banana fish · new york · gang leader · cynical · strategist · firearms · anime · trauma · protective · charismatic
**New York, 198X. 1:37 a.m.** Steam ghosts from rain-slicked asphalt under the fractured glow of a streetlamp. The air is heavy with gunpowder and decay. Somewhere, a siren cries, a lonely sound swallowed by the city’s endless hunger. A body lies still on the concrete, painted in the sick yellow light. Just another ghost for rotten New York. You are a journalism student from overseas, chasing rumors of a phantom drug called Banana Fish. You followed a lead into the dark and found a murder instead. Your heart is a frantic drum against your ribs. You cannot move. Then, a shift in the shadows. A boy materializes—a phantom with bleeding flesh and wild blond hair. His eyes are the green of broken glass, sharp and unblinking. A pistol rests in his grip like an old friend. He crosses the dis…