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| That poor Rollo kid that Vash couldn't save back then... the transformation was terrifying. And that Nicholas' teasing at the end eh |
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| Good amount of backstory for a lot of key players here. Was especially !!! to find out Nicholas |
| Nooo, poor innocent Roro. |
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| They are pumping out plot beats as 12 episode is the maximum they are getting most likely, the first half of the episode did feel weird but it all comes together at the end. The last scene of the wind energy lighting up the place with them moving out, nice SB there. |
| Did they finally decide to hire a director? First episode that looks like it has a story and structure so far unlike the aimless random bumping around it had prior |
| Rollo man... this story was absolutely heartbreaking. |
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| Probably the new best episode yet. One thing that really helped set this apart was how well it toyed with previous knowledge of Trigun. Namely Rollo/Monev. I wasn't entirely sure why the Rollo stuff kept popping up throughout the episode, and I probably should've realized that it was setting up Monev's backstory but there were two tricks that prevented me from catching on earlier than I did. One, I wasn't even aware the Rollo stuff was a flashback until Vash popped up. I did think it was weird that the chaos wasn't seeming to impact their story so part of this is just me being dumb, but I don't think they made it explicitly clear, though maybe I missed something. But more importantly, my knowledge of Monev's role in the original anime being significantly different wouldn't allow me to consider that until they just about reveal it. Once the doctors showed up it was obvious but I really appreciated how they used my familiarity with the original to strengthen the twist. The Monev story here is completely different from the story in original anime, and that's exactly how I want it. Stampede was never got to capture what made the original version so effective, because a large part of that was all the episodes before it, and if I wanted that version of events, I can just watch the original anime. I think it's much better for Stampede to puts it's own unique twist on it, and deliver something that's also great, just for completely different reasons. I don't know which version is necessarily better, but it's super cool to experience this event in two different directions. That's not even mentioning the other story beats inserted into this episode that took place elsewhere in the original. Another thing I liked about the twist, was the episode went out of it's way to show that Vash still valued his life before he figured out it was Rollo. I know Vash caring about everyone's life was already established in previous episodes, but it's good that they reinforced that here when it seemed like it was just a rampaging monster. And the contrast in ideologies between Wolfwood & Vash were on-full display here, and is one of Trigun's best elements. I loved their dynamic. Great stuff. |
| Finally, this episode is the one that put this series on par with the original. The earlier episodes will still be jarring to my eyes but this storyline was handled better than in the original for once. I'm actually excited to see what else the series will offer and how it will mature and evolve. |
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| Damn, this was a dark one. A kid Vash knew was coerced into a human experimentation project under the guise of religion, rampaging in pain because Vash was not there when he was needed. Wolfwood has to give the kid a mercy kill. |
 Novels I have read/am reading pending approval: since November 10 2022 |
| Jesus.... You know when the depression hits differently.... Yeah... This show is something special. |
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| NOOOO! Nicholas is with Knives?! Oh god, this is not gonna end painlessly. And I bet he’s got a heartbreaking backstory like poor Rollo. The trailer made this seem like it this was going to be a more upbeat and light adventure anime but so far it’s been so sad and dark! Also the trailer really portrayed Vash wrong; it made him seem like a goofy, carefree but powerful character but he’s actually so sweet and kind and sad |
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| OMG! What the fuck did the writers do to my beloved Nicholas Wolfwood’s character?! He’s still a sexy motherfucker, but nowhere near as sexy and awesome as the original. |
 "Are you intoxicated, or just insane?" |
| They do love to use the storm trooper aim trope in this series a lot which kind annoys me but I guess I can look past it for now. This was pretty good otherwise. |
| Around 20 years have passed and Vash still looks the same? Interesting. That aside, I liked the detail of the wind finally returning once Rollo died. Nice way to add even more tragedy to the already somber scenario. |
| Poor Rollo didn't deserved this suffering =( |
| So Vash really does not age huh, that first scene from the first episode with him and his brother escaping the crashing ship, how fucking long ago was that? damn |
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