So… what’s up with Ash’s father?
!!HUGE TRIGGER WARNING, THIS SHOW IS WACK!!
Re-watching Banana Fish and I just finished episode 6 and I’m confused.
I remember the first time I watched it, when it came to Ash‘s backstory, his dad blamed him for being molested as a kid and kicked him out because he thought it was Ash’s fault. But after watching it now, it seems like his dad didn’t think that Ash was at fault because he said. “They (the cops) even suspected Ash of seducing him. He was just a kid only seven years old.” “ so I told him that if some asshole tries to do the same thing, just shut up and let him. But make him pay for it.” angrily puts down drink. So here it seems like he’s angry at the cops for thinking that it was Ash’s fault and that he thought of that man as an asshole.
Then when it comes to Ash being kicked out, he says this. “ but it’s a small rural town. People talk you know. So I tried to send him to my little sister‘s place.” Then in the recent Netflix dub, he says this. “ but this is a small town and like any small town people talk. I tried to send him somewhere safe, my sister‘s place upstate but… (he ran away).”
In the Japanese script he doesn’t say particularly why he sent him to his sister’s. In the Netflix dub, it’s clear that he did it to protect him.
So did he do it to protect him? Or did he have an ulterior motive?
I’ve tried to see people‘s opinions online and it seems like a lot of them think that he bought into the rumors and sent Ash away because he thought it was Ash’s fault. But now looking back on it, it seems like that might not be the case.
What’s more confusing is when Ash comes back, in present time, his dad immediately accuses him of being a slut. So does he think that Ash was at fault for being molested? Why is he so mad at Ash when it seems like back then he was trying to protect him?
I’m so confused. Tell me what you guys think.