Trigun Forum

 Not only will he set your soul on fire with the sax... he'll crush your skull.

Midvalley the Hornfreak? An evil jazzman with a weaponized saxophone? I have to believe that TRIGUN was plotted with tongue firmly planted in cheek - - or, at least, hope - - because if it wasn’t, the show somehow just got cornier than I ever thought it could be. I’m all for mixing humor and drama, the serious with the ridiculous, but there’s got to be some consistency of tone. And when the tone of the episode is morose, with soul-searching conflicts about killing and the threat of innocent supporting characters getting gang raped, a bad guy exclaiming, “Oh no! You took B-Sharp away from me!” stands out like, well... like a flat note.

And hey… let’s rewind a little. Wasn’t the bald evil priest guy gunned down by Wolfwood in the previous episode? Didn't he already die? The wheels are really falling off this runaway train.

My earlier question about leadership got answered, at least, with it now being abundantly clear that Legato serves Knives and not the other way around. I hate to keep ragging, but I haven’t liked Legato since the first episode that hinted at him. His voice actor honestly speaks with the breathy, sort-of monotonic voice Trey Parker uses for every “overly serious bad guy” in SOUTH PARK - - except this guy, of course, is playing it straight.

The psychic domination power is still a pretty cool gimmick and the kids seeming to know things they shouldn’t know about Vash's predicament was a good fake-out. Though, honestly,  it probably wouldn’t be that far out of the realm of possibility for some smartass kids to be that precocious and rudely forward about a man's inner turmoil.

Hey... only two episodes left? That’s not much time for Vash and Meryl’s understated flirtation play to be fulfilled.  

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

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" I think this was moment when I realize that Trigun was more than just a dude who can shoot very well. I wasn't sure where things would go after what has happen in this episode but it was only one path Vash has to take after this. "

" You know, I don't think it could be humanly possible for you to of put in any more music puns than you did in that first paragraph. "Mixing", "Consistent Tone", "Flat Note"

What I liked about this episode is that it served to draw the line in the sand for Vash on his principles. It's one thing for him to go to such insane lengths to keep from killing when it's just his life on the line. It's a whole other matter when it's someone else who's in peril.

 
This series was fun. I'll give it that. It just lacked the deep and solid drama of series such as Evangelion and Death Note. It lacks the same narrative strength.

" Hey... only two episodes left? That’s not much time for Vash and Meryl’s understated flirtation play to be fulfilled. "

Be prepared for disappointing. 

" I think the end of Trigun is one of those situations where the manga continued after the end of the series, and rather then having to include a filler, they decided to just end things where they were. I could be horrifically misremembering, though. "

" I think the end of Trigun is one of those situations where the manga continued after the end of the series, and rather then having to include a filler, they decided to just end things where they were. I could be horrifically misremembering, though. "

"  Bummer you haven't liked this series as much as some of us. When I first watched this series on adult swim I didn't take it very seriously(I did find it entertaining, though) but eventually it had it's claws in me and I was at the edge of my seat.   

I've always seen the silly villains as a Japanese thing. That doesn't make it good or anything but it's never bothered me. Kinda how Metal Gear bosses are completely bonkers. "

" For me the seriousness was a good counter foil to the drama.  I mean no the show is not as good as eva or lain but i mean come on that's like comparing Beethoven to Mozart....both are classics but one has slightly more emotion and broke the rules more than the other. "