Trigun Maximum

トライガン・マキシマム

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Anime start Vol 1, Chap 1 Trigun (1998) / Alternate Setting (Stampede) Anime stop Vol 1, Chap 6 Maximum (1998 EP 19) Diverges into original ending

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Much of the damage attributed to "Vash" is caused by the activities of bounty hunters who are after the 60,000,000,000$$ (sixty billion "double dollars") reward on Vash's head for the destruction of a city called July. Vash does not clearly remember the destruction of July, and only wants "love and peace", as he puts it; though he is a gunfighter of inhuman skill, he uses his weapons only to save lives wherever he can. As the series progresses, more is gradually learned about Vash's mysterious history and the history of the human civilization on Gunsmoke, the desert planet the series is set on. The series is often humorous in tone, but at the same time it involves very serious character development and especially in later episodes it becomes quite emotionally intense. Vash is occasionally joined by a priest, Nicholas D. Wolfwood, who is almost as good a gunfighter as Vash himself, and later is targeted by a band of assassins known as the Gung-Ho Guns for reasons which are mysterious at first. Trigun evolves into a very serious discussion of the nature of morality, posing questions such as: What is the nature of morality? Can we judge different moral codes? If a person is forced to betray their moral code, does that betrayal invalidate that moral code, and can the person still try to live up to that moral code? Can the person find redemption from their wrongs, and if so, how? (Source: Wikipedia) *Originally serialized in 102 chapters, condensed then to 96 in the tankoubon release. Vol.8 contains 2 extra chapters: “FREED BIRD”; Young King Ours 1999-09, 10.*

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Genres
Action Adventure Comedy Drama Sci-Fi Supernatural Tragedy
Activities
Crimes
Crimes
Murder Murder Mass Murder
Locations
Space Natural Desert Space Outer Space
Occupations
Assassins
Sexual Content
Intensity Mature
Themes
Guns Philosophy Religion Super Powers Human Experiment Violence Narrative Themes Betrayal Super Powers Special Ability Violence Gore
Horror
Body Horror Cosmic Horror
Time Period
Period Piece Future
Narrative Tropes
Comedic Undertone Dissociative Identities Tragic Past Unrealistic Fighting Character Change Appearance Different from Personality Death Tropes Death of Loved One
Settings
Dystopian Post-Apocalyptic Steampunk
Sci-Fi
Aliens Sci-fi Elements
Audience Demographics
Male Oriented Seinen
Character Types
Male Lead Quirky Character Cast Primarily Adult Cast Female Lead Strong Female Lead
Male Lead
Strong Male Lead Kind Male Lead
Relationship
Human-Nonhuman Relationship Orientation Transgender
Family
Brothers Siblings Twins