The way Jump treated him from 261 is fucking disgusting.
Not only was he overworked having to produce multiple colour pages and double page spreads, he got ill multiple times and was hospitalised and had to have surgery, AND JUMP STILL DIDNT LET HIM ALTER THE DEADLINE. They literally gave him no time to recover or longer to work on chapters.
Without the Big 3 title bleach has nothing..
Manga??? Not even top 10 in sales
Games??? That shit flopped
Anime??? Outdone by Boruto fillers
Influence??? Outdone by Naruto
I watched cowboy bebop when I was around 8-10.
Im 30 now.
Re watching Cowboy Bebop as an adult hits different.
When you’re younger, it’s easy to latch onto the cool fights, the jazz, Spike being effortlessly smooth. But coming back to it later, you start feeling the weight of the themes. Loneliness. Regret. People running from their past instead of healing it. Characters stuck in emotional orbit, unable to move on.
Stuff that flew right over our heads as kids suddenly lands hard af.
Honestly, I recommend any older anime fan do this. Revisit the shows you loved growing up. You dont just rewatch them, you re-contextualize them. Your life experience fills in the gaps the story always had waiting for you.
Same anime. Different you.
And somehow… its just better.
Cowboy bebop is a 10/10.
Thanks for coming to my Ted Talk.