Cowboy Bebop, Book 3 [Paperback]

Hajime Yadate (Author), Yutaka Nanten (Author)

Book Description

Series: Cowboy Bebop | Publication Date: August 20, 2002

The hippest bounty hunters in the galaxy are back! Spike Spiegel, Jet Black and Faye Valentine are on the hunt for new targets. Inspired by the hit anime series, Cowboy Bebop blends science fiction, spaghetti westerns, film noir, and jazz music into a new genre that’s all about style. As each volume features four stand-alone adventures, this is the perfect time to find out what all the excitement is about.

Product Details

• Paperback: 184 pages
• Publisher: TokyoPop (August 20, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1591820332
• ISBN-13: 978-1591820338
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #895,326 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The best book out of the 3, July 19, 2003

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Shelly Anne Smith - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cowboy Bebop, Book 3 (Paperback)

I got this book with the other two (on the same day) and read them in order. This is the third and last book out of the series (not including Shooting Star) and my favorite one. Instead of several short stories, this consists of 2 really long ones. You get a feel for the story more because they're longer. The first story is What's Your Number and the main character's Ed! She has a big bounty on her head by the Earth's government for being part of a terrorist hacking group, and the crew of the Bebop don't know where she is! This one was fun to read because you learn more about Ed's past and meet an old 'friend' of hers (who happens to have a crush on her!) The real jem of this book is the second story, Fight For Your Right. It starts when a man hires a trucker to take him to Venus. He tells the trucker to go in the middle of nowhere, but it happens to be a secret hyperspace gate! The man forgets something on the ship and thinks that the trucker stole it. Later, Spike hires the same trucker to take him to Mars to turn in a bounty. Spike finds the thing that the man lost in the trucker's ship, and is confronted with him in the secret hyperspace gate. The man fires at him, but he's still on the trucker's ship with no weapons! I loved this story from start to finish. It reminded me of an episode of Bebop, and made me with they thought of it sooner so it could have been! There was plenty of action and suspense to please any Bebop fan. If you're going to get one Cowboy Bebop book, get this one. It's rated 13+ for violence, language, and brief nudity. See you space cowboy...

4.0 out of 5 stars Bebop always good, October 21, 2009

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J. West - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cowboy Bebop, Book 3 (Paperback)

I own the first Bebop book and the third book cause some reason the second is hard to find. Anyways at first I has some trouble reading them due to the authentic manga style but it only took alittle while to get use to and then I really enjoyed them. For those of you who dont know what the manga style is and are considering getting these books manga style is basicly the same as any other comic type book but in reverse the good thing about these books is that well me being just a dumb american opened the book the way you would in america at first to start reading it but lucky for the this book gives out a warning page in the back that says wait stop this is the end of the book you dont want to ruin the ending and then gives a very easy to follow guide on how to read manga style which I was thankful for. These books are definatly something that any fan of the show would enjoy I highly recomend them and also check out the shooting star series I just ordered them and hopefully will have them read within the next few days depending on when they come but I cant imagine they will be a disapointment. I love bebop and these books have all the characters for the show Spike,Jet,Feya,Ein,and of course my personal favorite Ed!! definatly check these out if your a fan

3.0 out of 5 stars This should actually be 3.5 stars..., February 26, 2004

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gremlin (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cowboy Bebop, Book 3 (Paperback)

I enjoyed this book but I still have a few complaints...
There were only 2 stories within, but they were both kinda long so I guess that's OK. But my real complaint is that if this is the '3rd and last' book of Cowboy Bebop, then why doesnt it have a proper ending? That kinda annoys me...oh well.
Now on to the good points. Although the second story 'Fight for your RIght' didnt interest me that much, the first, 'What's your number', was so beautiful it touched me in a way I never felt again until reading book 4 of Chobits when Manager Ueda tells his story about his persocom.
This sweet little story is about Ed being reunited with 'Tomato', (and you thought that was just her COMPUTER'S name, huh?) and all the trouble they go through to outsmart a government conspiracy to block the earth from the net using a virus that they created themselves 3 years ago.
I just wish that happened in the anime...