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Spike's reason for going back and fight Vicious at the end, after Julia is killed, is apparently nothing more than revenge, like what happened with Mao and Annie (instance where Julia realises they aren't fleeing as he won't let her death go unavenged), but there's more: "proving if I'm alive".
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Interestingly, Cowboy Bebop' ending with Spike and Vicious going head to head was decided even before the project was in its initial stages. Series creator Shinichirō Watanabe had already envisioned the epic confrontation between the two characters during Cowboy Bebop's ending, as he deemed it the only way for them to achieve closure and for the se...
While not much is really known about Spike’s past, as the intricate world of Cowboy Bebop only metes out fragments of his backstory for the audience to piece together, it is known that he became a member of the Red Dragon Syndicate under Mao Yenrai. It is important to acknowledge the shared history between Spike and Vicious, as the duo fought and w...
At the end of Cowboy Bebop's 26-episode run, Vicious intends to kill Spike out of sheer vengeance, while the latter struggles with the temptation to be pulled back to a past rife with fatal wounds and betrayal. Spike’s constructed facade of laidback charm starts crumbling, as he is driven into a mad frenzy solely after hearing Julia’s name. While t...
Narratively speaking, it would also be logical to infer that we saw Spike's star go out at the end of the credits because we followed what appeared to be the ascension of his soul while a song about ascending to heaven played.
Spike told Jet the tiger striped cat story which was obviously about himself and Julia, and in the end he just bluntly says both cats die. Yet when Faye asks him why he’s going, he says that he’s going to see if he’s actually alive.
Nov 12, 2021 · When they wanted to run away together, Vicious told Julia that she would have to kill Spike or he'd kill them both. But of course, she was unable to do that, so instead, Julia went into hiding.
Aug 9, 2021 · While logical evidence and visual cues point towards the fact that Spike most likely dies at the end of Cowboy Bebop, series creator Shinichirō Watanabe never actually confirmed the character’s death.
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Dec 11, 2021 · Vicious collapses, but Spike lingers and looks up toward the sky again. This time the camera zooms in on his right eye, his eye that sees the present, indicating that Spike is fully awake. The screen brightens and the audience finally learns what Julia told Spike before she died.
