tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895184527008014360.post129794495761930489..comments2023-08-02T08:30:31.830-07:00Comments on In Search of Number Nine: List o' the Weak: Top Five Hardboiled HeroesCameron Proberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00671562923306938919noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895184527008014360.post-26702087611423006482007-12-11T05:32:00.000-08:002007-12-11T05:32:00.000-08:00'Down these mean streets a man must go who is not ...'Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid . . . a complete man and a common man and yet an unusual man,' eh?<BR/><BR/>Taking the 'hardboiled' concept and searching for it in anime is certainly an interesting exercise in your hands.<BR/><BR/>~ thinking on Sophist's comment, I suppose I consider Spike to be the epitome of insouciant masculinity rather than of hardboiled-ness. Insouciance is good in its own way, but yes, Jet is the more hardboiled one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-895184527008014360.post-45156401896536411212007-12-11T00:54:00.000-08:002007-12-11T00:54:00.000-08:00Good list, I especially like Jet's selection. A lo...Good list, I especially like Jet's selection. A lot of people automatically go with Spike when they consider Bebop's tough guys but I always felt Jet was a notch above. <BR/><BR/>Spike had a certain amount of hope for awhile, when that was taken from him he basically threw his life away for revenge. Jet had his idealistic notions of justice shattered but he carried on anyway, and it appears he's still soldiering on at the end of Bebop even as half the crew leaves him. It takes a real man to keep on going when all is lost, I admire Jet's character because of that.Sophisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11172249214351243443noreply@blogger.com