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Banana Fish Ep. 4- This Side of Paradise · Michelle Explains Anime, Poorly

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  Speaker 1: Hey, it's your person thing, Michelle or whatever. Back again.
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  Speaker 1: And if you're still here, congratulations you're surviving this anime.
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  Speaker 1: If not, well, then I don't need to talk about
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  Speaker 1: you because you can't hear me. So yeah, I mean
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  Speaker 1: there's not much news, at least not in the present
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  Speaker 1: time that I'm recording this, so we can pretty much
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  Speaker 1: just get right into it, I guess, which is good
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  Speaker 1: because the amount of notes I'm writing for this show
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  Speaker 1: is averaging about twenty to twenty one pages per episode,
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  Speaker 1: which is way more than it usually does. For example,
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  Speaker 1: in a fun episode of Windbreaker, I was doing about
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  Speaker 1: eleven pages of notes. Yeah, it's dense, so let's just
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  Speaker 1: do it. So. Episode four of Banana Fish is called
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  Speaker 1: this Side of Paradise, and that's taken from the title
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  Speaker 1: of f Scott Fitzgerald's debut novel called That Obviously, which
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  Speaker 1: apparently examined the lives and morality of care free American
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  Speaker 1: youth at the dawn of the jazz Age and explores
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  Speaker 1: the theme of love warped by greed instead is seeking,
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  Speaker 1: which I don't actually know how that fits with this show.
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  Speaker 1: I don't really think it does. I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: we've discussed this before. I can't remember if I've mentioned it.
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  Speaker 1: But as fun as these book titles are, because I
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  Speaker 1: think they're pretty cool, and whether they work with the
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  Speaker 1: books or not, I think they're good titles for the episodes,
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  Speaker 1: they are just anime only. The manga doesn't even have
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  Speaker 1: chapters at all. There are no chapters. It's really hard
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  Speaker 1: to refer to things in the manga because I can't say,
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  Speaker 1: in chapter seventeen this happened. I have to go buy
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  Speaker 1: volume and say in volume five, and like the end
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  Speaker 1: of volume five, this happened, which is weird. I've never
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  Speaker 1: come across that before. I don't know if it was
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  Speaker 1: common with older manga to just not have chapters. I
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  Speaker 1: really should read some older manga and kind of compare
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  Speaker 1: to see if this is something unique to a Kimi
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  Speaker 1: Yoshida or if this is like a stylistic thing that
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  Speaker 1: was happening in Mongo or showed you at this time.
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  Speaker 1: But it's very odd. Anyway. At the end of last episode,
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  Speaker 1: remember ag was going to see doctor Meredith and he
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  Speaker 1: ran into Arthur instead, which is probably not good. So
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  Speaker 1: we start right there in this episode. So the first
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  Speaker 1: scene we are looking up like that stairwell that he
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  Speaker 1: was walking up in the last episode, and we hear
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  Speaker 1: Arthur say thanks for guiding us here, and we cut
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  Speaker 1: to ag who is being knocked back into a chair
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  Speaker 1: I think, and his hands are tied behind his back,
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  Speaker 1: and Arthur says, my guy's been following you, obviously, and
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  Speaker 1: we see that he is with three guys. Two of
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  Speaker 1: them are guys we don't know. They're just kind of
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  Speaker 1: young thug guys, I guess. And then there's also that
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  Speaker 1: guy that we've met before, the guy with red hair
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  Speaker 1: and glasses who wears like a lab coat, so I'm
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  Speaker 1: assuming he's like probably a scientist, and he's also a
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  Speaker 1: little bit older, so he kind of doesn't fit with
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  Speaker 1: this crowd, but he's there. And then we see doctor
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  Speaker 1: Meredith is sitting on the ground and he also is
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  Speaker 1: probably tied, and one of the dudes who has like
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  Speaker 1: a hoodie on is holding the woman assistant or receptionist.
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  Speaker 1: She's the receptionist, guys, but they just don't ever say
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  Speaker 1: that in the anime, so it's really strange. Anyway, Arthur
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  Speaker 1: to Age says, what did ashe tell you? And Age's
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  Speaker 1: like nothing, and Arthur scoffs, and he's like, I can't
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  Speaker 1: kill you since you're a precious gift for Dino, and
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  Speaker 1: he turns to the dude in the hoodie and he nods,
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  Speaker 1: and the guy raises a knife to that woman's throats. Great,
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  Speaker 1: and doctor Meredith, who we see has a black eye,
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  Speaker 1: is like, leave her alone, and Arthur says, talk or
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  Speaker 1: she dies. Agy gasps and he is clenching his teeth
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  Speaker 1: and sweating, and he thinks, forgive me ash, and then
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  Speaker 1: he says he said to retrieve what he left here,
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  Speaker 1: and Red hair Glasses guy is like a bottle with
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  Speaker 1: white powder and he like holds up his fingers and
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  Speaker 1: he's like about this size. And then we see this
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  Speaker 1: scene from the perspective of the other room, like through
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  Speaker 1: a curtain where Griffin is sitting and doctor Meredith says,
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  Speaker 1: it's on the desk, just take it them leave, and
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  Speaker 1: Griffin stands.
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  Speaker 2: Wait, he can stand, and then.
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  Speaker 1: We cut to red hair Glasses guy holding the little
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  Speaker 1: like vile of drug and looking like super relieved and
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  Speaker 1: super excited, and Arthur turns to his guy and he's
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  Speaker 1: like killer fuck and ag and doctor Meredith gasp and
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  Speaker 1: Age's like, but I talked, and Arthur says, you I'll
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  Speaker 1: take I actually really suffer watching Dino have fun with you.
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  Speaker 2: Why would he watch? Ag? And I gasp?
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  Speaker 1: And Arthur holds up his scarred hand and he's like,
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna crush everything that's important to him, and he
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  Speaker 1: makes a fist and he says, first skip, now these
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  Speaker 1: people will die too. He grabs Ag by his hair
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  Speaker 1: and Ag winces and you you'll be drugged by the
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  Speaker 1: old perb and sucked to the bone.
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  Speaker 2: Jesus fuck dude.
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  Speaker 1: AG looks terrified, rightfully so, but then he kind of
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  Speaker 1: finds his resolve and he says, you're insane, and Arthur
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  Speaker 1: finally lets go of his hair and kind of pushes
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  Speaker 1: him back slightly, and he's like, he's made a fool
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  Speaker 1: out of me for the last time. He'll pay for
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  Speaker 1: it till he dies. And he points to Ag and says,
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  Speaker 1: if you want to die with dignity, I suggest you
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  Speaker 1: in your own life. And he kind of laughs and
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  Speaker 1: he's like, I'll even let Ash watch. And then we
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  Speaker 1: see a hand lower the hammer on a double action
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  Speaker 1: revolver and Arthur gasps, it's shorter, thank god, and he
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  Speaker 1: is looking as cool as always, and he has got
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  Speaker 1: his gun to the back of Arthur's head and he says,
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  Speaker 1: it's your life that's gonna end. Yeah, I guess, and
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  Speaker 1: one of the guys is like Shorter, and ag is
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  Speaker 1: kind of surprised, and Shorter says, your big mouth's so
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  Speaker 1: loud you didn't even hear your watchmen. Go down drop them,
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  Speaker 1: or I'll blow his brains out. And Arthur's two guys
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  Speaker 1: like kind of curse, but then they throw down their
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  Speaker 1: knives and Red hair Glasses Guy takes out his gun
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  Speaker 1: and Shorter's like, forget about it, old guy, you can't
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  Speaker 1: kill people. And then the curtain opens and it's Griffin
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  Speaker 1: just looking as dead eyed as usual, and Red hair
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  Speaker 1: Glasses Guy sees him and he freaks out and he's
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  Speaker 1: like Griff and everyone's like what, and Red hair glasses
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  Speaker 1: Guy continues and he's like, no way, no way, You're
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  Speaker 1: supposed to be dead. And he's like waving his gun
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  Speaker 1: around super dangerously.
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  Speaker 2: Why are you here?
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  Speaker 1: And at that the light returns to Griffin's eyes and
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  Speaker 1: Griffin says you you and he reaches out for him
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  Speaker 1: and he says banana fish abra and he starts to
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  Speaker 1: walk towards red hair glasses guy, and red hair glasses
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  Speaker 1: guy like backs away, terrified and he's like stay away,
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  Speaker 1: and he aims his gun and doctor Meredith's like no,
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  Speaker 1: and fucking he shoots him and the receptionist woman screams,
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  Speaker 1: and Arthur takes this opportunity to knock the gun away
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  Speaker 1: from Shorter, and doctor Meredith is like Griffin. And one
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  Speaker 1: of the guys grabs red hair glasses Guy's gun and
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  Speaker 1: he's like, give me that, and he shoots it Shorter
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  Speaker 1: but I think he misses, but Shorter is like on
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  Speaker 1: the ground now and Arthur's like later Shorter and the
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  Speaker 1: gang starts to run off, but that guy with the
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  Speaker 1: gun attempts to shoot Shorter again, and Shorter like knocks
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  Speaker 1: the gun with his foot so the bullet hits the
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  Speaker 1: door frame instead of him. But they're like still shooting
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  Speaker 1: as they run off down the stairwell, and Shorter is like, agy,
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  Speaker 1: get down, and ag slams himself on the ground because
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  Speaker 1: remember his hand are still tied, and Arthur turns back
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  Speaker 1: and is like tell Ash will be back, and they leave.
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  Speaker 2: The Shorter is like shit.
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  Speaker 1: And he stands up and he goes over to Ag
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  Speaker 1: and he says you hey, and he like it's untying him,
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  Speaker 1: and Ag says thanks. But him and doctor Meredith and
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  Speaker 1: the receptionists are on the ground with Griffin and they're
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  Speaker 1: trying to stop his bleeding because his chest is just
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  Speaker 1: like gushing blood and it like does not look good,
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  Speaker 1: and Shorter says, how is he? And doctor Meredith's like,
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  Speaker 1: I'm doing what I can. He finally came around and
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  Speaker 1: remembered something. Don't die now for Ash, and Griff really
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  Speaker 1: looks like he's in pain, which makes sense. He looks bad.
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  Speaker 1: Shorter's like, why Ash?
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  Speaker 2: Who is he?
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  Speaker 1: Doctor Meredith says Ash's older brother, and Shorter and Age
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  Speaker 1: you are like what And.
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  Speaker 2: Then we have the opening theme.
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  Speaker 1: Yes, I made it through that section. I have no
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  Speaker 1: idea how I just stopped so many times because I
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  Speaker 1: was laughing from embarrassment. You have no idea, guys, no idea.
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  Speaker 1: Back from my confession and maybe a break. Shorter and
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  Speaker 1: Ag are waiting out in the hall as doctor Meredith
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  Speaker 1: and like another doctor are I guess operating on Griffin.
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  Speaker 1: They're like taking out the bulletin stuff and Ag says,
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  Speaker 1: I wonder if he'll be okay, and Shorter's like, we
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  Speaker 1: just have to leave it to the doctor. I'm glad
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  Speaker 1: you're safe. AG says, but they took that bottle. I
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  Speaker 1: was supposed to give it to you. And Shorter's like,
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  Speaker 1: must have been really important, considering how up said they were.
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  Speaker 1: AG says, how'd you find me? You weren't at chang
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  Speaker 1: Dai and Shorter's like, no, no, I was there, and
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  Speaker 1: She's like where. Shorter then takes out a hat and
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  Speaker 1: he puts on a fake mustache and he's like here
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  Speaker 1: and he looks like the dude from the last episode
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  Speaker 1: who AG was talking to that looked really stereotypical. And
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  Speaker 1: Age's like, oh, and Shorter says, I couldn't tell you
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  Speaker 1: because you were being followed, So that's good, I guess.
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  Speaker 2: Anyway.
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  Speaker 1: We see the jail exterior and we hear a voice
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  Speaker 1: say give me a break. Max, You're the one I
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  Speaker 1: wanted be in the same cell as him. And we
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  Speaker 1: see Ash eating quietly in the mess hall whatever, and
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  Speaker 1: Max is over to the side talking to a guard
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  Speaker 1: and Max says, I know, I'm sorry, man, and he
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  Speaker 1: hands the guard some cash and the guard's like fine,
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  Speaker 1: there are a ton of guys who want to bump
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  Speaker 1: with him anyway. Fuck Max looks kind of conflicted for
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  Speaker 1: a second and then he smiles, fuck you Max, and
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  Speaker 1: he says thanks. Then we cut to Ash in his
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  Speaker 1: cell reading Max's notes and he hears Max arrive and
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  Speaker 1: he closes the notebook and Max is like, back, already,
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  Speaker 1: go on a walk or something, and Ash says, why
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  Speaker 1: I'll still be in a cage. So Max says, you
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  Speaker 1: got a point, and he starts to grab his stuff
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  Speaker 1: and he lifts his bag and he's like later, good
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  Speaker 1: luck to you, and then he walks out of the cell.
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  Speaker 1: Then we see Max being let into a new cell
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  Speaker 1: and the guards like here you go, and Max says
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  Speaker 1: all to myself, perfect and the guard's like you get it, Nubian,
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  Speaker 1: no time, and Max says, I'll be out here before then.
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  Speaker 1: My lawyer's coming tomorrow, and he's like taking stuff out
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  Speaker 1: of the bag. I was gonna write an exposa on prisons,
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  Speaker 1: but I guess I want have time. Then he realizes
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  Speaker 1: something and he's like my notebook and the guard says
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  Speaker 1: forgot something and Max is like, nats, it's nothing. Then
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  Speaker 1: we cut back to Ash reading the notebook and we
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  Speaker 1: get a close up shot, which I will read for
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  Speaker 1: you now. Okay, So it says Survey of the Daily
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  Speaker 1: Lives of Returning Veterans by John R. Howard from University
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  Speaker 1: of Eastern California, New York, Saturday, September. I can't read
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  Speaker 1: the rest of that. In interviewing our subjects, the story
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  Speaker 1: of one particular soldier stood out. He stated that his
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  Speaker 1: unit moved their camp every day and every night, one soldier, Thomas,
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  Speaker 1: would become prone to sudden, violent outbursts. He stated that Thomas,
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  Speaker 1: who is described as a cheerful, light hearted soldier, changed
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  Speaker 1: suddenly one day. His eyes became vacant, and he was
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  Speaker 1: often absent minded. In the end, he was killed in battle.
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  Speaker 1: Although a tragic tale, the interesting fact is that these
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  Speaker 1: kind of incidents were not uncommon. Although there was no
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  Speaker 1: official record, this kind of sudden behavioral change was witnessed
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  Speaker 1: by many units below. I would like to describe a
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  Speaker 1: few of these incidents. And this was all like typed
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  Speaker 1: and Max had just kind of stuck it in this journal.
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  Speaker 1: So then in his hand like in his handwriting, it
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  Speaker 1: says similar incidents commonalities. They all use the phrase banana fish.
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  Speaker 1: The something in their behavior can be I can't read
• 12:38
  Speaker 1: this because there's a subtitle on it can be pinpointed
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  Speaker 1: to a certain day familiar or something drug use, something
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  Speaker 1: seems to be a dealer only effects. And then Angelus
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  Speaker 1: like from Los Angeles. And then there's like an arrow
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  Speaker 1: and it says unknown if Banana Fish is an individual
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  Speaker 1: or organization believed to be tied known Yeah traps, Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: we already heard that, So now you know what was
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  Speaker 1: in the part of the journal that Ash was reading. Anyway,
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  Speaker 1: he's reading the notebook and he hears someone say what's
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  Speaker 1: with the serious face? Ash puts down the book and
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  Speaker 1: he looks over at the door and there's some really
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  Speaker 1: big dude that's being let into the cell and Ash says,
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  Speaker 1: who are you? And the guy, who is really big again,
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  Speaker 1: very muscular, has long brown kind of like almost greasy
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  Speaker 1: looking hair and scraggly facial hair, says, I your new
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  Speaker 1: cell mate, little princess. Great, And then we cut to
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  Speaker 1: Max in the cafeteria and there's not a lot of
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  Speaker 1: people there. There's people, but it's pretty sparse, I guess.
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  Speaker 1: And then Max says to this guy who's reading a
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  Speaker 1: paper who we barely see in the anime, but I'm
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  Speaker 1: pretty sure is Max's friend? Where is everyone? And he
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  Speaker 1: sits down and the dude'es like, off to watch the show,
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  Speaker 1: I guess, and Max says the show and the dudes
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  Speaker 1: like the mur Bull is after the wild links and
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  Speaker 1: Max is like, what his new cell mate is?
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  Speaker 2: Bull?
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  Speaker 1: And the dude's like, who cares, You're the one who
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  Speaker 1: has to change cells. Max backs off because he was
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  Speaker 1: kind of leaning over the table and he looks concerned,
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  Speaker 1: which she should be, and the dude's like, let him
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  Speaker 1: be what that's terrible? Max thinks, that's right. He hates me.
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  Speaker 1: I should just leave him alone. He's gonna only hates
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  Speaker 1: you more, dude. He picks up his drink with like
• 14:32
  Speaker 1: a little cup of water and he's about to drink
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  Speaker 1: it and then he freezes and he thinks, I can't
• 14:38
  Speaker 1: he Scriff's little brother, and then out loud, he goes,
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  Speaker 1: damn it and he hits the table when he says,
• 14:45
  Speaker 1: that's startling the dude, and he stands up and takes off,
• 14:48
  Speaker 1: and the dude's like, hey, where are you going? Back
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  Speaker 1: at the cell. Bull takes off his shirt because of
• 14:54
  Speaker 1: course he does, and says, you gave it up. To
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  Speaker 1: Garby without a fight. Let's have some fun, all me, gentle.
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  Speaker 1: He is standing over Ash, who is sitting on the
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  Speaker 1: bottom bunk and Ash says, never, I just wanted to
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  Speaker 1: go to the infirmary that time. And there are a
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  Speaker 1: bunch of guys like standing outside of the cell and watching,
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  Speaker 1: and it's like, fucking get lives, guys, this is not
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  Speaker 1: an okay thing to do with your time. And they're
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  Speaker 1: like kind of talking, and one guy says, ooh, cutie's
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: acting tough, and another guy's like, don't worry, Bull'll send
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  Speaker 1: you to the infirmary, and Bull kind of laughs it
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  Speaker 1: was a good joke. Ash says, you don't want to
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  Speaker 1: get me mad, old guy, and he stands up and
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  Speaker 1: kind of scratches his head and he's like, I'm used
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  Speaker 1: to dealing with guys like you. We should probably talk
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  Speaker 1: about that, but he can wait. Bull's like, is that
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: so then deal with me, honey, and Ash says fine.
• 15:53
  Speaker 1: Bull chuckles, and Ash is like, but you gotta take
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  Speaker 1: good care of me, okay, And he gives him that
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  Speaker 1: look from episode two, and some of the guys like
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  Speaker 1: cheer a little bit and whistle from outside, and Bull
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  Speaker 1: laughs and then we cut to Max, who is out
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  Speaker 1: of breath and he had been like running through like
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  Speaker 1: the main hall area, and he looks up and sees
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  Speaker 1: the commotion in front of the cell and he's like,
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  Speaker 1: damn it. Then we cut back to Ash and Bull,
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  Speaker 1: and Bull walks over to Ash and he's like, you
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  Speaker 1: know how to survive here, don't you? Yeah? I think, yeah,
• 16:35
  Speaker 1: apparently that is the case. And he puts his hand
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  Speaker 1: on Ash's face and he is closing in to kiss him,
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  Speaker 1: and at that Ash grabs a sheet from the top
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  Speaker 1: bunk and he covers Bull like completely with it, and
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  Speaker 1: Bull's head is like totally covered, so we can't see
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  Speaker 1: what's going on. And Ash grabs him and slams him
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  Speaker 1: into the mirror and you know, breaking it, and then
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  Speaker 1: he like jumps on the bar and then jumps onto Bull,
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  Speaker 1: kind of sort of kicking him to the ground. And
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  Speaker 1: Max is finally approaching and he's like, out of my way,
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  Speaker 1: move and he breaks through the crowd and he's like,
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  Speaker 1: stop Bull, He's just a kid, and he realizes what's happening.
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  Speaker 1: He sees that Ash is strangling Bull with the sheets
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  Speaker 1: that's still over a Bull's head. I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: I should cheer for possible murder but yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Ash is like, I.
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  Speaker 1: Told you, I'm used to this.
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  Speaker 2: Fuck.
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  Speaker 1: We really need to talk about this, and Max is like,
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  Speaker 1: don't kill him. And two guards like arrive at the
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  Speaker 1: back of this massive group of onlookers and one of
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  Speaker 1: them says what's going on and the other one's like,
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  Speaker 1: out of the way, and Max continues, don't throw your
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  Speaker 1: life away over that trash. Ash looks casually at Bull,
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  Speaker 1: who is struggling to breathe and his head is bleeding too,
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  Speaker 1: and he smiles and he just drops him. The other
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  Speaker 1: guys are sad that it's over, I guess, and Ash
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  Speaker 1: starts to leave this cel and he says I don't
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  Speaker 1: need your help, and Max is like, hey, wait up.
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  Speaker 2: Ash.
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: Ash stops and turns back and he's like, what do
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: you want. Max says, I'm just impressed. Now they'll acknowledge
• 18:17
  Speaker 1: you is a full fledged male, and Ash's like, whatever,
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: I don't give a fuck with the scum here think
• 18:23
  Speaker 1: of me, and he starts to walk off again, and
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: Max is like he got a point. Then we see
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: this from above. Garvey and his crew are watching and
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: they're saying something to each other but we can't hear
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: what it is, but it's probably not good. We cut
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: back to Age, who is looking around a corner in
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: Chinatown and he sees sho Nichi, who is also looking around,
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: and he's like ebaysan and Shuni runs over and grabs
• 18:49
  Speaker 1: him and is like, where have you been? You've been
• 18:51
  Speaker 1: gone an entire day. I was scared to death. I
• 18:53
  Speaker 1: thought they'd kidnap you again. And he's like shaking Ag
• 18:56
  Speaker 1: and Agy's like, I'm sorry, and Shunici sighs and he's like,
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: I'm just glad you're safe.
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: What happened?
• 19:03
  Speaker 1: Then we cut to Griffin in the hospital bed and
• 19:06
  Speaker 1: Shunichi and Ag and Shorter are there and Snici says
• 19:10
  Speaker 1: who is he? And AG's like Ash's older brother, and
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: She's like what, and Ag continues, Arthur's ben shot him,
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: but we can't take him to a hospital or the
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: syndicate will find him. Shunichi jumps and he's like syndicate, Oh,
• 19:24
  Speaker 1: I guess he didn't know yet, And Ag says, we
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: found out who Banana fish is that thing that Charlie
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: told us about, And Shorter says, tell him what you
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: told us? Doc. Doctor Martha's like, okay, and he shows
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: them a small container of white powder. Oh, and he
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: says I kept some aside and Shunici's like, what is that?
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: And AG says it's what the man that was killed
• 19:48
  Speaker 1: handed to ash. Doctor Martha says, so far, I figured
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: out it's some kind of hallucinogen like lsd On's like,
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: but and doctor Meredith continues, Eliste's effects only last day.
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: It could actually be up to twelve guys. But this
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: lasted twenty four hours, maybe even longer, and she Negi's like,
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: maybe Doctor Meredith says, that's as long as we could
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: do the experiment. For all the rats died. They became
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: violent and they started to hurt themselves. In other words,
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: they committed suicide. Oh, this is probably not good. Shoonichi
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: says suicide, and Age's like, remember what Charlie said about
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: those strange suicide cases. Shunichi gasps, and doctor Meredith says,
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: it's probably something that guy created. And AG's like, there
• 20:35
  Speaker 1: was a man with glasses with Arthur's men, and we
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: see a flashback from this episode. Come on, guys, gotta
• 20:42
  Speaker 1: do some animation here. Can't just put in flashbacks from
• 20:44
  Speaker 1: the same episode and AG continues, Ash's brother called him
• 20:49
  Speaker 1: banana fish back to jail.
• 20:51
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: We hear Ash say out, let go of me, and
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: Max says, just come with me, and we just see
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: their feet at this, and Max says, ouch, don't claw me.
• 21:04
  Speaker 1: And Max is pulling Ash by the arm and he says,
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: I'm taking you to see my lawyer friend. Ash at
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: this pulls away and he's like, no thanks, and he
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: turns around. I don't need your help. And Max is like,
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: why don't you ask for bail? You'll be killed if
• 21:18
  Speaker 1: you stay here. That's not really how it works. And
• 21:21
  Speaker 1: Ash is like, it's none of your business. And then
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: he kind of turns back around and he's like or
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: is it your guilt talking? Max is like what And
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: then we hear a voice say Max, hey, Max, and
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: Max is like huh and we see that he is
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: at the table with his lawyer, and his lawyer's like,
• 21:39
  Speaker 1: are you listening and Max says, yeah, I'm sorry George
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: that punk and George is like, you got enough on
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: your hands and Max says, was it no good? And
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: George is like the bail's no problem, You'll be out soon.
• 21:53
  Speaker 1: But Michael, drop the suit. You can't win and Max says,
• 21:58
  Speaker 1: he's my son and are just like yours and Jessica's.
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: Max looks away and George continues getting custody is difficult
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: as it is. Mothers always have the advantage, and Jessica
• 22:11
  Speaker 1: makes a good living. Plus Max is in jail, and
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: Max puts his finger on his temples and he says,
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: so there's no way, And George is like, not if
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: you don't want to hurt Michael any further, I'm sorry,
• 22:24
  Speaker 1: and Max says, nah, you did what you could. And
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: George is like, so how's that boy. If he doesn't
• 22:31
  Speaker 1: want out, there's nothing I can do, and Max says,
• 22:33
  Speaker 1: I'll get him to reconsider. Okay, let's stop there for
• 22:36
  Speaker 1: just a second, because I do want to talk about
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: this about bail. You either get bail or you don't
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: get bail. You don't decide if you're going to apply
• 22:45
  Speaker 1: for bail or something. So this is a little bit
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: weird and a little bit doesn't really work with the
• 22:50
  Speaker 1: criminal justice system in the US, but hey, you know,
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: sometimes that happens when you are trying to understand law
• 22:58
  Speaker 1: from a different country. I will say, though, that it
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: could make sense. It could be that Max didn't originally
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: get bail because he punched a cop and maybe they
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: were angry at him, or the bail was too high,
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: because you can petition for a lower bail or bail
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: in general in the state of New York. So it's
• 23:18
  Speaker 1: not like this couldn't work. It could also be he
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: didn't pay it for some reason. He was just like,
• 23:23
  Speaker 1: I don't want to fucking do it, because he's like
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: a mess. He's apparently getting divorced and in a custody
• 23:29
  Speaker 1: battle over his son. So maybe that kind of explains
• 23:32
  Speaker 1: the anger issues we've been seeing him have. I don't know.
• 23:36
  Speaker 1: Obviously things are not going well in his life, but
• 23:38
  Speaker 1: what I'm trying to say is, yeah, that's not how
• 23:41
  Speaker 1: bail works. So anyway, moving along, we are in the
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: yard and when we hear a voice say hey, Ash,
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: where's ash Lynx? And Ash is resting casually on like
• 23:54
  Speaker 1: a baseball court, like on the ground of the baseball court,
• 23:57
  Speaker 1: with his kind of back slightly up against a chain
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: link fence. I mean, it doesn't look uncomfortable. I was
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: just like, okay, and his eyes are closed like he's resting,
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: and this guy says hey, and Ash opens his eyes
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: and the guy's like, Max wants you, and Ash says
• 24:15
  Speaker 1: that old man has a visitor, and then he kind
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: of pauses and he smiles and he says, whe're at now.
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: In the manga, this looked like a genuine smile to me.
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: In the anime, it looked slightly devious. So I'm reading
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: one of them wrong or there was a change, but
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: just wanted to point that out. And then we go
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: back to Chinatown. Yay Ag and Shunichi are sitting at
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: a table in a restaurant and Ag says, but I'm
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: not going back to Japan. How can you say that now?
• 24:45
  Speaker 1: And Shannici's like, because of what's happening. The syndicate knows
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: you're clothes with Ash. Who knows when they'll come for you?
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: I mean probably soon. Ag sighs and he sits back
• 24:56
  Speaker 1: in his chair and he's like, I'm not scared, and
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: Shunichi's like, that's not what I'm talking about.
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: This is real.
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: This is a real mafia syndicate. If something happens to you,
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: what am I supposed to say to your parents? It
• 25:08
  Speaker 1: was hard enough persuading them to let you come. And
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: Ag says, I understand what you're saying, and I'm grateful
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: that you brought me here. I mean, I really needed it,
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: but I.
• 25:20
  Speaker 2: Won't go home.
• 25:21
  Speaker 1: Shoonichi is shocked, and Ag slams his fists on the
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: table and he's like, I can't. And then Shoonichi also
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: slams his fist on the table and he's like, no,
• 25:30
  Speaker 1: you're coming home with me. And then a voice says
• 25:33
  Speaker 1: Agi eBay and they look up and it is a woman.
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: It's the woman from shang Dai whose name is naughty,
• 25:39
  Speaker 1: but apparently she's not gonna get a name, so I'm
• 25:41
  Speaker 1: telling you. She nods to them and they go over
• 25:44
  Speaker 1: to her. They walk into a room where doctor Meredith
• 25:47
  Speaker 1: is standing over Griffin and Shorter is also there, and
• 25:50
  Speaker 1: doctor Meredith sits and he says time of death twelve
• 25:55
  Speaker 1: thirty two.
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: I'm sorry no.
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: Ag acts up against the wall and he says, no,
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: what do I tell Ash? And Shinci says, let's tell Charlie.
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: This isn't a matter for us amateurs. Shorter's like, I'm
• 26:13
  Speaker 1: with him on this. You're no match for them. Agi
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: looks sadly at dead Griffin and he repeats, what do
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: I tell Ash? And Ghinci says, let's not tell him yet.
• 26:25
  Speaker 1: He won't be able to stake calm goals. These men
• 26:27
  Speaker 1: could take advantage and get to him, and he she's like,
• 26:30
  Speaker 1: but we'll have to tell him eventually. First skip now
• 26:33
  Speaker 1: is brother and Shi's like, I'm gonna call Charlie and
• 26:36
  Speaker 1: he walks out of the room, and when he's out
• 26:39
  Speaker 1: of sight of everyone, he's like shit and he slams
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: his fist against the wall, killing people left and right. America,
• 26:47
  Speaker 1: Land of the Free, the hell it is. Next we
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: see Ash opening a door and walking into a dark room,
• 26:53
  Speaker 1: and then behind him we see that there is a
• 26:56
  Speaker 1: piece of wood, like a long stick of wood of
• 27:00
  Speaker 1: some sort, kind of hovering behind him, and someone brings
• 27:04
  Speaker 1: it down at him, but he ducks out of the
• 27:07
  Speaker 1: way and they hit a table instead, and we see
• 27:09
  Speaker 1: that it's Garvey and his two friends again, and Garvey's like, hey, honey,
• 27:17
  Speaker 1: it's too bad, but it seems like your treasure's in
• 27:19
  Speaker 1: the boss's hands.
• 27:20
  Speaker 2: Now.
• 27:21
  Speaker 1: Ash gulps and he says, then.
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: Leave me alone.
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: I wonder if he knew this whole time that they
• 27:28
  Speaker 1: were part of the mafia. Huh. And Garvey says, it's
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: not that easy. And he's slapping this big wood improvised
• 27:36
  Speaker 1: bat against his hands, like you know how that works,
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: and he continues Boss's orders or to thoroughly punish the trader.
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: We cut to Max, who is on the phone as
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: he is when all bad things happen, and he says,
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: what did you just say? And Charlie over the phone says,
• 27:55
  Speaker 1: Griffin Callan Raes is dead. Don't tell Ash yet. Captain's
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: trying to get him out of there so we can't
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: have him breaking out. Max is like yeah, got it, bye,
• 28:06
  Speaker 1: and Charlie's like, hey, wait, wait, but Max hangs up
• 28:09
  Speaker 1: the phone and he just says Griffin. Back to Ash,
• 28:13
  Speaker 1: who was getting the shit kicked out of him, and
• 28:15
  Speaker 1: he is on the ground like curled up in pain,
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: and Garvey says, I hear you were the Boss's special pet.
• 28:24
  Speaker 1: Do we need to stop there and say that that's
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: probably not a good thing for Ash anyway? He continues,
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: why did.
• 28:33
  Speaker 2: You turn on him?
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: You could have had a good life, Ash like half
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: laughs and he's like, don't make me laugh. What's so
• 28:40
  Speaker 1: fun about smuggling drugs and pimping horse? Yeah? At that,
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: Garby kicks him again and he writhes in pain, and
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: he is also struggling for breath and like coughing, and
• 28:49
  Speaker 1: Garvey says, still got a big mouth, hunh, And we
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: cut to that dude that's Max's friend who's in the
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: yard and he's reading a paper and we hear Max
• 28:59
  Speaker 1: saying Ash, Ash, and the guy's like, I thought you
• 29:03
  Speaker 1: two went to the workshop. Max is like what the
• 29:06
  Speaker 1: guy says, I thought you were together, and Max gasps
• 29:13
  Speaker 1: back to Ash, who is being held up against the
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: wall by Garvey's forearm like against his neck, like crushing
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: his fucking trachea ouch, and Garby chuckles and he's like,
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: let's have some fun, baby, and he starts to unzip
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: his jumpsuit great and pushes Ash harder against the wall.
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: He continues just like last time, and he licks his lips,
• 29:40
  Speaker 1: which I don't really appreciate, and then we hear like
• 29:43
  Speaker 1: a metal like sound, and Garby looks over and Ash
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: has that fork to his neck and his crew gasps
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: because forks are really scary or something, and Ash, who
• 29:53
  Speaker 1: is struggling to get the words out, says, I told
• 29:56
  Speaker 1: you it was just that once. Gy looks worried and
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: he loosens his hold a bit and Ash says, you
• 30:04
  Speaker 1: strangling me or me stabbing you in the throat, which
• 30:07
  Speaker 1: will be quicker. And one of the guys is like,
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: you punk, and they start to close in and Ash says,
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: don't move where your buddy dies. Garvey sets Ash down,
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: thank God, and Ash says, tell Dino to get me
• 30:20
  Speaker 1: out of here, or I'm telling the cops everything, and
• 30:23
  Speaker 1: Garvey's like, oh okay. And at this Max busts in
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: too late and says, Ash, don't cause any more problems,
• 30:34
  Speaker 1: feel me, dude, and he runs over and he's like
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: Griffin is and this distraction allows Garby to try to
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: punch Ash, but Ash dodges and head butts him, and
• 30:43
  Speaker 1: Garby like screams yeah, and he falls to the ground
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: and he's like rioting in pain because I guess he's
• 30:49
  Speaker 1: never been headbutted before by a kid, and Ash like
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: kicks him aside and flips the fork around in his
• 30:54
  Speaker 1: hand and says, you pig, and he fucking stabs him
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: in the crotch with the fork, and Garvey screams and
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: Max like looks away in shock, and Garvey's buddies carry
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: him away, and when they're gone, Max says, are you okay,
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: and Ashes like what did you just say? And Max
• 31:17
  Speaker 1: says what and Ashes like what about Griffin? And Max?
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: Who has made a mistake. It's like, I uh nothing.
• 31:27
  Speaker 1: Ash stands and he's like, what happened? Say something?
• 31:31
  Speaker 2: Answer me?
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: Max says well uh, and Ashes like.
• 31:36
  Speaker 2: Say it, Max, spit it out?
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: Or are you betraying me like you did to my
• 31:40
  Speaker 1: brother Geez. Max puts his hand on his mouth and
• 31:46
  Speaker 1: he takes a breath and says, and you just stay calm.
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: Griffin is dead. Ash stands motionless for a second, and
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: we cut to the bloody fork on the floor, which
• 31:58
  Speaker 1: is pretty nice, and Ash says another seizure and Max
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: says no, he was shot by one of Goldzine's men.
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: Ash is just kind of staring at the ground, possibly
• 32:11
  Speaker 1: that fork, and Max continues, I don't know what to say.
• 32:16
  Speaker 1: I'm gonna lost two. Ash just kind of walks past him,
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: and Max is like, where are you going. He put
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: his hand on his shoulder and says, you're not thinking
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: about breaking out? Don't You'll just get yourself shot. Ash
• 32:30
  Speaker 1: just like fucking straight up beneath him in the chest
• 32:32
  Speaker 1: and is like, leave me alone. Keep following me around
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: and I really will kill you next time. Max doubles
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: over in pain and he's like, after all I've done
• 32:42
  Speaker 1: for you, trying to be mister nice guy, kill me
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: if you can, and he like, maybe lunges at Ash
• 32:48
  Speaker 1: and we cut to a new scene. But I just
• 32:50
  Speaker 1: wanted to talk about that because it pissed me the
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: fuck off.
• 32:53
  Speaker 2: Max, Max, all you've done for him? What have you
• 32:58
  Speaker 2: done for him?
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: You have never been in time to save him. There's
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: been three instances where Ash has had to get himself
• 33:08
  Speaker 1: out of a situation that was really bad and he
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: showed up like super lates and he just fucking strangled him.
• 33:16
  Speaker 1: In the last episode, what do you mean, mister nice guy?
• 33:19
  Speaker 2: What the fuck is your problem? Sorry?
• 33:23
  Speaker 1: Really fucking pissed me off. Anyway, We cut to the
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: police station and Charlie is sitting at his computer doing
• 33:30
  Speaker 1: computer things, and we hear Jenkins say, Charlie, do you
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: have Max's lawyer's number? And Charlie's like, I know his
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: office number?
• 33:38
  Speaker 2: Why?
• 33:38
  Speaker 1: And he hands Jenkins a business card and Jenkins hands
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: him like a bunch of papers and Charlie's like a
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: special bail permit for Ash links and Jenkins picks up
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: the phone and starts dialing that number, and he's like,
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: I finally got it, and Charlie is reading the piece
• 33:55
  Speaker 1: of paper and he's like an exception has been made
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: for this individual to be released on bails by Donald B. Taylor,
• 34:01
  Speaker 1: the state judge, and Jenkins says he only made it
• 34:05
  Speaker 1: through high school because taught him algebra, and then into
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: the phone, he's like, oh, hello, mister Scott, please, and
• 34:11
  Speaker 1: Charlie's like a shady deal, huh. Then we cut back
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: to Max punching Ash in the face and he is
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: trying to catch his breath, but Ash punches him in
• 34:21
  Speaker 1: the face, but Ash is really shocked to see that.
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: He doesn't go down or move it all, and Max,
• 34:25
  Speaker 1: with Ash's fist still in his face, says, I served
• 34:28
  Speaker 1: in the Navy. Don't think I can't hurt you, and
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: he punches Ash really hard. Ash falls over and kind
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: of lands on a table and Max is on the ground,
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: and at this point they're just kind of both trying
• 34:40
  Speaker 1: to catch their breath and Max says, I told you
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: to calm down, dumb ass, and Ashes like I was
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: already beat up by those assholes. You couldn't go a
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: little easier on me. Max says, tremon. If I could,
• 34:54
  Speaker 1: I wouldn't have punched you in the first place, and
• 34:56
  Speaker 1: Ash says, damn old man. Max is like, damn punk.
• 35:01
  Speaker 1: And then that dude from before walks through the door
• 35:03
  Speaker 1: and he's like, hey, Max, you here, and he sees
• 35:06
  Speaker 1: them and he's like, what the hell are you two doing?
• 35:09
  Speaker 2: Now?
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: It's night and Ash is laying on the top bunk
• 35:13
  Speaker 1: like all bandaged duck and he looks over and he
• 35:15
  Speaker 1: sees Max with some alcohol because I guess they're in
• 35:17
  Speaker 1: the same cell again or something, and Max says, you awake.
• 35:22
  Speaker 1: I smuggled some special bourbon from the guards.
• 35:25
  Speaker 2: Have some.
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: They're friends now, and Ash is like nah. Max says fine,
• 35:31
  Speaker 1: I'll drink it myself, and he takes a shot. I've
• 35:33
  Speaker 1: got to write to mourn. It doesn't matter how you
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: see it. Griff and I were buds, and we get
• 35:38
  Speaker 1: some scenes of like war in Iraq and stuff now
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: and he continues in that nauseating city of sand friend
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: or foe all file Gryffin couldn't bear it. I guess
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: he relied on drugs to get through. He has his
• 35:51
  Speaker 1: weakness to blame for it. But any sane human would
• 35:54
  Speaker 1: do the same. He pours another shot and continues, I'll
• 35:58
  Speaker 1: never forgive anyone who tries to profit out of other
• 36:00
  Speaker 1: people's weaknesses. Banana Fish my ass, and he drinks. Max
• 36:06
  Speaker 1: kind of looks back, and Ash has gotten down off
• 36:08
  Speaker 1: the bed and he still is holding that fork, and
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: Max says, do whatever you want. I'm too tired to
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: go on anyways. When I heard he died, I lost
• 36:20
  Speaker 1: all strength. I wish I could have seen him one
• 36:22
  Speaker 1: last time, even if he didn't recognize me. He takes
• 36:25
  Speaker 1: another shot. Ash says Stephen Thompson. Before he died, he
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: said to go meet Banana Fish. Max's eyes widen, Ash continues,
• 36:36
  Speaker 1: and he gave me a small locket. It had a
• 36:38
  Speaker 1: bottle containing some white powder. Max turns to face him,
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: and Ash says, after that, he said forty two Westwood,
• 36:47
  Speaker 1: Los Angeles, and died.
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: That's all I know.
• 36:51
  Speaker 1: Max is like, why are you telling me this? And
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: Ash says I don't know, and tears start too well
• 36:59
  Speaker 1: up in his eyes and then one slides down his
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: cheek and he says, I really don't know. He looks
• 37:06
  Speaker 1: just totally devastated. He continues, I wish I could hate you.
• 37:11
  Speaker 2: I need someone to hate.
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: And he puts the fork in his pocket and sits
• 37:15
  Speaker 1: on the bed, looking at the ground. He says, my
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: brother raised me. Without him, m'd have starved to death.
• 37:22
  Speaker 1: But when I found him in that dark, filthy hospital,
• 37:25
  Speaker 1: he couldn't even go to the bathroom by himself. And
• 37:27
  Speaker 1: Max interjects, so you brought him home. Ash says, yeah,
• 37:34
  Speaker 1: but that's all over now. I can feel that he's gone,
• 37:38
  Speaker 1: that he's not here anymore, and Max says, you've had
• 37:41
  Speaker 1: it rough. Ash looks up and says, I don't need
• 37:44
  Speaker 1: your sympathy, and he looks away like kind of embarrassed,
• 37:48
  Speaker 1: like he didn't really expect that he was gonna tell
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: Max all of that. Max holds a shot of Bourman
• 37:54
  Speaker 1: out to him and he says, it's nothing like that.
• 37:57
  Speaker 1: Drink up. Ash takes it and he's like it's so
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: damn pland and Max is like, just shut up and drink.
• 38:04
  Speaker 1: And then we go to the title card, the side
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: of Paradise, and then we go to the ending theme
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: and that's it. Yeah, we did it, man, I got
• 38:14
  Speaker 1: through that somehow. Closing thoughts the annoying thing that I mean,
• 38:21
  Speaker 1: it's not like a flaw in the show so much
• 38:23
  Speaker 1: as it is just me being angry about characters. Listen,
• 38:28
  Speaker 1: if you know someone who's loved one has died and
• 38:31
  Speaker 1: you don't tell them right away because you think it
• 38:34
  Speaker 1: would be better to wait, or they're on vacation, or
• 38:37
  Speaker 1: they're on their you know, honeymoon, I don't fucking care,
• 38:40
  Speaker 1: or they're taking a big test. Well, I mean, you
• 38:42
  Speaker 1: can wait till the test is over. But like, you
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: need to tell that person that their loved one has died.
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: You don't get to just decide that they don't get
• 38:49
  Speaker 1: to have that news because you're concerned about what's gonna happen. No,
• 38:53
  Speaker 1: you have to fucking tell them. So that's the moral here.
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: It's not really, but it's me telling you that it's
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: the moral tell people if their loved ones died. It's
• 39:02
  Speaker 1: not good to keep that from someone.
• 39:04
  Speaker 2: It's a really big deal.
• 39:07
  Speaker 1: Other than that, we're learning more about banana fish, which
• 39:11
  Speaker 1: is I guess a person or something and what that
• 39:15
  Speaker 1: drug does. But honestly, right now, I'm more concerned about
• 39:18
  Speaker 1: these characters emotional and physical well being than I am
• 39:21
  Speaker 1: what banana fish is. I'm super concerned for Age, who
• 39:24
  Speaker 1: has just been threatened again to be sex trafficked. I guess,
• 39:30
  Speaker 1: first of all, I don't think he told eBay that.
• 39:33
  Speaker 1: I know eBay was pretty set on them going back
• 39:35
  Speaker 1: to Japan, but I think that's just because he heard
• 39:38
  Speaker 1: that the mafia isn't involved, not that Arthur wanted to
• 39:41
  Speaker 1: sell ag into sexual slavery to Dino. I guess who.
• 39:47
  Speaker 1: You may have noticed, I didn't say a slur when
• 39:50
  Speaker 1: he was talking about that, because again, that's not really
• 39:52
  Speaker 1: in there. I heard hentai, which just kind of means
• 39:55
  Speaker 1: perverted or pervert, which is not as far of a
• 39:58
  Speaker 1: jump as the last time. I didn't the slur, So
• 40:00
  Speaker 1: I'm actually okay with that the manga decided to take
• 40:03
  Speaker 1: that route as well. I mean, I don't really like
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: having slurs in my stuff, but this at least made
• 40:09
  Speaker 1: a little.
• 40:09
  Speaker 2: Bit more sense.
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: But anyway, Age should go back to Japan because he's
• 40:14
  Speaker 1: gonna get himself in even more trouble if he stays.
• 40:17
  Speaker 1: It's not safe in the US for him. He needs
• 40:22
  Speaker 1: to go back to Japan, like write the fuck now,
• 40:24
  Speaker 1: And I get that, like he wants to help, but
• 40:26
  Speaker 1: I'm gonna go ahead and side with Shunici here and say,
• 40:28
  Speaker 1: like you need to drag him back to Japan, like
• 40:30
  Speaker 1: right the fuck now. Other than that, I just want
• 40:33
  Speaker 1: to point out because I think it's important that the
• 40:36
  Speaker 1: exchange with Garvy that he had when Garvey was fucking
• 40:39
  Speaker 1: strangling him. God damnit, he gets strangled a lot, with
• 40:43
  Speaker 1: Garvey saying that he knows that he's Dino's pet kind
• 40:49
  Speaker 1: of makes me really really worried. Obviously, this is not
• 40:53
  Speaker 1: looking good for my I hope maybe he's just kind
• 40:56
  Speaker 1: of defiant, but Dino is really nice. No, I'm pretty
• 40:59
  Speaker 1: sure Dino is super terrible dude, and that they have
• 41:03
  Speaker 1: not had a good relationship in any capacity of the
• 41:07
  Speaker 1: word good. So I guess we'll probably find more out
• 41:13
  Speaker 1: about that. But it's looking real bad, guys, and it's
• 41:19
  Speaker 1: kind of off putting that Garvey knew about that. So
• 41:24
  Speaker 1: this is not a secret. Whatever's happening is a widely
• 41:28
  Speaker 1: known thing, at least within this organization. And yeah, that's
• 41:34
  Speaker 1: a little upsetting. I'm never really sure how much I
• 41:36
  Speaker 1: should say about this stuff. So we'll just end it
• 41:39
  Speaker 1: there for this time, and next time we'll discuss more. Yeah,
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: in episode five, definitely, definitely. And then one last thing
• 41:47
  Speaker 1: that I wanted to tell you about is that this
• 41:50
  Speaker 1: kind of jail arc is actually really different than it
• 41:53
  Speaker 1: is in the manga. And I don't know why this
• 41:55
  Speaker 1: arc specifically has so many changes, but those kind of
• 42:01
  Speaker 1: three instances of you know, sexual violence that happened one
• 42:05
  Speaker 1: of them is kind of anime original because basically the
• 42:09
  Speaker 1: people involved are not the same. Garvy is a person
• 42:13
  Speaker 1: named Garvy, but he is not related to the mafia
• 42:15
  Speaker 1: at all, and he is part of the first gang
• 42:18
  Speaker 1: rape incident and the second thing in the cell, and
• 42:22
  Speaker 1: then that's it for him because he's almost probably murdered
• 42:25
  Speaker 1: by Ash. And then the folks that Dino has sent
• 42:30
  Speaker 1: are actually not going to rape Ash.
• 42:34
  Speaker 2: They're just going to.
• 42:36
  Speaker 1: Beat him up to get information out of him, which is.
• 42:39
  Speaker 2: Better.
• 42:41
  Speaker 1: So I don't know why the change at all, but
• 42:44
  Speaker 1: I think it's interesting and I think it works okay
• 42:47
  Speaker 1: either way. I'm really partial to the manga because I'm
• 42:50
  Speaker 1: going to be a manga purist this whole time. So
• 42:53
  Speaker 1: I think the manga is excellent, but I don't think
• 42:56
  Speaker 1: that this is bad in the anime by any capacity.
• 43:00
  Speaker 1: Actually know, there is one thing that I think is
• 43:03
  Speaker 1: really not good, and that is in that last thing
• 43:06
  Speaker 1: with Garvey when he licked his lips or you know,
• 43:11
  Speaker 1: stuck out his tongue or something. It's too cartoony, and
• 43:15
  Speaker 1: it's like a dead giveaway that that didn't come from
• 43:17
  Speaker 1: a Chemi Yoshita and that came from the current either
• 43:21
  Speaker 1: director or key animator or whatever. To me, it just
• 43:24
  Speaker 1: kind of breaks the direness of the situation a little bit,
• 43:29
  Speaker 1: So I'm not happy having that in there. And then
• 43:32
  Speaker 1: also one more thing that I should have said like
• 43:34
  Speaker 1: immediately and I just forgot about for a second, is
• 43:37
  Speaker 1: so we basically confirmed that the dang rape in the
• 43:43
  Speaker 1: last episode was at least partially intentional, like that Ash
• 43:49
  Speaker 1: specifically didn't fight back so that he could go to
• 43:53
  Speaker 1: the infirmary. And to of course clarify things a little
• 43:56
  Speaker 1: bit more because they just totally write it out of
• 43:58
  Speaker 1: the anime, is that him not fighting back and Garby
• 44:04
  Speaker 1: spreading rumors about him really helped him when he met
• 44:09
  Speaker 1: Ag when they were visiting, because him kissing Ag looked
• 44:14
  Speaker 1: like it wasn't a huge deal because he's obviously gay, right,
• 44:18
  Speaker 1: So there's a lot of thought and planning that went
• 44:21
  Speaker 1: into that. And I don't know how I feel about
• 44:25
  Speaker 1: his mental state that this was the idea honestly. I mean,
• 44:29
  Speaker 1: it would have been a good plan if Arthur wasn't
• 44:32
  Speaker 1: paying attention, but he was, but like, yeah, I'm worried.
• 44:37
  Speaker 1: That's the first place his head went to. So yeah,
• 44:41
  Speaker 1: definitely says something about him that has been kind of
• 44:44
  Speaker 1: implied this whole time, that like, there's definitely some traumatic,
• 44:48
  Speaker 1: messed up shit back there. I mean, we obviously know
• 44:50
  Speaker 1: that at this point, but yeah, I don't know. It's
• 44:54
  Speaker 1: both impressive and terrifying. So yes, that is all I
• 45:00
  Speaker 1: wanted to say about this episode, and again, thank you
• 45:04
  Speaker 1: for dealing with this. It's harder for me than it
• 45:08
  Speaker 1: is for you. Maybe I don't know, it might be
• 45:11
  Speaker 1: as hard or not hard at all. I really like
• 45:14
  Speaker 1: the show, but talking about it is taking it out
• 45:16
  Speaker 1: of me. Man. So that's really all I got this time,
• 45:22
  Speaker 1: And yeah, thank you for sticking around, and I hope
• 45:26
  Speaker 1: you have a really good whatever later. Weeps.