 If you liked
Cowboy Bebop
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 ...then you might like
Banana Fish
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Can trauma truly be healed? Are there wounds that time cannot cure?
Ultimately, Cowboy Bebop and Banana Fish reach the exact same sad conclusion.
While surface wise choice of the setting and story are different, on a deeper level both anime deal with the similar topic of trauma. Main character of Cowboy Bebop, Spike, and Ash of Banana Fish are traumatized, and each one has to constantly carry the weight of his past.
These are two excellent anime, but no matter how fun it starts in the beginning, - do not kid yourself, - you WILL cry.
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Recommended by Vergilius3D
I feel like the main characters, Ash and Spike, are actually quite similar. They both are characters with emotional and traumatic pasts they're trying to run away from but they keep being pulled back into what they're trying to escape from. They both have a similar emotional and character arc, and especially Ash's story about the 'leopard in the snowy mountain' and Spike's story about the 'tiger striped cat' make me feel like fans of one character might really like the other too.
Both have lots of action,stylish visuals art and also a badass mc in it as well too and a much bigger plot at hand as well too. And a noir focus as well too and romance in it as well too. As well as lots of tragic shit.
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Recommended by Disapeared_Ghost