Trigun Maximum Deluxe Edition Volume 1

by Yasuhiro Nightow, Justin Burns (Translator)

Yasuhiro’s Nightow’s Trigun is an international hit, and Trigun Maximum Deluxe Edition Volume 1 collects the first three Trigun Maximum volumes in a deluxe hardcover featuring nearly 600 pages of Nightow’s signature creation in the original oversized format!

Vash the Stampede, the galaxy’s deadliest gunslinger, emerges from two years in hiding to help his beleaguered desert homeworld, Gunsmoke. But the Stampede’s many enemies have kept their motors running, and they’re back on his trail and determined to bring Vash to ground—hard! And a new crowd of bounty hunters, badasses, and braincases are also looking to cash in the sixty-billion double-dollar price tag on his head!

This Deluxe Edition


Collects Trigun Maximum volumes 1, 2, and 3

Genres: Manga, Science Fiction, Graphic Novels, Fiction, Fantasy, Comics

600 pages, Hardcover

Published October 8, 2024

About the author

内藤 泰弘. Traditional transliteration would be Yasuhiro Naitou. Author uses "Nightow" for better pronunciation by English natives.

Reviews

[Frank Jarome · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is good, but it’s still crazy hard to follow at multiple points. The action is hard to tell who’s doing what, and even the speech balloons aren’t clear about who is talking. I’ve started checking the wiki after each chapter to make sure I caught the salient points

[Jenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little brilliant, a little tedious, a little perfect, a little uneven, and a lot of love of these characters and the world they inhabit. Excellent character development, but the battle scenes were exhausting.

Still... my love of Trigun charges ever forward.

4 stars

[Cheezsnack · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you are a Trigun fan this is a must have. Hard bound, Wolfwood cross embossed cover! If you’re not a fan, read it on the web for free.

[Reyne Derrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was really invested in the story up until the puppet stuff began. I grew really bored of non stop action sequences with puppets quickly and they dragged on forever. It was by far the easiest volume to read, however that’s because every panel is a piece of combat that you glance at once and move on. The first two volumes of this deluxe edition were great. Nightow does a really good job of building the relationship between Vash and Wolfwood and I enjoyed that we were slowly peeling back more and more of their respective backstories. I think my only complaint about this section of the story is the lack of the insurance ladies. They added a fun dynamic to the first manga and anime and their presence in the story is missed.

Going further I hope we continue to get more backstory for Vash and Wolfwood, I hope the action sequences are few and far between and are over much quicker as I’ve never thought of trigun as a battle manga but more a philosophical story that uses battle manga as a backdrop.

[No_One · Rating 4 out of 5]

Do I have to sometimes squint to see what exactly Nightow drew when reading through his action scenes? Yes.

Are they still awesome, stylish, and fun? Hell yes.

My love of manga began in 2004 when i received the hardcover Barnes & Noble editions of the first part of Trigun. For many reasons, I never got to read Maximum until now, so this read through is special to me and very full circle.

And I have to say I am very impressed with the first three volumes. Manga like this is just not made anymore. Everything about it is classic, from the character designs, to the way the action plays out, and the story beats that do not spell things out for you (see Emilio the Player), Trigun Maximum was excellent, flaws included.

And there are a few. The action, as mentioned above, can get confusing in its paneling and may asl you to stare a bit longer to make out what you are looking at. Sometimes dialogue bubbles do not clearly indicate who is speaking and that gets a bit annoying.

But everything in Maximum is bigger, and I don’t mean just the oversized editions of this deluxe series, which does this manga absolute justice (imagine trying to make out the action panels in the regular tankōbon volumes).

Iwas a blast to read these first three volumes of Maximum. It has been a long time coming.

This is deep space future gun action in its best format.

[Noah · Rating 4 out of 5]

nightow perfectly mixes relaxing cowboy tropes with wholesome shonen vibes with high octane, balls to the walls, uber creative character design, violence for the masses.

the only criticism I have, and it's a running criticism is the panel work is very hard, sometimes impossible to follow along to coherently. this however is mostly irrelevant when nightow pumps you full of funky, interesting characters to keep us happy in the mean time.

the story is proving to be some of the most compelling part of trigun. vash knows more than he's letting on and I would like to see more of this mysterious world as the books go on. the overall quality of this book was higher than the last but I must admit, it did lack that moon busting finale that the previous book so graciously blessed us with. 4/5 but the end was not as good as the former

[Asher Conrad Aragon · Rating 4 out of 5]

There were some scenes from this book that truly compel me to make it five stars, though I think I want to finish the series (the next four books) to see just how this volume thematically and narratively effects the story as a whole before deciding to re-rate it. But, this volume was absolutely amazing, and Nightow continues to captivate my heart and my spirit as he writes of deeply profound themes, and characters that genuinely break your heart through their flaws and the burdens they bear—but most importantly the principles they try to hold on to. I am truly stunned at how much Trigun has inspired me and touched me already, and I would recommend this series to anyone at this point already.

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was great fun. Humor and heart, plus the themes of how to save people, even those who don't "deserve" it versus doing what you have to do to preserve "innocent" life instead. My only problem (and it's probably a me problem), was that the fight scenes are a little hard to follow. I had to go over those a few times, but the artwork is so nice it's not really a bad thing or a chore. Can't wait to read the rest of them, when I get them! Also, I really want the first Trigun as well now. It did feel like I was missing a little something with the character relationships, because they were already well established.

[Revenant Ghost · Rating 1 out of 5]

It really, really sucks that they're charging $50 for a book that they didn't even bother to proofread for typos, accurate translations, or anything else. It's the exact same translation of the first edition twenty years ago, and you can tell it's a product of its time in a bad way. Not to mention, the quality seems poor. The gold lettering isn't just distressed, it's peeling off. Multiple friends have shown that the faux leather binding is falling off their copy.

I can't say I'm looking forward to the rest of these releasing. I'm deeply considering canceling.

[Samuel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Let me start by saying the physical book of this is incredible! It looks great and is lighter than expected. The story of Trigun is great, good characters and development. My issue is not a surprising one seeing as others have also said the same: it’s really hard to follow. The action and even the speech bubbles are confusingly laid out. There were multiple fights where I just gave up trying to understand what I was looking at or the actual flow of the fight. I love so much about Trigun but reading the manga hasn’t been as rewarding as expected.

[A.M. Reynwood · Rating 5 out of 5]

Deeper, grittier, and more amazing than I remembered from the first time reading this series several years ago. So good! Y'all, I can't even. It's fascinating and chaotic and beautiful in both a fun, adventurous way and a 'let's challenge your ideals and confront how you think about life' kind of way.

[ASIM · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sick as hell! I really loved the various stories and fell in love with both Vash and Wolfwood. I'm definitely holding out for Milly and Meryl. I'm hoping to see more of them in future volumes. I love Nightow's art and his approach to expression, but definitely felt myself getting a bit lost in his fight scenes.

[nukes · Rating 3 out of 5]

this was really difficult to get through at times.. like woah. some of these action scenes go on for soooo long and are really difficult to keep up with. other than that i’m having a good time. i just hope im not missing anything important lol because im lost pretty much 45% of the time

[Othy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Trigun looks amazing in such a huge edition, though it is a bit much. I've only seen Bibles bound this way, and while Trigun is great, it's not THAT good.

[Dan P · Rating 5 out of 5]

So freakin pumped I get to read hardcover full-size editions of this weird, intense, delightful manga that I was absolutely obsessed with 20 years ago

[Q · Rating 5 out of 5]

Peak peak peak read anything u can w trigun its peak no complaints ever

[Tuffnut · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would say let the trauma begin but it already began in the first volume. At least Vash still has some humor in him. For now.

[Erin Awtrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nicholas D. Wolfwood, your afflictions bewitch me body and soul

[Artemis Reed · Rating 5 out of 5]

Gay people

[Bigbutt48 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wolfwood wants that cookie so bad