damn it spike that moment of mickey mousing isn't the only interesting musical flourish here by the way the bassline and beat both return to normal when jet's silhouette appears echoing his stabilizing influence on the rest of the crew also take note that the manifesto beneath his feet while still incomplete is much more coherently arranged than it was for either of his shipmates when they started running the black dog didn't earn his reputation by running off half cocked with incomplete information the netflix op ruins literally all of this by moving the running jet shot to the second bar after the solo when the base is already back removing the shot of him smoking entirely and having the japanese translated version of the manifesto shift around incomprehensibly beneath his feet next like both previous character introductions this one caps off by showcasing jet's instrument the hammerhead with its deodorant shaped hull and retractable digging claws though there is one other constant in these character cards that we should really talk about why are all the main characters smoking the obvious answer is that it looks cool and yeah that wispy smoke animation on the flat colored background sure do be sexy but more than that the cigarette is a thematic symbol that unites the bebop crew for all their differences each adult on the ship is a creature of habit and compulsion driven to follow the same patterns to repeat the same mistakes until the inevitable finally catches up with them and not just them consider jet's old partner and his last smoke and black dog serenade notably they're all smoking regular old boring cancer sticks despite the world building allowing for something else cause watanabe is a NUMBER_TOKEN-NUMBER_TOKEN friendly g-fuel cool kind of dude also the death by degrees metaphor wouldn't work nearly as well with something non-addictive such as a powdered energy drink that's available in a wide range of delicious flavors like the new orange cranthaney or doom sour demonade which is definitely what i've been talking about this whole time the op then takes a short breather to display a whole slate of credits alongside two static images of spike and fae looking effortlessly sexy in their own unique ways possibly from before they fell into the bounty hunting life then we get some really fun shots accompanied by increasingly frantic music encapsulating what each crew member is all about jet's a tough guy and a straight shooter faye makes being totally lost and confused look hotter than you'll ever be spike spiegel goes through life with a skip in his step and ed ed is that one unpredictable sour note that ties the whole composition together and takes it to a whole other level that tittering alto sax almost sounds like they're having a laugh after hacking into the music itself the netflix op put some completely random musicians in this spot though that may just be a fake out that'll change when ed joins the crew if it is i retract that criticism of course all that's just what these shots tell you on initial viewing by the time you reach the series end you realize they're animated impressionist pop art covers of each crew member's solo single with art speaking very specifically to their individual journeys throughout and before the series jett turning on his
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