Vash the Stampede is the main protagonist of the anime and manga series Trigun. He is a mysterious, wandering gunman also known as The Humanoid Typhoon due to the destruction and chaos which surrounds him.
He wields a huge silver revolver and travels from town to town.
He is initially discovered by Meryl Stryfe and Milly Thompson, representatives of the Bernardelli Insurance Society investigating claims made due to damages caused by the mysterious Vash the Stampede.
He is voiced by Masaya Onosaka in the Japanese version of the anime and by Johnny Yong Bosch in the English version. The latter also voices Hajime Hinata in Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair, and Giyu Tomioka in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba.
His Good Ranking[]
What Makes Him Close to Being Pure Good?[]
Manga[]
- Saved Rem after she was wounded from his attempted suicide, even after the death of Tesla.
- When Knives saved him by killing the people who captured him, he was horrified and shot him in the shoulder.
- When Nicholas D. Wolfwood executes Rai-Dei the Blade, he is deeply upset at him.
- Protecting Hoppered from Legato's attack on him, even though he was plotting his revenge against him.
- He and Wolfwood buried the bodies of Midvalley the Hornefreak and Hoppered the Gauntlet after they were both killed by Legato, even setting his saxophone on his gravestone.
- After Wolfwood rescues him from the Ark, he rejoins with him to protect the orphanage from the last of the Gung-Ho-Guns and Chapel.
- Forgiving Livio and allowing him to join him after the death of Wolfwood, even giving him one last vial of the regenerative drug and Wolfwood's old gun.
- When he indirectly severely wounds Legato through his automatic defence mechanism, he destroys the Coin Case in order to even out the battle, which block Legato's abilities.
- After Legato threatens the injured Livio by controlling the corpse of Elendria, he shoots Legato to protect Wolfwood's legacy and was forced to break his vow to Rem.
- Breaks Knives control over the Ark and the absorbed plants.
- Saving Knives from the vengeful ships from Earth and making peace with him before he passed on.
Anime[]
- In the recreation room, he attempted to save a butterfly after it was caught in a spider's web.
- Is deeply upset at Knives for killing Rem and the SEEDS crew.
- Though he attempted to kill Knives in his sleep, it was to save the humans, and he did not even go through with it as it would go against everything that Rem taught him.
- Preventing Knives from activating the ship-board Plant's Angel Arm, saving a group of humans.
- Despite being hunted down by the April City residents for his bounty, Vash never raises his gun at them.
- Stopping bounty hunters from attacking a bar in April City.
- Saving the women in April City from the Nebreska Family and defeating the family, even though they were hunting him moments before.
- Giving the Nebreska Family bounty to the citizens of April City, restoring their wealth and repairing the damages onto the town.
- Comforting a young Elizabeth after seeing her cry over the death of her parents.
- Shutting off the reactor before it exploded.
- Him, along with Wolfwood, save a little girl from machines powered by lost technology.
- Saving Wolfwood from the machines.
- When he hears about the mysterious incident in Carscases Town and how his brother is the one behind it, he leaves his peaceful life to go take care of his brother.
- Him and Wolfwood save Lina from a huge gang of thugs.
- Mourns the death of Brad.
- He, the orphans and the insurance girls attempt to convince Zazie the Beast to redeem himself from being a Gung-Ho-Guns member.
- Apologizing to Wolfwood over their falling out.
- Attempted to save Caine the Longshot and expresses his remorse about not being able to save him, even burying him after his suicide.
- After the death of Wolfwood, he buries his body, retrieves his Punisher and later informs the girls of his death. He later privately mourns the death of his friend.
- Is deeply horrified by the suicide of Midvalley the Hornfreak.
- Though he shoots Legato in the head, it was to protect the lives of Milly and Meryl, and is deeply horrified by what he's done.
- Thanks to Milly's words of forgiveness, he is reminded of Rem and his morale is revived.
- Listening to Meryl and taking Wolfwood's Cross Punisher with him against his brother Knives.
- Honouring Wolfwood by using the Punisher against his brother Knives, thus securing his victory.
- Defeating his brother, Knives, saving all of humanity in the process.
- Coming to terms with the death of Rem by discarding his red coat and gun, declaring that while he will always believe in her, he will now turn to his own words for guidance.
Both[]
- Through Rem he was able to gain a newfound respect for life.
- When he was forced to activate his angel arm either through Knives or Legato, he redirected it skyward towards the moon, not allowing it to kill anyone in its path.
- Defeating each of the Gung-Ho-Guns without killing them.
- Despite his long suffering and ill-treatment by human beings, Vash chooses to remain hopeful and loving toward humanity even after all of the suffering he went through by the end of the series.
What Prevents Him From Being Pure Good?[]
- In the manga, when Tesla - another Plant species (like him and his brother) - was killed through the continuous scans and vivisections that eventually led to her slow and painful death, Vash was horrified and declares his hatred of humanity. When Rem intervenes against his attempted suicide and is accidentally injured as a result, Vash is calmed at the catharsis of hurting a human, but then he becomes horrified by what he's done and saves her.
- By default, he cannot be a Pure Good hero since he is a Heroic Mercenary, which makes him slightly morally flexible by using firearms.
Trivia[]
- Vash the Stampede is the only Near Pure Good in Trigun.
External Links[]
- Vash the Stampede on the Trigun Wiki
- Vash the Stampede on the Heroes Wiki