#milly in this chapter also looks like she's wearing vash's outfit from the end of volume 3

[millionsknives]

genuinely obsessed with the vol 4 decision to put vash in tight mom jeans & a color gradient hoodie and wolfwood in business casual with sunglasses

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Polygun but it’s how they all see each other

i always really like in books with different narrators when how a character looks itself is unreliable narration bc they describe themself differently compared to how the other pov characters see them, and the dungeon meshi shapeshifter chart scratched that itch for me art wise and I got inspired ✨

To be more specific this is what they each picture when they think of each person 👉👈

Details under cut!!

Meryl clothing details aside because I think she’s just short and the boys aren’t looking at her traveling clothes too hard (and vash clearly likes making his own clothes with how much his overly intricate jacket design changes so ofc his version of her outfit just looks like another one of his designs 🙄) all of the clothes are based on specific parts of the manga!

A big thing with these designs was taking moments that were important regarding each characters relationship with the pov character and adding in visual nods to that to show what memories stuck with them to shape their image of that person.

The clearest example of this is everyone thinking of a different Vash coat, for Wolfwood it’s what he was wearing when he turned him over to Knives, to Meryl it’s his final fight coat, and for Milly it’s when she met him.

It may be Trimax but I will always have a soft spot for 98 millywood so those two’s impression of each other has been influenced by that, but more specifically just the idea of them both alone together, layers and walls down, hair messy from sleep. Their relationship is one I just see very clearly developing over a lot of late nights at inns and bars during traveling!

Vash is the trademarked inventor of Savior Martyr Victim complex supreme and when he thinks of everyone he sees times they’ve been let down by him. To me he’s the biggest broken gear in their dynamic because of the way he holds himself back and isolates, the ship really works in spite of him most of the time. But he also sees traces of times his desire to be by their side was cemented. His Meryl is heavily based on after she was kidnapped by the GHGs and he lost control in front of her, but her hair is longer + earrings are gone like when they saw each other again after Knives released the ark, and she has a black turtleneck peaking out from under her traveling clothes the way it did under her space suit during the final battle. His Milly has the hair and undershirt of the final battle but her outer clothes are from when they traveled together for the majority of Trimax. His wolfwood isn’t doing too well.

Meryl’s versions of Milly and Wolfwood are both pretty similar to how they looked when she first met them, wolfwoods hair is just a little longer like I imagine it being towards the end of Trimax and is very windswept, from their short first meeting in the original Trigun manga run I always got the impression she thought he looked very cool lol, she was staring up at him like ://0 the whole chapter.

I mentioned it before but honestly most of Wolfwood’s Vash is based on how he looked when he turned him over to Knives, not only do I think that moment stuck with him but I feel like it’s a good visual summary of all the mixed feelings he has towards Vash. He’s drawn to him and sees how sad he his but he also sees how inhuman he is and the threat he and knives pose for the people he cares about and prioritizes. At the end of the day Wolfwood chose the orphans over Vash twice and never went back on that, and a big part of why he broke Vash our of Knives prison was just so he could go fight Knives to the death for humanity’s sake, and I think that’s important to his character and their relationship.

Similarly, Meryl’s Vash is really just final arc Vash. She’d already developed a very strong impression of him before then but they would go weeks to even years without seeing each other and each time the way he looked and the way she felt about him would change drastically, it seemed to me like it wasn’t till she was on the ship advocating for him and the people living on gunsmoke that she knew how she felt about him and what kind of person she saw him to be. It was also a huge moment for her character wise with the way she faced her fears in the name of human connection and made the active choice to not be as apathetic and closed off as she realized she had been in the early manga.

I think Milly’s first impression of Vash was strong and accurate enough to not change much, this nice guy is Vash the Stampede and there is definitely something weird about him.

I don’t know why Wolfwood doesn’t know what Meryl’s hair looks like, what’s wrong with that guy? In general his version of Meryl is very inaccurate now that I’m looking at it, I promise he likes her

+small details that are my personal headcanon and not the characters interpretations are Meryl and Wolfwoods hair being a bit more curly/textured than canon, Milly’s eyes being green, and Meryl’s earrings being silver (gold earrings with a white black and blue outfit and silver guns?? C’mon girl accessorize properly)

[mothlady-garden]

Hey. Here are some more of my thoughts about Trigun Maximum Volumes 1 to 3.

Have a good Christmas💖🎄🎄

She really should wear her hair longer; it suits her. Her eyes are also so pretty.

There’s something so captivating about her. She’s serious when it matters, but underneath it all, there’s this warm humor that just shines through.

Overview! Overview! Justin, we’ve got a full-on overview!

Vash is looking so fresh and stylish in that shirt. Honestly, it’s a whole vibe.

And then there’s Mr. Hitman, rocking those classic leather shoes like he just raided my dad’s old wardrobe. Total throwback energy. ( I know that he probably has a name but for me it’s Hitman lol)

Wait, so he knocks, and then some hidden mechanism just tosses the gun right into his hand? That’s wild.

Of course, he had to spin the rifle first, didn’t he? What’s a dramatic moment without a good weapon spin?

And then suddenly, this massive machine gun flies straight into his hand. Does this guy have magnets in his palms or something? I need answers.

Milly to the rescue, as always! That’s our girl!

Is she seriously flexing her muscles right now? Yep, she totally is, and it’s the most adorable thing ever.

Ohhh, that’s Tabasco sauce! I always thought he smacked him with the bottle. What a mental image, lol.

I’m pretty sure I’ve seen this little kid with the military hat somewhere in the 98 anime. Could be my imagination, though.

Ahh, okay, now I remember—he’s in the Sand Steamer! How could I forget that?

I’ve really much missed this dynamic. Vash and Wolfwood together are just great. This made me chuckle, before the horrors begin. (Their scene before Vash enters the steamer -the one where he starts to sing in the end)

Aggressive realoding!!!!

Aggressive reloading at its finest! The intensity is off the charts, and I am living for it. XD

This panel. Seriously, it deserves a whole moment of appreciation. I love that the author gave him such an outfit it’s so beautiful to see the movements of the individual pieces. And that throughout the entire story, amazing. Give him something to wear that moves in the wind/with Vash and make it almost always windy->la me happy

Wolfwood enjoying a cig.

Is that puppet Leonardo’s using at the start some kind of nod to Ghost in the Shell? It has that vibe, right?

Aaaa, his poor earlobes! Boomerang guy is really going through it. (Not for long)

Even though he knew the risks, he still tried to warn them. That kind of selflessness hits so hard, especially as a “villain”.

Also, can we take a second to admire how pretty this scene is? It's my all time favourite coat design.

Look at Rai-Dai with those sharp shoes! Always staying true to his style and the theme of their apocalyptic death cult.

Blinded by lust guided by his sense of right and wrong. Trapped inside his own cage.

And here it is, one of the most powerful lines in the entire manga: “No matter what you do, you give up hope so easily.” That one just cuts deep every time.

Toma chicken! Also, can we talk about how epic Meryl’s cape is? It really grew on me

And here it comes—the legendary bloody hands dream sequence whuuu

This chapter is packed with so many memorable moments.

Hey Needles finally found something older than himself (the tree) in the Biodome of ship 3. Lol. They can do ✨photosynthesis✨ together.

Wolfwood definitely needs a chiropractor ASAP. The man’s carrying more than just emotional baggage.

That is a very creepy hand

This whole section is terrifying in the best way. It’s so emotionally raw and intense. Absolute chills.

This shot is so…

Holy fucking shit.

Incredible character design work here

Going from more or less “I want to die” to “I’m gonna kill this guy with my bare hands” is something I wasn’t ready for -at least not yet. Damn.

Pianos are cooool. Right?!

I have forgotten so much of this lol.