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Jan 25, 2022 3:37 PM
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BF shows mature topics like about the environment youre raised in impacts you, sexual assault from a young age, sex trafficking, corruption in those with higher powers, and, in Ash's & others' case, having to live with the after effects of that for the rest of his life.

Again with BF gaining a lot more popularity recently, I have not seen people putting warnings before recommending the show. I found the show through tiktok, where it was being talked about as "sad anime," "you will be crying for days," which I did, don't get me wrong. But I did not expect such mature topics to be brought up & talked about so easily. Alot of the times when watching a new show, we go blindly into it, but you are recommending it to someone & don't tell them that there are sensitive topics. I dont know.. it's something that takes a few seconds to say, & it could really help someone before watching it.
After truly understanding just how dark the show is I’ve seen quite a few people drop it because they were either very triggered by the themes or expected something totally different because of this dumb “Yaoi/BL” tag the anime community has given it.

I don't want to ramble on a ton, but I just want to know what you guys on here think about this

Edit : Jesus Christ guys CSA isn’t boys love what the fuck
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Twitter gonna Twitter.
"Those people" normalised the notion, that two characters of the same gender having any sort of interaction immediately make them gay and here's the result.
The only way you can fight them is by ignoring them.
Jan 25, 2022 4:12 PM
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Piromysl said:
Twitter gonna Twitter.
"Those people" normalised the notion, that two characters of the same gender having any sort of interaction immediately make them gay and here's the result.
The only way you can fight them is by ignoring them.


sorry about any botched notifs you might get, I posted a broken link that uploaded an image out of whack

but anyways

Banana fish is definitely not BL, but Ash and Eiji are pretty heavily implied to be gay bro

this is official art drawn by Akimi Yoshida (the author)

https://preview.redd.it/pqe1hcogqpl61.jpg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b4bb30bbc6eb5b4d4c3fa1568ec62ccf9418478e
Jan 25, 2022 4:16 PM
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Anime_-freak9 said:
There's no BL tag on MAL


https://myanimelist.net/anime/genre/28/Boys_Love
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Jan 25, 2022 4:20 PM
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Piromysl said:
Twitter gonna Twitter.
"Those people" normalised the notion, that two characters of the same gender having any sort of interaction immediately make them gay and here's the result.
The only way you can fight them is by ignoring them.


That’s the one thing that annoys me is that guys who are in touch with their emotions and have a close guy friend are considered gay, especially in the anime community Reinforcing the toxic stereotype that men, to be perceived as straight, has to be emotionally distant and not close with other men.
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Jan 25, 2022 4:26 PM
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Yeah because it is a BL lol, why do you think men raped him and not women? Why do you think 90% of the characters in his show are gay? THINK
Jan 25, 2022 4:28 PM
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Yeah because it is a BL lol, why do you think men raped him and not women? Why do you think 90% of the characters in his show are gay? THINK

You must be sick to think that childhood rape is now boys *love*.
Also literally anyone who has any understanding of the mentality behind people like this easily understands that these men are not gay, they are are predators. These people are in no way interested in men romantically, they just want the power over a victim. It’s sick and twisted yet the world we live in.
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Jan 25, 2022 4:28 PM
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No idea what kind of crowd you hang around in, but a very basic trailer search would’ve shown you it is a mature show and deals with pretty heavy topics. Even the description says enough.

“ if it looks like a duck swims like a duck and quacks like a duck then it probably is a duck”

If you choose to ignore everything and blindly go into an anime just because it might have a genre tagged onto it you enjoy it can get pretty messy. I learned that the hard way too.
Jan 25, 2022 4:31 PM
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Bucketly said:
Alasco2002 said:
Yeah because it is a BL lol, why do you think men raped him and not women? Why do you think 90% of the characters in his show are gay? THINK

You must be sick to think that childhood rape is now boys love.

Okay but why women didn’t rape him? Why is 90% of the characters gay? Tell me
Jan 25, 2022 4:34 PM
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Alasco2002 said:
Bucketly said:

You must be sick to think that childhood rape is now boys love.

Okay but why women didn’t rape him? Why is 90% of the characters gay? Tell me

Read the rest of the thing then. It’s disgusting to imply that a show like this is romanticizing it in any way, and concerning that you took it in that way. Very very disturbing.
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Anime_-freak9 said:

oh sorry what I meant was that there was no BL tag for the SHOW on MAL. 😂I see that it could be interpreted differently, though

Aha no worries man
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Bucketly said:
Alasco2002 said:
Yeah because it is a BL lol, why do you think men raped him and not women? Why do you think 90% of the characters in his show are gay? THINK

You must be sick to think that childhood rape is now boys love.


yeah that was a pretty weird take negl
boys love ≠ rape
probably a side effect of all the fucked up gay """""""romance""""""" like killing stalking that straight girls get off to

ash and eiji are probably gay (its outright stated in the "garden of light" chapter of the Banana Fish manga that Ash and Eiji are soulmates, but the author has also stated that they don't have sex), but banana fish is NOT a boy's love show and anyone who goes in expecting that is in for a nasty surprise
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Alasco2002 said:
Bucketly said:

You must be sick to think that childhood rape is now boys love.

Okay but why women didn’t rape him? Why is 90% of the characters gay? Tell me


Characters happening to be gay in a highly dramatic action series has nothing to do with BL. Imo to be tagged BL it’s main focus must be romance, as it also should be with GL. Or at least a big part of it, assault has nothing to do with preferences, you should stop being dramatically ridiculous.
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Alasco2002 said:
Yeah because it is a BL lol, why do you think men raped him and not women? Why do you think 90% of the characters in his show are gay? THINK


As someone once said:
If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail.
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Bucketly said:
Alasco2002 said:

Okay but why women didn’t rape him? Why is 90% of the characters gay? Tell me

Read the rest of the thing then. It’s disgusting to imply that a show like this is romanticizing it in any way, and concerning that you took it in that way. Very very disturbing.

You are avoiding my other question, why is 90% of the characters in this show gay? This show is gay as fuck and there is nothing wrong with saying it.
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joeriz9 said:
Alasco2002 said:

Okay but why women didn’t rape him? Why is 90% of the characters gay? Tell me


Characters happening to be gay in a highly dramatic action series has nothing to do with BL. Imo to be tagged BL it’s main focus must be romance, as it also should be with GL. Or at least a big part of it, assault has nothing to do with preferences, you should stop being dramatically ridiculous.

One character or two happening to be gay is okay but litterally 90% of the characters are gay, you ain’t gonna tell me this isn’t implying BL lol. The show is gay as fuck and there is nothing wrong with it. It is like you all are afraid to say to other people that you watched a BL so you deny it, I personnaly don’t care IT IS A BL and there is nothing WRONG with it
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joeriz9 said:
Alasco2002 said:

Okay but why women didn’t rape him? Why is 90% of the characters gay? Tell me


Characters happening to be gay in a highly dramatic action series has nothing to do with BL. Imo to be tagged BL it’s main focus must be romance, as it also should be with GL. Or at least a big part of it, assault has nothing to do with preferences, you should stop being dramatically ridiculous.


This is true. Shows shouldn't really be tagged as yuri, yaoi, BL, or anything else of the sort just because it has gay people in it; that'd be like tagging Dragon Ball as "Straight romance" because goku has a wife.
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Alasco2002 said:
Bucketly said:

Read the rest of the thing then. It’s disgusting to imply that a show like this is romanticizing it in any way, and concerning that you took it in that way. Very very disturbing.

You are avoiding my other question, why is 90% of the characters in this show gay? This show is gay as fuck and there is nothing wrong with saying it.


I’m not avoiding the question dude, I edited my original response so read the rest of the thing as I said lmao, you seem to be the one avoiding something here. Stop avoiding reading it and have ur question answered.
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Alasco2002 said:
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Characters happening to be gay in a highly dramatic action series has nothing to do with BL. Imo to be tagged BL it’s main focus must be romance, as it also should be with GL. Or at least a big part of it, assault has nothing to do with preferences, you should stop being dramatically ridiculous.

One character or two happening to be gay is okay but litterally 90% of the characters are gay, you ain’t gonna tell me this isn’t implying BL lol. The show is gay as fuck and there is nothing wrong with it. It is like you all are afraid to say to other people that you watched a BL so you deny it, I personnaly don’t care IT IS A BL and there is nothing WRONG with it


The show is 90% people getting killed, raped, and doing drugs. Those people are gay, yeah. That doesn't make it a romance show, and it shouldn't be classified as such. I'm sure most of the people in SAW are straight. Doesn't mean I call it a "straight romance movie".
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Bucketly said:
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You are avoiding my other question, why is 90% of the characters in this show gay? This show is gay as fuck and there is nothing wrong with saying it.


I’m not avoiding the question dude, I edited my original response so read the rest of the thing as I said lmao, you seem to be the one avoiding something here. Stop avoiding reading it and have ur question answered.

It still doesn’t answer the question tho, I read it all but all you are saying is that it treats mature themes, how 90% of the characters being gay is a mature theme?
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Alasco2002 said:
joeriz9 said:


Characters happening to be gay in a highly dramatic action series has nothing to do with BL. Imo to be tagged BL it’s main focus must be romance, as it also should be with GL. Or at least a big part of it, assault has nothing to do with preferences, you should stop being dramatically ridiculous.

One character or two happening to be gay is okay but litterally 90% of the characters are gay, you ain’t gonna tell me this isn’t implying BL lol. The show is gay as fuck and there is nothing wrong with it. It is like you all are afraid to say to other people that you watched a BL so you deny it, I personnaly don’t care IT IS A BL and there is nothing WRONG with it


I mean I literally have one on my to watch list, so there goes your argument. If it has a good romance i would not care one bit.

Also it is factually false to claim 90% of the characters are gay, there are predators and some gay characters. Even if 90% of the characters were gay that would still not make this a Yaoi because it’s focus is not romance, in fact it has zero clear cut romance.

People being depicted abused is not romance, simple as that.
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Alasco2002 said:

One character or two happening to be gay is okay but litterally 90% of the characters are gay, you ain’t gonna tell me this isn’t implying BL lol. The show is gay as fuck and there is nothing wrong with it. It is like you all are afraid to say to other people that you watched a BL so you deny it, I personnaly don’t care IT IS A BL and there is nothing WRONG with it


The show is 90% people getting killed, raped, and doing drugs. Those people are gay, yeah. That doesn't make it a romance show, and it shouldn't be classified as such. I'm sure most of the people in SAW are straight. Doesn't mean I call it a "straight romance movie".

The show is clearly gay no matter what you say, you ain’t gonna tell me 90% of characters being gay in a show doesn’t make the show gay
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joeriz9 said:
Alasco2002 said:

One character or two happening to be gay is okay but litterally 90% of the characters are gay, you ain’t gonna tell me this isn’t implying BL lol. The show is gay as fuck and there is nothing wrong with it. It is like you all are afraid to say to other people that you watched a BL so you deny it, I personnaly don’t care IT IS A BL and there is nothing WRONG with it


I mean I literally have one on my to watch list, so there goes your argument. If it has a good romance i would not care one bit.

Also it is factually false to claim 90% of the characters are gay, there are predators and some gay characters. Even if 90% of the characters were gay that would still not make this a Yaoi because it’s focus is not romance, in fact it has zero clear cut romance.

People being depicted abuse is not romance, simple as that.

If the show is not romance why is 90% of the characters gay? And why are they all attracted to ash? Sure there is no actual romance but you can’t deny that this is a gay show, absolutely gay
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Alasco2002 said:
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I’m not avoiding the question dude, I edited my original response so read the rest of the thing as I said lmao, you seem to be the one avoiding something here. Stop avoiding reading it and have ur question answered.

It still doesn’t answer the question tho, I read it all but all you are saying is that it treats mature themes, how 90% of the characters being gay is a mature theme?


You’re on my last nerve with you so ima say it again.
You must be sick to think that childhood rape is now boys *love*.
Also literally anyone who has any understanding of the mentality behind people like this easily understands that these men are not gay, they are are predators. These people are in no way interested in men romantically, they just want the power over a victim. It’s sick and twisted yet the world we live in.
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Bucketly said:
Alasco2002 said:

It still doesn’t answer the question tho, I read it all but all you are saying is that it treats mature themes, how 90% of the characters being gay is a mature theme?


I’m on my last nerve with you so ima say it again.
You must be sick to think that childhood rape is now boys *love*.
Also literally anyone who has any understanding of the mentality behind people like this easily understands that these men are not gay, they are are predators. These people are in no way interested in men romantically, they just want the power over a victim. It’s sick and twisted yet the world we live in.

You are just turning it to your favor, if they really want to be predator they would rape women cause women are less strong than men, you don’t even make any sense. And when did they say they were not interested in men? So you think they fuck men just to assert dominance? You are the sick fuck here

As I said this show is gay and there is nothing wrong with it.
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This show is pretty big fujo bait, but its an incredible story. Because the story is so good I tried to ignore all those elements I kept seeing. My only complaint is that every older character was gay for ash(I don’t blame them), but that did feel weird to me. But it made sense by them end cause its Ash trying to escape his past.
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Alasco2002 said:
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The show is 90% people getting killed, raped, and doing drugs. Those people are gay, yeah. That doesn't make it a romance show, and it shouldn't be classified as such. I'm sure most of the people in SAW are straight. Doesn't mean I call it a "straight romance movie".

The show is clearly gay no matter what you say, you ain’t gonna tell me 90% of characters being gay in a show doesn’t make the show gay


Did you... not read what I said? I know it's gay. Yes. There are gay characters in Banana Fish. I'm gay too. It's great to see the representation. (Or maybe not, since most of them are rapists.) But for fuck's sake.
Boy's love is NOT any show that has gay people in it. It's a show ABOUT the characters being gay, dating, romancing, and stuff. (It also usually fetishizes it a little, but that's another topic.)

Banana fish is NOT ABOUT the characters being gay, its about Ash toppling a drug empire. He's just also gay while doing it.

If I was fighting for my life and killing people every day and someone called my life "Boy's love" because I'm with a guy somewhat romantically, I'd rather they just call me a slur.
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I mean I literally have one on my to watch list, so there goes your argument. If it has a good romance i would not care one bit.

Also it is factually false to claim 90% of the characters are gay, there are predators and some gay characters. Even if 90% of the characters were gay that would still not make this a Yaoi because it’s focus is not romance, in fact it has zero clear cut romance.

People being depicted abuse is not romance, simple as that.

If the show is not romance why is 90% of the characters gay? And why are they all attracted to ash? Sure there is no actual romance but you can’t deny that this is a gay show, absolutely gay


Do you even read what you post?

“If the show is not romance why is 90% of the characters gay” - first of all, sexual preference or attraction has nothing to do with romance, literally a 12 year old should know this.

Secondly - only one of the mains shows a clear attraction for ash.

Thirdly - You’re 19 years old, it is time to grow up and stop being so ridiculous.

Reflect on what you posted, I mean really analyze it and then realize what you’re saying, you’re saying getting abused makes you gay and this is an absolutely disgusting notion.

All your posts have been reported by the way.
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I’m on my last nerve with you so ima say it again.
You must be sick to think that childhood rape is now boys *love*.
Also literally anyone who has any understanding of the mentality behind people like this easily understands that these men are not gay, they are are predators. These people are in no way interested in men romantically, they just want the power over a victim. It’s sick and twisted yet the world we live in.

You are just turning it to your favor, if they really want to be predator they would rape women cause women are less strong than men, you don’t even make any sense. And when did they say they were not interested in men? So you think they fuck men just to assert dominance? You are the sick fuck here

As I said this show is gay and there is nothing wrong with it.


“You are the sick fuck here” - guy who called child molestation boys love
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The show is clearly gay no matter what you say, you ain’t gonna tell me 90% of characters being gay in a show doesn’t make the show gay


Did you... not read what I said? I know it's gay. Yes. There are gay characters in Banana Fish. I'm gay too. It's great to see the representation. (Or maybe not, since most of them are rapists.) But for fuck's sake.
Boy's love is NOT any show that has gay people in it. It's a show ABOUT the characters being gay, dating, romancing, and stuff. (It also usually fetishizes it a little, but that's another topic.)

Banana fish is NOT ABOUT the characters being gay, its about Ash toppling a drug empire. He's just also gay while doing it.

If I was fighting for my life and killing people every day and someone called my life "Boy's love" because I'm with a guy somewhat romantically, I'd rather they just call me a slur.

It is a BL and I will not elaborate on that anymore, BYE
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I agree, someone had to say this. I’ve seen people on tiktok recommend the show without warnings too. It just seems wrong because the themes in this anime are highly mature and triggering. Some would say that it’s just anime and it shouldn’t be taken seriously, but there’s a difference when art calls attention to real issues in our world. Even though it’s a fiction anime, it touches upon real life problems that must be taken seriously. But I guess some of people just want to have fun shipping the main characters and being sad, because they don’t have the maturity to fully grasp the tragedy of it all. Because if you do understand the tragedy, then you would treat it at such.

And Boy Love is, by definition, a romance between two boys. This is not a BL honey. You can say Ash and Eiji are gay or you can say they’re not. You can say everyone in this anime is gay or straight asf. That’s your interpretation. But you cannot say that this anime is a romance, that is not up for interpretation. We know what a romance between 2 men looks like, for instance Given. And we know that Banana Fish is an action and thriller anime. What I’m trying to say is, it can be gay, but don’t try to call it a romance/BL when the show is clearly not. Not every LGBTQ story is a romance for your BL fetish.

(Also, in my irrelevant interpretation, I think Ash and Eiji are platonic soulmates.)
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If the show is not romance why is 90% of the characters gay? And why are they all attracted to ash? Sure there is no actual romance but you can’t deny that this is a gay show, absolutely gay


Do you even read what you post?

“If the show is not romance why is 90% of the characters gay” - first of all, sexual preference or attraction has nothing to do with romance, literally a 12 year old should know this.

Secondly - only one of the mains shows a clear attraction for ash.

Thirdly - You’re 19 years old, it is time to grow up and stop being so ridiculous.

Reflect on what you posted, I mean really analyze it and then realize what you’re saying, you’re saying getting abused makes you gay and this is an absolutely disgusting notion.

All your posts have been reported by the way.

When did I say getting abused makes you gay? And what has my age to do with this? If you don’t have any argument just shut up and don’t bring people’s age.
And to what you said firstly, sexual preference is litterally what defines you as straight or gay go read a dictionary. Irl there is no such a place where 90% of people are gay, banana fish having 90% of his cast being gay is to imply that the show is gay as fuck and thus could have BL or is BL idk.
Secondly you even said one of the mains show attraction which is probably romantic feeling to ash so yeah it is a BL, cope with it.

And report my post all you want I don’t care banana fish is a BL and it will always be, stay mad.
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Alasco2002 said:
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Do you even read what you post?

“If the show is not romance why is 90% of the characters gay” - first of all, sexual preference or attraction has nothing to do with romance, literally a 12 year old should know this.

Secondly - only one of the mains shows a clear attraction for ash.

Thirdly - You’re 19 years old, it is time to grow up and stop being so ridiculous.

Reflect on what you posted, I mean really analyze it and then realize what you’re saying, you’re saying getting abused makes you gay and this is an absolutely disgusting notion.

All your posts have been reported by the way.

When did I say getting abused makes you gay? And what has my age to do with this? If you don’t have any argument just shut up and don’t bring people’s age.
And to what you said firstly, sexual preference is litterally what defines you as straight or gay go read a dictionary. Irl there is no such a place where 90% of people are gay, banana fish having 90% of his cast being gay is to imply that the show is gay as fuck and thus could have BL or is BL idk.
Secondly you even said one of the mains show attraction which is probably romantic feeling to ash so yeah it is a BL, cope with it.

And report my post all you want I don’t care banana fish is a BL and it will always be, stay mad.
i never said preference doesn’t make you gay. I said preference had nothing to do with romance. And yes you did say that, read your own posts. You are literally not reading posts and just rage typing, sad individual.
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Bucketly said:
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You are just turning it to your favor, if they really want to be predator they would rape women cause women are less strong than men, you don’t even make any sense. And when did they say they were not interested in men? So you think they fuck men just to assert dominance? You are the sick fuck here

As I said this show is gay and there is nothing wrong with it.


“You are the sick fuck here” - guy who called child molestation boys love

I never said child molestation is boys love, you are litterally changing what I said. I said 90% of the characters being gay in a show makes it a BL. Even eiji clearly show romantical feelings for ash

Banana fish is a BL and will always be, stay mad.
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joeriz9 said:
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When did I say getting abused makes you gay? And what has my age to do with this? If you don’t have any argument just shut up and don’t bring people’s age.
And to what you said firstly, sexual preference is litterally what defines you as straight or gay go read a dictionary. Irl there is no such a place where 90% of people are gay, banana fish having 90% of his cast being gay is to imply that the show is gay as fuck and thus could have BL or is BL idk.
Secondly you even said one of the mains show attraction which is probably romantic feeling to ash so yeah it is a BL, cope with it.

And report my post all you want I don’t care banana fish is a BL and it will always be, stay mad.
i never said preference doesn’t make you gay. I said preference had nothing to do with romance. You are literally not reading posts and just rage typing, sad individual.

Lol saying I’m rage typing when you are the one reporting my comments because you are mad. And what you said doesn’t make it any less of a BL.
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Bruhh why are people always making these threads. It just brings the toxic people in, like bees to honey. Ash and eiji were soulmates, as confirmed in the garden of light side story. Nothing more or less. I don't particularly mind if people are going bat crazy and shipping ash and eiji. Plenty of middle aged men on these forums go crazy and say it's a yuri when there's just two female leads and nothing more. Shipping whatever never really has bothered me.
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Alasco2002 said:
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i never said preference doesn’t make you gay. I said preference had nothing to do with romance. You are literally not reading posts and just rage typing, sad individual.

Lol saying I’m rage typing when you are the one reporting my comments because you are mad. And what you said doesn’t make it any less of a BL.


Some characters happening to be gay does not make it a BL, if it has no actual romance. It is as simple as that, if you think abuse is romance, pardon my french, you’re not right in the head.
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joeriz9 said:
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If the show is not romance why is 90% of the characters gay? And why are they all attracted to ash? Sure there is no actual romance but you can’t deny that this is a gay show, absolutely gay


Do you even read what you post?

“If the show is not romance why is 90% of the characters gay” - first of all, sexual preference or attraction has nothing to do with romance, literally a 12 year old should know this.

Secondly - only one of the mains shows a clear attraction for ash.

Thirdly - You’re 19 years old, it is time to grow up and stop being so ridiculous.

Reflect on what you posted, I mean really analyze it and then realize what you’re saying, you’re saying getting abused makes you gay and this is an absolutely disgusting notion.

All your posts have been reported by the way.



Yeah, the person you’re arguing with can’t tell that this is an action thriller anime. This anime clearly isn’t romance/BL, and it’s not even debatable. It’s sad that people don’t see stories can be LGBTQ without being a romance. Anyone who thinks this is a BL is fetishizing BL/gay people and restricting their lives and stories to erotic fantasies.
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It isn’t a BL but you can kinda see that the two protagonists like eachother, the plot isn’t about their relationship tho or romancy in any way. Its a great anime, you shouldn’t let that make you not watch it!
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Lol saying I’m rage typing when you are the one reporting my comments because you are mad. And what you said doesn’t make it any less of a BL.


Some characters happening to be gay does not make it a BL, if it has no actual romance. It is as simple as that, if you think abuse is romance, pardon my french, you’re not right in the head.

It is a BL and maybe a yaoi whatever, the show is gay as fuck. That’s it I’m done bye.

Report my comment if it makes you feel better I don’t care
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Alasco2002 said:
joeriz9 said:


Some characters happening to be gay does not make it a BL, if it has no actual romance. It is as simple as that, if you think abuse is romance, pardon my french, you’re not right in the head.

It is a BL and maybe a yaoi whatever, the show is gay as fuck. That’s it I’m done bye.

Report my comment if it makes you feel better I don’t care


dude you’ve said what you need to say and we all understand what you think now please stop spamming the thread, it’s a waste of your time please.
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Bucketly said:
Alasco2002 said:

It is a BL and maybe a yaoi whatever, the show is gay as fuck. That’s it I’m done bye.

Report my comment if it makes you feel better I don’t care


dude you’ve said what you need to say and we all understand what you think now please stop spamming the thread, it’s a waste of your time please.

I’m not spamming just saying the truth, if you all didn’t answer to my reply I would have said nothing.
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Alasco2002 said:
Bucketly said:


dude you’ve said what you need to say and we all understand what you think now please stop spamming the thread, it’s a waste of your time please.

I’m not spamming just saying the truth, if you all didn’t answer to my reply I would have said nothing.
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Bucketly said:


dude you’ve said what you need to say and we all understand what you think now please stop spamming the thread, it’s a waste of your time please.

I’m not spamming just saying the truth, if you all didn’t answer to my reply I would have said nothing.


Dude you’ve sent over 10 separate replies in the last 2 hours or so to this thread alone you are definitely spamming.
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Bucketly said:
Alasco2002 said:

I’m not spamming just saying the truth, if you all didn’t answer to my reply I would have said nothing.
Alasco2002 said:

I’m not spamming just saying the truth, if you all didn’t answer to my reply I would have said nothing.


Dude you’ve sent over 10 separate replies in the last 2 hours or so to this thread alone you are definitely spamming.

Then the people replying to me are spamming too
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BF shows mature topics like about the environment youre raised in impacts you, sexual assault from a young age, sex trafficking, corruption in those with higher powers, and, in Ash's & others' case, having to live with the after effects of that for the rest of his life.

Again with BF gaining a lot more popularity recently, I have not seen people putting warnings before recommending the show. I found the show through tiktok, where it was being talked about as "sad anime," "you will be crying for days," which I did, don't get me wrong. But I did not expect such mature topics to be brought up & talked about so easily. Alot of the times when watching a new show, we go blindly into it, but you are recommending it to someone & don't tell them that there are sensitive topics. I dont know.. it's something that takes a few seconds to say, & it could really help someone before watching it.
After truly understanding just how dark the show is I’ve seen quite a few people drop it because they were either very triggered by the themes or expected something totally different because of this dumb “Yaoi/BL” tag the anime community has given it.

I don't want to ramble on a ton, but I just want to know what you guys on here think about this

Edit : Jesus Christ guys CSA isn’t boys love what the fuck

Sadly life doesn’t come with a tw on everything. Your more upset with tiktok than anything which is understandable. Banana fish is a rated R anime if you do a quick google search. If you read the synopsis for banana fish you can tell it isn’t going to be sunshines and rainbows. The first 10 minutes are people getting killed by their buddy on drugs. If your going into a gang anime i think you’d expect some messed up themes. MAL has given bf the BL tag because it has BL themes the two mc are basically in love with eachother. I haven’t met anyone who’s watch/attempt to watch bf only for the BL tag.
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Some godawful garbage takes in this thread. XD
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Alasco2002 said:
joeriz9 said:


Some characters happening to be gay does not make it a BL, if it has no actual romance. It is as simple as that, if you think abuse is romance, pardon my french, you’re not right in the head.

It is a BL and maybe a yaoi whatever, the show is gay as fuck. That’s it I’m done bye.

Report my comment if it makes you feel better I don’t care
dude what does BL stand for boy love ok, so love, romance, where's the romance tho, you say 90% of the characters are gay, wrong, ash is Bi, eiji is queer, Dino ig you could say he's gay, all the others trying to r ash are just predators not gay, and unfortunately you don't know the difference between being a predator and being gay.
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Couldn't agree more. I hate how the anime community only focus on Ash and Eiji's relationship instead of the actual plot, story and themes. Kinda the same story as with killing stalking, people start watching and expect a bl but get exposed to harmful themes all because people refuse to warn others. Banana fish is such an amazing crime action story and I wish more people could appreciate it as that.
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idk i kind of thought it was pushing the envelope a couple of times and honestly i'm not too comfortable with that but it didn't ruin the show for me at all because i interpreted it as more of two wildly different characters from wildly different worlds coming to understand each other and fill a void that each of them had. it was a beautiful and tragic show with a lot of interesting and real ass themes. so, idk what the author's intent was but i'd hate for people to sour on watching this just because of that.

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