V for Vendetta Review

Yesterday, sixish and her friends kindly invited me over for the annual Guy Fawkes Day viewing of V for Vendetta, which I had never seen before. I really enjoyed it; in fact, I was riveted to the screen. Below the cut is a brief review/list of the good and less good.

( expect spoilers )

Sex and Sexual Orientation in Banana Fish

Sex and Sexual Orientation in Banana Fish

The following is conjectural since Banana Fish is famously inexplicit about its characters' sexuality (apart from child prostitution and the like). Nonetheless, I want to take a swing at combining textual evidence and supposition to examine the sexuality of Ash and Eiji. From there, I want to make a gentle attempt at identifying the issues involved in credibly slashing them.

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