156-604: Trigun ( Japanese : トライガン , Hepburn : Toraigan ) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yasuhiro Nightow . It was first serialized in Tokuma Shoten 's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Captain from March 1995 to December 1996, until the magazine ceased its publication; its chapters were collected in three tankōbon volumes. The series continued its publication in Shōnen Gahosha 's seinen manga magazine Young King OURs , under
312-637: A benefit from the in-group to the out-group) means "[I/we] explained [it] to [him/her/them]". Such beneficiary auxiliary verbs thus serve a function comparable to that of pronouns and prepositions in Indo-European languages to indicate the actor and the recipient of an action. Japanese "pronouns" also function differently from most modern Indo-European pronouns (and more like nouns) in that they can take modifiers as any other noun may. For instance, one does not say in English: The amazed he ran down
468-464: A bullet until the fifth episode, which causes Meryl to realize he is the famous gunman. With the help of a publisher friend, Yasuhiro Nightow , first published a one-shot of Trigun in Tokuma Shoten 's shōnen manga magazine Monthly Shōnen Captain [ ja ] on January 26, 1995; it began its regular serialization in the same magazine two months later on March 25. Monthly Shōnen Captain ceased publication on December 26, 1996, and
624-406: A cast of characters created by Yasuhiro Nightow . It takes place in a western / steampunk setting, primarily on a fictional desert planet where humanity has settled after leaving Earth, where civilization is sparse and mostly lawless. The plot and characters of the series differ greatly between the original manga and its anime adaptation, with the anime following roughly up to the second volume of
780-413: A cell to train his body for twenty years. He wears a powered battle suit and wields two high-powered gatling guns that fire extremely fast due to the pressure chambers on his back and have tremendous stopping power , enough to tear through buildings. He also carries various weapons in a cloth rucksack, including a minigun that powerful enough to punch through a bank vault. Soon after Vash defeats him, he
936-436: A city with his supernatural powers. However, whenever he is attacked, Vash displays a pacifist personality as noted by two Bernardelli Insurance Society employees, Meryl Stryfe and Milly Thompson, who follow him around in order to minimize the damages inevitably caused by his appearance. Most of the damage attributed to Vash is actually caused by bounty hunters in pursuit of the sixty billion double-dollar bounty on Vash's head for
1092-564: A colony ship that was part of a fleet sent to find and settle a new world to extend the human race. There, Rem raised them, instilling in Vash the philosophy that every being deserves life, which he takes to the extreme by attempting to save everyone. However, Knives, who was disgusted by the actions of humans, caused the fleet to crash, killing Rem and many others. Since then, Vash has made it his mission to hunt down Knives and stop him from harming others. During one of his confrontations with Knives, he
1248-496: A crossbow. Underneath her outer garments, she wears restraining armour, which when disabled allows her to move at high speed. She also has the power to project the image of the death of her opponents through touch, crippling them with the realistic illusion. She is jealous of Legato because he is not part of the Guns, suggesting that Legato is more important to Knives than her. She was apparently one of Knives' very first companions, as she
1404-414: A distinct language of its own that has absorbed various aspects from neighboring languages. Japanese has five vowels, and vowel length is phonemic, with each having both a short and a long version. Elongated vowels are usually denoted with a line over the vowel (a macron ) in rōmaji , a repeated vowel character in hiragana , or a chōonpu succeeding the vowel in katakana . /u/ ( listen )
1560-466: A fool to make people feel comfortable and hide his identity. He frequently voices the catchphrase, "This world is made of love and peace," which is usually accompanied by him flashing the v sign . However, when those around him are threatened, Vash shows complete focus and control. Vash is frequently injured as a result of refusing to kill his opponents, causing him to have several large scars and chunks of missing flesh supported by metal mesh on his body. In
1716-504: A gamut of emotions and attitudes (and shows off his way cool dancing moves) as well as a bit of what makes him the most feared person and worthy of the $ $ 60,000,000,000 price on his head..." In a review for Volume 5, the reviewer stated that the change in Vash's character; "..brings things to a different and more interesting level.." Vash's history was described as "..really interesting but they tend to have more questions asked than really answered." T.H.E.M Anime Reviews say that Vash "...is
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#17327979125801872-419: A glide /j/ and either the first part of a geminate consonant ( っ / ッ , represented as Q) or a moraic nasal in the coda ( ん / ン , represented as N). The nasal is sensitive to its phonetic environment and assimilates to the following phoneme, with pronunciations including [ɴ, m, n, ɲ, ŋ, ɰ̃] . Onset-glide clusters only occur at the start of syllables but clusters across syllables are allowed as long as
2028-560: A hidden launcher to destroy one of the Plants powering the ship, causing it to crash. Hoppered the Gauntlet is a masked man who wears a set of armor to cover his degenerated and vestigial legs while using his arms to move. The armor acts like a top, with him using a shield to propel himself at high speeds. He seeks to kill Vash to avenge a mute and blind woman who was killed during the destruction of July. He eventually loses his mask, exposing
2184-414: A large cross carved into his face. During his final battle, he sees Vash's memory of July, realizes he made the wrong choice, and is killed after turning against the Guns. The anime does not feature his backstory or expose his face, with him just wishing to make Vash suffer. After Vash deflects his attack with a gunshot, he hurls himself into one of the Plants powering the ship, leading to its crash. Zazie
2340-484: A listener depending on the listener's relative social position and the degree of familiarity between the speaker and the listener. When used in different social relationships, the same word may have positive (intimate or respectful) or negative (distant or disrespectful) connotations. Japanese often use titles of the person referred to where pronouns would be used in English. For example, when speaking to one's teacher, it
2496-560: A murderous frenzy. He can also neutralize sounds by playing counter-frequencies. He and his band originally killed for money until Knives found them and killed everyone except Midvalley after they refused his offer to join him. Terrified and resentful of Knives and Legato, Midvalley attempts to betray and desert the Guns, but Legato discovers his plan and takes control of Hoppered's body to kill him. Legato subsequently uses Midvalley's corpse to kill Hoppered, after which they are buried together, with Midvalley's horn being hung on his tombstone. In
2652-474: A puppet double of his longtime friend Jessica, Wolfwood kills Leonof in turn. Vash uses some of Leonof's control wires in his fight against Hoppered the Gauntlet, and later during his final showdown with Knives. Gray the Ninelives is a large man known for being indestructible. In the manga, he is a mechanical suit that nine dwarves control from the inside, who will only stop fighting when all of them die. After
2808-399: A red eye in the anime. Vash defeats her by placing pressure on his injured finger, allowing him to concentrate on the pain and avoid focusing on her eye. In the anime, she survives her encounter with Vash, but E.G. Mine kills her and Monev and her body is tied to a cross and put on display for Vash. In the manga, she commits suicide to avoid being punished. E.G. Mine is a violent man who wears
2964-555: A regular human signified by his blond hair now turned black. Knives also starts losing the powers he stored with the Ark through Vash's actions. Vash then saves his brother from the vengeful ships from Earth. Following his defeat, Knives uses his last powers to help his weakened brother by creating a small fruit tree to feed him. After his brother's death, Vash continues his travels on the planet with Meryl and Milly. After leaving college, Yasuhiro Nightow had gone to work selling apartments for
3120-408: A sentence need not be stated and pronouns may be omitted if they can be inferred from context. In the example above, hana ga nagai would mean "[their] noses are long", while nagai by itself would mean "[they] are long." A single verb can be a complete sentence: Yatta! ( やった! ) "[I / we / they / etc] did [it]!". In addition, since adjectives can form the predicate in a Japanese sentence (below),
3276-428: A single adjective can be a complete sentence: Urayamashii! ( 羨ましい! ) "[I'm] jealous [about it]!". While the language has some words that are typically translated as pronouns, these are not used as frequently as pronouns in some Indo-European languages, and function differently. In some cases, Japanese relies on special verb forms and auxiliary verbs to indicate the direction of benefit of an action: "down" to indicate
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#17327979125803432-494: A sonic blast. In the anime, he is angry that Vash refuses to make his mark true and aim to kill, claiming he wants "a real battle". He escapes after Vash's Angel Arm is forced to activate, though Wolfwood soon kills him. In the manga, he wears "roller skates" that allow him to move at high speeds. After Vash defeats him, he attempts to attack him from behind, but Wolfwood kills him. Leonof the Puppet-Master, whose real name
3588-462: A sphere-like suit that contains control threads for deploying spikes, which he can use to attack by manipulating the threads. He is defeated in the manga; in the anime, Rai-Dei kills him after Vash defeats him. Rai-Dei ( 雷泥 ) is a samurai who seeks the knowledge learned only when facing death. He wields a sword with a built-in gun that can be fired from the hilt; when fired in the middle of his swing, he can swing his sword with enough force to create
3744-464: A spout on the back that spews out steam and a right arm that can launch his fist like a wrecking ball. Patricia Nebraska is the matriarch of the Nebraska Family, who is as huge as Gofsef. She has brute strength, which she uses to throw her sons, Kanta, Tonkichi and Chinpei, like shot puts. Marilyn Nebraska is a young and attractive woman. Kuroneko-sama ( 黒猫様 , lit. 'Lady black cat' )
3900-423: A tip from Wolfwood, Vash finds Knives at a desert oasis, leading to a battle that initially ends in a stalemate; however, Knives gains the upper hand and tries to annihilate Vash with the power of both brothers' Angel Arms. Vash shoots him repeatedly, disabling him, then bandages his wounds and carries him back to the nearest town. His role is more prominent in the manga. Many years after landing, he and Vash meet in
4056-405: A very large family, and often writes letters to them, which is known as "The Milly Monthly". She wields a concussion gun, referred to as a " stun-gun ", which she hides under her coat and is powerful enough to knock over trucks. Although she does not have a relationship with Wolfwood in the manga, events after his death imply that she may have had a romantic interest in him. In the anime, Milly spends
4212-680: Is compressed rather than protruded , or simply unrounded. Some Japanese consonants have several allophones , which may give the impression of a larger inventory of sounds. However, some of these allophones have since become phonemic. For example, in the Japanese language up to and including the first half of the 20th century, the phonemic sequence /ti/ was palatalized and realized phonetically as [tɕi] , approximately chi ( listen ) ; however, now [ti] and [tɕi] are distinct, as evidenced by words like tī [tiː] "Western-style tea" and chii [tɕii] "social status". The "r" of
4368-421: Is topic–comment . Sentence-final particles are used to add emotional or emphatic impact, or form questions. Nouns have no grammatical number or gender , and there are no articles . Verbs are conjugated , primarily for tense and voice , but not person . Japanese adjectives are also conjugated. Japanese has a complex system of honorifics , with verb forms and vocabulary to indicate the relative status of
4524-402: Is Emilio, is an elderly man who controls puppets through a system of wires and can manipulate them to look like real people. He knew Vash when he was a child; after his love interest died sometime after, he began making puppets to mend his broken spirit. He cared for her body for several years until he battles Vash in the ruins of a floating ship where Vash had lived. During the fight, a portion of
4680-526: Is Legato Bluesummers, a cold and powerful man who is the leader of the Gung-Ho Guns, a group of super-powered assassins. Vash the Stampede, aka Vash Saverem ( ヴァッシュ・ザ・スタンピード , Vasshu za Sutanpīdo ) is a sentient Plant who wields a silver revolver and travels from town to town, and is known as "The Humanoid Typhoon" due to the destruction that surrounds him. He and his brother, Knives, were born on
4836-497: Is a black cat who appears in the background in the anime and manga, appearing in every episode of the anime and randomly in the manga. Nightow has stated that she is something easy and calming to draw in between action scenes. His most common response to queries as to her nature or significance at anime convention panels is "Kuroneko-sama is a small black cat." In Trigun Maximum , Kuroneko-sama only appears in Nightow's commentary at
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4992-448: Is also seen in o-medetō "congratulations", from medetaku ). Late Middle Japanese has the first loanwords from European languages – now-common words borrowed into Japanese in this period include pan ("bread") and tabako ("tobacco", now "cigarette"), both from Portuguese . Modern Japanese is considered to begin with the Edo period (which spanned from 1603 to 1867). Since Old Japanese,
5148-527: Is also used in a limited fashion (such as for imported acronyms) in Japanese writing. The numeral system uses mostly Arabic numerals , but also traditional Chinese numerals . Proto-Japonic , the common ancestor of the Japanese and Ryukyuan languages , is thought to have been brought to Japan by settlers coming from the Korean peninsula sometime in the early- to mid-4th century BC (the Yayoi period ), replacing
5304-440: Is appropriate to use sensei ( 先生 , "teacher"), but inappropriate to use anata . This is because anata is used to refer to people of equal or lower status, and one's teacher has higher status. Japanese nouns have no grammatical number, gender or article aspect. The noun hon ( 本 ) may refer to a single book or several books; hito ( 人 ) can mean "person" or "people", and ki ( 木 ) can be "tree" or "trees". Where number
5460-701: Is associated with comedy (see Kansai dialect ). Dialects of Tōhoku and North Kantō are associated with typical farmers. The Ryūkyūan languages, spoken in Okinawa and the Amami Islands (administratively part of Kagoshima ), are distinct enough to be considered a separate branch of the Japonic family; not only is each language unintelligible to Japanese speakers, but most are unintelligible to those who speak other Ryūkyūan languages. However, in contrast to linguists, many ordinary Japanese people tend to consider
5616-466: Is better documentation of Late Middle Japanese phonology than for previous forms (for instance, the Arte da Lingoa de Iapam ). Among other sound changes, the sequence /au/ merges to /ɔː/ , in contrast with /oː/ ; /p/ is reintroduced from Chinese; and /we/ merges with /je/ . Some forms rather more familiar to Modern Japanese speakers begin to appear – the continuative ending - te begins to reduce onto
5772-469: Is captured, Wolfwood rescues him and battles his childhood friend, Livio, and his master. He manages to kill Chapel and defeat Livio and his alternative personality, Razlo. However, having overdosed on the regenerative vials, he dies soon after while having a drink with Vash. In the anime, Wolfwood was raised by an abusive guardian; after he shot and killed them, Chapel took him in and trained him to be his successor. He meets and joins forces with Vash while he
5928-509: Is correlated with the sex of the speaker and the social situation in which they are spoken: men and women alike in a formal situation generally refer to themselves as watashi ( 私 , literally "private") or watakushi (also 私 , hyper-polite form), while men in rougher or intimate conversation are much more likely to use the word ore ( 俺 "oneself", "myself") or boku . Similarly, different words such as anata , kimi , and omae ( お前 , more formally 御前 "the one before me") may refer to
6084-539: Is crushed and his neck twisted for using the Gung-Ho Guns for his personal agenda. Afterwards, he is restricted to a coffin-like container; he later gains a new coffin with metal appendages that allow limited movement. He eventually learns to use his threads to manipulate and strengthen his own body, and begins wielding a ball and chain and a handgun. He later fights Vash with the coin case completed and subsequently activated, which nullifies his threads, and loses. He then forces Vash to kill him by threatening to kill Livio. In
6240-894: Is explored. Trigun originated from Nightow's fascination with Western movies. Nightow wanted Vash to be different from cowboys in Western movies by avoiding killing enemies and instead exploring the characters involved in each story arc . Trigun was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series by Madhouse ; it aired on TV Tokyo from April to September 1998. An anime feature film, Trigun: Badlands Rumble , premiered in Japan in April 2010. A second anime television series adaptation produced by Orange , titled Trigun Stampede , premiered in January 2023. In North America, both manga series have been licensed by Dark Horse Comics . The anime series
6396-417: Is important, it can be indicated by providing a quantity (often with a counter word ) or (rarely) by adding a suffix, or sometimes by duplication (e.g. 人人 , hitobito , usually written with an iteration mark as 人々 ). Words for people are usually understood as singular. Thus Tanaka-san usually means Mx Tanaka . Words that refer to people and animals can be made to indicate a group of individuals through
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6552-407: Is in the way. Enraged at Chapel's callous behavior, Razlo kills him. In the anime, he is Wolfwood's direct mentor and wields a parent version of his Cross Punisher, though his version splits into twin machine guns. He cared for Nicholas after he killed his abusive guardian. Knives kills him after an unsuccessful attempt to kill Legato for taking control of him and forcing him to kill Wolfwood. Livio
6708-467: Is killed as punishment. In the anime, his life is spared, but E.G. Mine later kills him and Dominique due to his failure. Dominique the Cyclops has an ability called the "Demon's Eye", which causes hypnosis and sensory paralysis in her foes, momentarily stunning them and making her movements appear to be immediate. This effect occurs when she lifts her eyepatch, revealing a reptilian eye in the manga and
6864-755: Is less common. In terms of mutual intelligibility , a survey in 1967 found that the four most unintelligible dialects (excluding Ryūkyūan languages and Tōhoku dialects ) to students from Greater Tokyo were the Kiso dialect (in the deep mountains of Nagano Prefecture ), the Himi dialect (in Toyama Prefecture ), the Kagoshima dialect and the Maniwa dialect (in Okayama Prefecture ). The survey
7020-471: Is now strong enough to face life on his own. Vash decides to forgive Livio and he becomes Vash's partner in an act of redemption, seeking to live as Wolfwood would have. When Livio fights against Elendira and is unable to win, he allows Razlo to awake and help him kill her by utilizing his faster reflexes and better eyesight. Livio later lives together with the children in his old orphanage and is shown paying his respects at Wolfwood's gravestone. Father Nebraska
7176-420: Is often called a topic-prominent language , which means it has a strong tendency to indicate the topic separately from the subject, and that the two do not always coincide. The sentence Zō wa hana ga nagai ( 象は鼻が長い ) literally means, "As for elephant(s), (the) nose(s) (is/are) long". The topic is zō "elephant", and the subject is hana "nose". Japanese grammar tends toward brevity; the subject or object of
7332-498: Is preserved in words such as matsuge ("eyelash", lit. "hair of the eye"); modern mieru ("to be visible") and kikoeru ("to be audible") retain a mediopassive suffix - yu(ru) ( kikoyu → kikoyuru (the attributive form, which slowly replaced the plain form starting in the late Heian period) → kikoeru (all verbs with the shimo-nidan conjugation pattern underwent this same shift in Early Modern Japanese )); and
7488-402: Is sent to evaluate claims regarding Vash. At first, she finds Vash to be a nuisance and dismisses the idea that he is the legendary "Humanoid Typhoon." However, over time, she realizes that Vash is not the villain that he is made out to be nor the buffoon that he presents himself to be, and comes to respect him. She hides dozens of derringer -style "throwaway" pistols under her traveling cape and
7644-410: Is shown to have been the more enthusiastic of the twins when interacting with humans, before the discovery of Tessla. In the anime, Knives goes from being introverted as a child to a ruthless sociopath bent on exterminating all humans on the planet. Although he is the primary antagonist, for most of the series he appears only in flashbacks, only appearing in person during the last few episodes. Acting on
7800-433: Is skilled at wielding them, but rarely has the opportunity to use them. In the manga, she becomes frightened upon discovering Vash's true nature as a Plant, but later comes to understand his past after seeing his childhood memories and of the destruction of July through his eyes. After Bernardelli shuts down while Knives is ravaging the planet, she and Milly, along with Brad and Luida, assume support roles to help combat him. At
7956-481: Is stranded in the desert. Wolfwood's purpose is to raise money for the children in the orphanage he runs so that they do not suffer as he did. At first, he holds the ideals that he must kill, though he eventually comes to accept Vash's ideals. He eventually fights his master, but spares him after defeating him. Legato forces Chapel to shoot Wolfwood, who stumbles into a church and dies. Vash then takes his gun as an act of honor and uses it while fighting against Knives. Over
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#17327979125808112-528: Is targeted by Legato Bluesummers from the Gung-ho Guns assassins who are followers of Knives. Wolfwood himself is a Gung-Ho Gun but was hired to make sure Vash does not die and instead suffer. Vash and Knives both possess the Angel Arm, which Knives forced Vash to use in the series' beginning to destroy the town. Vash eventually fights Knives but is defeated. Wolfwood betrays Knives and saves Vash. In
8268-459: Is the patriarch of the Nebraska family, who wears a monocle and has only three teeth. After he and his son Gofsef break out of May prison, where they were serving a prison sentence, he leads the family in an attempt to capture Vash for the bounty placed on him. Gofsef Nebraska is a giant man who functions as a mode of transport for his father and does his bidding. He has cybernetics, which include
8424-665: Is the principal language of the Japonic language family spoken by the Japanese people . It has around 123 million speakers, primarily in Japan , the only country where it is the national language , and within the Japanese diaspora worldwide. The Japonic family also includes the Ryukyuan languages and the variously classified Hachijō language . There have been many attempts to group the Japonic languages with other families such as
8580-402: Is the version of Japanese discussed in this article. Formerly, standard Japanese in writing ( 文語 , bungo , "literary language") was different from colloquial language ( 口語 , kōgo ) . The two systems have different rules of grammar and some variance in vocabulary. Bungo was the main method of writing Japanese until about 1900; since then kōgo gradually extended its influence and
8736-471: Is used for the present and the future. For verbs that represent an ongoing process, the -te iru form indicates a continuous (or progressive) aspect , similar to the suffix ing in English. For others that represent a change of state, the -te iru form indicates a perfect aspect. For example, kite iru means "They have come (and are still here)", but tabete iru means "They are eating". Questions (both with an interrogative pronoun and yes/no questions) have
8892-405: Is why some linguists do not classify Japanese "pronouns" as pronouns, but rather as referential nouns, much like Spanish usted (contracted from vuestra merced , "your ( majestic plural ) grace") or Portuguese você (from vossa mercê ). Japanese personal pronouns are generally used only in situations requiring special emphasis as to who is doing what to whom. The choice of words used as pronouns
9048-563: The Ainu , Austronesian , Koreanic , and the now-discredited Altaic , but none of these proposals have gained any widespread acceptance. Little is known of the language's prehistory, or when it first appeared in Japan. Chinese documents from the 3rd century AD recorded a few Japanese words, but substantial Old Japanese texts did not appear until the 8th century. From the Heian period (794–1185), extensive waves of Sino-Japanese vocabulary entered
9204-568: The Crunchyroll brand, the series began streaming on the platform in May 2022. A second anime television series adaptation by Orange , titled Trigun Stampede , premiered on January 7, 2023, on TV Tokyo and other networks. A Trigun film was originally announced in February 2008 to be released in 2009. The film titled Trigun: Badlands Rumble opened in theaters in Japan on April 24, 2010, and
9360-462: The Japonic language family, which also includes the Ryukyuan languages spoken in the Ryukyu Islands . As these closely related languages are commonly treated as dialects of the same language, Japanese is sometimes called a language isolate . According to Martine Irma Robbeets , Japanese has been subject to more attempts to show its relation to other languages than any other language in
9516-514: The Philippines , and various Pacific islands, locals in those countries learned Japanese as the language of the empire. As a result, many elderly people in these countries can still speak Japanese. Japanese emigrant communities (the largest of which are to be found in Brazil , with 1.4 million to 1.5 million Japanese immigrants and descendants, according to Brazilian IBGE data, more than
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#17327979125809672-738: The United States (notably in Hawaii , where 16.7% of the population has Japanese ancestry, and California ), and the Philippines (particularly in Davao Region and the Province of Laguna ). Japanese has no official status in Japan, but is the de facto national language of the country. There is a form of the language considered standard : hyōjungo ( 標準語 ) , meaning "standard Japanese", or kyōtsūgo ( 共通語 ) , "common language", or even "Tokyo dialect" at times. The meanings of
9828-806: The de facto standard Japanese had been the Kansai dialect , especially that of Kyoto . However, during the Edo period, Edo (now Tokyo) developed into the largest city in Japan, and the Edo-area dialect became standard Japanese. Since the end of Japan's self-imposed isolation in 1853, the flow of loanwords from European languages has increased significantly. The period since 1945 has seen many words borrowed from other languages—such as German, Portuguese and English. Many English loan words especially relate to technology—for example, pasokon (short for "personal computer"), intānetto ("internet"), and kamera ("camera"). Due to
9984-811: The "Angel Arm," a large cannon with enough power to destroy cities. In the anime, it is depicted as a modified version of the Dan Wesson ppc 357, which Knives created to fuse with Vash and transform into the "Angel Arm". In the manga, it is shown as being a natural part of a Plant and has far greater versatility, capable of turning into various forms other than a cannon. In the manga, the life-force of its user powers it, causing Vash's hair to turn black over time. Vash later gains better control over his powers, forming smaller cannons and defensive feathers, though his hair continues to darken until it becomes almost completely black. The anime, however, depicts no such restrictions. AnimeOnDVD describes Vash's character as "..running
10140-459: The "idealistic nonsense" Rem taught him. His character differs between the manga and the anime; in the manga, he is shown to be apathetic towards humans but is caring towards other Plants, as he mourns their death and apologizes to one for his impulsiveness when "sacrificing all of those companions". He also cares about Vash to the point of almost absorbing him to stop them from fighting and prevent him from dying. Before his change in attitude, Knives
10296-579: The "old west" setting, European style character names and a lack of Japanese cultural elements. This would make Trigun one of the rare examples of an anime that is far more successful in the West than it was within its country of origin. The show failed to garner a large audience in Japan during its original showing in 1998, but gained a substantial fan base following its United States premiere on Adult Swim in 2003. Japanese language Japanese ( 日本語 , Nihongo , [ɲihoŋɡo] )
10452-527: The 1.2 million of the United States ) sometimes employ Japanese as their primary language. Approximately 12% of Hawaii residents speak Japanese, with an estimated 12.6% of the population of Japanese ancestry in 2008. Japanese emigrants can also be found in Peru , Argentina , Australia (especially in the eastern states), Canada (especially in Vancouver , where 1.4% of the population has Japanese ancestry),
10608-566: The 38th best series on their "Top 50 Anime released in North America", and in 2010 The Los Angeles Times journalist Charles Solomon placed the series as the seventh best anime on his "Top 10". The success of the animated series increased the popularity of the original manga source material with the US release's first volume run of 35,000 sold out shortly after release. In regards to the anime adaptation, Theron Martin of Anime News Network gave
10764-468: The 40th Seiun Award in the 48th Japan Science Fiction Convention in 2009. The second volume concluded the original series early the next year, and went on to be the top earning manga release of 2004. Critical response to the manga has been positive. Manga Life enjoyed the setting, comparing it to the American Midwest in the 1800s. They called the lead's characterization "fantastic" based on
10920-456: The Beast is a collective of group-minded insects that can take over the bodies of humans. They were the original inhabitants of the planet No Man's Land, who formed an alliance with Knives to determine whether humans or Plants were better candidates for co-existence. They originally take over the body of a young boy, but Hoppered destroys it after he catches it spying on him. Zazie later reappears in
11076-581: The Double Fang is a childhood friend of Wolfwood and the final member of the Gung-Ho Guns, who comes from the Eye of Michael. He wields the Double Fangs, two small cross-shaped machine guns strapped on his arms that fire from both ends. His body has been enhanced through increased metabolic rate, allowing him to recover from near fatal wounds instantly. He grew up in the same orphanage as Wolfwood, where he
11232-472: The Eye, the artificial modifications made to his body, which grant him enhanced strength and reflexes and regenerative abilities, have aged him considerably. He uses a wheelchair after Wolfwood shoots him and wields a large cross-shaped machine gun similar to Wolfwood's Punisher, which has four spiked ends at the base of the cross. Wolfwood cracks Chapel's skull and breaks his neck, but Chapel recovers and tries to kill him, not caring that his current protégé Razlo
11388-423: The Gung-Ho Guns, and has devoted himself to him. He has made it his main goal to have Vash experience eternal pain and suffering. In the manga, Legato takes over while Knives is injured and uses the Gung-Ho Guns to play a "game" with Vash. He gives Vash a case and each Gung-Ho Gun a half coin to place into it, stating that "something interesting will happen" after it is completed. After Knives recovers, Legato's body
11544-486: The Japanese language is of particular interest, ranging between an apical central tap and a lateral approximant . The "g" is also notable; unless it starts a sentence, it may be pronounced [ ŋ ] , in the Kanto prestige dialect and in other eastern dialects. The phonotactics of Japanese are relatively simple. The syllable structure is (C)(G)V(C), that is, a core vowel surrounded by an optional onset consonant,
11700-642: The Longshot is a member of the Gung-Ho Guns who only appears in the anime in place of Elendira the Crimsonnail. He is a mute, talented sniper who wields a rifle with a long barrel, whose scope allows him to fire from many miles away. The poncho he wears can change its coloration to blend in with his surroundings, and he wears a broad-brimmed hat and a steel mask whose left eye is patched shut. Vash distracts him long enough to destroy his rifle, but instead of surrendering, Caine commits suicide by shooting himself in
11856-736: The Old Japanese sections are written in Man'yōgana , which uses kanji for their phonetic as well as semantic values. Based on the Man'yōgana system, Old Japanese can be reconstructed as having 88 distinct morae . Texts written with Man'yōgana use two different sets of kanji for each of the morae now pronounced き (ki), ひ (hi), み (mi), け (ke), へ (he), め (me), こ (ko), そ (so), と (to), の (no), も (mo), よ (yo) and ろ (ro). (The Kojiki has 88, but all later texts have 87. The distinction between mo 1 and mo 2 apparently
12012-488: The Ryūkyūan languages as dialects of Japanese. The imperial court also seems to have spoken an unusual variant of the Japanese of the time, most likely the spoken form of Classical Japanese , a writing style that was prevalent during the Heian period , but began to decline during the late Meiji period . The Ryūkyūan languages are classified by UNESCO as 'endangered', as young people mostly use Japanese and cannot understand
12168-539: The ability to regenerate from injuries using special vials, though this causes him to age at a faster rate. He wields a cross-shaped gun called the Punisher, which contains two machine guns and a rocket launcher; the anime depicts one of its unused arms as containing a rack of pistols. Wolfwood later shoots Chapel and takes his place in the Gung-Ho Guns in an attempt to kill Knives, but is unsuccessful; instead, Knives sends him to protect Vash until he can meet him. After Vash
12324-543: The addition of a collective suffix (a noun suffix that indicates a group), such as -tachi , but this is not a true plural: the meaning is closer to the English phrase "and company". A group described as Tanaka-san-tachi may include people not named Tanaka. Some Japanese nouns are effectively plural, such as hitobito "people" and wareware "we/us", while the word tomodachi "friend" is considered singular, although plural in form. Verbs are conjugated to show tenses, of which there are two: past and present (or non-past) which
12480-509: The aftermath, Wolfwood dies fighting one of the Gung-Hos; his friend, Livio, joins Vash's cause while grieving for his friend's death. As Knives approaches the city with the "Ark", a floating ship designed to leave humans without any resources and end life on the planet, Knives begins dueling with Vash. Throughout his past battles that required him to use the Angel's Arm, Vash has transformed into
12636-464: The anime adaptation a B+ praising the writing stating, "The series never wallows in the inherent to this format simply because the surprisingly high quality of its writing never allows that to happen." However he continued to criticize the visuals stating, "Character rendering regularly looks more like rough drafts than refined final products, with the artists often struggling just to stay on model." Mike Toole of Anime News Network named Trigun as one of
12792-402: The anime, Legato, whom Knives recruited to make Vash's life a living hell, becomes the leader of the Gung-Ho Guns and receives Vash's left arm from Knives, giving him the ability to manipulate victims with telepathy. He worships Knives as a god, and sees humans like himself as garbage, only good for consuming resources. Legato forces Vash to kill him by threatening to kill Milly and Meryl, becoming
12948-441: The anime, Midvalley plays Sylvia, a cross between an alto and a tenor saxophone, who serves mainly as Legato's bodyguard before becoming the final Gun to fight Vash. In their battle, Midvalley reveals his ability to synchronize sound waves with the body's pain receptors. Vash damages his horn, rendering him unable to play, and Midvalley commits suicide by triggering the machine guns hidden in the bell to backfire into his chest. Caine
13104-682: The anime, Vash lost his left arm during the conflict at July, but in Volume 12 of the Trigun Maximum manga, it is revealed in a flashback that Knives severed it in retaliation for Vash shooting him in the shoulder after he massacred an entire town. It is later replaced with a cybernetic arm containing an integrated gun. Vash says his full name is Valentinez Alkalinella Xifax Sicidabohertz Gombigobilla Blue Stradivari Talentrent Pierre Andri Charton-Haymoss Ivanovici Baldeus George Doitzel Kaiser III, but this may just be another joke. Vash primarily wields
13260-441: The body of a teenage girl, though Legato destroys it after they try to infect Knives with a mind-controlling worm. Their last body is a man wearing disco clothing, who they use to deliver their coin to Vash. Soon after, Knives destroys the main hive. In the anime, Zazie is a demon who possessed the body of Bete, a troubled young boy who can control sand-worms using a high-frequency device he wears on his head. Vash shoots and destroys
13416-553: The city of July in a battle that leaves Vash without his left arm and Knives in a critical state. He slowly regenerates over time, forming the Gung-Ho-Guns to act for him. After he revives and learns using his abilities is causing him to slowly die, he begins absorbing other Plants into himself to strengthen his powers. After fusing with thousands of Plants, Knives launches his "Ark", a floating ship designed to leave humans without resources. As he absorbs more Plants, his Ark takes on
13572-493: The course of the series, Wolfwood develops a relationship with Milly that develops into a romance, with him sleeping with her shortly before his death. Millions Knives ( ミリオンズ・ナイブズ , Mirionzu Naibuzu ) is the main antagonist of the Trigun manga and anime and Vash's twin brother, who is one of the few fully sentient Plants. They were born during a mission to further the human race, with Rem raising them until Knives disrupted
13728-409: The course of the ships, causing them to crash. While Vash believes that all beings have potential for good and deserve to live, Knives believes in the survival of the fittest . After discovering experiments performed on other plants, he decides that humans are evil and must be eradicated. Vash disagrees with his plans and seeks to stop him, with Knives seeking to dissuade Vash from basing his life around
13884-504: The crash rather than escaping. She managed to undo Knives' tampering, allowing several ships to land safely, but perished when her ship exploded in the atmosphere, with her last words to Vash being "take care of Knives". The Gung-Ho Guns ( ガンホーガンズ , Ganhōganzu ) are a group of assassins assembled to cause great pain to Vash. They are human, but sacrificed their humanity to gain power, often leaving them mutilated. They each have an assigned number, but not all their numbers are revealed. In
14040-447: The destruction of the city of July. However, he cannot remember the incident due to retrograde amnesia , being able to recall only fragments of the destroyed city and memories of his childhood. Throughout his travels, Vash tries to save lives using non-lethal force. He is occasionally joined by a priest, Nicholas D. Wolfwood , who, like Vash, is a superb gunfighter with a mysterious past. As the series progresses, more about Vash's past and
14196-488: The device, and Zazie takes full control of Bete to hold Vash, Meryl, and Milly at gunpoint. After Wolfwood kills him, it prompts a heated disagreement between the two over their morals. In the manga, the conflict is instead instigated after Wolfwood kills Rai-Dei. Midvalley the Hornfreak is a violent musician who can use his tenor saxophone to generate destructive sound and play frequencies that drive those that hear it into
14352-578: The effect of changing Japanese into a mora-timed language. Late Middle Japanese covers the years from 1185 to 1600, and is normally divided into two sections, roughly equivalent to the Kamakura period and the Muromachi period , respectively. The later forms of Late Middle Japanese are the first to be described by non-native sources, in this case the Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries; and thus there
14508-413: The end of the manga, they become investigative reporters for the planet's first television broadcasting channel, continuing to follow Vash wherever he goes. Milly Thompson ( ミリィ・トンプソン , Mirii Tonpuson ) , also known as "Stungun Milly", is a kind-hearted and optimistic agent of Bernardelli who works alongside her best friend Meryl, who she looks up to and refers to in a respectful manner. She comes from
14664-408: The first person that Vash consciously and willfully kills and fulfilling his promise to "make Vash the Stampede feel eternal pain and suffering". Rem Saverem ( レム・セイブレム , Remu Seiburemu ) was a crew member of a SEEDS ship from Earth meant to populate another planet. On Earth, Rem had a lover named Alex, and she took part in the mission to start over after his death. In the manga, a sentient Plant
14820-455: The flow of loanwords from European languages increased significantly, and words from English roots have proliferated. Japanese is an agglutinative , mora -timed language with relatively simple phonotactics , a pure vowel system, phonemic vowel and consonant length, and a lexically significant pitch-accent . Word order is normally subject–object–verb with particles marking the grammatical function of words, and sentence structure
14976-422: The form of a sentient organism, capable of defending itself and, in some cases, teleporting short distances. Vash and Knives fight for a final time, after which Knives saves Vash from the exploding Ark. After bringing Vash to safety, Knives uses the last of his power to create an apple tree before dying. Legato Bluesummers ( レガート・ブルーサマーズ , Regāto Burūsamāzu ) serves directly under Knives, giving him command of
15132-609: The genitive particle ga remains in intentionally archaic speech. Early Middle Japanese is the Japanese of the Heian period , from 794 to 1185. It formed the basis for the literary standard of Classical Japanese , which remained in common use until the early 20th century. During this time, Japanese underwent numerous phonological developments, in many cases instigated by an influx of Chinese loanwords . These included phonemic length distinction for both consonants and vowels , palatal consonants (e.g. kya ) and labial consonant clusters (e.g. kwa ), and closed syllables . This had
15288-404: The handling of action scenes. However, critics disliked Vash's predicament in regards to his pacifism and the plot being hard to understand. The anime series was similarly positively received. In the 32nd century, a man known as " Vash the Stampede " has earned a bounty of $ $ 60 billion ("double dollar") on his head and the nickname "The Humanoid Typhoon" ( 人間台風 ) after accidentally destroying
15444-403: The head with a revolver. He is later buried in the desert, with his hat and a piece of the rifle's barrel marking his grave. Elendira the Crimsonnail, referred to as the lost thirteenth Gung-Ho Gun in the manga, is the most powerful of the group. She is a transgender woman and wears feminine clothing and a pillbox hat . She wields a large briefcase that can shoot giant nails and transform into
15600-416: The history of human civilization on the planet is revealed. Vash and his twin brother Knives were originally two children with a slow aging process found in a spaceship that escaped from the planet Earth after mankind had exhausted all its resources. Rem raised them but Knives became nihilistic and had most of the people in the ship disposed of. As a result, Vash lives to find his twin and have revenge. Vash
15756-458: The housing corporation Sekisui House , but struggled to keep up with his manga drawing hobby. Reassured by some successes, including a serialized manga based on the popular video game franchise Samurai Spirits for Family Computer Magazine , he quit his job to draw full-time. The series was conceptualized as a mix between Western and science fiction as Nightow found it not seen in Japan by the time he started writing Trigun . To contrast Vash from
15912-430: The language, affecting the phonology of Early Middle Japanese . Late Middle Japanese (1185–1600) saw extensive grammatical changes and the first appearance of European loanwords . The basis of the standard dialect moved from the Kansai region to the Edo region (modern Tokyo ) in the Early Modern Japanese period (early 17th century–mid 19th century). Following the end of Japan's self-imposed isolation in 1853,
16068-458: The languages of the original Jōmon inhabitants, including the ancestor of the modern Ainu language . Because writing had yet to be introduced from China, there is no direct evidence, and anything that can be discerned about this period must be based on internal reconstruction from Old Japanese , or comparison with the Ryukyuan languages and Japanese dialects . The Chinese writing system
16224-449: The languages. Okinawan Japanese is a variant of Standard Japanese influenced by the Ryūkyūan languages, and is the primary dialect spoken among young people in the Ryukyu Islands . Modern Japanese has become prevalent nationwide (including the Ryūkyū islands) due to education , mass media , and an increase in mobility within Japan, as well as economic integration. Japanese is a member of
16380-427: The large quantity of English loanwords, modern Japanese has developed a distinction between [tɕi] and [ti] , and [dʑi] and [di] , with the latter in each pair only found in loanwords. Although Japanese is spoken almost exclusively in Japan, it has also been spoken outside of the country. Before and during World War II , through Japanese annexation of Taiwan and Korea , as well as partial occupation of China ,
16536-489: The manga and also known as 'Master C', he is a member of the "Eye of Michael", an organization of ecclesiastical assassins founded by a church that worships Plants. They provide Knives with mercenaries, with three slots of the Gung-Ho Guns reserved for the Eye of Michael's best. He was Wolfwood's mentor and taught him the skills in being an assassin. He is subsequently shot and left as a paraplegic by Wolfwood, who impersonates him. Despite being middle-aged, like other members of
16692-424: The manga before diverging into a unique telling of the story. The series' story follows the adventures of Vash the Stampede , a legendary gunman who aims to spread his message of love and peace while combating his brother Millions Knives and Legato Bluesummers. The protagonist of the series is Vash, a jovial, pacifist gunman who is followed by disaster and misfortune due to the large bounty on his head. Early on in
16848-557: The manga was licensed by Dark Horse Comics , who announced its publication in June 2003; they released the two volumes of Trigun , based on the Shōnen Gahosha's edition, on October 15, 2003, and January 7, 2004. In March 2004, Dark Horse Comics announced that they would also publish Trigun Maximum ; the fourteen volumes were released from May 26, 2004, to April 8, 2009. In September 2012, Dark Horse Comics announced that they would release
17004-494: The manga, Legato uses them to play a "game" with Vash. He has them each carry half a coin, and gives Vash a case containing the other half of each coin. He explains that if Vash can reassemble all twelve coins, something interesting will happen; when they later fight, it revealed that the filled case can block Legato's powers. Monev the Gale was hired as an assassin to fight Vash; to make him strong enough to do so, Knives locked him in
17160-406: The most important anime of the 1990s. Escapist Magazine columnist H.D. Russell reviewed the anime adaptation of the series in early 2016, as part of the "Good Old Anime Review" section focusing on popular anime of the 1990s to early 2000s. Though, noting the series hasn't aged well in terms of animation and English voice acting quality, Russell states the depth of the characters and moral themes of
17316-530: The narrative, Nightow uses a "logical and intuitive manner" as his modus operandi in order to make readers being capable of following it. While Vash is the manga's protagonist, anime director Satoshi Nishimura used Meryl Stryfe as the main character. In the anime, she searches for the Humanoid Typhoon and initially does not believe it is Vash due to his childish behavior. To create suspense, writer Yōsuke Kuroda suggested that Vash would not shoot
17472-473: The night with him before his death and her reaction to his death is greater than in the manga. In the manga, she has blond hair, while in the anime, she has brown hair. Nicholas D. Wolfwood ( ニコラス・D・ウルフウッド , Nikorasu Dī Urufūddo ) , also known as Nicolas the Punisher, is a member of the Eye of Michael, an organization of assassins. After showing potential in the orphanage in which he was raised, Chapel trained and modified him, giving him enhanced abilities and
17628-425: The only strict rule of word order is that the verb must be placed at the end of a sentence (possibly followed by sentence-end particles). This is because Japanese sentence elements are marked with particles that identify their grammatical functions. The basic sentence structure is topic–comment . For example, Kochira wa Tanaka-san desu ( こちらは田中さんです ). kochira ("this") is the topic of the sentence, indicated by
17784-420: The other hand, the book Manga: The Complete Guide provided criticism to some parts of the narrative, finding it difficult to follow but still enjoyable. The artwork was also praised in the character designs with Wolfwood being called as one of the most stylish manga and anime characters. The anime series is frequently listed as one of the best anime series; in 2001, Wizard's Anime Magazine listed Trigun as
17940-532: The other members of the crew. She raised and mentored them. with her teachings of love and peace, especially that no one has the right to take a life, had a profound influence on Vash. Vash wears a red coat because Rem told him about her favorite flower, the Red Geranium, which represents determination. When Knives sabotaged the fleet, putting it on a crash course with the planet, she put him and Vash in an escape pod, but chose to stay behind and attempt to prevent
18096-470: The out-group gives a benefit to the in-group, and "up" to indicate the in-group gives a benefit to the out-group. Here, the in-group includes the speaker and the out-group does not, and their boundary depends on context. For example, oshiete moratta ( 教えてもらった ) (literally, "explaining got" with a benefit from the out-group to the in-group) means "[he/she/they] explained [it] to [me/us]". Similarly, oshiete ageta ( 教えてあげた ) (literally, "explaining gave" with
18252-415: The particle wa . The verb desu is a copula , commonly translated as "to be" or "it is" (though there are other verbs that can be translated as "to be"), though technically it holds no meaning and is used to give a sentence 'politeness'. As a phrase, Tanaka-san desu is the comment. This sentence literally translates to "As for this person, (it) is Mx Tanaka." Thus Japanese, like many other Asian languages,
18408-406: The personality he displays when facing enemies as he refuses to murder anybody. Anime News Network compared the series to Rurouni Kenshin , based on both's pacifist messages to the audience and how challenging is this message explored in a similar fashion to comic book hero Batman . He also praised the fight scenes' handling as well as villains' designs. The clash between him and his antagonist
18564-561: The poster-child for the misunderstood hero.." Various merchandise on Vash's appearance has been made including plush dolls, keychains & action figures. IGN ranked Vash as the 17th top anime character of all time, praising his character design. Meryl Stryfe ( メリル・ストライフ , Meriru Sutoraifu ) , also known as "Derringer Meryl", is a hot-headed and strong-willed agent of the Bernardelli Insurance Society, who, along with her coworker and best friend, Milly,
18720-481: The proposed larger Altaic family, or to various Southeast Asian languages , especially Austronesian . None of these proposals have gained wide acceptance (and the Altaic family itself is now considered controversial). As it stands, only the link to Ryukyuan has wide support. Other theories view the Japanese language as an early creole language formed through inputs from at least two distinct language groups, or as
18876-470: The same gun as Wolfwood, with the aid of a bionic arm, thus giving him the nickname 'the tri-p of death', short for Tri-Punisher of Death. He is aided by three servants who carry his Punishers while Livio's persona is active. They are defeated after their fight with Wolfwood, though Wolfwood dies soon after, having been injured while overdosing on the regeneration drug. In the aftermath of the fight, Livio comes to terms with Razlo's existence and decides that he
19032-459: The same structure as affirmative sentences, but with intonation rising at the end. In the formal register, the question particle -ka is added. For example, ii desu ( いいです ) "It is OK" becomes ii desu-ka ( いいですか。 ) "Is it OK?". In a more informal tone sometimes the particle -no ( の ) is added instead to show a personal interest of the speaker: Dōshite konai-no? "Why aren't (you) coming?". Some simple queries are formed simply by mentioning
19188-406: The same year, Geneon announced that they would cease their in-house distribution, In 2008, Funimation announced that they signed a deal with Geneon to distribute "select" titles from the company; in 2010, they announced that they had licensed Trigun for a DVD and Blu-ray Disc home video release, and launched it on October 26, 2010. Following the announcement that Funimation would be unified under
19344-422: The series in an omnibus edition ; Trigun was released in a single volume on October 9, 2013; Trigun Maximum was released in five volumes from November 21, 2012, to November 5, 2014. An anthology manga titled Trigun: Multiple Bullets , featuring short stories written by several manga artists such as Boichi , Masakazu Ishiguru, Satoshi Mizukami, Ark Performance, Yusuke Takeyama, Yuga Takauchi, and Akira Sagami,
19500-499: The series more than compensate for its faults. Russell concluded his review giving Trigun a rank of four out of a five stars stating, " Trigun is very often overshadowed by its close cousin Cowboy Bebop , which is sad, because it truly is a delight to watch. Despite having only decent voice acting (with a few exceptions), average music, and relatively static visuals, Trigun is an absolute blast that had me laughing and thinking
19656-467: The series was first licensed by Pioneer Entertainment (later Geneon USA) in 1999. Eight DVDs were released from March 28, 2000, to May 29, 2001. A box set containing all the episodes was released on November 20, 2001. The series premiered on Cartoon Network 's Adult Swim programming block on March 31, 2003. The series also premiered in Canada on G4techTV 's Anime Current programming block in 2007. In
19812-421: The series was put on hiatus. Tokuma Shoten collected the Trigun chapters in three tankōbon volumes, released from April 25, 1996, to January 20, 1999; Shōnen Gahōsha republished the Trigun chapters in two volumes, released on June 2, 2000. When Nightow was approached by Shōnen Gahōsha's seinen manga magazine Young King OURs , they were interested in him beginning a new work. Nightow, however,
19968-465: The series, he is pursued by Meryl Stryfe and Milly Thompson, insurance agents assigned with evaluating damages involving him. He also meets Nicholas D. Wolfwood, a violent and serious traveling preacher who becomes his strongest ally and friend. Throughout the series, Vash interacts with and befriends many people across the globe. Opposing him and his companions is his twin brother Millions Knives, who hates humans and his way of life. Closely following Knives
20124-499: The ship falls off and he unsuccessfully tries to hold on to the box containing the remains of his love interest before it falls overboard. Dangling over the edge by one of his puppet wires, Leonof strikes at Vash to force him to let go of the other end and falls to his death. The anime does not feature his background, and he is simply an assassin who can use his puppets to do various tasks, such as delivering reports to Legato and spying on and attacking people. After Leonof kills Brad using
20280-439: The speaker, the listener, and persons mentioned. The Japanese writing system combines Chinese characters , known as kanji ( 漢字 , ' Han characters') , with two unique syllabaries (or moraic scripts) derived by the Japanese from the more complex Chinese characters: hiragana ( ひらがな or 平仮名 , 'simple characters') and katakana ( カタカナ or 片仮名 , 'partial characters'). Latin script ( rōmaji ローマ字 )
20436-817: The state as at the time the constitution was written, many of the elders participating in the process had been educated in Japanese during the South Seas Mandate over the island shown by the 1958 census of the Trust Territory of the Pacific that found that 89% of Palauans born between 1914 and 1933 could speak and read Japanese, but as of the 2005 Palau census there were no residents of Angaur that spoke Japanese at home. Japanese dialects typically differ in terms of pitch accent , inflectional morphology , vocabulary , and particle usage. Some even differ in vowel and consonant inventories, although this
20592-481: The street. (grammatically incorrect insertion of a pronoun) But one can grammatically say essentially the same thing in Japanese: 驚いた彼は道を走っていった。 Transliteration: Odoroita kare wa michi o hashitte itta. (grammatically correct) This is partly because these words evolved from regular nouns, such as kimi "you" ( 君 "lord"), anata "you" ( あなた "that side, yonder"), and boku "I" ( 僕 "servant"). This
20748-516: The suit is destroyed and only two survive, they are captured and hand over their coin before later escaping. In the anime, he is a cyborg whose only remaining human part is his brain, which is encased in armor. Wolfwood kills him by shooting out a pipeline filled with corrosive liquid, melting his armor and exposing his brain and internal frame, before destroying his upper body using the Cross Punisher. However, his legs remain active and deploy
20904-492: The title Trigun Maximum , from October 1997 to March 2007. Shōnen Gahosha republished the Trigun chapters in two volumes, and collected the Trigun Maximum chapters in 14 volumes. Set on the fictional planet known as No Man's Land, the plot follows Vash the Stampede , a famous gunman who is constantly fighting bounty hunters seeking to obtain the immense bounty on his head. As the narrative progresses, Vash's past
21060-611: The topic with an interrogative intonation to call for the hearer's attention: Kore wa? "(What about) this?"; O-namae wa? ( お名前は？ ) "(What's your) name?". Negatives are formed by inflecting the verb. For example, Pan o taberu ( パンを食べる。 ) "I will eat bread" or "I eat bread" becomes Pan o tabenai ( パンを食べない。 ) "I will not eat bread" or "I do not eat bread". Plain negative forms are i -adjectives (see below) and inflect as such, e.g. Pan o tabenakatta ( パンを食べなかった。 ) "I did not eat bread". List of Trigun characters#Gung-Ho Guns The Trigun anime and manga series features
21216-419: The two consonants are the moraic nasal followed by a homorganic consonant. Japanese also includes a pitch accent , which is not represented in moraic writing; for example [haꜜ.ɕi] ("chopsticks") and [ha.ɕiꜜ] ("bridge") are both spelled はし ( hashi ) , and are only differentiated by the tone contour. Japanese word order is classified as subject–object–verb . Unlike many Indo-European languages ,
21372-577: The two methods were both used in writing until the 1940s. Bungo still has some relevance for historians, literary scholars, and lawyers (many Japanese laws that survived World War II are still written in bungo , although there are ongoing efforts to modernize their language). Kōgo is the dominant method of both speaking and writing Japanese today, although bungo grammar and vocabulary are occasionally used in modern Japanese for effect. The 1982 state constitution of Angaur , Palau , names Japanese along with Palauan and English as an official language of
21528-480: The two terms (''hyōjungo'' and ''kyōtsūgo'') are almost the same. Hyōjungo or kyōtsūgo is a conception that forms the counterpart of dialect. This normative language was born after the Meiji Restoration ( 明治維新 , meiji ishin , 1868) from the language spoken in the higher-class areas of Tokyo (see Yamanote ). Hyōjungo is taught in schools and used on television and in official communications. It
21684-436: The typical heroes in action films , Nightow portrayed him as a pacifist since he did not want his lead character to be a murderer. Throughout the story, Vash avoids killing enemies by disarming them and avoids inflicting mortal wounds during combat. His cheerful personality was used to highlight this trait with his catchphrase being: "Hey, sorry. Love and peace?" Other elements of the manga were based on real life. Wolfwood's name
21840-407: The verb (e.g. yonde for earlier yomite ), the -k- in the final mora of adjectives drops out ( shiroi for earlier shiroki ); and some forms exist where modern standard Japanese has retained the earlier form (e.g. hayaku > hayau > hayɔɔ , where modern Japanese just has hayaku , though the alternative form is preserved in the standard greeting o-hayō gozaimasu "good morning"; this ending
21996-410: The whole way. While it's not perfect, it is fun and it does ask the questions that will make viewers ponder for years to come without ever offering them an answer. Trigun is one that went straight from my backlog to my heart and is truly greater than the sum of its parts." Despite its relative popularity in the West, Trigun never gained widespread appeal to Japanese audiences. Suggested factors include
22152-548: The world. Since Japanese first gained the consideration of linguists in the late 19th century, attempts have been made to show its genealogical relation to languages or language families such as Ainu , Korean , Chinese , Tibeto-Burman , Uralic , Altaic (or Ural-Altaic ), Austroasiatic , Austronesian and Dravidian . At the fringe, some linguists have even suggested a link to Indo-European languages , including Greek , or to Sumerian . Main modern theories try to link Japanese either to northern Asian languages, like Korean or
22308-431: Was adapted into an anime television series. It was animated by Madhouse and directed by Satoshi Nishimura, written by Yōsuke Kuroda , and produced by Shigeru Kitayama . The music was composed by Tsuneo Imahori . Twenty-six episodes aired on TV Tokyo from April 1 to September 30, 1998. The episodes were collected in thirteen VHS cassettes, labeled as "Stages", from August 5, 1998, to August 4, 1999. In North America,
22464-448: Was also praised for his execution and artwork. However, Mania Entertainment said some events that happened to Vash might come across as repetitive because his pacifism keeps backfiring and no proper solution has yet been given. As Vash's philosophy was tested in the finale, Fandom Post praised the consequences of his actions. While Vash and Knives' was popular, to the point Mania referred to their final fight as "the stuff of legend." On
22620-539: Was based on 12- to 20-second-long recordings of 135 to 244 phonemes , which 42 students listened to and translated word-for-word. The listeners were all Keio University students who grew up in the Kanto region . There are some language islands in mountain villages or isolated islands such as Hachijō-jima island , whose dialects are descended from Eastern Old Japanese . Dialects of the Kansai region are spoken or known by many Japanese, and Osaka dialect in particular
22776-487: Was born during the mission and named Tessla. The crew performed extensive tests on Tessla, which Rem and her crew mate, William Conrad, opposed and which ultimately ended in Tessla's dissection and death. Later, Vash and Knives were born; fearing for their safety, Rem kept their birth secret from the other members while they were kept in stasis . In the anime, Vash and Knives were the only sentient Plants whom Rem protected from
22932-541: Was first licensed by Geneon Entertainment and started broadcast in the United States, as part of Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block, in 2003; the series was later licensed by Funimation . In 2009, Trigun Maximum won the Best Comic category at the 40th Seiun Awards . Critical response to the manga has been generally positive based on Vash and his friends' actions and relationships, as well as
23088-562: Was first shown to an American audience at the Sakura-Con 2010 in Seattle, Washington on, April 2, 2010. At Anime Expo 2010, Funimation announced that they had licensed the film as they had with the TV series and planned to release it into theaters. The film made its US television premiere on Saturday, December 28, 2013, on Adult Swim 's Toonami block. Trigun Maximum won the Best Comic at
23244-421: Was forced to destroy the city of July, an incident which haunts him greatly and started his reputation. Initially, Meryl and Milly, representatives from an insurance agency investigating claims made due to damages the "Humanoid Typhoon" caused, find him as bandits are hunting him down to collect the bounty on "The $ $ 60,000,000,000 (sixty billion double dollar) Man". Because of his reputation, Vash usually acts like
23400-735: Was imported to Japan from Baekje around the start of the fifth century, alongside Buddhism. The earliest texts were written in Classical Chinese , although some of these were likely intended to be read as Japanese using the kanbun method, and show influences of Japanese grammar such as Japanese word order. The earliest text, the Kojiki , dates to the early eighth century, and was written entirely in Chinese characters, which are used to represent, at different times, Chinese, kanbun , and Old Japanese. As in other texts from this period,
23556-474: Was lost immediately following its composition.) This set of morae shrank to 67 in Early Middle Japanese , though some were added through Chinese influence. Man'yōgana also has a symbol for /je/ , which merges with /e/ before the end of the period. Several fossilizations of Old Japanese grammatical elements remain in the modern language – the genitive particle tsu (superseded by modern no )
23712-602: Was nicknamed "Livio the Crybaby". Razlo the Tri-P(unisher) of Death is a violent and psychotic split personality , who is treated as another member of the Gung-Ho Guns. This personality developed following repeated abuse by Livio's father, with Razlo taking all the abuse and allowing Livio to remain unaware of it. Razlo only appears after Livio has suffered intense pain or violence and often commits acts of violence, such as killing Livio's parents. He wields three Punishers,
23868-407: Was released by Shōnen Gahosha in Japan on December 28, 2011. The volume was released by Dark Horse Comics on March 6, 2013. In May 2023, Dark Horse Comics announced deluxe hardcover editions of Trigun and Trigun Maximum . The volume collecting both volumes of Trigun was released on September 10, 2024, while the first volume of Trigun Maximum was released on October 8 of the same year. Trigun
24024-417: Was seen walking with him as a child along with Legato. She fights Livio twice, the first time skewering his torso with many nails after launching him through several buildings. Their subsequent rematch results in a similar outcome, despite Livio and Razlo's combined efforts to match her speed. Elendira is ultimately killed when Livio grabs her and uses one of the nails to impale her. Simply known as "Chapel" in
24180-530: Was taken from the lead singer as his image for the priest. He is also modeled on Tortoise Matsumoto from the band Ulfuls . In order to create "warm" environments, Nightow drew several eating scenes. In the making of the manga, Nightow attempts to draw the fight scenes carefully as he has "all these images running through my head of characters moving this way and that, and contorting into all sort sorts of amazing action poses, but thinking about it and putting it to paper are always two different things". In regards to
24336-719: Was troubled by the idea of leaving Trigun incomplete, and requested to be allowed to finish the series. The manga resumed its publication in the magazine, under the title Trigun Maximum ( トライガンマキシマム , Toraigan Makishimamu ) , in the October 1997 issue. Nightow said that there was no difference in the story between the two titles, and that the only reason for the change was because of the switch of publishing house. Trigun Maximum finished in March 2007. Shōnen Gahōsha collected its chapters in fourteen tankōbon volumes, released from May 23, 1998, to February 27, 2008. In North America,
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