Trigun Maximum Volume 2: Death Blue

If you're looking to buy this book, I'm assuming that you have already read the great first run of Trigun (Vol. 1 & 2) and the first book of the re-launch title, Trigun Maximum. If not, stop reading this and buy those first. The story of tragic gunman Vash the Stampede continues to unfold as he is visited by more of the Gung Ho Guns. We watch Vash and Wolfwood at odds as they voice their different philosophies, and we witness the return of Legato as we've never seen him before. This volume gives fans more of what they want out of Trigun: great humor, heavy melodrama, chaotic action, and a spaghetti-western style that can't be beat. NOTE: This is a five star book, but because it actually "ends" in the middle of a fight I'm knocking a star off. But, make no mistake, I'll be coming back for more.

A fitting title, since Trigun is getting gradually darker as the series progresses, much like the hyped anime series. This volume probably has the best chapters so far in Trigun. It starts out with Legato mudering some fools who dared to defy him, as usual. Then, Vash vs. Rai Dei the Blade, the best fight so far, followed up with some real conflict between Vash and Wolfwood. The only flaw is that the volume ends with an unbearable cliff-hanger that will make you shout a string of expletives. On a side note, that throw-away character at the beginning with the boomerang, was used completely differently in the anime series, as some bounty-hunter after Vash in the first episode. Weird.