#AU where Jet shoots the shit out of Red Dragon back to back with Spike while love never fades playing on bg

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Remember "Jet understood and loved Spike" passage from Extra Session book? This isn't the end of analysis of The Real Folk Blues arc. The next page contains more details about director's and writer's decisions on ending 😏😏😏

Watanabe's been keeping in mind an image of anime's ending since the team finished working on ep 1. He just liked the idea of Spike's badass assault and because of that he argued with Nobumoto a lot. The anime kicks off with Jet and Spike, their strong partnership vibes, and for Nobumoto it seemed logic to show's Jet overprotective dad behaviour an the end and, eventually, let him and maybe Faye to go with Spike, which means they all fucking die or get injured. Nobumoto likes those dark bittersweet dramatic tones for some reason, she nailed it in Wolf's Rain (I started watching Bebop right after Wolf's Rain and by ep. 25 was like "oh no you're not gonna feed me dat depressing shit again, if something happens to the Bebop crew I'll kill everyone in this room and then myself").

Anyway, here's a summary:

For the final episode, the main staff organised camping in Wado, Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture. Director Watanabe and screenwriter Nobumoto said that the atmosphere was tense when they tried to make a decision whether or not to send Jet to Red Dragon headquarters with Spike. In the end, Jet didn't go, and director won the argument.

- Did you have a happy end ver. where Julia didn't die and Spike came back? Or did it end with the two of them running away together?

Watanabe: But in this case the remaining members wouldn't be happy. Like, what the hell, they ran away, they left us behind. If I find them I'll kill them! (laughs).

- So, from the very beginning, this was a premise that the two would say goodbye, right?

Nobumoto: But you don't know whether Spike is dead or not.

W: It's possible he's just sleeping. Sleeping quetly.

N: It feels that way because of the spectacular events that took place. Why so unhappy?

Minami: Not that unhappy. But the star have disappeared (laughs).

W: As I mentioned earlier, I had decided to do this for the final episode from the beginning, so there was no hesitation on my part.

N: The taste of the work seems to be consistent, at the beginning and at the end.

M: But while we were working on the scenario, I think that the sence of danger still was there, even though we had some fun stories to tell.

N: I wonder if there's such a character like Spike.

W: It was a dangerous work, including the schedule (laughs).

As you can see, the creators made wise decision to give us a chance to feel comfortable about Bebop crew's fate.

I'm not reinventing the wheel, just sending a gentle kiss to those who like to downvote other's opinion))) I've got nothing to hide, I show the whole picture for everyone to analyse and make own decisions. Never let them mislead you or humiliate you just because you have different point of view.