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"I want the audience to interpret it however they want to. He specially mentioned his original intention in that same quote, and he said fans do not have to believe what he put in the anime. What Watanabe said was that he wanted fans to interpret the ending for themselves. Like the claim that Watanabe likes the dub more than the original version. People in this fandom spread misinformation all the time.

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Watanabe NEVER said he left the end of the series purposefully ambiguous. And his soul returns to/remains with Julia. But he returns to the Bebop to say goodbye to his friends.

Vicious says that Spike will come, because he has nowhere to return to.

Laughing Bull tells Jet that Spike's star is about to fall.

Julia tells Spike that she will be with him until the very end.

We have all the information needed to infer what a star going out is.įurthermore, back-to-back, Julia, Laughing Bull, and Vicious make statements that turn out to be true (but not how they believed they would be true). We are given an "in-universe" definition of what a falling star is. A star that does not fall must be a soul that did find its way. Since a falling star is a pitiful soul who could not find their way to the great spirit. Ultimately, Spike finds his truth in Julia's blue eye. Laughing Bull tells Spike to find the truth/the blue eye of truth. Laughing Bull also tells Spike that he did not die because it was not yet the time he was fated to die (he is fated to die once Julia dies). Vincent: "Elektra, of the days that I have lived, only those I lived with you seemed real." The Spike/Julia and Vincent/Elektra parallels are strong. That's why I have to see him one last time. The closing word's Bebop leaves us with aside from "You're gonna carry that weight".Įlektra: Why did you keep looking for Vincent? It is the ultimate release from suffering.

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In Buddhism, breaking free from death and rebirth is a soul's ultimate goal. Both were able to break free from the cycle of death and rebirth.

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.Like the tiger striped cat, Spike follows his love in death and never returns. In session 13, Laughing Bull said that a falling star is, "A pitiful soul who could not find his way to the lofty realm. Spike is then engulfed in a white heavenly light. Spike seeing Julia with his eye that sees his present was foreshadowed since session 13. A ballad pledging undying love plays.ĭuring his final battle with Vicious, Spike uses Julia's death as the reason to "end it all".Īfter being sliced across the abdomen, Spike finally sees Julia with his eye that sees his present. Spike sees romantic and intimate moments he shared with Julia. On Spike's way to confront Vicious, the camera focuses on his left eye. He is never shown thinking of anyone from the Bebop crew again. Spike leaves the Bebop without looking back. Spike's words eerily echo what Jet said to him earlier that day. The audience should not be comforted either. Spike states, "I’m not going there to die I’m going to find out if I’m really alive." Faye is not comforted by this proclamation. Spike tells Faye that one of his eyes sees his present and the other his past. An allegory mirroring Spike's own life and foreshadowing his death. Spike tells Jet the tale of the tiger striped cat. Laughing Bull predicts Spike's imminent death in the following scene. In session 26, Spike watches Julia die in his arms. Spike following Julia in death is also foreshadowed in session one. In session one, Laughing Bull foretells of Spike's death being linked to a woman. His real eye is the eye that sees his past and in the end he sees Julia as his present. Spike's time with Julia was all the felt real to him.

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