julia (cowboy bebop)

In Cowboy Bebop, Julia is the lost love from Spike Spiegel's past. Once the lover of Vicious, she and Spike fell in love when she nursed Spike back to health after a job that went bad. Spike wanted to leave the Red Dragon syndicate with Julia, but upon finding out about the affair, Vicious issued Julia an ultimatum: either she was to kill Spike, or Spike and Julia would both face death for her betrayal. Spike faked his own death by engaging in a gunfight alone in a church against a rival syndicate, but when he waited for Julia so that they could escape and be free, she never arrived. Spike has been searching for her ever since.