You people need to quit fucking giving away major plot points without using the black color. There's folks here who haven't seen the show yet and want to read this thread but don't want to know the twists and stuff. If you're going to discuss something or need to bring something up that is a major plot point use the black color.

Alpha, your disregard for that got your post edited. Anyone can clearly see that others did so earlier in this thread. But next time I won't be so kind.

*eep* Sorry. Its just hard to remember to do it sometimes when you get into the discussion.

Alpha, I don't see how you can call Vash a wuss. He refused to kill anyone, at the cost of getting hurt very severly, very often. If he truly were a wuss, he would have ran away rather than helping people, the fact that he did help them shows alot of courage and bravery. I hate it when people think that him showing some emotion loses his "manhood". Must...resist...flaming....ah!!!

this is true, Vash showed alot of emotion and even cried several times. I have never seen a character so emotion (main characher). Its a nice change of pace from the usual emotionless he man types

I agree. I thought it was good that for once a character showed the complexity of human (even though he's not really human) emotions. Vash's range is very realistic from humor to seriousness to remorse and even rage.

I always liked the part in the beginning, when Vash is about to fight all those guys, pulls the trigger six times, and no bullets come out(ehehehehe...waaaAAAAAAAAAH!).

Then the entire point of the show would have been different. Just as Rurouni Kenshin was about a Ronin who swore not to kill anyone, Vash is a being who swore never to use his power to kill anyone. If he DID use it to kill people, then he would have been either an anti-hero or the villian. In other words, he would have been Knives.

Vash was far from a wuss. Although he was very emotional, it was only because of his strong heart. A person that can come out of a gunfight victorious, and without killing the other person is a master.

I found the basis of the show centered around the metaphore presented on the Seeds ship: Knives found it simple, logical and reasonable to kill the spider to save the butterfly, while Vash steadfastly advocated there is a way to save everything.
Now this is the origin of Vash's refusal to kill anything, even the Sandworms they encounter. On the other hand, it brings about Knives and Wolfwood's viewpoint of "the lesser of two evils" SPOILER Although Wolfwood has his revelation during his death scene that "if you really think about it, there are plenty of ways to save everyone.." END SPOILER. I think this is what makes the Vash/Wolfwood interaction so interesting to watch, as in essence, Wolfwood is the same as Knives. However, where Knives plays the villian, Wolfwood plays the anti-hero.

Also, furthur stemming from the initial metaphore, comes another element that made Vash have so much more depth: SPOILER As Vash encounters the Gung-ho Guns, he attempts to save everyone, as is his way of life. However, he is not successful as the Hero is expected to be. Vash fails time and time again in nearly every encounter. Every Gun he defeats is killed by the next, or Wolfwood or commits suicide in the instance of Cain. This ultimatly climaxes in episode 24, with the murder of Legato. Up until this point, while Vash had indeed failed to save everyone, he had still succeeded in never directly taking a life. Thus Vash's ultimate failure comes as he is forced to kill Legato, the act of which was done in his own free-will. This final failure of the show is symbolized in the image of Rem fading away from his mind. However, in the final battle with Knives, Vash is finally successful in a significant situation, saving both Knives and himself, with no loss of life.

Well now, there's all of Trigun in one post. See, its not all that much to take in.

Couldn't have said it better myself.