Trigun Maximum, Volume 11

Trigun Maximum #11

by Yasuhiro Nightow

With so many intense scenes and watershed moments taking place in volume eleven of Trigun Maximum, it's next to impossible to write descriptive solicitation text. But readers have come to expect excellent action coupled with dramatic tension and timely comic relief from Yasuhiro Nightow, and volume eleven exceeds expectations. This volume is titled "Zero Hour." That means everything is climbng steadily to a crescendo, and you won't want to miss what lies in store for the people of the planet Gunsmoke.

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

192 pages, Paperback

First published December 27, 2004

About the author

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

Reviews

[Juho Pohjalainen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Elendira the Crimson-Nail is a source of some more confusion to me. To this day, I'm not sure I've ever seen where his (her?) nails actually come from: they just show up on the scene with someone already impaled on them, with no gun or anything involved. Another confusing quirk of this manga's fights, I suppose.

[Miss Ryoko · Rating 3 out of 5]

This volume was pretty mild (I feel) compared to the last two, still some crazy fight scene. And I'm still not entirely sure who this Livio is (an old friend from Wolfwood's childhood who grew up to be an assassin, I get that) but I'm really starting to like him! He's pretty rad!

On to the 12th! Eep, three more left!

[Zach Sparks · Rating 4 out of 5]

SPOILERS!

This is probably the most informative volume (more plot, less filler) that I have read so far which I have to say is pretty exciting. I admit I was confused a couple of volumes back when the bug kid (male) called Beast died and then came back as a teenage girl and was still somehow the same person. Yeah, that gets explained. Turns out that humans and plants (like Vash and Knives) aren't the only intelligent species on the planet. We also have giant sandworms who apparently share memories (like planaria!) and can evolve new abilities (like evolving a poison with a specific desired effect). The mosquito-type things that follow Beast around are part of the sandworm collective too. Beast actually is a human that has been infected with a parasitic mindcontrol worm (totally gross).
Meanwhile, a delegation from Earth has just come out of warp drive near the planet Gunsmoke. Why is this relevant? They have sentient plants similar to Vash on board. Apparently Earth had encountered the same problem of plants spontaneously becoming self aware and made better choices when it came to studying the new species. They even went so far as to place neural blockers on later generations to prevent plants from fusing together and losing their individual identities (yeah, Knives doesn't have that, he's totally going insane (well, more insane)).
I hope the next volume is this good.

[María Ferre · Rating 3 out of 5]

Vash y Livio ponen rumbo a la civilización con el objetivo de armarse y acabar de una vez por todas con los resquicios de los Gung-ho-Guns y, por último, con Knives. En mitad de la preparación, un agujero de gusano se abre en el espacio.
Este tomo es claramente transitorio. No hay ni peleas memorables ni información nueva. Sí que nos quitamos a gente de encima y eso ayuda a acortar lo que está por llegar, pero poco más. Se nota muchísimo el espacio que ha dejado Wolfwood tanto en los personajes como en el manga en general. Una pena los dos (2) chistes tránsfobos por toda la cara, pero para la época en la que fue creado tampoco es tan raro y entra en la mentalidad de la población de los 90.

[Sunny · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of the thing I really liked so far in those last two volumes was Livio’s character development. It was very interesting to see and I also really like his new design! New look for a new beginning as they say!

Also Milly crying after learning about Wolfwood’s death didn’t spare me and I may have started crying again…

[Alex · Rating 3 out of 5]

Amazed I read this in one sitting. Very plot heavy and embarrassed that it’s going over my head lol. BRADS BACK! First full book without wolfwood and seeing vash go through that was oooo. Legatos back and scary as ever his fight was cool and Lazlos getting his plot.

[Morgan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a bit of a break in the big action (well deserved after the previous volume I'd say) where we get to spend some time preparing for the climax. Lots of old faces show up too which is what bumped it up to 5 stars for me.

[Nickonero · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sólo puedo pensar en que Wolfwood no está.

[⋆ ࣪˖ ִֶָ sel ་༘࿐ · Rating 4 out of 5]

Milly really is one of the smartest in this series.

[baillie ★ · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 🌟

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 3 out of 5]

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