Trigun Forum

Wolfwood’s an eleventh hour member of the Gung Ho Guns?! Shouldn’t he have a title or something? Wolfwood the Priest? Wolfwood the Killer? Wolfwood the Chainsmoker? Maybe names and titles don’t really matter that much at this point, as his mentor (or whatever that guy was) shows up without much in the way of introductions. And their whole relationship was pretty murky. Was the big surprise here supposed to be that Wolfwood was a sleeper agent assigned to gain enough of Vash’s confidence to strike at him when he was vulnerable?

Just when I thought the costumes and gimmicks couldn’t get any more ridiculous, that patchwork desperado shows up with his fishing line sniper rifle. Yikes… you’d have thought that thing would’ve snapped off or caught on a cactus somewhere on that long, desert trek. Vash’s decoy fake-out was clever, but I’d say I was more surprised by a death in TRIGUN being handled with an actual measure of subtly. Seeing the bad guy’s ratty hat flopping about on his gun grave (pun!) was definitely more effective at getting the point across than actually seeing him blow his brains out would’ve been.

If this show's elicited some serious contemplation in me, it’s a renewal of my bemusement with people who claim not to be something when they’re clearly putting a lot of effort and enthusiasm into being that very thing. When I was doing MMA in college, for example, a lot of kids would insist that they “hated fighting.” And I’d say that they obviously didn't. Sure, maybe you don’t like picking fights on the street or such, but if you didn’t have a lot of physical aggression, why would you be investing all this training time into martial arts instead of some other activity - - like, say, ballet.  I feel the same way about Vash’s gunmanship vis a vis his pacificism. If he's so against killing, what's with the shiny, lovingly-designed gat?

Watch this episode, “Paradise,” below and decide for yourself, then read my comments on the previous episode here.    

    

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@RugalB said:

" The "title" of Wolfwood is Nicolas the Punisher. You should read the mangas, far more better than the anime if you ask me. "

There are actually a few times during the series that certain Gung Ho Guns were about to say his nick name and he always yells at them to "never mention that name". Just something you pick up on after you watch the series a few times.
 
And as for Vash's shiny gun, Knives gave it to him so he's always held onto it.

I found a cyber cafe and now I catch up. They mention a ´´black chaple´´ a few times that might be his mentors name that gets transitioned to Wolfwood. The Wolrwood twist is less last minute in he manga. In fact it´s not even really a twist. It´s obvious early on that he knows about Knives and he refuses to let Vash know how or why. Vash generally trust him so he doesn´t push the subject too much. His purpose(which might be a slight spoiler at this point, I can´t remember) was to protect Vash and make sure he doesn´t die. Knives want´s Vash to suffer and is throwing all these freaks at him to, hopefully, make him see the blackness in humanity. But he never wants him to die, just suffer and change his perspective on mankind.

@RugalB said:

" The "title" of Wolfwood is Nicolas the Punisher. You should read the mangas, far more better than the anime if you ask me. "

Huh... go figure. I can guess why they wouldn't call him the Punisher in the English dub. 
 
By the way... did your screen name from the SNK boss?

@ninjadude853 said:

" As far as I understand (and I could be wrong) the Trigun anime is essentially an incredibly abridged version of the manga, stripped down to the bare essentials. Which is why the sniper isn't named or why Wolfwood doesn't have a title, because that info isn't essential to the story. 

I guess I can see that. But if that's the case, then the manga must REALLY run long.

@gla55jAw said:

" @RugalB said:

" The "title" of Wolfwood is Nicolas the Punisher. You should read the mangas, far more better than the anime if you ask me. "

There are actually a few times during the series that certain Gung Ho Guns were about to say his nick name and he always yells at them to "never mention that name". Just something you pick up on after you watch the series a few times. 

Huh... pieces of the puzzle, locking together.