Ash Lynx is a kid trying to survive what the world made him, and the show treats that survival with the same weight as the crime plot, some moments hit you harder than any shoot-out. Eiji arrives as the thing Ash didn't know he needed, someone who sees the person underneath the killer. The ending won't let you have a clean goodbye; it demands you sit with what it costs to love someone who was built to be disposable.

Ash Lynx is seventeen and beautiful, but his upbringing has turned him into a cold, ruthless killer. Taken in off the streets of New York as a runaway, he was raised by mafia godfather Dino Golzine, known as Papa, as both heir and possession. Now leading his own gang, Ash turns his back on the empire Papa offers him. The phrase Banana Fish, which his older brother Griffin keeps repeating after coming home from war, draws Ash into an investigation just as the dark secret behind it reaches Papa. Into this danger steps Eiji, a kind young Japanese photographer visiting New York. When Dino's men raid Ash's hideout and kidnap Eiji and Ash's friend Skip, Ash must rescue them while his mafia past threatens everything. The result is a tense psychological thriller built on action and drama.