#ep 08: and between the wasteland and sky

[magadauthan]

Ep8: And Between the Wasteland and Sky

Late to the @trigun98watchparty. Better late than never.

Someone else said that the sand steamer arc is what they have to get through to get to the part where Wolfwood arrives. Can't disagree. But still, we get some background and character building.

"Aw, man! Death and Poverty like me so much, they brought friends!

Not to mention the Insurance Girls!" --Vash the Stampede

--Vash might be emotional, but he's no pushover, either. He tells Kaite to compartmentalize and start thinking of a way out. He's had to do the same, constantly. Survive now, cry later.

--How old is Kaite, exactly? How did he get all this expertise fixed in his head before his voice has changed? My son is 13 and still doesn't know where to find a fork in the kitchen.

--The pen-and-earring combo never makes another appearance.

--a pen, wtf? who are you, Sailor Moon?

--First large-scale demonstration that Vash will mess his opponents up good but won't kill them, no matter what it costs him, and no matter how wounded he is in the process. Strong foreshadowing at the unstoppable force later seen in "Diablo."

--Either Vash is really good at dodging, or the Bad Lands Gangsters have worse aim than Imperial stormtroopers.

--Is Meryl really "Derringer Meryl" before this episode? Or is she good at reading the room and giving herself a little "sparkle" for BDN?

--Milly is having the best time over these first couple eps, isn't she. "Senpai is 'Derringer Meryl?' That makes me 'Stungun Milly!" This is awesome!"

--Meanwhile, Meryl's trying to fit things in boxes, and it's not working out.

--BDN, the semi-honorable thief. More interested in a good story than in mass murder. Reincarnated as Gasback.

--First actual appearance of Rem, with exposition of her philosophy. Kind of awkward in the middle of a twelve-minute ticking clock, but gotta wedge it in there, I guess?

--On that note, if any version of "Sound Life" makes it into Tristamp, it has to scan better. It's so awkward in English.