#rip shorter

So, in Banana fish episode 9 as Shorter was drugged and trying to fight against Eiji, he hears Ash call for him. Shorter looks up toward the door frame as if he has broken out of the blind rage that the drug caused, and he sees the statue of an angel. 

This statue alludes to the prequel of Banana fish, Angel Eyes, which tells the story of how ash and shorter meet in juvie. In Angel Eyes, Short tells Ash that he looks like an angel on a card given to hima while ago and he adds in the joke that he would jerk off to it; that begins a new friendship, However it is implied through official art styles choices that Ash was Shorter's first love.

(yes hes bald)

( violets symbolize first loves)