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| Still one of the best episodes. The scene where Jet throws the watch into the river is an excellent piece of character development. |
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| Good episode, loved Jet's backstory, and Cowboy Bebop's women are hot, both Faye and Jet's ex, they are much hotter than pretty much all of the current anime girls. |
| Honobono Log - best slice of life short -------------------------------------------- most kawaii loli overlord ---------------------------- Donquixote Doflamingo AMV - Control |
| I admit I didn't quite understand everything that was going on, but it was still nice to learn more about what makes Jet tick. Also Faye put on a bikini for the sake of the plot, that was pretty interesting. |
| needs more ed. finalyl makin bank |
"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." |
| Nice ep. Lol at the OST during Jet's pursuit. |
| Jet is better off without her anyway.. I just hope she doesn't leave her new-found guy like what she did to Jet. great episode |
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Veethorn said: Nice Jet episode focusing on his past. I didn't remember he was a cop. And that is a nice place to live it seems, a Jupiter's Moon. Anyway, the guy looked like a jerk, but he actually got in trouble because of the woman. Everyone makes mistakes, and I think Jet made the right choice. Once again great episode and fantastic music, and they made some more dough! It seems Bebop is on a roll lately :P Oh Ed's movements creep me out! See You Space Cowboy... |
 "And if, there were so many people in the world, there had to be someone living an interesting life that wasn't ordinary. I was sure of it. Why wasn't that person me?" - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part V [/center] |
| Cool Jet, that was really cool ;) |
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| Ooh nice, it's great to see into Jets past, as we had already seen into Spikes. |
| This episode really struck me off as one of the Stand Alone episodes from GitS, the one about Batou and his boxing idol iirc. While it is totally correct to say that both episodes are contrastingly dissimilar, with this about an ex-lover and another a revered idol; I can't help but admit that both episodes share a similar theme - a past which both involved parties ended up coming across with somewhat bitter ends due to their line of duties. Admittedly, both episodes present a defined portrait of the pasts for both characters Batou and Jet, and had a sort of 'moving on' end to them. The mature tones are definitely distinct in both episodes too. 5/5 |
| "If you reject me, I'll blast a hole in you!" Kanzaki H. Aria Just kidding.  |
| Great episode!! Sexy Faye!!! Nice to see Jet's past and how he did have a lover as well as being a cop. So that's why he became a bounty hunter. Looks like Jet has moved on in life without any regrets. I'm glad he did, it's never good to be stuck in the past. And yes, the episode structure is very similar to Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex series. That's why these two shows are one of the best!(Well Bebop still hasn't reached GiTs for now) Can't wait for the next episode! |
| Another great episode. It was cool to see Jet's background. The OST was really great too. As always. I hope we get a background story about Faye and Ed sometime. That would be awesome. Looks like Jet finally moved on since her threw that watch away into the water. |
| Ein needs an episode where he just kicks ass. He keeps getting abused! This was a nice episode for Jet. I like the touch of the woodpecker thing representing Jet remembering to his past over and over again and not being able to move on. And then at the end of the episode where he threw the watch into the water. Now we need to find out about his arm and maybe the scar on his right eye haha. |
| "Men are hopeless romantists." This is probably our greatest curse indeed. Why would you go visit a woman that left you like an old sock in the first place, let alone help her. She's even acting like a bitch about it, saying it has no importance and then trying to take advantage of his nostalgia to ask him to leave them alone... She wanted to decide by herself ? Great deal of good that did to her. At least she realises she was foolish. PrimeX said: Jet is better off without her anyway.. I just hope she doesn't leave her new-found guy like what she did to Jet. great episode She won't, cause this time she's the one wearing the pants, even if she's worse off. Plus, as the episode symbolic stated, time doesn't stop, so it will be harder and harder for her to find a man since she's aging. In the end Faye had it right : women are not nearly as sentimental about it as men. There were some strange camera focus in this episode, going all over the place at times, but the episode was great. |
HapHazrDAug 12, 2015 11:50 AM
| We finally get to see his background. |
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| Really really nice episode. Loving that OST during that chase scene! |
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| Well at least Rihnt won't be jailed up for too long. |
"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD" |
| We get more of Jet's past. Jet's a great guy! 5/5 |
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| Fairly good episode, I liked the music in this one. |
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| best episode so far |
| Okay, I wasn't liking there not being an overall tying arc to this, but I really did enjoy this episode. Seeing Jet's past and making him more relative to the audience was very smart. Makes you think about him more than just a supporting character. |
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| Brilliant episode. "Never let the old flame burn you twice." Loved how Jet just threw the watch into the river. He got the answer he was looking for and there was no reason to keep holding onto his past. 5/5 |
| great episode ! love'd the theme that played during the chase ! |
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| I would have to say this was my favorite ep so far. And I havent said that about any of the others, js. Really stylized, great animation, scenes/angles, and music score. You can tell Watanabe-san really started catching on with what looked and sounded good in this series, getting the complete hang of it. And such sad, truthful reality, in interesting philosophical tones in each episode, or "session." Glad Jet was able to move on, just as (well, since she) moved on past him. Glad to see the dude will probably get off on self-defense though, felt kinda bad for him when he was screaming about being scared to go to prison.. I know he killed a guy, but he was trying to protect the girl and I just felt for him when he was scared about the whole situation. |
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| It was wonderful and brilliant episode. Loved the backstory of Jet. Felt bad for him :( |
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| Interlocutory for the umpteenth time, but the plus side, there are. Let's start with the most knowledge of the characters, especially with Jat, we move to the OST, which is always beautiful; we continue with the direction that captures well the feelings of the characters, and we end up with the usual pearl of wisdom. Ooops! Anything else !? I would say yes! The really beautiful drawings and detailed and the animations, always excellent. Wow! Faye was literally baked in the sun. XD |
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| Jet is such a badass. My second favourite of the Bebop crew. It was touching when he walked away from his old flame and threw the watch away. |
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| maan i really loved that. delving into jet's past and seeing what kind of person he was (and still is) was super fun. what a badass. love how he threw the watch away lol |
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| This episode was Awesome and Jet's the MAN! Oh yeah |
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| I love the episodes where they explore the main cast's backstories. |
| "The will to live is stronger than anything else" |
| Jet gets shit done! Very nice episode |
| "The future is always blank. Only your willpower can leave footsteps there." "Ruling over death means ruling over life. Death is the climax of life. To have the best death, you must honor life." |
| Wow, that girl left Jet because she found him to be controlling, I can't say I blame her tbh. I wouldn't like that very much either. But it seems he never got over it and always needed to why, but did he like the answer as to why? he didn't really say a lot. Then she ends up with some criminal who was kinda only trying to help her out because she got in trouble borrowing money from loan sharks, so sounds like he might have been a good guy before that. He got thrown in prison and she got off! D: Spike was awesome and Ed was funny with Faye lol. |
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| A bittersweet episode. Poor Jet, at least he moved on, which is extremely hard to do sometimes. |
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| I guess good guys DO finish last, lol. This ep cemented Jet as my favorite character probably. |
| Best episode so far, Jet has such an incredible backstory, OST IS FUCKIN' AMAZING.. |
| I like this series and watching an episodic anime is refreshing for a change, anyway nice to see some of Jet's background and talk about a way to get back at your ex lol. |
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| I found those really fast cuts to and away from Alisa's face during her and Jet's first conversation a little odd. |
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| Jet's toughest job. |
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| Some Jet backstory, pretty generic tbh. Best part was Faye & Ed. |
| Oh, we see more about Jet. During the pursuit scene, I thought it would be a similar situation from episode 1 but I'm glad it ended up different. |
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