Trigun Stampede Episode 6 Discussion

OweynLupton said:


It's a far cry from how Vash in the original series would have handled things. The original Vash was a pretty great shot, and would have found some way to effectively disarm and incapacitate Livio while also preserving the lives of those around him. He did this time and time again throughout the series. This Vash, on the other hand, spent most of the episode running away, begging others to run, or telling Wolfwood to do something. In the beginning of the episode they were on a practically empty deck and Vash even ended up getting the upper hand, only for him to fuck up and run away, putting more people in danger. At the end, he did run in to tackle Livio... which ended up being completely useless. Literally all he did was hold him down while, again, begging some soldiers to run, without even bothering to attempt to properly stop him.

It's just incredibly dissatisfying to watch, seeing how his fleeing always seems like mere self-preservation, though perhaps that's just my preconceptions of the original biasing me against this version of Vash. Who knows, maybe they might even do something interesting with his cowardice.