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In the
not-too-distant future, Earth is a bit of a mess as a result of an accident
testing a new transportation system, and now nobody is left on it but folks to
poor to get away. But, humanity has colonized and terraformed the rest of the
solar system, so things are going just fine. Taking advantage of the frontier
spirit of the day, there is a new breed of bounty hunters, known as Cowboys,
living a loose life, traveling between worlds, and hunting down the most wanted
criminals for enough money to keep doing it. Two of the best (if unluckiest) of
these folks are the owners of the good ship Bebop, Spike and Jet, both leaving
behind pasts they'd rather forget. When they get joined by a couple of unwelcome
companions--Fay, a gambler with a huge debt, no past, a penchant for cheating,
even worse luck than Spike and Jet, and a lot of people after her, and Ed, a
rather odd young hacker--we get the unusual tale that is Cowboy Bebop.
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