The Real Folk Blues by Mai Yamane (Cowboy Bebop Vitaminless) **Edit: at 2:40 the romaji is "koin no omote to ura mitaida" I do not own the music or any of the pictures Thanks for watching!
There ones was a tiger striped cat. This cat died a million deaths, revived and lived a million lives, he was owned by various people who he didn't really care for, The cat wasn't afraid to die. Then one day the cat became a stray cat, which meant that he was free. He meet a beautiful white cat, and the two spent their days together happily. Well, years pass and the white cat grew weak and died of old age. The tiger striped cat cried a million times, and then he died too. Except this time, he didn't come back to life...
Spike: Years ago, back when I was much younger, I was afraid of nothing. I had not the slightest fear of death. I was ready to die anytime. But then I met a special woman. She made me want to go on living. For the first time, I was afraid of death. A feeling I’d never had before.
I fell in love with Cowboy Bebop at only 12 years old. As little as I was, this sang to the sadness deep in gash of my own heart. I’m 35 now and I’ve started rewatching it. I still feel the same. The difference is that I now understand what I have mourned all my life: my innocence.
Few shows evoke the type of "feeling" this one did. RU-vidrs have analyzed it to death, which is fine, but there's a certain emotion and weight to the series that transcends description. For many of us, Cowboy Bebop is more than simply what it's about.
Nick Wurthmann You’re right, Cowboy Bebop is all about the “feeling”. I started watching it again after about 18 years and I still get the same feelings I did back then. It’s truly a masterpiece.
@@LexieAssassin It was only until recently I discovered the meaning behind only one of the eagles having an eye, totally bad ass and fits the 40k narrative so well.
It's kind of a cliche to say that you cried like a baby when you see something very sad, but as a teenager watching "The Real Folk Blues pt 2" I cried like a fully developed human who only recently discovered what sadness was and realized that it would be with them forever more. I was absolutely inconsolable for days after. Great anime.
Same. It makes rewatching this series hard now because you know what's coming and there shear weight of it just builds the closer you get to the end. This song hits way different before and after watching and it will never hit the same way again after, and that feeling you get knowing that perfectly sums up the show.
I can't get enough of Cowboy bebop. I watch it every year and each time is better than the last. As I get older I get more understanding to the themes and meanings of the serie and it grew on me so much .
Never have more true words been spoken! The first time I watched it, I was like, hey that's a pretty good show. But somehow now, months after watching it the first time it drew me back. The music (and I personally LOVE jazz anyways), the atmosphere, the topics, the character discovery. Top notch, it really grows on you over time and you understand better which every time you watch the series and every year you live longer and get more mature...
Bebop Fullmetal alchemist: brotherhood Trigun Three media only [films included] what i see every year. And with every year all of them becoming so... me I am ukrainian in two years of war who did tonns of things duaring this two years. This trinity forged me before war This trinity was with me in war And now I am all of this I mean man If we talking only about cowboy bepob I was so many times in such yolo extra dangerous things, got through so many lethal events to protect people, feed them or even prevent to die Man I saw bepob in march 2022 inbetween my 24h shifts on seiged city to charge myself with this YOLO things And now In mid feb 2024 I cried right now in 18 session where Fay saw her own time capsule video. Man In war and after what i came and what i will overcome or die in future I AM a Wash the Stumpest I AM an Edward Elric I AM a Spike Not sayijg that i feel them or related I literally made a moves and choices and faced events and deaths and what makes me understand them all in full I cried with dry tears in Fay's video to her future self cos all my tears are gone for literally ten years ago in 2014. Man. Sorry I just decided to see the lirycs of ending song after every year watching marathon And now i feel it way stronger Mostly because i am not shure that i will live in next month, not saying in next season or year. In ten days will be 2 years of full ukrainian-russian war And man In march 2022 when i worked in hospital in besieged city I had no faith to live in april 2022 And here i am Watching all three titles, bepop included third time in war. And this time Im crying with dry tears. On side look it may seems like im laughing in the mid of night. Man. Or whoewher reading me. Dont. Want To Be A Spike Or related to him charachters. U can glorify such type Like it But believe me The lad who came through hell and still melting in lesser one You don't want to be so empty as spike Peace.
日本語ver. 愛してだと 嘆くには あまりりも時は過ぎてしまった まだ心の ほころびを 癒せぬまま風が吹いてる 一つの目で 明日を見て もう一つの目で昨日を見つめてる 君の愛の揺りかごで もう一度やすらかに 眠れたら 乾いた瞳で 誰か泣いてくれ The Real Folk Blues 本当の 悲しみが知りたいだけ 泥の川に浸かった 人生も悪くはない 一度限で 終わるなら 希望に満ちた 絶望と 罠が仕掛けられてる このチャンス 何が良くて悪いのか コインの表と裏みたいだ どれだけ生きれば 癒されるのだろう The Real Folk Blues 本当の 喜びが知りたいだけ 光る物の全てが 黄金とは限らない The Real Folk Blues 本当の 悲しみが知りたいだけ 泥の川に浸かった 人生も悪くはない 一度限で 終わるなら
This video has been put together quite thoughtfully. 3 texts for the lyrics, iconic picture in the background,along with other stills. And the end episode titles at the end of this song was the finishing stroke. Thanks a ton for making this video.
The ending to my ep❤🌌👏👏favorite anime OF ALL TIME stormdynastyheadquarters.bandcamp.com/track/ill-thoughts-outro-the-real-folk-blues-2 💨👆 words can't explain my love for this series #cowboybebop #seeyouinspacecowboy #Lstorm Be a friend and tell a ton
Session #11 Toys in the Attic My favorite lessons of the episode If you see a stranger, follow him. - Ed Don't leave stuff in the fridge - Spike Lesson that touched me the most in the series You guessed it, You're gonna carry that weight..
“A life soaked in muddy water, isnt so bad, if it ends after the first time” The hope of a better after... I believe that better after is real, when you have a hope of eternal joy and peace, maybe the muddy water of this present life isn't so bad after all...
This anime is like, one by one when you watch the episode, know the characters and their past and the choices they make, you realize that the anime is like a Sunset that is tragic but beautiful at the same time... Filled with past memories and dreams.
@@ietaka8480 Even that boring lackluster episode has a message in it “Procrastination is something we should take seriously”, goes to show how even the most boring episodes have a meaning in Cowboy Bebop
The best and most impactful thing this show has are the feelings of loneliness and the sad truth of the future of humanity in case of interplanetary conquest and immigration (and most importantly, in case of losing Earth)....little interactions with other people, no sense of society or community...most days spent on a space ship in the middle of space, few humans scattered here and there.....Sad Sad Saad. Faye's depression after regaining her memories and Spike's self destructive state after losing his only anchor were the best example of how abnormal such a reality would be.
The vibe both the anime and this song gives away is just so goood. I can’t help but feel melancholic, it’s a cocktail of so many feelings which kinda take you far on a journey
We all here are carrying our own weight. And that's all Spike's blame. He ain't dead. Nah-ah. He can't. He is just resting. He found peace. Exactly as he said to Faye.
Endgame Summary In Session 1, Laughing Bull foretells of Spike's death being brought on by a woman. Laughing Bull: Swimming bird will meet a woman. The bird will be hunted by this woman. And then death. Spike: One more time. Laughing Bull: What's that? Spike: I was killed once before by a woman. Spike is speaking of Julia. Losing her love was so painful as to be considered a form of death. He was left in a detached dream-like purgatory from that day on. In Session 26, Julia is shot in front of Spike. White doves fly by in slow motion. Horror, shock, and agony are expressed in Spike's left eye. He screams her name, drops his weapon, and runs to her. He takes her in his arms. Hears her last words, which are inaudible to the audience. Spike looks down at his lost love and then up to the sky. The camera is now focused on Spike's right eye, which is shaking in a disturbing manner. The camera zooms into Spike's pupil and everything fades to black. The next scene is of Laughing Bull predicting Spike's imminent death. Holding Julia's coat, Vicious speaks of Spike. Vicious: A beast that has lost his place. He has nowhere to return to now. He will come. Vicious is both right and wrong. Spike will come, but he does have somewhere to return to one last time. Two rose petals are shown blowing away in the wind. Spike returns to the Bebop and tells Jet a story. An allegory about his life which he uses to explain why he will never return. Spike: There once was a tiger striped cat. This cat died a million deaths, revived and lived a million lives, and he was owned by various people who he didn't really care for. The cat wasn't afraid to die. Then one day the cat became a stray cat, which meant he was free. He met a white female cat, and the two of them spent their days together happily. Well, years passed, and the white cat grew weak and died of old age. The tiger striped cat cried a million times, and then he died too. Except this time, he didn't come back to life. Jet is keenly aware that Spike's death looms in the horizon. He is wary of the tale's implications. When Spike gets up to leave, Jet asks him one last question. Jet: Is it for the girl? Spike: [beat] She's dead. There's nothing I can do for her now. This is true. Julia is dead. There is nothing Spike can do for her. This does not lessen the impact she has on the events that are about to unfold. Jet understands this. Upon hearing of Julia's death, he has a resigned if devastated reaction. He knows exactly what this means for Spike. Faye confronts Spike while holding him at gunpoint. She knows that he is marching towards his death. Faye: Where are you going? Why, are you going? You told me once, to forget the past, ‘cause it doesn’t matter, but you’re the one still tied to the past, Spike! Spike does not deny this. Instead, he explains the truth about his eyes. The camera spans from his left eye to his right eye. Spike: Look at my eyes, Faye. One of them is a fake because I lost it in an accident. Since then, I've been seeing the past in one eye and the present in the other. So, I thought I could only see patches of reality, never the whole picture. Faye: Don’t tell me things like that; you’ve never told me anything about yourself, so don’t tell me now! Spike: I felt like I was watching a dream I could never wake up from. Before I knew it, the dream was all over. This is not the first time Spike has expressed this sentiment. One of his most revelatory quotes was said in the teaser for Ballad of Fallen Angels. Spike: The music box is broken, or is it? It starts to play, and a haunting tune fills the air. I wake suddenly from my dream. There is no music box! And yet there it is. A tiny one nestled in my hand. And I awaken from my dream again. As if I were peeling an onion. It’s a dream no matter how far I go. I can never reach reality. Trapped in an endless nightmare. Spike is so affected by the loss of the woman he loves that even an item she once possessed haunts him. It is her death that has finally woken him from his detached dream-like state. Faye shares with Spike that her memory has returned. She explains that there was nowhere for her to go back to. She pleads with him to stay. Spike ignores her please and instead leaves her with these parting words. Spike: I’m not going there to die; I’m going to find out if I’m really alive. I have to do it, Faye. Faye is not comforted by this statement. The audience should not be comforted either. Spike's words eerily echo what Jet said to him in session 25. Jet: Men only think about the past right before their death, as if they were searching frantically for proof that they were alive. Faye cries and shoots off her gun. An act reminiscent of the 21-gun salute that is used in the military to honor the fallen. Spike walks away from Faye without looking back. He is never shown thinking about anyone from the Bebop again. The song "See You Space Cowboy" plays as Spike leaves the Bebop. "Everything is already over", You say with closed ears The words only flow Towards a tomorrow without peace "There's nothing that won't change" Even if my life ends This love will not disappear It's something that will live forever Even if dreams are hidden in darkness I got a rainbow Rainbow in your hands... The camera focuses on Spike's left eye. The eye that sees Spike's past. The lyrics begin as Spike is recalling romantic memories of Julia. He thinks of the first time he saw Julia and was captivated by her beauty. He thinks of a time when he made love to Julia and she cradled him in her arms. Given that Spike confided to Jet just the previous session that Julia was a part of him, the image shows a moment in Spike's life when he felt whole. Spike: She was a piece of me I had lost. She is my other half that I had longed for. The song continues to play as Spike attacks the syndicate. It is a ballad of undying love alluding to lovers being reunited in the afterlife. When Spike faces off against his hated rival, Vicious makes a proclamation. Vicious: So, you're finally awake. I told you before, Spike. I'm the only one who can kill you and set you free. Spike does not deny this. But makes a proclamation of his own. Spike: Those words apply to you as well, Vicious. During their fight, there comes a moment where the two disarm each other by swapping weapons. Vicious getting Spike's gun and Spike getting Vicious's katana. It is at this moment that Spike makes a statement of great significance to both men. Spike: Julia passed away. Let's end it all. Vicious: If that's your wish. The rivals return their weapons. Spike shoots Vicious but gets sliced across the abdomen. Vicious's death comes quickly, while Spike lingers as was foreshadowed. Vicious: Don't forget, a snake's venom poisons slowly after the bite. Spike watches Vicious's body fall to the ground, spends but a few seconds looking at him, then looks up to the night's sky. The camera is focused on Spike's right eye. Now calm. Spike sees Julia. This is the first time in the entire series that Spike is shown seeing Julia with his right eye. In session 13, during an auditory flashback, Spike and Julia discuss his eyes. Spike: My left eye sees the past. Julia: What about your right eye? We do not hear his response. In the penultimate scene of the series, we are specifically shown what Spike sees with his eye that sees his present. He sees her. In Spike's vision, Julia is cast in a white light. She says her last words to Spike, this time they are audible to the audience. Spike is shown reflected back in Julia's eye. He glumly concurs with her. Spike is then completely engulfed by a blinding white light. The scene fades to white. This light is reminiscent of the divine light that is cast upon a soul that is ready to ascend to heaven. Julia: It's all a dream. Spike: Yeah. Just a bad dream. From white we transition to the final scene of the series. It is now day. A white light is now cast over the entire syndicate. Spike smiles, points a finger gun at the remaining syndicate goons and says "bang". This is a callback to Wen from session 6. As Wen was dying he asked Spike if he understood the relief that came with one's own death. In response, Spike threw Wen's harmonica up in the air, pretended to shoot it while saying "bang", but then said "as if". When Spike says "bang" this time he is acknowledging that he now understands that relief. Spike falls to the ground. He is never shown moving again. White doves are shown flying over Spike's body. White doves also flew by Julia when she died. The camera follows an ascension into the heavens, while the song "Blue" plays. The song's lyrics allude to a soul ascending to heaven. Free Wanna be free Gonna be free And move among the stars You know, they really aren't so far Feels so free Gotta know free Please Don't wake me from the dream It's really everything it seems I'm so free No black and white in the blue Everything is clearer now Life is just a dream, you know That's never-ending I'm ascending At the end of the credits a star goes out but never falls. In session 13, Laughing Bull informs the audience to what a falling star truly is. Child: A star just fell from the sky. Laughing Bull: That is not an ordinary star, my son. That star is the tear of a warrior. A lost soul who has finished his battles somewhere on this planet. Child: What warrior is it? Laughing Bull: A pitiful soul who could not find his way to the lofty realm. Where the great spirit awaits us all. Given that the star we are shown does not fall, it is reasonable to infer that the soul the star belonged to did make its way to the great spirit that awaits us all. That soul has broken away from the cycle of death and rebirth and is never coming back. As was foreshadowed to happen to Spike in the fable of the tiger striped cat, who followed his love into death and never returned.
@@tamber706 Spike was actually just rewording what Jet had said to him earlier that day. “Men only think about the past right before their death, as if they were searching frantically for proof that they were alive.” -Jet Black
Spike: "Julia passed away. Let's end it all." Vicious: If that's your wish. Spike shoots Vicious in the heart. Vicious slices Spike across the abdomen. Spike looks up to the sky. For the first time in the entire series he sees Julia with his eye that sees his present. Julia is cast in a white glow. She tells him "It's all a dream." He agrees with her. He is engulfed in a blinding white light. The entire syndicate is cast in a white light
I ending Cowbow Bebop yesterday, and this really dont go away from my mind. I love this show so much and I appreciate every single episode. Thank you and see you Space Cowboy.
You're allowed to dislike anime. Hell, you're entitled to dislike Cowboy Bebop. (your opinion is shit, but you're entitled to it.) But you cannot sit there and in good faith say that this series wasn't an actual, literal 10/10. This is the height of it's art form, and is genuinely one of the highest forms of art humans have produced. *_YOU'RE GONNA CARRY THAT WEIGHT..._*
Those who dislike anime just for the sake of it, are missing out on a lot of stuff. I mean yeah 80% of anime is garbage, but gems like this do exists and are 100 times better than hollywood.
When I was a kid I thought this and Samurai Champloo were crazy boring, I know, I had shit taste but now as an adult I'm able to appreciate their value.
@@Cuppamilky I actually did watch and enjoy those so i guess my taste wasn't totally shit though i don't really remember the end to Trigun so i guess I'll rewatch that
This bring me back to my childhood at 12 back 1999, and staying up for Toonami on Cartoon Network. Wow this song has been my favorite for years and all emotions. Life is not easy but we make it and " not carry all that weight" alone.
Somebody cry for me with dray eyes is a twisted lyric. Ir can mean someone who has cried so much they have no more tears or someone who is faking a cry or someone who is sarcastically crying.
It’s a big part of the story a lot of people don’t pick up on. How each character is trying to work through the trauma they have experienced long before we ever met them
To be fair a lot of music is deep, the Japanese don't hold the rights to creative writing. Just look around deeper than the radio and there's plenty to find.
I've never seen cowboy bebop and still have enjoyed this song for 15 years. This is the first time that I've read the translation. Yoko Kanno is a fucking genius
There are so few anime like this nowadays. I hope they adapt this to a movie. Not a movie where they focus so much on the visuals but the actual nuance of the character and the philosophy of the story.
cowboy bebop just leaves this big feeling of emptiness behind which strangely also feels very heavy. i think it's very rare for other series to make one feel things which this show does
Jerome Bryant Jr. Honestly I’m glad he died, I’m not saying that I hate Spike. I just think that this shows not all animes have to have like 20 seasons to have a good ending.
Jerome Bryant Jr. watanabe said in an interview once that spike's future was for us to tell we could think whatever we wanted to that's why "you will carry that weight"
I remember the opening to Cowboy Bebop because, when I was a kid whenever it came on I knew it was bedtime. So I never actually sat down and went through an entire episode of the show before today. I decided a long time ago I wouldn't watch CB due to being majorly spoiled a few years ago. Today I decided I would watch the first two episodes and I got to the end of episode 1 and heard this and it was instant nostalgia, except I never heard this before. It has this haunting sound that reminds me of those nights where I did stay up to watch other shows like Inuyasha and Yu Yu Hakusho on Adult Swim. I love this.
Fue un verdadero antes y después, luego de cowboy bebop no hubo nada igual ni tampoco nada mejor como ese canal que milagrosamente existió en el tiempo correcto,see you space cowboy
How this song embodies the emotion of longing for the abandonment of sorrow; to find some structure for solace; how from occupation, human relations, and the causal laws brings chaos and peace; how our dreams haunt us with love, despair, and tranquility. The enigma of hope, how it flows through us all, to where we either are strengthened by it or burdened by it. To see if we are living, or dreaming; caught by the inescapable beauty of perception, long through the infinite existence of all.
Cowboy was really different from the animes today. It has a sense that you couldn’t feel with another anime. You can’t compare the animes with cowboy bebop. I’ve watched this when i was a grade schooler I didn’t really understand the concept of spike but as i grew older I rewatched cowboy bebop it the story hit me hard. And to think of if its not just the action why i loved this as a kid growing up.
Yeah, I've tried to convince my niece to watch it in its entirety but she said she got around 1/3 of the way through and just got bored..... I dunno maybe its an age thing coz I always thought it was an odd show as a kid watching episodes out of order whenever it happened to be on adult swim, and it was only when I got older and watch it in full was i able to appreciate it for the masterpiece it is. She still likes the series but likes samurai Champloo more.
AtrociousAK47 there is something with this show. That its hard to explain that Only and adult can understand haha. I dont blame her for not liking it. Hey samurai champloo is good too.
My favorite anime and the best show I ever experienced in a personal way the music inspire so much so I become a musician Cowboy Bebop will be in my heart forever
I can watch this anime over and over. The characters are strong, funny, and well written. Christ, it’s been so long since I first saw it on Toonami and Midnight Run- id stay up late at night and watch this at 12 AM. I fucking love this anime
@@joshuavance1472 Joshua, Thank you for your compassion. His name was Robert and he had been battling health problems for quite some time. He lost his legs due to diabetes six years ago but he never lost his spirit.I intend to celebrate that while I mourn his passing. Again....Thank you.
This is the first video I've seen on RU-vid since watching Bebop on Adult Swim that has the Japanese words spelled out in English. Thank you for doing this.
