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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...
Spike died at the end. The amount of foreshadowing throughout the series and the show alluding to it numerous times makes it undeniable. If Spike fails to die then the ending is pointless and even his role in the story. For the show to be as great as it is, Spikes death is a requirement at the end.
From what we were shown it appeared that Vicious died hours before Spike did. We never saw his star. We never saw Shin's star either. Or Julia's for that matter. The star we saw at the end did not fall. The implication being that the soul the star belonged to did find its way to the Great Spirit.
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.
Oct 24, 2021 · With Vicious dead, Spike finally came to terms with his past and could die in peace. Symbolically, the finale shows a bright star flickering before fading out at the end of its credits, coinciding with a prediction made by Spike’s ally, Laughing Bull.
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Nov 12, 2021 · Cowboy Bebop's original anime ended on a very ambiguous note. Here we break down that final episode and what happened to Spike.
