Trigun Bookclub: pancake-breakfast: Trigun Maximum Volume 2: Chapter 6-7

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Chapter 6: Home Sweet Home

Running a bit late on the last chapters for this week, but that was expected. Let’s finish up Volume 2!

Stream-of-consciousness thoughts for TriMax Vol. 2, Chapters 6-7 below.

Is this Wolfwood or Midvalley? Someone else? I’m thinking Wolfwood ’cause the hair and the build look more WW, but the white suit makes me think Midvalley. Whoever he is, he looks so smol in the closeup of his crying face.
Scruffy hair plus cut to WW reinforces WW belief.
I like how a chunk of Nightow’s aesthetic for civilization is, “What if small, mundane thing, but the size of a house?” Also, tiny Vash!

Hahahahaha, Wolfwood’s love language is punching.
It’s very trusting of Vash to take “I Know Too Much About Knives And Won’t Tell You Why” Wolfwood to a place he’d dare call home.
Here’s Wolfwood tactfully pointing out the differences between the two of them instead of throwing it in Vash’s face that Vash isn’t human.
Ugh, Vash is so worried about this place….
But it’s ok. There’s not so much to worry about, after all.
Gosh, the contrast between these two panels, one before he knows what’s happened, and one when he realizes that, for now, everything’s ok.

I’m just gonna make a small note here that, on the title page, the shot of Vash from a lower angle behind him makes it so his hair looks almost completely black.

Wolfwood <3
I know enough to understand why Puppetmaster’s saying Wolfwood’s method’s twisted, but… I also know enough about Wolfwood to know it’s not nearly that simple.
Oh, no…. Not Unica…. /s 😐
Welp. Definitely reading a seinen. They wouldn’t get away with that kind of anatomy in a shonen.
Nope nope nope nope nope nope nope nope
This Vash is pretty much bristling right now. He’s got both guns out, and the only parts of his body that aren’t drowning in the bristles are his hands (which need to be steady for holding his guns) and his hips (suggesting his feet are firmly planted where they need to be).
Wolfwood looks concerned.
Actually, Puppetmaster looks a bit concerned, which is kinda dumb of him because he’s the one who caused all this. Or… maybe he’s just sweating because he’s wearing so much black in a freaking desert.
Oh, Vash….
Shoot, there’s another Gung-Ho Gun here.
That’s a REALLY big hand.
I wish I knew what the heck was happening in that explosion panel.
You know… I’m actually kinda glad I was so late on getting to these two chapters. Now I can start on the next volume without getting too far ahead of the game.

All evolution eventually leads to crabs. Apparently, Nightow is not immune to this.
I mean… you’re not missing much by skipping Titanic. I’d sooner rewatch Starship Troopers myself. At least that was hilarious.
(Also, I just realized he kinda called it “Starshit Troopers.” Honestly… fair.

The other day I was at an anime con and a mangaka whose story is now an anime basically said the same thing. It’s very much a dream come true for them.
This is the cutest thing Nightow has drawn. ~~Except for sleepy Vash.~~

I mean, might as well shoot for the stars. I’ve long had a bit of a soft spot for Madhouse myself.
Yeah, my brain would pop out of my head at that kind of news, too.
Aaaaand I would promptly explode upon hearing they were gonna move forward with it.
Ohhh, this is sooooo indicative of the shows that were popular at that time. It was absolutely a ton of mecha, magical girls (this was pre-Madoka), harem, and guy-oriented romances where a crazy amazing weird girl just dropped in the life of some loser-boy.
Lucky for us all, Madhouse hasn’t exactly built a reputation for themsevls as being “normal.”
No wonder Nightow is thrilled about Stampede. He’s getting to see his story adapted to an anime not once, but twice. And it’s making people fall in love with the older versions of it all over again.
LOL, “Yoshimura Something-san”
That meeting was too long. No meetings should go for 13 hours.
LOL, Nightow being so excited about action figures. POSABLE action figures.