Is Spike Spiegel Really Dead? Harkening The End of An Era Spike manages to shoot Vicious right in the chest, but the latter slices his abdomen with a katana, causing him to bleed heavily on the spot.
Left with no choice but to avenge Julia, Spike faces Vicious in an abandoned church, before which he is already seriously injured in a fight with members of the Red Dragon base. However, in a cruel turn of events, Julia is shot by Vicious’ men during a shootout, triggering the end’s beginning.
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Through a series of events, Spike and Julia reunite, locked in a bittersweet embrace and the burden of loss and memory that plagued them through the years. She has chosen to remain hidden away as a means to keep Spike safe years ago. When Vicious takes over the Syndicate, he immediately sends his men after Spike and also Julia. Adopting the philosophy of sprezzatura, Spike exudes a resigned, nihilistic nonchalance like no other, as captured in a memorable sequence wherein a light a cigarette and muses, “Whatever happens, happens.” Ever since Julia’s absence, Spike simply saunters through life without attaching much meaning to tangible events, as the sting of this betrayal renders him numb, essentially dead inside. However, love comes at a dire cost, as the altercation that follows almost kills Spike, post which he is seemingly abandoned by Julia, who disappears without a trace. The two decided to flee together to fashion a life away from the crime family. Cowboy Bebop ends with an epic showdown between Spike and Vicious, who engage in a dance of death while fighting for their individual ideas of justice.ĭeath In An Abandoned Church: Spike Spiegel’s Epic Duel With Viciousĭuring his time with the Syndicate, Spike had fallen in love with Vicious’ girlfriend, Julia. He had a long-standing rivalry with Vicious, another Red Dragon affiliate, with whom he used to be close friends before the partnership turned sour. Spiegel, a former hitman of the Red Dragon Syndicate, is responsible for chasing criminals amid ever-rising crime rates across the galaxy. Set in the year 2071, in the aftermath of a massive event that rendered the Earth almost uninhabitable, Cowboy Bebop sets ups Spiegel as a bounty hunter.
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