Banana Fish

Anime • 2018 • Animation  

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This anime contains 75 potentially triggering events.
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Does the dog die?
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Does someone lose their virginity?
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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Is someone abused with a belt?
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Are there bedbugs?
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Is there BDSM?
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Are there end credit scenes?
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Is an animal abandoned?
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Abuse
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theothetransorchid
One of the main character's parents dismisses the sexual abuse his son has experienced and blames him instead, calling him the f slur and harassing him for being gay, causing his son to run away.
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Is someone stalked?
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SharingIsCaring
This happens most often with Ash, since he is constantly at risk of being captured and people are constantly searching for him. One instance I can think of is with Blanca. Ash feels like he is being watched and you can see Blanca following him a couple times
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camila13
[SPOILERS]
one of the character's mom is raped and brutally murdered by her stepsons if i remember correctly. it's not shown but it's told.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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Is a child abused?
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Nanie
Sexual abuse, pedophilia and child p**n as well are heavily described
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Addiction
Is there addiction?
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lazuli
No but there is underage drinking
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Zimmercj
This is kind of the whole point of the show.
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
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luciaj
rats used for testing die
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Are animals abused?
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adamfart
rats are used as test animals for a drug
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Is there a dead animal?
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Does a cat die?
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Anonymous
mention of a dead leopard in episode 13, its carcass is shown, although it is not graphic at all.
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
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Are there alligators/crocodiles??
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Are there snakes?
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Are there sharks?
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is someone drugged?
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Cecilia
[SPOILERS]
Shorter is forced to use the "Banana Fish" drug, and then killed by his best friend, Ash.
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Is there pedophilia?
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87PlagueDoctor
The show focuses heavily on pedophilia
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Is someone held under water?
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Is rape mentioned?
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87PlagueDoctor
Rape, especially regarding minor victims, is mentioned frequently and is an overarching theme of the series.
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theothetransorchid
there is a lot of harassment and people being beat up in the show, but not specifically school-style bullying showed.
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Is someone restrained?
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Eggs
In the second and/or third episode, there are images of an underage child being assaulted, and heavy talk of sexual assault throughout the show. There is also another assault scene in the prision, this list is incomplete; i had to stop watching
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amana
No, but it's multiple times shown just before and after someone is raped.
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Bodily Harm
Is there decapitation?
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Is there cannibalism?
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TiredDaddi
The restaurant the other comment is describing is not selling humans as food, they are selling them as in human trafficking
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Is there body horror?
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Is someone choked?
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SharingIsCaring
At the last episode a character falls into fire after killing another character, I’m not sure if it would qualify as “burning alive” though. It isn’t really graphic or violent
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Is there amputation?
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hailie482
Although he deserved it, a man was stabbed in the genitals with a fork
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Is someone buried alive?
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Is there Achilles Tendon injury?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone asphyxiate?
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artsyintellectual
It's not shown on-screen, but a character's fingers are cut off during a knife-fight. There are several close-ups of the character's hand and their scars from the fingers being reattached.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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NamelessButterfly
Only verbally mentioned
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Are any teeth damaged?
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ZalekieB
a kid named bones claims that ash once knocked his teeth out.
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adamfart
it never actually happens there is a brief mention of “scooping” someone’s eyes out
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Is someone tortured?
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camila13
multiple times, but [SPOILERS] episode 9 is mostly about that. one of the characters is tortured to death.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Is there excessive gore?
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Is someone stabbed?
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Zuzuarson
knife fights and general knife violence is common all through the show
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Weiwuxian
I’m pretty sure seizures a mentioned once or twice
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Mo0ni
There is a scene where the main character chokes someone with a blanket until they pass out (but they deserved it)
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Does a head get squashed?
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Children
Is a minor sexualized?
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yutlunglover
Minors are sexualized by characters in the series, but aren't meant to be viewed in a sexual lens by the author or the audience. Ash and Yut-Lung are both often sexualized by much older male characters, though it isn't portrayed in a good way.
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Is an infant abducted?
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Does a kid die?
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lazuli
A child is shot and killed in the second episode. Also, i believe that at some point a character mentions that their childhood crush passed away. This is never shown on screen and only mentioned once.
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Death
Does a non-human character die?
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Does someone die?
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87PlagueDoctor
This show is FULL of death, absolutely not recommended for those who can't handle death, including major character death.
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Deny005
No, but a character was willing to do it for another one
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87PlagueDoctor
Many major characters die up until the very end of the show.
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Disability
Is the r-slur used?
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Drugs/Alcohol
Does someone overdose?
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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Zuzuarson
happens many times during the enitre show
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Does a parent die?
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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Does a family member die?
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Does someone cheat?
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Fear
Is someone possessed?
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user27597
technically not but if mind control in general is a trigger for you, i'd still be cautious. a character is made to do violent things against their will with drugs and it's very brutal
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Are there razors?
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theothetransorchid
yes, a lot of knives and in one scene there is an autopsy where the doctors slowly cut open the cadaver. it could be triggering so be advised
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Are there jumpscares?
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Characters do shower, but nothing in these scenes is explicit or violent
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Are there clowns?
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Are there mannequins?
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Is trypophobic content shown?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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Are there ghosts?
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Gross
Is there farting?
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Does someone spit?
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lazuli
Ash spits on foxx’s face
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Does someone vomit?
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Ihatemaggots
Max pukes from driving. Only sound could be heard. Eiji was close to puke but only put his hand over his mouth. Ash only mentioned how much Golzine makes him feel sick.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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Is someone eaten?
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Is there audio gore?
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Large-scale Violence
Are there 9/11 depictions?
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Law Enforcement
Is there incarceration?
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Is there copaganda?
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If anything, Banana Fish is vehemently anti-police, making a point out of them doing nothing to help Ash when he was a kid
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LGBTQ+
Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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Is there bisexual cheating?
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Are there transphobic slurs?
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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Medical
Does someone have cancer?
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North1233
In episode 9, there is a detailed depiction of a needle being used for an injection.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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SharingIsCaring

Ash fights with Arthur on the train tracks, and after Ash is injured he goes to a hospital.

*minor spoilers*
Eiji later gets shot while trying to teach Ash Japanese and he ends up going to the hospital as well. I believe you don’t actually see him in the hospital until at least the next episode after that though.
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Is electro-therapy used?
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Mental Health
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NamelessButterfly
Shorter says he'll kill himself if anyone hurts eiji
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Does someone self harm?
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bumble
No, however there is a scene where a scalpel is used on a body to create a long, straight slice that blood then pools out of. The visual comparison is easy to make and thus the scene becomes uncomfortable, though it is brief. (ep 15)
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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theothetransorchid
Characters have PTSD and it's not explicitly stated but seem to struggle with their mental health
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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Riku114
Yes 100% in the middle / late part of the series guys
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theothetransorchid
there is a lot of drug use, so in that way yes
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Is there D.I.D. misrepresentation?
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Is there misophonia?
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zephyruschoberka.
A main character fully plans of sacrificing himself and as part of this holds a gun to his head and pulls the trigger
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Ash has panicked breakdowns over events in the show on multiple occasions, as do other characters like Jessica and Shorter
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Is there ABA therapy?
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Is there body dysphoria?
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Ash has somewhat indirectly mentioned body dyspmorphia and shows eating disorder symptoms
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ZalekieB
the young chinese kid craws through a vent...
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Isaiahisa
ash gets constant nightmares where he calls out for his parents. references that its from his past trauma.
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Noxious
Is there obscene language/gestures?
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Is there shakey cam?
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Does a baby cry?
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jess345678998
There is one scene in episode 9 that features increasingly rapid flashing between two characters eyes, which may be a problem for some.
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Paranoia
Is someone watched without knowing?
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Is the fourth wall broken?
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Pregnancy
Are there abortions?
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LuciaDakin
there aren't any abortions but one character is described as "a back street abortion doctor" or something to that effect
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Is a baby stillborn?
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Is there childbirth?
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Does someone miscarry?
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zephyruschoberka.
There's like 2 women in the show so no
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Prejudice
Is there hate speech?
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Zuzuarson
you hear the F slur in the first episode. not said again from my memory but there is also a killing of a black man that looks like a lynching. this was done to get a rise out of one of the black characters but this could be triggering
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LuciaDakin
a character says that the mafia is "trying to become the next jewish community in terms of economic influence" or something of that ilk
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Is there aphobia?
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Are there n-words?
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monochrome
A male character disguises himself as a female nurse, and though not specifically transphobic, there are sexual jokes made about him.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Riku114
I don't know if you would innately call it "homophobic" in the context, but yes the word "fag" is used.
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Are there fat jokes?
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camila13
one of the bad guys is fat and there are jokes about it (imo they are not intended for laughs tho) this stop after episode 3
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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Kris
First death of the series is a black child who is shot.
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unluckymage
A character is assumed to be a woman by appearance, how ever there's no issues, drama, or shock value driven from it, only a pronoun swap after being told otherwise.
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catecate
Definitely.
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Race
Is there blackface?
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Relationships
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jubilee
Most of the relationships, although i wouldn't call them that, are between Ash (17) and older adult men
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Sex
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GreyCaprice
The sexual objectfication of one of the main characters is a major theme and plot point.

Other, mostly young male, characters are objectified as well.
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Prostitution, pornography, and general sex are main plot points in the show. This is not the show to watch if you dislike these things
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Are there nude scenes?
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AlexFalex
Time stamps pls??
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Zimmercj
Though not his real father, it is heavily implied that Ash’s adopted father sexual assaults him. This is more fleshed out in the manga.
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Is there bestiality?
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Sexism
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yutlunglover
In the last episode, Yut-Lung cries, and Sing laughs at him, calling him girly. It's meant to be a comedic scene and not really taken seriously.
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Sickness
Does someone have a stroke?
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Does someone have a chronic illness?
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Is there dementia/Alzheimer's?
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87PlagueDoctor
While I don't know if I'd describe him as terminally ill, Ash's older brother is not exactly in good condition.
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Social
Is someone homeless?
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Are there fat suits?
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Are there anti-abortion themes?
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Spoiler
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Solariis
I was spoiled by the previous comment. (There really should be an option to tag spoilers appropriately, like on Reddit or Discord...) Nonetheless, I still watched the entire show and I'm SO glad I did, the anime is a masterpiece.

[SPOILERS]

The ending itself isn't sad, it's an open ending. Even though he does die at the end of the manga, Ash is actually alive in the anime. There's an official character chart by mappa (the animation studio) that depicts each character with a status (alive/deceased) and their relationships to other characters. Ash's picture was grayed out first, which set his status to "deceased". However! The character chart was updated, and now his picture is in color again, meaning he's alive.
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Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Does a car honk or tires screech?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Does a plane crash?
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Mo0ni
A character in the show shoots down a helicopter so that might count?
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Violence
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jubilee
Not a nuclear explosion, however other types of explosives are used
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Is there blood/gore?
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Does someone drown?
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amana
In the first outro a character is kind of shown drowning but it's not graphic at all
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Is there gun violence?
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jujuba335
There are a lot of gangs and the mafia involved in the story, so it's a recurring thing
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