Trigun Bookclub: pancake-breakfast: Trigun Maximum Volume 6: Covers + Chapter 1-2

Original Tumblr Post: Covers + Chapter 1-2

It’s been a week. “But Pancake,” you say, “it’s only Monday.”

Yes.

At least we can all come together and cry over Trigun.

Stream-of-consciousness thoughts for TriMax Vol. 6, Chapters 1-2 below.

Table of Contents

TriMax Volume 6 Covers

This is the most band cover of the covers. Except someone forgot to tell Vash and he’s just enjoying hanging out with everyone, and Milly has given up on her cool pose because it’s just too hot.
Ohhhhhh, crap! I don’t recognize most of the people on the back cover, but there’s a certain two-gunned fellow who looks familiar. I’m so excited to meet him!
I love how the text on the back frames this like some fun, action-packed adventure instead of action-trauma with an extra side of MORE trauma.
I don’t have a clue what’s going on with the gag covers. I wish everyone the best in the inevitable tentacle wars.
Oh, man. These chapter titles have me hyped!

Every time Vash is wrapped in a big cloak like that I think of him looking over the crater of July.
Is this… Meryl having a bit of a panic attack over all the information?
Yep, that’s what it is.
At least Milly is sleeping again. And apparently through Meryl waking up screaming.
Maaaaannnn, the old-timey Southwestern U.S. aesthetic is real.

Oh, dude. Was this guy in ’98? Are we gonna get to see Vash’s drinking tie again??
Telling someone who refused to give you a guy that they’re gonna regret not giving you a gun isn’t a very sound argument for them giving you a gun.
Eyyy, it’s Vash!
LOL, “Lightning.” I wonder what this guy’s seen Vash do to give him a nickname like that.
Nick thinks Meryl just wants some of his food…. I mean, eating probably would make her feel a bit better.
Wolfwood knows. Sort of.
I don’t think he’s trying to drive her away so much as he’s trying to protect her.
Look at him being all pretty here….

You know… Nightow hasn’t exactly portrayed sheriffs as good, upstanding citizens in this series….
He’s not a very good sheriff if he couldn’t figure out that Marlon and this “total stranger” have a bit of a history.
Oh, don’t worry about Meryl. She’s seen worse. A lot worse.
Glad she takes her weapons seriously.
Whyyyyy is this guy a walking, talking bell??
That’s soooooo many bullets….

Good hell, Vash. Burning off some steam or something? Pretty sure you don’t need to shoot that much.
Sherrif’s an idiot if he doesn’t recognize the skill required for precise grouping. Doesn’t deserve a gun.
Dude. I don’t like this sheriff guy. I know I already implied that, but now I’m gonna spell it out.
Spoilers for ’98: Ok, this gunsmith guy is apparently a direct descendant of the character from the anime. That explains the resemblance; I’m pretty sure that episode aired before this volume was compiled and likely before this chapter was written.
Ah, this shitty sheriff can handle a gun. But he goes straight for killshots and doesn’t have nearly the precise grouping Vash has. Also, Vash’s face….

Vash still claps for the guy. He knows it’s expected of him, and he’ll get further with the guy if he tries to smooth things out than if he criticizes his technique. They’re not close enough for that yet.
Marlon gets it. Also, I think it’s hilarious that he calls the sheriff “kid,” since I’m guessing the sheriff assumes he’s older than Vash. But it seems like the Marlon family has a history with Vash that goes back far enough to know he’s not exactly human.
Ooooh, Vash just went straight into panic mode. Poor boy, he’s got so much trauma….
Dynamite for EVERYONE!!!!
Milly seems happy to be able to go back to hiding behind Meryl. Can’t wait to see this dynamic in Stampede.
Uhhhhh, that’s a lot more than one….
Rocket? Is… is this Wolfwood?
LOL, what the heck, Vash?? Aaaand there’s the Punisher, so….

Bet me Vash is gonna do this without firing a single shot, just to prove a point. Maybe without even pulling a gun.
These shield guys are so Mad Max.
Geez, regardless of whatever other conflicted emotions they might have about him, they’re so worried for his wellbeing.

Pretty sure he can still pull the trigger. Pretty sure he still doesn’t want to, though.
Oop, he’s got a gun out… aaaaand he’s pulling crazy trick shots again.
The sheriff continues to be the real dumbass here.
He’s putting two and two together. Took him long enough.
Oh, now Vash has the Vash gun.
Yep, that’s Vash right there.

His look is like… a bit of an apology, and maybe a bit of embarrassment. He didn’t mean to worry Meryl, I think. And he’s not used to being seen so plainly.
LOL, he stole the Punisher. Wolfwood will get over it. He just missed his security giant machine gun cross.

Dramatic Wolfwood pose!
The thing about never being able to go back to the people you left to keep safe is you can never quite be sure if they’re actually safe in your absence.
Dang, that’s quite a recruitment squad that came for him there.

Did… Knives kill everyone at the orphanage??
Nightow really likes his custom alcohol labels, doesn’t he? I wish we could get a better look at this one, ’cause it looks all kinds of intricate.

Barkeep’s trying to be friendly, but Wolfwood’s in no mood to talk.
Yyyyyeeeaaahhh, comparing someone to Bluesummers is not a compliment.
Is the “him” Wolfwood is thinking of here Knives or Vash?
Fffffwwwwhaaaaaaat?? Knives shows up, Vash blows a hole in the moon, and Wolfwood, gosh darnit, he goes straight to Knives and pulls a gun on him??? Dang, boy is far more like Midvalley than he’d like to admit.
HC Vash picked up on Wolfwood feeling down and out and deliberately went to find him and check up on him. I mean, if he was able to pick up Wolfwood’s voice in the crazy that was the fight in the Dragon’s Nest from however far away….

RIP table. It was hiding a Wolfwood and a big-ass cross machine gun.
LOL, the shot of the poor bartender mourning his awesome table.
Gods, the way Wolfwood’s gone from leveling a gun at Vash’s head to placing himself as a shield at Vash’s back…. Ugh. These boys.
Haaaahahahahahahahaha, Wolfwood knows that Vash knows. And it just makes him like Vash more.
Meanwhile, Milly slept through their building getting the crap beat out of it. You go girl.