vash vs knives

from trigun vash fights his brother knives

[@SpicyClover]

"You're not a human being, you're a plant." "I know that." This with absolutely 0 context of the series is hilarious

[@Adagm]

Yeah, what's up with that?

[@Adagm]

@@marshalmitchel1285 thanks bub.

[@aimlovesmusic1469]

@@Adagm how you responded made me laugh so darn hard

[@valhallavin8924]

Also "did the humans treat you well? did you have fun dear brother?" "yeah I did best thing that ever happened to me" and then pulls a gun out on his brother

[@Robbie_The_Froggie]

I had to go to the manga. It was a great anime imo, they should of done more for it though.

[@rainbowdash4898]

The thing I love about these two brothers is that they are physically polar opposites. Vash’s body is littered with scars he got over the centuries because he has no problem taking the hits if it means nobody dies, while Knives’ body is pristine; no blemishes, scars, everything is where it should be, and he wants nothing less then EVERYBODY DEAD on the planet. He sees himself as a God among insects, but the dude doesn’t have his brother’s tolerance for pain. One shot anywhere on his perfect body, and he cries like a little boy scraping his knee.

[@jamesbernards8409]

That and his aim gets thrown off entirely. His whole modus operandi is to operate at extreme levels of perfection, even if it means wiping all the "scum" away. Along the lines of what you are saying, Vash really does learn how to survive while living amongst the deadly storm we call humanity because he chooses to love.

[@liammccbyrne4184]

Isn't Vash capable of healing those scars but chooses not to? I think I read that somewhere but I could be wrong

[@rainbowdash4898]

@@liammccbyrne4184 true. The first time Vash had his Angel Arm turned on by Knives, he fired the thing directly at him destroying the city as well as Knives’ bottom half. For the rest of that time, he was recovering in a pod similar to the plants that provide each city of GUNSMOKE with much needed power. It was only until very recent in their current time that he was finally able to step out fully healed, I think. Point is that Vash should be able to make the same full recovery like Knives did if he had the time and resources, but since he chose to live among the people he wouldn’t have any of that.

[@nillynush4899]

Very true. Vash has also spent decades living Amongst humans and getting to know them, so he has a right to talk about them, their strengths and weaknesses. But Knives seems to be completely isolated for most of the story, like he has tried to distance himself from humanity. He wants all humans gone without "knowing" anybody in the real world.

[@0001captainawesome]

You just said he takes getting shot the same way a kid would act scraping a knee, that's a compliment lol. If he is taking bullet wounds like a knee scrape that would be impressive.

[@nothri]

Nice to know Wolfwood doesn't let a little thing like being dead keep him from tipping the battle in his best bud's favor.

[@yuncelluz8709]

Hated his death 😢

[@AKASUKIJOE]

My favorite part of the whole fight, not to dead to save the day

[@AP-44]

Top comment lmao

[@2410jrod]

A true friend to the last. Freaking loved that character.

[@awnaur0no919]

vash is only able to beat knives bc he accepts a fraction of wolfwoods pragmatic survive-by-any-means-necessary philosophy; his use of tha cross gun symbolizes dis transference of values. its mad ironic too how knives hates humans & views us all as cancerous insects but seems to have fully embraced a brutal, barbaric will to survive watever tha cost ideology similar to wolfwoods, while vash idealizes humans & human life & yet tries thru most of tha series to live morally "above" normal humans in a sense as like a holy sinless angelic masochistic martyr-figure

[@serpentsaurus7969]

The scene where they're aiming at each other's foreheads repeatedly pulling the trigger, waiting to see who fires a round first, is probably the greatest scene in this show lol

[@hariman7727]

Tension levels: Unmeasureable, because it broke the scale.

[@Acesahn]

It is until you realize these super humans would have been able to easily glance at the chamber of a revolver and see if there was a bullet in it. A normal human could do that.

[@hariman7727]

@@Acesahn that only makes it worse, because they know if a bullet is coming next or not.

[@Acesahn]

@@hariman7727 Yea but tactically they'd know who won or who lost before they ever pulled the trigger, there'd be no tension. Vash's round is later? Both should know this and both move at the same speed so Vash should break away and Knives should pull the trigger with confidence.

[@hariman7727]

@@Acesahn dude, just stop over analyzing and enjoy one of the best gun fights in anime.

[@921tensazangetsu]

What I love about this fight, and the Anime as a whole is just how "human" they sound. Throughout this whole fight you could tell they were both terrified of dying.

[@mrphauker]

Knives’s blood curdling scream still gets to me, you can tell he was Not used to pain.

[@TerrenceNowicki]

Cowboy Bebop gets a lot of well-deserved credit for being the best dub ever, but Trigun deserves nearly as much.

[@amuroray9115]

That’s just the good voice acting

[@EscapeArtist587]

There plants though ? Lmao 🤣

[@deadbeef576]

i am terrifified of living right now

[@TerrenceNowicki]

I love how the sound effect for Knives' gun is basically, "gunshot, but more evil."

[@davidfootman2170]

Laughed to hard at this!!

[@nosidezero]

LMAO

[@angelis1123]

Ohhhh, i didn't notice that😮!

[@ReaperOfRock]

The fact that Vash pulled the trigger not once, but twice, at point blank range speaks volumes about his character at this point.

[@trafalgarlawn7124]

Nah. As we see when Knives finally hits him, they magically have the ability to go shooting through the head to a non-lethal area of the body, so its all good. Besides, Vash chose not to kill him in the end, so he's still a pacifist. Damn good anime!

[@elpopman2055]

@@trafalgarlawn7124 yeah but now vash is willing to Cripple someone for life. Lol

[@gxgycf8348]

@@elpopman2055 As long as you're alive you can still act and change. If vash had any other way of handling the situation then he would have taken it, but in this confrontation no matter what choice was made someone would end up hurt, so he mitigated the damage in whatever way he could. Besides, crippling's too good for knives who's gone out of his way to kill hundreds if not thousands of people all for the sake of trying to lure out vash.

[@elpopman2055]

@@gxgycf8348 I wasn't trying to be funny. I'm just saying that is Vash someone To be not taken lightly just because of him being good-natured... I'm just saying that Villians will pay the price for mistaking his kindness for weakness. 😂😂. I think knives being spared and being proven wrong about Humanity is Fitting.. everything he has done has been proven wrong, his own ideology destroyed.. as he changes for the better he will have to learn to live with his failure and shame for killing so many innocent people for nothing.. now can you imagine that.. killing him is the easy way out.. having him live with the Shame and Learning to move on would be a very long struggle.. which is a fitting punishment..

[@abcdefbcdefg8352]

@@trafalgarlawn7124 i figured that they both could see the loaded round on each others revolver, and would see when the others revolver chambered their round , and since he could see it coming, he dodged.

[@oliviahughes3158]

Can I just point out how hilarious the first 30 seconds of this are out of context. "Did the humans treat you well"? "Best thing that ever happened to me" And then he pulls out a gun. And then the guitar cut-out

[@BobNinjaCat]

Vash: So anyway, I started blasting.

[@doomfan89]

@@BobNinjaCat Knives: "Did the humans treat you well?" Vash: "Let me show you what I learned in America" (starts blasting)

[@brycevaldez4635]

Idk I think it’s badass if you think about it. Vash shows up with his mind made up already, knowing it can go one way or other but instead of showing that he’s troubled or fearful/angry, he seems to be at peace. Like a new vash was born

[@raulbetancourt5795]

@@doomfan89 Vash spended to much time with the gringos. 🤣🤣🤣

[@animequeendrawer]

What I love about Vash is that despite all the pain, having people hunt him down, abuse him, or even tried to take his life, when his brother asked him If the humans treated him well? Vash still put a smile on his face telling his brother that yes. There was no ill will towards them. No hatred. Not even anger. Because Vash HAS a met good people that treated him well. And yes, the world isn’t beautiful nor is it perfect peaceful and happy. But it is still worth living in to Vash. That is why he is so great to watch. Because you can’t help but wonder how does he keep going?

[@I-G0-UNW1LL1NGLY]

Cuz he's a plant

[@spencerfoote6977]

@@I-G0-UNW1LL1NGLYbecause he’s alive and wants to survive

[@oversol5469]

I think a lot of why anime leans towards sword or superpowers is because it's easier to do intense fights but this scene is an amazing anime gun fight that actually felt like a fight.

[@cartoonking1789]

One of the best anime gun fights IHO

[@normalguy4548]

It certainly helps that they’re super powered beings who can tank shots, but I 100% agree with you

[@nicholasbence7536]

They don't show guns often because guns are illegal in Japan. The culture despises them.

[@zerumsiru5204]

​@@nicholasbence7536 but there are those in Japan obsessed with the old west and guns.

[@MrCantStopTheRobot]

You can do intense gun battles without gimmicks such that this fight uses, but it requires a focus on environmental effects (shrapnel, deformation of land and vegetation), on equipment interactions, and on setting the scene (establishing relative positions over distances). All that is more than most studios are willing / able to manage. Most fantasy battles involve two people waving a prop around, or one person dancing with a special effect overlaid. Simpler technique to pull off.

[@YourPetDinosaur]

The deadliest killers on earth are also the most terrified children. Beautiful.

[@Ami-vh7sr]

Technically it isn't Earth.....It's a colony World which is why it has a very Wild West theme to it.

[@TheHellSpawn000]

There was something special about sitting in the dark, barely half the room filled with the glow of a CRT TV while watching trigun, sitting on the floor in the middle of the living room with a cold can of pepsi and a bag of potatoe chips. Strange how things seemed so simple as a kid, and now the greivances and animosity of characters like Vash and Knives are so understandable.

[@davidtriplett8105]

Fat booty TV ftw

[@davidtriplett8105]

✊🏿🍗

[@aaroncarr-mackay2457]

Yeah. How life's complexities become more apparent as you age is not a mystery but a fact of life. Enjoy

[@mrphauker]

Sitting in the dark with the flow of the CRT TV hit home so hard.

[@galactic-hamster7043]

This show has some of the best, most psychologically destroying, soul ripping narrative dissonance and raw ass lines I've ever heard in media- "of course it's heavy, it's full of mercy" said with the surface level smiles of a carefree life, the multi layered filler fights of not just opposing forces or ideals but whole towns and power struggles within power struggles, the animalistic portrayals of human will, and literally the opening lines and scenes to this fight, after we've been through hours of vash being blamed, feared, and reviled by the people he's so desperately trying to protect, lying to his brother, who caused him his social status, to his face, knowing full well that knives knows better. The last three hours of this show was just escalating gut punches until you collapse and God if it isn't my favorite thing ever

[@Nopeasaurus]

When Knives asked him the question, vash actually told him the truth. Yeah, he was hunted by them, some of them were total scum degenerates but he also met some nice humans along the way; rem, meryl, milly, wolfwood, etc. Knives wants Vash to focus on the negative, he wants him to look at how evil humans can be, thats why he asks him “did they treat you well?” Vash focuses on the good, the world is worth saving because of the humans he has met. so he says “yes actually it was fun!”

[@Toldoris]

I love that both of their faces show full concentration or anger or even superiority all the time, but never look relaxed during the fight. Many modern anime want to show off their protagonists as overly cool all the time and let them act smug even during dangerous situations but here you can feel the tension.

[@abominationdesolation8322]

Knives being a true counterpart to Vash makes this showdown rather special.

[@DJdeliverance]

Well that's what ya get for being knives in a trigun fight lolol.

[@snakezase2998]

Fuck you

[@DJdeliverance]

@@snakezase2998 wow wtf is up ur ass? Lmao you just come out n say fuck u why even? Like who are u? N why do I care what u have to say? Wtf lol ffs u only have 1 comment and that's what ya chose to say to my joke lmao🤔😂🖕

[@snakezase2998]

Kronickillness Nikolaos you made a bad pun

[@cordthomas97]

ha ha ooohhh good one............... .........i dont get it.

[@DJdeliverance]

@@cordthomas97 I guess its it's a bad pun then it seems obvious show is called trigun.. guys names knives.. ya see now? Maybe I should of just said dont be knives in a gun fight. Smh

[@stevem.o.1185]

If you take five seconds to think about it, Trigun is the most ridiculous show of all time. Someone literally sat down one day and said, "what if the protagonist from 'The Fastest Gun Alive' had a nuclear bomb for an arm and was also an immortal steampunk god", and yet somehow it works. It just fucking works.

[@redstranger6772]

Gurren lagann is about this little guy who has this drill and if he spins it really good he becomes god

[@user-xs5bl9dy6d]

And DBZ" is about space monkeys that go golden when pushed to far and can literally destroy planets with giant space laser. Isn't anime wild?! 🤣

[@kaua7561]

If you word it like that you can make any anime sound ridiculous, Naruto is about an orphan trained ninja that has a demon on his belly button, Hokuto no ken is about Karate jesus roaming the earth after nuclear fallout, JoJo is about using sun karate to kill ancient gods/ fighting with imaginary friends and Evangelion is about killing god with cool giant robots that are dead mothers. Thinking about it, I think we should check on the Japanese sometime

[@adrianbalmes5704]

Yes, but technichlly it's Made a point, if You wsn't to protect a butterfly do You kill it's predators, if u do they what are you, how do u deal with it?

[@DaTLMusic]

You said all that and didnt even mention that he refuses to kill people lmao? And every anime sounds wacky worded that way. Steins;Gate is an anime about a Chunnibyou college student using a microwave to hijack the large hadron collider to send a message back in time that changes a trap into a real woman and deletes all anime from akihabara

[@magnusm4]

Naruto: Talk No Jutsu. Trigun: Breathe No Talk.

[@hariman7727]

Vash: Martyr No Jutsu.

[@crashmalexa]

Naruto is 💩

[@calebbones6502]

i love this scene as Knives was expecting Vash to show up defeated and broken from being forced to kill but thanks to Meryl he is doing better. when they are point blank with their guns to each others heads you can see just how terrified Knives is as this was not what he expected

[@abominationdesolation8322]

Yes. It's a fine detail that their facial expressions are almost perfectly in sync until the fight forces their characters to unravel. While Knives eyes were wide with fear, Vash's eyes seemed to be almost at peace. He wanted to win but even in that moment he had love in his heart.

[@CrimsonNick171]

Even in the end, Wolfwood had his back.

[@mrphauker]

USE IT ITS RIGHT NEXT TO YOU!!

[@cameronpearce5943]

"You're not a human being, you're a plant" "I know that" "You're a superior being" "I disagree" That in the end he spares Knives and spends the next few decades taking care of his brother is a testament to Vash's pacifist ideology. Killing is wrong, always. He was forced to kill once, and he won't kill again if he can avoid it. Life is sacred and we all owe it to each other to protect each other and the world

[@furycarnategaming]

I have to disagree that killing is always wrong, in fact it can be a very moral thing to do if a person is committing great evil, refuses to listen to reason and refuses to stop then the only way to stop the horror they are creating is to assure they will not be around to continue it.

[@dababy1659]

@@furycarnategaming so all humans should die?

[@furycarnategaming]

@@dababy1659 most people are not evil, but some are irredeemably so that the safest option is for them to die.

[@dababy1659]

@@furycarnategaming good answer lol

[@teetea7734]

"This world is made of LOVE and PEACE!"

[@Priceluked]

To be fair Vash had been training essentially with over a hundred years in experience with gun fights, and Knives was doing who knows what besides experimenting.

[@Monty2289]

Because he didn't need to? Vash's pacifist nature still almost killed him and its only thanks to the fact that Knives sought to one 1.) be a vindictive jerk off who could have easily just shot his brother in a critical location to kill him. 2.) accelerate the fact to the use of the AGL Arms. Two giant fuck off fusion guns that need to charge up. Vash got lucky. And about Vash's training. Half the things that happened to Vash was his own fault. Knives took advantage of his superior nature. He didn't need to go throuh situations with restraint or not abusing his power. And he was more or less equal to Vash in terms of skill. If anything If Vash had done the same and not been a huge puss he probably would have beaten Knives easily.

[@rm2kking]

If the Manga is to be believed he was doing some Hellraiser type cenobite stuff.

[@Spikeleenephew]

You don’t even know what knives was doing so what’s the point of this conversation?

[@Priceluked]

@@rm2kking Well fair, but he was also extremely injured from the July Incident for awhile.

[@rm2kking]

@@Priceluked yeah he was doing a lot of really horrific experiments and recovering.

[@dirvish4245]

If you pay close attention to this scene, they unload each others guns and only grab a single round to load back into their revolvers which have 6 chambers 1:48. The shot that vash fires into knives is the 6th chamber after 5 trigger pulls ony empty chambers (and you can count them) which means it has to hit on the 6th and they both know it in that slow motion scene. That little detail I always thought made this scene extra special.

[@unknownsecret1000]

Rest easy Kirk Baily. Thanks for the performances you gave us.

[@Caelifer.]

He passed away? Awe man:[

[@rm2kking]

When their angel arm beams collide it forms a yin-yang symbol several times, and Vash’s side it the black one. Vash is the darkness with a heart of light, and Knives is the light with a heart of darkness.

[@djoninstark1978]

In taoism, the black part is the peaceful part. Makes sense to me.

[@Hoshimaru57]

And afterwards as he’s carrying his brother’s body we see that he has on a black version of the spacesuit that Knives was wearing.

[@sediento500]

The creator of Devil May Cry use this anime to create the game?

[@the_stoner_llama]

@@sediento500 devil May cry was a wonderful game by itself that was a failed concept for Resident evil 4, it would not have been a good Resident evil game, otherwise quality game, I can definitely see where your drawing some parallels for aesthetics of the clothing

[@sediento500]

@@the_stoner_llama I know I think he use some few concepts to create the game. Because de DMC Is very old already....in fact there is a anime! So is interesting

[@azmiraclegirl441]

I weirdly think about this scene a lot. Trigun is my favorite anime and there's something so succinct about Knives asking Vash if he has fun with the humans. He's mocking Vash but Vash answers truthfully. Things might have gotten terrible but overall it was fun :) Knives has been miserable and alone for decades while Vash finds friends everywhere.

[@pensativo277]

it's clear that the two are afraid to be alone, but Knives chose to isolate himself and Vash was able to move on.

[@acrazyweeb7225]

“You’re not a human being, you’re a Plant” “I know that.” “You’re a superior being.” “I disagree.” I just love this interaction.

[@nickthestampede2160]

Such a bad ass fight. Trigun is hands down one of my favorite anime/manga.

[@houseofmatrix6174]

Have you seen Cowboy Bebop that’s another great anime

[@roleemack1535]

@@houseofmatrix6174 don't leave out Samurai Champloo

[@houseofmatrix6174]

@@roleemack1535 i defintely agree it’s a Classic

[@GooGz]

Trigun, inuyasha, and cowboybepop were my childhood

[@kygouniverse4350]

Gungrave..

[@Phenom0100]

Gotta love Johnny Yong Bosch! He has played so many iconic characters like Vash the Stampede, Ichigo, Renton Thurston, Lelouch vi Britannia, Jonathan Joestar, and more!

[@B3N_Youtube]

And Nero from DMC. A wonderful voice actor

[@galactic-hamster7043]

WAIT VASH AND JONATHAN SHARE A VA? AND ITS THIS ONE? I HAD NO IDEA

[@veritashellsing634]

I love how they’re both equally terrified of each other during the fight

[@ChaosXOtaku]

i just love the Oh Shit face Knives gives when he sees Wolfwood's gun

[@Yokai_Yuri]

I LOVE how anime can make two plants fight so intensely!

[@XG2]

lol

[@thaggartxsoo]

Shouldn't have brought a Knives to a gun fight.

[@mustafaz4338]

Everyone’s gotta admit, Million knives has one of the coolest names in all of anime

[@tylerr.martin205]

Agreed. However the name Vash the Stampede is slightly cooler

[@TangensROH]

I like Knives' armor. It's so simple yet so cool.

[@JonLa89]

What about Knives as a girls name from Scott Pilgrim vs The World?

[@rdu239]

@@TangensROH Its a space suit, probably his homage on his time growing up in the space colony

[@ThyFloorestFloor]

It is more fitting in the manga where Knive's weapon are literally, Knives.

[@CephasRed]

Did you notice that after Vash and Knives grabbed a bullet each after they both unloaded each other's guns, that Vash misfired 5 times before the end. Both guns have a barrel of 6 bullets. - 1st, 2nd, and 3rd during the face off, and Vash gets hit in the shoulder - 4th at 4:38 - 5th at 5:00 - 6th at 6:00 - You can now see the confidence and the "I got you" expression Vash has knowing that he has him, with Knives going, "Oh no..." (Quick note: notice the amount of times each gun fires throughout the scene. It's really good attention to continuity!) Brilliant writing!!

[@josecorrea6133]

This one deserves more likes

[@BahamaNotch]

One error I spotted is at 1:49 , When Vash's gun gets unloaded it shows 6 bullets in the air even though he shot 3 times before that 1st shot: 0:51 2nd & 3rd shot: 1:16 It's a small little error but the continuity you mentioned is a nice detail I never noticed. This whole fight scene is one of my favorites!

[@mrphauker]

I didn’t notice that, great attention to detail.

[@DoktorC]

@@BahamaNotch Those are just empty casings. You can actually see that the ones they grab have bullets still while the other ones in the air are empty :)

[@hariman7727]

@@BahamaNotch Revolvers don't eject the spent casings like automatics do.

[@thebackrow4247]

Some of the comments on this video make me legit question if people actually got what trigun was about. Even though Vash had killed someone, Rem's will wasn't for nothing. The only way Knives "won" was by forcing Vash to kill Legato in a situation that had absolutely no alternative other than letting Milly and Meryl die (talking about the Anime specifically here). Vash beat him in combat, and now isn't just going to leave him to cause more chaos like he did before. Thats what "take care of knives" means.

[@Scoonertuna]

I agree. At the end of the story, Vash decides to save his brothers life because he still believes in Knives...Vash has seen people at their best, their worst and all the things in-between...

[@GerardoFirestorm]

at the end, i see that vash injured knives legs and arms, so vash could probably left knives paraplegic, so he cannot be a danger anymore and vash could take care of him

[@simplebutnotsolongname6642]

And if it weren’t for Vash continuing to instill Rem’s Will throughout his life, people like Meryl and Milly wouldn’t have been able to Take care and Pull him out of the Despair and Despondecy he was in after Legato; reminding him of this and inspiring him to move forward and confront Knives.

[@mathnasiumalumni7608]

@@GerardoFirestorm lmao paraplegic knives

[@Dakayto]

@@GerardoFirestorm but Knives could instantly heal all his wounds just like he did when he was shot by Vash's doomsday weapon. He actually could grow all his limbs back if they were lost in battle.

[@lapislazoli]

One thing I love about this fight is it's one of if not THE quietest fight in the series it's almost 3 and a half solid minutes of just fighting. No talking, no explanations just gunfire and their breath

[@faustpyxidisvt]

Man forgot how awesome this fight was! No music, minimal dialogue, just 2 people fighting for survival. And the added touched of panicked, scared breathing is just the cherry on top

[@wannaspritecranberry9972]

Despite everything that's happened to Vash him still saying that being a human is the best thing that's ever happened to him is kinda heart warming

[@abominationdesolation8322]

For all the wrong people have done him, he's also watched innocent sweet perfect children grow up to be beautiful lovely women and strong brotherly comrades. He's also seen these innocent children be twisted into monsters; he's also seen these monsters break down and redeem themselves in their dying moments. Imagine loving someone like a child, then seeing them as a lover or a brother, and then watching them grow old or die violently, over and over again. It should make anyone's heart heavy with mercy.

[@DelphineTheWorstBladeEver]

Wolfwood's voice telling him to use his gun always hits me. I sincerely hope this anime is rebooted and done better. Not that it was bad, because it's my favorite anime. It just deserves better.

[@skillpatrick1]

They did a good job with this ending, but man oh man would I like to see the (IMO) better manga ending get its time in the sun

[@helperdude8205]

maybe a small season 2v when vash meet the girls again and other people and help them male farm and a spaceship because let be real him the only one who still alive that know how to make all the thing like the plant to power it

[@zemox2534]

You do know you can just read the manga right? Just appreciate the anime version for what it is

[@maverickslastoddworld6476]

You deserve what they gave us so just be happy about it.

[@boofiman6082]

Mad House studio made a 2010 movie, Trigun Badlands Rumble

[@Ultra3Dn2D]

Seeing this now basically sums up the story of Dante and Vergil.

[@deederdude27]

Fun fact, Vash is voiced by the same dude who does Nero.

[@sediento500]

We all know that the creator of DMC use some of this for the anime and the game. Also I see some reference to the Hellsing anime.

[@alexander.8242]

@@sediento500Well, Alucard is based on Vash, and Dante from DMC is based on Alucard.

[@sediento500]

@@alexander.8242 You are telling me there is a hidden multiverse? Lol

[@TheKidGstar]

@@deederdude27 yeah his name is Johnny Bosch and he voiced ichigo from bleach too

[@TheCalmCollector]

One of my most comforting memories is being a young teenager and living at home with my parents and being up late in my room, watching the adult swim line up late at night with not a single care in the world. Trigun, cowboy beebop, samurai champloo, blue gender, and a bunch of others. To this day anytime I hear the opening or closing song of samurai champloo it puts me in a happier mood. Reminds me of a time when the only responsibilities I had was making good grades in school and winning the varsity football games. When you’re that age all you want to do is grow up fast. I’m 36 now and wish I would’ve cherished those times like they deserved.

[@shadowblueshuriken7387]

I just found out Trigun came before the first DMC game. So this was the OG anime brother rivalry.

[@schemar17]

Pretty much only difference is dante isn't a pacifist

[@jessefanshaw8948]

And nero (johnny yong bosch) is the main character

[@abominationdesolation8322]

Uhhh Speed Racer has something to say about that!

[@MothFable]

This show is peak anime, especially the final duel. Fucking peak.

[@caribarts01]

I’m still kinda shocked that this was Johnny Yong Bocsh’s first anime role considering how spectacular he was

[@abominationdesolation8322]

I'm kind of shocked to hear Ichigo Kurosaki cry and scream and cream himself over donuts and hit on women with perverted false bravado. It's great.

[@philip-op6de]

This show didn’t have a ton of fighting and the fights they had weren’t long and drawn out but….this final fight was so good for the time it was created! One of the best old school animes 😭

[@GalaxEGame]

God I’m praying that Stampede does this fight justice when it hits that point. There’s just something really poignant and cinematic about the sheer lack of music until Vash’s victory is guaranteed. The score is gunfire and terrified, exhausted panting

[@fictionarch]

It will probably be a different fight. This was an anime only ending. Though stamped isn't exactly pulling a brotherhood so who knows.

[@pedinhuh16]

Considering that they changed the reveal of Vash's origins to come right at the beggining of the anime, it's likely that this they're also changing this fight.

[@spacecat8511]

@@pedinhuh16 Yeahhh I’m still not happy about that reveal. Along with Vash being a “crouching moron hidden badass” and tortured pacifist, a core trait of his is that he *isn’t* that trusting.

[@dlericx1876]

Stampede is more of a prequel.

[@spacecat8511]

@@dlericx1876 Not…really. Meryl’s already here. They have some of the events I remember from (briefly) trying to read the manga + what ‘98 did, but portraying them differently-which would be FINE!! IF Vash felt like Vash, Meryl felt like Meryl, and they hadn’t removed Millie entirely in favor of Roberto which /also/ changes Meryl’s characterization as she’s now a Junior vs having an established career (and in that sweet spot of getting the challenging jobs that juniors wouldn’t but seniors would have zero interest in.)

[@paperclip9558]

Absolute love letter to a western cinema. They nailed the western visual language and drama so well.

[@lt8473]

One of the best final fight. So underrated. So epic both shaking when holding guns to each other’s face.

[@spiraleddays1870]

It's almost 3 am and I'm staying up watching this iconic fight for the 100000th time.....it never gets old

[@crimsonnoventa7381]

Can we call this Johnny Yung Basch's breakthrough ?? Is Steve Blum has the best Bass voice, Johnny has the best soprano/tenor.

[@TangensROH]

Yeah, Johnny is awesome.

[@starmanjay3047]

For something that completely deviated from the manga, this was still pretty sick.

[@deathra1990]

5:40 Also known as the 'fuck, he made friends!' face.

[@gedoplanet]

I remember randomly waking up to this and was like “this has to be the last episode”

[@riolukid1080]

Who else came here after the latest Trigun stampede episode?

[@irighterotica]

Johnny's voice acting is so good. The way you hear him trembling is just-chef's kiss.

[@spencerfoote6977]

“Did you have fun being a human” “Yeah it was the greatest” almost makes you think about your own life.

[@germanoschefo]

i still love how well trigun holds up all the time i see it, its just amazing

[@jeremytung1632]

Who’s idea was it to name Vash’s brother Knives it’s like they wanted him to grow up into a sociopath.

[@hundboi]

*has gun pointing at the head but gets shot in the shoulder*

[@Natef89]

Ahaha ikr

[@mysterycupofjoe2670]

Pro player moment.

[@DJdeliverance]

Cuz he brought knives to a trigun fight lol. A joke I thought of like 20yrs ago when I 1st saw this on DVD lol

[@HouseMusicNinja]

Lol. Given how fast he predicted getting shot, I guess they threw him a bone. Episode two showed the mans speed, but I gotta admit it still was silly.

[@harpseal9234]

He dodge it. He can move way faster than a human. At least my assumption is he knew knives him would fire at that point.

[@pumpkingamebox]

- I didn’t create nuclear weapons to make an armistice! - Using them to avoid mutual Annihilation and another world war is what gives them any meaning at all. Love & Peace!

[@abominationdesolation8322]

Well put.

[@dogman985]

It's crazy to see this. I first got into trigun by reading it coincidentally, then I found out it had an anime. I had only read a few chapters at that point, so I decided to watch the episodes that would likely correlate to them. I watched them and super loved it, but I noticed that there were some things different than I had remembered them to be. So I stopped watching the series after some episodes (a little after he meets wolfwood), and went back to reading. I finished it all, and watched the new movie, I've just only seen this ending right now. Trigun is so cool man. Even though the end is different due to lack of material from Yasuhiro Nightow at the time of its creation, the it's still so cool anyways. Thank you for uploading this. Love & Peace!!

[@210rebelboy]

Love and Peace ✌️Love and Peace ✌️Love and Peace ✌️

[@hariman7727]

I need to look up the Manga at some point. I got partway through, but never finished it. I love the anime though.

[@apenasumdoteiro1070]

@@hariman7727 By the end of the Manga, Vash saves knives and disappears with him (since the whole world is chasing knives and vash is wanted), so, he saves his brother, goes into the desert and a humble man and his son find both vash and knives. Knives recovers faster than his brother, then with all his "plant powers" left, he makes a tree grow in their garden (remember that it was a desert), a tree with apples that will keep them fed up, and then knives asks the man's son to take care of his little brother. Now, this act not only shows that knives gets what vash meant, because vash is a plant, so he wouldn't die, that tree was for the man and his son, not only he learns what vash meant all the way, but ceases to bother him any longer. Probably plants have some "space-time" where they all reside, and sometimes they come to real world in physical forms, probably knives went to that place. What makes me think so, is that plants can summon the "creatures who live out of space and time", like vash did once trying to heal the seeds ship. So yeah, the manga is quite nice to see, in the end vash saves his brother and starts working with meryl i guess.

[@Rebel3000]

I love how this fight isnt some CGI epic show, but just 2 people shooting eachother with no music. No explosions or epic finisher, just bullets.

[@kross777rlsh9]

thanks for uploading this . its one of the best things in anime history/animation a unique battle

[@Izlr88]

Anime like Trigun and Rurouni Kenshin will never be surpassed. There is so much emotion and the animation is spectacular.

[@adamcovey7887]

True they both have a heavy emphasis on peace and love vash is somebody that's seen the worst the world has to offer and Kenshin has participated in the worst the world has to offer Kenshin is good because he's done evil and he's seen evil he's been evil and now he wants to make up for it anyway he can vash has seen true evil and wants to stand against it

[@SifGreyfang]

when I first watched this as a kid I kinda hated that Vash let Knives live but when I became older and rewatched Trigun I realised that even through all the pain that Knives put Vash through Vash still ended up being the better man in the end

[@zo-zu7158]

To this day, Trigun is the only anime I've seen the whole way through

[@SHELBYGT645]

the new anime could never top this

[@pie-vd5qq]

Episode 12 says hello with a kiss in your head 🦉

[@nobody32770]

In the final episode of the remake, they topped this, in a more impactful and spectacular way.

[@SHELBYGT645]

@@nobody32770 sike

[@meeky6714]

Uhhhh yeah no.

[@soulenoid6701]

The Japanese really love their Akira explosions

[@djmarsone5209]

EXACTLY!! I think the same!!! That explosiinon is identycal to AKIRA 👍😲💥😳😳😂😂

[@Mixman1133]

This whole fight is peak gun vs gun anime action. They don't do clever battles like this anymore. For example, at the 2min mark when they are trying to shoot each other but they grab the cyclinder of their revolvers to stop it from ultimately firing. You don't see small details like this in gun fights anymore, it's usually just bang bang you're dead.

[@TangensROH]

7 minutes is all that is needed to show the awesomeness of this fight. The fight that told the story better than any high monologues. Only thoughts that were needed in this fight. Awesome.

[@winterkill1764]

This fight was brilliant because it captures the adrenaline of a life or death battle you don't see very often, you can *FEEL* the tension in the battle

[@samuraijake07]

Man, I remember my jaw dropping so hard at 5:34 when this aired on tv.

[@hariman7727]

You forget about that, and then it comes back right when it's needed.

[@user-lw4dn2lt2c]

What makes this Vash unique compared to Vash from the Stampede is that this Vash knows how to pull the trigger. though the new vash is cool but he contradict his own belief.... he holds a gun yet he cannot pull the trigger.

[@di4mgaming115]

Last episode of the remake explains that

[@lemonsuckerYT]

Vash is a pacifist, he's supposed to be hesitant to shoot.

[@stridertechz]

​​@@lemonsuckerYT no, he's hesitant to shoot for the purpose to KILL. he has shot before this point, notably the Nebraska Family on episode 5 in means of defense, but did not kill them. he uses his gun in order to dispatch scenarios without death because he knows how to use it and is not afraid to when it means the saving of all surrounding life. when the bullet is fatal, however, like when he killed Legato, he then draws the line because it only served to dispatch the problem in what he deemed was the least ethical or peaceful way. he's not hesitant to shoot, he's hesitant to kill.

[@lemonsuckerYT]

@stridertechz He does the same in stampede.

[@wanaplay6923]

one of my favorite ending fights, honestly you can't really appreciate it until you've seen everything leading up to this.

[@lordenkidu1876]

That would explain why what i just saw making no sense to me.

[@even1313]

I need to rewatch Trigun, it's been many years.

[@gooddoggo2831]

I think knives most glaring weakness is his emotional unintelligence. he’s smart and a great inventor but he failed to understand how vash felt on multiple occasions which have led to the scenes where he gets shot by vash. This is the first time we see knives actually understand his brother’s wants.

[@TangensROH]

Knives judged humanity with his logic, while Vash saw humanity by experiencing them.

[@SunGodNika-bi2jr]

I just finished this series last week It was a blast

[@beccacroce7380]

Like the guns that were firing.

[@poopsiepup1192]

Seriously one of the best final showdowns in all of anime. Did not disappoint.

[@johno1544]

I love the way knives threw some of his bullets and hit them mid air to drive Vash out from cover. That was such a badass move

[@BerliozT]

The scene were they have a Russian roulette style match gets me everytime. It shows how human they really were here. Sure, they're plants, but you can see tension, determination, and sheer Black Air Force energy emitting from their convictions. Honestly, I'd forget where I put my bullet in my god cannon too if my opponent was keeping up my badass-ery.

[@MaiLunatique22]

I always cry at the end, reading the manga and watching the anime were both great highlighting moments in my summer time back before starting high school

[@RoseColoredIris]

0:26 Ugh. That sound. It brings me right back to being 12 years old watching Toonami at 1:00AM on a Friday night. The nostalgia pangs cut deep.

[@Kerorofan1990]

To this day I still don't see how with a gun pointed square in his face, that shot got him in the shoulder somehow...

[@jessenielsen7218]

Dodged the bullet. Vash did it so many times throughout the show

[@TazHall]

Probably didn't get to complete that Dodge

[@kylethomasmutchler7556]

he had a hold of the gun as well, superhuman speed and reaction time allowed him to move the gun out of the way as he dodged

[@hariman7727]

The revolvers that Vash and Knives use show the bullets in the chamber to anyone in front of them, as is seen later in the fight when Vash finally fires his one bullet. So Vash can see clearly that Knives' next trigger pull WILL be a live round. Thus, As soon as Knives' started to pull the trigger, Vash pushed the gun away and tried to move out of the way, but couldn't get enough distance to get completely out of the way. Mainly because Knives is about as fast as Vash.

[@parrishharris3008]

Now that makes more sense 👍

[@llvaquavll]

This show surprised me, at first i didnt understand it. But after watching it twice this has become one of my all time favorite shows ever made. I heavily relate to the main character who is just trying to do his best to live up to his own ideals. Top tier show.

[@BingIzkewl]

Yknow, why did they name one of the kids “knives” and not expect him to turn out evil?

[@sazidulkabir9290]

Millions Knives in Trigun Stampede Did Justice after Episode 3

[@pranavhb1716]

I like how they are fighting mostly like normal human beings in the original one but the stampede last battle is golden

[@musicimpact7120]

One of the greatest anime of all time. The music, the animation, the voice acting, the story... Even for an anime original ending this was so good. I miss it so much.

[@MH3Raiser]

I think it's telling that you see Vash AND Knives terrified when playing russian roulette; for Knives to see Vash point a gun directly at his head point blank and pull the trigger must be shocking, but to see him do it with no hesitation after greeting him with a smile runs counter to everything Knives accused Vash of.

[@atreidespendragon]

this was in fact the first ever box-set anime dvd I ever bought. I loved this series so much.

[@bryancol318]

Ill be honest and i never thought id say it but the remake has definitely done an incredible job it tells 2 different stories one we know but the other is new and very interesting.

[@shooby9496]

I always hated that Wolfwood died when I was younger but it's so badass that he helps Vash from beyond the grave one last time.

[@hariman7727]

You might want to read the Manga. ;)

[@KiraTechS]

14 years ago, and it’s still great.

[@c.galindo9639]

Wow so amazing and intense. You can not only feel their determination but also their desperation in who is to overcome the other in their fight. Such a badass scene

[@AdrianFahrenheitTepes]

The most messed up part is Vash still hears Wolfwood telling him to kill Knives and Wolfwood is dead, it sounds like he has gone crazy

[@HeshSesh122]

Such a good show, too bad we don’t see more of it today.

[@gameknight504]

Jeez at 0:25 I burst out laughing, like come on. Imagine you asked your brother how it was vibin with the humans and then he just pulls out a gun out of nowhere and it cuts like that.

[@spencerfoote6977]

It shows his character development at Vashs peak though. The man who wouldn’t hurt a fly is shooting his twin brother immediately. As a twin this is crazy and beyond belief. I know that sounds horrible and out of context, but this Jesus like figure realized how important life truly is and it’s not a sin to defend life. That’s what Vash finally figured out. Yes he’s a pacifist and doesn’t like to fight, but he realized how truly important it is to defend life from vileness. I 100 percent respect the creator and Vash as a character. Well done.

[@KoolAidMansBitch]

the first part of this scene,, like the initial reunion makes me think of the “Hello, starlight… did you have fun? Did you get everything out of your system?” scene from Steven Universe

[@MeatSnax]

People don't talk about it but the arm turning into a bio-cannon with angel wings is about as '90s anime as you can get. Show a picture of that to anyone and they'll be like "this is some Adult Swim shit isn't it?"

[@patricknorris9334]

This fight, Spike vs Vicious and Brandon Heat vs Bloody Harry are some of the most impactful final battles in anime history...back when anime had the balls to actually have endings:/