Without the gun, Gene wasn't getting far out here. Spike lived his life fully and died content. Gene well on his way to getting slumped early no hands won't get you far out here. Crew was an embarrassment too.@ move like Spike he died like a simp over some old ass beef that didn't matter anymore
Spike was a loser breh (cool as fukk) but a loser that nikka had given up on life before the show even started
Gene was a much stronger person than him, had been through more and had a ridiculous amount of character growth
Gene went from being too traumatized to go into space because of what happened to his father to hunting down his pops killers, finding true love and becoming a man
Spike would have lost Melfina and died fighting the Mcdougall brothers in the space race with his lifeless body floating while "real folk blues" played and everybody would have been like "that's so deep wow"
Cowboy Bebop minus all the flash was a damn snuff film
Gene was a stronger person but letting men whisper in his ear tho? Idk breh
See you in Space Harlem, Cowboy