Follow Ash Lynx, a beautiful but ruthless killer, as he rebels against the devil who raised him and tries to escape the kingdom held out by his adoptive father, Papa Dino Golzine. Joined by a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, Ash navigates through the chaos of New York City in the 80s, all while trying to keep a hideous secret from falling into the wrong hands. This epic shojo manga, containing non-stop action and an electric shock into the genre, is a must-read for fans of Japanese comics.

Banana Fish, Vol. 2

VICE CITY: NEW YORK IN THE 80s... Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen into Papa's insatiably ambitious hands -- and it's exactly the wrong time for Eiji Okamura, a pure-hearted young photographer from Japan, to make Ash Lynx's acquaintance... Epic in scope, and one of the best-selling shojo titles of all time in Japan, Akimi Yoshida put an electric shock into the genre and gained a huge crossover audience through Banana Fish's stripped-down, non-stop style.