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Nov 21, 2009 8:57 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Oh man. I didn't expect that.

Jet's a good guy.
Dec 25, 2009 9:04 PM
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... and so this permanently ends a "partnership".
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Dec 30, 2009 7:15 PM
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Cool ep, nice to get some backstory on Jet, very interesting
Jan 3, 2010 8:04 AM
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Good ep, I almost thought Jet was dead...
No sig :(
Feb 23, 2010 11:22 AM
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Nice little plot twist added into the end there, brought the ep from a 4/5 to a 5/5 imo.





Jul 4, 2010 12:00 AM
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Good episode.
That one guy with the glasses was a beast with those knives.
& interesting to finally find out what happened to Jet's arm.


Jul 23, 2010 9:30 AM
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last ep preview was right,this really was a mature episode :)
but i couldn't enjoy it...

2/5
Sayonara,papa!


"Just how a mirror reflects you,people will also reflect your heart."
~Athena Glory,Aria

"Whatever happens,happens"
~Spike Spiegel's thoughts on dying(Cowboy Bebop)
Aug 18, 2010 2:28 PM
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Not bad at all. But as for me, there wasn't enough Spike in this eposode.

Oct 10, 2010 4:31 AM
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good episode, love hearing about their pasts and what lead up to them joining the crew.
Nov 12, 2010 3:57 AM

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Love the plots and twist cowboy bebop gives. This episode and previous ones are the ones that keep the story going.
Jan 26, 2011 7:46 AM

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Episode 15 and 16 were annoying.
Boo: "Boo!"
Feb 9, 2011 11:52 PM

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Another backstory.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~
Apr 19, 2011 10:03 PM

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Yay back story!

Nice film noir styling for the episode.
May 5, 2011 11:25 AM
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Don’t understand something...
How did the guy kill the black person if he loaded only one bullet in his gun?
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May 20, 2011 1:08 PM
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So?

Aug 18, 2011 5:36 PM

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Love the backstories
Nov 7, 2011 1:00 AM

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Jet FTW
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Nov 26, 2011 9:06 AM

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Fantastic Jet episode. The story was meaningful, the main villain was freaking interesting, and everything done in this episode was just right.

This is film noir at his best.

See You Space Cowboy...
Feb 3, 2012 6:20 AM
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lpfManiak said:
Don’t understand something...
How did the guy kill the black person if he loaded only one bullet in his gun?


With that one bullet. When he aimed at Jet, he was out of ammo already and wanted to provoke him into shooting. What you see in the revolver's chamber is the empty case (they are not discarded automatically like in newer types of guns)
Feb 8, 2012 11:25 PM
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wasn't expecting that twist, although i guess thats the point of a twist. overall a pretty good episode, its good to be able to get to see the characters past and build ups
Mar 26, 2012 8:13 PM

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I'm disappointed in the amount of viewers this anime has right now! Cowboy Bebop is great.
Apr 12, 2012 12:35 AM

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nice! some more interesting back story...udai was a badass
May 3, 2012 10:35 AM

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gbanshee said:
lpfManiak said:
Don’t understand something...
How did the guy kill the black person if he loaded only one bullet in his gun?


With that one bullet. When he aimed at Jet, he was out of ammo already and wanted to provoke him into shooting. What you see in the revolver's chamber is the empty case (they are not discarded automatically like in newer types of guns)


This is indeed correct, remember Jet said it was an old gun he used.

Anyway even though Spike's probably my favourite character I have really enjoyed these last two episodes.
May 28, 2012 12:34 PM
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Great music and style of the episode with the detective-esque theme. Cool backstroy to his character with a decent ending.
Jun 5, 2012 11:20 PM

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Dat badass episode.

I couldn't quit smoking after all
Aug 16, 2012 12:59 PM

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Ed always cracks me up even in the episodes where she has very small parts.

This isn't a world for smokers.
Nov 10, 2012 11:55 AM

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l like those backstories,keep em' comin'
Nov 16, 2012 7:55 AM

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Not my favorite episode but was still quite a nice episode if you ask me, quite nice story line!
Dec 26, 2012 4:35 PM

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Good episode. The story was a little too simple on the surface for me, but the execution was great as usual with some great action scenes and good characterization as well. 7.5/10
Mar 6, 2013 11:05 AM
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Very good episode but as for me, there wasn't enough Spike in this eposode.
Mar 17, 2013 1:30 AM

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Awesome episode. Easily one of my favorites so far.
Jet and his history is neat. The twist was amazing and the fact that his partner provoked Jet into shooting him was some scary realization... but at the same time, his partner WAS the one who messed up his arm in the first place. It must have been guilt on his part, and he rather die by the hands of Jet than anything.
Also, I love the villain in this episode. He's frightening.

I'm past the point of re-watching episodes I've seen in the past... So it's all new for me here on out.

Aug 28, 2013 10:29 AM

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Never in my life have I watched an episode this boring... this one single handedly brought Cowboy to a 6/10 for me, I help it gets back to a decent pace
Stop the sequels high-ranking stupidity.
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Because Gintama is just "one" anime and not 5.
Nov 4, 2013 10:24 AM

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Well I really liked it. reminds me of all those hard boiled detective novels I used to read.
Nov 23, 2013 10:33 AM

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gbanshee said:
lpfManiak said:
Don’t understand something...
How did the guy kill the black person if he loaded only one bullet in his gun?


With that one bullet. When he aimed at Jet, he was out of ammo already and wanted to provoke him into shooting. What you see in the revolver's chamber is the empty case (they are not discarded automatically like in newer types of guns)


Sir, you have my sincere gratitude.
Dec 17, 2013 11:39 PM

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The ending was kind of expected for me. Still a nice episode regardless since we know how Jet lost his arm now. :)
Dec 26, 2013 11:46 PM
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I really find it interesting the diversity that this anime shows, it kinda of fits the whole jazz theme of the show.

The episode was really good, I find myself empathizing with Jet, he's a nice character.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.
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Mar 6, 2014 7:53 PM
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The antagonist in this episode aside from being black is a real murderer.
Jun 7, 2014 12:41 PM

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Kind of depressing, but still. Good episode.
Jul 11, 2014 5:14 PM
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This was the darkest episode so far, but still a good episode.
Fad's death was really cool.
Next episode seems much better though XD
Jul 16, 2014 6:54 AM

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now time for eds back story :D
"Urushibara Ruka. The mannerisms and voice of a woman... No... More feminine than any woman. But he's a guy. Taller than Mayuri, but so very thin... But he's a guy. Looks great in a miko outfit... But he's a guy. It's already twilight And yet, it's so hot. The cicadas are crying. But... He's a guy."
Aug 14, 2014 6:01 AM

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this is kinda boring.. I still haven't seen what makes this anime "great"
Sep 12, 2014 10:49 AM

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Yay, Jet's back story this time.

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now time for eds back story :D


Yes! Even though she probably doesn't have much of a back story since she's so young, I'm interested in knowing how she came to be alone on Earth with such technological skill.
Oct 16, 2014 12:40 PM

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They didn't exaggerate at the end of the previous episode. This was excellent! :D
Oct 17, 2014 11:53 AM

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I love the film noir Con Air with Jazzy Jeff as Udai.
Oct 18, 2014 2:33 PM

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So, even in the future smoking is still an issue, even with all this technology? Welp okay.

Also, the prison ship looks like something right out of CoD.

Dec 3, 2014 8:41 AM

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Jet is cool.
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Jan 26, 2015 7:48 AM

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Amazing episode!

Poor Jet, learning the truth that his most trusted partner were deceiving him and killing him in the end.

It really reminds me of Spike's past with Vicious and all.

Now we've got two more episodes from Jet's past. Alice's relationship and Fad.

Love these kind of episodes! Dark as hell and lots of deaths and killing.

Can't wait for the next one! I hope the "Stand Alone" episodes will end in episode 20. So we could have the rest of the 6 episodes with "Complex" style regarding Spike :)

Damn we're almost at the end!

Can't wait for the next episode!
Feb 21, 2015 2:01 PM

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10/10.
Mar 5, 2015 1:18 AM

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I love Spike, but the episodes were Jet is the focus are the best episodes.
Mar 5, 2015 5:55 PM
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I guess it was interesting...

but I didn't like it for some reason.
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