I was 20 back in 1998, crashing on my best mate’s couch between LAN matches. We’d grind ranked till our eyes burned, then flip on his beat-up CRT to zone out. Cowboy Bebop was our go-to first, but then Outlaw Star dropped, and suddenly we were staying up even later. Trigun followed a few months after, and we’d bicker nonstop over which had the best loot-adjacent gear, Spike’s sleek ship vs. Melfina’s hidden tech. Win or lose those matches, those three shows were our perfect post-grind wind-down. Still grab my earl grey and rewatch an episode every now and then when I need to reset.