Trigun
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 7:11 pm
https://sfdebris.com/videos/anime/trigun1.php
So I remember this anime. I think it's fondly remembered for the very slow burn when it comes to explaining the setting and backstory for this world, where you're only getting little details, a few hints, up until The Big Reveal. It starts of with silly, whacky adventures, but ends up getting pretty heavy and serious later on, which made an impression on some people.
Ultimately, I remember it not working for me. The buffoonish nature of the hero works against him later on when they're trying to set him up as being wiser than you think. Even as a teenager watching this, his later attempts at sagacity work against him when you remember that this guy intentionally tried to peek on a woman showering. It wasn't even a case of, "the door was cracked open and he momentarily had the impulse to peek through," this guy elaborately tied a rope and rappelled down a building to peek in on a naked lady. And in the next episode, he's crawling on the floor to peek up the skirts of a woman who's tied up while her life is being threatened. He's a fucking creep.
Plus, the big "twist" that comes toward the end of the series...it really did feel like it was written by a 15-year-old. It makes zero sense and the mechanics of it feel completely unexplored. It doesn't really add anything other than seeming like a mind-bending revelation for the sake of weirdness.
So I remember this anime. I think it's fondly remembered for the very slow burn when it comes to explaining the setting and backstory for this world, where you're only getting little details, a few hints, up until The Big Reveal. It starts of with silly, whacky adventures, but ends up getting pretty heavy and serious later on, which made an impression on some people.
Ultimately, I remember it not working for me. The buffoonish nature of the hero works against him later on when they're trying to set him up as being wiser than you think. Even as a teenager watching this, his later attempts at sagacity work against him when you remember that this guy intentionally tried to peek on a woman showering. It wasn't even a case of, "the door was cracked open and he momentarily had the impulse to peek through," this guy elaborately tied a rope and rappelled down a building to peek in on a naked lady. And in the next episode, he's crawling on the floor to peek up the skirts of a woman who's tied up while her life is being threatened. He's a fucking creep.
Plus, the big "twist" that comes toward the end of the series...it really did feel like it was written by a 15-year-old. It makes zero sense and the mechanics of it feel completely unexplored. It doesn't really add anything other than seeming like a mind-bending revelation for the sake of weirdness.