
He was left in a detached dream-like purgatory from that day on. To Spike losing her love was so painful as to be considered a form of death. Spike: I was killed once before by a woman. Laughing Bull: Swimming bird will meet a woman. In Session 1, Laughing Bull foretells of Spike's death being brought on by a woman. "Even if my life ends this love will not disappear. It fits perfectly with the lyrics that are sung just 4 minutes before Spike is lying still as death on the ground. It's also significant that Spike is engulfed by a white heavenly light as he is seeing Julia (who is also shown cast in a white heavenly light).

It's very narratively significant that the creative team made the express decision of explicitly showing the viewer that Spike went from seeing Julia with his eye that sees his past to his eye that sees his present. To use the spoiler tag type the following (/spoiler) Welcome to reddit's foremost hub for all things Cowboy Bebop, the 1998 series created by Shin'ichirō Watanabe.
