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Sep 9, 2008 9:05 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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3.5/4 of the episode was just plain,in the bright side we saw his body with all these scars
Oct 10, 2008 8:12 PM
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This was probably the worst episode of the series for me. It was like a review of what already happened. The ending was good though. We go to see his scars.
Oct 11, 2008 9:39 AM
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I ussaly don't realy like this recap episodes and skip them. But this is trigun so It's awsome. His scars where kinda different from what I expected. Meryl wants Vash x3 <3
"Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise"
Jul 21, 2009 8:01 AM
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Recap! Boring but there was some new footage at the end to make the whole episode try to justify itself.

Ah well, back to the show with the next episode.

Oct 10, 2009 3:16 PM
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the recap of the past episodes put in one shows how awesome he is, and nice.
Plus those scars on his body are horrible. v_v
poor vash..


Nov 27, 2009 11:07 PM
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wow scars...
Dec 13, 2009 2:36 PM
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skipped the recap moments..
but damn the scars o_O
Jan 31, 2010 7:19 PM
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Pretty much a half way there and what we went through thus far episode. Possibly my least favorite by I still enjoyed it.
Such junk...
Apr 9, 2010 4:48 AM
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Apr 2009
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What the hell was that? Is he Frankenstein or sth? Would explain why he hasn't aged all those years...
Jun 19, 2010 5:35 AM

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Apr 2010
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great recap episode i have no idea why
Jun 24, 2010 6:07 AM

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The recap wasn't that bad, but anyway damn those scars.
Aug 14, 2010 1:15 PM
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The first sight? "Normal footage". But when I saw his scars... Quite terrible... This is a clue how would look his past. Very violent, I guess.

Remus_Lupa said:
Meryl wants Vash x3 <3

Haha, very daring thought my friend :)
Oct 18, 2010 11:45 PM

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Ducha said:
The first sight? "Normal footage". But when I saw his scars... Quite terrible... This is a clue how would look his past. Very violent, I guess.

Remus_Lupa said:
Meryl wants Vash x3 <3

Haha, very daring thought my friend :)


they forshadowed that in like the second episode when she falls over from his love shot of the pretty chick who turns out to be a sherrif, no to mention she gets super jellous every time he swoons over a cute girl.
Oct 23, 2010 11:05 AM

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Those are some nasty scars...although not as meaningful as Kenshin's.
May 25, 2011 8:02 PM

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Wow, those scars are deep.
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~
Nov 26, 2011 5:52 PM

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REEEEEEEEEECAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAP!!!
Jan 13, 2012 8:33 AM
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Hmm, a recap episode. Not much to say about that :> We do know that Meryl is into Vash though. And those scars... he sure went through a lot, didn't he?
Feb 20, 2012 1:48 PM

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Jan 2012
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Probably the best recap episode I've ever seen, that's not saying much though. Glad i didn't skip it was worth watching to see those scars.
Apr 10, 2012 8:46 AM

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For a recap episode to be good it needs a natural, logical framing story, which Meryl's report provided. And it was worth it for those scars, anyway.
Apr 12, 2012 12:22 PM

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Skimmed through the episode.
May 19, 2012 5:00 PM
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I had entirely forgotten the first episode. Huh.
We've also learned about Vash's scars. There's only one thing this can mean. Think about it: trenchcoat, spiky hair, robotic arm and parts, probably a rebuilt person, appears to luck out on every situation they find themselves in...

Vash is Inspector Gadget.
Aug 16, 2012 10:55 PM

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Was going to completely skip it, but decided to skim in case. so glad I did.

Those scars. :O (<3)
And Vash looks better with his hair down. :D
Nov 2, 2012 8:13 AM

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I fu**ing hate recaps -.-
Nov 2, 2012 9:33 AM

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Just a basic recap episode, but hey at least we got to see Vash without a shirt. No, not like that you pervs, i was talking about all the scars and stitches he's got going on! Crazy right?

I swear he's a robot! I'm 99.5% sure!! How else could he prevent aging and turn his arm into a gun?????
Jan 8, 2013 11:03 PM

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Jan 2012
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Sort of a recap episode, but all the scenes were great so I didn't mind. Also those scars...

Apr 6, 2013 6:47 PM

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Filler, that is all
Dec 11, 2013 7:10 PM

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Arf, a recap episode, way to kill the momentum after an awesome episode. Through, the end made it for. The insurance girls make me laugh so much, even if I know it isn't a popular opinion xD The cat also crack me up, he's so silly and random, he add nothing to the story, but he just add a little more absurdity to this world. Also, after seeing again the scene were Vash desactivate the engine and when he desactivate the robot, it make me believe even more that he is from the future or that he is very very old...
«Time is passing so quickly. Right now, I feel like complaining to Einstein. Whether time is slow or fast depends on perception. Relativity theory is so romantic. And so sad.»
- Kurisu Makise a.k.a. The Zombie
Dec 20, 2013 2:36 PM

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Other than the ending this episode was just a recap episode which is actually useless if you're marathoning this... the ending was still quite interesting and hilarious though!
Feb 10, 2014 4:11 AM

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yeah worth skimming. I guess re-caps make more sense in the era before online streaming video/downloading, when the average TV viewer can catch up on a series they come in late on.

Half way point!
Love and Peace!!!
Feb 14, 2014 12:51 PM

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Aug 2012
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I don't really mind recap episodes, at least there was some other scenes rather than just pure recaps. I noticed that I love all of the main characters but I don't like any of the side characters that turn up for one episode ... they're just too boring for me.
Aug 29, 2014 10:20 AM

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This is why recaps should be done like Kill la Kill's version. 2 minutes tops.
"Let Justice Be Done!"

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Fight again, fight again for justice!
Sep 25, 2014 12:09 PM

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A recap episode that had a reason to be so, it was okay, they mixed it with some new footage at least.

Vash had so many scars! Most of them really bad, in the real world he'd have gotten a super bad infection by now, I mean hardly any of them were sewn up. He did look a bit like Frankenstein lol.

Still he's got a pretty rad body <3
May 23, 2015 10:10 PM

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Aug 2013
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Wow. Vash had more damage inflicted upon his body than Gene Starwind from "Outlaw Star".
Oct 15, 2015 7:12 AM

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Oct 2014
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yet another pointless recap episode
Sep 16, 2016 1:45 AM

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Feb 2013
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Recap + the moment they saw his scars.
Oct 30, 2016 3:36 AM

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Dec 2013
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Saw the title and I thought something big was happening but instead I got a recap...

Those scars are wtf.
Nov 19, 2016 2:28 PM

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Meh. Pretty bland. All it is is just Meryl recalling Vash's past expierences and getting all energetic and reacting to some of them. I am not a huge fan of Meryl and Milly seems a bit too idealistic for me.

The ending didn't make up for it, Vash tries to help a stubborn woman and the girls fainting to Vash's scars.
Numbuh 3, you've got to get off the couch, you cannot sit in that tree house, girl you like Rainbow Monkeys so grab your little shit and then swing!

Hand tracks be tracking me to different doorways. In a maze, and I don't know what to do. Guaranteed though, Ima find the emeralds.
Jan 14, 2017 10:25 AM

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Those are some serious scars.
"At some point, I stopped hoping."
Jun 27, 2017 3:23 AM
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Nice episode if we consider that it's a recap
Aug 30, 2017 3:57 PM

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It was a summary episode.

It was nice to see Meryl's side of the story and hear her narrate the tale, but the recap focused more on the beginning than I would have liked it to. Meryl really likes Vash, and he has a lot of scars that show the price of peace. That's kind of the point of the series and was just touched on in the last episode. Millie had such a great line, "I can't leave you two alone together".
Oct 28, 2018 8:49 AM

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I'm assuming a lot of the 1s for this ep are from people who have never seen another shounen before and don't know what a recap ep is or people who skipped it because that's just what they do with recaps. Usually I'm like that too, especially in shounens like HnK, where by the end of the first season they had like 4 of them during the span of 20 episodes. I decided to watch this one however, since it had been a while since I saw the first 3 episodes. I'm really glad I didn't because for a recap ep, this was exceptionally great. It kept the flashbacks short and had a character narrating their thoughts during it. Plus some great new interesting content at the very end. IMO it's the right way to make a recap ep since it keeps even binge watchers from being absolutely bored.
May 22, 2019 10:22 AM

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Although a bad episode, I feel like this episode was necessary for people who forgot about the series' events that took place.
May 27, 2019 7:03 AM
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Ah, seems like a recap episode with a few new scenes. Vash's body sure is goddamn messy, so many scars...it's actually sick haha.
Aug 27, 2019 12:09 PM

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Recap after 12 only episodes? Unnecessary and boring.
Apr 2, 2020 10:25 PM
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Lame episode. Very plain. However those scars.
Apr 11, 2020 1:53 PM

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I think that recap done here was good but the most importaint part was the last minutes of the episode. Those scars really showed to me how much Vash actually had to go trought to become the legend he is wanted for.

But damn, I don’t remember an anime character who has even a close amount of scars compared to this.

Apr 26, 2020 4:31 AM
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Decent recap, but the last part where they see him topless sold it for me, that was hilarious.
Jul 29, 2020 3:02 AM

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This was a very enjoyable overall and it was really nice that there were a few new things in this episode despite it being a recap episode for the most part.

Seeing Vash's brutal scars from all his battles which were mostly acquired from his unbending resolve to follow his No-Kill Rule was very humbling. Even if it seems like a tortured soul lies under the facade of a smile, I would still like to believe that Vash's cheerful demeanor is actually a part of his true nature.








Aug 13, 2020 6:10 PM
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As far as recap episodes go, this is very well done. It was also great to see all the scars that Vash has on his torso alone.
Sep 3, 2020 2:52 PM

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though to be recap episode, it was well done since they inserted meryl's opinions, and also highlight the important parts.

the looking on his body was surprise though, and i get the feeling that he hide more than we see in his body.
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