did anyone cried at Cowboy Bebop: The Real Folk Blues part 2? [Archive]

sl4

10-05-2002, 05:05 PM

Yes, I did. Especially because I saw it before anything else in the series pretty much, I hadn't realized it was the last one. I didn't realize Spike was the main character, I thought they would just go on without him... I just remember thinking, "Wow, this is an awesome show... they really need to work on how they kill off so many characters though."

Heh, I was not too smart then.

;)

starocean

10-05-2002, 05:10 PM

that's what i think too.

Behonkiss

10-05-2002, 05:20 PM

I bawled my eyes out. Well, not noisily, but my eyes were streaming. The whole show had been a great trip, and it was such a dramatic and shocking ending you couldn't help but be left open-mouthed. I thought I would stay through it dry-eyed, but then 'Blue' started playing and those doves appeared, and I couldn't contain it any more. For the first time, an anime made me cry.

adultswimfan

10-05-2002, 06:52 PM

I cried some when the ending theme played.

Mackenzie Rainelle

10-05-2002, 06:54 PM

I didn't cry, but I came REALLY close.....I cried at the end of Jupiter Jazz part II though....

Lord Trunks

10-05-2002, 07:22 PM

I came close, but went berserk when I found out that was the end of the series, at least later I discoverd that a Manga existed and was glad about that

Finally My 80th post, still more work to do :cool: :D

Samurai Rocko

10-05-2002, 07:40 PM

I didn't cry but I was shocked about the Ending.

Artemis

10-05-2002, 07:43 PM

I didn't cry, but I was like "......Damn...." What a truly awesome show it was and I was sad that it was all over.

fernie417

10-05-2002, 08:01 PM

I'm not ashamed to admit it, I cried during the last ep. When Julia was shot, I started to choked up, because of the slo mo and the birds flying and the look in spike's face, it just brought a tear to my eye. And then when the credits started rolling I realized spike was dead. :eek: And I was just like wow, then the crying began. :(

Galaxia

10-05-2002, 08:52 PM

What, no spoiler warnings?

Well, I cried. Like a baby. For a half hour after I saw it for the first time.

Shnay

10-05-2002, 08:55 PM

I guess I'm a bit different. For me, it was the end of "Hard Luck Woman" that got me all teary-eyed. So many great, sad moments. When Ed sees her father chase of after the meteor crash and realizes that the father she finally found does not have room for her in his life. When Faye runs with hope and joy towards her old school only to realize that the one connection to her past, the one thing that confirmed her previous existence, is nothing but rubble. She then lays down and huddles up, alone, sad, and confused once again. When Spike calls Jet over to see Ed's final goodbye message. The two silently look at it, take a long smoke, and realize that their situation has once again changed. Then, elsewhere, Ed and Ein walk off into the sunset together. And, finally, as the beautiful song "Call Me, Call Me" plays, Spike and Jet scarf down hard boiled eggs in silence, as nothing needs to be said between them.

Yes, I shed a tear or two. And I'm not afraid to admit it.

Spike&Gene3886

10-05-2002, 09:06 PM

I came close to crying, but the whole aura of those 2 amazing eps. (RFB I & II) simple left me with a feeling of, "Wow, what a way to go out with a bang..."

The whole process was emotional, though, from beginning to end. There were no flaws, except maybe lengthening the final battle to the length that was in Ballad of Fallen Angels, but other than that it was sheer brilliance.

gambit

10-05-2002, 09:41 PM

i didnt cry cause mostly i didnt think it was sad :D also i was deaply into the action

Skynet2029

10-05-2002, 11:57 PM

not really cried i was like woah what a sad ending but good series nontheless. I didnt expect spike to die like that.

SirLemming

10-05-2002, 11:59 PM

Unfortunately, "Hard Luck Woman" was the FIRST episode I saw. It still hit me hard this time around, though (as I went on and on about in my review last week), since the spoilers in that episode are the kind of things you can't really understand unless you've seen the rest. However, the end of TRFB wasn't that kind of spoiler. It's the kind of thing that truly DOES diminish the impact the second time around, and I really wish I didn't see it as the THIRD episode. Oh well. The ride was still great, even though I knew the ending.

tlsmith1963

10-06-2002, 10:50 AM

Yes, I cried, & it was because Spike died & the series was over. CB had the best ending since Babylon 5's ending. I accidentally saw the final ep. before I saw all of the CB series, but I still teared up a little. The next time was after I had finally seen all of the rest of CB, & I really lost it that time. What a fantastic series!

Tammy

JetMaster5

10-06-2002, 12:03 PM

Well people, you can finally cry again since The Real Folk Blues Pt. 2 will be showing again next week.

I really like how the creators picked their titles off of the rock band's songs. Makes me mad to hear that C/TS would replace "Knocking on Heaven's Door" into "The Movie" but hey, you get what you can get.

Kouji Tamino

10-06-2002, 12:56 PM

i didn't cry, which is knda weird for me... =p anyway, the ending got me pretty sad, though....

David Lucas

10-06-2002, 03:18 PM

...I didn't cry, per sey. I still remember the day tho, I rented the last episode from a comic store called Tates. I was at a kid I know's house while him and a friend were in his brothers room playin Dreamcast, I was sitting down watching it in his room. On the edge of my seat the whole time, the show always seemed to me like they wouldn't let the main characters die.....

....but when I saw Julia hit the ground, I realized Spike probably wasn't going to make it. I LOVED how by strange coincidence the Japanese lip movements and the English dub synced up for Julia's last words "It's all a........a....dream."....

......and then Spike starts walking down those stairs, everyone is just in awe because he's basically the new leader of the Red Dragons....

.....he stares at the floor, smiles, looks up, and says....

"...........bang."

Then "Blue" starts up, at first I was like everyone else in denial, that Spike couldn't be dead, but when the star faded out, I knew Sitting Bull was right. Again, I didn't cry, but the whole series really gave a me a new outlook on life. I'd like to meet Watanabe-san one day just to express my thanks for the greatest work of art ever created.

davidklug

10-06-2002, 04:22 PM

Spike died!? Crap. I didn't pay attention.

Galaxia

10-06-2002, 07:09 PM

There *might* be people in here who haven't seen the entire series yet.

Ikwig

10-06-2002, 08:07 PM

I teared up a bit, but didn't actually cry. However, The Real Folk Blues part 2 was the FIRST episode of Bebop I saw, so I wasn't really in tune with the characters. (It was mostly just that song "Blue" getting to me. . .)

Of course, I bawled like a baby at the end of Jupiter Jazz part 2.

Sandro

10-06-2002, 08:50 PM

No but I thought out loud to myself "Damn!".

Chosen Raven

10-06-2002, 09:15 PM

I didn't cry, I just sat in muted shock. Then I repeatedly rewinded the tape to the point where Spike said "Bang" and watched it all the way to the "your gonna carry that weight" ending quote.

SirLemming

10-06-2002, 10:17 PM

If anyone who hasn't seen the ending of Cowboy Bebop is looking at a thread about the ending of Cowboy Bebop, they deserve the spoiler.

Shnay

10-07-2002, 03:20 PM

Plus, it's had how many runs on AS? If it were the first time through, then yeah, warn for spoilers. But, by now, I'd say it's safe to assume that everyone has seen it. And, if not, then they should be careful of coming in to threads specifically discussing the end of the series.

Beat

10-07-2002, 03:27 PM

I went "whoa" but didn't cry. Sorry.

Joe Tully

10-07-2002, 03:54 PM

Originally posted by SirLemming
If anyone who hasn't seen the ending of Cowboy Bebop is looking at a thread about the ending of Cowboy Bebop, they deserve the spoiler.

Eh, at least in the case of this thread, I don't think it matters. If you're dumb enough to open a thread about a specific episode you haven't seen yet and don't expect spoilers, you get what you deserve. If it was in just a general Cowboy Bebop thread, I'd probably agree with you. I don't really see how anyone can complain about spoilers at this point seeing as how it's been on for over a year.

David Lucas

10-07-2002, 06:58 PM

On for over a year, and still just as entertaining as the first day I bought the Session 2 DVD because 1 was all sold out, found out it wouldn't play on my $3 DVD player, and had to wait till Xmas to get the Session 1 DVD which worked fine.

And I was wonderin if anyone was gonna get miffed at me flat out saying Spike died, but I figured the same thing the rest of you did. Thanks for all those who came to my rescue.

"Did you ever know that you're my hero(es)?"

DragonQueen'02

10-07-2002, 08:26 PM

For some strange reason I want myself to cry. I usually CAN'T cry at something sad, it just doesn't happen. I want to cry b/c Spike is dead. I have never seen this episode before and am anxious to see it.

Shnay

10-07-2002, 09:32 PM

The way I see it, the ending isn't sad because Spike died. I'd say it was a tragic ending, sure, but I don't think it's neccessarily sad. I posted something on the ending awhile back, and I think it applies here.

"It would have been 'sad' if Vicious had killed Spike and been victorious over him. However, Spike was able to get take the life of Vicious as well, and the two went down together. Two former comrades were able to engage in a final battle, and the warriors died at each others hand. An overdramatic interpretation? Well, yes...but hear me out.

If Spike had died any other way, he wouldn't have felt "truly alive," as he put it. Spike isn't the kind of guy who could just grow old and wait to die. Becuase of the type of person he is, he would have to go out with a bang...and did he ever.

Both Spike and Vicious would have hated to die by anybody else's hand. They were both killed by someone they respected (sure they wanted to kill each other, but they did respect each other), and they were once great friends, as well. The two went down in the best way possible."

There really wasn't any other ending for Spike or Vicious. The tragedy is in the events leading up to Spike's death, not his death itself.

HaWick

10-07-2002, 10:30 PM

Originally posted by DragonQueen'02
For some strange reason I want myself to cry. I usually CAN'T cry at something sad, it just doesn't happen. I want to cry b/c Spike is dead. I have never seen this episode before and am anxious to see it.

that's what happen to me too...."sometimes when i wanna cry, the tears just can't come out...it's like i wanna cry but something is forcing me not to...." stupid huh?

SirLemming

10-07-2002, 10:30 PM

Originally posted by Joe Tully in response to me
Eh, at least in the case of this thread, I don't think it matters. If you're dumb enough to open a thread about a specific episode you haven't seen yet and don't expect spoilers, you get what you deserve. If it was in just a general Cowboy Bebop thread, I'd probably agree with you. I don't really see how anyone can complain about spoilers at this point seeing as how it's been on for over a year.

Yeah... that's EXACTLY what I was saying. I guess you thought I meant they deserve the spoiler tag. I literally meant they deserve the spoiler -- they deserve to have the ending spoiled if they came in here.

Captain Harlock

10-07-2002, 10:45 PM

No crying for me. I did cry at the end of Armgeddon, I don't know why, but I did. It just seemed like Spike needed to end the way that he did. All of his past ties were taken care of, and mostly the rest of the Bebop crew had to move on. I was a little mad at first, since Spike was just the kind of guy I like to think I am. Laid back, willing to do the right thing when the moment applies.. That sort of thing.

panther3751

10-08-2002, 11:50 AM

i cryed, but not because I was sad. . . . . i thought the ending was beautiful.

i was crying sad when julia died.

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was anyone else reminded of gladiator?

HaWick

10-08-2002, 05:35 PM

i think that is tears of happiness and memories.....it shows that u miss the series so much.

Nia

10-08-2002, 06:44 PM

I didn't cry, but I I did say "damn" after the last episode. It was a good run for the Bebop, but I'm glad that the series left me wanting more.

Marklar

10-08-2002, 07:16 PM

It's weird, the first time i watched it I walked around mumbling in awe for like a half hour, and then watched it again to let it all sink in. One of my friends went walking around his neighborhood for an hour after watching it for no real reason, and another one of my friends wanted to start a fire after watching it. But none of us cried.

I should probably stop hanging around with them.

J-chan

10-08-2002, 11:49 PM

For me, the music is what tipped me into sob-mode. I mean, I anticipated either Spike or Vicious dying, so it didn't come as such a shock as much as an 'it's over' kinda thing.. the end of something always makes my face prickle, but it's the music selection that makes or breaks it. "Blue" just caught me, lifted me up with the credits into the stars. Every time I listen to that song I feel the feeling I did when I first saw the ending. That song pulls me towards heaven. It's really the strangest thing for me, and it's so hard to explain to someone why you're crying in the cafeteria and all that you're doing is listening to a CD.

I think I cried harder for Hard Luck Woman because I'd bonded completely with Ed, and for her to exit the series before it was over was a brutal slap in the face. And again, that music.. it tears my heart.

Makes it awfully hard to sleep when I watch right before bed. Tear-soaked pillow not pleasant on cold nights.

HaWick

10-10-2002, 01:03 AM

yea, the Hard Luck WOmen ep. was very emotional. it was a hard to forget ep.

Moonbay

10-10-2002, 08:30 PM

That ending was so saaaaad!! And they just *had* to add in the little Beatle's phrase at the end...

Your gonna carry that weight...

Ugh. I might not see it this time. I love Cowboy Bebop too much to see an ending like that.... *WAAAAHH!*

HaWick

10-10-2002, 08:45 PM

i am force by my emotions to watch the end....i just can't control myself not to miss this beautiful ep.

DragonQueen'02

10-13-2002, 06:44 PM

Wow, I saw it for the first time and I was so surprised by Julia's death scene that I stared for the rest of the show. I even got a little sad at Spike's death especially when he did that "bang," and fell. It was just a big surprise to me even the end song was cool.

ArmyOfClones

10-13-2002, 08:04 PM

i get a chill up my spine everytime i watch it. it makes me so sad that it ended kindof quick. oh well.. yea i was almost in tears but none came out. when julia dies and your looking into spikes eye.. your just like.. oh my god. but it was the perfect way to end the show.. and it made you realize how much you liked the characters. and seing Faye crying really made me sad. But seriously.. as some people here have said.. it could continue.. well as much this pains me to say it.. but it must not continue. Just leave it be. Live in that finaly moment where you see Jet cleaning his ship and looking out into the stars.. and faye crying her heart out.. and seeing spike lying there on the steps.. and then his soul being lifted off away with birds.. flying into the sky.. then his soul seeming to reach out into the heavens.. it was very beautiful and i hope to god they never continue it. (again, as much as it pains for me to say it) :(

Shadow Samurai

10-13-2002, 08:40 PM

I didn't cry, I more like said, that was a great finish to a great series, also understanding Spikes mentality just made that more interesting, how he finally woke up from his dream

Ikwig

10-13-2002, 08:57 PM

Originally posted by DragonQueen'02
Wow, I saw it for the first time and I was so surprised by Julia's death scene that I stared for the rest of the show.

Don't you love a show that draws you so far into itself that you forget to blink? Seriously, both Bebop and Escaflowne (which I just finished watching) grabbed me that way!

(Of course, maybe I just cried at the end of Bebop because my eyes were desperate for moisture by that point :p - nah, my throat was all choked up too.)

But it's true that Bebop simply shouldn't have ended any other way, and it definitely should never have any sequels. It is nigh perfect as it is, and any addition would lessen it.

DragonQueen'02

10-13-2002, 10:38 PM

That is SO true, Ikwig!

ClockStomper

10-16-2002, 08:13 PM

I was blown away. That's what I call "amazing television"!

I totally loved the callback to "Sympathy for the Devil" with the "bang!" It's like Spike was telling Wen he finally understood the feeling of peace before death.

God_of_Death

10-17-2002, 12:05 AM

That ending and the ending of DBGT left me weepy-eyed...although I had a personal reason for getting weepy-eyed in CB...

ZorBrak

10-17-2002, 12:22 AM

I didn't cry but it hit me hard, I waslike damn....that's it, what a freaking cool end to a freaking cool series!but then I was like damn..... it's over......damn Spike's dead.....So no crying but it got to me emotionally..

Seeing as I AM still a huge star wars fan, I anticipate Episode 3's end may hit me even harder than CB's did knowing that that's the end of the movies (thanks alot for keeping your word about making 9 of them Lucas) and of the tradgedies that are sure to occur in it.

panther3751

10-17-2002, 01:37 AM

I hope that they never continue this. This has ended.

But a prequal? How many of you would like to see what Spike's life was like BEFORE the Bebop? When he was part of the Red Dragon?

Samoht

10-17-2002, 04:50 PM

wathching this scene made me feel all tingly

*step*

*puts hand up as gun*

bang

*falls*

:eek: :eek:

Duelist

10-17-2002, 07:33 PM

I admit I cried at the end of Gundam 0080 because it was so sad.

Duelist

10-17-2002, 07:39 PM

Originally posted by Skynet2029
not really cried i was like woah what a sad ending but good series nontheless. I didnt expect spike to die like that.

You guys have convinced me to re-watch bebop :)

Duelist

10-17-2002, 07:49 PM

Duelist

10-17-2002, 07:53 PM

Originally posted by Shnay
The way I see it, the ending isn't sad because Spike died. I'd say it was a tragic ending, sure, but I don't think it's neccessarily sad. I posted something on the ending awhile back, and I think it applies here.

"It would have been 'sad' if Vicious had killed Spike and been victorious over him. However, Spike was able to get take the life of Vicious as well, and the two went down together. Two former comrades were able to engage in a final battle, and the warriors died at each others hand. An overdramatic interpretation? Well, yes...but hear me out.

If Spike had died any other way, he wouldn't have felt "truly alive," as he put it. Spike isn't the kind of guy who could just grow old and wait to die. Becuase of the type of person he is, he would have to go out with a bang...and did he ever.

Both Spike and Vicious would have hated to die by anybody else's hand. They were both killed by someone they respected (sure they wanted to kill each other, but they did respect each other), and they were once great friends, as well. The two went down in the best way possible."

There really wasn't any other ending for Spike or Vicious. The tragedy is in the events leading up to Spike's death, not his death itself.

Didn't Spike say he had died once before of "expierienced (sp?) death"? Whats with that?

Shnay

10-17-2002, 08:10 PM

I believe he was referring to the time when he had lost Julia. She was the one who had brought his life of crime some deeper meaning, but she ended up leaving (due to a number of circumstances) and, in a sense, it was then that he "died."

He repeatedly refers to the eye he lost, saying that that eye "sees the past." I'm guessing this refers to his life before he left the syndicate, a time when Vicious and he were comrades and Julia and he were together. But he lost that life much like he lost that eye. So he carries a constant reminder (the fake eye) with him of the life he once had.

Anyway, that's how I interpreted it.

Millions Knives

10-18-2002, 03:17 AM

Did I cry? Yes, because the show was over! :(

rhudson765

10-25-2002, 09:10 PM

Nope. When you think about Spike's past and all of the things that he did while in the Red Dragon Clan, you have to realize that Spike deserved to die alone.

Richard Hudson

HaWick

10-25-2002, 11:02 PM

i don't think Spike deserved the death. if he didn't died. there would still be another season....why they make him died anyway? i'm still missing him..ahahahs

Nia

10-25-2002, 11:02 PM

I get depressed for a few hours everytime I watch the ending.

HaWick

10-25-2002, 11:04 PM

that's what all the true fans does.....it surly are so sad. and a feeling of melancholy flew over me.

Kaiser0120

10-26-2002, 04:40 AM

'Walking down the steps so meloncholy, blood trickling from open wounds. The lights, the shadows, the black and white, everything around me... It was all the same. It was all... a dream...'

Cowboy Bebop is my favorite series. It's delightful mix of Comedy, Action, Drama, Romance and Sci-Fi was enough to hook me on the first episode. This series was the first I ever bought in it's entirety.

Did I cry? Yes. Once... I just kept staring at the lifeless, beautiful image that was Spike. I watched as the credits rolled and the wonderful music filled my ears. All the while letting loose a stream of tears down each cheek.

See you, Space Cowboy.

fanficgoddess

11-03-2002, 08:50 PM

did i cry? you bet! i rember the first time i saw the ep. for a second i just stared at the screen at shock. when blue started i began to cry. i coulnd't sleep for a few hours cause of that.

Ein

11-03-2002, 11:15 PM

I normally don't get too emotional over stuff, but for some reason it felt like a friend died. It takes a truly amazing series to do that. It is enormusly difficult to make you feel like that towards a characer in a piece of fiction. You also must admire the fact that the makers of the series had the balls to kill Spike off. They could have easilly made another season or two out of it.

Oh yeah, I cried. Which is sort of a big deal givin that I am a guy.

FredNash

11-04-2002, 02:52 PM

I didn't cry at the end of the real folk blues, but i definitly got the "woah" thing going... and it's not usual for me to sit through the entire credits of a show, but I did that time, and I do every time i watch that ep... when that last scene w/ the stylized pic of spike comes up w/ "you're gonna carry that weight...", well that almost got me, but i was alittle too distracted to cry. a beautiful ending to a beautiful seires, and to me epitomizes what is wrong with serials in general (i.e. - tv shows, books, comics, etc. that go on and on and on and on waaay longer than they should just cuz they keep selling copies/getting ratings, whatever).

about the tragedy thing, i dont think the end was tragic at all, it was the beginning, where julia dies, that was tragic, the rest was just spike finishing what needed to be done.

"the cat cried a million times, then died..."