What did you think of this episode?
5Loved it!
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4Liked it!
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3It was OK
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2Disliked it
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1Hated it
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Average 4.4
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| It's really sad that not everyone gets to see the light of day in such a harsh world. Vash watched as another character perished in front of his eyes. Not going to lie, I think they used the music really well for this episode. Same with the amount of pure emotions coming from Vash's mind...it's crazy how society can venture so far into destruction. |
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| Vash being trapped in the underground water chamber, only for Professor Bill to successfully connect and manifest his Core to a Plant to make each and every one of them Independents like Nai, as Meryl surmised that he will never admit to an absurd experiment like this. But the realities of Vash's psyche being manipulated and assimilated for Nai to tempt him time and time again, this is an endless cycle with seemingly no exit as the Humanoid Typhoon figures out the different planes of life to stall Nai's plans for the world's destruction. Cycing through the twin brothers' past with caretaker Rem, the daily mundane life and the human experiment as Plants, all put a blemish on both Vash and Nai. The love for humanity vs. love for a younger brother, to Nai, Rem was a mistake that proved the final nail in the coffin for Vash. And as the final plane rings into existence with the Plants attacking cities like JuLai, the world rings into a total brink of destruction of the extreme kind that's according to Million Knives's plan. What an episode this has been, an edge-seater from start to finish. If this was the story that Nightow has wanted to sing together with the OG, this would've been a cult hit on its own standing. |
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| Poor Vash. Nai says it's all for him but it really doesn't seem like it. And Meryl I appreciate you trying girl but oh my god please actually do something for once. I'm both incredibly excited and also terrified for next week's episode |
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| Kinda hope Knives wins tbh This would mean no season 2 though... |
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| RIP Vash, he'll be missed. Meryl's voice didn't reach him. |
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| Let's resume this episode in a very, very weird way. Vash having a bath in a tank with his brother, that wrapped him with metal tentacles, and they have a philosophical mental talk, while a weird doctor and a friend watch. And the Plants in the tank get pregnant(?). And Knives get a ball. I wasn't going to say nothing but the Plants part, got too over the threshold of weirdness I had for this series. |
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| Just Vash and his ideals getting crushed for 20 odd minutes. Knives didn't leave any room for a failure. Now if only Meryl can do something next episode, otherwise it's no way out for Vash. Great set-up for the finale next week. |
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| Things are looking really hopeless at the moment. I'm curious too see how they plan to wrap this up next episode, hopefully it isn't too rushed. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| so the black hole power of Vash is actually a portal to open up the higher dimension eh |
| Really good ep, only minor complaint is toward meryl. She's too upbeat when confronting Wolfwood... I mean, Roberto just died. In any case there is no way they will wrap up everything in 20 mins next week. |
| I have not seen the previous series, but I can say truthfully that the development of the borther's relationship is amazing in this version. Everything has a purpose and it is finally connected, step by step, with each chapter. I need the last chapter of this anime to discover the last secrets or mysteries that surrounded Vash and Naiv. |
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| So Knives was just a huge brocon all along, exterminating humanity is just a side hobby. xD |
| currently probably my favorite episode. really loved the music & background art & of course animation this episode, and also it was slightly satisfying seeing vash's ideologies get ripped apart by knives. this is only gonna be character development for him! also will be using this as a reaction gif please feel free to steal (it's just under 15mb so works for twitter): |
ad stellas super alas angeli. |
| Once again, we can applaud for the work on this episode, everything was just perfect |
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| What an amazing yet sad episode. Watching Vash suffer through Knives mind tricks sheds a light onto his true feelings towards humanity. The animation was beautifully directed as in every episode so far The portrayal of Meryl in this adaptation is, in my opinion, one of its biggest flaws. She's merely portrayed as Vash's support, without having any major importance in the plot or relevant interactions with him. Knives is terrifying in this adaptation so I'm looking forward for the next episode! Hope we're getting a second season cuz wrapping up here would be somewhat anticlimactic. |
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| some more vash and knives action, real rough for vash tho. |
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| Don't give up on Vash just yet....just who did that giant tree look like? |
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| The revelation of a third independent was interesting, but I felt the rest of the episode was underwhelming. Btw, I find anyone who is cheering for Knives to be an idiot. Humans are bad for killing plants for their survival, but Knives isn't bad for killing humans even though he doesn't need to kill them to survive? OKAY. Not saying humans should be absolved of any criticism, but Knives is a bigger piece of shit. d0postma said: I am kinda baffled by how people here are enjoying the music? I quite enjoy this new take, much better as the POS first anime adaptation. Much closer to the story beats of the original manga. But one of the big drawbacks on Trigun Stampede is the awful sentimental piano music (and the even more terrible OP). Doesn't fit the world at all. Wish it was more like a soundtrack to a Italian Spaghetti Western tbh. I don't even notice the music other than the OP and ED. That's how unremarkable it has been. The OP music is awful. It's one of the worst OPs I can recall ever hearing. I really love the ED though. |
WolfWood37 said: Don't give up on Vash just yet....just who did that giant tree look like? I was thinking the same thing... Very familiar. |
| Vash has kinda gone sour for me as a character. This show has only put tragic plotline after tragic plotline with Vash and they just feel poorly executed because of how rushed all of them were. Oh yeah and ditto the above, the music in this series is awful and doesn't fit with the setting. |
| Lots of visual creativity in this week's episode. |
| Idk why they even felt the need to include Meryl here, she pretty much doesn't exist... Roberto's not even a character either, just a narrator. The music is pretty meh too, i agree, worse than that, its repeated far too much, the Knives theme playing to no end in every appearance of him and when drama goes on is horribly repetitive, it might have been okay to use one or two times but its been playing like over 3 or 4 already! That just leaves Vash, Wolfwood and Knives... But Vash has been erased entirely, from his ideals to his personality, goofy and normal sides, leaving just the sad quiet guy, 'breaking him' by saying 'i did it for you' just seals that coffin. So its just down to Wolfwood who was also useless aside 'his' episode with the flashbacks and sand steamer vs orphanage, and Knives, but he barely showed up until now... What does the show even has left?? Idk how ya'll saying its the best thing since sliced bread, the characters and writing is extremely weak, and it rewrites and erases the manga way, WAY worse than the 98' show did! Basically it rewrote everything aside project seeds, character names and the knives plot, including the powers and all events. |
| Such an Incredible episode. Direction was Amazing and visually stunning. One more episode left for this season. I hope we got second season announcement really soon. |
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| I personally think it's one of the best anime OP's ever made. It fits with the visuals very well, and the bass slaps. I never skip it. I am kinda baffled by how people here are enjoying the music? I quite enjoy this new take, much better as the POS first anime adaptation. Much closer to the story beats of the original manga. But one of the big drawbacks on Trigun Stampede is the awful sentimental piano music (and the even more terrible OP). Doesn't fit the world at all. Wish it was more like a soundtrack to a Italian Spaghetti Western tbh I don't even notice the music other than the OP and ED. That's how unremarkable it has been. The OP music is awful. It's one of the worst OPs I can recall ever hearing. I really love the ED though. |
| Wow that was extremely tense and kinda trippy as well but still sad seeing Vash being used this way, I wonder if it's really a win for Knives because meanwhile Meryl doesn't seem to be able to do anything |
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| Manacing. This was a very cinematic episode. |
| a new order is in way!!! kekeke |
| Woah, I was left speechless once this episode has ended. It was simply poetry. Kino. |
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