Joe was always never the champion, Joe was always 'Tomorrow's Joe'

[Jitsworth]

The situational awareness of the crowd going silent without an announcement of Joe’s death, really sells everything.

[CarlosGarcia-zemk]

The ending of Ashita no Joe opened a wound in my heart from which I will never recover... Seriously, every time I hear Joe's whistle, my eyes fill with tears.

[faby]

I think what makes this ending so bittersweet is the fact that this is just it. No dialogues, no other perspective, no nothing, it just ends.

[Gilbert_Dice_Gottfried]

I want to believe Joe closing his eyes meant he died not knowing if he had lost or won. He won the battle with existence. He is an immortal symbol of the human spirit and my singular reason for wanting to survive. Joe is the man against the world. He’s so fucking deep

[juanmarinmarin]

You know you're a badass when a freaking gangster cries for you😢😢😢

[RigbyTheGamer]

50 years later Joe story still powerful to watch ❤️, 🙏

[ringtone-sama]

I just watched the last episode today man. I feel sad man.
I started watching this series last year in the beginning of my last year in highschool. I'm almost in the middle of my first year of university. This anime taught me so much about how chasing after the wind, going after something even when you feel lost and giving it your all, burning like a huge blazing flame until the very end. Joe was truly a man's man.

[Harmonica]

Fans have retroactively gaslight people into believing that Joe's whistle plays instead of midnight blues.

[bakademo]

I finally found it! I accidentally watched this last episode on TV when I was 10 years old, I stumbled upon this last scene
It impacted and I doubted Joe's fate. I don't know the title, I don't know anything.

I'm 24 years old now and I finally found it. I had to go to the first episode.

[EmanueleVaccari]

Beautiful work by the director of the anime and the animators, very well done. I like Joe’s whistling at the end instead of midnight blues, I can understand why they chose to put that song originally but this feels right too, well done :)

[superplushtimanti]

Quite a good one
But knowing how badly banged up Jose is. I would not be surprised if he soon announce his retirement

[BadVideoManIsAwesome]

Wait ....he actually died!.... I have seen this referenced oin so many anime and manga ...i always thought it was a knocked out meme.... Damn ...that notion really went to a dark place fast!

[vigilantedeku]

When I saw this scene for the first time I thought Joe was passed out and then I saw what had really happened

[thereyou]

Man Even Carlos is Shocked about What Happened.

[EL_BOOGER_SNATCHER]

"Joe was always never the champion, Joe was always "Tomorrow Joe's"
When i first watched this anime, i thought Joe was just careless man with no fire in his heart...
As I watched more anime he changed, he became a champion....
When it was time for Joe yabuki world champion title match, He was filled with confidence.
And then he died...

[c.galindo]

Such a grand ending to a great story.
It may be somber and heartbreaking but also impactful and greatly significant with what it encompasses.
Ashita no Joe

[kamacazi]

If you have seen the whole anime than this scene makes perfect sense. And it sucks in a way that it has gained popularity recently by short videos with catchy songs just showing the ending.. but I guess it brings out a certain non context meaning to it. so you get a short lived/long lasting effect.. but THIS.. after the journey you go through, this.. "season 2".. (since people only mention the name and not that it is 2..) this is the fruits of many emotional times spent together and you cannot get that easily, and definitely not by a 3 minute video.. so watch it if you haven't and for those whom :) ... Joe

[ZestyFrlife]

Yhis made me cry as a boxer. Like literally i feel like joes running through my bloodline.

[michaelren]

I want to live my life Joe, always fighting, no regrets, even if I burn up my life in the process

[rangermusic]

Its interesting what happened to every character after his death