I very recently wrote about Trigun in my weblog. I know that there, I did a pretty fair review of it. However, I have subsequently had the fortune of being able to watch it again, marathon-style no less, and so I have been able to appreciate the series more and realize that my earlier post did not do it justice. Trigun is an amazing show, and I am glad to have the chance to own it, for so little as well. The collection costs about $110 list, and Amazon.com resellers gave it to me for about $20.

Trigun’s great power is its juxtaposition of comedy and drama. In certain cases, such as the “Peacemaker” episode, it effortlessly changes gears from the comedic to the dramatic. In other cases, it will dedicate entire episodes to the comedic or the dramatic. For the comedic, the second episode is almost meant to be purely funny, while there are episodes like Diablo that are incredibly dramatic. The dramatic element is where Trigun truly shines.

Neon Genesis Evangelion was much the same way. It fluctuated back and forth between the dramatic and the comedic. It is usually known that series that try to be two different things often screw up either or both, but for Trigun, they pull it off. Sometimes, the humor seems forced and shallow, but that’s how it’s meant to be. Vash the Stampede is a troubled charater. With his situation, it would seem amazing that he would even be able to crack a joke. This idea is shown in episode 24: “Sin.” It shows that while Vash tries to stay with his happy and jovial personality, sometimes even he cannot mask his own sorrow. It all comes together in the end, when he finally confronts the source of his sorrows: Knives.

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