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You are right. Damn, a show explaination again when a RU-vidr has less knowledge of the material than viewers. Keep spreading stupid shit like 'the first episode's story doesn't have a deep meaning'.
That's a great point. The way the stories of the first and last episode parallel each other really makes the first episode that much more powerful in the context of the entire series.
Nah, he has his point of view and it's ok, that's what is so fantastic about this show, that it does not gives you everything, it just gives you dots and you conect them however you want
Seriously i don't know how people watch other anime besides GITS. Everything now a days I cant get past two episodes without saying "this is trash". Everyone talks about how dragonball is so good but i think that its mostly nostalgia. As a kid I liked it but now its whatever. When I watched Bebop as a kid and as an adult now its awesome every time.
It's because now it's aimed at the younger and depending on the show, hornier, demographic as compared to the demographic that bebop was trying to appease to. It's all about the anime you watch. The way I see it there's two sides of the spectrum, the serious, emotional thought provoking side with the likes of steins;gate, cowboy bebop, death note, akira among others and the side that's just to watch for fun or the mindless stuff that's just action you know? this is reflected everywhere in the world lol
@Michael Satnik Watching through the original Dragon Ball (not Z) still holds up as an incredible journey, and I can say that without any nostalgia-bias as I only watched the series for the first time a year or so ago. It takes a little while to get into but would definitely recommend it. There's something special about watching Goku grow up from a small child, naive to the world, to an increasingly powerful and responsible young man
The one note that betrays Jet and Spike aren't as detached to Ed, Ein, and Faye leaving is, in my opinion, the fact that they filled Ein's bowl with eggs. Why would you put eggs in the dog's bowl unless you were hoping, on some level, it'd come back?
Tricky. Poor, but the beef man. Gotta get by, but at the same time...you gotta get by, you know what I mean? I mean how much can you ignore the "beef" in bell peppers and beef, of a dog bowl?
SageOfTheWest exactly. And it's completely in character that they would just eat the eggs. It would be strange and out of character for either of them to openly acknowledge their sadness. So they sit, and they eat, hoping someone will return and intervene. But no one does.
+ingenjannik The fridge is a metaphor of Spike's troubled past. At the end of the episode he says "Don't leave food in the fridge". He's trying to say that the past will eventually come back to haunt you.
This show is so realistic when it comes to deeper emotions. In other animes they try to flesh these emotions out, and then triumphantly overcome them. The supporting characters do everything they can to help. In real life, people hold on to these things, and deflect attempts move on. Sure we overcome things, but never 100% of it. We pretend we are okay, but all of our past experiences weigh on us, no matter what we do. In the end we find a way to continue, but there will always be that little bit of pain, happiness, or guilt left over. Cowboy Bebop brings this to light, so so well.
First of all i Apologize for my english!! What really surprise, amaze me, of this stunning Anime ,it's not that CB is the best Anime and it has best OST ever! It's how deep, wonderful ,meaningful are the comments of the fans. I love to read the comments ,in every CB video i watch!! These are Cowboy bebop fans....Amazing!! Ciao ,greetings from Italy
The author himself actually states that he has not made up his mind about whether Spike did really die or not. It is up to the audience's interpretation which is part of what makes this show so good. Of course, his death would make sense thematically and most people probably interpret it this way. After all, he does not have much to live for after Julia's death. Yet you still can't help but hope for him surviving this and overcoming his past.
Xanarchy mentioned this in a comment on here "Spike doesn't necessarily die. It's up to the viewer, stated by the creator himself, and by his opinion he thinks that Spike is most likely just asleep, and the people that think that are probably right. I believe he has collapsed out of exhaustion."
in the end I was waiting for Faye and jet to come get him and hoping they would all get together and get ed and ein too... but then the credits rolled and at the end w him sleeping and then it says you’re gonna carry that weight, I was struck with overwhelming sad .. I like to think that’s what happened after the show and they got back together but idk he could’ve just died😭😭
Pablo360able boy are you in for a ride when you watch the series then. i didnt even like anime when i watched it and it's one of my absolute favorite shows ever. It's like if a Camus book was turned into a modern sci-fi anime
Well... for me , Cowboy Bebop is about hard life, hard luck, hard ghosts chasing you, bad choices and worse decisions, the regret and the pain, the lost happiness out of blindness and pride, and how to survive all of it, how to keep on running and running, knowing someday they'll catch you up, and then you have to deal with all of it, all the pain, the grief, the regrets... someday all the rain will pour down on you, and you'll have to endure o surrender... that´s why you have to carry that weight, the weight of your story, your choices, your darkness... yours only.
I just finished it today after 20 years of seeing it for the first time. It's so beautiful how as a young man I identified so much with Spike and how important his pursuit of love and his past were to him. But after seeing that scene with the eggs yesterday, just turning 40, having done so many things, having met my wife, growing our family, and having that sense of home, I identified much more with Jet. I didn't get that scene when I was younger, and yesterday I cried for a completely different reason than I did back then. Little things that touch my heart like the three old men reminiscing or how the host of the bounty hunter show pickups his mother to care for her after having lost his career are so much more powerful now than when I was a Kid. Can't wait to see it in twenty more years maybe I'll get more about Antonio, Carlos and Jobim or the old mechanic in "Wild Horses".
The episode with Ed & Ein leaving fucked me up for years. Nothing ever hit me that hard, even family dying. Cowboy Bepop shuffled my emotional priority lmao
Yeah that was really sad, I cried only two times on video games and shows, once when Ed and Ein left, and at the Walking Dead Season 2 game's end. Both ends with a cliffhanger, because you don't know where they went, which makes it much sadder.
I'm in shock right now because you read the words "you're gonna carry that weight" so very differently from me. I have never even thought about what you talked about in the video. I always saw those words as encouraging and positive, as "you will be able to carry that weight, it won't crush you", though now thinking back your interpretation of them makes way more sense in the context they appear in. They stuck with me regardless. Seeing that endcard will make me teary-eyed every time and those words will make me think of Cowboy Bebop no matter where I see or hear them.
I wonder if it has something to do with your basic outlook on life. I tend to be quite optimistic and positive and I'm used to fiction being hopeful and positive as well.
The perfect blend of noir and action. I'm not even usually a fan of anime; but this is my favourite television show ever. The weight-carrying "going on with your life" feel you get out of Bebop is a staple of western noir. As much as people like to point out that Japanimation displays such evolutionary elements; everyone forgets that Murrican TV- unwittingly or not- created a lot of these highly-praised tropes initially. It's a heavy load to carry bud; but even a Canucklehead like me can buy into it.
ギャビン The word Noir is french, and means black I think. The term refers to old school American entertainment; shady smoke filled offices, beautiful dames, and morally ambiguous "heroes". Noir tended to be a lot more violent then other genres of the time. As well as a lot more sexualized.
For the guys complaining about the spoiler, you shouldn't watch the analysis of an anime if you haven't finished seeing it yet. I saw the thumbnail of this video when it came out and I thought to myself "I really want to watch this right now, but I'll make sure I'll watch *after* I finish Cowboy Beebop, because I'm sure it will spoil something". And so, after I finished watching it today, I watched this video.
;_; Is this true your comment Rings hope in my heart for the adventure thereafter maybe that reunion I had fictitiously though about isn't so crazy as I once thought it was~
JJULLER Shinichiro Watanabe wanted it to be left for the audience to decide. In interviews when asked if Spike died, he famously said ''Did you see him die? I didn't, he seemed like he was seriously lacking some sleep." All that's for sure is that he collapses, whether he's dead or alive is up to you.
"Spike.... had a hard life... He needs some time to rest" But in all seriousness, how else could that end? He's not alive either. He's worse. His universe is dead. Its only kept alive by peolpe who won't let that universe go. Who refuse to carry that weight.
Pretty sad that we dont have that type of anime nowadays. Cowboy bebop is and will always be my number 1 anime, closely followed by Samurai Champloo. They deliver the same kind of feelings with the same kind of style in a different setting. See you space Cowboy...
In high school. I wore suits because of spike lol. I lost a shit ton of weight(129). I was always lightly into martial arts. One of the few times a piece of media is embedded in my soul.
I finished Evangelion the day you last published a video for it, and started Cowboy Bebop last night, the same day you made a video about it. Amazing. We are connected, in some impossible, telepathic way.
It's just great to feel that I'm not alone in discovering more of these productions, even decades after they first aired. Every video Digibro releases produces a new discussion. Videos and accounts with subscriber bases are amazing that way
Eliza-Victoria Batrin When Bebop originally aired, only 12 of the episodes were deemed suitable for broadcast on its channel. After the last episode, episode 18 came out, the series announced its cancellation with Session XX: Mish Mash Blues. It uses clips from all over the series with new audio from the voice cast to announce that the show is cancelled and talk about the themes the show had from the characters' perspectives. There's a two-part upload of it somewhere on RU-vid, and a Bebop fansite that has the whole thing transcribed.
I'm pretty sure "You're gonna carry that weight" is also a reference to the Beatles song of the same name, right at the end of the Abbey Road medley. Considering that was more or less the band's farewell album and the medley is a collection of unfinished songs that would never be finished because of the impending breakup, Carry That Weight is a particularly sad song given its placement. Indeed, John, Paul, George, and Ringo would all pursue solo careers afterward but none of them would ever reach the same legendary heights as the group that gave them such fame in the first place. Not only does the reference elicit a similar feeling of finality (Spike's death means the Fab Four of this universe will never get back together) but it also hammers home the point of the whole series: you can never truly escape your past. I'm not sure how many other Beatles references are made in the series but considering how much of its atmosphere leans so heavily on blues, jazz, and rock from a certain time period (how many episodes are named after Rolling Stones songs?), I wouldn't call this particular choice of final words a coincidence.
the beauty of bebop is its execution. Its realism. Despite the fact that the setting is nearly as fictional as it gets, the suspension of belief is always there. The character interaction is what holds it. Like what Miyazaki said, bad anime comes about because the creators haven't studied humans enough or are willing to compromise on the execution for whatever reason (sturgeon's law no doubt applies to anime, generic anime outweighs everything else rn). You would probably believe it if i said this show was shot live with actual people acting first and then sketched over afterwards. It feels that real.
I have to say, now that I am 29, being close to Spikes age of 27 that; when I watched this on Adult swim all those years ago. I didn't understand the ending and many underlying messages throughout the show. Since then, or rather at 29 I can finally say the show had to end with Spikes death. This is because you can understand that there are some things that need to be closed and you cannot run away from them or the past. The years from 25-28 you really grow up. What a masterpiece this truly is.
As someone who just watched Bebop at 28, I can't agree more. I saw it for the first time in December and have re-watched it at least twice since. Nothing else seems to relate to me at this level, at this point in my life. I'm already a big fan of existentialism to begin with, but this hit a lot deeper than even some of my favorite Camus, Satre, etc novels
Agreed. Spike has to die for that to be a perfect ending. I understand the creator said it's up to the watcher to judge whether he lives or dies, but if he lives it cheapens the ending.
Someone soon-to-be 27, totally can relate. This show resonates so hard with me. Never quite wanted to watch it in years past, but last year I finally did and at such a pivotal point in my life. It is forever embedded in my consciousness. And yes these themes about trying to move on, forget the past, avoid everything connected to your past, all the burdens, escapism, the numbness of your feelings.. in the end you can never really forget or escape it all. It always returns, the weight on your chest (quite literally) can always be felt at times more so than at others, but it. is. always. there. Brilliant show portraying how we attempt to cope with the struggles in our lives. We sure are always gonna carry our weight.
Bebop is also a rare instance of an anime with a story that actually ends. It's a complete work that doesn't go the safe road, but instead treads a believeable path that is familiar to us.
Spike doesn't necessarily die. It's up to the viewer, stated by the creator himself, and by his opinion he thinks that Spike is most likely just asleep, and the people that think that are probably right. I believe he has collapsed out of exhaustion.
Spike lost the things that gave him life, Julia. He has loved and lost. In honoring what he has lost, Spike gives up his future to his past. His guilt and self-loathing says "No, don't move on. Die here with your past." Jet can find his way into the future, even if he's hurt by Spike's death. His sense of duty propels him. Spikes self-loathing sinks him and it's easier than coping with Julia's death. Jet is different from Spike. Jet has gained his identity as someone to rely upon and it's given him life. Not spike. The past in one eye, the present in another. He's dead already, from the start. He's dead, he's just waiting. He smiled as he died, because being alive became too painful. Julia comes back and shows him the way along with the embodiment of every negative attribute that he has:. "let's end it, now." and he does. One last glimpse at what his life could have been, Julia. One more second of being in the old neighborhood, with shopkeepers peeping in on Spike and Julia's love. One last desperate glancing touch against another path, a happy one (one second of knocking on heaven's door) and then he meets his destiny with gladness. Finally, it is over. It's all just a heavy weight that one will ALWAYS tire of carrying. Enough. This it it, the finale. One can carry it no longer. Goodbye, Faye. We fit so well, were it not for my past...were Spike not so shaped already. "I don't feel a thing and I've stopped remembering"
@@Abgef Hi Abgef. I understand your overall malaise over Spike; if you're ever in a reflective and brave mood, look into the wiki (not Wikipedia, but the Cowboy Bebop Wiki -- it's expansive, but also full of commentary by the creators and the first person who would know best of all: the man who created and wrote it). Sometimes quoted, remember, these are usually done with numbered footnotes that lead back to the full article (or will give you the data to follow it using 'The Wayback Machine'.) [Side-note: Have you seen/considered "The Cowboy Bebop Movie"? Remember, that movie *is* part of the story arc; the Wikipedia page "List of CB Episodes" -- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Cowboy_Bebop_episodes -- states that the movie takes place between episodes 22 and 23. (Actually there are at least 6 Wikipedia pages on CB; one on the anime itself, one on the movie, the "List of CB episodes," the "List of CB Characters," the "List of CB Chapters," and the "List of CB Albums," which is surprising in number for an anime that ran a single season. All music by Yoko Kanno and/or "The Seatbelts," (which is Kanno's group/ensemble) and various solo artists (if you've seen otherwise, you'll want to look into Kanno's history, and the fact she both wrote -- and performed -- under 'alias' names at times.)] The writer of CB has stated on numerous occasions that the ending does not mean Spike is dead. Many people suggest that the show gives a huge hint, if you watch the final credits all the way ti the end, a single star falls from the sky. This is a reference to the two-part episode "Jupiter Jazz," in which the native character has the following exchange with a young tribal member. *Young kid:* 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. *Kid:* What warrior is it? *Laughing Bull:* A lost soul who has finished his battles somewhere on this planet. A pitiful soul who could not find his way to the lofty realm where the Great Spirit awaits us all. Many fans insist the fallen star is proof that Spike is dead -- yet this claim has a flaw. We know for sure Vicious died. If both Spike *and* Vicious are dead, why didn't *two* stars fall? And going by description, Laughing Bull's explanation of the event -- the quotes above were referring to Gren, a warrior who fell before his 'mission' was complete; the definition also describes Vicious, who died before he (and a very large, well-placed mutiny crew) was able to complete his plan to kill or overthrow the Van and thereby take over the leadership of The Red Dragon Syndicate. Spike's outlook is completely different, right from the beginning: Episode one shows him doing a martial-arts workout (according to the writer, Spike is a follower of Bruce Lee's Jeet Kun Do; in the episode "Waltz for Venus," Spike quotes Master Lee while explaining the "Philosophy of Water" to young Rocco, who wondered why his move had failed against an attacker. Watching Spike from beginning, it's obvious that Spike is not actively 'pining away' for Julia, even when similar situations evoke memories of her (like when Faye is humming to him while he's been injured and is bandaged from head-to-toe; he merely makes a comment to Faye that she sings off-key (compared to Julia). If you see the movie, it implies that Spike has obvious interest in another woman (Elektra Ovilo) ... I won't add to that, as I don't want to spoil the movie for you in case you haven't seen it. Even at the two-part climax, despite romantic overtones, Spike makes it clear that his main objective is not to win Julia back, in fact he makes it clear when he says he won't ask for her help with his plan; and his plan is obvious that he seeks to avenge the nurders of Annie/Anastasia and the capo that evidently raised Spike and Vicious together ... and lastly, Spike has been shot or incapacitated numerous times without being dead. It's odd to me that fans continue to insist Spike is dead, despite the writer himself insisting otherwise, I think "that weight" is a rather big wink to fans from screenwriter Keiko Nobumoto, as you could also interpret it as "that wait," since Nobumoto wraps the end of CB with all four main characters very much alive. Over a decade ago came the announcement that the movie version of CB was in development with Keanu Reeves set to star. You'll find multiple videos on this website where Reeves openly admits he has been signed -- yet over a decade later, they are still waiting for the same roadblock to clear: a script from Keiko Nobumoto. There's always been the rumor that she may come out with a new anime season, or that the film itself will begin where the anime left off, which could also lead to more future episodes of the crew of the Bebop. Lastly, Nobumoto wrote one other anime screenplay, *Wolf's Rain,* an 'under-loved' work, in my humble opinion (despite its flaws). After airing in Japan, Nobumoto was so concerned that people did not seem to grasp the true ending, that she stated that it, too, would be made clearer someday. Why say, "it too," unless she was also referring to Bebop? As far as I know, *Cowboy Bebop* was the only other screenplay she's written to date, and the Wikipedia page that points it out states it was last updated on 6 April 2019, at 00:02 (UTC).
@@Abgef You don't just die or not because you feel a certain kind of way. Either he got hurt enough to cause fatal bleeding or organ damage enough to kill him or not, his guilt and self-loathing or whatever wouldn't determine whether that was the case.
@@Abgef Except Spike doesn't spare a single thought for Faye. Not a one. He was thinking about Julia the entire time. Immediately after he walks away from Faye, he's thinking about how he fell in love with Julia and how he made love to Julia. The song that plays is literally about how he will love Julia until the end of time itself. Check out the lyrics. See You Space Cowboy Everything is already over, You say with closed ears The words only flow Towards a tomorrow without peace On the night when even prayers have disappeared What will you believe in and where will you go? A shooting star the color of tears passes by now as if laughing at me There's nothing that won't change Yet 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 In my hands... The voice that crosses the inside of my chest Tells me that there are also things that won't change or disappear On the morning when we pray before the truth Love will return here once more Love never dies Love never feigns Love never ever fades away If someday my life ends This love will not disappear It's a thing that will live forever Escaping the darkness When we've passed the illusion Frozen in time On the other side of the rainbow, love will be waiting Thousands of lights will be waiting You got a rainbow Rainbow in your hands... www.animelyrics.com/anime/cbebop/cbsysc.htm ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-J4lNGz-2TaQ.html
I’m laying in bed. Can’t sleep as always and find a commentary that perfectly sums up everything, growing up, serving, finding myself and wondering what’s always made me feel different than my peers. Thank you.
Except I think most of us knew Cowboy Bebop was tragic; nerdwriter doesn't speak to a knowledgeable crowd, because of the range of topics he covers in the humanities. I think that hurts Digibro's message.
There were many young and impressionable kids that also randomly caught that show in the middle of the night, a generation of fans, and we are in a way, a family.
More than moving past "it" they're trying to deal with the reality that they need the people they love to be away from them. Why? Because they aren't sure they're even alive. They lost the things that gave them life. They've loved and lost. In honoring what they've lost, Spike gives up his future to his past. His guilt and self-loathing says "No, don't move on. Die here with your past." Jet can find his way into the future, even if it's with self-hatred in tow. His sense of duty propels him. Spikes self-loathing sinks him. Jet is different than Spike. He has gained his identity as someone to rely upon and it's given him life. Not spike. The past in one eye, the present in another. He's dead already, from the start. He's dead, he's just waiting. Julia comes back and shows him the way along with the embodiment of every negative attribute that he has:. "let's end it, now." and he does. One last glimpse at what his life could have been, Julia. One more second of being in the old neighborhood, with shopkeepers peeping in on Spike and Julia's love. One last desperate glancing touch against another path, a happy one (one second of knocking on heaven's door) and then he meets his destiny with gladness. Finally, it is over. It's all just a heavy weight that one will ALWAYS tire of carrying. Enough. This it it, the finale. One can carry it no longer. Goodbye, Faye. We fit so well, were it not for my past...were Spike not so shaped already. "I don't feel a thing and I've stopped remembering"
It's more that Julia was his future and his reason for living. He doesn't want another future or reason. He's actively against it. He cannot and will not move on because he refuses to let Julia go. They make this explicit. When Spike leaves the Bebop he never, ever thinks about Jet/Faye/Ed/Ein again. But who does he think about? Julia. How he fell in love with Julia and how he would make love to Julia to be specific. What are the lyrics to the song that plays during this scene and throughout Spike's attack on the syndicate about? They're about how he will love Julia eternally. And by eternally they mean forever and ever and ever. The translation is included below: See You Space Cowboy Everything is already over, You say with closed ears The words only flow Towards a tomorrow without peace On the night when even prayers have disappeared What will you believe in and where will you go? A shooting star the color of tears passes by now as if laughing at me There's nothing that won't change Yet 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 In my hands... The voice that crosses the inside of my chest Tells me that there are also things that won't change or disappear On the morning when we pray before the truth Love will return here once more Love never dies Love never feigns Love never ever fades away If someday my life ends This love will not disappear It's a thing that will live forever Escaping the darkness When we've passed the illusion Frozen in time On the other side of the rainbow, love will be waiting Thousands of lights will be waiting You got a rainbow Rainbow in your hands... www.animelyrics.com/anime/cbebop/cbsysc.htm ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-J4lNGz-2TaQ.html
I've always felt like I understood my mom more than my dad, and lately I've felt sort of guilty, for whatever reason, about this. So, one day I'm outside with my parents on our patio and we're all just sitting there and enjoying the weather, and at this point I think to myself about something that I had recently found out about. My mom told me that my grandfather (on my dad's side) used to beat my grandmother (also on my dad's side). So at this point, it's quiet, and I thought this was as good a time as any to ask him about it. So I bluntly ask him "Dad, how come you've never talked about how grandpa used to beat grandma?" He responded simply, "Who would want to?" This video really made me think about the past and how some people say " can't escape your past", and I don't think that's entirely true. I feel like you can use your past to your strengths and overcome it. My dad may not want to talk about some of the bad experiences he's had in his life, but I think personally that he's always used that as a pushing point to be a great father. i love my dad and he's never done anything violent to anyone, and that's part of what makes me think anyone can overcome their past experiences. But you're correct in that the past always affects you. However, how you choose to let it affect you, is entirely dependent upon yourself.
@@j-hump7893 media that we consume can have a profound effect on us - sure, they need to make money, but some creators use the platforms they're given to tell a beautiful story, hence Watanabe's "Cowboy Bebop". Stop putting others down for being in their feelings over stories, enough with being pretentious
Cowboy Bebop was written as a statement about the early days of the "Lost Generation," the consequence of the 80s bubble, and the way people who were not employable needed to live. Sorry to be commenting about a month late.
I haven't watched Cowboy bebop in probably over 10 years, since I was a kid. Strangely though, I really get the sentiment behind this video. I know I've seen the whole series, but I can't remember a whole lot of specifics of most of the episodes. What I do remember, is that sad feeling of remembering what watching this show was like. Its very specific to this series. "15 years later, I haven't stopped randomly bursting into tears while thinking about Cowboy Bebop" I think that sums up this show pretty damn well and my own experience with it. Excellent video. And I could never for the life of me for the past 10 years remember where I learned the phrase "You're gonna carry that with you" until this video reminded me. Fuck me, Cowboy bebop was a good show.
Well shit, I just randomly came to revisit one of my favorite videos, only to find out the creator will be making all of their content private in a few weeks. Well, I should just say thank you for making this, it's truly beautiful. Good luck on your future adventures, Beatrice.
its not actually confirmed that spike is dead the director said, its really all up to you, thats the whole point of "your gonna carry that weight" when the native sais the star of a warrior is fading away an then it fades at the very end, the whole point is that that couldve been either spike or vicious
That's not the point at all. Vicious's star would have never faded. He was a pitiful soul who did not believe in anything. This was repeated multiple times. His star would have fallen.
Just watched the final episode of the series not 10 minutes ago. I've been feeling emotions that I never knew existed before. Talk about a cartoon hangover, this is more like a cartoon hole in my heart. This show and Neon Genesis have really gotten me into anime, and I'm really glad it was you, Digi, that got me to watch them.
"You're Gonna Carry That Weight" was also the last song that The Beatles recorded together. It comes in the form of a couple songs, including "Golden Slumbers" It's written about the journey and development they've had together, and how no matter where they go, what they do, who they become, they'll always carry the weight of who they were.
Signing off on my favorite video of the old, mythic era. I'm going to carry the weight of this fading away one day, both from the internet and in my memory. I think it hits even harder now than it does when it came out. I think it'll forever hit harder and harder the more time passes. That's what this mythic era of video making is all about, I feel. This impromptu, emotional performance is what made engaging with analysis all the more... worthwhile. Let's move forward and fake our way into accepting the past.
Your quieter, sadder delivery in this episode makes it feel thematically appropriate. Bebop is a tough show and doesn't pander, and that can be hard to face.
That first episode of bebop is one helluva start, tho. I agree that Asimov isn't a very interesting side-story, but geeze the characterization of the crew, and the set up of the fighting style, it's freaking mindblowing. This is always the first episode I show to people who aren't necessarily curious about the plot. Especially if they've heard of the show and are still skeptical. Spikes charisma and wit and snark almost always hooks their attention by the episodes end and drags them in.
When I think of Cowboy Bebop, I always think of the scene where Spike squares up with Asimov after disguising himself with the poncho and the sombrero. "You trust your eyes too much, Asimov -- You're not a chameleon, ya know!"
I don't think it's that commonly spoiled, people are pretty classy when it comes to Bebop. But I think that "it's fine to spoil this because it's very old and everyone does it" is a meme that needs to die so... Edit:disclaimer here since people are still commenting on this: I HAVE seen Cowboy Bebop, years ago even, I didn't comment here because I was angry that something was spoiled for me, I commented on the notion that people often spoil CB because I've never actually heard anyone say "and when Spike dies at the end". So thanks for recommending it to me but it's alright ok, now you know.
+onled1 I haven't watched Cowboy Bebop and I watched this video. Studies actually show that being spoiled positively affects viewer enjoyment of a work, though, and thanks to this video, I actually kinda wanna watch Cowboy Bebop now.
This has got to be one of my favorite videos of yours I've come back to this so many times, and just the rawness of the emotions of it all makes it so easy to listen to and relatable for someone like me whose favorite show has been Bebop since I first saw it a few years ago
I have been really depressed recently and what you said really made me feel alot better about things thanks (long time subscriber and just wanted to let you know that)
I know it's sad. But this video really helps me sleep. It gives me the same vibes as the slow/ sad episodes of bebop, it's really comforting yet sad in a way
Its an interesting perspective but I dont think that's the direction the creators had in mind nor really what the show is about. Its about the detracted nature of these characters they go basically unchanged until their own past catches up to them and they drop everything to rectify their past. We see a lot of different kinds of stories throughout the series not all of them are tragic but the characters never really change because of those experiences they are detached from their word as they are all consumed with either knowing their past, fixing their past or writing a conclusion for their own story. I think if the show had a motto it would be "Whatever happens, happens." The show is kind of nihilistic but its not consumed by that idea, basically all the protagonists are without real purpose and they really only see purpose in the characters they run into, or when their past catches up to them. Thats why the show ends the way it does, they have see all these characters pass through their lives while they themselves had no purpose, and as spike passes through our life we are left to derive purpose our selves "Your going to carry that weight" In my opinion is carrying the weight of spikes story just as he carried the story of those he came across, and just as he had to give up what he had been doing the whole time we knew him to confront his past so should we pursue our own fulfillment. That was my take away.
I watched Bebop's premiere on Adult Swim as I learned about it months prior. I fought sleep to watch it every Sunday and still listen to the OST. 15 years later though I've never fully rewatched it. Why? Because Bebop was the first series to emotionally hurt me for weeks. I just couldn't let go and now when attached I will avoid a final episode and or never rewatch a show. I bought FMA 2003 Bluray sets in Sept. I have yet to rewatch it all because in 2001Bebop taught me that I can never move on so don't revisit the past, it'll weigh you down.
I don't know how to say this. I recently finished the show and appreciated it very much. However, it didn't impact me much, nor made feel strong emotions, except for episode 24, which stung a bit in the heart. I didn't understood why, thinking I was some kind of heartless monster ( which I probably am :p ). But now, thanks to your video, I think I can understand. I think I understood unconsiously what it was all about, that life is sad and we must deal with it. Which is why at the end, when the show tells the viewer "You're gonma carry that weight", I felt like replying "Ok. Don't worry, I can do it".
You could say it was just one of the many sob stories you see frequently, like Spike and Jet do. But of course we are talking about fiction here, is not like they add to the amount of sad pasts that will remain there without ever geeting full closure -------- Oh who am I kidding, mine was and endless wait when the manga of Umineko reached it's final arc hoping that they would bring light to a certain plot point that I just couldn't stop thinking about. I guess some fictional things just end up becoming too real, as if being "real" depended on your influence and not on your existence.
I wish the showmakers of the live action had watched this video. "Cowboy Bebop lives on suggesting" - something that they just didn't understand at all after putting us through hours of heavy expository monologues.
Well said. I also haven't seen Cowboy Bebop in years. I've never thought that deep about it nor have I ever thought about what that last phrase meant. I look forward to watching Cowboy Bebop again. It was the first adult anime for a lot of us 90s kids. It made me feel things I had never felt before and its one of the reasons I'm an anime fan today.
I've only started watching your videos a few hours ago and for some reason I can't stop watching them. Untill I saw this video I didn't understand what that reason was and now I do. You're a very bright and intelligent person. Thank you for doing what you do, making these videos. I hope you keep making these for many years to come. And you may rest assured that you have a life-long viewer behind you. Thank you.
This is why i enjoy your content. It isn't the everyman's sight: It's personal, which is what i desire in a viewpoint or review; hell in any kind of dialogue. its really enjoyable to see this content. i hope you can do this more.
Wow respect, I really like your writing and narratives and as well as your editing. Grade A work man. I really felt the weight of your message, and how much it has been a part of you. thank you for sharing.
This show made me feel things that no other animated show has ever made me feel. A feeling of nostalgia that I can't explain. I can't help it but to feel attached to the characters, Jet, Spike.....having an actual crush on Faye and almost crying at that scene when Ed leaves the Bebop and minutes before seeing the dog walk away from Jet, stopping and turning around to look at him one last time as his way of saying goodbye......not to mention Spike's death.
I've been binge watching your videos for throughout my night, and I wanted to thank you. They're very well done, and give a calming break of relief between work.
This is exactly why so many people relate with the main characters. What you've made me realize (and it might surprise even you) is that people who relate to a character like Radical Edward do so for pretty much the same reasons they relate to any of the other main four. What I like most, though, is how even people who relate to Vicious really ultimately do so for those same reasons, too. We're all running from the world and our past while finding the way to live in it, a way that is often times the only way for the kind of individual a person happens to be. There comes a time when we all realize "nature" and "nurture" are identical forces bearing down on us through different methods, there is no "versus" between them, and the only way we can truly continue a life in this world is by removing the "versus" between ourselves and that world. The tragedy is that by making peace between oneself and the world, you risk making that world a more hostile place for others.
I am so glad this appeared into my suggestions when it did. I just finished the series a couple months ago and it has had such a big impact on me. Great work on articulating how I felt after the first episode. Keep up the great work.
What a beautiful and mature interpretation of this series. I think watched Cowboy Bebop so early into my own anime experience (and age) that I didn't watch it with a critical eye at all. All I know is that I loved it. Among all the series I was binging through in that stage of my life, it really stood out as different. Not for the sake of being different but that there were a lot more layers that I wasn't getting. But I was content to enjoy it on a surface level. Maybe it's time for a rewatch.
I had the exact same experience from what you described in the beginning...I just happened to wake up on the couch one night and cowboy bebop was on and I never went back...so young but my mind...everything I felt that moment was incredible
what a great video, i just loved how digi just talked and felt so natural and peaceful with that beautiful ost in the background and all of those great memories of watching one of the greatest shows ever created
I watch my patients move from healthy, to long-term care, to hospice so often these days that I’ve had a really hard time actually dealing with the death around me. Sometimes you have to draw the line for what you’re gonna carry with you.
Holy shit, are you me? Hell of a way to get introduced to seinen. I had no idea what the fuck is happening. Next day, I wasn't entirely sure it wasn't just some fever dream.
There is something so special about your channel in my life. It's happened so consistently throughout the years I've watched you. But it's always when I wonder over an older video I missed. It's the times when you bring in your own personal interpretation and take away from a series. It's always broad enough to be applicable to my own life. Oh so slightly, but deeply changes my mentality and perspective towards how I live my life. Thank you for creating. Finding your channel really was a blessing. And I'm not even religious.
That was a touching summary of the series. "Comedy" always comes to mind when I think of Cowboy Bebop, but, as you say, there is this underlying sadness beneath all of that silliness and mayhem that I wasn't conscious of. Anyone who's watched the series can feel it's there, but when someone (like yourself) describes it, I finally realize that these characters are hurting. Thanks for making the video.
Question here, is Samurai Champloo the opposite in this regard? *Spoilers* Mugen, Jin and Fuu all had their pasts confronted by the end of the series, but there, they managed to receive closure and actually became better off because of it. Mugen finished his past as a pirate, Jin found out the truth behind what happened to his school and Fuu finally accepted what happened to her father. And because of the adventure, they gained new experiences and great friends. Was the theme of Samurai Champloo facing your past in order to move on to the future?
I think in the end like he said they finished their past and grow up. The life they were living wouldnt give them nothing good and they handle all of it together. Thanks to Fuu
The name “Samurai Champloo” is sort of opposite itself. The opposite of a cowboy could be a samurai, and champloo means literally “mixed up”, which is also somewhat opposite to 40s bebop, characterized by set rhythms and certain repeating motifs. So the titles themselves are almost opposites, or reflections of each other.
