Trigun Bookclub: pancake-breakfast: Trigun Volume 1: Chapter 5-6

Original Tumblr Post: Chapter 5-6

Time to knock out a few more chapters for @trigunbookclub.

Stream-of-consciousness thoughts for Trigun Vol. 1, Chapters 5-6 below. (More detailed thoughts will be their own posts.)

Table of Contents

Chapter 5: Assault

Man, I wanna get that much food for $12. Or even for $$12.
Milly is smarter than anyone (including her) thinks she is.
Vash is MORE than capable of reading people. He has TONS of experience at it. I love the little nod to this in Stampede where he comments on being able to read Wolfwood’s true nature in his eyes.
Why is Vash asking such a poignant question about existence to this kid? Oh, I bet he’s trying to suss out whatever cynical seeds inspired the kid to lie to him in the first place.
The kid’s got something of Vash figured out, too.
I will never get over this guy’s shoulder pads. They will haunt me to my grave.

I do kinda miss the Bad Lads in Stampede. I get why they might do it, though. Legato and Livio should end up being MUCH more important characters, and the orphanage is a MUCH more important setting, so it tightens things up a bit. But the Bad Lad Gang is so over the top. They were fun.
Gods, speaking of over the top, Trigun excels at crazy names.
Wait, how did Vash get on the bed? He passed out on the floor.
I love literally everything about these two pages. They’re beautiful. I love the poetry of everything being so dry, including people’s hearts. I love the contrast between Rem’s pose and Vash’s pose. And I love her calling him “so serious” when he’s spent all this time in the story trying to portray the exact opposite image to those around him. She gets him.

Ah, well, so much for the dream being pleasant.
Aaaand he fell off the bed.
Oh, no. Babygirl is crying over his dream….
No time for crying. Bad Lads abound!
Dude. Don’t go stabbing your maps. That just puts holes in them and makes them less functional in the future.
“And if it ain’t flashy, what’s the point?!” This guy should meet Tengen Uzui from Demon Slayer.

I like that we’re getting some information on plants. I also like that, at this point in the manga, they literally just sound like industrial manufacturing plants. We have yet to see one up close.
Yeah… it’s generally best NOT to shoot the experts you need to do a Thing.
Nightow really likes his pointy teeth, doesn’t he?

Heh. Trying to compensate for the Japanese word for “wait” being two syllables instead of one. Translation is hard.
Yeah, kid, I don’t think Shinypants McGee here cares too much what you might think you’re getting out of this deal.
Hahahahaha, the way Vash enters the scene is beautiful. No one suspects someone to come UPSIDE DOWN THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD.
I’m gonna be honest; I’m pretty sure the only reason I can follow the action in these panels is because I’ve seen the ’98 anime.
Wait, did he just yeet himself and the kid out the hole in the windshield?! Hmm, that sounds familiar, actually.
Yep, there they are. The kid is appropriately terrified.
Now Vash is also freaking out. Always a good sign.
“The scent of a woman.” Dude, you’re wearing some sort of crazy gas mask. What kind of freak of nature are you??
Current favorite Meryl/Milly Gremlin Pose:

If you need an effective hostage, always choose a pretty young girl.
Vash has a right to be frustrated. He literally had NOTHING to do with this.
I have thoughts on the Soupy Brain panel.
There’s something about Vash’s expression and pose here that I really like. I want to pet his hair.

Ah, yes. I thought I remembered something about this kid being a girl. I love how she’s just… draped over her dad with all the casual comfortableness of a kid with their favorite parent.
Don’t say “never,” kid. It’s not too late, and it’s hard to judge exactly what a parent wants of their child. Even if you don’t meet expectations, if your parent cast you aside for that, then that’s on them, not you.
Vash, coming in from Stage Left, with a head-butt, making sure the soup brains don’t get too distracted.

I want to read another chapter, but that is not going to result in me going to bed before sunrise, so I guess I’ll call it there.