Trigun

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60,000,000,000$$ man who is a pacifist. Even that short sentence gives it all. But why would a guy like him be worth so much? Well it's for you, reader, to uncover.
Manga Trigun is a mix-up of future and western.
The story behind it is quite good, although it can be a bit confusing. When you finally add everything, it's not as good as it could be, but nonetheless it's worth reading.
Art is slightly worse, just because sometimes, while Vash is struggling against others, you don't really know what happened. Also the art itself is not incredible, but it's not that important.
Now we enter the pride of ... Trigun, characters that were introduced in manga. Every person important to the plot is presented so well, that we can almost imagine them as real. Vash, the main protagonist, is depicted far more, then characters in other series. He has human feelings and thoughts, which almost everytime he tries to hide from others.
Finally enjoyment!
Trigun is well balanced, so while there are some sad moments, they're just the night before the dawn. You rarely have time to be bored, because with every story, you uncover the real profile of the 60,000,000,000$$ bounty, Vash the Stampede.
To sum up, Trigun is almost a must have on your manga (or anime) list. If you have not at least tried to read/watch it, now is your chance.

I never watched much of the anime series. But I can tell it's a good one by reading the manga. The original Trigun manga has only two volumes which is a bummer, but it continues in a series called Trigun Maximum. This manga series tells some of the journeys Vash has had in the anime.
The stories in volume one have some great moments most of which are humorous. However in the volume two, Vash is more seroius and there aren't many funny moments in it. So that basically takes away some points. But the characters are still great at least.
If you like the ... anime series, you might like the manga version. Or maybe the Maximum version of the manga. Whatever you choose is up to you. Read it and see for yourself.

How does this not have a review like Baki and Mob didn't either, well whatever. The scores are a baseline high, maybe nostalgia played a role but I did try to review unbiased, tried, but I might have failed. Very funny faces which I love World Trigger does this very well. I just got done the original Trigun(the first time I've read it, watched it twice) and it was very good, and it held my interest, engrossing is the word I love to use on very good stories, just like all Baki's I want to read the next chapter and not sleep.

~SPOILERS~

Basic story setting is ... simple: vast wasteland(old west style[US]), big bounty(Massive 60 billion $$[double dollars]), lost tech, two companions(female) who do tend to help more than hinder. Has a strong hatred towards some douche bag named Knives, who made the "seed ship" crash killing his BFF Rem. He fights windy(Monev The Gale), ballman(E.G. Mine), and dragon eye lady(Dominique The Cyclops), so three assassins(Gung-Ho-Guns) out of twelve to "test" himself i guess. He also has a small fight with a newly birthed Knives who grabs his arm and transforms it into some giant ass arm cannon. Vash regains the control of his arm and aims it up away from the city and punches the moon with some sort of huge energy beam. This also leave a huge crater where he fired the beam and as of now it seems Vash is dead.

Trigun is a very good story, a unique one that isn't normally found anywhere else, but I can't say it doesn't have an extremely rough start. (light spoilers)

This spans around 1-3 volumes of early content, and the anime stops following accurately at around chpt 7 of vol 3. As a general warning, the mangaka is not a very lore orientated writer. Some things will be left unsaid, especially in these beginning sections.

Trigun Maximum refines the earlier elements that this manga had, and ultimately, the last volume ends in a big bang.
If you came from the anime, and you'd like to see more, I deeply recommend ... Trigun/Trigun Maximum. Later on, the art shys away from its primitive, rough form, and eventually forms a story that will even give you context on side characters and their environments. Trimax deals with some heavy thoughts and dark themes, which is barely shown in the final chapters of Trigun. The tone of the manga is completely different from the anime.

Dreadful, pathetic wasteland with a glimmer of hope is the best way I can describe the manga. Vash's philosophy continues to get challenged all throughout the story, so if you at least *liked* this beginning portion, I urge you to continue forward.

General weaknesses:
Incoherent art, lack of flow. In this one especially, the art is rough until it gets near the end of it. Trimax has arguably better art.
Poor translations, Dark horse does an...okay job. I recommend Trigun Overhaul. Stay away from scanlations.
Plot line is the main focus, minor and major details do get explained, but if you're looking for cohesive of world building...then it falls flat in that department.

The story follows the protagonist Vash, a.k.a the 'Humanoid Typhoon' who has a bounty on his head and is being chased down almost everywhere he steps his foot in. Despite being a pacifist, he somehow manages to wreak havoc wherever he goes. Within the span of 22 chapters you'll get to know about him and his past and what drives him to do what he does!
The protagonist is cool and the side characters are also pretty decent but they don't have a story to back them up, well at least in this manga they don't.

Considering that this manga was published in 1995, the art ... isn't that bad, especially a few panels were absolutely cool! Some people may feel a bit uneased with the art style, if they are not used to reading such antique pieces.

For only 22 chapters, this manga offers a lot and is quite engaging as so many things are going on as you move forward with it. Even though it's fast and engaging, it is also the reason why the story has a few flaws in it. The story was rushed and it felt like a lot of elements which were to be revealed later, were revealed too early. The story definitely isn't that bad, it just needed to be executed in a different way.

If you're someone who's planning to read it and don't care much about where the story is headed, then I'd say it's definitely worth a shot!