one thing i noticed looking back at the start of trimax volume 12... we get that whole sequence where Vash is standing at the precipice & thinking about his past
i'd like to draw attention to This bit:
i didnt notice it when i first read it, but... that sleeve bit there? he's holding his arm. we don't get to see what he's actually thinking, but he's holding the bicep of his left arm - the arm he lost. considering he's standing in wait of Knives for their final battle, he's clearly remembering the time he lost it. to Knives.
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he proceeds to think through the mistakes he's made and the people he's met... but something noteworthy that I find really interesting is that anime-only characters are present in the lineup.
take these two pages.
it's the sheriff lady and the rich dude from 98 episode 2
the plant engineer from Lost July, episode 6
the fake Vash the Stampede & Frank Marlon (not the other Marlon we meet in the manga, who's his grandson) from episode 3
the boomerang guy (who is in the manga Technically, though we didnt see vash meet him) & the blonde gunman from episode 1. and the dancing girl & her guy friend from episode 11.
all "filler", supposedly, but Vash knows them. the implication of this being that Vash has had some amount of those adventures even in the manga (though the different Marlons makes that part a little more muddied - maybe he knew Frank Marlon in a similar way to the anime, though the girls couldn't have been there in this version if he's the current Marlon's grandfather).
also please just admire this pic of meryl and milly bc i love them so much
anyways.
the spreads continue until we reach this iconic page:
Vash went through his memories of all the people he met to steel himself for the battle to come, but these are the last two he thinks about. The two he arguably holds dearest in his heart, and the two whose losses hurt him the most. He remembers Rem as she was, smiling lovingly down at him. He remembers Wolfwood as he left him. Just a grave.
Their memory calms him. He's thinking of the reasons he's fighting, and they're the most important ones.
Bolstered by the memories of the people he loves and the mistakes he's made, he's ready to face his fate.
(all pages from @trigun-manga-overhaul)
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Ride 736: The night of the training camp
Pag 1
2: Who is it? Someone is there....
3: …. rain
At the training camp.....
4: An umbrella....
Pag 2
1: Yo, Onoda
3: …. Te
…. ah..... Te
Pag 3
1: Teshima-san!!
Have you been well?
It's been a while, we haven't seen each other since my graduation
Pag 4
1: Waa- Teshi- Teshima-san! Di you come here on puropose to see ho-how things are going!?
Have you- have you been woll too, Teshima-san!?
Yeah, as usual – woll? (haha)
2: So-sorry this is so sudden and I'm so surprised! Co-come in!!
You do seem very surprised
3: You can put your shoes here, and your umbrealla here
Yeah, I know. I've had the training camp here for three years, too, after all
4: Ahh... but, it started to rain so suddenly
Good thing I had a spare umbrella in the car
5: Sorry I came here so suddenly
Pag 5
1: I thought you guys would have “prepared” if I had contacted you beforehand
2: Training camp is busy, you can't waste even one minute of these four days. I know how busy you are
When a senpai comes in the middle of that, it makes you waste too much time
3: … Teshima-san
4: Bu.... but, it's not a waste
Uhm- ah- we really owe you so much, Teshima-san!
5: And alos, at last year's Inter High.... uhm
6: I think we could win thanks to you, Teshima-san!!
Pag 6
1: Thank you
When you say it with such earnest eyes, I'm happy to think you really mean it
2: No no, I mean, it's true!! On the mountain during the first day... and of course the mountain stage on the third day...
Ahh, I did win that
Yeah well, it's beacause of that....
3: Ah- uhm, dammit I forgot to offer you some tea.... is the tea from the vending machine okay?
Ehi ehi, it's okay. You choose
Huh!?
4: I came all the way here, let me be your senpai
Pag 7
2: Teshima.... san
3: Than-
4: yo-
Waa- Onoda!!
5: My- my bad
So- sorry, this kind of things....
You're really not good at them... I forgot....
Pag 8
1: I see, so Danchiku.... and Sugimoto, too....
2: Yes
3: Well, you have no choice but to watch over them
Yes
6: That's what I intend to do!!
Pag 9
1: You got the “face of a third year”, Onoda
You change like that, when others count on you as a “third year”, your face....
2: Taking good care of the others isn't the only role of a third year
Sometimes, turning them down, or turning your back to them is also important
Just like Makishima-san once did
3: with you
6: Even so, you chased Makishima-san's back and admired him
Pag 10
1: Kohai watch their senpai's back and grow!!
2: If you slack off, they slack off
3: If you work hard, they imitate you
Pag 11
1: If you smile, they smile
2: Who's that guy, teh
He's talking with senpai.... here in the back
How can I know!!
But, he's smirking and has long hair, he's suspicious
4: Earlier, you said that last year's Inter High was thanks to me- what about this year's Inter High?
Thanks to whom will they work hard this year?
6: You
Pag 12
1: This time, it's your turn to become the object of their admiration
Pag 13
1: Onoda
3: That's what brings Sohoku together!!
4: That guy his Onoda-san!!
Do you think we should go there and help him, teh!?
No, wait, now he's stroking his neck!?
5: Honestly, choosing the members is hard
You trouble yourself, pace around, and still you'll have no answer
Ah-
6: But the important thing isn't how it was decided but “who you decided”
Pag 14
1: If you find the answer to “who” after worrying about it a lot, everyone will accept it and move forward
2: …. Teshima-san....
3: Uhm... how did you know that that's what I was worrying about....
I'm the former captain, am I not? Also, it's written on your face
Ah-
4: He wants to strangle him ike that!? That guy with shaggy hair!!
Ahh- this is bad, teh, we have to protect Back-gate-slope-san!!
5: Let's go!! Don't hesitate, Rokudai!!
Yeah, teh....!!
6: Eh!?
Huh?
Pag 15
2: Huh!?
Senpai, let's get away
3: Who are you!? Back-gate-slope-sa.... What do you want to do to Onoda-san!!
Pag 16
5: In the confusion I called him by his real name, “Onoda-san”, teh!! Sorry!!
6: Unathorized people shouldn't be able to enter, it's reserved!!
Right!! Shaggy-hair!!
Rokudai-kun!? Kinaka-kun!?
7: N-no, you two got it wrong-
8: Onoda....
Pag 17
1: You're really protecting your team members with all your strength
2: Eh-
3: Since you're protecting them, they're protecting you, too
4: What's your name
Yessir, my name is Rokudai Renta- no wait, that's not right!!
5: Huh
6: Since I'm protecting them.... with all my strength.....!!
Pag 18
2: Rokudai, if
Huh!? What
If you clear this training camp and get chosen as a member for the Inter High
Huh!?
3: Protect Onoda like this with all your strength
Pag 19
1: Huh
…. yes
2: Idiot, Rokudai, don't let your guard down just because of those sweet words!!
Ah!! That's right, teh!!
I'll introduce you: this is Teshima Junta-san
You have some goos first years!
He graduated last year and is now an university student, but
3: He's the former Sohoku captain
4: Cap....
I was nominated captain by Teshima-san
5: ta....in?
Pag 20
1: We- we- we're so sorry!!
It's nothing
2: We did that, teh....!!
To- to such an important senpai!!
3: Ah.... uh... thank you for your work!! What brings such an important senpai like you here?
He came to encourage us
4: Ah also, I brought
6: some new pedals for Onoda!!
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Ride 712: To the next step!!
Pag 3
4: Was it hard?
Did you run with everything you had?
5: In this year's first years' race, the second and third place were
Pag 4
1: Hinoki Keisuke
2: and Amigoe Kyoutarou
Pag 5
1: You guys
2: We....chased him.... at full throttle, but....
3: As expecte.... we couldn't catch up!!
4: From the moment we started going around the dam.... I saw him for a moment ahead of us, but..... ngh!
5: Kyoutarou said he had a cramp in his lag
Wha!! After that you were saying “I can't do it anymore” too, Kei-chan!!
6: Imaizumi-san
Well.... anyway....
Pag 6
1: “Losing” really is frustrating
Pag 7
1: Yeah....!!
2: Amigoe, Hinoki, I have towels and water for you!!
Waaaa!! Thanks!!
Thanks!!
Eh, uhm... sorry
I'm a second year, Danchiku
Danchiku-san!!
3: On their first time riding a road-bike, they were Rokudai's assists
In their first race
4: They place second and third, with a 2 minutes difference with Kinaka
Wateer....
Fourth and fifth place are coming, I see two people
5: ….. huh
It's Murakami and Furuya!
Pag 8
2: Hahaha, it was so much fun... thoday's race!!
I'm very satisfied!! You did a good job!!
3: Kinaka!! Where is Kinaka!? I wanna congratulate him too!!
4: I did it, I did it!!
Sohoku!! The first years' race!! Damn!! I still can't believe it!!
5: Who told me two years ago... that “it's no use going to Sohoku”!!
I did it, I took it, I got results in Sohoku!!
Hahaha!! Are you seeing my strength now!?
6: Yoo, Kinaka, today's race was good!
Yes!!
Pag 9
3: Ex- excuse me.... teh
Thank you very much.... teh
4: Kei-chan.....
Kyou-chan.....
8: I.... I'm all worn out, but
Pag 10
1: I fullfilled my promise!!
Yeah!
Pag 11
1: You're incredible
Roku-chan!!
4: Yeah....!!
5: We'll join the club too
Until we make sure!!
6: Thank you, teh
For... for making sure I did it
Pag 12
1: Don't worry about it anymore
3: Yeah
Pag 13
6: You're right!!
Pag 14
1: The next day, Kei-chan Kyou-chan officially quitted the bicycle racing club
Thank you for your help
Pag 15
5: Are you sure?
6: Yes
Sorry for causing you trouble!!
Pag 16
1: Ah, it's okay, if you want to try again, you can always rejoin the club
They're not ready for that
2: I was surprised and shocked too
In case they decide to rejoin, they'll undergo a severe test
Ehhh!?
3: We'll rejoin the basket club
Excuse us
Even though I knew it
4: To advance or to stop, you're the one who decide
5: That's what bicycles are
6: If this is the path you chose for yourself, then follow it and move forward!!
7: Yes!!
'lright!!
Pag 17
2 Seeing them going away made me feel unsettled
3: The ground felt like marshmallows, and my heart shaked and wavered
5: So
Pag 18
1: I stood firm with all my strength, and with all my strength I waved my hand
Kei-chan, Kyou-chan, thank you!!
Pag 19
1: Rokudai-ku.....
Is he okay?
2: He's okay
Proably
3: Thank you
4: Separations make people stronger
Pag 20
2: Rokudaiii, I told you
We step on when we're halfway through the curve
You're too late, so you'll fall behind
I- got it, teh
I'll be careful teh
3: Ohoh!! Not bad, the NakaRoku combination!!
NakaRoku....!? That's a unique abbreviation
But still not as good as us!!
Pag 21
1: The team's name we e were once part of, the “SS team”, stands for “speed shot” which means to shoot through your opponents quickly
2: But we're different now!!
Our “team SS” stands for...
3: Special strong!!
Which means “special strong”*!!
(NdT.: the forst time he says it in english already, so then he repeats the meaning in Japanese)
Wha!?
His vocabulary....!!
4: Hahaha, what do you think, it suits us, right? Danchiku!!
Uh.... uhm!? Oh... yeah, it's... simple
Hahaha
5: You spent time.... to think about it...?
You know me well!! I searched in a dictionary!!
Is that so... well, in that case, it can't be helped
6: Danchiku
Pag 22
1: This year, let's go to the Inter High together
3: That's what I want
Pag 23
1: Special strong means that “the two of us are special and we become the strongest when we're together”
2: Issa …..!!
3: Well, Onoda-san said that the members will be announced at the training camp again
But don't worry, you even won on Minegayama last autumn
4: You'll become a member for sure, Danchiku!! Hahaha
5: “For.... sure””
Pag 24
1: Issa..... there's something I still can't tell you
2: After that fierce race on Minegayama last autumn
All the time
3: My body's joints are so tight, and they hurt so much that I can't run like I used to
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