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Making Sense of Cowboy Bebop

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The greatest space western of Anime, explained in perfect detail.
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// Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:41 The World
02:22 Spike Spiegel
12:28 Jet Black
17:52 Faye Valentine
24:21 Ed & Ein
27:03 FINALE
35:07 You're Gonna Carry That Weight
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20 Comments

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@juliangonzalez3749 2 years ago

The scene when jet and spike are eating the eggs they laid out for Ed and fey will forever be in my mind as a perfect example of grief and acceptance

@its-just-babs 2 years ago (edited)

Bebop is a comfort show for me. Even named my cat after Jet. Something about Bebop feels so unlike any other anime. The tone, the characters, the style, the soundtrack, the storytelling. Such a special series, as short as it may be.

@HaussVonHorne 2 years ago

Having watched the show many times and knowing most of this information is condensed into single episodes, laying it out chronologically certainly puts some new perspective on it. If someone who has never watched the show watched this video and then the show, they'd likely be very confused by the pacing and non-linear nature of it. Great video.

@stray_cat2003 2 years ago

Growing up, I immaturely took Spike as a role model, someone to be. Now, as a grown man, I realized he's supposed to be a cautionary tale. To not let the past hold us from forming meaningful connections in our present, to make it better for today. To carry that weight...

@KingCrimsonRequiem336 2 years ago (edited)

Moral of Cowboy Bebop: do NOT leave that fucking lobster in your fridge

@manyachronicles 2 years ago

WE MAKING IT OUT OF OUR PAST WITH THIS ONE 🗣🗣🗣🗣💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

@hunterswrld 1 year ago

They were all sort of frozen in time. Jet more metaphoric and literal with the pocket watch being broken and getting his ending and closure. Faye literally being frozen and awaking to constantly seek out her past and not knowing where it is she came from, only finally being able to get some kind of resolution towards the end of the show. Spike unable to move on from Julia and let go of the past. Having it literally kill him and allow him to know if he is alive or if he is dreaming. Ed and Ein were really just kinda there lol.

@Pothe4d 2 years ago (edited)

Give him a year and he will make sense of the universe

@azersbita5087 2 years ago

After that Evangelion explanation ("that actually makes sense")
I feel that you deserve more following
I'm hyped for the cowboybebop

@TrentRyanKatzenberger 2 years ago

Ever since I was a kid I've never been able to forget the one episode where they are all killed by sentient refrigerator mold.

@Swimmingbird7808 1 year ago

37:26 that was smooth

@dustinwirt4537 1 year ago

I know this video is a bit “old” at this point, but why has nobody mentioned how perfectly amazing the audio here is?? I mean the background music is amazing and transitions perfectly!

@Bucky1836 2 years ago

"War, War never changes, but men do through the roads they walk"

@mookiestewart3776 2 years ago

Only issue I have is that it is never indicated that spike and vicious didn’t get along when they were both in the syndicate. If anything the show indicates the opposite. They got along quite well and were likely even friends . The show also indicates that prior to meeting Julia spike was quite a bit more ruthless and cutthroat. This is part of why vicious is so mad at him. His best friend not only betrayed him by taking his lover but became a completely different person at the same time. “I bled all that kind of blood away”. “THEN WHY ARE YOU STILL ALIVE??!!!!”

@fullmetalfrogger 2 years ago

Faye being wanted but still turning in bounties even tho she herself is wanted, goes hard.

@vejscvetkovski2679 2 years ago

Bebop is a work of art,whatever happens,happens ;) See you space cowboy

@Dog-999i 2 years ago

I finished the show for the first time last night. What a masterpiece!! One thing I liked about Bebop was how it doesn’t hold your hand. It tells the story through the music and the visuals. Instead of exposition dumps, there are many quiet and atmospheric moments. However, the cryptic storytelling can leave the viewers a little confused, so your video was very helpful for me.

@yodaorcamaster 2 years ago

Cowboy Bebop and Cyberpunk: Edgerunners will forever be comfort shows for me because they were some of the first anime actually complex and nuanced anime I watched and really carried my enjoyment of anime when I was first really getting into it. Cowboy Bebob doesn't make me cry everytime I hear the music though, and a large chunk of the soundtrack is on my jazz playlist.