Having only watched the anime, I would never have expected that the original manga would have developed the world, characters, and plot to this fine a detail. What is really striking, however, is the art. This is where Nightow shines. His panels are big, he knows how to use them dramatically, and his characters are highly detailed. His dialogue and movement between panels could use a lot of work (it's sometimes confusing to figure out what is actually happening), but the art makes up for it.
This plot just gets more and more wild. It is now very different from the anime (both). I love the fact that the Federation Fleet shows up, and how everything gets more complicated from there. The friendship Vash shares with Wolfwood, and Wolfwoods belief in Vash finally. Yes! I am excited to see where this is going and how it is going to end.
Nightow finally reaches full realization of his vision, talents and story in this massive volume, with new touches of space opera touching down as Vash continues to push forward in his heroes journey.
We've reached the point where this is so far removed from the anime it might as well be a different story altogether. It's still very good; I'm excited for the end game.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa this manga is so good!! I was secretly afraid that my memories from 20 years ago weren't reliable but oh my godddddd Trigun still kicks so much ass. Read this!!