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Trigun Maximum #7
Trigun Maximum Volume 7: Happy Days
Unlike the subtitle of this new installment of Trigun Maximum, our hero, Vash the Stampede isn't exactly experiencing the happiest of days. Rather, his struggle with his brother-in-destruction, Knives, is escalating to extreme heights. But wait, before we get to the frantic action, creator Yasuhiro Nightow would like readers to know about these boys' mysterious past, and uses almost half of this issue presenting the lives of the two super-men before they fell to the dusty planet. This volume of Trigun Maximum promises not only past history, but future frenzy. For instance, you'll soon discover that not only is Vash not the only one of his kind, but neither is Wolfwood.
192 pages, Paperback
First published August 7, 2002
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Yasuhiro Nightow
143 books135 followers内藤 泰弘. Traditional transliteration would be Yasuhiro Naitou. Author uses "Nightow" for better pronunciation by English natives.
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May 14, 2023
it's so interesting to see how the backstory of knives and vash impacted them in such different ways that made their beliefs and morals completely opposites. i want to bang my head against a wall
August 20, 2014
Slowly but surely, the flow of the story arcs is improving. I wish it hadn't taken me nearly a year between volume 4 and 5, because it is finally starting to make sense. While I did enjoy the anime, it left a lot of questions for me, questions which I'm finding answers to in the manga. I hope that the pace and cohesiveness continue.
Also, here is a mild SPOILER alert, Volume 7 seems to be the divergence point between the anime and the manga, at least for the main plot.
MAJOR SPOILERS: OMG, KNIVES' HAS AN ACTUAL BACKSTORY FOR WHY HE IS SO INCREDIBLY MESSED UP AND AGAINST HUMANS!? WHAT!? The anime just made him psychotic without a real reason. He was deprived of his right to be a meaningful villian, at least, that's the way it felt to me. This is what happens when humanity finds a new lifeform and their first impulse is to dissect it and then some of it's relations find out what you did. They go insane and start trying to commit genocide. ALSO, HUMANS CREATED THE PLANTS!? HOW WAS THAT ANSWER NOT IN THE ANIME!? It's like they were being deliberately obtuse! I do hope the manga actually goes into the how of creation a little bit, right now it feels a little obtuse too, but at least I'm getting something out of it.
Also, here is a mild SPOILER alert, Volume 7 seems to be the divergence point between the anime and the manga, at least for the main plot.
MAJOR SPOILERS: OMG, KNIVES' HAS AN ACTUAL BACKSTORY FOR WHY HE IS SO INCREDIBLY MESSED UP AND AGAINST HUMANS!? WHAT!? The anime just made him psychotic without a real reason. He was deprived of his right to be a meaningful villian, at least, that's the way it felt to me. This is what happens when humanity finds a new lifeform and their first impulse is to dissect it and then some of it's relations find out what you did. They go insane and start trying to commit genocide. ALSO, HUMANS CREATED THE PLANTS!? HOW WAS THAT ANSWER NOT IN THE ANIME!? It's like they were being deliberately obtuse! I do hope the manga actually goes into the how of creation a little bit, right now it feels a little obtuse too, but at least I'm getting something out of it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 9, 2020
A good bunch of backstory, fleshing out characters, greying the morals - which is great. On the other hand, this sort of superpowered DBZ-esque slugfests can't hold my attention nearly as well as when Vash fights other humans.
June 23, 2023
“i cant do anything about my regrets…
……
but for now, my hands still work.
it’s only when i’ve eased someone else’s sorrow…
…that it becomes easier to bear.
tomorrow…
…and the day after tomorrow.”
“upon this scorched earth…
…i shall unleash a darkness the likes of of which has never been seen since the dawn of time.”
the duality of these twins
……
but for now, my hands still work.
it’s only when i’ve eased someone else’s sorrow…
…that it becomes easier to bear.
tomorrow…
…and the day after tomorrow.”
“upon this scorched earth…
…i shall unleash a darkness the likes of of which has never been seen since the dawn of time.”
the duality of these twins
February 22, 2025
happy days for who i ask
September 20, 2023
“If you hadn’t stopped me then, I would never know that when you cry, it looks like you’re laughing.” If that’s not an apt description of Vash’s bright smiles hiding his pain, what is.
Knives was actually a sweet kid…both anime adaptions show him as more unfeeling even as a child, so it was interesting to see him express wanting to understand other peoples hearts… well until :(
Poor Tessla
So many feels
Knives was actually a sweet kid…both anime adaptions show him as more unfeeling even as a child, so it was interesting to see him express wanting to understand other peoples hearts… well until :(
Poor Tessla
So many feels
August 11, 2009
The intensity is picking up as Vash heads off to confront Knives...
and I may have shouted out "Oh hell no!" on page 181 ^_^
Unfortunately, I was still a little confused as to what was going on, but its getting better, so that's a plus!
On to volume 8!
and I may have shouted out "Oh hell no!" on page 181 ^_^
Unfortunately, I was still a little confused as to what was going on, but its getting better, so that's a plus!
On to volume 8!
January 17, 2015
Awesome learning about the backstory. This is wrapping up to such a climax...
June 4, 2023
¿Qué fue lo que pasó en el pasado de los gemelos para que Knives tomara como objetivo de su vida destruir todo atisbo de humanidad? ¿Y por qué Vash no tomó ese mismo camino? A pesar de que la experiencia fue exactamente la misma, la manera de racionarla y experimentarla difiere de uno a otro.
Entiendo a Knives perfectamente, lo que dice tiene sentido, pero quiere opacar el dolor con más muerte y destrucción que, al final, no le va a dar la felicidad que tanto busca (sobre todo porque eso significaría perder a su hermano y todos sabemos que eso es lo último que quiere). Por otro lado, también empatizo con la bondad de Vash y las ganas de querer ver siempre lo bueno en lo que la humanidad tenga que ofrecer. Sin embargo, tanta pasividad en un mundo tan caótico no es bueno ni para él ni para el planeta en general. Los dos son extremos demasiado exagerados de un medio que podrían lograr juntos si se lo propusieran. Dentro de su pesimismo, Wolfwood es el más coherente de todos.
Este tomo por fin se entiende en condiciones, no como los anteriores.
Entiendo a Knives perfectamente, lo que dice tiene sentido, pero quiere opacar el dolor con más muerte y destrucción que, al final, no le va a dar la felicidad que tanto busca (sobre todo porque eso significaría perder a su hermano y todos sabemos que eso es lo último que quiere). Por otro lado, también empatizo con la bondad de Vash y las ganas de querer ver siempre lo bueno en lo que la humanidad tenga que ofrecer. Sin embargo, tanta pasividad en un mundo tan caótico no es bueno ni para él ni para el planeta en general. Los dos son extremos demasiado exagerados de un medio que podrían lograr juntos si se lo propusieran. Dentro de su pesimismo, Wolfwood es el más coherente de todos.
Este tomo por fin se entiende en condiciones, no como los anteriores.
March 19, 2023
I would never have thought that Tessla’s reveal to the twins would be so tragic. In the current Stampede adaptation it was very short, brushed off as one of Vash’s memories but in this volume it shows how deeply impacted they were by this discovery. How it crushed their hopes of getting along with humankind and increased their feelings of being different of others. Loneliness is what I think this volume really centered onto, of how a burden it can be to someone.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
November 20, 2024
i don't think i'll ever get over vash's sheer brutality towards rem... how kind knives used to be in comparison... the most incredible chapter of all time. i'm hoping vash is an unreliable narrator of his memories in trigun stampede and that his memories of his youth and his shared time with rem and nai is distorted, it would play well into the depiction of knives as an abused becoming abuser that they're tapping into (and really well too, i'll admit).
April 26, 2021
Hablemos de plantas o de ¿seres multidimensionales?
¿Por qué nadie me había dicho que esto se volvía tan lovecraftiano y bíblico?
Yo sé que esta serie viene del boom que tuvo cowboy bebop y berserk, pero los niveles de 90's que hay aquí dentro me están rompiendo por dentro.
Es una obra maestra y sólo vamos por la mitad.
Que no se acabe.
¿Por qué nadie me había dicho que esto se volvía tan lovecraftiano y bíblico?
Yo sé que esta serie viene del boom que tuvo cowboy bebop y berserk, pero los niveles de 90's que hay aquí dentro me están rompiendo por dentro.
Es una obra maestra y sólo vamos por la mitad.
Que no se acabe.
March 27, 2023
jesus CHRIST
April 19, 2023
Esto ya ha salido en Stampede y la verdad es que muy parecido a lo que se ve en el manga. Y Wolfwood y Vash no pueden estar mas casados.
April 28, 2023
I'm in shambles, no one talk to me.
May 8, 2023
rating this one a 4 for the backstory, the artwork is still gorgeous and the action scenes are still as confusing as ever.
April 2, 2024
"For tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow."
I need to lay down.
I need to lay down.
July 15, 2024
4.5/5 ⭐
Okayy this was my favorite one so far
Okayy this was my favorite one so far
September 19, 2024
Still think one of my favourite volumes
October 8, 2024
Lots of backstory, lots of sad, and we cap it off with Knives and Vash together.
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December 28, 2024my girl rem
April 27, 2025
"because there's no difference between human hearts and ours. right, vash?"
nos vamos pa'l hoyo pero de ya
nos vamos pa'l hoyo pero de ya
June 12, 2025
This one broke me. Thanks a lot, Nightow. 🥲❤️
September 6, 2025
so fucking cool i say as i weep
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July 20, 2023Ooof this one was heartbreaking. The "happy days" part is a LIE. Some pretty big revelations and more of Vash's guilt. Nice to see where some stuff in tristamp comes from too.
July 31, 2024
I think about this one all the time.
og review:
appreciated the knives backstory (by which I mean ouch) but wish this volume had taken a bit more time developing it before he goes totally off the rails. as for the rest of it idk wtf is happening for the next 7 volumes if we're already at this point but I must find out Right Now.
og review:
appreciated the knives backstory (by which I mean ouch) but wish this volume had taken a bit more time developing it before he goes totally off the rails. as for the rest of it idk wtf is happening for the next 7 volumes if we're already at this point but I must find out Right Now.
February 26, 2022
#Program BUBU
April 27, 2015
This volume contains a lot of back-story, which helps add some coherence to the story arc involving Knives and Vash.
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