The Real Folk Blues: Part 2

This is a truly exceptional finale. Every underlying plot thread that was present throughout the whole anthology gets a clear resolution. We get clarity in the relationship between Spike, Viscious, and Julia. We explore themes of acceptance, drifting through life, and finding one's place. Faye is a witness to the culmination of Spike's story. She resents Spike for still having a past to return to and confront, while she's left stranded in a present so distant from the past she left behind. Spike's decision to leave is absolutely devastating to Faye, as the Bebop crew is the only semblance of a home she has (whereas it merely served as a resting point on Spike's journey back to face the music of his past). Pieces of dialogue sprinkled in throughout the series take on an entirely new meaning with added context. The illustration of the complexity of Spike and Viscious' relationship is deftly handled. And of course, this fantastic series is capped off with a dynamic and thrilling action scene. This conclusion is beautiful, tragic, and positively dripping with Bebop style. It'll leave you with a pit in your stomach, but you'll know in your heart it couldn't have ended any other way.

What can be said about this, the last episode of Cowboy Bebop? The series, which is so memorable for its combination of great characters, storytelling, and pure fun and action, blends everything into a pot in its finale and goes out with a bang.

It's a show with so many memorable moments, and so many of those moments come in this episode. Just for example; there's a death fairly early on that ends up unveiling the motives of a major character's actions, but not in the sense that you might think by reading these words. The moment his motives are revealed is so well written and executed that it gives one chills.

Another scene has Faye Valentine pleading with Spike not to face his nemesis. In a lesser anime, she'd have fallen in love with him; it'd be force feeding us a motive. This show is intelligent enough, trusts its audience enough, and knows its characters enough to write the scene as it ought to be written; Faye, a character without a past, isn't in love with Spike, but is acknowledging that he and the Bebop crew are all she has. The scene is heartbreaking, and delivered with perfect restraint.

Those are just two moments in this episode. The ending brings even the most jaded fans to tears, and again, not in ways you expect.

A perfect conclusion to a masterpiece series.

Damn that was pretty good. Actually, what the hell am I saying, it was goddamn perfect.

What a beautiful way to end this character arc. Our lives have meaning simply because we carry a weight. Be proud that you're carrying your weight.

Farewell, Space Cowboy.

Words can not explain how good the ultimate climax to the show really was. In my humble opinion it is on par to shows like breaking bad and the wire. The show wraps up on the same note it started with spike being the ultimate victim of the never ending pain and misery his life as been. Unlike many shows it doesn't spoon feed theses answers and you finally realise it all these years later. Many shows do deserve the hype the get but can never stand up to an ending on the same calibur as this one. It really makes me sad to hear people who have never seen or even heard of this show righting it off as another one of thoses animes. But no this show is great than that and has kept my questioning the show all these years later which I can not say for many shows or animes I have ever watched. The usually are a fad that wears of but not this one,for anyone has never seen or heard of this show go watch it because it is a fucking masterpiece and deserves every bit of respect it deserves as preachy as I may be. One of the best shows I have ever watch it's perfection.