Does Eiji get kidnapped?

Does Eiji get kidnapped?

Ash and Max go to help the two, and Eiji, Shorter and Ibe were waiting for Ash and Max to come back. However, Eiji is kidnapped by Yut Lung's ruse. ... Ash and Max go to help the two, and Eiji, Shorter and Ibe were waiting for Ash and Max to come back. However, Eiji is kidnapped by Yut Lung's ruse.

Why did shorter protect Eiji?

Ash deduced Shorter did it to protect his family in New York, showing Ash and Shorter's deep sense of camaraderie and love for each other. At the end of his life, Ash's voice was able to temporarily free Shorter of the hallucinations of Banana Fish.

Does Eiji die in the anime?

In the manga, after being stabbed, Ash goes to the library to continue reading Eiji's letter and dies by bleeding out there. In the anime, his status is known, and the ending is left open, as proven by MAPPA. However, according to the source material, it is assumed that he has indeed died.

Does Eiji get over Ash?

GoL happens around 1994, about eight years after the end of Banana Fish, and NYS a few years later, around early 1999. Call me overly optimistic, but I really do believe that Eiji got over Ash's death at some point of his life, and the healing process had already begun by the end of GoL. ... And in it, Eiji is smiling.

How did shorter kill Eiji in Banana Fish?

• To demonstrate the effects of Banana Fish for representatives from the United States government, Shorter is injected with the drug by Abraham, and ordered to kill Eiji. Shorter attacks Eiji in a frenzy, though in a moment of lucidity, he is able to beg Ash to kill him.

How is Shorter Wong so protective of Eiji?

• Shorter is very protective of Eiji, covering him on multiple occasions such as intervening on his behalf when Arthur captured him. Shorter also embraced Eiji to dispatch a gun man near them, to seizing Eiji to make sure he could escape with them. Though he was forced to transport Eiji for the safety of his sister, he held him close at all times.

Why does Yut Lung hate Eiji so much?

• Yut-Lung is shown to have a strong hatred towards Eiji. This stems from believing he will drag Ash down, and after he is kidnapped by him. He also hates Eiji because of how much he means to Ash, seeing him as an undesirable weakness. He shows resentment towards Eiji for having a "normal" and sheltered life in comparison to Yut-Lung and Ash.

Why did Shunichi Ibe bring Eiji to New York?

• Eiji's kind and innocent nature can be calming to those around him, most notably Ash. Eiji was an accomplished pole vaulter before an injury occurred and he was forced to retire from the sport. It was part of the reason Shunichi Ibe decided to bring him to New York with him.