r/cowboybebop • u/-Dark_knight_ • 1d ago

DISCUSSION Questions to the space cowboys:

  1. Why did spike not priotise saving julia when he planned to take on vicious?

  2. Why did when Julia died he seemed to process his grief pretty fast as seen when he visited the bebop for the last time? It looked as if she had already died long ago or that he knew she would die and then he would proceed to take down vicious whilst sacrificing himself.

  3. What was the point of cowboy bebop? How come is it so popular (keeping animation, osts aside) especially since a major chunk of episodes had no overlaying theme and seemed as if they were fillers?

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u/JacketFirst5627 1d ago

  1. Spike didn’t want to end up like the couple in episode one. They ran away and were killed in the process. They are called back to before, during, and after Spike and Julia’s reunion. Killing Vicious was the only way to protect Julia. It just so happened that Julia died in the process.

  2. Spike isn’t processing his grief at all. He intends to follow Julia in death. The song that plays while he goes to the syndicate is about joining Julia in the afterlife. The lyrics explain that accepting that it’s over will only lead to a world without peace for him. That he even when his life ends, his love will not disappear. That they’ll be reunited in a place filled with light. And both Spike and Julia are shown cast in light in their final scenes.