Aslan Jade Callenreese Husbando

Aslan Jade Callenreese, , better known as Ash Lynx, is the protagonist of Banana Fish. Throughout majority of the series, Ash is the leader of a New York gang and the unwilling heir to the Corsican mafia. He is the son of Jim Callenreese and of a deceased young teenage hippie girl, stepson of Jennifer, and younger half-brother of Griffin Callenreese. He later became the legally adopted son of crime boss Dino Golzine. He is the potential love interest of Eiji Okumura. Ash is a tall and slender young man. He has blond hair, green eyes, pale skin, and is extremely beautiful in appearance, as remarked on by numerous characters in the series. In the manga, his hair originally had a flatter style before changing to its signature appearance and he has a more petite build in the anime. His normal attire consists of a loose white T-shirt, blue jeans, brown belt, and red hi-top sneakers. He is shown wearing glasses when reading, suggesting that he may be far-sighted. He is briefly shown sporting a green jade earring given to him by Dino Golzine to match the color of his eyes and serve as a reminder of his ownership over Ash. Later, Ash dismisses the earring as an unimportant "gift" when Eiji asks about it and then trades it for guns and ammo. In Angel Eyes, Shorter Wong notes that he looks almost like a "boyish girl," saying that his beauty is almost scary and that he cannot stop staring at him. Although Ash is highly aware of his attractiveness and has learned to weaponize it, his beauty often works against him, making him a target of unwanted sexual advances and harassment from older men and women alike. He is also a target of mockery in regard to his appearance and is often underestimated because of his beauty, which he uses to his advantage. Ash has the personality, charisma, and skill to gather large groups of individuals together under his influence. Not only is he excellent in combat and an incredible marksman, but he is also highly intelligent, with an IQ of 180-200. His intelligence lends itself well to solving the mystery of 'Banana Fish' and he has also been stated to be quite well-read, knowing his way around the newspaper's daily columns and political novels- unusual for someone who did not finish middle school. Along with his remarkable intelligence, Ash's good looks and charisma allow him to sway the will of people to his benefit in dire situations, and he's well aware of it. Despite the influence he holds over others, however, Ash is mistrustful and holds most people at arms-length except for a few select friends in his inner circle, including his long-time best friend Shorter, and later Eiji Okumura. He is not afraid of death not because of courage, as he calls himself a coward, but because of his disillusionment with his own life. Ash's character is mostly defined by his constant struggle for freedom against his oppressors, his fight to overcome his trauma over sexual abuse, and most importantly, to find his real place in the world.