However, it is assumed that these assassinations happened within a day of each other due to Ash looking for any news on Kippard’s death in the newspaper that next morning. The assassination of Senator Holstock was translated as being the day after the assassination of Senator Kippard in the English print, but the original print does not have the day set only the time. One photo’s date (July 15th, 1986) was somehow changed when being translated to English and is incorrect in the English print. With the time gap from October 11th, 1985 to October 22nd, 1986 in the “Banana Fish” story (about a 1 year gap) these photos alleviate the time gap a bit making it seem like Ash and Eiji had multiple times to venture out before and during the gang war with Arthur. These 3 photos Eiji had taken of Ash were put in the short story epilogue “Garden of Light” which Yoshida-sensei had published after “Banana Fish”. Ibe and Eiji’s visa expiration dates (Confirmed to be around late August/ early September).The travel to Cape Cod (Confirmed to occur in the summer).The attack of Dino’s Club Cod (Confirmed to be August 15th, 1985).Ash’s age being 17 breaks the timeline for these proceeding events:
The original wording: “This wind, we are in autumn, right?” Go back to eventĪsh’s birth date doesn’t match Ash’s stated age when he meets Max in jail he should still be 16. In the English print of “Angel eyes” the translation of Shorter talking about the breeze leaves out the Autumn/Fall season they were currently in. The English print corrects this by omitting the years that has passed.
Maxon’s reports of the incident of Dong Tham state it was 13 years ago when it should be 12. In “Banana Fish: Rebirth”, Eiji is said to be born as “Hayaumare”, people that are born before school starts between January 1st and April 1st. With Eiji stating he was 19 and was a college student, this means that his birthday is either on or before March 8th (date of when he first visits America). Those accepted into college must be 18 before or on April 1st. In the Japanese Educational System a typical school year begins on April 1st and ends in March of the following year and rarely skip years while in school.
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