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Feb 27, 2012 9:30 PM

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Obviously they were adding a more supernatural effect which isn't the usual theme with the Cowboy Bebop stage but I don't know why everyone is making a big deal about the kid dying. The reason he died is because he was shot with that stuff from the "explosion", it's not like one random shot to the head killed him. It's not the best Cowboy Bebop episode or anything.
Apr 9, 2012 12:12 AM

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I agree with a lot of the first page. At least the parts saying its a good episode. I like it.
May 28, 2012 7:58 AM
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The music tied it all together, I really want to play harmonica now. :/
BANG
Jun 4, 2012 1:17 PM
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I actually enjoyed this episode. It didn't feel less Cowboy Bebop-ish to me and it had some of the best music.
Jun 5, 2012 4:17 PM

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Talk about hitting puberty fast L
Jul 11, 2012 9:01 PM
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The music was the top point in this one. This series has really got me interested since the last episode.
Aug 9, 2012 1:10 PM

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The kid was much too cocky, not even trying to move or run when he has a gun pointed at him, it led to his doom, because Spike only had one shot at it, and the kid let him take it.
Nov 15, 2012 4:15 PM

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Rather weird episode especially the ending...
Jan 13, 2013 7:48 PM

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Did anyone else get vibes of Akira while watching this one? The jars of organs, the bizarre aging... the kid who looked exactly like Akira.

Heck, until I saw the bullet hole in Giraffe, I was pretty sure the kid had TK'ed him out of the window.
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Mar 16, 2013 12:42 AM

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Not one of my favorite episodes, but I love the blues music in it :]

Mar 27, 2013 2:30 AM

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Nonyflah said:
Did anyone else get vibes of Akira while watching this one? The jars of organs, the bizarre aging... the kid who looked exactly like Akira.

Heck, until I saw the bullet hole in Giraffe, I was pretty sure the kid had TK'ed him out of the window.


Yeah, definite Akira vibe, but more than anything I never realised how prophetic this episode is of the end of the show.
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Apr 11, 2013 5:54 AM

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jacobpaige said:
not aging != not being able to die

if they're going to try to shoe-horn fantasy into their sci fi then they should do a better job of it.


The theory behind it is he had hyperspace radiation inside him , so normal matter (bullets) cannot interact with him the same way as with others (yea maybe he shouldnt have bled also but meh)

I dont think it was THAT far'fetched..
Sep 15, 2013 11:32 AM

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My favorite episod so far.
Nov 20, 2013 8:46 PM

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So,what was the scene at the beginning?Spike was naked and lying on operation table, doctors around him.
Disliked this episode.
Bang!
Dec 25, 2013 10:58 PM
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It was an all right episode, I was kind of expecting something different after what I saw on episode five, it seems we're going back to episodic themed episode. Not that episode five didn't fit that theme, but it had a over reaching plot that connected the dots to Spike's life.

I enjoyed the episode, it's always fun seeing a young kid, who's actually ancient and can't die, willingly take head shots. Classic....classic
yogotahDec 25, 2013 11:04 PM
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Jan 8, 2014 9:22 PM
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Bang. <---- best line ever
Feb 1, 2014 12:09 AM

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secretanimefan said:
Bang. <---- best line ever
Definitely, best part of the episode.
Mar 1, 2014 7:11 AM
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The part where the child gets older, was an extraordinary animation.
Mar 25, 2014 1:56 PM

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secretanimefan said:
Bang. <---- best line ever

That was awesome, and as usual, the exchange between Spike and Faye was funny.
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May 28, 2014 3:33 PM
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Hmmmm. Didn't enjoy this episode much. What I like so far from this series is the depth and intrigue of each antagonist but this one was a letdown. I couldn't understand the kid's motives from the dialogues; to me it just seemed like he was extremely bored so took a guy hostage. And then Spike helps the dead bounty out of good will or something? It doesn't fit his character.
May 30, 2014 10:31 PM

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Veethorn said:
Holy crap, Faye ate Ein's dog food! The expression on Ein's face when Faye ate his food was priceless!

This was not one of the strongest episodes of Bebop, and the concept of the immortal child isn't new. Still, there's a mysterious feeling and a lot of depth about this character and the final minutes were really good.

Spike ended it with a Bang!

See You Space Cowboy...

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The music was the only good thing about this episode. The whole “doesn’t age" making you immortal part was ridiculous - so not ageing means you can be shot in the head and blown up...yet still be a little kid. Just meant the whole basis for this episode was kinda flawed and thus my least favourite so far. However it’s still a really good series so I’ll forgive this episode :p


It does work, somewhat. What benefit would you have in not aging? It's an anime, they're in space and in the future..I see nothing wrong with it personally. You have vampires that don't age and don't die, so like I said, there wasn't anything "wrong" with it. It was just weirdish


Take it as constant cellular regeneration. The kid's cells don't get old, preventing aging and allowing super fast healing since that accident. There's actually a biological theory concerning never-aging chromosomes. That jewel was symbolism for what was missing in that person. It's a very farfetched story, but it works if you don't take it too seriously, Marvel Comics has been doing this for over 50 years :P. This series is far from reality, no matter how real it feels some times.


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Jul 2, 2014 9:14 PM

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sooo old
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Jul 3, 2014 7:12 AM

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Not as good as the previous one but still good.
Next one is a heavy metal one, yeah!
Jul 9, 2014 10:24 AM
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Spike's cool. For an old anime, this sure delivers
Jul 21, 2014 12:55 AM

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I don't know what's the deal with this episode.. it feels different and so far it's been episodic.. when will this get better?.. and I don't know what's the deal with the guy above me either.. posting stuff in two languages and shit... he's been doing that since ep.1 and for sure until the last ep.
Sep 30, 2014 6:46 AM

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Cool. Didn't expect this from Cowboy Bebop, but it
was surely great. And Spike was cool as always. :)
And next time about heavy metal? Probably also
some stereotypes included. Hhaha, can't wait ^-^
Oct 15, 2014 9:30 PM

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That whole taxi-crashing into the petrol station-exploding kid walking out-with badass look was over the top imo,, but I didn't mind it so much.
Dec 2, 2014 3:34 AM

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While many consider this episode less interesting and even likely the worst so far, I find it to be refreshing. Apart from the great blues music used throughout the episode (which effectively serve to establish the old-feel mood of the episode, considering the fact that it is depressing for a man which never aged since many years), the use of impossibly-futuristic science logic surprises me to no end. The virus episode, the red-eye enhanced perception episode, and this. Again, a never-dying moral is to be questioned again, is it really that great to live forever?
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Jan 19, 2015 11:25 AM

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Great episode!

Lol Faye eating Ein's food, but that's what happen if you don't have money :P

It's kinda tragic how Giraffe is killed in front of his best friend Zebra. It definitely broke his heart when he saw that happened. At least it gave a clue how to kill Wen by reversing the effect so he can finally age.

i thought at first this was some space magic shenanigans. But it's just radiation from the hyperspace. Still 30 years and he was experimented and lived on? He must have lived a rough life.

And in the beginning it showed Spike being experimented as well. So i guess he too was a subject of some sorts?

And yes the kid is kinda like Czesław from Baccano! Cannot be killed or die.

Good episode! Can't wait for the next one!
Apr 18, 2015 5:07 PM

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".....Bang!"


Great episode.
May 31, 2015 6:23 PM

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Kis that can't age? What? That came out of nowhere. I didn't expect this kinda of element in this show. Oh well. He's dead now. He got really creepy when he stated aging.

"Bang."
Jul 10, 2015 1:53 PM

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Uhh, she just ate dog food. Poor Ein.

Dang, does Spike ever cash in on any bounties? Something always gets in the way or they die before they're turned in haha.

Someone is shooting at you, why would you look back? I guess he still got away though.

So, I didn't realize that he couldn't die even when shot until he walked out of the fire. I feel a bit slow haha. I don't think this is my kind of show, but I liked these last two episodes!



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Jul 20, 2015 7:37 PM

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Lol, I'm gonna drop this series. So fucking boring. I literally just zoned out and almost fell asleep like halfway through. Overrated, boring as fuck show with no substance or plot whatsoever. Just generic characters going around killing generic villains with no story at all. Mad I wasted 2 hours of my life on this boring nonsense lol
Aug 10, 2015 1:09 PM

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Lol, I'm gonna drop this series. So fucking boring. I literally just zoned out and almost fell asleep like halfway through.

Come back in a couple years with more anime / sci-fi culture (and i'm not talking star wars here), maybe you'll enjoy it a bit better. This pacing, coupled with the unique ambiance, is what makes this show great.

As for this episode, the explanation for the kid being immortal was flawed... All that only to make a parallel with Superman + Kryptonite.
If the explosion caused a timestop in his organism, he should either be invulnerable or completely frozen (since the absolute zero is basically a timestop). Here he was able to move, and could regenerate wounds, which makes no fucking sense.

Worst episode so far in the series.
Aug 13, 2015 2:21 PM

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The ending was a bit anticlimactic
Sep 6, 2015 12:32 PM
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This episode was weird. Why was Zebra crying?
Oct 15, 2015 5:26 AM
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Do you understand now ? Do you... ? Bang, awesome episode.
Nov 4, 2015 1:17 AM

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This episode was weird. Didn't expect to see some immortal kid :/
Nov 13, 2015 8:13 PM

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That kid kinda reminded me of

FMA Brotherhood spoilers

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Jan 1, 2016 6:17 AM
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The ending is what made this episode better.

4/5
Jan 1, 2016 11:56 PM

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Great ending this episode.
Jan 21, 2016 4:06 AM

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Eh...not my fav episode. I sort of had a "Who cares?" moment.
Feb 17, 2016 12:24 PM

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I don't know. I like this episode but I'm confused, I didn't expect this kind of elements in this show. But still a good one.


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May 10, 2016 4:37 AM

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Yo that was definitely Pride tho
May 25, 2016 8:47 PM

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C...Czeslaw Meyer?
Jun 7, 2016 2:57 PM

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am I the only one who thought the kid looked like the Junior High version of Eren Jaeger? LOL



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Jun 14, 2016 12:23 PM

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I had Johann flashbacks.

Mystery & thriller go with Cowboy Bebop far better than comedy, though both are good. The last two episodes had plenty of substance and basically swayed me to this show. And the music is stellar.
Nov 24, 2016 6:58 AM

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It proves the old routine, with a very romantic story, if we want to use that term. Narration which, although it has a self-contained character, has in itself an issue that belongs to the sentient creatures, and that poses a response. Pleasant watching this episode, the characters are always the most original in the way they do.
Dec 5, 2016 12:49 AM

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Really good episode. Enjoyed it as much as the last one. Hopefully the series continues at this pace.

Really loved the final confrontation and I also got Akira vibes from this episode. It's strange that I liked this episode though as I'm not really a fan of Akira.
Dec 30, 2016 9:41 PM

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This is a Stanger episode
4/5
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