Why does Vicious use a sword?

Tying his present use of the sword to this break in his personality adds to the character while complicating the trope of the "honorable swordsman." Specifically, Vicious' sword is a token of his warped self-image and twisted sense of honor. These traits express the series' major themes and drive its story.
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Does Vicious use red eye?

Given the conditions of his conjunctiva, it is quite credible that Vicious uses the drug Red Eye. Because of his slimy and often ambiguous nature, the Van terms him as "the poisonous snake," or, more simply, "the snake." This epithet is also given to him by the shaman Laughing Bull.
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Does Vicious love Julia?

To Vicious, she is an ex-lover; to Spike, she is a soul mate untimely ripped from him by wicked circumstances. Up until now, she has only appeared in flashback sequences and, briefly, in images during the ending theme of the show, but in the final session, she finally shows herself.
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What kind of bird does Vicious have?

Vicious is usually seen accompanied by a black cormorant-like bird. He eventually hides explosives in its stomach and detonates them as a distraction during an escape. Vicious was Spike's partner in the Red Dragon crime syndicate until they fell into conflict over Julia.
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Are fearless and Vicious brothers?

The Whole Deal with Vicious

Vicious convinced his father to take Fearless in and the two were raised as brothers, though Fearless became the favorite. When Vicious started to get out of control, the Elders in charge of the Syndicate, including Vicious' own father, commanded Fearless to kill him.
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Why does Spike have a fake eye?

Spike then reveals that his right eye is fake because he lost it in an accident. He also reveals that his left eye sees the past, making his past inescapable to him.
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Is Ed a boy or a girl?

In a 2005 interview with Anime News Network, Cowboy Bebop character designer and animation director Toshihiro Kawamoto explained that Ed was originally conceived as a boy computer hacker, but, over time, director Shinichirō Watanabe switched the character to a girl.
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Is Shin spikes brother?

Shin (シン, Shin?) was a member of the Red Dragon crime syndicate. His older brother was Lin and he knew Spike Spiegel.
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What happens to Faye and Jet?

Jet lets Fad die, and he finds himself resolved to a similar fate with Spike. Faye Valentine doesn't trust anybody, and that's because she doesn't remember her past. When she awakes from cryogenic sleep after an accident, she has no memory of who she was.
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Does Spike like Faye?

Spike and Faye's Friendship

Their feelings toward each other are especially obvious in the finale, as Faye shoots her gun in Spike's direction in a desperate attempt to get him to stay with them on the Bebop. The exact type of feeling, whether it be platonic or romantic, is unclear.
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What does Julia mouth Spike?

It's always been an upsetting scene, but that thud helps illustrate a disconnect in Bebop, one Julia points out in her final words to Spike: “It's all a dream.” As she dies, Spike mournfully agrees with her. For Spike, this is not literally a dream, but the start of a grieving process that will end with his own death.
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Why did Julia betray Spike?

In a twist, Julia reveals that she does not want to leave her life of crime. Not when she's so close to ruling the Syndicate! Julia asks Spike to kill Vicious for her so they can bring his head to the Temple and rule together.
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Why does Vicious use a katana?

Tying his present use of the sword to this break in his personality adds to the character while complicating the trope of the "honorable swordsman." Specifically, Vicious' sword is a token of his warped self-image and twisted sense of honor. These traits express the series' major themes and drive its story.
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What is the drug in Cowboy Bebop?

Red Eye (or Bloody Eye) was an illegal performance-enhancing drug applied directly to one's eyes in order to gain enhanced sensory perception and reflexes for a short duration. Red Eye was stored in glass vials and administered using a specially designed device.
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Did Spike do red eye?

Cowboy Bebop never explains how Spike lost one of his eyes, but perhaps past use of Red Eye necessitated a prosthetic replacement, leading him to stop using the drug. In all likelihood though, the kit that appears in “Jupiter Jazz Part 2” belonged to Vicious.
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Why is Cowboy Bebop fearless?

Fearlessness is nothing new to Spike Spiegel's character, but the Syndicate assassin-turned-Bounty Hunter carries a new name along with his dark past in Cowboy Bebop 2021. To further emphasize his connection to Vicious and the Syndicate, Spike is given the title of Fearless by those who knew him as a hitman.
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Why are they calling Spike fearless?

Just as Vicious was named for his bloodthirsty tendencies, Spike Spiegel earned the name Fearless from his courage and ability to keep calm in life-threatening situations.
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Does John Cho know wing chun?

John Cho's background in Martial Arts is officially Wing Chun but he says he hasn't always practiced in an NPR Interview on Cowboy Bebop: I also avoided learning martial arts because I said, I'm not going to do that.
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Who is Annie to Spike?

Anastasia, better known as Annie, was a minor character from the anime series Cowboy Bebop. She was an old acquaintance of Spike Spiegel from his time with the Red Dragon crime syndicate.
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Is Jet Black black?

He was gray. I mean, Jet is drawn gray, basically, in the show, and I didn't really focus on that. Especially, you know, back when my career started there were very [few] if any persons of color that were in anime, right? The characters I voiced were not Black.
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How old is Jet Black?

Even so, Jet is the second oldest character of the Bebop's crew and is 36 years old.
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Are there any non-binary anime characters?

Kino - Kino's Journey

Kino is iconic as being one of the first non-binary anime personalities to not be portrayed with a dramatic, outlandish, over-exaggerated character design; their gender identification being a non-issue and simply an accepted fact.
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What is an androgynous girl?

Androgynous/Androgny

The term androgynous is an adjective and is used to describe someone who is "neither specifically feminine nor masculine" and has "characteristics or nature of both male and female."1.
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What kind of dog is EIN?

Ein, the Pembroke Welsh corgi and “data dog” of the Bebop crew, gets his live-action counterpart in a new behind-the-scenes video as filming commences on the series adaptation. In the world of Cowboy Bebop, this aggressively adorable pup has been genetically modified with super intelligence and deductive reasoning.
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